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

THE SUN, LONDO. , SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. fMON. trtirb Mbition BRITISH RAILWAYS. Bbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. Yesterday. this day. encamped )arade the Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Business done —-- ..—.....,_.— amp of the LIVERPOOL RACES Yesterday. this day. • --------_ St. 100 Buckghamsh.rL. &N.W. 106 —lOB 50 all ClydesdaleJe. CaMon... 54 —56 a positio n THIS DAY. St. 100 E. Lincoln . g r. illi an t eve - St.loo Aberdeen 26 261 s 6 p. cent Gt.Northn 150 152 under the 20 8i Ambg. Nottng. Bost. 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. ElClVestn 1 33 —34 )ambridge, CROXTETH STAKES. and Eastn. Junct... 5i Si Si 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. when the Longbow ... . . Eustace de Gray 2 Stour Valley 9i 10,1 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 112 114 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 56 57 the Two ran. Won in a canter. Cheshire Junct 9 7 dia I%' all Do. 1 Shares. Do 274 284 ion of t day P re ' PRODUCE STAKES. 274 all Do. Chesil. & Birk., 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 141 —14 i 173 druni . Sortie 2 22 184 £20..... ...... ... 34 —24 20 all Do .Preference Do St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 26 27 On dutY Alembie lILLI ers an d St. 100 Caledonian 674 68 674 st. 100 Do. 6 per ct. Do — _ Four ran. -7 officere , 50 all Chester & Holyhead. 22 213 211 2 N, all Nlaneh.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. d file, an d MERSEY STAKES. 50 all Cork and Bandon... 211 —22 i Matlock & Midld. 3 31 1 withou t Barrel ........................................................... 1 20 all Cork, Black, & Pass. —— —: 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & :ctive, 1 01 Stiletto EX) all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 106 - 108 ..—._._....___ y e sterdg MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL 25 deep Junction B— 9 50 a ll Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 65 67 n an open INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) all Do. New ... ... 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do 25 all East Anglian 5l- 5i ;rhted fir s 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... .. ... ... ---a--- 18 all Do , £lB E & 11)..., 3i 4 rwards re' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. 20 all Eastern . Counties 1213 121 121 1 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &IS . 'W. airy (lun r The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 25 all Eastern Union, Class &Lu& Yk ... ... i' encamp estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 Americanl24 11.3 Do. i Shares. Do — ... mrs of the 25 8 Do.,A.hdttoe E. U. 5h.... 111 111 111 St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 150 152 were taken for export. The market was steady... ... Highness 25 all Do., B. and C 8- - BA. 81 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l5O 152 but firm. The sales comprised 5,000 Anierican, 25 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& vards—t he St. 100 East Lancashire 714 724 130 Pernam and Maranham at 6. 1 2 d. to ncl. ; 100 Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh .. .. - ... )ur of in' East &West Incl. Dk. ,his tent Bahia at 61d. ; 100 Egyptian at qd. to 8:Id., and 50 all & Binning. June 5O M 12 94 S. Staffordsh.. MO/Clean 11 1 d o his ten" 300 Surat at 3id. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & inutely if' were quiet but firm. St. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 70 —72 10 1?, Edinb. and Peebles — -- k per cent ... Darling . ... ... Do 32 33 thanking The particulars of the Indigo sales which com- St. 100 Edin. Prth. & Dundee 2925 all D 6 o St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 105 106 meneed yesterday, are thus given by Messrs. St. 100 Glasgow&S. Western , 1. .. : i 6 854 5 lented hi_ ,i n' insneetv': H. w. Jewesbury and Co. St. 100 Great Northern Stk. 60 St. 1100 Do.. A. Stock _s3 . 55 1,T1,170 yesterdg n an open eited fir st rwards re' airy gun r encamp ;ers of the Highness vards—th e )ur of The ises. L) his ten" inutely in' thanking lented bin; inspecte d lards, an d sented the is respec t° Taiting regimen t ' less drov e [siting th ° and r 6" amid the ~ INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced this day, consistinr , of 13,267 c h ests ( i ncluding 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, &c. ,9 1,152 „ Madras. f, 1,924 „ Kurpah. PP 38 ~ Belniapatam. ~ 75 „ Calcutta, Fig. ~ 5 „ Madras, Fig. , , 2 „ Po n d e che r ry. ~ 363 „ withdrawn to 11th inst. 2 3 19 lots warehouse sweepings. 100 100 100 100 100 , 100 100 East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow& S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock JDo. , B. Stock ....... . Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3., WBt. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lord. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&8...0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Col eraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 85 S 6 53 55 ,134 -- 136 'lO7 -- 109 88i -- 894 7A -- 7i 97 -- 102 16A -- 17Ap 76i -- 77 -- 4id 3 3Ad 14A - 15 - pm 76i i 11 all all all all all 13.5 24i onseque t norroW :'. ; (10 CO ro' and pF°' y to Noe 9 103 104& 1144 1151 2p 1 -- lip 89 90 54 40 44 —34 d 11 13 18 20 28 - 294 70 714 40 42 1044 114 I 11,357 chests. wards Wit rracks ight 031' ', and po ° Waterlo° " Catalogue B, 1,910 „ various, in second hands. [larch fro° the Saue r , he Towe r ' h to W° l ‘' Railo4 "Total... 13,267 y, 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 6s. 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 drawn, 215 bought in, and 667 sold. The following are the highest and lowest prices : __ _ larch frets the South' vies of thv i thence 1/1 larch fro ° the GO., 'arch fr° l:ll t the Gre".; my of ti l t thence 14 580 Bengal 3s. 9d. to 6s. 10d. per lb. 145 Madras is. 6d. to 3s. 4d. „ 157 Kurpah 2s. sd. to ss. id. „ 374 withdrawn. Agna Fria ....... Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth . Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. Now Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft .. . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba 1/ lip P d par -3/ d par d d A d par I d 7 9 30 20 1 40 4 f 34 35 d 50 40 25 25 larch frl s the Sot ondon O'll 812 s 6i 25 50 20 20 20 10 St. 1,256 chests." orripar l d proco , ,smouth• iht c° lsl ; lw g ay fr°' the camp; ?.ight CO OO Tway fr% the camp ight e 01 3; Tway fr ° ie ean3P%, travel w; Wincls°4 The public sales of wool commence to-morrow, kid 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 i ll the Australian Share Ma r k e t, an d es p ec i a lly with the disposition to take shares in companies founded upon no legitimate basis, as in the case Which h a d come b e f ore 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 aught out at, or run up to fictitious pre m ium s , realpay well, and under prudent mana gemen t ise all expectation. The accounts from abroad are as indefinite as ever concerning the probable turn in political affairs, but in th e lat es t l e tt ers f rom Constanti nople there is a denial that M. de Bruck has demanded the payment of any amount due or f ledged to be due by Turkey. At the annual meeting of the Union Bank of 1140,i -idol' this day, a dividend of 4 per cent. for the Toe Year, or 8 per cent. per annum was declared. 1 , 4 ° net profits of the year were 42,8111. 13s. 4d. Theil unappropriated surplus was 10,594/. c reserve fund was 50,000/. After a brief dis -11:3P,,j0u the report was adopted. aft ' er rt . e . rates for bills of exchange were yesterday at 2t tc'eu rather lower. Paris, 90 days, was taken 1i a ,,: 22 1 to 271 ; Amsterdam, at 11.18 to 18i ; li at 13 6/ to 71 • and Trieste, at 11.4 t o 11.8. rgh, • , ~1 111 e English funds have been lower, and the un 11'alotY under which our Government appears to fur as to the intentions of Russia, has led to a few has It is repo r t e d al s o that the Bank of England "as sold in order to lend the proceeds to Govern ktent for the payment of the dividends. This, i owever is somewhat doubtful. Consols have been „It to 98 for transfer and account. The IN ew Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. bring 1001 to 1 0 1 k, and the Three per Cents. 98i- /. Exchequer .13i11 8 are ls. discount to 2s. premium, money being in more demand. St. St. St. St. fk 3mpani e (21 GOP ° Four cool' The ster 13J 20 20 50 50 20 20 25 25 ioo 42 100 100 47 . 6 j 176 all 100 4il 1 7 7J) alri a l' l 7 l 10 100 !100 100 100 100 * travel bi Windt° Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., l B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central IScottishMidland.. Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun ... - ... anies) Tway fr° ) will tif, ;mouth v• 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 , nies), alerlac' 3e corDP, s ' B a stel" e Sou t , ll ; i ce to 0" 11 ill math the ;ulatecivi re at a le Hussw. R Y. 53 - 56 4 i s i -- -- 3 kited Set' ith, harbour' the estA: ads ' • bu h ," luciclv iighly re' of lead is the Lt-house d tight au arative q screw& by met fent rus,' places 1 0 y the I:e' • the vi ° ' best coo' Perficia l ; )end au 20 20 50 20 10 8 9 50 52 33 ... 34d .d 0 4d 8 8t - - -pi 48i - 491 92 - 94 58 - 62 55 - 60 65 70 11 id 1 9, 19 9 13 14 3 —34 d 19 21 70 70 35i 36 4 12 13 23 25 2 144 / — 15 gi 9 30 32 104 . . 684 —69 i 2i 2sd 58i - 594 21s. 100 20 1 4 100 28/ 701 i i 33i 100 1 1 00 00 6 100 100 lent, 13 1 .opes each, 0° g on ti! ° it agal lj A use, 8' 0 " all sur loin cot , rs bay° I spacei. stem, I nor the ived for )lan ba g ()rides ; treated Foreign Securities have been flatter, but with very little doing. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 224. Mexican Stock has receded to , 26 -g. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have N ew done at 83. Equador Bonds are at si. Th e ' n 'levf Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are u B i 1. Nothing has been done in Russian Secu rities. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are maintained at 64k. The Swedish Loan is slightly lower being / premi um . Railway Shares 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 AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Business done. 3 per Ceut. Consols Annuities . 9,1871 8 F ra New 3.} per Cent. Annuities .......... ... ..... l -0 1. 1001 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan" 1860 5 1 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth. Jan., 1860.. 5 3-16 15-16 India Bonds, £lOOO ................... .. 2792-16 South Sea Stock ............................. 1151 Consols for Account 97/ g 7 Exchequer Bills, id. £IOOO £5OO Par 2 P ld p Small par 2 pld PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 26 Equador Bonds - Mexican 3 per Ce n t. 83 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22A a x d Swedish Loan ...... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. £ B6i Dutch Exchange, 2l per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates. . ... .., 96, author ) result 68 9 1071 1121 lli 30 1 10 28i 1 25 100 100 20 100 20 10 50 1.06 St. 20 5 St. 100 100 100 100 all 100 and ely :ial. tir d ; HALF•PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July... 9711 8 x d MARTRT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on fifer in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 5,450 quarters. The trade was very inactive, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes were is per quarter lower than last week. No English barley at market, and the show of foreign was only moderate. The trade was firm, at full currencies. Malt commanded a steady inquiry, at late figures. We had a good demand for oats, at fully Monday's im provement in value. Beans, peas, and flour sold on former terms. AILEIVALS TEM WEBB. Wheat. I I Barley. Malt. 1,190 2,330 English Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 1,140 1,370 1,600 3,390 5, - 450 I 5,130 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled firm at this market today, 4at drooping currencies. Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, s4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d t o 5 s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 8d ; pork, 3.4 Od to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is by no means we n Ve, yet prices are well supported. 105 3 a i 1174 1121 10 i 50 50 2 100 25 all 2A 10 all JOINT-STO I Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australia. Bkg, and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid MISCELL, 10* —1 1 p 60 70 7 8p 2 1* d 15 17 1 p 1— 1 d d d p d — par 7 8 par— * p 1 p d— par d par, 26 28 7 9 4 5 d — par 31 id- p par- - p d r d BANKS. 80 81 a 12b i - 1 i - i id— 4n 11 li 49 - BO i d— par 16 48 78 79 si 8i EOUS. Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Auatralsn.Peific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. B. Australasian Nrth.of Europe Steam 7eel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular d; Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land G 8 .1: 70 'ea 6 68 - 70 2 - 3p -- 1P 1 d .:: fail x bonus a d & bonus - ii -= 2'pl - it :- 2 40 ::: 42 -- 6 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(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 from the River, and sailed—John Law son, Hobart Town ; Cato, St. Vincent. Sailed—The outward bound. _ PORTSMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, W. Sailed—South ampton, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, July 12.—Arrived— Henry Duncan, Quebec. 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, Quobes ; Don, do. Sailed—John William, Quebec. PWLLHELL, July 12.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Robert Burns, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, July 11.—Wind, variable. Sailed — Breeze, New York. Off Port—Singapore, Mauritius ; Elizabeth, St. John's, Newfoundland. LIMERICK, July 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Jane Black, Quebec. SLIGO, Julyll.—Wind, W. Arrived—lndustry, Quebec. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1858. THE NEW CAB LAW. 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 11. 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 is. or ls. 6d. Mr. Henry—l 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. lIEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's 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 about 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 to small-pox (of which 2 occurred to adults), 24 to measles, 25 to scarlatina, 44 to hooping-cough, 7 to croup, 6 to thrush, 34 to diarrhoea, 5 to 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 July, a labourer, 33 years, from Clement's-la n e, St ran d, ty p h us . I n 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 Priugbrook-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 sonic 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 L on d on . I n th e 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 811 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 0.5 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 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. - --- -- -..--, --- - IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 9 --- Zymotic Diseases 2ll Diseases of Uncertain S ea t Tubercular Diseases Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Brain, ' 95 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3O Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, & c . 4 l4 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 35 Atrophy 29 Old Age 5udden...................... . ................................. Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ...... .. 37 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 925 Population Deaths in corro- Deaths Enumerated, aponding week in the 1851. of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 ...... 220 Central Districts 393,256 ...... 182 East Districts 485,522 ...... 220 South Districts Totals ......... 2,362,236 1,080 925 Males Females HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from the county of Cambridge, praying for the repeal of the malt tax. Lord KINNAIRD presented several petitions in fa vour of the Combination of Workmen Bill. Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to take that oppor tunity of stating his opinion on the bill before he left town for the circuit. He thought the bill was wholly unnecessary, as the law as it now stood was excellent, and amply sufficient to protect the rights of the workmen. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions from workmen employed in Scotland, in favour of the bill respecting the arrestment of wages in Scotland. The noble lord stated that it was not his intention to pro ceed with the bill this session. 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. 478 447 Earl FITZ WILLIAM—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 Agean 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 I am 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), be 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. UNITED ANGUARANTEE AND LIFE ASSUR CE COMPANY BILL. L On or t d h ß e EmpotEiosnDfAorLtEheospepeoosneddrieat. ding of this bill, The Earl of HARROWBY asked that it might be read a second time, in order that it might be sent to a committee up stairs. After a few words from the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Beaumont, who d es i red some information as to the nature of the bill, The Earl of HARROWBY said its principal object was to enable public officers to accept the guarantee of this company. Lord REDESDALE moved that the bill should be read a second time that day three mont h s, which wis agreed to without a division. The British Electric Telegraph Company Bill was read a second time. Copyholds Bill passed thro ug h committee. The Metropolitan Building Act Further Amendmcn 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 view to improve it if possible. 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 those children who were neglected by their parents, the latter being rendered liable for their maintenance. As t• 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 be at any time 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 convinced, that if they were removed from the streets, juvenile mendicancy would, in the course of a few months, be reduced from 50 to 60 p er 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 he 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 si x y ears o f age , into workhou s es where they might receive the ele men t s 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 p ress 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 he would overlook them sooner than lose the chance of passing 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 either by their lordships or by 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 of 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 cont. The importance of the measure had 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. gallant officers who op• posed the clause, had had exp ri ence in the manning 01? the navy. In their times, the best men in the Royal Navy were drawn from the mer chant service, but that was not the case now. The nur. series for able and thurough:seame n were quite changed. If he had not been. perfectly convinced of this he should not have given wa, y to this clause. 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 money for them. 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. Mr. G.l-lUDSC . 'N thought that full and fair oppor tunity ought to be. given to the British shipowner to compete at every w ivantage with shipowners of other countries, and he should vote for this clause. Mr. HENLEY regretted that the Government should have fixed the discussion of a question of such gravity and importance for a morning sitting. He had great sympathy for persons engaged in the shipping trade, and if he were only influenced by a consideration for their interest, he should have had no difficulty in coming to a decision as to how lie should give his vote on this occasion. But the interests of the seamen must also be looked to in deciding this question. It resolved itself, he believed, into what was the rate of wages to be paid to the seamen ; and the course which the Government proposed to take seemed to him to be this, that, instead of giving the seamen the fair amount of wages which tempt him - to enter the Queen's service, they exposed him to competition with foreign seamen in the mercantile service in order to beat down wages and force him into the Royal Navy. What was wanted was not so much to increase the number of British sea men, but the numbers of the seamen of the best quality, such as were most fitted to make able men-of-war's men. It would be impossible to have skilled seamen unless they took care to have them properly brought up. Able seamen did not, even then, receive either in the royal navy or the mercantile service, anything like the amount of wages which skilled labourers in other trades ob tained. He could not help thinking that the tendency of the bill would be to decrease the number of appren tices training for British seamen. In time of war they must have recourse to the seamen in the mercantile ser vice to man the royal navy, and he doubted much whe ther the bill would increase the facilities for obtaining them. The two services were, unfortunately, antagon istic. Why they were so was a problem which had yet to be solved. He saw no reason himself why the Queen's service should not be the most popular in the world. If its unpopularity was owing to a matter of money, he thought the pay ought to be increased, for it was only necessary in peace to have a limited number of men, and why should these not be picked men ? (Hear, hear.) Believing that the public safety ought to overrule every other consideration, and doubting very much the policy of the clause, he should certainly vote against it. (Hear.) He did rot think any case had been made out of the necessity for an alteration of the law. Mr. CARDWELL said the real question was, whe ther they should increase or decrease the number of sea men in the navy. He contended not only that all high naval authorities in 1849 approved of the change, but that the experience of the last three years of the repeal of the Navigation-laws showed its absolute necessity. As to the number of apprentices in the navy, lie could state that, shortly after the decrease commenced, the number began to rally, and it had since continued to increase up to the present time. In 1850 the number of apprentices who entered the service was 5,056 ; in 1851, 5,275 ; and in 1852, 5,845 ; and on the first six months of the present year the number was 3,731. He readly admitted that this was a ques tion of wages, but he could not understand why any special protection should be given to sailors, which was not possessed by other labourers. At the present time seamen were leaving the American navy and entering the British service, and they would not do so unless greater advantages were held out to them. No less than 5,000 had entered the service since Decem ber, and he believed that now we had 8,000 more sea men at our disposal that we had before the repeal of the Navigation Laws. He therefore thought we might dis miss from our minds the idle fears entertained as to the proposed change, and might safely apply to this branch of the service the sound, healthy principles which were applied to the other branches of it, and had been found to work well. The state of the world at this moment was such that they might safely make the transition without any apprehension, and without any inconveni ence or injury to the interests which it was proposed to protect. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LIDDELL considered that the objections urged to the clause had been satisfactorily answered by the President of the Board of Trade. He was bound to say that the apprehensions which were entertained of the repeal of the navigation laws had not been realised, and he thought he should only do his duty to his consti tuents at Liverpool, and promote the interests of the country at large, by acceding to the proposal of the Go vernment. Mr. MITCHELL supported the clause. Mr. HEADLAM protested against the injustice of the attempt to enable captains in the Royal Navy to withdraw men from the merchant service. Mr. HASTIE approved of the clause. Under com petition with the world our ships had improved in con struction and sailing qualities, and if we exposed our seamen to the same competition, he believed the same result would manifest itself, and that they would be come a better class of men. M. WILCOX considered that, if they passed the clause, they would not employ one English sailor less nor one foreign sailor more, nor would they lower the rate of wages ; but they would do this great good—they would put a check on that disgraceful and wholesale desertion which now took place among British seamen abroad. lle objected to that part of the clause which enabled shipowners to employ foreigners as masters of their vessels. The ship owners of the country would not consider that a boon, for he believed it would not be resorted to except for sinister or unworthy purposes. Captain SCOBELL replied, and the committee di vided, when the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority IOG The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses up to 37, iaclusive. The chairman then reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on Friday at 12 o'clock. The house adjourned at four o'clock until six this evening. The house resumed at six o'clock. 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, r elative to railway under takings in that country.—Agreed to. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST OFFICE. . 142 . 3G BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of 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 BILL. The report of the amendment on this bill was brought up and agreed to. SAVINGS BANKS ANNUITY BILL. Mr. PACKE, in reference to the commission appointed to inquire into Sunday labour at the Post-office gave not: C that on a future day ho should ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Postmaster-General had any intention of adopting the resolutions contained in that report ? Upon the motion of an HON. MEMBER, the house was then counted ; more than 40 members being present, pro ceedings were resumed. THE MALT DUTIES. This bill was read a third time and passed. LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT IN IRELAND. Mr. E. BALL then moved fora 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 ho may require for his own use, made from barley ofihis 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, as a lesson to the Government, 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. g entleman 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 Earl of GLENGALL asked whether Government would lay on the table of the house a bill prepared by Sir W. Somerville, when Chief Secretary of Ireland, for the purpose of consolidating the whole law of landlord and tenant in that country. There were several bills in the other house which were coming up to this house, and it would be of great use if they had this bill before them. The Earl of ABERDEEN said there was a project for such a bill, but there was no such a bill in a Parliamen tary sense. He did not think it would be regular to lay the project of a bill on the table of the house. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it exceed ingly important that the bills now in the House of Com mons should be referred to a committee of their lord ships' house, and he intended to bring forward a motion that that be done, and then Sir W. Somerville's bill could be regularly brought before them. Their lordships then adjourned at twenty-five minutes to eight o'clock. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered. Castinga hasty, and somewhat disconcerted look, which was the signal for a general titter, around him, the right hon. gentleman hurried to his place. Ho then said that he 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, the (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 HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, on clause 29 ; the discussion on Capt. Scobell's proposition to omit the clause which permits vessels to be manned entirely. by foreign seamen was resumed. Admiral WALCOT supported the omission of the c l au se, as he considered it would tend, if carried, to break up the Mercantile Marine of this country. Mr. INGHAM thought that after the repeal of the Navigation Laws, when the British shipowner was exposed to open competition, it was only fair and just that he should be allowed to man his vessel in the most efficient manner possible. He intended, however, to move a proviso that this clause did not extend to the coasting trade. Sir G. PECHELL supported the clause, as he did not believe it would lead to the slightest inconvenience in manning the British navy. He believed it was quite impossible to man a ship efficiently with none but foreigners. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR believed that this clause was the most redeeming feature of the bill ; and he should cordially support it. Mr. DUNLOP supported the amendment. Sir G. TYLER opposed the clause. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had given to the question the grave consideration which it merited. Previous to the repeal of the navigation laws, it was confidently predicted by a number of gallant officers examined be fore a committee of the House of Commons that it would lead to the utter ruin of her Majesty's navy. What was the real state of the case, he need only refer them to the last returns to see. It was only after hav ing agreed with his colleagues with regard to the aboli tion of the clause that he had brought forward the pro positions lately laid on the table of the house to give additional benefit to the seamen of her Majesty's service. The one could not be carried out without the other. The race of competition was now a very close one, ore more weight the British shipowner must not carry any He weight in the race than was absolutely nec essar y . was convinced that they could not do anything for the advantage of commerce, which would not also redound to the benefit both of the Mercantile Marine and the Queen's service. Mr- WILLIAMS was as ardent a foreigner as any man in that house, but he thought this clause was carry. I• Ing the point rather further tha n was necessary. Admiral BERKELEY said that the state of affairs had very much changed, since the time that hon. and 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 re asonably - ho thought there were valid reasons for opposing the motion. At the same time he admitted that much mig ht be said favour of allowing malt for the purposes of breeding stock to be free from duty. the arguments against it nwerenw unworthywholly of discussion. Locking only to wh o were the con cernedheenterinedit,futlhlye h in o t n o . tinhoe matter, er would n h hav e might then betterhave a had e explained the terms of his proposition. The mot ion said no thing at all of malt for the p ur p oses of raising stock, it merely said " such malt as he (the farmer) may require for his own use." His own use would apply as well 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 ; ho (Sir J. Shelley) could not mean to assert that one class should be privileged in its consumption of malt any more than another class. Shy should the farmer be allowed to make beer or spirits free from duty when all other persons could not do so ? world wouid ebael thel into e e x ct i toefng en ie s i i n ie g h su n c n h arn a p ou ri n v t il o e f ge te ? mp T ta he . h W o u h s a e t 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) had not made some few remarks 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 laughter from the opposition, 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 the PREFEREN I Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAuglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb Prth. &Dundee per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 44 p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i 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. Prof., 5 p. C. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Loudy. & Ennis. Sb Han., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 narypt.& Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birin. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..Els, 6 p.c Do Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H, and S. Purch FOR: An twrps ----- Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Charleroi & E rque li n h Ijon and Besa9". Dutch Rhenish East Indian '''''' Do. Extension . ***** : * Gt. Indian Peninsul a 1 Gd. Junct. of F rance Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) .. Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mcditerra,n. Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with• interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. ScAms.Shs NorwcgianTrnk. Prei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and. Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg, I Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 1 Do. 5. per cent. pref. , southern of France 1 Upper India Scrip West Flanders........ Do. 5i per c. Pref„. Western of France , West. of Switzerland New Zealand en :E SHARES. 92 • 96 88 - 92 107 - 109 107 = 109 19 20 i id 6i 6i 4 -- 41 -- 5 5. -- 1 p 1 -- 21 1i -- 2 p 14h -15 h 201 -20 i 34 - 3 liii =- 130 111 - 113 i- 1 P 81 - 8 7i 105 -- 107 101 -- 103 103 -- 104 --- id i i 152 154 1 J 157 3i- 4pl 10 - 11 12i -13 i 8 9 10 101 i P 150 152 par I 116 118 118 122 .. -- ... 115 - 117 251 - 261 1f -- 101 -10 i 17- —17 i 1p 14 —l5l par p 25i . -- 261 112 -- 114 194-20 id -- par 102 -- 104 5h -- 5i i - :IGN. li ld 1 14 14 15 par 1 p 2 lid 5 6 p 1 1p 1 2 p P id -- p ar i - 7 id 4 4A 3 11 id li - 2i pi •• •• 7i - 7 35 -- 3:5:i 14 ! I - 15 1 8'- 9 16 -- 1 6 i1 41 -- 43 40i -- 41 36 -36 i 4 -- 5 - p 164 -- 194 7i -- 81 4 - 6 - p - id 3 --- 2 d MINES. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Prom the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Sugar were desirous to realise. At auction, 250 hhds 17 tcs Barba does, which sold at 38s to 39s for fine yellow, and 34s to 37s Gd for low to good, 38 hhds 4 trcs and 131 brls Nevis, brown at 32s to 335, low to good greyish, 33s to 34s 6d, midd to good yellow, 34s 6d to 35s 6d, and 40 hhds Deme rara crystalised, good to fine yellow, 37s 6d to 39s 6d per cwt, being all rather lower rates. REFINED.—To -day large purchases were made in refined sugar for home trade purposes ; brown lumps realized 45s Gd, and low to fine grocery 46s to 48s 6d, the market clos ing with a firm aspect. There are still few export buyers of crushed, and rates are easier. For Mauritius the de mand was small. MOLASSES.—To-day at auction 396 hhds Nevis was sold at 15s. per cwt., being cheaper. EAST INDIA.—To - day at auction 2,000 bags Bengal sold at very full prices ; good to fine white Benares at 37s to 38s 6d, damp 36s to 38s, and fine grainy yellow 39s 6d to 40s per cwt. COFFEE.—At auction to-day 36 casks and 144 barrels plantation found buyers—good at 60s to 625, mid to good mid 58s to 595, fine ord to low mid 52 s to 575, and good Triage 49s to 51s. Foreign coffee afloat is wanted at pre vious rates, but there are few buyers of landed parcels. 100 bags St. Domingo were taken in at 45s for good ord. TEA.—In Congou purchases have been on a small scale; at present there is no change in prices of better sorts, but the tendency is downwards for inferior, There are sellers of low to good ord at lld to WA ; rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf, is to is ; strong to Pekoe sorts, is 2d to is 9d ; an d super i or, i s 10d t o 2 s 2d. Th e following is now the currency :—Hyson, ordinary, is 4d to is 6d; mid, is 7d to is 8d ; good, is 9d to 2s ; fine, 2s 2d to 2s 8d ; su perfine, 2 s 9d to 3s ; young Hyson Canton, is to is 6d ; Hyson kind, ; Is 8d to2s; fine, 2s 2d to 2s 6d; Twankay, is. to i s ld Gunpowder Canton, Is to is 7d ; Hyson kinds, is 9d to 2s iod ; fine, 3s to 3s 6d. CHICORY. —Supply has further decreased ; dealers con tinue to oper a t e with much caution, and prices have a downward tend ency, ruling TALLOW.—The st oc k of 221. to 261. per ton for powder. f r a e t i g n il a l d t to 0 1 1 2 0 / th . al, for c r o o o m t p ar , and e d with this time last season, shows a decrease of 22,030 casks, an d prices rule higher by 135 to 15s per cwt. There con tinues to be an extensive demand for Russian on the spot, and rates have advanced 5d to is per cwt. since this day week. Fine yellow candle closed this afternoon at 53s 9d to 545 per cwt. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ............ 709 ............ 735 Total ............1,444 DISASTROUS FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a most destructive fire took place upon some farming property, belonging to Lord Headley, in the vicinity of Warley, near 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. Batteshall. The tramps bad left some Wafer matches behind in a cattle pen, and four of Mr. Batteshall's children going into the barn to play, they found the inciters. With 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 for the prompt and daring action of 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 whole 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 allyithey were subdued, the dwelling house bE ing fortu nately preserved. The farm and contents are under stood to have been insured.