The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-10 00:00:00

•■9! depar t : f COlllO int Pe r ; c agair ls " lima on to await Lt Genoa' Ye gel ne is on a id that lre at u. The letter, is , o f the ,he hig h F 4of 0 Per" t he , s of the insPec" liblishes a t o the ated be' dishes s yen Tom. tenbarg' __,, The 3lved num ber Vecch ia ' It wn s eri r e g t i el Ital iaUS A reSe lltvD ; `iceeft ov W e l y two, " bathing d. T he rest inak i ag ) of the gosP° — ts that tbe 7eot a 18. societies bi last' 311 weathe r : nlo s " as , d . ttena e eid the rpv )rtly ar ii ; Ve. to t° is dat7, 31, W it a . uro 373 renla? agna tio Pri ne : boon' ,ci t diged " ageniat e for the iS id erab l i e ;, , ered ail :'. than althoog, favp ur a t ver, ;sed t° in little ill; of atioo ish le l a tter Ike P lae l and 1 r ' l3 a lter 3:fshir emple lative sn a Sp n 70 3 0 red eircu ttl. ffic fr f ad stab ,ncl closl. 18 53 ' 441, 10 87, 4,,a1 ' 168, 701 697,311 18 53 4' 55, 231, 0- 705 ,164 f o f st . 0 crease 1 has be hal f o b which ed 3 e nter 4, JU L Y Th e ;3. 1651' .•h TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION. (THIS DAY.) One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the metropolis for a considerable time broke out this morn ing shortly before 1 o'clock, and, at the hour this report Was written (10 o'clock), it was far from being entirely e xtinguished. The damage already done must, at a moderate estimate, amount to upwards of 10,0001. ster ling. The premises in which the disaster commenced belonged to Mr. Kirkman, pianoforte-maker, in Dufure place, Broad-street, St. James's. The flames were not perceived until they shot forth in a huge body, en circling the greater portion of the extensive works. The engines of the Brigade and West of England Office were soon on the spot, as well as the Royal Society's escapes. The fire-mains in the neighbourhood having been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and vast streams of the antagonistic element were distributed over the blazing pile, but without making the least im pression upon the flames, which speedily communicated to, the premises of Mr. Sibley, a silversmith, the St. Edward's Catholic Infant Schools, both in Dufure-place, and also to the premises of Mr. Lloyd, tailor, No. 55, P oland -street, Mr. Veal, No. 56, in the same street, Mr. Abbott, No. 57, Mr. Leslie, carpenter, No. 58, and Mrs. Lewis, No. 59. The scene at this period was one of fearful grandeur, for-the whole of the West-end was brilliantly illuminated, and thousands of burning flakes were drifted by the wind, and kept falling upon the houses a long distance off, to the danger of igniting th em- The firemen, under the direction of Messrs. Braidwood, Staples, and Connorton, kept to their work, bu t in spite of their exertions the work of destruction continued, and several hours elapsed before the least impression could be made upon the fire, and not until Mr- Kirkman's premises were nearly destroyed, and the Whole of the other premises before alluded to seriously bur et- A number of firemen are still obliged to be kept at Work, and there appears very little chance of getting tbe fire wholly su bd ue d un til a l ate h our thi s even ing. The Principal part of the loss will fall upon the Imperial, L aw, and Westminster Fire Offices. Three of the fire men of the Brigade were so injured by the falling of a wall that they were obliged to be conveyed to their houses. AMERICAN SECURITIES. the it aPPears by the last advices from . New York, that tionSecretary of the Treasurys carrying out the resolti adopted by the United States' Senate in April for procuring a statement of the amount of American Se racuernittiieesnhinel:ltahberoad, and has addressed a circular to the us incorporated companies throughout the country, particulars he requires. The resolution °f the Senate was to the effect that the return should, as far as Possible, include not only State stocks, but railroad bonds and shares and all other kinds of invest- Z e e n s t, and although, owing to the large proportion of th e securities that are payable to bearer, the results ar . at may be arrived at can scarcely even approach to -eura uY they will furnish the means of forming a rough estimate which will be extremely valuable for gene ral purposes. After quoting the resolution, the cir cular p roceeds as follows : :,(1111 order to enabl e me to comply, so far as practicable, the above resolution, I will be obliged to you if you , e(u olnunicate to this department, cortl 4 st• The authorised amount of capital stock of your v„ e al'Y, the amount actually paid in, and the amount, so P, can be asc er t a i ne d, h e ld by f ore i gne rs residing be -1.8y0,.5i.tt1e bounds of the United States, on the 30th June, cop a "2l * The whole amount of bonds, if any, issued by your c ert v a ilY, and the particular amount, so well as can be as of tallied, held by foreigners residing beyond the bounds t he 'United States on the 30th June, 1853. at " tr, B the resolution requires the report to be presented y our — ', commencement of the next session of Congress, r na k. a ‘tention to this request, at as early a day as you can r aeil i . '„ convenient, will confer an obligation on this depart- IIEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Report.) The number of deaths registered last week in the metropolis was 991 ; in the previous week it was 1004. In corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52, exclusive of that in 1849 (when cholera raised the total mortality of the week to 1909), the numbers ranged from 801 to 1135. With the exception of the infant part of the population, who suffer as usual at this season, the health of London appears to he comparatively good. In the returns of fatal diseases the chief feature is the progress of diarrhoea. The deaths referred to this complaint in the last 6 weeks are 28, 34, 54, 73, 81, and 110. Of the 110 persons to whom it was fatal 64 were males, 46 were females ; and of the whole number 78 were children under one year. Only two children died last week of small-pox ; only 16 of measles (though in the previous week the number was 31) ; while 33 died of scarlatina--showing an increase of 10 on the previ ous week's return. Mr. Jorden, registrar of the Beigrave sub-district (St. George, Hanover-square), who registered the death of one child from dysentery, and that of another from diarrhoea,, states that dysentery of an obstinate form prevails among children in his district. The following four deaths from cholera were registered in the week : In the sub-district of St. Mary, Marylebone, at 4, Paradi,,e-buildings, on 6th August, the son of a shoe maker, aged 12 months, " cholera infantum (2 days)." In the west sub-district of Greenwich, in Albion street, on 2d August, the son of an engineer, aged one year, " cholera infantum (4 days)." In the workhouse, Bishopegate, on 31st July, the widow of a tin-plate worker, aged 77 years, died of " choleraic diarrhoea ( 13 days), fever (10 days.)" At 5, Queen's-road, Holloway, on 4th August, the son of a labourer, aged 8 weeks, " cholera infantum (60 hours)." At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.876 in. The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.85 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.69 in. by 9 h. p.m. on August Ist ; increased to 29.86 in. by 9 h. a.m. on the 31; reinainßd at this reading with slight variation till 3 h. p.m. on the 4th ; increased to 30.08 in. by 9 h. a.m. on the 6th ; and decreased to 30.03 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 61.6 deg., which is slightly below the average of the same week in 38 years. The highest temperature occurred on Monday, and was 77 deg. ; the lowest was 46.5 deg., and occurred on Friday. The greatest difference be tween the dew point temperature and air temperature was 18 deg. on Monday ; the least 1.2 deg. on Wednes day ; the mean difference of the week was 10.2 deg. The highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.2 deg. on Thursday and Friday. The wind was in the south-west on the first three days ; on Wednesday it changed to south ; it was afterwards in the north, and calm. QUARTZ GOLD IN CANADA. Lon be is every reason t o b e li eve th a t th e wor ld w ill Lo "a smuch startled with the discoveries of gold in a „,, w er Canada as it has been with those in California C't Australia. In fact, these discoveries have already een made, although for certain reasons a remarkable de grfle:t of mYstery and secrecy has been thrown over the a ex ;: f r ; but the fact is nevertheless undoubted that the fullyl"eace there of quartz gold to an alarming extent is the ascertained. It will be recollected that Mr. Logan, inr °7i ncial geologist, in writing to a Montreal paper efutation have L et . of a stock-jobbing rumour to which we 'n Lo we r e referred, expressed a doubt whether the gold Inakes . C anada will reward unskilled labour ; but he c an ora- The of the existence of quartz gold, which anees. successfully worked with scientific appli coui any recently incorporated by the le a „, I ', l. ,ePtsr l ion to work the gold mines in Lower nad "" l ien are known to exist ; and there is every probabilit yan astonish t l±s e t ri t . l7 result will create no little sensation It is impossible to regard the discoveries of gold in *l-411rver Canada, in ever so great abundance, with un -4e(l satisfaction. Our population has just now its ; I. a t n n ds full without gold mining. All the available un -t-ied labour finds abundant demand in the con n struF a - F" of railroads and other works ; and a gold iam d Just now would arrest the course of improvement an tinsebtle everything. It would retard the a d v ancement f th • those gigantic enterprises which are just going into trneirrosecution. A mania succ essful operation, and taket from agricultural opera - ns the c h ie f i ncen tive to L gold huntiner if the business p w ere tolerably succes , -' would create so violent an action on the labour tavaatreket that the prosecution of any great public or pr . i- . b enterprise would become impossible. We should Is a ble to complete no great schemes of railroads for - C a r ," B . The high stakes, the excitement, the feverish ° r e + of sudden wealth which gold discoveries create, 4 6. 1. 0 e ,_" vouch for weak heads and strong enthusiasm. mines are in no sort essential to the prosperity of ce -- : country ; its present sources o f p ros p e rity are more l A — f„ ai ; and subject t fewer accidents and contingencies. l'as fewe r risks o , and health less impediments t . ia , e-Ninter. Under all these circumstances, it will j a , re ,,elY be possible to view the discovery of gold e a f a ua at this particular time otherwise than as a atnity and ruisfoi tune.—Toronto Herald. TILE HUDSON RIVER. ao l tha nk God I wa s b orn on the banks of the Hild a:4l I think it an invaluable advantage to be born an d _ b _r,°.light . up in the neighbourhood of some grand tai l , "We object in nature—a river, a lake, or a 'noun our , We make a friendship of it- —we in a manner ally Pra elve s to it for life. It remains an object of our ag a i n e and affections—a rallying point to call us home have after all our wanderings. "The things which we It V° learned in our childhood," says an old writer," itr 11 P with our souls, and unite themselves to ocuorrn:hooatiti i s .s with the scenes among which we have passed th„ ea t r lY days ; they influence th whole course of our of thou g h and feelings ; and I fancy I can trace much good and pleasant in my own heterogeneous s 11 , 11 c 1 to my early companionship with this glorious ne e d In the warmth of my youthful enthusiasm, Zve .to clothe it with moral attributes, and almost to et :t a , soul. I admired its frank, bold, honest, cha- Wa a lta nobl e s i ncer i ty and perfect truth. H ere 841,6° EPecious, smiling surface, covering the dangerous broad ar or perfidious rock, but a stream, deep as it was trust%arld bearing with honourable faith the barque that Jesti e eu te its waves. I gloried in its simple, quiet, ma turns eis ' ; l flow ; ever straightforward. Once, indeed, it °l 3 pq --84 'm for a moment, forced from its course by marchothvere: - e fl t g hr i n o :i g i h nt l a if i e t , is, but it struggles bra7ly throug4 and i mmediately resumes its straightforward mans course zehold, thought I, an emblem of a good t or i by adverse ever e rr j°wered e s i i r m eu p w le s , and ' L i t is but momentarily, he soon recovers his sad teapnecees,enhde direct, onwardintof ."11eurable career, and continues it to the 8 illigritan ge -- Washington frying. •.tat7- of Zetland by hi s to —• la to be given to the Earl dion.f i , (IP ZE TLAND.—We understand that Panr, enars, and others, in the Mr. Forbes, refouth on Friday next, the 12th currennetw. a publi c bers of Par iaeall,dar, and several other Soitoh mem , Th. IllileaS are expected to beresent.-- hall, Grange- Scotsma aot, which '-- • R"a*PaßK.—Yesterday, lately received the Royal assent, was issued all rights of leo the,,,, purchase and extinguishment of . hts over the and lemmas and other commonable rig a short, act, to It y of Surrey. ~..* e Bit e of Battersea_ ark, in the count . provide enacted that the Battersea-park Commissioners are to Pay 1,500/. to the churchwardens of St. Mary, Batter be l ea, to be applied to such purposes as a vestry, t o eapvened for that purpose, shall direct, and thereupon T EL ',rights .of common are to cease and determine. L, -ttLEQRAP/31C CONVENTION BETWEEN ENGLAND, G l' 114110 E, tBLGIII/4, AND PRUSSIA. —The vote of 30,0001., oat man in committee of supply by the House of e -tll °fla, is intended to defray, to March, 1854, the l i V e rk 6 e of laying down an independent line of telegra- Ie wires from London to the Continent, and to enable Cr Xv 'majesty's G overnment to join a convention recently %eludlatied betwee n France, Belgium, and Prussia, f or regung the transmission of messages by e l ec t r i c tele trael)ll, and lately entered into by Messrs. J. and J. 4 r tt, inve ntors of th e su b marine telegraph, with those n ations on behalf of the European Teleg ra ph C ompany. nix I"Na•—The ad v i ces from Vienna embrace a re kable statement of the downward course of Austrian financ e since 1846. It apears that the deficit each x:ear from th at period has p been in sterling as follows, itr,llBesli: a7n0a6,50,331. in 1847, 4,511,064/. in 1848, • '3190,5801. in 1849, 5,344,733/. in 1850, 6,222,363/. 34 4,733/. in 1852, making a total in six yeah of 34,461,260/., or an average of 5 ,743,610/. per i'utu• There seems, also, every probability that the differe between revenue and expenditure will be equally disastrous in 1853. hnr,se-A-11Y.—A concession has just been granted by ltf.-,-.-uscan Government to Messrs. Gandell Brothers, r 'aris. for a railway of 80 miles, from Florence to Ste 2zo, the frontier town of Tuscany next to the Roman t , I 'e- By its connection with the Northern and Cen htat hnes, it will open an uninterrupted communication d" w een the northern States of Italy and the Roman p ° , llllDi Pos, and proposals have been submitted- to the l ac for .ts ezteneion to Rome, a distance of about 200 re_ es. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1853. ,SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ir. I Paid. RAILWAYS. Cbsing Prices Yesterday. Business done this day. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLI: NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses ll9 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 27 Diseases of the Lungs and other Ogans of Q 7 -- - Respiration v Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2 Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 32 Atrophy Old Age Sudden 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance .. 23 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. sponding week Itthl. of 182. . 376,427 .. 490, 396 .. 393, 256 .. 485,522 .. 616.635 Death,. in the W eek 141 213 151 219 267 West Districts North Districts Central Districts East Districts South Districts Totals 1,124 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total ..1,548 LOSS OF THE EAST INDIASIAN THE CITY of POONAH. This fine vessel, one of Mr. Green's, of Blackwall, has been recently wrecked on the beach off Saugor, about 95 miles from Calcutta. She left that port early in May, on her homeward passage to England, with a rich cargo on board and several passengers ; and on her arrival near the Saugor Lighthouse, near the entrance of the Hooghly, she brought up some distance from the shore. The weather at the time was particularly fine, scarcely a breath of wind stirring, the ship riding apparently in perfect safety. About midnight, however, there came upon the vessel a tremendous rolling sea, which swept her from her anchors, and before the pilot who was on deck at the time was av are of any danger, the ship was actually carried high up on to the beach, where the waters left her. Neither the crew nor passengers sustained the least in . . jury. According to the last accounts received by Mr. Green, there appears to be not the slightest probability of the ship ever being got off, unless carried off by such an extraordinary action of the waters that swept the City of Poonah on. She was freighted with a most valuable cargo, consisting of 750 chests of indigo, 68 bales of raw silks, 2,700 pieces of silk goods, 6,219 bags of saltpetre, 3.769 bags of sugar, 2,095 bags of jute, 468 bags of shellac, and a vast quantity of other articles, the produce of the East Indies, in all, value it is said of upwards of 100,0001. It is understood that the whole of it will be saved. The City of Poonah was rated nearly 1,000 tons burthen, and has made some rapid passa g es be tween London and Calcutta. She was uninsured. VIOLATION AT MISSON.—A. shocking case of cruelty occurred at Misson, a small agricultural village in North Nottinghamshire, on Thursday evening last, which is likely to terminate fatally. During the hay harvest a girl aged 15 years, the daughter of a poor labourer re siding in the village, had been employed in making hay along with three men in a field at Misson. On the eve ning in question, about seven o'clock, two of the men had occasion to leave the hayfield with a load of hay which they were taking to the stackyard, and thus the girl and the accused (George Smith), a labourer, were left there alone. After they had been gone a short time Smith proceeded to take improper liberties with her, which she resolutely struggled to resist. He kicked her violently, threw her upon the ground, and committed the offence with which he now stands charged. On the return of the two men to the field, the poor creature was found lying upon the grass in a state of insensibility, and her clothes torn almost off her back. She was im mediately removed home, and Mr. Nelson and Mr. Slater, surgeons, were called in. After some medicine had been administered to her she in a short time rallied, and the facts of the case were briefly, but with great dif ficulty, extracted from her, she being scarcely able to speak. Smith was immediately apprehended, and taken before Mr. James Lee, one of the magistrates at East Retford, and remanded to a future day, to await the issue of the girl's fate. She had not been able to eat, sleep, or stand since the occurrence, up to Monday, and no hopes whatever are entertained as to her recovery. Smith, since his apprehension, admits that he threw her upon the ground, but denies the coin mission (f the capital offence ; but the evidence against him is perfect and incontrovertible, there having been no one in the field at the time besides himself and his un fortunate victim. 64 64 33 FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a frightful nature happened on the 21st ult., which proved fatal to a young child, aged five years, the son of Mr. P. Williams, Ynyssau, Pumpsaint, in this county. It seems that on the day in question he was playing with another child in a garden at Dolan Cothi mill. In a short time after they went to the garden, a little girl, the miller's daugh ter, ran to her father and told him that the little boy was under the grindstone. Without losing any time be hastened to turn the water off the wheel that worked the grindstone ; and on proceeding to the spot he found the deceased between the grindstone and the wheel, the stone broken in two places. The unfortunate boy was taken out, but the vital spark had fled. A coroner's inquest was held on the body the following day, at the Dolau Cothi Arms, before J. P. Lewis, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury. Verdict, "Accidental death." —Carmarthen Journal. NEW PATENT LOCK.—A new lock peculiarly appli cable for banking purposes is stated to have been in vented and patented by Mr. Francis Whishaw. It is urn an entirely new principle, electro-magnetism being the agent employed, so that very great security is con sidered to be gained, without the multiplicity of parts of which most other locks are composed. The most simple form of the invention is a plate of soft iron at tached to the door, which when shut is in contact with the poles of an electro-magnet, the fastening and open ing of the lock being effected by the making and break ing of the circuit, and any number of locks throughout a house may be secured or opened at the same instant.— Times. BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY GUlDE—lmproved / is worthy of the especial notice of all travellers nowa days that their old " guide, philosopher, and friend," Bradshaw, has come forth in its new number (the instal ment for this current month of August) with the merit of a most appreciable and really long-desired improve ment. This improvement we may at once briefly remark has reference to the time table department. It facili tates to the traveller in quite a remarkable manner the connection of the various junctions with the main lines, and their different branches. And so easily ! The ar rangement being simply effected by numbers introduced in the station columns of the pages—these numbers having reference (by page) to di vers connec ti ons w ith A p ui th igs e l r ealn l e i ca n er e s lat y, of each Bradshaw r e s t route continuously.w will explain comprehension. t h otnh e re w t e h b n e y e p instanto inumberntingtoany out o The change is noticeable as not the least among our recent railway inn" royemoute. ‘.berdeen ......... Xottng. Bost, and Eastn. Junct.., Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley . irkenhd. liauesh. dt Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O 3ristol and Exeter... .Jaleclonian. Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, & Pass, Oublin&BelfastJunc, Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New ...... .. East Anglian..... Do., (6 - '8 E &H). Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, A Stock ..... I Do., B. Stock, (Do., New A. Fast Lauca.shire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birmin g . June Edinburgb& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee j Glasgow & S. Western IGreat Northern Stk. I Do. , A. Stock Do. , B. 5t0ck...... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern ... 'Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Ti. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shcf.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Uu Midland Do. Birning. & Derby Hidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enuiskillen l I Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 'Norfolk ... Northu.COunties Un North British 'North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 1)0., .1, A Deferred Do., 1 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western. N. & S. Westru. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .... Scottish Central I Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i nig Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St c bk Shrewsby. & Beiefd Shrewsby. & Chester, (N. W. Min ',. . Do. Halveso. to Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union 1 ,South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl. &Berw. (Do. Extensions ,;Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFEREN' Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Bris.& Ex. 4 p. e. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 1 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent Cork &Eandons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c 'Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem Do. 41 p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler I Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Han., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No.l. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Aarypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 42 per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4l per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. Guar. 5i per et._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 100 100 .100 100 10 all 1i all North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.e Do Shrews. &Birrn.N.G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W .M in), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent ,South Devon !Do. New - - S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. !Do. 4:1 . per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. IWaterfd.SzKilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle ,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H and S. 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Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Juliet. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besagon ,Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares ,Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg !Do. (Railway) :Do , IDo. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. (Lyons & Mediterran, 'Madras Maria Antonia ,Do. New 29 741 10 all Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [finy.B.&Ams.Slis.] NorwegianTruk Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Ch crbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. pref ,Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref . Western of France... 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Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg Port Philip Quartz Rock , Rhymney Iron ' Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba . olio I 0 0 2 0 ;5 all ;5 i 5 .0 all 5 1 ;5 all Z all JOINT-STO I 1 d par ld ' Pn par fi - d id 4 4d - par 7 9 41 3 4 31A 324 ed par 4 , A —484 10 11 P 60 70 7 —8 p 24 - 2 d 14 16 - fi par 9 10 d— par I 6A 7 d— A p i /3P d ; p 23 6 7i 3 par 6 8 3 4 - (i - d d —d, BANKS. 81 - 83 • - ..• i i 1) 1 .. ad Par — p 2 2,ip 49 - 51 li 1 dis— par 44 - 46 71A —72 Put 8 8A .NEOTIS. 32 = 34 64 = 67 li- - ip 2 1 P id -- parl par i pi 1 - 1i p li - 2i pi ii I= io 16 - 17 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Crief Junction Railway ; Tralee and Killarney Rail way (No. 2) ; Westminster Improvements (Dwellings of the Worki ng Cl asses ) ; Lif e Association of Scotland ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Ex tension of Time, &c.) ; London and North-Western Railway (Crewe to Shrewsbury) ; Wellington and Severn Junction Railway ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY BILL. Petitions against this bill were presented by Lord OvERsToNE and Lord BEAUMONT. Lord BEAUMONT expressed his astonishment that such a bill should have been brought before the house, as it involved a gross violation of private property, and intimated that when it was brought forward this even ing, he should move that it be read a second time this day three months. Lord DONOUGHMORE moved the second reading of the bill, and stated the reasons why it had been in troduced. He intimated that it had passed the select committee to which it was referred, but owing to an ob jection taken by the President of the Board of Trade, it was sent to another committee, but it also received their sanction. Under those circumstances he trusted the bill would not be rejected by their lordships. Lord BEAUMONT objected to the bill, because it would deprive persons against their will of property which had been secured to them by act of Parliament. If the bill was passed, it would shake the confidence of the public in preference railway shares, and tend, per haps, to the ruin of many families. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time this day three months. The Earl of HARROWBY said the committee of the other house had heard all the objections to the bill, and had decided that they were entirely futile. If the proposed arrangement was not agreed to, the cre• ditors of the company would come in and deprive the preference shareholders of all claims on the property. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE opposed the bill. Lord WYNDFORD supported the bill. Lord STANLEY trusted the house would reject the bill, believing that it would establish a principle which would lead to very dangerous consequences. After a few words from the Earl of YARBOROUGH, Lcrd St. LEONARDS said he would vote for the second reading on the ground that it came out in com mittee that the preferential shareholders had agreed to certain propositions of which they were now receiving the benefit. Their lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority —l7 The bill was then read a second time. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.—THE NAVAL REVIEW. in reply to a question from the Earl of DONOUGH MORE, The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that it was not considered necessary that the house should meet on Wednesday, and as the business for Thursday was only of the ordinary character, and was not likely to occupy much time or occasion discussion it was not proposed to adjourn over that day. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN IRELAND. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read ing of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, the Tenants' Improvement Compensation (Ireland) Bill, and the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill. In the course of a long speech explanatory of the objects of these measures, his grace chimed for them the support of the adherents of the Earl of Derby, on the ground that they had been introduced by his government, and expressed his assu rance that were the noble earl present he would not op pose them. He disclaimed any party object, or any other object than the welfare of Ireland, in introducing these measures, and entreated their lordships to allow them to pass the stage, not as a preliminary to passing them necessarily in their present form, but in order that they might have the full consideration of the house. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE urged the neces sity of postponing the bills until next year, on account of the many difficulties at present in their way—the late ness of the session and the necessity for attentive and deliberate consideration of their provisions. With re gard to the bills themselves, he urged various objections. Without opposing the second reading, he proposed that the bills should be referred to a select committee. The Earl of MALMESBURY would not object to going into committee on the two firstnamed bills, be cause they yet retained some of the spirit of Mr. Napier in their provisions, but he urged them to reject the third (the Leasing Powers), with which Mr. Napier had no thing to do, and which Mr. Napier condemned—as Lord Malmesbury showed by reading a letter from that gentleman. Lord RODEN condemned the bills generally and re commended the straightforward course of rejecting them altogether. The Earl of WICKLOW was for giving fair conside• ration at any rate to the Leasing Powers and Landlord and Tenant Bills during the present session. Lord ST. LEONARDS, without denying that the late Government had intended to legislate for Ireland in the form proposed, maintained that the present state of the bills must now be taken into consideration. The Earl of ABERDEEN confessed that it was not without some concern that he observed the feeling which manifestly prevailed in the house on the subject of these bills. He had hoped that the time was come when, after the lapse of many years, they had arrived at the point at which it would be possible to bring this difficult and ex citine• question to a conclusion. There could be no doubt that these bills, whether they were or were not precisely so, were in fact substantially the same as those introduced by the late Government ; and this circum stance had naturally given him ground to expect that they would be readily brought to a successful conclusion. He perceived that the reverse was the case. He re gretted the feeling that evidently prevailed among the majority of their lordships, but he assured them most ex plicitly that her Majesty's Government, in taking up these bills had no other desire than the benefit of Ireland. It appeared that the feeling was against them, and that being the case, he did not wish to press them. He would, therefore, accept the proposition made by the noble marquis, and he advised their lordships to concur with him in the second reading of these bills. If they agreed to that, he on his part, and on the part of the Govern ment, would undertake that, at an early period of next session, the whole subject should be taken into con sideration in their lordship's house, with the view of seeing whether it could not at last be settled. Mean while these bills should go no further. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances he would abstain from dis cussing their merits, and would merely observe, in con clusion, that he thought the proposition made by the noble marquis should be accepted by their lordships, and especially now that they had the undertaking which he had given them. (Hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY was as anxious as was the noble earl himself that at the earliest period of next session the question should be considered again, and that bills analogous to these should be brought forward. He would suggest that these bills and other important measures should be introduced into that house in the first instance, and that they should not be called upon to consider them at the end of the session. The Earl of RoDEN declined to divide, and after a few remarks from the Earl of DONOUGLIMORE, in approbation of the course the Government had taken, and expressing a hope that the question might in another session be satisfactorily settled, the Landlord and Tenant Bill was read a second time. The Duke of NEWCASTLE hoped the noble marquis did not intend to press his motion to refer the bills to a select committee as it was obvious no practical result could follow at this late period of the session. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE assented • he was perfectly content with the arrangement suggested by the noble earl at the head of the Government. The other two bills—the Tenants Improvements Com pensation (Ireland) Bill, and the Leasing Powers (Ire land) Bill, were also read a second time on the under standing that all three bills were to be withdrawn for the present session. The Merchant Shipping Bill, and the Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, were severally read a second time. IN CUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) ACT CON" TINUANCE BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, The Commons' amendment to this bill were agreed to after a remark from the Earl of DONOIIGIIMORE, who objected to the alteration made in the second clause. The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was read a second time, as was also the Duties on Horses let for Hire Bill. The amendments to the General Board of Health (No. 3) Bill were reported and agreed to. NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS BILL. This bill passed through committee. S BILL. This went EE R throw AT LIBERATED p AFRIC AN ommit te e. REDEMPTION BILL. This bill L ssed A NpapTAXthroughcommittee. NEWSPAPER readWS PAa third Eß time STh and l\iP passed. BILL. CONSOLID ATED ANNUITIES BILLS. This bill was read a thir d time and p assed . P This bill GO VERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The report on this bill was brou g ht up and agreed to BEL FAST MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES BIL L. This ßE G bi l ll s \ T v ß as A r n ead o a F th p ir n d l t vy ime and passed. BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BLI N ACT CARRIAGES AMENDMENT M END M ET N BILL. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. L. BILL. This bill went through committ ee . PASSENGERSDU This bill was read a second time. TURNPIKE ACT AMENDMEN BILL. T (IRELAND) This bill passed through committee • and The house adjourned at half ' - past 10 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) TRANSPORTATION BILL. The house then went committee on this bill, On clause 1, Lord PALMERSTON said there was no subject more difficult and important than the question of punish ment. In au earlier state of society crime produced in ,. the minds of the co mmuni t y b u t ono fading"—mat of resentment, and the object of punishment was simply ven geance, every kind of sufferin g w hi c h h uman ingenuity r uldinflict being awarded to criminals ; b u t as c i v ili sat i on increased, and minor feelings prevailed in legislation and practice, the punishment of death was confined to offences of the most serious and flagrant character, and secondary punishment was adopted in th e greater num ber of cases. The question of secondary punishments had always been one of extreme difficulty. It ought to be penal on the offender, and ought to deter, by example, others committing similar crimes, but, at the same time, there should be combined with it the principle of reformation. Hitherto, we had been enabled to dispose of criminals subjected to secondary punishment, by transporting them to our extensive colonies after first undergoing a certain period of imprisonment at home. We were now, however, under the necessity of altering that system. The colonies to which persons were trans ported had now become thriving and wealthy communities, whose feelings led them to revolt against those places being made the receptacle for criminals , who were deemed unfit to remain in the mother country. Whether they were right or not it was not for him to say, but as we had conceded to the colonies self-government, we must submit to its consequence, and their refusal to re ceive criminals would of itself compel us to alter the system. Independently of that, a great event had hap pened in those colonies, which necessarily led to the ' re-consideration of the existing system. 'When it turned out that those lands were places where wealth abounded, beyond, perhaps, the imagination of man, and where the exercise of a small amount of manual labour was likely to create a splendid fortune, it was quite clear they could not continue transportation to them any longer, be cause it would be henceforth be looked upon as an actual reward instead of a punishment. The Government, there fore, took the subject into their consideration, and they had determined to discontinue transportation, except to Western Australia. Then rose the question as to what should be done with the great bulk of criminals who were for the future not to be transported. It was proposed by the Government to give them at the expiration of a certain period, a ticket of leave not to go abroad, but to remain here, and though, then, set at liberty, they would be liable to be called upon if their conduct was not such as to warrant their remaining in that condition. The great subject of reformation had not been lost sight of. The Government did not think that was by any means a hopeless object on consultation with the parties who had charge of this department, they found there would be means for giving these persons employment at wages on the public works separate from convicas, thus placing them in this country in a similar situation t o th a t w hi c h th ey h ad occupied in the colonies. In this way he thought they would smooth the passage from the condition of a convict to that of a free and honest labourer. This plan of the Government would no t en t a il any additional cost on counties, because they would feel it their duty to provide all the necessary accommodation at the public expense. The bill had not resulted from any will or particular views of the Government, but was forced on them by the course of events, and he thought it was a mode of meeting the altered circumstances which was the least open to objection. In conclusion, he stated it would effect a considerable saving of the public money, as compared with transportation. Mr. WALPO LE generally agreed in what had fallen from the right hon. gentleman, and suggested some minor amendments in the bill. The plan he had sketched out, would not merely abolish that which had been an infliction on the colonies, but if vigorously and prudently carried out, would materially lead to the reformation of offenders. After a few words from Sir J. WALMSLEY and Mr. A. PELL&TT, as to certain works in which convicts might be beneficially employed. Sir J. PAKINGTON, though approving of the pro posal of the Government as a whole, thought they were to blame for bringing forward a subject of such import ance and difficulty, and upon which there was a diffeY ence of opinion among the highest authorities, at a time and under circumstances which pre cluded the possibility of any satisfactory discussion upon it. The plan was neither that of the late nor the present Government ; but had been suggested by the gradual course of events. He believed that it could be carried out at much less cost to the country than the system of transportation. He trusted the Go vernment would take care that the public were not sufferers by the sudden change which was proposed, and that ample accommodation was pro vided in this country for prisoners, in order that it might not become necessary to get rid of them before their time expired. Mr. MACARTNEY mentioned certain inconveniences to which the sudden carrying out of the plan would oc casion in Ireland. Mr. ADDERLEY warmly supported the bill, and ' expressed his disapproval of transportation as a hateful, detestable, and cowardly system. Mr. F. SCULLY believed that this was the best bill which could be introduced under existing circumstances. He looked upon it as modifying rather than as abolish ing transportation. The same objection against tran sportation which existed in some parts of Australia did not prevail in other colonies. He considered that the practice which should be adopted was to send to colonies as transports, not the worst, but the best of convicts. In several depots for convicts in Ireland, they were kept in a very idle and disorderly state, and he hoped that some change would be made in those establishments ; they might be employed in agricultural occupations or on public works in Ireland, such, for instance as erecting a harbour of refuge at Galway, which would be a great benefit to that country. Mr. PHILLIMORE considered the measure would effect a great improvement in ourpenal legislation. In his opinion, transportation had been completely inefficacious. The obj ect of all punishment was first, example; secondly, reformation ; and lastly, diminution of the public ex pense ; and in all these three points, it was impossible for anything to have been more vicious than transporta tion. He earnestly hoped they were now ringing the death-knell of the system, and that they would never see a new penal colony again established. Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought the question as to the effect of the bill on our social system had been altogether overlooked. Great inconvenience would arise by so many of these liberated convicts being thrown on society. It would force on them the neces sity of establishing some general system of police in the country, and therefore tend to increase the amount of our local burdens. Mr. PHILLIPS supported the bill. Mr. FLOYER said, as the principal depots for con victs were in the West of England, the inhabitants there entertained considerable alarm lest they would be set at liberty at the prison gates, and thus make a large addition to the number of those seeking employment, to the injury of other labour, and perhaps interfere with the safety of property and the preservation of the peace in that part of the kingdom. He hoped this matter would receive the attention of the Government. Lord PALMERSTON expressed his gratification at finding a general acquiescence in the bill, and at receiv ing many valuable suggestions from hon. members, all of which would receive the best consideration of the Government. The detailed arrangements for the execution of the measure would require much deliberation, but as lie would have the assistance of some of the most able officers, it, would be very much his own fault if lie did not succeed in making some which would be satisfactory to the public, and at the same time would carry out the views of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Clause 1 was then agreed to, as were also the remain ing clauses. After a short discussion, the house resumed. The house adjourned at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from natives of India, praying for a reform in the Government of that empire. SUPPLY.-REPORT. The report of supply was brought up, and the various votes were read at the table. THE SUPPLY OF RUM IN THE NAVY. On the vote for the Naval Coast Volunteers, Mr. F. FRENCH said he wished to ask the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he could assign any reason why rum should be the only spirit se lected for consumption in the navy ? In the year 1841 the extraordinary preference which was thus given to ono article of colonial produce had been brought under the no tice of the House of Commons ; and the Admiralty autho rities had then given the house and the public reason to understand that they were about to introduce some other spirits besides rum for the use of British sailors. Since that time, however, the question had not again been mooted. It, was certainly a very surprising fact that free-trade Minis tries, which had carried the principle of unrestricted com petition so far as to accept tenders for supplying the Bri tish navy with foreign beef, pork, and bread, had endea voured to prop up the colonial monopoly in supplying the same na vy with rum. Th e parties whose interestshe was then advocating did not as k th e Board. of Admiralty to s take British spirits at a higher rate or of a worse quality than the colonial spirit. On the contrary, they con tended that they would supply a better article lower price. An application had lately been made t a o the board to the effect that sailors in the royal navy should have the same privilege extended to them in that matter which was enjoyed by sailors in the mercantile navy, and that they should be allowed to use rum, or other spirit s, j us t as they themselves might that appli ca ti on had been met by a decided r eL f e s r l . l • But an immediately aft er it h a d b een made a contract had ' 'been entered into for the supply of 30,000 gallons of rum for the Royal navy, and there was at present a contract before the public for the supply of an additional quantity. He had been informed that the spirit which was supplied to the Royal navy was what was called " the sweepings" of the rum in the market, and that it had been sold at the rate of 2s. ld., while the price of good rum varied from 2s. Bd. to 3s. But even at the price of 2s. id., he believed that a better article could be obtained from the manufacturer of British spirits. It was evident that the public in general preferred British spirits to rum ; for while the annual consumption of the former in the United Kingdom amounted to 24,000,000 of gallons, the annual consumption e of the latt er amoun t e d t o on l y 4,000,000 of gallons. wished to kn ow w h e th er th e r ight hon. baronet could offer any explanation of the course taken by the Admiralty upon that s u bj ec t, and also whether he would have any objection to lay before the house the correspondence n had taken pl ace with respect to it bet w thdeengawrhdicohf Admiralty and the representatives of ° the distillers of the United Kingdom ? gs' of rum, to which the Sir J. GRAHAM said he should plead ignorance of the meaning of the term hon. gentleman had refer s r v e e raild ' th . at point. 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New !Provincial of Ireland !Do. New Royal Australu.likg, & Gold Imp Co , South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London.. Union of Madrid.. MISCELL Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail Australis. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... Canada Company..... Crystal Pa1ace........ ......... 'Crystal Pal, of France !Eastern 5team....... !Electric Tel, of Irel, Gen. Steam Navigat, I Geueral Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Niagdalena. St. Navig, INat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land, N. B. Australasian... N'rth. of Europe Steam 'Heel Er. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do, Portland Iron C 0..... Royal Mail Steam._ Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New Scrip..... South Austral. L and Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 10 60 I all 1 6 15 25 j all 10 24 16i i 17 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) S UGA R.—Today there was a large business concluded in West India sugar, and very full prices wore obtained for both grocery and refining descriptions. At auction 260 hhds 14 tres Barbadoes wont at the full value , fine ye l lo w selling at 37s Gd to 38s, low to good 335 6d to 375, and brown 32s 6cl to 33s per cwt. Total purchases were 1,000 hhds, &c. REFINED. —To-day Refined Sugar was in active request for home consumption, and prices closed firmly; brown lumps at 465, and grocery from 46s 6d to 48s 6d. A brisk export demand for crushed sugar at full prices. FOREIGN.—Since Saturdy the demand for floating car goes of foreign sugar has much increased for exportation, and full prices are paid. Of yellow Havannah two cargoes have been sold at 24s Gd for numbers 12; 2 do. white Bahia 22s 9d ; and three of brown Parabia and Pernam buco at 17s 9(1 per cwt. Duty paid parcels are dealt in with more freedom. On Change two cargoes yellow Havannah sold for Bristol numbers 12 to 12,i at 22s to 22s Gd, at 111 at 22s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—To-day Bengal Sugar was dealt in with greater freedom, and last week's terms were well supported. At auction, 2,450 bags were sold—low to good white Be nares at 35s Gd to 38s, fine 39s 6d to 40s, grainy yellow fine 40s to 41s Gd, white 42s to 44s 6d, and fine like Mauri tius 36s Gd to 38s. There was no public sale of Madras, but several parcels sold by private treaty at firm treaty. Cmcowy. -Prices continue to decline—supply being plentiful and dealers operating with reluctance. British root has been selling at 91. 10s to 101. ; powder at 201. to 24/. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon coffee presented a dull aspect, and prices are barely sustained. At auction 218 cks only in part sold, mid to good mid 58s to 60s ; low mid 56s Gd to 57s 6d, fine to fine ord 52s to 565, and triage 46s to 525. In native sales trifling by private treaty, good ord at 45s 6d to 46s ; at auction 500 bags were withdrawn. In the market for Mocha there is dullness, and rather lower terms are accepted. At auction 113 bales, 479 half bales and 27 frazils, nearly all taken in ; mid to good clean garbled small berry at 65s to 68s, but triage sold at 38s to 50s. At auction 47 casks, 100 brls and bags Jamaica sold at 51s to 53s for fine ord, at 44s to 50s for low to fine. TEA.—Although Congou is offering rather under pre vious terms home dealers have operated with caution, and only small parcels have been taken by exporters. Supply is more plentiful, and there are sellers of low to good ord sound at lld to 110, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf ilia to is ld, strong to Pekoo sorts is lid to is 9d, and choice is 10d to 2s 2d per lb. The lower sorts have been the most difficult of disposal. Fine Souchong is much re quired at 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; in low to good purchases are limited at is ld to 2s, and supply is more plentiful. RICE.—To-day East India rice was purchased with re luctance privately, and the rates accepted are 3d per cwt. under last week. At public sale 683 bags Bengal were taken in at 12s to 12s Gd for good mid white, only lls 9d being offered. SPIRITS.—To-day rum was much in demand ; East India realised 2s Nd to 2s ld proof, Leeward Islands 2s ld to 2s 2d, Demerara 2s 9d to 3s for 32 to 40, Jamaica 3s 7d to 4s 8d for 30 to 38 over proof of clean quality. Brandy is not cheaper, but there is a quiet market. COCHINEAL.—To -day cochineal was held for full prices, still there was a quiet market. Of 166 bgs at auction a small part only sold ; Honduras,. fine black 5s 6d, pasty silvers 3s 9cl to 3s 11d, Teneriffe silvers perfect grain 4s sd, superior black 4s 11d, Mexican silvers 3s 9d to 4s 3d, and black 4s 3d to 4s 5d per lb. OlLs.—Prices have give n way for rape oil, supply keep ibnrgo w o n n thenincreasel;o d b u B t s h e t r o e 3 h B a s s 6 b d e , en an a d o foreignod d e39s n p d e cwt. Linseed oil has been in excellent request, the cur rency is firm at 29s Gd on the spot at 30s to 30s 3d for future delivery. L TALLow.—Stock of colonial and foreign is 23,000 casks less than last season ; and deliveries are 5,030 larger prices showing an advance of 14s to 15s per cwt. Up to Saturday demand was active for Russian on the spot, and there was an advance, five P. Y. Candle realising 52s 3d to 52s 6d per cwt. should be, and from a consideration of the habit, the taste,. and the health of the men the board were induced to give the preference to rum. The matter had been brought bes„Vs fore various Boards of the Admiralty, and they had all concurred in the opinion that the preference ought to be maintained. With respect to the correspondence which had passed between the Board of Admiralty and the re presentatives of the distillers of the United Kingdom, upon that subject, he had only to observe that if the hon. gen tleman should wish for its production, he (Sir J. Graham) eould have no objection to accede to his request. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD wished to ask the right hon. baronet whether he would be prepared to lay before the house a copy of the medical report which had been made upon that subject. He understood that the question had been referred by the Board of Admiralty to the medical officers of the navy, with a view to ascertain whether in a medical point of view rum possessed any advantage over home-made spirits. It was stated that the report of those officers was in favour of native spirits, and that, in their opinion, rum contained deleterious qualities which those spirits did not possess, while it did not contain their good t h u x t i i e s s t g T p l i r ci a r o e t i w o e a s i o n o t hdeo royalubt the o a a t v t y h h a m d o o v r e i m g j e o n a t t againstowth the distillers of the United Kingdom ; but those gentle menaltahbtaoetl ytpi N er v oai ernrns principle been ealperfectlyeenni ofadopted dn unrestricted ppto el justified u i ws n thi fii t ce h hd e inseeking to obtain the competitionwas commercial a direct h a o o f f policy of this ear Sir n country. GRAHAM said that th a t was no t a question of cou free trade or of monopoly ; it was merely a ite question of what was most conducive to th e discipline and t com fort of the men in her Majesty's n av y. H e was not aware whether the question of health, as regar d e d th e use of any particular kind of spirits in the royal n av y, h a d b een under the consideration of any medical officers. But he should say that if the Board of Admiralty were not competent to decide a case of that kind, or if their decision was to be set aside by the House of Commons, the sooner the board was abolished the better. (Hear.) The vote was then agreed to. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS OF PRISONS. The vote of 407,6071. for the government convict esta blishments at home having been read, Mr. LUCAS said he found that there were 16 govern. ment prisons in the United Kingdom, eight of which were in Great Britain and eight in Ireland. He also found that the systems of prison discipline enforced in the two coun tries varied very materially in one important point. He referred to the provision made for the religious instruction of prisoners. Upon that subject one arrangement was adopted in Ireland, and another and a totally different one in England. That was a question which had recently become one of very greatly increased importance, because it appeared that for the future the system of transporta tion was to be entirely, or almost entirely, abolished, and that convicts should, in nearly every case, undergo their punishments in prisons. Under the system of transporta tion to the colonies, the principle of perfect religious equality had been adopted, and all convicts had received religious instruction from clergymen of their own faith. That practice had been established by the present Earl of Derby when Colonial Secretary, and that noble earl had, in the year 1847, delivered a speech in which he had expressed his gratification at the good results which had been attained by the adoption of such a ,course. But as the system of transportation was about to be abo lished, he (Mr. Lucas) wished to know whether that mode of conducting the religious instruction ca prisons use he i n w a G s r e a at w of convict s w hi c h h a d wor k e d so well in the colo nies w as t o b e introduced into the governmen t ar ß e ri t t et n. the li p e rac sai ti d ce in wh a i r c e h a h t had ad ßri p tai rev n a , il b e e d in the pe na l colonies a ong since been adopted, and was at present in force in Ireland. In the Irish government prisons the arrangement was • this—and it was one so sim ple and reasonable that nobod y must wonder how w any other had been adopted elsewhere—thatprisoners wh en en first placed in the gaols were entered according to the re ligions which they professed, and pri • soners of every re ligious denomination received the ministrations of chap lains, whose salaries were paid by the state. In the votes for the Irish prisons there were included votes for Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian chaplains ; and so completely was the principle of perfect religious equality carried out in the Irish prisons, that Roman Catholic chaplains gave certificates of good conduct to Roman Catholic prisoners just as Protestant chaplains gave certificates of good conduct to Protestant prisoners. In the Irish prisons no temptation whatever was held out to Roman Catholic prisoners to practise hypocrisy. But, in the English prisons, the case was very different, and there the Protestant chaplain alone was known to the law. In those prisons a Roman Catholic or a Presbyterian convict might ask for the services of a Roman Catholic or a Pres byterian clergyman, and his request would be complied. with ; but the only person whom it was his interest to con ciliate and from whom he could obtain a certificate of good conduct was the Church of England chaplain. That was a fact which appeared in the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Kings mill, the chaplain of the Pentonville prison. That rev. gentleman stated that many Roman Catholic prisoners entered their names as Protestants from a feeling that it would militate against their interests to have it known that they were Roman Catholics. He (Mr. Lucas) had further to state, that in the Government and the county gaols of Great Britain the Roman Catholics had no service on Sun days. This was a matter of extreme importance ; and as her Majesty's Government had taken the whole manage ment of the prisoners at home into their hands, he hoped the noble lord would assent to the claim which he now urged. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON assured the hon. gentleman he had no need of making apology for having brought this matter—one of great interest and deep importance—before the house. He hail also to thank the hon. gentleman for the courtesy with which he had communicated his views to him (Lord Palmerston) in private on this subject. He begged to state, in the first place, that, with regard to the ditlerence to which the hon. gentleman adverted as exist ing between Roman Catholic and Protestant prisoners, it might be accounted for by the fact that the convicts in the colonies included all those who came from Ireland as well as England. He (Lord Palmerston) had issued directions to the prisons to the effect that, upon the committal of a prisoner, he be immediately called upon to state what re ligion he belonged to, and that his declaration in reply thereto should be taken as an indication of his religion. Beyond that, he admitted that the prisoner who made the declaration ought to be made to know that nothing in re gard to his treatment in gaol would depend upon the par ticular religious persuasion to which he might belong. The prisoner would be equally sure of having religions instruc tion given him by the clergyman of his own creed ; and also the prisoner should know that all testimony as to his good conduct whilst in prison should proceed from his own religious instructor. (Hear.) What was their object in the treatment of prisoners? Reformation as far as possible. How could that reform be effected if religious consolation, were attempted to be given to men by the clergy of an op posite creed? (Hear.) If a man, a Catholic, on entering prison, called himself a Protestant, he commenced by hy pocrisy, and the man's heart was hardened against all in struction owing to the conflict he had to endure with his own previously imbibed opinions. (Hear.) Instruction to such a man was scattering seed ou a sterile soil. In that way, the Catholic, instead of spending his time in receiv ing instruction, spent it in theological contr ov e rs y. ( Hea r.) It was evident they would defeat their own object if they did not give to persons of all religious denominations in struction in that shape, and coming from that quarter, which might render it most useful. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman (.ilr. Lucas) had moved for certain returns, to which motion he (Lord Palmerston) readily acceded ; and he should further say he deemed it his duty to carry into effect those views which he had explained in reference to the Government prisons. (Hear.) There should be reli gious instruction given to the Catholic and Dissenter, as well as to the Protestant ; and the clergyman imparting that instruction should have the respect and reward at taching to the adequate discharge of those important duties. (Hear.) With regard to the county prisons he could not say that some legislative alteration might not be necessary. To what degree or extent the Secretary of State had control over them, at present he was not pre pared to say ; but, if necessary, legislation would be in troduced on the subject. (Hear.) He hoped that state ment would be satisfactory to the house. He thought they should not convert their gaols into proselytising schools, or arenas of theological controversy, but make them places for sound moral improvement. (Hear, hear.) . Mr. J. BALL hoped the treatment of juvenile and adult inmates of English workhouses would not be overlooked, as they stood as much in • need of spiritual instruction as the inmates of any of our gaols or prisons. The report was then agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. After a few words from Col. NORTH, who thanked the right hon. gentlemen on the Treasury bench for the kindly manner in which they had acted towards the militia, The report was brought up and agreed to. METROPOLITAN SEWERS ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord D. STUART wished to know whether it was pos sible for Parli amen t to continue that which had no existence ? Lord PALMERSTON wished to inform his noble friend that, excepting the transformation of man into woman or woman into man, there was no limit to the omnipotence of Parliament. (Laughter.) Parliament, therefore, had power to continue that which had no existence. (Laugh ter.) He (Lord Palmerston) originally intended to re strict the borrowing power to 500,000/. —namely, 400,0 001 - in addition to the 100,0001. already borrowed. How ever, on the representations of his hon. friends the me tropolitan members, he now proposed to diminish that sum by one-half—namely, 200,0001., exclusive of the 100,0001. already borrowed. The locality of the Hack ney-road was to be included in the improvements, but, owing to this reduction to the borrowing power several important works would have to be left untouched until next session. He now begged to move, " That it be an in struction to the committee that they have power to make provision in the Metropolitan Sewer s Acts Continuance l: 1 , e Bill as to monies borrowed, or to be borrowed, under said acts." (Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL complained that the noble lordmbesd taken a course hardly just or fair to the people of the o _ , un txu e ri a n n ' d The noble lord brought in his bill on the 14t re h continuance it being understood that it was to be a u] si .i t h tah o bill, person it was dr e aerropopowinsigtizzo. He wished to inform (Hear, hear.) He a th s a e r it nd contained act was passed the history of this commissions.ewers 1848eubat:house what was , but an act was sub canonatiinnulaBnscle to abolish the commission of the greatest dissatisfaction Cher cframission. It had a greater sequently passed to continue reitvtaratlvoatyetaire, taosfuytxother similar body; they had the t i„ upon property to the amount of power'll) d w e managementr o t than al levying v a y l i m n g o r li n g, and the rate they had a power to levy 9, 500 , 0 C ". ate-- e `a t o no less than 250,0001. sterling, 'with annually amount onthe par of the rate- He h a d had an opportunity of inspecting the payers. out any power of interference minu te book of th e commissioners, an d be found that front the month of October, 1850, to May, 1851, not a single entry had been made in these books. The honourable gentleman then proceeded to detail several important transactions that had taken place before tho commis sioners of sewers, of which there was not the slightest minute or memorandum, and instanced in one case a sum of 10,0001. which had been borrowed, of which the secretary could give no information whatever. This was the commission which had existed up to the present day, and which it was now proposed to continue for some further indefinite period. He reminded the house that the noble lord the member for Colchester had some time ago given a positive pledge that a bill would be brought in early in the present session for the purpose of doing away with the existing commission. It appeared that the debts and liabilities of this commission had gone on gradually increasing, and now amounted to no less a sum than 174,1861. With regard to the expense of manage ment, that also had shown a regular progressive increase, until it had reached no less than 35 per cent. on the amount expended, But, at all events, 'they ought to see that the works executed, which had cost the public so large a sum, had been well execute wd. the Vic commission had toria sewer, and it executed only one great or k, - "...N........ 25 10 1.0.6 St. 20 5 St. 10 20 20 3.3 i 10 20 10 20 10 20 71i I 13i f 72 li x in