The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

VISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARcia 15. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY BILL. Order for second reading read; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " that the bill be now read a second time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—question put, " that the word ' now' stand part of the question :"—the house divided : Ayes 92, Noes 133. MINORITY—AYES, 92. A'Court, C. Fitzroy, Henry Rushout, Captain Alcock, Thomas Forster, M. Itrts•ell, F. C. Anderson, Sir James Fox, W. J. Sandars, G. Bailey, Crawehay French, Fitzstephen Sawle, C. B. G. Bar nes, T. Gree son, ..%arnuel Scholefleld, W. BP9S, M. T. Hadfield, George Scully, F, Bell, J. Ilastie, Alexander ' Scully, V. Bethel', Richard Hervey, Lord Alfred Shelley, Sir J. T. Bouverie, It. P. Heywood, James Sheridan, R. B. Brady, J. Heyworth, L. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Bremridge, R. Hutchins. E. Stanley, L rd Blight, .John Hutt, William Stapleton, J. 111 otserton, Joseph Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord I). Brown, W. King, P. J. Thompson, George Browne, Valentina Lan,ton, 11. G. Thornely, T. Huller, Charles S. Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lod A. Byr! G. H. C. Lowe, It. Villiers , Hon. C. Chaplin, W. J. Mackie, J. Wall, I liarles baring Cobden, Richard M`Cann, J. Walmsley, Sir J. Coffin, Walter Manic, Colonel Whatman, J. Cowan, Charles Michell, W. Whitbn. ad, S. Crook, J. Monereiff, James Wilkinson, W. Currie, Raikes 011veiru,.B. Wilcox, i 3. Hering, Sir Edward Owen. Sir J. Williams, W. Drummond, H. Parker, R. Townley Willoughby, Sir H. Duncan, G. Pellatt Apsley Wilson, James Duncombe, T. Pelt). S. Wrightson, Win. B. Ellice. E. Phinn, Thomas Young, Sir f. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pilkington, James Ferguson, Joseph Ponsonby, lin. A..G. J. TELLERS. Fitzgerald, J. Price, W. Laing, S. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Ricardo, 0. Ewan., William MAJORITY—NOES, 133. Adderley, C. Forster, Sir G. Mundy William Arbuthnott, General Fraser, Sir Wm. A. Naas, Lord Arkwright, G. Freestun, Colonel Napier, J. Bagge, W. Freshfleld, J. W. Newark, Viscount Wiley, H J Frewen, C. H. Newdegate, C. N. Ball, Edward Gaskell, James M. Noel, Gerard James Baldcock, E. 11. Grenfell, C. North, Colonel Barrow, W. H. Grev,lle, Colonel F. Otway, A. J. Beckett, W. Grogan, E. Packe, C. William Bontinck, Geo. P. ( wyn, Ilowel Pakenham, Captain Beresford, Wiliam :Talford, Sir Henry Pakington, Sir John Berkeley, C. L . 11911, Sir Benjamin Fahner, Robert Bowyer, George Halsey, Thomas P. I hillimore, R. Boyle, Colonel Hanbury, Hon. C. Powlett, Lord W. Bramston, T. W. Heneage, G. H. W. Pugh, D. Brooke, Lord Heneage, G. F. Repton, G. W. J. Bruce, H. A. Henley, J. W. Robertson, P. F. Buck, Lewis W. Herbert, H. A. Rolt, P. Cairns, H. M'Calmont Higgins, George Seaham, Lord Carnac, Sir J. R. Hildyard, Robert C. Seymer, H. K. Caulfield, Colonel Hume, J. Smith, Wm. M. Cholmondeley, Ld. H Inglis, Sir R. H. Smyth, J. G. Christy, Samuel Irton, Samuel Stanhope, James B. Clay, Sir William Johnstone, James Start, H. G. Clinton,'Ld Robert Johnstone, Sir J. Tit, lor, Colonel Cobbold, J. C.' Jones, David Thicknesse, R. A. Cocks, Thomas S. Knatchboll, W. F. Tomlin, G. Codrington, Sir W. Knox, Col. Turner, C. Coles, U. B. Knox, W. S . Tyler, Sir George Compton, H. Combo Lawley, F. C. Vane, Lord H. Coote, Sir C. H Lennox, Lord A. F. Verner, Sir W. Doyle, Sir H. LiddelJ, H. G.l Vernon, G. Davies, D. Lindsay, Col. Waddington, H. S. Davison, R. Lois Cher, Captain Weis, W. Denison, J. E. M acartney, G. VV hiteside, Jamei Dodd, George Macgregor, James Whitmore, Henry Dtt Cane, Charles Mandel , Ale, Viscount Wickham, H. W. Dnff, George Manners, Lord J. Wigram, L. T. Duff, James Maxwell, James. P. Wise, d. A. Egerton W. Meux, Sir Henry Wyndham, William Egerton, Edward Miles, W. Yorke, Eliot Thomas Elmley, Vise. Miller, T. J. Emlyn, Viscount Mills, A- Fellowes, Edward Mills, T. Forester, Colonel Moore, G. H. Vansittart, G. H. Forster, Charles Mullings, J. R. Spooner, Richard TELLZEI. LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER COMPANY BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " that the bill be now read a second time :" —amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—question put, "that the words ' now' stand part of the question :"—the house diNided Ayes 73, Noes 253. Alcock, Thomas Bailey, Sir J. Ball, Edward Barnes, Thomas Bell, James Biggs, William Boyle, Col. Brotherton, J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Caulfield, Col. Chaplin, W. J. Cobbett, J M. Cobden, Richard Coffin, Walter Cogan, W. Cowan, Charles Crook, J, Currie, E. Drummond, Henry Duff, G. S. Duff, James Duncan, George buncombe, T. Dunlop, A. Ferguson,rins, Sir D L. r Joseph MINORITY—AYES, 73. Fitzgerald, W. Moffatt, G. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Morris, D. Forster, C. Mundy, W, Fox, IV. Parker, R. T. French, F. Phinn, T. Freshfleld, J. Sandars, G. Greene, John Scholefleld, W. Gregson, Samuel Scully, F rancis Hadfield, G. Scully, V. Halford, sir 11. Shelley, Sir J. V. Halite, Alexander Smith, John Benj. Heywood, James Thompson, Mr. V.d. Hey w orth, L. Thompson, G. Higgins, G. G. 0. Traill, G. Have, Joseph Waimsley, Sir J. Irton, Samuel Wells, W. Kelly, Sir F. Whitbread, Samuel Kinneird, A. F. Wilkinson, W. A. Laing, S. Wilcox, B. Langton, H. G. Williams, IT. Leslie, C. P. York, E. T. Lindsay, Colonel Lockhart, A. E. M'Gregor, John Meagher, ThontaS Mills, A. MAJORITY—NOES, 253. TELLERS. Hall, Sir Benjamin Stuart, Lord D. d'Court, C. Adderley, C. Annesley, Earl of Anson, General rhuthnot, Gen. A ^kwright, G. Bagge, w. Bailey. C. Bann., H. Ball, John Baldock, n. Baring, Sir F. Baring, F Barrow, Wm. H. Beckett, William Bennet, Philip Bentinck, G. Berestord. William Berkeley, lion. C• • Berkeley, C. Betheli, Richard Biddulph, R. M. Blackett, J. F. Blair, Colonel Bolder°, Col. Booker, T. W. Booth, Sir P. Bouverie, E. Bower, G. Bramston, T. W. Brand, H. Bremrldge, Richard Brisco, Musgrave Brockman, E. D. Brooke, Lord Brooke, Sir A.B. Brown, William Browne, V. Bruce, Lord E. Bruce, C. L. C. Brute, H. A. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. W. Burghley, Lord Ilurroulhes, H. N. Butler, Charles B Ynir, G. H. Charles Cairns, H. WC almon Campbell, Sir Arch. Cardwell, Hon. E. Cantu, Sir J. Rivett Cavendish Charles C. Chelsea, Viscount Cholmondeley, Ld. H. Christy, Samuel Clay, Sir W. Clinton,, Lord C. P. Clinton, Lord R. enbbold, J. Chevalier Cocks, T. Somers Codrington, Sir Wm. Coles, Henry B. u e„° , llP".on, llen C. oote, Sir Chas. ry H. Crossley Frank Cubitt, Mr. Ald. bevies, D. A. S. Davison It. beedes, W. Denison, J. E. bering, Sir B. Dodd, G. Pa Cane, C. Duckworth, SirJ. buncombe, 'ln. A. b uncombe, tin. 0. bundas, G. _Bgerion, E. lit. Hon. E. k -.„ l inleY, Viscount Viscount Xuston, Earl Fellowes, Edward Follett, Brent S. Forbes, W. Forster, Sir Geo. rorster, M. Franklyn, G. W. Noel, Gerard James Fraser, Sir W. A. Not;eys, Lord Freeston, Colonel North, Colonel Frewen, Charles Hay Oakes, J. H. P. Gr•kell, James Milnes Ossuiston, Lord Gladstone, William 0 tway, Arthur John Glyn, George Carr Owen, Sir John Goodman, Sir G. Packe Charles W. Goulburn, H. I'akeaham, Captain Graham, Sir J. Packington, Sir J. Graham, Lord M. W. Palmer, R. Grenten,(l. Palmerston, Via. Greville, Col. Patten, J. Grey, Sir U. Peacocke, G. M. W. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pcllatt, Pell, Colonel rhintmore, IL J. Hamilton, Lord C. PPV , igton, James Hamilton, Geo. A. Ponsonby, lln. A. Hamilton, J. Hans Portal, Melville Banbury, Spencer B Powlett, Lord W. Hanmer, Sir J. Pugh, D. Harcourt, Colonel Repton, G. Bailie, Archibald Ricardo, 0. Hayter, W. G. Robertson, P. F. Ileadiam, T. E. Holt, P. Heneage, Geo. 11. Rushout, Capt. flencage, G. Fieschi Russell, Lord J. Healey, Joseph W. Russell, F. C. Herbert, Sir T. Sawle, C. B. G. Herbert, Sir Thomas Seaham, Lord. Het eey, Lord Alfred Sey fuer, H. K. Iliidyard, R. Seymour, Lord Howard, Lord E. Shee, W. Hudson, George Smith, M. Tucker Hume, W.Fitzwilliam Smith, Rt Hn. R. Hutchins, E. Smith, W. M. Hutt, William Sotheron, T. H. Ingham, Robert Spooner, It. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stafford, A. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanhope, J. B. J o hnstone, Sir J. Stanley, Lord I olliffe, Sir W. G.H. Stapleton, John Jones, David Stirling, William Kendall, Nicholas Strutt, Edward Kershaw, James Stuart, H. long, J. Sturt, G. King, James King Tancred, Henry Wm.' Kirk, William Taylor, Col. Knatchhull, Wm. F. Thickntsse, R. A. Knox, W Thornely, T. Labouchere, H. Tufnell, H. Lacon. Sir E. Turner, C. Lascelles, Hon. E Tyler, Sir G. Lawley, F. C. Vane, Lord A. Lennox, Lord A. Vane, Lord 11. Liddell, 11. G. Vansittart, George H Locke, Joseph Verner, Sir W. Lockhart, W. Veinon.G. E. H. Lovaine, Lord Villiers, Rt. Iln. C. P. Lowe, Robert Vivian, J. E. Lowther, Colonel Vyse, Capt. Lowther, Captain Waddington, Da \ Mackie, John Waddington, H. Macgregor, Jas. Walcott, Adm. M.Ta•!gart, Sir J. Wall, C. B. Maddock, Sir R. Walpole, Spencer H. Manners, - ,Lord G. Walsh, Sir J. B. Manners, Lord J. West, F. R. Marshall, William Whatman, James Massey, W. N. Whiteside, James Manic, Colonel Whitmore, 11. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wigram, L. T. Meux, Sir Hem/ Wickham, Henry W. Miles, William Willoughby, Sir H. Miller, T. Wilson, J. Mills, T. Wise, J. Mitchell, W. Wood, Sir Charles Molesworth, Sir W. Wortley, J. a. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, General Moore, t;. 11. Wyndham, W. Moore, Ross S. Young, Sir John Ilallings J. Randolph Naas, Lord Napier, Joseph Newark, Viscount Mr. Halsey. Newdegate. C. Mr. Sheridan. TELLERS. NELSON'S DAUGHTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l read in your paper of to-day, a letter on the subject of NELSON'S daughter, and signed "An English 'Woman." Is it really true, as stated in that letter, that the "Laughter of NELSON stands in need of pecuniary aid ? bolde people of England allow the child—and that a woman too—of their greatest naval hero to solicit ms? Can this be possible! Surely the writer of that letter must be in error. She cannot allude to NELSON t he hero of Trafalgar and the Nile ? The NELSON to 'W hem so many monuments have been erected, and whose /lame ought to be as dear to every Englishman, and 'Whose victories as fresh in our memories as when the Il ews at once glorious and moarnful, of Trafalgar's vic rY Was proclaimed ! Did not England go i n t o mour ning for him ? Did she no weep for the loss, as the greatest she had ever k nown ? And did she not pay with profoundest grati tude the hi g h es t h onour to hi s name. A n d, fi n ally, were n ot his r ema i ns b orne amid weeping thousands, and follow e d b y the proudest of England's peers to the pave ? And has not th e s p o t w h ere th e y laid him come hallowed g roun d, w h ere W e lli ngton a l o ne may itntrudey ? Alas ! it is but too true. And yet his daughter his only child - is compelled to solicit alms for the sup- Port of herself and children ! Sham e ! Sh ame upon England ! Blush sons and ',..ar_ e ghters of Britai n w h o can so soon f orget a de b t d ue t o atness ; and when again you bury your heroes, bury tiro the memory of their victo r i es . R a th er, ten t h ousan d ul in_e rather do thi s , th an erect monuments to the i r whilst their children you consign to beggary ! am, Sir, your very ob e di en t servant, , M arch 14. JOHN A. WALKER. b L'ls „ -° .ME, March 4.—Ed war d M urray has been visited mother in the Castle of Palliano. She found him ex i f airly treated i n ever y respec t , t h e unremitting 'ms Navi n made by the B ri ti s h au th or iti es i n his favour had the satisfactory effect of remov i ng all unne eessary h arsh. REAL GOLD FIELD.—A market gardener, upon a th,,; -4 , 11 scale, residing at the Merri Creek, has, within t i:' gs t eight months, cleared upwards of 4,0001. s ra er ng by fruit and vegetables. Considering the enor °4B Prices realised for these articles, it is a matter of astonishment that they are not more extensively culti vateq.--Neloourne Morning Herald. ur4 WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE DEBDALE STAKES. Tipperary Boy The Miner Catherine Heroine ... Four others started HANDICAP T.Y.C. Six others ran. THE AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (From the Times.) The Australian advices by the overland mail were regarded in the city with great interest. They extend to the 28th of December from Sydney, and to the 3d of January from Port Philip, and com pletely dissipate the surmises raised by the vague accounts lately received with regard to the proba ble exhaustion of the Victoria mines. The state ments of a sudden falling off in the yield, and a consequent panic, appears to have originated at Sydney, where every rumour likely to check the departure of the population to Victoria is eagerly seized and magnified. It appears, however, that the diminution of the rate of production during December is explained by the fact of the more experienced miners having been attracted to the Ovens diggings, near the N ew S ou th W a l es fron tier, so that the great majority of those that re mained were new-comers. The approach of Christ mas had likewise caused an abandonment oflabour. Even under these circumstances, the total amounts brought to Melbourne were very large, and merely appear otherwise from being contrasted with those brought during November, which reached 349,185 ounces, and were in excess of the total of any former month. From the Ist of De cember to the 25th, the quantity, including some amounts from the Ovens, was 185,526 ounces, worth 750,0001., and it was known that very heavy parcels were still waiting at the Ovens to be for warded, a considerable portion of which would be carried to Sydney, the situation of these. deposits causing them to be equally resorted to by the people of both colonies. The population of Mel bourne during the past three months had received an addition of 32,306 persons, and the extent of exploration which had been carried on in conse quence had strengthened the impression as to the space through which the gold deposits are spread. So far from a heavy decline having occurred in the prices of imported articles, business up to the latest dates was extremely active, notwithstanding the arrivals that had taken place ; and there was a continued demand for all descriptions of drinks and luxuries, which were realising large returns. The Sydney had sailed from Melbourne on the 9th of December with 77,835 ounces of gold and 123 passengers, and was to call at Adelaide, where she would be likely to receive an addition. The Great Britain was to leave on the evening of the 3d of January. Subjoined is an exact state ment of the quantities of gold brought to Mel bourne during the preceding ten months, and also the principal part of December February March April May June Ounces. 56,408 51,865 64,472 99,006 149,372 July 296,941 August 268,576 September 211,814 October 348,511 November December (from the Ist to the 25th) 2,081,676 The above is equal to 8,300,0001. sterling, and does not include either the amounts retained in the possession of individuals or the large sums carried by the overland escort to South Australia. From Sydney it appears that all the gold fields in New South Wales are yielding favourably, and that the production is increasing. The weekly total brought by escort is, however, comparatively small, averaging only about 4,630 ounces. The distance of the mines and the abundance of employment in other branches of labour prevent their active de velopment. Out of a population of 200,000 it is believed that not more than 10,C9 are at the dig gings. Although the yield at the Hanging Rock con tinued abundant, most of the people had left that spot, owing to the temporary demand for shearers and reapers, the latter of whom obtained from 30s. to 355. per acre, with rations. There were, therefore, abundant opportunities for any number of immi grants. At the Louisa Creek, in the neighbour hood of the Great Nugget Vein, nearly all the miners were doing well, and many had returned who had been tempted away to the Ovens. The Colonial Gold Company of London, under the su perintendence of Mr. Spence, had made an arrange ment with the Great Nugget Company to work their claims on a royalty of 20 per cent. on the gross yield of gold, when the amount per ton of crushed quartz shall not exceed 2 ounces, 30 per cent. , when over 2 ounces and under four, and 50 per cent when over 4 ounces ; Mr. Spence having been previously allowed every opportunity of test ing the company's claims. With regard to the Peel River deposits, it appears that the Rev. Mr. Clarke, the geologist, was at Tamworth, one of the settlements of the Australian Agricultural Com pany, and that he was engaged in a general exa mination of the northern districts. Thus far he had stated, that although he was not yet sufficiently acquainted with the gold field of the Peel to report fully upon it, he was satisfied the quartz veins are nu merous, though of no great magnitude. " They are not all auriferous," he says, "but those which are not, appear to alternate with such as are." The rock rises between Cann's Plains and the Peel, " and it is on the south side that the gold is sprinkled most abun dantly. It seems as if it were electrotyped in little hollows upon the surface." Mr. Clarke adds, " The more I see of the great backbone of this con tinent the more I am impressed with the high pro bability of the extension of the goldfields far be yond the present limits of search." Among the colonists generally a favourable impression with re gard to the value of the various quartz claims seems to have increased. In the Colonial Assembly at Sydney a bill for the management of the goldfields had just been passed. It is to come into operation on the Ist of February, and, according to its clauses, the Government may grant leases by tender or auc tion for quartz or otherminingto Briti;shthy may subjects e exceeding 21 for any periods notyears to also suspend any pastoralleases giving that g may .ng be found extendgoldfieldsover upon compen sation to the owners. The license fee is fixed at 30s. per month, and is to be paid by traders No license of foreigners the charge is to be do uble. and other parties as well as miners No In the case is to be given to those who shall not be able to from their that they have been duly disc har g ed their la s t place of service, and persons workingwithout on e are to be fined 5/., and to be liable in default to two months' imprisonment with hard labour on the roads. The bill contains several other provisions equally stringent, and it is said to be regarded by the most intelligent classes with a strong feeling of aversion, the narrow policy of the clause against foreigners being especially con demned. The prospects of the construction of the railway from Sydney to Paramatta had greatly im proved, the Government having consented to allow 500 railroad labourers to be brought out at the expense of the emigration fund, and also to sub scribe 150,0001. to the undertaking, if private ca pitalists would subscribe 100,000/. upon a minimum guarantee of 5 per cent. The estimated cost of the line is 220,000/. This bill incorporating the Great Nugget Vein Company had been read a third time and passed. The Bank of New South Wales had advertised a meeting for the 20th of January, to consider the propriety of increasing their capital by an issue of new shares, and also of establishing a branch in London. The Sarah Sands had arrived. at Sydney on the 24th of December, after a pas sage of 93 days from Cork, and the Cleopatra had also reached Melbourne. The Ticonderago, from Liverpool to Melbourne, is alleged to have 170 deaths on board. Among the vessels which had lately sailed from Sydney for London, where the Black Friar, with 35,243 ounces of gold, and the New Orleans, with 25,562 ounces. From Adelaide, South Australia, the accounts state that a large number of persons were profit ably engaged at the Echunga diggings. The price of the shares of the Burra Bum mine was about 1601. Gold, it is also stated, has at length positively been discovered in New Zealand. The locality is about thirty miles from Auckland, in the Gulf of Houraki, where ten men obtained in one day about 401. The Goveemnent has issued proclamations with regard to it. The Chusan, by which the present Australian news was brought to Singapore, belongs to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and is a sister ship to the Formosa. She has been employed in one or two experimental trips between Singapore and the Australian ports, preparatory to the com mencement of the regular mail service in April. Although it is nearly two months since the previous news by this route was received, the details then furnished were up to this morning the latest that had come to hand. 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 PARLIA THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1853. THE SHARE MARKET'S. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 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Shropshire enior all South Dev0n......... 100 South Ea5tern........ . all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. WverDun 5 ,Do . 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Than es Haven Dock, ant' 17 Vale o: all Waterfd. & Kill•ernyl all Waterford&Uu a *e 1 :1 13 West C0rnwa11........1 21s.1Wmb'edon &Croydon] 1 TToodford . . .00 York Newctl. & Berw, 20 Do. Extensions......, : 1 1 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York (St N. Midland.. 100 i Aberdeen . all Do., No. 2,7 p. c.. 100 Eris. dr Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. S area .. 100 Caledonian 0 ..... all (Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 34 Cork&Bandon 5l p.c. all 'Dundee PertlititAber- demi Junct'on ....... all EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent all Do. (k 5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (k:.7 17s) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5i per cent........... 100 Glasgow dr S. Western guar. 5 per cent. ... 100 Great Northu. 5 P.C. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 G. West. fixed 41p c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. sp. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . ..... . ICO Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londondei.7& Coler. 5hare5.............. all Londy. & Ennis. 1 SI, all Manch.,Shef.,& Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 .. ..• all Marypt.&Cari. 4p. c. all Do. 41 per cent 81 D 0... 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.., 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent! all Norfolk Exteus , on... all Do. Guar. 51 per et.. all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 1.00 North British ......... all North E;affordshire.. LOO Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c 9 D• all Shims& Birm. N. G all Shre wsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all 'South Devon . Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. all S. Yorksh .4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Prof. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H k S. Purch PREFERENCE SHARES. los! FORE 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Bels'!lnEas;:n. June;;. all Charleroi k - aguelin. 6 Dijon and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Juuct. of France 151 Gt Wes tern of Canada -1 Shares ................. 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c. 15 Luxembourg. 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6 p. et. pref 7 Lyons & Mediterrau 46 Madras all Namur & Liege (witli .. interest) all Do. (ex interest), .. __ all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. C. Bds (fitly. B. Sr, Ams. Shs. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen.. all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen &Ch erbrg. 5 Quebec &Richmond.. all Rouen and Havre.... all Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. 51 p. et. pref.... 4 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip ... all West Flanders ...... 6 Do. 5;1- per c. Pref.... 10 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 Zea1and.............. 406 - li 19 - 20 1 d pa] 64 -- 61 3g -- 3g, 3k --4 -- lip 1 -- 2 p p it_ 15 18i -- 19 3- 3; lii lio - 112 - 9 --107 id —# P -- 152 ... xd ••. -- xcl ... xd 3 1 - 3 i P 10 - 11 133 - 14 8 - 9 101- 11} .4 -- i P, 1146 -' 22. - 5 -6 , 2 -2, 102 J - 11 25 - 26 1 a li p 11 - lli 17 —18 i p 16 1i 17 par i p 26,E —26 i 20 21 fd . par 101 - 103 5 -5, - • PI d— par 1 14 2/ 2 p 21 lidis 6 6i p 11 lip 2p 1/ lip 1 -I P 7 - 8 - 1 - jr-a ? 9 -lip 2 - 2ip 7i - 8 6 - 7 36 -37 141 - S. - 9 17. - 18 p 424 -43 A 42} - 42 334 - 334 41 - P' - --- 20A - 21 9 - 9} 4i - 5 p 1 P 4 51 3dis p Ad 10iP p id Bes , ness done this day. xd xd xd xd RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Chad. guarantee Do.winoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh OlydesdaleJc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent__ Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Dk. & Railway..... Hull & Selby. Do. 1 Shares. Do. Shares., Lou. & Gre enw, Do.Preferenc e l Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.Exton. and llatlock Middlesbro' &dear. . NEdld.Bradfd. Northern audi o Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. # Shares. Roystn.dt Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e S. Staffordsh WearVallejgr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst Closing Prices Yesterday. Leasing Compans. London d N. West. Gt.Westn Do 30 -31 29i -30, Do Do L. it N.W, Caledon 30 -31 29 - 30 'lO5 -107 .521 -531 IGt.Notrhn GL. Westn. Yk. Ne & Berw Y.&N. Do 'Do 151 - 153 324 - 334 111 - 113 55 - 562 26i - 272 13k - 144 252 - 26 - S. Eastern, Do ( Norfolk IDo • 19 - 19, 25 - Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Stcktou & Darlingt. Midland... 3 -3, U 7 - 108; E. Count.. D 0......... 64 - 66 ..... 'L. dt N . NV. &Lodi Yk Do • t: North* Do ..... .52 - 154 .51 - 153 _ ..... . . Lancash.dz Yorksh.. 1 MrMel ean Stockt, 61 Darling . Do . - IGt.~peatn. X32; -33i 103 - 104 1 all Agna Fria — 1 p 10s. all Anglo Californian „ - 10 2 Australasian 1 7 4 2 p 3 20 5 Australian 7,4 p 7 1 all Australian Cordillera p 1 1 all Australian Freehold. . pl 4 1 all Ave Maria par p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold n 20 13.5 British Iron 7 — P 35 244 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 5 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 33 ___ 4 34 20 15 Do. St. John Del Bey 29 — 3O 1 3 Carsons's Creek - par -- 47 p 40 all Cobre Copper 46 5 1 Colonial Gold 24 33 4 14 Copiapo • 5i Si. all Copper Min. of Eng. 70 7 . 6 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 7i —84 p 5 all English and Austin. °P Smeltg. Co. 14 d 4 20 all Ge C -4a )e l r 2 all Grcat Nugget Vein 3 —34 p 51 3 all Great Polgooth ld 1 p 8 2 1 all Lake Bathurst.......• die— par 1 all Liberty — j p 1 all Loud . &Califon'. Gold Quartz Crush. Co fi - j d 1 all Mariquita..... ....• • ••• Ad— p ar 10 9 Me=ican&S.Americn. 84 94 994 1 all New Granada p 1 all Nouveau Monde lB lip 2$ 1 Port Philip l— liP 1 2 14 1 all Quartz Rock par 4p 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 p 15 Do. New 7 —74 30 10i Santiago de Cuba-- 74 84 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ....... ....... 284 all United Mexican 64 7 6; 1 all Waller 4 p 1 all West Granada — p 1 all West Mariposa par— 4 p I,f all Yuba — p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 24 —24 p j 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 10 English Scottish and A astralian, 24 3 p 20 124 Loud. Chart. Bk. of AusLro 'ia 54 —53 p 184 50 20 Lor don and County 50 10 uo-don uoir:, Stock — 100 20 wad. & Vir3Si;M'nster 20 2 Lone on P^uk of Aus trP-a and Intua p 24 50 221 Naf'or al of In' and — 25 all Oriental Bark of Corpm _,* io - 25 5 Do. Few — 100 25 Provircial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Austialn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co par 25 all South Australia 5l 53 50 25 all Union of Australia-. 773 783 783 24 Do. New B4 9 50 10 I . Union of 40 all Union of Madrid: .. • MISCELLANEOUS /Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail. Austrain. Royal Mail Brit. American Laud !Canada .0 6 383 DO 32j 5 5 4 2 ?,0 1 1 1 14 )0 50 JO 2 1 all [0 2 Crystal Palace.. i 0 25 )0 60 15 25 1 1 5 2 Crystal Pal.of Francei Eastern 5team........ Electric Telcg. of Ir. Gen. Steam NaN ;gat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugai Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... Nrth. of Europe Steam Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Subma . Telegraph Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land 60 - 6 1;2 = ii 110 7 6 i I i i MARKET NEWS-TITLES DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on sale iu to-day's market was very limited, and in but mid ling condition, the demand for all descriptions was in a depressed state, and low qualities were freely offered at is per quarter beneath last week's quotations. For forward delivery very little was doing. The show of fresh foreign wheat was small, but a full average number of granaried samples was brought forward. Good heavy wheats realised full prices ; but all other kinds were dull, at barely late rates. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has increased to some extent, yet prices were not lower. Fine barley was scarce, and quite as dear ; grinding and distilling sorts were very dull. We had a fair inquiry for malt, the value of which was well supported. The oat trade was slow, at Monday's prices. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, at late cur rencies. ARRIVALS TIIIS WM. Wheat. ) Barley. Malt. Oats. 2,320 2,910 5,180 630 100 1,780 950 --350 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 3,430 Flour. 1,280 12,140 WHITECH.ATEL. For each kind of meat at this market to-day the inquiry was in a very sluggish state, at our quotations : Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 6.1; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; pork, 2s Cd to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues steady, and last week's prices are well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPINO-(THIS DA T. ) LONDON, March 16.—Wind at Noon, E. light breeze, and cloudy. The St. George, Lond on to, Port Philip, struck on a reef at Port Philip on the 28th Dec., and was run on shore, the water flowing in and out of her; crew and passengers saved. DEAL, March 15.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Switharaley, China ; Salvadore, Boston ; Johanna, New York ; Patrick Henry, do. ; Laura, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh ; Gustao, New Orleans. Sailed—Diana, Sydney, N.S . W . Arrived from the River, and sailed—Frolic, for the South Seas ; Urania, Melbourne ; Grecian Queen, do. ; Andalusia, New York ; Eliza, Trinidad. OFF THE WlGHT.—Brothers, Calcutta, for null. OTF DOVER, March 15.—Dona Teresa, New Orleans. LOWESTOFFE, March 15.—The James, of and from London for Seaham, has been brought in leaky-, having struck on Newcome Sand. HULL, March 15.—Sailed—Rose, Davies' Straits. PORTSMOUTH, Marchls.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Onega, Rio Janeiro. March 15. Putback— Moslem, Colcutta. Wind, S. Sailed —Lady Jocelyn (s), Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. BuisroL, March 15. —Wind, W. N. W. Sailed—Triumph, Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, March 15.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Rising Sun, New Orleans ' • Peter Many, do. ; F a l con, Sydney, N.S.W., on freight 14,655 oz. of gold ; Samuel Badger, New Orleans ; Alberta, do. ; Polly, do. ; New Brunswick, do. ; lawn, Savannah ; Leonie, Charleston ; Alwine, do. ' Western World, N ew Y or k ; Arctic, d o . • Arendina, Ja coba. ; Champion, Boston ; Paragon, Newfoundland. Sailed—Bryn-y-Mor, Pernambuco. Off Port—Emigrant, Mary Holland, and America. ALICANTE, March 7.—The Ceres, from Newcastle, is on shore on Cape La Heurton, and is not expected off. SYDNEY, N.S.W., Dec. 20.—The Young Queen, of New castle, is on shore on Nohby's Island ; four of her crew drowned. The Cassipore was on shore on Princes Shoal, twenty-five miles from Geelong, on the 6th inst. FALMOUTH, March 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Carl, and Captain, Odessa ; Lido, Constantinople ; Sobertia, Petterson, Pors,ground. ROYAL WEST INDIA MINING COMPANY.—This com. pany, which was proposed to be established a few months back, have notified a return, without deduction, of the subscriptions received, in consequence of their having failed in obtaining a charter. The negotiations on the matter seem to have been attended with misun derstanding and disappointment, owing to the absence of those definite principles which alone can enable the public to escape uncertainty as to the course that will be pursued by the Board of Trade ia any given case. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from certain individuals complaining of the restriction of the office of examiner in the Court of Chancery to barristers. The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the duties now imposed upon the office could not be dis charged by any but barristers. Lord ST. LEONARDS concurred in this view. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. R. Owen, praying for a select committee on the subject of education. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition from East Retford, praying for the extension of bank rupt jurisdiction to county courts ; and petitions from Southampton and Birmingham in favour of the admis sion of Jews into Parliament. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the Slave Trade (Sohar in Arabia and New Grenada) Bills were read a second time. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the Designs Act. Extension Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of .Alderley, the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill passed through com mittee. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the Indemnity Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the Inland Revenue Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the Commons Inclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill was re ported, and, as amended, agreed to. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to call the atten tion of her Majesty's Government to a correspondence which has taken place between Mr. Spence and the Board of Trade, on the subject of a bridge on the North Shields Railway. Since the last time he had addressed their lordships, a fortnight ago, five railway accidents of the most serious nature had taken place, in conse quence of which, 11 persons had been suddenly destroyed, and 40 others seriously, if not permanently injured. He considered that these accidents were all owing to mis management on the part of the railway company, and the want of some proper supervision of the Government. This superintending power might, he thought, be well exercised in overlooking the state of the roads, in fixing a maximum of speed, and in fixing also a minimum of the intervals between the starting of traiks. Lord STANLEY of Alderley, said the subject was one of great importance, and claimed a great share of the consideration of the Government. No steps, how ever, could be taken until the report of the Committee of the House of Commons now sitting was presented. After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT and Lord GALWAY, the subject dropped. COUNTY COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move for certain returns containing the same information with respect to the superior courts of law which had already been furnished to the other house of Parliament with respect to the county courts. The noble lord said that he would take that opportunity of setting right a mistake which had gone abroad with respect to a statement which he had made a few nights ago, as to the amount of the sums re covered in the county courts as contrasted with the enormous amount of taxes levied in those courts in the form of fees. He had stated that a sum of 272,0001. had been levied during the last year in the form of law taxes, and that that bore a great proportion to the whole amount of sums recovered in those courts. Six hun- dred and odd thousand pounds had been the amount of the sums recovered by judgment ; but this by no ' means represented the whole amount recovered, for it might perhaps be said that not less than 100,0001. had been paid into court, and that sums to the amount of 300,0001. had been settled by the parties ; so that they had to compare this 272,0001., which was extorted from the suitors in law taxes, with 1,000,0001. or 1,200,0001. recovered by this beneficial system of local judicature, but their lordships would see that that the law taxes still bore a large proportion to the sums recovered. Nevertheless, he was bound to admit that notwithstanding this evil, which it would be their duty to remedy, the advantage was prodigious which suitors and the public had gained by this admir able system of local judicature, and he could not h e lp hoping that the system w ou ld b e improved in England, and would be extended to Scotland. The difficulties which stood in the way of extending the system to Scot land were all but insuperable ; but he thought that they might do so much as this, namely, to extend to Scotland a local judicature to the amount of 501., parol proceedings and not written proceedings, and no appeal to the sheriff from the local court, nor from the local court to a non-resi dent judge, but an appeal, as in England, on matters of law alone, to the Supreme Court. If so much were given to Scotland, he thought that the most prodigious advan tage would be gained by that country, and the agitation now existing against the whole of the system at present established would be put an end to. He was rejoiced to learn that the Government had resolved to issue a commission to inquire into the whole of that great sub ject, the assimilation of the mercantile law in the differ ent parts of the United Kingdom. The most important branch of the subject, and that which had most occu pied the attention of the English mercantile interests, both in the provinces and in the city of London, was the assimilation in a certain degree, and in some manner, of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency. He would not say that this could be done by applying the English system entirely to Scotland, nor by substituting the Scotch system in place of our own, but mall probability they might arrive at a third system better than either, and compounded of the best ports of both ; and he had that the result of the inquiries about to be instituted would tend substantially to effect that object. He was about to present a bill to their lordships, which he considered as going in a right direction, and which, if the English system were to be applied to Scotland— namely, that of administering bankruptcy in a court and by judges, of giving the inestimable blessing of official assignees to that country, and the equally solid advantage in a legal, commercial, and moral view of three classes of certificates—would be found to work out those objects satisfactorily. He would not pledge him self to the whole of the details of the bill, nor would he undertake to say that he might not upon inquiry be of opinion that it would be inexpedient to apply to Scotland the bankruptcy system which was established in this country. But if the principles of our English system could be safely and beneficially applied to Scot land, then he felt that the great mercantile body, whose wishes and views he on that occasion represented, would hare done good service by urging upon their lordships' attention the details and principles of the bill which he had now the honour of laying on their lordships' table. His lordship concluded by moving the first reading of the bill, which was entitled, "An Act to Improve the Administration of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Scot land." The bill was read a first time, and the returns moved for by the noble and learned lord were agreed to. Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that he should ask the Postmaster-General on an early day, whether her Majesty's Government proposed to take any mea sures for the more certain transmission of mails to Aus- tralia, and particularly for enforcing the contract for that purpose with the Australian Royal Mail Steam Na vigation Company. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The report upon the Redruth and Chasewater Rail way Bill was brought up and agreed to. ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. YANSI'rTART moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that it was opposed by the inhabitants of the island. Mr. LAING saw no reason for departing from the usual course adopted by the house, of allowing railway bills to be read a second time, in order to be referred to a committee. He stated that at all the public meet ings held in the Isle of Wight in reference to the railway, with the exception of one, had passed resolutions in favour of the project. Mr. HARCOURT said the majority of the landowners in the island, as well as a great number of the respect able tradesmen in the four principal towns, were opposed to the construction of the railway. He had no interest either one way or the other, but he thought it right to state the facts, and to leave the house in its wisdom to say whether or not the project should be proceeded with. Mr. CROMPTON and Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the amendment. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 92 Against it 133 41 Majority ... The bill was consequently lost. LONDON AND MID-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir R. H. INGLIS opposed the bill, as it would ap proach the Observatory of Oxford University within a quarter of a mile, and greatly interfere with observations from that building. Mr. OLIVEIRA said he believed the authorities of the University were in favour of the bill. He should be happy in committee to come to any arrangement with the right hon. bart., or any of the authorities of tho University, with the view of obviating the objections which he had mentioned, He hoped the right bon. gentleman would be satisfied with this assurance. The bill was then read a second time. LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER COM out all moonshine and unnecessary, it would be the duty of the house to reject it. Mr. HALSEY moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He objected to the bill because it would operate injuriously to the interests of the existing companies. Lord D. STUART hoped the house would agree to the second reading of the bill. He thought it was too bad that in these days of free trade they should be pre vented from having free trade in one of the first neces saries of life. Lord PALMERSTON said he should vote upon the bill, in accordance with an answer which he had given on a former occasion on the same subject. By an act of last session, there were imposed on the present companies obligations in respect to the supply of water, which were attended by great expense, and there would be considerable delay before their necessary works could be carried into effect. He, therefore, thought it would not be in accordance with the under standing implied by that act that they should sanction another bill before the time had expired for the comple tion of the works of the old companies, and before it was known whether these works were sufficient to meet the wants of the metropolis. Whatever objections were made to the present supply of water, the supply by this company was not altogether free from objection, as it would come from a chalk country. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 73 Against it 253 Majority The bill was thus lost. HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION. . 180 Mr. WALPOLE brought up the report of the Hud dersfield Election Committee, declaring Mr. Stansfield to have been unduly returned, and stating that at the last election treating was general and extravagant. Business this day. PANY'S BILL. Sir B. HALL moved the second reading of this bill. He regretted to hear that it was about to be opposed, but he understood that the only opposition to it came from the existing metropolitan water com panies, who were anxious to prevent any competition, and to maintain their present monopoly. The hon. bart. complained of the bad and impure water which the old companies at present supplied, and said the only way to insure a better supply was to allow unrestricted com petition. He trusted the House would read the bill a second time, so that it might be sent to commit* to and then, if it t urned undergo the strictest investigation, CIRENCESTER ELECTION. Mr. LASCELLES brought up the report of the Ciren cester Election Committee, declaring Mr. Ponsonby duly elected. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Lord D. STUART gave notice that, early after Easter, he should move for a select committee, to inquire into the state of the metropolitan police. Sir B. HALL gave notice that, early after Easter, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to extend the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act to the City of London, so as to give all the ratepayer the municipal franchise, and also to limit the time of servitude by al dermen, and to enable the municipality to choose a lord mayor from their own body. (Hear.) WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the Commis sioner of Works, whether it be his intention to proceed with the bill which was prepared by the late Government for the reconstruction of Westminster-bridge ; and if not, what is intended in respect to the ruinous and dan gerous state of the present structure. Sir W. MOLESWORTH must admit that Westmin ster-bridge was in a ruinous and almost dangerous con dition. The late Government had come to a determina tion to pull down the bridge and to construct a new one upon precisely the same site. That determination he thought was wise and judicious, and it was his inten tion to adopt it. At no distant period two additional bridges would be required, one to pass from Chating cross, and the other from the centre of Lambeth, but at present he was only preparing plans for Westminster bridge, which would be handsome, wide, and at right angles to the new Houses of Parliament. THE AUSTRALIAN. Sir J. PAKINGTON called the attention of the house to the recent return of the Australian steam-ship to Ply mouth, and reminded hon. members that the Melbourne, belonging to the same company, which sailed in October, .was compelled to put into Lisbon, while the Adelaide, which sailed in December, had to return in distress to Plymouth. Under these circumstances, he wished to ask what steps Government intended to take in the matter for the protection of the public in future. Sir J. GRAHAM said the manner in which the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company had carried out their contract was most objectionable, and both the late and the present Government had exacted penalties from then in consequence. At present, how ever, a committee of the Government, with the Post master General at its head, was sitting upon this very subject, and until he had the report of that committee in his hand he should not be prepared to state what steps ought to be taken in future. RAJA BROOKE. Mr. HUME wished to ask Lord J. Russell, whether, " as Sir James Brooke had petitioned the House of Com mons to do him justice, and had applied to her Majesty's Ministers for their support," it was the intention of the Government to institute any inquiry into the proceedings in Borneo, before Sir James Brooke left England. Lord J. RUSSELL replied in the negative. HOUSE TAX. Mr. W. MITCHELL wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was his intention to intro duce, in the course of the present session, any measure for the alteration or repeal of the Act 14 and 15 Vic., c. 36, relating to the inhabited house tax The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could give no answer to this question until the time arrived for his making the financial statement. (Hear.) REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c., IN IRELAND. Mr. COGAN wished to ask the Secretary for Ireland whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Governnient to introduce any measure for a general registration of births, death, and marriages in Ireland, in accordlnce with the recommendation in the third report of the Registrar-General of marriages in Ireland. Sir J. YOUNG said such a measure was in prepara tion, but he could not say when he should be able to bring it in. CONVICT CHAPLAIN. • Mr. F. SCULLY wished to ask the Under Sec retary for the Colonies whether any Roin;,n Catholic chaplain bad been yet appointed to the convict establish ment in Western Australia, and what was the amount of his salary? Mr. F. PEEL had not heard of such an appointment, but all the facts connected with the amount of salary would be found in the last convict papers. ATTORNEYS' AND SOLICITORS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. On the motion of Lord R. GROSVENOR, the order of the day for the second reading of the bill for the abolition of the duty was read and discharged, as the bill contained an informality. The NOBLE LORD then moved for leave to bring in an amended bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inti mated that the motion could not be made withoat notice, and it was postponed accordingly. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BOROUGH OF CANTERBURY. Mr. K. SEYMER said he was not going to propose, as ho had done in the case of Great Yarmouth, to disfran chise any part of the electors, but he coincided in opinion with the other members who tried the Canterbury election petition, that further inquiry was necessary. He might take it for granted that there existed generally a wish on the part of the house to put an end to bribery and corrup tion. (Hear, hear.) An HON. MEMBER—It is all humbug. (Laughter.) Mr. K. SEYMER—An honourable gentleman said it was all humbug, but he must admit, at all events, that the election committees appointed by the house had done their duty. (Hear, hear.) Whatever might be thought of it, the great body of the middle classes, who stood aloof from those proceedings, who were neither in a position to take nor to offer bribes, viewed the system with increased dis gust. (Hear, hear.) It was advisable that the House of Commons should take the lead, instead of lagging behind public opinion, because he did not know of any question on which it was more dangerous to be behindhand than on this question of election bribery. (Hear, hear.) It might do very well for the gentlemen who were employed to attend to those matters to have a list of boroughs for which gen tlemen could be returned, but he trusted that the great body of the house would have no sympathy for those gen tlemen. (Hear.) After the publicity that had been given to these matters by the press, it was impossible to think that the claim for amendment would be rejected, and - he trusted that in his efforts to enforce it he would have the support of honourable gentlemen opposite. (Hear, hear.) They had their own views with regard to the preven tion of bribery and corruption, but he thought it would be admitted that, Parliament having in its wisdom .passed a measure to prevent bribery, that measure ought to have a fair trial. (Hear.) The gentleman on his own side of the house were specially bound to support his proposition, and it was necessary that such powers as they possessed should be put in force on every fitting occasion for the prevention of this system. (Hear.) There were thousands of persons not admitted to the elective fran chise who were proudly conscious that if they were ad mitted to it they would not abuse it as it had been abused by certain electors of Canterbury ; and if they showed any tenderness towards those who systematically abused the franchise, such a storm of indignation might be raised as would sweep away the whole of the representative system, and endanger the constitutions of the country. (Hear.) With these observations he should now state to the house what had taken place at the last Canterbury election. (Hear.) There were in the city of Canterbury two par ties, designated by the names of " the blues and " the reds." He might pay them the great compliment of saying that they had no political opinions. (Laughter.) They were neither Whig nor Tory, Protectionist nor Free-trader ; and oven the cry of " a big loaf" would produce little effect At the la amongst certain classes of the electors, unless it was accom panied by a colourman's ticket. (Laughter.) reyhehaadd election " the blue" party had abstained from the practice on on which the committee reported, and they met W ith the (Rear.) Th e i Ward, and most decided defeat. (Laughter.) Therefore all tll to do with was " the red" party. quarters were established at the office of Mr an elector went to the committee at Ward's au . d as to ked be put down as a messen ger , an d i f the legal authority who managed these matte rs th oug h t there was no objection to the voter, he was p u t down as a mess enger accordingly. (Hoar, hear.) But the electors who ]m ew noth i ng of the law made their eing put do wn condition for giving their votes, as messenger the the evidence of William Pickering s, as would be found by would be found that Air. T in the report. I t down the names, took the aylor,. the gentleman who put to have his name pu t same view. When a man asked down asasked if he promised his vote he ' a messenger, he tee ; said he would go to the committee to see if al l was right, he and when he went to the committee he down the name. also receive (Hear, hear.) The person l ti l l ) i naked to e allowed colourman's tickets—that is, he as. d received ten to recommend two persons, each of whomv.ted for one ten shillings after the election. If an elector i? if he voted candidate e got one colourman's ticket, and tickets, the for two candidates lie got two colournienb a nt at the last value of which varied at different timek. It would be election it amounted to ten shillings each . d their votes to " the found that pe rsons w ho had promisenot to got colourman's blues," on finding that they were One man went to "the tickets, went to the red part_y cus a . colourman's ticket said he blues," and on being re. . 2 22 -148xd1 i PI 23 IGN. 131 a d 74i z(1 xd xd id mi i i d Pm 76 d 10i xd 9 xd lln 20 191 z d zd 29 764 q x a 13j x 41 59i x 41 Pm 1i Pm 15 x d 1106 i i d 1481 x d 2j3 11A 12 36 7i i pm 50 25 12 12 20 20 all all all all never had been so insulted. (Laughter.) He that on going to the chairman of the committee he was treated in a way that he had never been treated in his life, because the chairman turned his back on him and and refused to give him a colourman's ticket. (Hear.) Those tickets were considered a valuable security ; they were circulated in the borough of Canterbury, and dis counted in the market at Bs. a-piece. One man said he, could have bought a dozen of them in the streets of Canter bury, as would be found on reference to the evidence of James Wilson, p. 37: (Hear.) The holder of the ticket went to Taylor on the day of nomination, who punched the ticket as was done by a railway officer, and gave it back to the holder with another ticket for ls. ' and the same proce ss was repeated on the day of polling. He mentioned that to show how very complete the system was. Had these tickets been given on the day of election to voters who had come some distance to poll, he should not have thought very much of the matter, for he did think in counties, where the electors had to travel considerable distances to a polling place, or in boroughs, where voters; temporarily non-resident, had to undertake a journey for such a pur pose, some moderate system of allowing refreshments was not o bjectionable—(hear, hear)—provided it was so ma naged as not to become a sort of corruption to publicans. The colour tickets having been purchased or obtained in the manner he had mentioned, they were finally taken to Mr. Smith, and the holders of them received 10s. each. To prove how entirely colourable the employment was, be might state that a boy, six years old, received one of them, and afterwar‘ls cemhanged it for money. It might be asked wh a t b ene fi t the electors got from all this ? The house would find h ow , i n some remarkable ' way or other, the actual hard cash obtained on the colour tickets came in some instances to the electors. The election, in fact, seemed to be a period for the recovery of small debts. An elector who could not get in any other way money which was owing to him, obtained a colourman's ticket for his debtor, on the understanding that some of the money got for it was to go in discharge of the debt due to the voter. Other of the voters again put down fictitious names for colourmen's tickets, and actually sent and got the money for them, which they put into their own pockets. Trifling, however, as all these sums were, they were the conditions on which the men voted. (Hear, hear.) Th e y formed inducements for violating their promises, and for voting contrary to their principles, if, indeed, such men had principles• at all ; and so far from thinking the small ness of the sums told in favour of the voter, he (Mrnier Seymer) thought it told against him. It showed the small esteem in which the electors field the elective franchise.. When a poor voter was tempted by what appeared to him an almost fabulous sum to break his promise, one would be disposed to have some sympathy with him; but at Canter bury the electors held so cheaply the franchise with which they were entrusted by the constitution that in many in stances they were willing to barter it for less than a pound. He said such a state of things was intolerable ' • and men esteeming the elective f ranc hi se so l ow l y s h ou ld no longer be allowed to disgrace their country. (Cheers.) One Allen Engleman, an old freeman of Canterbury, and a very re markable witness, gave the history of all the elections there within his memory to the committee, and it appeared from his statement that for a long series of years a universal system of corruptiop had obtained in that city by means of those small payments to sham colourmen. In all those corrupt boroughs, when they were submitted to inquiry before a parliamentary committee, some expression or other generally fell from the witnesses to indicate the nature of the. corrupt influence which prevailed in them. For example, a witness would say h e expec t e d i n g i v i ng hi s vote to be treated as all the rest were treated, or that he thought he should have a freeman's right or a freeman's treatment. There were some other cases of a different nature. For instance, a man went into a public-house during the election at Can terbury with an agent, and after the interview found 4/. lying on the table. The man afterwards made no secret in saying the 4/. was given for his vote. He was in poor circumstances, and in fact asked for the 41. In another case two voters went into an unoccupied bed-room of a house where they had been instructed to go, and there they found, one of them 5/. the other 3/. They afterwards said they supposed those sums were placed there because they voted in a particular way. He thought he had now stated enough to show what was the system carried on at Canterbury at the last election. With regard to the num ber of persons bribed by those colour tickets, a list of 350 was handed into the committee ; but of course it could not be expected that the petitioners would go to anything like the expense of proving such a large number of cases. He thought, however, it might be fairly inferred that a great portion of the electors were brjbed at the last election for Canterbury. The house was aware that, in order to have an address to the Crown for a commission in a case of this kind, the concurrence of the other house was neces sary. He thought it almost a pity that the statute con tained such a provision, because he feared it might lead to delay, and 'because he was one of those who thought the house should not unnecessarily delay, even for one day, the issuing of writs to boroughs whose members had been unseated, so as to deprive the honest and bona fide electors of their right to be represented in that house. He could not go into the history of the previous elections for Can terbury. He was told, however, that the election before the last was uncontested, and therefore a pure election ; and if that was so, the comm;ssion for which he meant to move would be limited tp the last election. He had been told that he had no locus standi for a motion of this nature, inasmuch as the committee in the Canterbury case had not reported that the bribery practised at the last election was "extensive," in conformity with the term used in the statute. But he would remind the house that they reported that it had been " general and sys tematic," which he thought was tantamount to its being " extensive." (Hear, hear.) He felt he had,no w d one his duty in bringing this question before the house ' he thanked them for th e a tt en ti on w ith w hi c h they had listened to him, and he confidently left the case in their hands. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman concluded by moving that an address be issued to the Crown, for a com mission to 'inquire into the state of the borough of Can terbury. The question having been put, Mr. MALINS, as a member of the Canterbury election committee, thought the justice of the case would not be met if the proposed inquiry was limited to the last elec tion. Evidence was adduced beitre the committee show ing that for the last 50 years colop-men's tickets had been ~ . riven at elections, both on the one side and on the other. It might be some satisfaction to the house to know that it was made perfectly clear to the committ - ie that the prac tice in question prevailed only :among the lower class of voters in Canterbury. There was no single instance proved of a ten-pound householder having availed •himself of a colourman's ticket. The practice was limited to the free men alone ; and a more miserable class of persons than those brought before the conire;ttee to give evidence it was impossible to conceive. lie thought any bon. member who-would take the trouble of reading through the evi dence would come to the conclusi.m that there was but one remedy against the renetition of the pried= which had so long prevailed is time city of Canterbury, and that was to prevent the franchise descending to the class of persons who had so lamentably abused it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said ho did not rise for the purpose of opposing the motion of the hon. g en tl eman oppos it e (M r. K. Seymer), but he did not see, as the hon. gentleman pro fessed to do, any great anxiety on the part of that house to put an end to the abuses in our representative system. He (Mr. T. Duncombe) confessed he was not competent to form an opirion on that point. He should be able to form such an opinion if he saw on the table of the house the new Reform Bill—the bill, he might say, which was to re-reform the representation. (A laugh.) Until he saw that bill, and the mode in which the house dealt with it, he would not say that the House of Commons was anxious to put, down corruption. He wanted especially to see how honourable gentlemen opposite would deal with a bill that should greatly extend the franchise. (Laughter.) If -it was possible to arrange that there should be no con stituency under 20,000—(oh, and hear, hear)—he was quite satisfied that bribery would be put down, for it would be utterly hopeless to attempt to bribe so largo a constituency ; but so long as the present small borough constituencies re mained, things would continue as they were. He did not believe with the hon. and learned gentleman opposite (Mr. Malins) that poor men as a body were more corrupt than many of the rich among the borough constituencies. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentlemen opposite (Mr. K. Soy finer) had said that the election committees on this occasion had nobly done their duty. He (Mr. T. Duncombe) spp posed he meant by that they had been unseating the mem bers and making special reports. (A laugh.) He did not say the committees had not done their duty. So they did during the last Parliament. Then there was the same sort of corruption disclosed as now ; and he (Mr. T. Duncombe) was afraid that all this virtuous indignation against bri bery and corruption among committees of that house was too good to last. (Laughter.) Thirty-three petitions were tried during the last Parliament—not all for bribery, some being on the ground of want of qualification, and others for prematurely closing the poll—in twenty of which the members were unseated on the ground of bri bery and corruption. In ten of those twenty cases special reports were made. There was the Great Yar mouth case, in which the members were unseated, and the committee repoi:ed that there had been systematic bri bery and treating, and recommended the disfranchisement the freemen ; Lyme Regis, in which there was a public houses report ; Carlisle, extensive bribery and treating—(derisive in laughter from the Opposition) t —carried called travelling expenses ; Bewdley, treating unseated—but drinkhousesgaivnednbara-ysht beer-shops during large tHioan4,riacnhdwtahse so oemolbed rasndthreeincotriirTgiesbunle v na tl . house had given up dealing with it altogetphee% th the tll; Lincoln, treating, and a special report ; hers unseated—bribery and treating, Hon.kn Leowvleedsogne of the Right Hon. Edward Stitt members Gower, the sitting members. (L aug h ter.) Leicester, the on the and the attention o f the ground of brib ery and corruption Aylesbury, ss. refreshment tick est distributed before and and, lastly, St. Albans, after the poll, the member lig.h r i s i eated ; and a special report ; of a member was not alwayse a criterion of corruption, because proved that the unseating because there the members were allowed to sit though r. bill had passelvdafsorthdeisfranchising Now what only hope was in cure for all that ? H the borough. (Laughter. the new Ref o rm Bill. The confessed n n f o e ble lord (Lord J. Fussell) had pr omise dt, re reform the represen tation,re present occasion. and he was well tha - t the bill or anything like the bill, that he introduced last year would not do on the of the bill that was to be introduced, con sequence of He (Mr. T. Duncombe) had great hopes o h f or h e: speech of the right hon. baronet the menrr passed, he (Mr. (Laughter.) Ever since the D uncombe) had made than he believed, any insufficiencies in the Reform Bill,one of .s bi greatest view to cure hanonourable baronet the other member of thatmhooreuseni!:it motions is f wll the antagonists had been the right h a d broken his sword, and. right hon. gentleman had member for Carlisle. (Laughter.) right (Mr. Duncombe) looked thrown away the se e) afford valuable assistance in itwee a9ghter.) But now that the upon him as likely Bill. The right honourable gen I_ , - t parier , a goo d Reform told his oo Ctuents at Carlisle that lie was Lord John Russell s preparing a new Reform Bill, the Go wan lately nu3ilan—(laughter.)—neither was tie bee:u de novo, but to commence ht not to -wh y did vernment o g ous Reform Bill had left off. where the Derhyitc ; PlvviSchedule A's" said the right hon. baronet ; you leave off at 1. a' schedule C, and a schedule D." so said that in "let us now ha ve ; perfectly hopeless to attenipt 0 ma l k e e t P it arliament but ext. xel the con nd they would have no more petitions to corrupt them, a andtreating from the city of C • of bribery complaining shteit(uMenrc. ie D s, u so nc° as in t Car lisle. (Laughter and cheers.) A conversation arose out of an objection made by Lord John Manners, as to whether the address was in accord- ' ance with the decision of the_committee and the terms of the Act of Parliament. Ultimately the motion for the . address was agreed to, and ordered to be carried up to ;. the House of Lords. BLACKBURN ELECTION. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the mayor and magistrates a Blackburn, signed by all parties, and among them by the gentlemen upon,whose petition the late member, Mr. Eccles, had been unseated, praying that a writ for a new election might immediately issue. 'ha Lou, 101/ 511 8 7f 281 $ 43 21 2 i