The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

tirb Mbittan THIS DAY. CROXTETH STAKES. Longbow.. - Zustac 3 de Gray.. Two ran. Won in a canter. PRODUCE STAKES. Sortie . Alenabie . Four ran. MERSEY STAKES. Barrel . Stilletto LIVERPOOL RACES. 'Platt Wbition SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. LIVERPOOL RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. 0aba1de5t0n................... .......................... Ca10t......................... ............................ Ten ran. Won by half a length. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 1 on Goorka (taken). STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manch.cster Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, July 12.—The yarn market continues to exhibit a general firmness in prices, with a hardening tendency in some descriptions. Spinnings suitable for Russia are dearer, as are also do u bl e d yarns. B uyers operate cautiously, however, particularly those connected With forei gn mar k ets ; and the business of the day has not been l arge . Th e demand for home consumption is the most active. In goods, also, the home demand is Much the best, including printers, shirtings, madapol lams, jacconets, and long-cloths; and full rates are com manded. The extreme flatness of the Eastern trade, especially to China, is affecting the value of 40-inch shirtings, particularly the medium sorts, which are not saleable at recent rates. The improvement in the me di.ure qualities of domestics is maintained ; but the best kinds still lag behind. The makers of such cloths as are. most ready of sale and most improved in price, com plain very justly, however, that the advantage is taken fout of their hands by the high price they have to pay or their mat er i a l s . A t present rates, considerable loss I s I ncurred in some extensive branches. The diminished con sumption which' there certainly i s at present, does Rot prevent cotton from still tending upward in value. 1 p Liverpool it gets rather dearer, and also in the American markets. It would seem from the purchases of the trade that they are at present increasing their stock on hand yesterday, at a most influential meeting of Manches -4r spinners and manufacturers, a local union was deter ralned upon. To-day, a very numerous meeting of mill °Ur ners, from all pa r t s o f t h e d i strict, unanimously lyadopted resolutions as the basis of a general association, W hose main objects seem to be to assist in forming dis trict unions ; to obtain from them lists of wages ; to the such lists ; an d t o commun i cate the results to W'oe local bodies. A short notice of the proceedings of ill /fleeting and the resolution s a d op t e d b y the latter, ll be foundelsewhere. toIUCIIDALE, July 11.—There has been a dull market 1 ,: (14 Y, and . very little inquiry for goods, yet full prices "'ve been given for what has been sold. These last the weeks the manufacturers ave raised the wages of a Power-loom weavers and piecers ; the former 121 and the latter 10 per cent. This day (Monday), in some thof the milLs where the higher wages had not been paid, e ha n d s turned out ; but they returned to work under e promi se th a t t h ey should receive them at the end of the present week. The wool market has been remark ably quiet, and the manufactur ers seem determined to Wait the result of the London sales. HALIFAX, July 9.—Every branch of the worsted trade, from the raw material t o the finished article, is Paralysed by the threatening aspect of affairs on the con tinent, and th e t ransact i ons are so limited as to render prices little more than nominal. HUDDERSFIELD, July 12.—0 n the whole we have had a, quieter market th an usua l ; t h ere have been fewer bu yers in town, and their purchases h ave b een con teted• Merchant s b u y cau ti ous l y, and generally to w i! , l2. their i mme di a t e or d ers. Speculators are quiet, and Their generally attributed to the Eastern uestion ; un til Something final is known respecting it we may xpect to have quiet markets. ,ONDOY, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. ;InJoTrn you, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • 111 ,-- lam instructed by the board of directors to that the accounts for the past half-year i i -v "ig beers this day submitted to them, they , 1 0 decided upon recommending the payment of a ulv idend for the half-year of 365. per cent. on the con solidated stock of the company. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, Secretary's FRED. SLIGHT, Secy. ...... office, London, July 13, 1853. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES BETWEEN THE IRISH AND TIE ITALIAN REFUGEES. Leath For the last f ew d a y s Le ather-lane scener-lane Holborn, and Baldwin's-gardens h ave b een he of much Hot and dibance, owing Lc an ill f ee li ng that has arisen between stur the Italian re fugees, friends and partisans of the Padre Gavazzi, and t he Irish, who are thickly located in the neighbourhood. T he cause of quarrel is of a politico-religious aspect, and 4 4 1 ! such it has tak en a rather serious turn. It appears ''"at the It a lian ref ugees of 1848 adopted the above lo cality as their general rend ezvous, an d some time since they b r eearne mos t i nve te ra t e i n t h e i r d i slike to the Roman Ca tholic clergy who officiate in the district, and have I, 4z 'l'ied it to the extent of attempting to assassinate an ~ - re`7‘olian priest who had a mission there, he having been b e gnised by some of them as an "aristocrat," who had e° ,. inimical to the popular cause in Italy. The removal a 11 1 "is gentleman, it was imagined, would have created Co,tter understanding ; but such has not been the case, fi r ulle Irish clergymen who have taken his place, the h, " ' A ll% Gilligan and the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, have ba -c° , ' 5l l several occasions insulted by the Italians while e ' 88'4 through the streets. On Sunday eveninglast, how uvre.r,,,,ili.,a,.tters were brought to a fearful crisis, the Rev. and ` - ' 4 ,illigan having been assaulted in Balwin's-gardens, Italian"l assailants retreating into a card kept by an d a /lamed Tresoldi. This was followed up on Mon -3' evening by an assault on the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, tvvi ev leisoaNsvahseklyanoscked d own an d i ll-treated by the same Par passing the caszi, about six o'clock in the ening. The Irish, who witnessed this unprovoked outrag e at once made an attack on the house, and broke s oars of , the windows, and but for the timely arrival of a few policemen, serious damage, if not loss of life, might have ensued. If the authorities do not interfere with a large force, and a determined purpose, loss of life will unquestionably follow. EAST INDIA PROPRIETORS. ---Mr. Bri ht M.P has obtained a return (printed yesterda y) ofgthe number of proprietors of East India stock on the 3d of June last ; of the number entitled to vote in the choic e of direc tors ; of the number entitled to more than one vote ; and of the number who actually voted at the elec tion of the ten last elected directors. The document also contains an account of the ballots or divisions Which have taken place in the Court of Proprietors since April, 1834, and of the annual allotment of the Patronage, civil and military, of the Court of Directors since the same period. It appears that on the 3d ult. there were 1,785 proprietors of East India stock, of whom 1,055 were men and 320 women. Of the number 1,055 men and 320 women were ent i t l e d to one vote, 235 men and 72 women entitled to two votes, 50 men and 12 Women ent i tled to three votes, and 34 men and 7 o men entitled to f our votes. It seems that, i n 18d 7 W 44 _ 205 proprietors voted on th e occas i on of the e l ect i on o f t he last 10 elected directors, of whom 203 were men and `, w omen. In 1845 108 voted-107 men and 1 woman. " 31 1847 the number who voted were 1,594-1,256 men a nd 338 women. In the same year 1,516 voted. In 1848 the number was 1,516 ; in 1850 1,636, and on another occasion in the same year 1,432 ; in 1851 1 ,563 ; in July, same year, 142 ; and o n th e 13 t h o f ,April l ast 1,612 voted.-1,236 men an d 37 6 women. Th e remainder of the document has reference to the pro ceedings of the Court of Directors and the distribution of their patronage, civil and military. aB ME TROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. —Yesterday PeCl al Court of S ewers was h e ld at the offices, Greek , Soho. Present--Mr. Jebb, chairman, Lieut. eel, Dawson, Sir Charles Fellowes, Mr. George B a k er , h°s Hawksha,w, Mr. G. Spencer Smith.® The acco un t s Iddwed that the available balance to the 9th July o unted to 6 6,416/. 14s. 2d, from which was t o b e 1,868/. 9s. 7d. for payments ordered on this °ecasion. The chairman announced that contracts for /voll is had been tendered and accepted as follows : Alpha -place, and the neighbouring streets, Chelsea, the ,!:yest tend er b y M r. Eldred, the amount being 6,9381.; ,1 illiam-street and the neighbouring streets, Lisson ve, the lowest tender was by Mr. Butterbury, 6,3601.; Gravel -lane, Borough, by Messrs. Lucas, 6,4621. ; Ken gall-road 1 ' and Phillim ore - p l ace, by George Meyers, ' 6 77/ I '4 '. ; Brita nn i a - s t reet, City-road, by Mr. Dethick, 1 ,70 6/. ; W e lli ng t on - street, Wellington -place, Hack 'ey Bro o k L evel, by Mr. Dethick, 10,9271. A speci htication for wor k s at t h e outlet of Victoria -street sewer %e consider e d b y th e court, and the necessary orders I hereon were duly made. Th e commissioners then pro eded to inspect Rittie's patent trap, intended to pre vent th e r i sing of deleterious effluvia from th e drains and se wers tk 1 aid aft er th e t ransact i on of some formal business 4e court adjourned. Sino,.., --.-ir ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —The forthcoming leZtra night, on Friday night, at these Gardens, promises , ogrjat treat. Extra fireworks ; extra singing by Miss tangoes le who lends her valuable services ; and every ar ent on the grandest scale. rmoN. encamped ,arade the tug) of the a position lliant eye' under the ambridge, when the on of the day pre• [73 drum' On duty imers and 7 officers, I file, and without ;tive, 101 yesterday an open hted first wards re fry guar encarnP- rs of the Highness Lrds—the 1r of in es. The his tent, tutely in thanking lted Piim nspected rds, and nted the respects iting to ,giment, ;s drove ling the and re mid the sequent [TOW :---- LO corn ,nd pro (:) Nine rds will Lcks at it corn nd pro raterloo ch from South- Tower. 3 Wok tailway it from South of this nice by h from 1 Great h from Great of this ace by h from south )n and )anies) roceed uth. cora from ;amp. corn from amp. com from app. MONEY MAR INTELLIGENC. 'OMMERCIAL N--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export. The market was steady but firm. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 130 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 7i-d. ; 100 Bahia at 61d. ; 100 Egyptian at 61d. to nd., and 300 Surat at 3id. to 4/d. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet but firm. The particulars of the Indigo sales which com menced yesterday, are thus given by Messrs. R. W. Jewesbury and Co. " INDIGO. —The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced this day, consisting of 13,267 chests (including 5,232 chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn from, former sales, and 1,910 chests in second hands), com prising the following. viz. : " Catalogue A, 7,779 chests Bengal, Oude, &o. 1,152 „ Madrafi. 1,924 „ Kurpah. 38 „ Belniapatam. 75 „ Calcutta, Fig. 5 „ Madras, Fig. 2 „ Pondecherry. 363 „ withdrawn to 11th ins . 19 lots warehouse sweepings. 11,357 chests. "Catalogueß, 1,910 „ various, in second hands. 1 50 "Total... 13,267 ~ The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and fine, and two-thirds mid. and ord.; the Madras, one fourth good and fine, and three-fourths mid, and ord. ; the Kurpah, one-third good and fine, and two-thirds mid. and ord. ; Beinlapatam, mid, and ord. The sales opened with a parcel of good Bengal, which sold with considerable spirit at last May rate, to 2d. per lb. higher ' • subsequently a parcel of J. and R. W. was mostly bought in from 4s. 6d. to 68. 10d., being fully 6d. to Bd. per lb. advance upon previous prices. Madras of ordinary quality ruled 2d. to 3d. per lb. under last sales, a few chests of mid. quality selling at par. For Kurpah prices were about equal to May rates, for the inferior sorts ; the better qualities realised about 2d. per lb. advance. There was only a moderate attendance of buyers, both home and foreign. 1,256 chests have passed to-day, of which 374 were with dralvn, 215 bought in, and 667 sold. The following are the highest and lowest prices : 580 Bengal 3s. 9d. to 6s. 10d. per lb. 145 Madras ..... is. 6d. to 3s. 4d. „ 157 Kurpah .2s. sd. to ss. id. „ 374 withdrawn 1,256 chests." The public sales of wool commence to-morrow, and there will be from 50,000 to 60,000 bales offered. The latest Sydney papers received here are much occupied with the news received out, of the furor in the Australian Share Market, and especially with the disposition to take shares in companies founded upon no legitimate basis, as in the case which had come before the colonial tribunals where the parties selling the land were deservedly condemned to make restitution. The purchase of shares in London at a high premium when the same could be bought in Sydney at a discount, was also a matter of surprise, but the crowning theme was the rise in the Australian Agricultural Com pany's Shares. It is remarked that such a sudden inflation is calculated to bring discredit upon the colony, because circumstances do not warrant it, and the purchase of the Peel River estate for half a million sterling is viewed with a feeling which shows how little the Sydney journalists anticipate a return upon the capital invested. In the tone of these reflections most impartial men will concur, and they bear in no way against the conclusion that undertakings projected in England for mining purposes, started with a fair capital, and not brought out at, or run up to fictitious premiums, may pay well, and under prudent management realise all expectation. The accounts from abroad are as indefinite as ever concerning the probable turn in political affairs, but in the latest letters from Constanti nople there is a denial that M. de Bruck has demanded the payment of any amount due or alledged to be due by Turkey. At the annual meeting of the - Union Bank of London this day, a dividend of 4 per cent. for the half year, or 8 per cent. per annum was declared. The net profits of the year were 42,8111. 13s. 4d. The unappropriated surplus was 10,5941. 3s. 4d. The reserve fund was 50,0001. After a brief dis cussion the report was adopted. The rates for bills of exchange were yesterday afternoon rather lower. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25.224 to 274 ; Amsterdam, at 11.18 to 181 ; Hamburgh, at 13.64 to 74 ; and Trieste, at 11.4 to 11.8. The English funds have been lower, and the un certainty under which our Government appears to labour as to the intentions of Russia, has led to a few sales. It is reported also that the Bank of England has sold in order to lend the proceeds to Govern ment for the payment of the dividends. This, however, is somewhat doubtful. Consols have been 971 to 98 for transfer and account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 1001 to 101 k, and the Three per Cents. 98k /. Exchequer Bills are ls. discount to 2s. premium, money being in more demand. Foreign Securities have been flatter, but with very little doing. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 22 Mexican Stock has receded to 26g. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, have been done at 83. Equador Bonds are at Sit. The New Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 98i /. Nothing has been done in Russian Secu rities. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are maintained at 64f. The Swedish Loan is slightly lower, being/ premium. . Railway gh - a;es a shade lower, but still with very little business doing, except preparatory to the settlement. French Shares have been weaker also. The Gold Mines have been depressed, and also the Land Companies. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official Lid.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ......... ...... 98 A 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97i 8 7i 8 7i New 3i per Cent. Annuities lOll- 1031 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16 India Bonds, £l000 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 97 8 7i Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO . 1:500 . Smal . par 2 p 1 d par 2 p 1 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 9Bi i Equador Bonds ... 58 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. B3 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4h per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94A 3' Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2 2 21 i Swedish Loau Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. 2....... 863 Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cont. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... ~ ad I I ad! Si p I St. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July 97i 1 a d 11.0.61 MARKET NEWS---(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Not • withstanding that the supply of English wheat on for all kind s offer in t0.(17 , ; ,, market was very moderate, the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. For forward The import. 0 ' f ",39 next to noth;ng was doing. note aireeign wheat have amounted to 5,450 change to in the w" very quarters. is per quarter lowerthi:nlat week. inactive, but we have no quotations. Floating cargoes were y n English e ra b a t r e l €.) Themart i l c was firm, at full currencies. et, and the show of foreign Malt commanded a steady r We had a gcod demand for 11 :2 11 i 1 7, at late figures. wa N s o on E l " 41, 5, at fully M on d ay ' s im provement in value. Beans, peas, and flour sold on former terms. ARRIVALS MS VeESR. ' Barley. Malt. 2,330 I °ats• Flour. 1,140 1,370 5,130 1M03,390 -7 Wheat. 1,190 English Irish Foreign 5,450 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled firm at this market to-day' at drooping currenc i es . B ee f, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton Ss 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; veal, 3 8 6d t , : ; 4s 8d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is by no means eaten ye, yet prices are well supported. INUNDATION AND Loss OF LIFE.-A serious flood, attended with melancholy consequences, occurred at the village of Howey, Radnorshire, onjFriday morning, the 9th instant. The bridge was washed down the brook, below which stood a small cottage, where two persons resided, a man and his wife, who were both drowned. A young woman happened to be in the cottage at the time, and in order to save herself from a watery grave climbed up the chimney, and with some assistance made her escape. RISE IN THE VALUE OF LAN D. — Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Daniel Smith, in the course of a sale of landed property, stated that such was the de mand at present for land in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, that the most unexampled prices were given for it, and he had lately sold some, which let at 31. an acre, for upwards of 1,000/. an acre. 10 20 20 20 10' 20 10 20 SHARE MARKETS.-(TRIS DAY.) 26 - 26 - 51 si 9 i —10 t 9 7 dj 20 -- 22 1.00 -101 d 67i -- 68 21i -- 22 194 -20 i L emin g Compans. Basin ess dons 5O this day. !London & N. West. 1 Gt.Westn Do IDo Do L. &N. W, Caledon Gt. Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do ii --- iiP 101 100 k 165 67j A 21t 2 6O 8 - 5 -- 3i l 4 N 12 - 12 114 -11 i ... - ... 8 - iii 714 - 724 50- 54 70 -- 72 29 . - 31 85 86 53 -- 55 134 - 136 407 -- 109 88i -- 89 7 97 -- 102 16i -174 p 76t 76t 46- 4Ad 3i— 3d 14t -- 153 8 - 9 la lip 103 A IG4O 114 i —114 i 1 - - 2 F 1 lip 89 90 444 3icl 13 20 291 —ci 70i 421 14 i 85i 5 108 89 8 S. Eastern Do !Norfolk, L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do L. St N. W &Ln&Yk Do 76i Pm 11/1 1041 1144 i Gt Northn Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. D 0........ . ~~tWestn MINES. Closing Prices I Mud this day. this 106 - 108 54 -56 150 - 152 33 -34 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold /d par lOs. all Anglo Californian pm 10 2 Australasian id pa 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera id par 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id par 1 all British Austrin. Gold id 20 13.5 British Iron 35 243 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pna 4 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 34 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ray 34 —35 341 1 all Carson's Creek 40 all Cobze Copper — • 47 5 1 Colonial 4 14 Copiapo St • all Copper Min. of Eng 6O —7O 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 7 8 p 5 all English and Austrin, Copper Smeltg.Co. 2 —13 d 1 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein I 4 p 24 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst — 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.diCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. a 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 7 8 71 1 all New Granada par— A p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip id par 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhyraney Iron 15 Do. New 7 9 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft • ••• 28k all United Mexican 3 44 4 1 all Waller d par 1 all West Granada d pal 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 79iBOix 12 b x bonus 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 1 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 10 English Scottish and Australian id p 20 123 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia ll 14 p 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lo id. & Westminster • 20 2 London Bank of Aus • - tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland x d 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 49 50 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ad & bon 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co 1 d par 25 all South Australia 4G —4B 471 25 all Union of Australia 7B 79 781 9 21 Do. New B/ 84 50 10 Union of London •• 4O all Union of Madrid__ ••• MISCELLANEOUS 00 35 Australian Agricult. 66 68 68 20 8 Australsn.Pcific•Mail 10 7 Australis. Royal Mail 50 381 Brit. American Land 6 _ 68 66 00 321 Canada 6B 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 2l 3 p 74 874 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France _ 1 20 1 Eastern Steam .. ... . 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat N 14 General Screw Steam /0 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel LO 2 Netherlands Land id _ pa . r 71 Nrth.ofEuropeSt eam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental • >0 25 Do. D o . ••• ••• )0 60 Royal Mail Steam _ 15 25 South Austral,Land 3g 4:.i. 40 39 1 all Submar. Teleg rap h . 1 5 2 Univeral Emigration • and Colonization..., _ 00 283 Van Diemen's Land 15 17 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 274 -- 28, 14i -- 14 26 -- 27 98 - 100 41i 708 iti 1 40 5 i - li - 1i - 14k - 201 - -3, riii 1: iiii 1111 - 113 8i 6i 105 , d 1152 .51 - 157 3i - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 8 9 log I PI 150 152 par —i p 116 118 118 122 115 - li7 25i -26 A 11 10/ 171 —17 i 1 p 14 1 154 par p 25 264 19 20 id par [Ol -103 51 - i - iPI :IGN. 11 - Rar -2 par -- ad 6A - 4 - 1i - 1 11 - 7k - d 6p 211 p 34 - 35i 14 15 8 9 15 16 41 —43 40i —41 i 35i .36 4 -- 5 d par 19 _ 2 70_69i - 5 p 4 - 4 i i . - - die -- 9 3 2 d 68i 98 a 10 50 0 20 1071 20a i 129 up! ni 3 - 34 - 108 65 - 67 - 152 - 152 i di - 33 - 106 105 f 3 i i 117 i 1021 25& 6 a pm 10 20 50 50 100 25 TFIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1853. THE ,AW. Yesterday, at Bow-street, Mr. John Bigg, fruiterer, of Covent-garden market, applied for a summon under the New Hackney Carriages Act, with the view of test ing the clause relative to the conveyance of luggage. The applicant, holding up a fine specimen pine -apple in his hand, stated for a long time past he had been ac customed to employ cabs for the purpose of conveying fruit of that description from the house of Messrs. Keel ing and Hunt, fruit brokers, in Monument-yard, to his own premises in Covent-garden market. For this accom modation he invariably paid 25., which rather ex ceeded the fare, even under the old act. On Mon day morning he hailed a cab near London-bridge, as usual, and having put 130 pine apples inside, under and upon the seats, the driver carried him to Covent garden, where witness offered him 2s. The cabman, however, declined to take the sum, stating that his fare was 3s. besides the luggage, for which he was empowered by the new act to charge 2d. per packet. He then reckoned up the loose pine -apples, regarding each as one packet, and said he could claim N. ls. Bd., if he went to a police -court--that being the aggregate amount of 130 packets at 2d. each. He took the act of Parliament out of his pocket, and read the clause to wit ness ; but he (Mr. Bigg) of course declined to take the cabman's interpretation of the new law, and paying him the 3s. which he demanded for the fare, resolved to apply for a summons. He accordingly took his number with that intention. Mr. Henry said the question as to luggage could not arise in any case, unless there were more than two per sons in the cab. The act provides that " when more than two persons shall be carried inside with more lug gage than can be carried inside the carriage, a further sum of 2d. for every package carried outside shall be paid by the hirer, in addition to the fare." Mr. Bigg stated that some of the pine -apples were put outside, and although he rode outside himself from choice, there was ample room for him inside. The man was de tained about fifteen minutes in Monument-yard, for which he was entitled to 6d. besides the fare, which was not more than ls. or ls. 6d. Mr. Henry —I must tell you that one of the objects of the new act is to provide the public with a better class of hackney carriages, and to have them kept in a cleanly and decent condition. It was never intended that they should be converted into market carts. It would not be very pleasant, for example, to the next person who engaged the cab in question, after it had been filled with pine-apples. Mr. Bigg thought that nothing could be more agree able than the smell of pine -apples. Mr. Henry—But if once the system prevailed of send ing about merchandise of that kind in cabs, they might soon be employed to convey fish, meat, &c. However, as the cabman in the present instance did not object to carry the pine-apples, which he would have been fully justified in doing, he had certainly no right to make a charge for them. The summons was then granted. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-Generare Report.) The registrar's return for last week exhibits a favour. able condition of the public health. The deaths regis tered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 925 • the weekly deaths in June averaged ab ou t 1,000 ; the present decrease is, therefore, considerable. The mean weekly temperature has risen 6 degrees in the same period. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 919, which, with a certain proportion added for increase of population, becomes, 1,011. Hence the actual mortality of last week is less than the estimated amount by 86. The following numbers are attributed to the several diseases in the symotic class :-6 to small-pox (of which 2 occurred to adults), 24 to measles 25 to scarlatina, 44 to hooping-cou g h, 7 t o croup , 6 to thrush, 34 to diarrhoea, sto dysentery, one to influenza, one to ague, 3 to re mittent fever, 43 to typhus, 2 to metria (puerperal fever), 7to erysipelas, and 3 to syphilis. Diseases of the respiratory organs, which have now fallen to the usual amount, number 84. Cancer destroyed 22 lives, gout one, apoplexy 22, paralysis 20, delirium tremens 4, epilepsy 5, enteritis 16, disease of the liver 18. Four deaths resulted from intemperance. The following six deaths occurred in the London Fever Hospital :—On the 2d July a labourer, 38 years, from Willis -court, West London, tubercular pneumonia. In hospital 33 days. On 2d J u l y , a labourer, 33 years, from Clement 's-lane, Strand, ty p h us. In hospital 25 days. On 4th July a labourer, 26 years, from Cable street, Saint George-in-the-East, pneumonia. In hos pital 12 days. On 4th July a tailor, 29 years, from Great Pulteney-street, moribund on admission. In hospital one day. On sth July a baker, 21 years, from Pringbrook-street, Holborn, typhoid fever. In hospital 6 days. On sth July a man, 28 years, from Stockwell street, Camberwell, typhoid fever. In hospital 12 days. The metropolitan Registrars have in some instances added remarks to their quarterly reports, and from these the following extracts are made : Mr. Leonaad, the Registrar of the Charing-cross sub district, observes :—" There has been much typhus amongst the poor, but from the prompt removal of cases to the Fever Hospital no deaths from it appear in my list. The sanitary arrangements are very imperfect and slow in operation. and the breeding of dogs for sale in the lodgings of the lower classes is an intolerable nuisance." Mr. Watts, registrar of the west sub-district of Islington, writes :—" The decrease of 53 in the births, and of 82 in the deaths, during the last three months, when compared with the numbers of the previous quar ter, may in some measure be accounted for by a great number of tenements having been cleared from the ground purchased for the proposed new cattle market, and also by the terminus of the Great Northern Railway being now opened at King's-cross, causing many families to leave the neighbourhood of the late temporary ter minus, and the dwelling houses to become untenanted." Last week the births of 709 boys and 735 girls, in all 1,444 children were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,253. _ At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'833 in. The reading of the barometer decreased from 30 . 11 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.74 in. by 9 h. p.m on the 7th ; increased to 29 . 89 in. by 9h. p.m. on the Bth ; decreased to 29'78 in. by noon on the 9th ; and increased to 29 . 81 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 64'1 deg., which is 1.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on the first three days ; on the three following days it rose 3 deg., 7 deg., and 6 deg. above it ; on Sa turday it was still slightly above the average. The highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 81'7 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, when it was 50.1 deg. The greatest difference between the dew point tempera ture and air temperature was 17.8 deg. on Sunday ; the least o's deg. on Friday; the mean difference of the week was 8 deg. The wind blew from south-west on the first four days ; it afterwards varied from south to north-west. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 9 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 95 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3O Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 84 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 72 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Marormations 4 Premature Birth and Debility 35 Atrophy Old Age Sudden 3 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Int em p erance 37 Causes not specified 1 3 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 925 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1852. Week, West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts --.— -- Totals Males Females.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total 1,444 DISASTROUS FIRE AND Loss OD LlFE.—Yesterd ay morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a most dest ruct i ve fire to rd Headley, okplace in h upon °n the vicinity e farinongf property, b e l onging to Warley, n ear Brent wood, which ended in the loss of two, if not more, lives, and a very serious destruction of property. It ap pears that a few evenings back a party of Irish tramps, haymakers, slept in a barn attached to an off-hand farm, the house being occupied by a Mr. I3atteshall. The tramps had left some lucifer matches behind in a cattle pen, and four of Mr. Batteshall's children going into the barn to play, they found the inciters. 'Wit', them they soon struck a light, and as quickly, innocently enough, fired the place. The straw, which was lying about in all directions, generally ignited and but fo r th e prompt and darin g ac ti on o f a labourer, named Wiley, the children would doubtless have all perished. Observing the position and alarm of the little things, he rushed into the blazing barn, and succeeded in dragging the m hob four of them out. Two, however, a little boy and girl, were so shockingly burned, that they survived but a short time, the other two being hurt. Willey in his noble exertions, sustained considerable injury, and the poor fellow continues in a very sad way. The engines from the barracks of the East India Company at War ley, and those of Brentwood, were promptly conveyed to the scene of the fire, but not in time to prevent the flames extending to the other parts of the farm. Even tuallylthey were subdued, the dwelling house being fortu nately preserved. The farm and contents are under stood to have been insured. those children who were neglected by their parents-- the latter being rendered liable for their maintenance. As to the lack of workhouse accommodation, he did not think that any apprehension need be entertained in the metropolis. He did not believe that a very large number of children would have to be thus dealt with. It was proposed that the act should be at first confined to the metropolis, which would be a very fair experiment. If it were found not to answer, its opera tion might b e a t any t i me suspended by the Secretary of State, if Parliament were not sitting. The class to be dealt with were very young children, who were not yet contaminated with crime • and he was convin ce d, th at i f they were r emove d from tile streets, juvenile mendicancy would, in the course of a few months, be reduced f rom 50 to 60 per cen t. H e regretted that their lordships had taken a hostile view of the bill, because he was con fident that it would have been the means of preventing much misery. The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that the object was one well worthy the attention of Parlia ment. He thought that, with the limitations stated, there would be no danger in passing the bill. Lord CAMPBELL—after complimenting the Presi dent of the Poor-Law Board for the excellent and humane manner in which be administered the law, and especially for the success of his efforts in preventing litigation— said that he apprehended no danger from the introduc tion of these poor children, of five or six yea rs o f age, into workhouses, where they might receive the elements of moral and religious training. 'With the power given to the Secretary of State, he thought the measure would be a perfectly safe one, and he hoped his noble friend would press it. He thought it would redound more to the honour of the noble lord than any one of the great measures with which his name had been con nected. (Hear, hear.) Earl GREY said he should much regret any limita tion that tended to cripple the operation of so excellent a measure. In many large provincial towns - Newcastle on-Tyne, to his knowledge—the evil was a most crying one ; and the bill would be a great boon to those places, which had already been stimulated to something like voluntary association. He believed there was plenty of room in the workhouses ; there were never so few paupers in them as at the present time. He deprecated the pro posal to limit the operation of the bill to the metro polis. The objections of the Poor-Law-Board he regarded as perfectly futile. Very young children, whether addicted to mere mendicancy or to crime, ought not to be regarded as criminals at all ; they were not fit sub jects for punishment; having been neglected by their natural guardians the State ought to come forward and supply their place. The workhouse was the proper place for such children, who were in reality nothing more than destitute children ; the workhouse should not be looked on as a place of custody, but of instruction. (Hear.) He hoped the noble lord would not postpone the bill, but make any amendments now that might be thought desirable. Lord WHARNCLIFFE concurred in the expediency of passing the bill at once. 'Were the objections stronger than they were lie would overlook them sooner I than lose the ch ance o f pass i ng so valuable a measure. The Duke of ARGYLL hoped that the acceptance on the part of the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Government of a suggestion of the noble lord (the Earl of Shaftesbury), in order to make the measure a more tentative one, would .not be considered e ith er b y t h e i r lordships o r b y the country as a proof that there was any shyness on the part of the Government to apply the principle of the bill to the country generally. It was his (the noble duke's) own deep conviction that the bill was of the very highest importance. He regretted that it was not to be applied to that part of the country with which he was himself more particularly connected— namely, to the whole kingdom of Scotland. The prin ciple the bill had been always practically carried out by Lieut. Watson in Aberdeen ; and the result had been, that the juvenile delinquency of that large city, which had formerly been extremely high, had been almost entirely extinguished, or at all events It had been reduced to below one per cent. The importance of the measure bad been greatly increased, as the noble earl (Lord Shaftesbury) had observed the other evening, by the fact that they had been compelled by circum stances to discontinue, to a great extent, the practice of transportation. The Earl of HARROWBY would rather see the bill extended to the whole country ; but he would prefer its restriction to the metropolis to its rejection. After a few words from Lords Kinnaird, Breadalbane, and Wicklow, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he had often been greatly shocked by the conduct of wicked parents towards their children. In a recent case he had been compelled to sentence a girl to be transported for seven years, in order to prevent her falling again into the hands of her parents, who had compelled her to pass bad mgtey for them. I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, 1 HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) THE RUSSO-TURKISH DISPUTE. Lord LYNDHURST_My lords, I beg to put a ques tion to my noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with regard to the document issued from Peterhoff, to which I referred the other night. I understand that that document was originally written in the Russian • language, but that the translation differs from the original in respect to some important epithets. I wish to know from my noble friend whether he has a copy of the original document in the Russian language, and whether he has any objections to lay it on the table ? I wish to call my noble friend's attention to some expressions I made use of with respect to the cir cular signed by Count Nesselrode, which have been made the subject of criticism. I beg to state—and lam sure my noble friend will bear me out in that—that the answer to that document by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France has completely, both in argument and in fact, borne out the conclusions to which I came. I beg further to state, so far as relates to the circular document from St. Petersburg, published yesterday, that I think I may safely leave that circular document without any comment. I beg leave, however, to call my noble friend's attention to a particular passage. I understand, according to my interpretation of that pas sage, that the Court of Russia has pledged itself that, until the Ottoman Porte has satisfied the Court of Russia with respect to the demands made against it, and until we have withdrawn our fleet from the Turkish waters, they will not abandon the possession of the Danubian principalities. I understand that a noble lord in another place has stated that he does not put that in terpretation on that document ; but I have read it with some attention, and I cannot think it possible that any other interpretation can be put upon that document. I therefore wish to know from my noble friend whether he concurs with me in the interpretation and meaning of the passage to which I have referred ? The Earl of CLARENDON—In reply to the first question put by my noble and learned friend, I believe there are some differences between the Russian docu ment issued for home consumption, for the use of the Russian people—(a laugh) —and the translation that was sent abroad. I believe it is more particularly with re spect to the word "perfidious," as applied to the viola tion of the Sultan's word. I believe there is a Russian original in the Foreign-office, and if it can be of any satisfaction to my noble and learned friend to peruse that document, I shall not object to lay it on the table of your lordships' house. I can also state that I entirely agree with my noble and learned friend with reference to the great ability and skill of the note which the French Government issued in answer to the first circular of Count Nesselrode ; and, with respect to the third question of my noble and learned friend, I believe that when my noble friend (Lord John Russell) answered the question put to him in the House of Commons he had not had an opportunity of reading the note. Ido not entirely take the same view as my noble and learned friend appears to do of what is stated in that note. I certainly can have no hesitation in saying that we do not consider that the presence of the British and French fleets in the Bay of Besika is at all similar, or can in any way be compared, to the occupation of the Danu bian principalities—(loud cheers)—and certainly no con dition with respect to the departure of the one or the evacuation of the other will be made. (Renewed cheers.) Lord LYNDHURST—The interpretation I put upon that particular passage, or rather the expression itself, amounts to this, that as soon as the Ottoman Porte does what they require, and as soon as the English fleet quits the Turkish waters, then they will withdraw from the principalities. It does not absolutely say not sooner, but it implies not sooner. The Earl of CLARENDON—I think the answer I gave my noble and learned friend does exactly meet that. We shall make no condition of that sort. Earl FITZWILLIAM—My lords, I beg to observe that the expression in question is a great deal stronger than my noble and learned friend has stated it to be. The expression is not "from the Turkish waters," but "from within sight of the Turkish capital," which I ap prehend has a very different meaning from the expres sion, " Turkish waters." "The Turkish waters" might mean what we call the lEgean Sea ; " from within sight of the Turkish capital" might mean the sea of Marmora. The English and French Governments are also charged with having sent their fleets into the Sultan's dominions. My lords, everything now passing in the east of Europe must cause extreme anxiety ; and I trust my noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will forgive me if I call his attention to a subject which has been lately mentioned in the public prints. lam desirous of knowing whether the Government have received any information on that subject. What lam desirous of knowing, my lords, is not for the purpose of gratifying any idle curiosity, but because I think it is a matter of deep public import that it should be known whether or not that statement is founded on fact, and whether her Majesty's Government have received any information on the subject, The fact to which I allude is the alleged passage of the Austrian troops into the Turkish province of Bosnia. lam desirous of knowing whether her Ma jesty's Government have received any information, either confirmatory of, or contradicting, that statement, which has been confidently made in many of the public prints, and which purports to come from the capital of Austria? Lord LYNDHURST—Before my noble friend an swers that question I may be allowed to apologise for not having been strong enough in respect to that parti cular passage ; but my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam) has fallen into the same error, and fallen short, for the words are, "As soon as the British fleet shall remove from within sight of Constantinople we will retire." The Earl of CLARENDON—I think both my noble friends have used expressions sufficiently strong— (a laugh)—but as both of them quoted from a statement that is manifestly incorrect, there can be little import ance how strong were the assertions they made in that respect. (Hear.) The English and French fleets are neither within the Turkish waters nor within sight of Constantinople ; and therefore, though it may be so as serted in the Russian note, there are certainly no reasons to take precautions on that subject. With respect to the question my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam) has asked, if my noble friend had been in the house last night when a similar question was put to my noble friend near me (the Earl of Aberdeen), he would have heard the only information that I am now able to give him on that point. I believe that this report has arisen —as many others have arisen—from the electric tele graph, which, 1 took the opportunity of saying some time ago in this house, now transacts, not very correctly, a great portion of the diplomatic business of Europe. I have no reason to believe that the Austrian troops have crossed the Turkish frontiers ; but, on the contrary, my latest dates from the English Minister at Vienna are the 7th ; and in them no mention is made of the circum stance. I have also communicated with the Austrian Minister at this Court, who entirely disbelieves the re port, and who thinks it must have arisen from the cir cumstance of some Austrian troops having been sent to their fortress at Peterwardein, which is about 80 miles from the territory of Turkey. The subject then dropped. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended himself from the idea that he was averse to the principle of the bill. On the contrary, he hoped that the measure would be productive of great good. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his gratification at the circumstance that the subject had been brought before the house. He thought that if the bill, restricted to the metropolis, should be passed, as he hoped it would, this session, their lordships would soon be called upon to ex tend it to the rest of the country. (Hear.) Earl FITZWILLIAM could not regard the bill with the glee which had been expressed by other noble lords ; for he apprehended that evil would arise from the prac tical conversion of the workhouses into prisons. Lord BROUGHAM said that the bill would either succeed or fail. If the latter should be the case, the Legislature would adopt some other plan, and so he could not but regard the introduction of the bill with pleasure. The bill then passed through committee. The Convicted Prisoners Removal and Confinement Bill passed through committee. The Public House (Scotland) Bill, and the Pimlico Im provement Bill, were read a second time. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading o this bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he proposed to take the discussion on the third reading. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, The bill was read a second time. CHANCERY SUITORS' FURTHER RELIEF UNITED GUARANTEE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Lord REDESDALE opposed it. The Earl of HARR OWBY asked th a t it m i g h t be read a second time, in o r d er that it might be sent to a committee up stairs. After a few words from the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Redesd a l e, and Lord Beaumont, who desired some information as to the nature of the bill, The Earl of HARROWBY said its principal object was to en a bl e public officers to accept th e guarantee of this company. Lord REDESDALE moved that the bill should be read a second time that day three months, which was agreed to without a division. The British Electric Telegraph Company Bill was read a second time. The Copyholds Bill passed through committee. The Metropolitan Building Act Further Amendment Bill was read a second time. JUVENILE MENDICANCY (No. 2) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed doubts as to the propriety of taking up children and placing them in the workhouse. The Poor-law Commissioners objected to the introduction into the workhouse of a class quasi criminal. Nothing could tend more to render the work house distasteful to the deserving poor. The whole matter was at present before the Poor-law Board, and was the subject of their anxious consideration. They, as well as the Government, felt that no object was more mportant than to arrest crime at its source ; but he feared the present bill would not answer that purpose. He had looked at it, not hypercritically, but with the to imp rove it if poss ibl e. There was a provision for sending vagrant childran to the workhouse; but how long were they to stay there ? For aught that ap peared, it might be an imprisonment for life. With our present machinery, he doubted the possibility of carry ing out the objects contemplated by the bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY complained that the objections had not been made a week ago when the bill was before in committee. By bringing them forward now, the passing of the bill in the present session would be imperilled. He contended that the first ob jection was unfounded ; workhouses at this moment were, to a certain extent, houses of detention. The commissioners themselves had admitted that the work house was a proper asylum for orphan children, and he only sought by this bill to give the same advantage to BILL. The report of the amendment on this bill was brought up and agreed to. SAVINGS BANKS ANNUITY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned at twenty-five minutes to eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) INDIAN RAILWAYS. Sir H. MADDOCK moved for copies or extracts of any correspondence received by the last mail from the Gover nor-General in Council in India, relative to railway under takings in that c oun try.—Agreed to. THE MALT DUTIES. Mr. E. BALL then moved for a committee of the whole house, for the purpose of considering the duties on malt, with a view of making such alteration in those duties that the farmer may be exempt from the malt duty on such quantity of malt as he may require for his own use, made from barley of his own growth. Sir J. SHELLEY did not rise for the purpose of oppos ing this motion, for upon its merits he was favourable to it ; but even if this were not so, he should not regret to see it carried, a s a l esson t o the overnment, who took no care about a house being made upon Tuesdays. (At this time the Treasury bench was perfectly empty, and there were but three hon. gentlemen upon the benches behind it. The Opposition side of the house was very fairly attended.) Sir J. Shelley was just concluding his observations, and a call for a division was being made, when The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered. Castings hasty, and somewhat disconcerted look, which was the signal for a general titter, around him, the right hon. gentleman hurried to his place. He then said that ho was not less surprised than other people appeared to be at find ing himself in his present position. Upon all former days, when he had attended punctually, the first half hour or more of the sitting had gone over in interpellations ; now, however, that he was somewhat behind time, the business upon the paper was arrived at within a few minutes. The hon. member had made a motion of great importance; but having made it without stating any arguments or reason for the step, he did not feel bound to follow him at any very great length. He hoped the hon. member would not consider that in so doing he admitted the force of his (Mr. Ball's) motion. Had the hon. gentleman stated his argu ments, ,he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would have followed them, and showed the very serious consequences which necessarily would prevent the Government from ac ceding to them. He would, therefore, only state for the information of the hon. gentleman, that, when he saw his motion upon the books, it did not to him appear at all clear whether he (Mr. Ball) intended to claim a special privilege for farmers, as consumers, or whether he intended that they should be allowed to make use of malt, exempt from duty, only so far as regarded farming purposes. Certainly, reason would lead him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) at once to the conclusion that this latter supposition was the true one. But whether he looked to the reasonable construction or not—not but what he felt bound to suppose that the hon. gentleman meant to act reasonably T-he thought there were valid reasons f or opposing the motion. At the same time he a d m itt e d th a t much might be said in favour of allowing malt for the purposes of breeding stock to be free from duty. The arguments against it were quite conclusive, but yet it was a matter not wholly unworthy of discussion. L oo king o nly to who were the p ar ti es con cerned in it, the hon. member would have done better had he entered fully into the matter, and ho might then have explained the terms of his proposition. The motion said no thing at all of malt for the purposesof raising stock, it merely said " such malt as he (the farmer) may require for his own use." His own use would apply as we ll to the brewing of beer as the raising of stock. He was sure that his hon. friend (Sir J. Shelley), who was expressing his concurrence in this motion with some warmth when he entered the house, could not mean to say that ; he (Sir J. Shelley) could not mean to assert that one class should beprivileged in its consumption of malt any more than another class. Why should the farmer be allowed to make beer or spirits free from duty when all other persons could not do so ? What would be the effect of giving such a privilege ? The house would call into existence such an amount of tempta tion that, unless hon. members supposed that all farmers were men not of ordinary, but of supereminent principle, they would establish a system of fraud so objectionable that it would demoralise a large body of people, and open the door for wholesale plunder. But for the present he would assume that it was only for the purposes of raising stock that the duty was proposed to be remitted. He must again regret that the hon.. gentleman (Mr. Ball) h a d not made some fe w remar k s in introducing this motion to explain what his meaning was. As matters stood he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was in a position of much difficulty. (Much laaghter from the oppcsition, evidently caused by this last remark being quite apropos to the state of the ministerial benches, which continued very thinly occupied.) He would therefore proceed to argue upon tha !KET AND BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Paid) RAILWA IS. 1100 Aberdeen 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc all Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol & ExeLor [OO Caledonian.. . ... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. dr E. & L. & D.). .... all Do., (£lB E. & H.)..1 all Eastern Counties..... all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 81 Do., do all Do., B. & C........... 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 13 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock rlOO Gt. Sth.&West.(lre ; 100 Great Western.. 11 Trial' South-Eastera. all Lance ster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds ........ 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern...— all Liv.Crshy.&Soutbpt all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 1100 Lond Bright. &S. est. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London it S. AresteL . 421 Do., •••••• 34 Do., 1',40 all Lnndrry.drColeraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 1.00 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. [OO Midland ..... 100 Do. Birm'ng. a Derby 471 Midland G.West.ol%) 171 Do. 1 Shares all Newcastle dr Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 31 Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aberg.aHtfd. 71 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 1.00 Norfolk all Do., New .... ......... 31 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 61'D0., No. 2 all Dc., 2 A Deferred 5 Do., 6 B Guaranteed 171 North Staffordshire all North Western.. 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 'lOO Do., L. &N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrowsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry 61 Shropshire Uniou all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl.' 19 Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... 17 Vale of 11 eath.... ..... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny, all Waterford&Limerick 13 West C0rnwa11........ 21e. Wmbleder &Croydon 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions....... 11 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland.. St. 10 St. St. 50 25 100 St. 1100 'Aberdeen .. all Do., No. 2,7 p. c...' 100 Eris. da Ex. 4p. a. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO ... all Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... 34 Cork &Bandon 53 p.c. all Dundee PerthdrAber dean Junction ....... all EastA nglian (£3 WO 6 per cent............ all Do. (t 5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (;7175) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2.. ...... ..... all Do., New 6p. -- . all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6p. eta. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee s iper cent........... 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great North , " 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c.,R edeem., at 10 p. c. prem.... all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & 4i 84 - 48 92 58 - 55 13 9 1 19 - 69 - 35' - 12 -- 23 2i 14/ 8 - 9i - 68 - 2i -- 58 - 107 - a 6k Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 G. West. fixed 4 p c. 6 Lan. & York. F. 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western, 18 - 28i - 70i -- 40- 53 - i - 2 - - 9 - 52 -- 21 1 -- 34 - 49 - 94 - 62 - 60 70 idis 193 9i 143 34d 21 704 364 13 154 94 - 32 69 7Ad lid 59 I PREFERENCE SHARES. 2/ 1 p 2 p 15A 167 i 154 13m I Con. Thirds. 10 Londonderry& Color. Shares . all Londy. dr Ennis Sh all blanch. ,Shef., & Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1 all Do. Now, £lO 3 Do., £6. . all i Marypt.&Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 43 per cent. 831 Do 100' Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. l 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per ct ' all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c' MO North British.. all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15 , 6p. c 15 Do all Shrews& Birm. N. G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon . 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. .00 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Parch FOR: 4 A.ntwerp&Rotterda,m 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac all Charleroi & Erquelin. 10 D Jon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of Farce all Gt . Western of Canada Shares 3 Lucca do Pistoja 5 p.c prof 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. ct. pref .. 9 Lyons & Mediterran 7i Madras all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds all (flaY• R. & Ams. as.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen.., all Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 7i Quebec & Richmond all Roren and Havre 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref... 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland, Zeeland 'Paid.' RAILWAYS, all Bedford and Bletchley.... all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... all Do. withoutgr all Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. all Do.wthtgnar. 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. d Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. tOO Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redear all Midld.Bradfd.. all Northern and Easternsp.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixedspe all Prest. & Wyre 11 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.& 100 Do. Shcp th. St 181 Shef...Rothand Goole g. 5 p.c 9i S. Staffordsh all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 IWilts&Somrsci - - 96 -- 92 -- 109 109! 20 d - 4 -5, LLOYD'S SI IIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 13.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; light breeze, and cloudy. The barometer is slightly falling. DEAL, July 12.—Wind, W. by S. Arrived—Patriot, Quebec, for Scarborough ; Golden Rule Bermuda.—July 13. Arrived f rom th e River, and sa iled—John Law son, Hobart Town ; Cato, St. Vincent. Sailed—The outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, July 12 . —Wind, W. Sailed—South ampton, New York. QuebSOUTHAMPTON, July 12.— Arrived— Henry Duncan, ec. PLYMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Sperma ceti, Quebec. BRISTOL, July 12.—The Hoffnung, of Carlshamn, was abandoned near the Land's End, 7th inst., after being in contact with the Josephine, from London ; crew saved, and landed here by the latter vessel. FALMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, W. The Temperance, Charleston, for Liverpool ; and the Emma, Dublin, for Newcastle, have both put in here with damage, having been in contact. STOCKTON, July 12.—Wind, E. Arrived—Queen, Mi. ramichi. GLOUCESTER, July 12 .—Arrived—Sophia, Quebec; Don, do. Sailed—John William, Quebec. PWLLHELL, July 12.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Robert Burns, Quebeo. QUEENSTOWN, July 11.—Wind, variable. Sailed— Breeze, New York. Off Port—Singapore, Mauritius ; Elizabeth, St. John's, Newfoundland. LIMERICK, July 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Jshie Black, Quebec. _ _ SLIGO, July 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—lndustry, Quebec RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o day's racing. JULY. Macclesfield (2) 12 Liverpool (3) 13 Maidstone (1) l3 Ipswich (2) l4 Leith (1) l4 Stourbridge (2) 18 Stamford (2) 19 Whitehaven (2) l9 Knutsford (2) 2O Nottingham (2) 2l Goodwood (4) 26 Wenlock 27 AID Ripon (2) - - 3. Newton Abbot (2) 1 Brighton (2) 3 Airdrie (2) 4 Edgware (2) Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO North Staffordshire (2) 10 York (3) 17 SEPTE. Lincoln (2) 1 Warwick (2) 6 Doncaster (4) 13 Weston Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) 12 Dover 15 I Pontefract (2) l9 Canterbury ..............18. Radcliffe (3) ...............22 Egham (2) ..................23 Tonbridge (1) ...............24 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2)-24 Derby (2) ..................25 Hereford (2) ...............29 Eccles (3) ................29. Lichfield (2) ...............29 Chelmsford (2) ...........30 NOVE Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 UST. IMBER. Bedford (2) Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 IBER. Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Shrewsbury (2) 15 Aberystwith (3) Last week ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma of the college, at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on Monday, the 11th in stant, were admitted members of the College :—Messrs. Edmund Waller, Chesterfield, Derbyshire ; Thos. Tom linson, Maldon, Essex ; William Philip Whitcombe, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire ; John Hume, North Shields, Durham; Frederick Bellingham Swann, Wee don, Northa,mtonshire ; and Arthur Dupuy, island of Mauritius. 'el by idsor, nice), sport cow er to a by dsor, will from waY tra• h to will o to Ipa tern ath the xch ]tel I by 1