The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. • FRANCE. The gime has a stirring article on the Eastern question, but it i s mere l y a repet i t i on o f w h a t it , rahliaeen saying for the la s t f or t n ight, namely, upon the B r iti s h an d F renc h G overn ments between any offer of arrangement of the dispute " e ween Russia and Turkey except upon the basis the previous and immediate evacuation of the ' 4 l .fT l Palities. This b e i ng refused, war, a ccording Zyne Sie-ele b e d omes a duty on the part of the from which they cannot shrink without dis .i6,4m- In th e other journals there is nothing of t he s lightest interest on thi s or an y other subject. Several of the journals contain a letter from fr ; Tras) in Persia, written by a Swedish physician, r tzt v l l i ng a dreadful account of the almost total de -488 Ten of that town on the 21st of April. Not than 12,000 pers ons , th e l e tter states, perished Y the di saster. R 2 t grand state-dinner was given on Saturday at rat-Cloud, at which Queen Christina, Prince -4, me Napol eon , P r i nce N apo l eon , th e Princess -Zanlide, and th e D u k e d e Ri anzares were present. 4 the evening the Imperial party proceeded to the , ae atre of th e P a l ace, w h ere th e ac t or s of the Thea tre-Fran9ais represented the Mari ala Cam- P a g fr ,2 4 . Their Majesties were accompanied by the great officers and ladies of their households. The 4 11 , c e of Hesse, the diplomatic body, a -. great as well of senators, deputies, councillors of State, „mvrals, and superior functionaries were present, NIT AI I r e i a ,': as a great number of the wives and female to "yes of these gentlemen. The representation of at half-past eleven. g4__ lt • decree from the Emperor approves of the sta tesuof the r a il way company represen t e d by C oun t li as ' lll Y, the Marquis de Latour-Maubourg, Mr. g etlt t i e reaan, and Mr. Laing of London, and other the "lon, and authorises the said company to bear we of th e G ran d C en t ra l o f France. . jee read in the Presse :—" We announced two ago that M. F. Arago had commenced his , tareY towards Paris ;, we now learn that the im vetaent in his health has not maintainedltself. lid situation has become such that it was not con el,ed necessary to send a telegraphic dispatch ne ws t ri s to request his son to join him. This a t i e caused a very painful sensation in the utific It t ril ,e Empero r , it i s sa id, purposes being present ty _wle bre a ki ng up the camp o f S a t or y, whichis to th: e Place one of these days. He will accompany the trul,y to C om pie gne , as C o mmander-in -Chief on fi e; thence to Rambouillet ; and lastly, to ii 'tanieblea u . H e a l so i n t en ds being present at thst l.uereak ing up of the camp of Helfaut. It is sa id zia several old and experienced officers praise the k an ill:1 " in which the Emperor has conducted the oe uvres of the army at Satory. Theaalci Bou rse yester d ay ex hibit e d almost a panic, clos e d with a downward tendency. The Three Per Cents., for cash and for the account have given f e l 55 c. each ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. kili a , eas h 3 0c., and for the account 10c. Bank ad v ' e s, Which for some days past have been steadily of b all eing, have also gone down, 20f. At the close per uiness, the quotations were—For cash : Three 103f ee „ 13 ts., 78f. 35c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., lef At °e. For the account : Three per Cents., ; k Shares ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 40c. ; : on zL eie Sp r a e r m es a , i 2 n , , B4of. Shares of the Bank of Credit as for the last few days, unchanged, 01 e , 7 ; 40 f• ; but Credit Mobilier have fallen 7f., t a - ss i . g at 825 f. 50c. The Railway share market fo Renter, the same characteristics as the market ElZt.,77, ri tes, and Northerns are 6f. lower than on ; Paris and Orleans, 10f. ; Paris and R — u•m b urg, Of. ; P ar i s an d Lyons, 6f. ; Paris and ouen R s f• ; Lyons to the Mediterran ean, 7f. ; Wes rn of France, of. • Bordeaux and Cette, 9f. ; ar lie n. and Havre and unchanged. The following Pe the closing prices : —Northems, 870 f. 25c ; t u ari s and Orleans, -- 1,162 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras aharg, 928 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 934 f. ; path; zaa3 7 e., Roueo, 1,107 f. 50c. • Lyons to the Mediter -110--11, 760 f. 50c. ; Western' of France, 745 f. 6261.e i, and Havre, 505 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, suc. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The Constitutionnel repeats the assurance it gave ederday of the non - accepta nce of the p ropositions b rought by the Carodoc. It says— "As we had alr ead y stated, it was again said yester day that the conditions of arrangement concerted at rm s t an ti no ple. and brought by the Caradoc, have not ueen admitted by the Cabinets of Paris, London, and I r ierina. Fresh information enables us to add to-day the that intelligence is exact." , Mehemed Kebrezil Pacha, formerly commander -1,11-chief of the Arabian army, has been appointed ‘-/overnor of Adrianople. A. rumour of an important character, since con rued by diplomatic documents, was circulating at t !ssy on the 17th ult., to the effect that the Russian 1 1 0 1)s would receive, at the beginning of August, - ' 4 6 ord er t o l eave th e P r i nc ip a liti es . The differ -4.,17es between Russia and Turkey would then be 'tied by a formal treaty of peace. 6Amer Pacha has surveyed and partially fortified e Whole st ra t ege tic line on the Danube. On the „ to T, b ult., th e Russians were standing before _the t iL'ress of Giuraewo • they did not come from Bu es t, but by the street along the Danube. At v it tiso i lluk the artillerists were standing on the walls !Yarning matches. It ri# l : l4 , ce Gortsohakoff has officially informed the 0 , 4 " 140 1 Consul at Bucharest that the necessary 14 ,— tel l r ; free navigation be given to remove the impediments navigation at Sulina. A similar cora- Mutation w as a dd resse d by him to the two Hos ars uf the Principalities. The er Gre e k Ch urc h es i n Alb an i a and MacedoniaCza .recently received important presents from the P There is every probability of the cession ot t h la n provinc a o f Tauris to Russia, in py p ow : 8 0 million of piastres claimed by y thelacntoter_ ist a „ - i . 1 ;• The transaction is looked upon Con the "nople a s hi g hly . probable, notwithstandingat The of Turkey. ti u , s u ? Wanderer contains a letter fro,m,ThConDsitavann ;Pie, of the 19th ult., which says e Z re p a ring a proclamation to all Mussulmans, re inn:Lending them to show the greatest tolerance . hi arcs the Christian subjects of the Porte. It is thinge,.tAirne that the Government should do some t w „,ll L e i calm down the irritation which reigns be ha;;,' Mussulmans and the Christians. Matters 4:Uarrived at such a point, that the Christians ri-blue to the Mussulmans an intention to mas 7ere them all. On the other hand, the Mussul t7i(d)'ne attribute to the Christians plans of insurrec heart+ZY.ieh they are resolved to carry out should 1 3 T 4 es commence between Russia and Turkey. 1 i as ' l gYPtian fleet, h av i ng 12,000 men on board, ar rived here, and is doing quarantine at Sylvi- T ro lir ° ll , not far from Constantinople. Letters Trebisond announoe that Abdi-Pacha has orga nised_ there a corps of 20,000 men." 13av il ° National Gazette of Berlin, of the 29th ult., tic ' e li to l---" A letter from St. Petersburgh states that ' - ` 4l alsian Cabinet accepts the principle of the °Positions of arrangement but not the form. It C. s positiv e l y stated that the Prussian Government —4,133-aikde a proposition of a nature to remove that tr6 neu "Y• It has been communicated to the Aus .„,t7lleabin.et, and negotiations will be ened here t he subject. The ambassadors of Franceand fr g la nd, who had demanded fresh instructions d h ° 3 : l l their Governments, have received them, an e ambassadors are authorised to take part the egotiations." e /41-1--° Journal de F r ancfort, which, n as our readers R, O w, has th e repu t at i on o f b e ing an organ of the or sian Government, publishes in the form of a a from Berlin, under date of the 28th Ong defence of the proceedings of the Emperor , ce„. ° las, concludingwith an assurance that he is d -ely desirous of the iiiiintenance of peace, an w ill listen to any reasonable propositions for the 4r ra ngernent of his differences with Turkey. tthe Constituti onne l g i ves th e f o ll ow i n g account `4.,)1' t T he Russian a rmy f rom a source w hi c h it consi toere be authentic : a :The Russi an army i s di v i ded into the troops on 4ctive ve service, the reserv e , an d th e l oca l t roo ps. The is army, of which the head-quarters are at Warsaw, , o celoposed of 18 divisions of infantry, or from 216,000 to 252,000 men ; of 6 divisions of cavalry, or 28,000 8 „ r1 ; of 72 batteries of foot artillery, or 12,960 men and ul pieces of cannon ; and of 6 batteries of mounted artillery 720 men s an d 48 cannons. T he whole force 1-ziu evup e active ar m y d oes not consequently altogether 300 ,000 men, with 912 pieces of cannon. The e . is comp ose d o f t h e b ody-guard, the colonised ..nachers, two co l on i se d corps of cavalry, and of the in, and 6th d e p o t-battalions of the infantry regiments. er whole f orce of the body-guards and colonised grena -1.7,8 is 96,000 men and 320 pieces of cannon ; the force 0 the two co l on i sed bodies of cavalry is 24.000 men and _P o 'leces of cannon ; as to the force of sth and 6th bat hs of infantry belonging to the reserve, it is almost poibl e to ascertain it with any certainty, as these battalionsto __ are only destined in a certain measure 1 up the vacancies which occur in the regi ments of the line in the time of a campaign or of forced marches. The total number of the infantry re giments being 120, there would be 240 reserve battalionsbattl' or about 210,000 foot soldiers, if these ions were complete ; but as they are constantly sending their men to the regiments to which they be g, their existence is rather nominal than effective. It. would be too much, in fact, to say that this part of the reserve amounts to 120,000 men, but we put down that amount for the there purpose of calcul a ti on, and then will bo a total force of the whole reserve of 2 40,000 men and 360 pieces of cannon. The local troop s • are the corps o f th e Caucasus, composed of 3 divisions of Infantry and 12. batteries 'of foot. artillery ; that of Fit -41444 with 4 battaliono • that of Orfflabourg on the tr 3 o O3l. /3 OlD i° ,: my efi'' tas k 4 ' agS t ' eri f with 3ni L of tb° ~ a' 10, i n ofd' o "'•' in t,helrof les, tea thst c! i : gero t , ho ° yea lot 3' tiv el3 l love" otii' g 0 ree . :4 °4 'the ad' as a cile, J°°' Elt''' • el Tco' iJ rt e pirv , fenri etrl) Garlde°' if 9 uss e Ca Sb °ll' oll' adsV° I' re' col° l ,l ,nd' , Jo ,rDoP f if ba pr 0 ,1 ,0/ brOjeJ 40 , 4 3, 1 55 ' DI vs fr° tIP of 3 0 .0 F 3elP O • ro. .te istP V t THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1853. tier of Turkestan, with 4 battalions ; and that of Siberia with 4 batteries, in all from 72,000 to 84,000 men and 288 pieces of cannon. The regular army of Russia, therefore, consists of 30 divisions, or 120 regiments, of infantry, and of 15 divisions , or 60 re g iments, of cavalry ; and counts, at most, with the r eserve and the depots, Shr 628,000 men and 1,540 pieces of cannon, to which must be added from 30, 000 to 50 , 000 Cossack s of various de- '— nom inations, with their light artillery, as well as the in- Si tenor guard and the gendarmerie. Out of that number 2C there can really be disposed of in Europe only the active army, the body-guards, the grenadiers, and the two re- 1: serve bodies of cavalry, in all 420,000 men, 72,000 horses, and 1,272 cannon—a considerable force certainly, 3. but not greater than others of the first-rate powers can 2 bring into the field in time of war." Gen. Osten-Sacken, aide-de-Camp to the Em- 2 peror of Russia, ihas just been named to the command of the 3d corps d'armee, vice Gen. Offen berg, who is seriously ill. The Emperor of Russia has promulgated the following ukase : "By the grace of God, we, Nicholas I, ordered by our decree of the Ist (13th) August, 1834, that every year levies of men should take place in certain parts of the empire ; and now we decree : Ist. To complete the army and the navy, and in conformity with a ukase con taining special enactments, addressed to the Directing Senate, the tenth partial recruiting shall take place in the eastern part of the empire, in the proportion of 7 men for 1,000, as was the case in 1852 in the western part. 2dly. Independently of that, 3 men in 1,000 shall be levied in the governments of the eastern part of the empire, to complete the 6 men in 1,000, which that part supplied less than it ought to have done in pre ceding reeruitings. 3dly. In the g overnments of Psok, Witepsk, and Mohilew, which were exempted by the decrees of the 31st October, 1845, and the 26th September, 1846, on account of the bad harvests of 1846 and 1847, the levy of the complement of 1852 (3 men per 1,000) shall be proceeded to. With respect to the Jews of Witepsk and Mohilew, the levy shall be made in the same manner as on the Jews of the other governments-10 men in 1,000, on the basis of the regulations for recruiting. 4thly, The levy shall commence on the Ist November, and terminate on the Ist December. Given at St. Petersburg, the Bth 20th) July, 1853, and the 28th of our reign.Nl 50 " CHOLAS." 20 Two other ukases are also published ; they fix the 11 details of the levies to be made. In virtue of 10 another ukase the odnodwures and inhabitants of the governments of Kiew, Podolia, Wolhynia, 20 Minsk, Grodno, Wilna, and Kown, are also to 10 s upply recruits. st. The liamburgh Correspondent, under date of 5° 40 St. Petersburg, 21st ult., says :—" The armaments 2 5 in the interior of the Empire continue without 25 interruption. The battalions of reserve of the 4th st. corps of Infantry are concentrated near Tula. T he St. Mg guard and the corps of Grenadiers still occupy the positions in the camp, near Krasnoge Selo and near 50 Badost not far from Gotschino. The manceuvres . 25 of the two corps, which form an effective force of 100 100,000 men, still continue." St. Count de Benkendorff, first aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia, arrived at F rankfort on the g 29th ult. 20 The Augsburg Gazette quotes a letter from Rome, of the 20th ult., in which it is stated that the poli- St tical conspiracies lately discovered at Bologni,Forli, St. lrcangelo, Cent°, and other p laces of Romagna, 7.1 had been all concocted in person by the ex-triumvir 1 of Rome, M. Aurelio Saffi, Mazzini's staunch friend. The correspondent states, that at Rome people shake their heads at Saffi's fool-hardiness in risking I . his person within the grasp of the police, and are generally surprised that he has not been arrested, as his features are of remarkable and well-known cast. Monsignor Matteucci has, however, sent after him, calling upon the authorities to arrest " Aurelio Saffi of Forli, a landholder and literary man (possidente e letterato)" on a charge of high treason. A letter from Cetigne (Montenegro) states that on the day of the patronal fete of the country, there was a large assemblage of the inhabitants, at which Prince Danillo made a speech relating to the support that he had received from Austria, and threatening to punish with great severity any one guilty of offence against the persons or property of Austrian subjects. A letter from Damascus 26th June, says : •" The fanaticism of the Turks both here anis]. at Aleppo be comes every day more and more violent. The Governor has convoked the Turkish and Christian notabilities in order to impress upon them the duty of concord. The Governor of Aleppo has arrested 30 of the most violent fanatics." SPAIN. Neither the Madrid journals nor letters of the 27th ult., which have arrived in due course, con tain any confirmation of the statement in the pri vate telegraphic dispatch of that date received on Saturday, that all the Ministers had resigned with the exception of M. Moyano, Minister of Public Works. In fact, up to post time on the 27th ult., General Lersundi, the President of the Council, had not returned to Madrid from his visit to Vit toria to see his wife. The Heraldo positively con tradicts a statement that was current that the Duke de Montpensier is interested in the railway from San Lucar to the Port Saint Maria. "The Duke and his august spouse," it adds, "are not concerned in any industrial operation whatsoever. They are strangers both to politics and mercantile affairs." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I have been greatly delighted with the cleanli ness and width of the principal streets of London, so different to the filthy and narrow lanes of our Indian cities. But there is a great defect which demands the intervention of the authorities to remove, viz., the plain and crystal iron plates which are placed over coal-holes. In rain, and especially in frosty weather, they become "as slippery as an eel , " and in the dark or frost are not visible. Pedestrians too often fall in consequence. A few nights ago I saw a gentleman fall over one in Oxford-street. I believe he was severely hurt, for he was conveyed home in a cab. A few months since, on one snowy night, I myself slipped over one, but fortunately escaped with a slight bruise.—Yours, respectfully, AN INDIAN OBSERVER. London, Ist Aug. LONDON DRAINAGE.—A motion is to be made in the 50 House of Commons this evening for the recommittal of the bill for establishing the Great London Drainage St. Company. The bill provides for the construction of two 50 main sewers, to carry the drainage of the metropolis to the marshes, where it would be converted into a market- 12 able dry manure to the extent, it is believed, of 100,000 tons annually, capable of use by agriculturists in the g same form as guano. The expense of construction, which it is assumed must otherwise, in some form, be lc undertaken by the public, will be 900,0001., on which € the promoters ask a guarantee of three per cent. for 25 h years. I`4 M ISCELLA NEOUS SERVICES.— On Saturday some further 1! estimates for miscellaneous services for the year ending Si the 31st of March, 1854, were printed in a Parliamentary Si document. The sum required is 228,6411., of which 70,000/. is for the new Hous es of Parliament (supple- .1' mental), 4,0001. for Windsor C astle (supplemental), 1,- 20,0001. for Buckingham Pala ce (su pp lemental), 32,6411. ig fir Battersea Park, 5,5001. for Chelsea-bridge, 35,0001. s for Chelsea embankment, &c., 20,0001. for Ardglass s Harbour, 4,0001. for Archer's perforating machine, 5,0001. for SirW. Snow Harris as compensation, 30,0001. 8 for the electric telegraph (continental), and 2,5001. for the Royal Dublin Society. (Museum). 1., LAND IN DEVONSHIRE. —An extensive sale of landed 8 10 property was held in Barnstaple, Devonshire, last week, t'he results of which show how foolish were the predic -12 tions of the Protectionists with regard to investments in land. The estates had be lon g ed to the late Rev. r 6 Prockter Thomas, and were offered for sale under an to. , order from the Court of Chancery ; they are situated in the parishes of Swimbridge, Atherington, Fremington, St. Instow, Georgenympton, West Putford, and King sn y m p - 20 ton. The principal lot was an estate called Dean, in 5 Swimbridge, lately let on a lease of 14 years, at the St. rental of 1751., which was sold to Mr. Snow, of Vicarage ~„ Lawn, Barnstaple, for 5,650/., being above 32 years' pur chase ;an estate in Fremington and Instow, let at 921. 25 125., subject to chief rents of 5/.125., was sold to Dr. Yeo for 3,5751., being above 41 years' purchase • ' a little t en ement, at Instow, was sold for 4501., or 45 years' 1C pur chase on the present rental of 101. ; a farm, at ` Atherington, was bought by Captain Jones, of Pilton, 2( for 1,6 201 ., being 36 years' purchase ; another estate, in 2( the same parish, was bought by the same party for 2( 1,8401., rather under 30 years' purchase ; a third estate, 21 in the same parish, was sold to Mr. Friend for 1,8201., 21 being a little o ver 28 years' purchase. I PARIS.--It appears that the late Prefect of the Seine, 21 who has just become a member of the Senate, and who 2 has presided over the municipal works of Paris since the 2d of December, not being a sufficiently "fast man" for the superior authorities, has been succeeded by M. 2 Haussman. Report says that he is to propose a loan of 1 200,000,000 of francs (eight millions sterling) to be de voted to works ! At this rate, Paris will, in ten years, be completely altered ; and, except the larger monu- ] mental buildings, the completion of which was mainly due to the late Louis Philippe, its whole aspect will `i present an entirely new physiognomy. The greatest im provement !, would result from the abolition Would of the octroi, and substitution of a house tax. his w allow of ' the unlimited extension of Paris beyond its present narrow and inadequate limits, and introduce life, energy, and private building operations into the suburbs, as we see in London,—The Builder. HAYLEYBURT COLLEGE.—The examination of the can didates. for admission into the East India College took place at the East India-house on the 28th, 29th, and 30th ult., when 42 candidates were examined, of whom the following were reported duly qualified, viz.:--W. M. Alexander, G. N. Barlow, R. W. Barlow, A . A. Borradaile, J. F. Browne, F. C. Carr, W. H. Caulfeild, R. V. Cockerell, E. Colvin, G. G. B. Coulson, C. J. Daniell, J. P. Grant, W. S. Hooper, D. H. C. Inglis, F. M. Kindersley, W. M. Low, A. C. Lyall, A. Mac gregor, A. W. Macnaghten, M. Melvill, F. D. Melvin, W. Nisbet, G. Norman,' lIOn. F. H. North, C. It. Ovans, IL T. Prinsep, J. W. Reid, G.R. Sharpe, W. V. G. Tayler, V. Taylor, S. Thompson, W. C. Turner, J. P. 11. Ward, and W. S. Whiteside. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid.l RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 100 Aberdeen-- .. . 8i Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Basta. Juliet._ all Birming. W o lverh. & Stour Valley .... .. 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet...... all Do. Chesh. & Bir., £5O and £25 Cons. 181 Do., ... . ••... 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass. 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all DundeePerth&Aber- deen Junction.... all Do. New ...... ..... all East all Do., (XlB E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock Bi'Do., New a•..... LOO East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk all & Birming. June 100 Edinburgb& Glasgow 1. 6 . Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ... . ... . 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 16 Do., Fifths 114 D a. , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt i all London & Blackwall 7 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 100 London andS. Westn. 42. Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all L n drry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. & Lincln 3 4i Do. , Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby 47i Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 1 4 Do., Bury Extension. 17 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. 7 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and itostrevor. 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 11i Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred . 8 Do., B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed St c bk 8 Shrcwsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Clestei (N. W. Min; all Do. Halves, t all Do. Oswestry 6 Shropshire Union all South Devon .00 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do.. 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 21s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 6 ll Do. G.N.E. Purchase It. 100 York &N. Midland... Business done I St, this day. 50 26i - 27 5 i 51 4, 9 - 104 9 7 die] 20 -- 22 31 2/d 102 104 671 22i 20 21 3 - 4p 8- 9 5i -- 5i 34 -- 4 12i -- 13 44 - 46 32 - 34 72 - 74 53 - 56 72 - 74 io = ii 84 85 53 54 133 135 111 113 87 90,1 7i 102 105 16 —17 p 77 77i 3} 4 2 ct i 15 —15 i 8— 9 1 —lBpadl 103 —lo4xd 110 1154 2 - IOF 89 9 0 6 6d 5 4d 11 13 18 20 28i 29 71: - 7 71 i 41 • 431 55 5 7 i 4 3? d 21 -3 8 9 51. 53 4 2id 33 ... 34 4i - WI 8 i - 9 • - • • •PI 50i -51 i 93 - 95 61 - 63 60 - 62 69 'Ti 11 id 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13A -- 144 3A -34 d 19 -- 21 701 -71 i 36 -- 37 13 -- 14 25 -- 27 14i - 15 - .8i -- 9 1 31 -- 32 -- 10 69 - Patti RAIL WAYS . RAILWAYS. Leasing Company. 100 Bnckghamsh. all ClydesdaleJc. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & L. N.W. Calcdon.., Gt.Northn Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do Do Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. i Shares all Do. I Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preferenco 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent 100 Do. 6 per ct all Manch.Bxton S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Ln.&N.W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland _ and Matlock) all biliddlesbro' &I Redear all Kidid.Bradfd all Northern and Bastern 5p.0. all Do. 6 per et all Do.Fixedsp.e l all Prest. dtWyrei E. Count, Do Do. L. &I S. W dcLn&Yk Do 11:1 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St. 18a Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c 94 S. Staffordsh all Wear Val: sty sr 6 per cent all Do.. St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Closing Price thjs day. IGt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do LO7 -109 54 - 55 i5O - 152 33 - 34 il3i 114 56 -- 57 274 -- 281 141 -14 i 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 3i 168 --7- ilo G 5 - 67 150 - 152 150 - 152 11 —id xd IGt.Westa, 32 - 33 1031 -101 ix Business this day. 108 . ; MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold * d ....._ , a ,i 10s. all Anglo Californian ... 1; 13 ;1 10 2 Australasian ld part 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera d 1 all A us t ra lian Freehold — Al di 4 i 1 all Ave Maria i i d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d 1 all B r itish Austrin. Gold — A i d r 20 13.5 British Iron ........ . 7 9 35 24) Brazilianlmp.(issued at L 5 pm 30 all Do. Cocaea & Cuiada 1 ---- 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 1 ' i Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 60 —7O 25 all Do. Pref. 7l p. cent. 7A —8?, p 5 all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg.Co. 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein.- 4 i p 2 all Do. Registered ... 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst . 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares —. ..... - 1 all Lond.&Californ.Goid Quartz Crush. Co. — 1 all Mariquita . ... . .... d— -10 9 Mexican&S.Amellen. i 11 6i 7 1 all New Granada . . ....... ear — 1 p 1 1 all N ou veau M0nde...... i g p 1$ i 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. ... •• • 5 1 Port Philip — /pd 1 all Quartz Rock - i l f 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 6 A 7i 30 I.oi Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft .• ••• 28i all United Mexican / d 1 all Waller — d 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yüba 7 i , g4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia , Bl 82 . 50 all British N. American ... •• • 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1— lip 3 A 100 25 Colonial — ••• x d 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 351 6 20 10 English Scottish and Australian i p 10a 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2A 3 p 171 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 37i 81 7i 20 2 Loadon Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22 National of Ireland ... .. . 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 4BA —49 A 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 • •vincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co A•dis— par 25 all South Australia 44 46 46 25 all Union of Australia.- 73i — 7 4 iad a d ... 2A Do. New 8 8 3 / 4 a d 50 10 Union of London ... ... x a 40 all Union of Madrid.-- ... ... MISCELLANEOUS. 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 35 Australian Agricult. 8 Australsn.Pcifie.Mail 6 Australn. Royal Mail 38 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln, Smeltg. and Reduction Co 321 Canada Company 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Pal, of France 1 Eastern 5team........ 1 Electric Tel. of Irel. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 14 General Screw Steam 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 4 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land._ all N. B. Australasian... 7 Nrth.of Europe Steam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl, all Peninsular & Oriental 25 Do. do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam.... all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 Do. New Scrip. 25 South Austral. Land all Submarine Telegraph 281 1 Van Diemen's Land 32 - 34 ••• - ..• i6l - 67 P Ip ... - .. lf - li . p .2 - ~~P ii : io la -: i• sot 16f St. 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 25 25 PRE FEREN CE sTrAREs. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c. , 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St, 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ~.... .00 Caledonian £lO all Cheater & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork &Bandons4p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction all EastAnglian (010 s) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (E 7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. all EdinbPrth.BzDundee 54 per cent. 100 Glasgow S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. e. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., _ _ at 10 p. c. prem. .. 5 Do. 44 p. c. Scrip all Gt, Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths).. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks &I Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do. cov. red. 44 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock • . 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852............... 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. C. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds .. . . . . . ... 10 Londonderry& ...... Shares ........ . . . all Londy. & Ennis. ... . all Han., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO ....... 3 Do. £6 ................. all Ntarypt.& Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent....... 8i Mid......... 100 a0wi0.1..6 . 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 11 5 Do. Pref. 4} per cent ) 6 Norfolk Extension 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. Guar. 5i per ct 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c 100 North British .. CO all North Staffordshir. e 100 Oxford,Worceste r,& Wolverh. £15,6 p.c. 12 Do.. all Shrews. &Birm.N . G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4A per cent. Pre. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.SzKilk.6p.c. 1.00 York, Newcastle,and I Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref. 5 o , 10 rork&N.MidlandH and S. Purch FOR: ) 4 Antwrp St Rotterdam 5 3 IB e l g i a n East. Junct. ) all Charleroi & Erquelin ) 10 Dijon and Besagon ) S IDutch Rhenish 0 all East Indian 0 1 i Do. Extension 5 all IGt. Indian Peninsula O 10 'Gd. Jima. of France Oi 20i i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares . . . .. . 5 3 'Lucca and PiStOja, 5 per cent. pref. ...... 'A) 15 tLuexem bourg ...... .0 10 !Do. (Railway) 5 2 (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. cent. pref 9 Lyons Br, Mcditerran 74 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 IDo. New all iNamur & Liege (wit]) 20 20 10 20 10' 20 10 20 liiii -- 105 1106 - 108 194 - 20 i 6i - •6f 4 - 4 5 - 51 i - 1 p 1 1 - 2ip - 2 p 1 • - 15 20i -- 21 ... --. ... Iliti -- iio 112 - 114 I I- 1 PI 8 - 61 -- 74 102 -- 1031 99 -- 101 102 -- 103 ld -- i P 150 -152 d ... .-- ..• - 152 - 155 3i - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 S 9 10 11. 13\ ~ - • ... - • 149 - 151 - 114 - 11.6 118 - 122 1116 us ••• •' ,IGN. interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy.B. &Ams. Sh s ] all NorwegianTrnk Pref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 101 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre .... I all Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. 5.)), per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip ... a ll West Flaaders 10 Do. 51 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 9 Now Zealand,,,,dmi 16A - 451 - 43. - 36Y - 4 - 14 l 4 i 1131 1021 - t 1 101 - 10 17A 18 I P 14:1 15 par — P 26 -- 26 112 -- 114 19} -20 i i -- i d 103 -- 105 58 -- 5a Ipar i PI 115 a 14 -- ld I/ 14i -- 15 'p 2 -- 1d 4i— 54p 1:7 1 21 1 ; 16 -- 2 p par id 7 7} 4 11 -- - - pl 74 - 8 - - 14 17 p 46i 446 it 7- 20 5 - 6 - I •• - 9 3 4 3 9: 2`d 678 A i 221 12 St. 33 St. 25 73.1 3 134 112 111. 90 89i 1031. 8 1 a d 114 16 15fi 89A 90 ni 20 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 331 i 110 100 713 1 100 20 1 s° oo 311 r 5 69 i 12 I 59 60 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to Si 10s; clover, ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 148 per load. A limited supply, and a firm demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to Si 15s ; clover ditto, Si Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ per load. Supply very moderate, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to Si lOs ; clover, ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady, and prices on the advance. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is very firm, and foreign afloat is wanted, chiefly for the United Kingdom. A fair business has been done in duty paid. Refined is in home demand, low to fine grocery lumps at 46s 6d to 49s per cwt. Th© quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 1,557 hhds, 149 tierces, 566 barrels ; there we re taken fo r home consumption 1,715 hhds, 149 tierces, 749 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,975 hhds, 2,129 tierces, 4,700 barrels. COFFEE.—The market is firm, and several purchases have been made in Plantation Ceylon. Best sorts are in m ost demand. Native was quiet at previous rates. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and and West India Docks was 581 puns, 1 hhd ; there were taken for home consumption 162 puns, 7 hhds, and ex ported 100 puns, 206 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,396 puns, 453 hhds. SALTPETRE. —At auction, 1,230 bags Bengal sold at 26s to 27s 6d for 9i to 9i per cont. refraction. COTTON.—Former rates are well supported. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 51s per cwt. on the spot, and Town 52s 9d. TEA.—Full prices are current, although business is dull. The supply has not increased. LLOYD'S SHIPPINO.-(TIIIS DAY. LONDON, Aug. 2.—Wind this day at Noon, Northerly, and cloudy. COWES, Aug. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Saxony, Carey, Havannah. DEAL, Aug. I.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Dispatch, Algc a Bay ; Sylph, Barbadoes ; Eastern States, St. and cloud John's ; Christina, Quebec. Arrived from the River— Joshua, Vivian, for Port Philip. Aug. 2 (9.15 a.m.)—Wind, N. 8., light Passed—Queen of England, from Port Philip, f or Lom a: Royal Thistle, Marianople, for London ; Golden Land, Port Philip, for London ; Queen Victoria, Hartlepool, for Havannah ; Susannah, London, for Havre ; Sydney, London, for Glasgow. The whole of the outward bound under weigh. UTH Aug. I—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Ho - FA ward, B LMOeyro, ut ; Niobe, Odessa ; Conquest, Ibrail. Off Port —King Alfred, Antigua ; Nelson, Melbourne. YARMOUTH, Aug. I.—A.rrived—Nairn, Harrison, St. John's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2 (10.30 a.m.)—Wind, W.N.W. mo derate, and cloudy. Arrived—Gala' Sheron, and Endea vour, from Odessa ; Nelson, Galatz : Aseris, Smyrna ; Royal William, Hernaes, and Drake, Alexandria ; Artistic, Caldera ; Matilda, Ibrail • Helena Catharina, Lanerca. ; Christine Marie, Iceland ;' L'Assuuta., Palerino ; Givalia, Licati ; Thor, Oren ; Carl, Rostock ; Graf von Paris, Sa lonica : Victor, 3Sfarans ; Gipsy, Norway. Off Port — Fingal, from Quebec ; Renfrewshire and Christina barque, and Crescent, schooner. BRISTOL, Aug. 1. -Wind, N.W. Arrived—Scandinavia, Miramichi ; Home, Quebec ; Pauline, Trieste ; lonia, Havannah. GLOUCES TER, Jul 3l.—Arrive d —Billo w, Solon i c a. y Sailed—Don, Quebec. FISHGUARD, Aug. I.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Ann Davies, Quebec. SHIELDS, Aug. I.—Wind, W. Arrived—England's Queen, Bathurst • Minuet, St. John's ; Prospero, Tarra gona. Sailed—Lade Charlotte, Port Louis; Prince Ed ward, New York. HARTLEPOOL, Aug. I.—Sailed.—Pekin, Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, July 31.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Un• idi ne , Barbadoes ; Rh inbow, Matanzas; Empressa, Cein• fugos ; Highland Chief, Cardenas ; Bertha, Odessa Watchword and Ap ollo, Galati. Spoken—Gratitude, o L o ndon, for Yontroa, July 18, in lat. 44, long. 45. x in IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) CASE OF THE BARON DE BODE. Lord LYNDHURST moved a resolution to the effect that the claim of the Baron de Bode upon the English Government, in respect of property confiscated by the French revolutionary authorities, had been clearly estab lished, and recommended itself to the earnest considera tion of her Majesty's Government. The LORD CHANCELLOR entered into a history of the case, urging particularly that, although the baron was in point of law a British subject, he was practically, and to all intents and purposes, a foreigner ; that the property was confiscated as the property of a French emigrant, and that the son of that emigrant, the present baron, had been held by the lawful tribunal to have no claim. Further, that the Privy Council, on being ap pealed to, had confirmed the decision ; and that the sur plus fund remaining after the satisfaction of the admitted claims had been appropriated in what was judged to be the most equitable manner. His lordship asked if those decisions were to be set aside, where was the system to stop—and why should not any other disappointed claim ant be hermit over again ? The manner in which the case was brought forward was altogether indefinite. If their lordships believed the claim to be just, it was their duty to pass an act for its satisfaction ; but if " favourable consideration" meant fair consideration, he could only say that the case had been already fairly considered. His lordship believed that the claim had been founded originally in error, and that at the pre sent time there was not only no legal claim, but that there was no claim even for the equitable consideration of the house. Lord TRURO insisted that it would be a disgrace to the country if their lordships rejected the claim. Lord MONTEAGLE defended the administration of the funds allotted for the compensation of all who had suffered confiscation, and thought that the question should not be re-opened ; but Lord HARROWBY declared his opinion that no thing but the extent of the injustice prevented the ac knowledgment of the debt. After some further discussion, The Earl of ABERDEEN would only offer to the house a very few words upon this question. His noble and learned friend's motion was to recommend this case to the favourable consideration of the Government ; but what result did he expect ? Lord LYNDHURST—I leave it to the noble lord to say. The Earl of ABERDEEN must say, in the first place, that he could not agree to that motion, because he thought it one that it was incompetent for him to deal with, and then, notwithstanding the great ability of the noble and learned lord, he had failed in his speech to establish the claim in justice of Baron de Bode, and he must say that if this was a claim competent to be en tertained there was not a single rejected claimant who had not a right to a hearing. (Hear, hear.) There had been claims considered and rejected. The com missioners were a competent tribunal constituted for that purpose, and the Privy Council was a compe tent tribunal to review the decision in the case. If ever there was res adjudicates it was here. It was impos sible for the Government to lend itself to re-open a case which every preceding Government deemed to be finally and conclusively determined. After all, the committee, to the appointment of which the house had, perhaps, somewhat incautiously assented, made their report in the month of June last, and he wanted to know why his noble and learned friend did not take an opportunity of applying to the noble lord then at the head of the Government, instead of writing a letter to him (the Earl of Aberdeen) about the Baron de Bode ? Lord LYNDHURST made an observation which was inaudible. The Earl of ABERDEEN was still of opinion that his noble and learned friend would have done well to apply to the then head of the Government, who was known to have expressed an opinion favourable to the Baron de Bode's claim when in the House of Commons. When his noble and learned friend ap pealed to his (the Earl of Aberdeen's) mercy, he seemed, in some respect, to abandon the strong ground of justice assumed at the outset. If anything were left to his discretion he would be happy to yield to the suggestions of mercy, but he was afraid that in a case of this kind justice must precede mercy, and he was bound to declare he saw no reason for departing from the course taken by preceding Governments. (Hear, hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether a division would be called for ? Lord LYNDHURST.—Yes ; I will divide, if I stand alone. The house then divided ; the numbers were, — Content 6 Noncontent l6 Majority —lo In answer to a question from the Earl of HARROWBY, The Duke of NEWCASTLE stated, that a code of laws, mitigatory of the criminal system existing in Malta (which was the same as prevailed in the time of the Knights of Malta), had been sent over to this country. It was, however, a printed copy, and was deficient in the formalities which would authorise him to submit it to her Majesty for approbation. In the event of a proper copy arriving, he would not pledge himself not to submit to her Majesty for approbation before Parliament had an opportunity of expressing an opinion on it. In the I meantime the printed copy would be laid upon their lordships ' table. The Entail (Scotland) Bill, the Stamp Duties Bill, and the Registrar of Meetings Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Public Libraries (Ireland and Scotland) Bill, the Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Bill, the Elections Bill, the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, the Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrange ment Bill, and the Sheep, &c., Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill passed through committee. The Highway Rates Bill the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill, and the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill were read a second time. THE INDIA BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time or Thursday. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY., The house resumed at six o'clock. CASE OF ROBERT TOLLER. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from R. Toller, one of the witnesses who had been examined before the Clitheroe committee, and who had lately been committed to the gaol of Newgate upon the charge of prevarication. The petitioner begged most respectfully to assure the house that, in consequence of never having been examined before a committee previous to the occasion upon which he lately gave his evidence, and never having been subjected to such rigid cross-examination by counsel, he was very much con used, and did not clearly understand the questions which were put to him. He regretted to find that any mental in firmity of his should lead the house to deem him guilty of wilful prevarication, and begged to assure the house that his character had never before been called in question. The petitioner further stated that he had been in custody for 12 days, and that having previously led an active life, his health had been seriously injured by confinement. He de sired to express his contrition for having misled the com mittee, and implored the house to sanction his release. Now he (Mr. W. Patten) held in his hands the certificates of the surgeon of Newgate and one or tw o other medical men, whic testified that Robert Toiler was suffering from diarrhoea, and that his illness was likely to be prolonged by the mental excitement consequent upon his confinement in prison. He had also been requested to mention that there were at present several gentlemen in London who wera ready to bear testimony to the good character which had, until recently, been borne by the petitioner. Now, under these circumstances he thought the house ought to take the case of that unfortunate person into their conside ration. At the same time, he was unwilling to press the matter upon their attention, unless the chairman of the committee before whom Toller had been examined should be of opinion that the circumstances of the case were such as to justify his release. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said that the witness Toiler was the proprietor of a public-house in the borough of Clitheroe, and that he held that house ender a relative of Mr. Aspi nall, one of the candidates at the late election. It was, therefore, not unnatural that there should be a bias upon the part of witness in favour of Mr. Aspinall. Toiler had been examined by the counsel for the petitioner at great length, and having been subjected to a c ross-examination, certainly appeared to be not a little confused. At the same time he (Mr. G. Hamilton) was bound to say that afterwards his evidence was extremely contradictory - ; so much so that the committee felt it to be their duty, with the view to enable the witness to set himself right, to put some questions to him themselves. He was sorry to be obliged to state, however, that the result of that examina tion upon the part of the committee had been anything but satisfactory. - Upon the morning subsequent to the day upon which the examination to which he alluded had taken place, the evidence given by Toiler had still con tinued to be of a very contradictory character, and under those circumstances the committee felt that they were jus tified in taking the course which they had adopted. He the case h o w e w v e a r s , e b f o n e n dt v e o r y a d p n e tt a h r a t o b t e h re e e c te ir r c . u e t a n n e c e r s w o e f , evidently a man of a very ex citable temperament. He had been in custody for nearly a fortnight, and under all the circumstances of the matter he (Mr. Hamilton) believed that the ends of justice had been sufficiently attained, and he felt assured that he onl7 spoke the senti ments wasof h desirableis Tollerin the s committeeshould now bein d s i t e a e t b i a n rg g e t d ha f t rem it custody. Mr. W. PATTEN t hen moved that Robert Toiler should that be discharged upon payment of his fees. He was ready to produce the surgeon . who had granted the certificate in the case to testify to the truth of what the petitioner had alleged. Mr. C. West, surgeon, then appeared at the bar of the house and gave it as his opinion that further confinement would prove seriously injurious to the health of R. Toller. The motion for his discharge was accordingly agreed to. ( i 3r tpu l3 n iV th l' is i ADMISSION OF STRANGERS TO THE GALLERIES OF THE HOUSE OF C w O is M ll : 4 lo 4 NS tilu D h U o ß u l se N i I S ) . l ‘ ,: v Ar the an i n lo o u u s n e c N e v d as tl a ia b t ol p it i , :a i r w a o t e i( e ) o 7 had been b i e . , ,. e t r a s k e t o care withdraw, thatt h u e p o s i e t a ‘ t N:h l subject. TheS O N s made for carrying out the a d t.A direct rnis N ki v t o l u m i i ( t i g ich be neath and in front of the strangers' gallery divi sion S h e e ri s een ' - 1 The occupants, however, of the remaining portion cleared. gallery would be allowed to retain their; of the division proceeded. seats while the LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) Upon the motion of Mr. G. HAM BILL. read a third time. ILTON, this was The question that it do pass having be en pu t, Mr. GOOLD moved the omission the words " not exceeding one from th e 10th c l ause o f The SOLICITOR-GENERAL the amendment. for IRELAND opposed After some observations from SCULLY the amendment wea •t Lord MONCE and Mr. V. Viscount MONCK moved thewithdrawn. "growing corn, grass, hops, omission of the words produce," from the 71st and roots, fruits, and other that amendment was to preavuset. His object in proposing very objectionableright en the re-introduction of the of distraining growing crops. That right had never existed in Ireland until the year 1816, and it had been abolished in the year 1846 in com plianceervefoenraesc,otmehnmis sion In moving itht that t amendmentn recommendation he stood,o f th e th D e conser vative ground, for h. was for leaving things were. He admitte that there were many provisions 'n es : which would e Pet valuable improvements in i the bill the existing carriedlaw, with he should rather see it lost altogether than - with the words to which he was then objecting. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said it was true that the power w hich landlords had formerly possessed of distrainin g r growing crops had been repealed in the year 1846, in con formity with a suggestion of the Devon commission, of which he had been a member. But landlords had been placed by that measure in a worse position than other creditors, who might seize the crops as well as any other goods of a debtor. The result that many frauds and scenes of violence had arisen in consequence of tenants having entered into collusive arrangements with persons who ob tained executions against them and then seized their grow ing crops, so that the landlords had no means of recovering the rents to which they were entitled. The bill then before the house contained many clauses of a mitigatory character as regarded the recovery of rent. For instance, under the existing law a landlord had the power of distrain iug for any amount of rent that might be due to him ; but by that measure the power of distraint to be possessed by a landlord was limited to the amount of a year's rent. Again, a landlord had the power under the existing law of issuing a warrant of distres s si g ned b y himself or his agent ; while under that bill he would be obliged to make an ap plication to a magistrate, who alone could issue such a warrant. His right hon. and learned friend (Mr. Napier), who had prepared that bill, did not think it proper to deny altogether to the landlord the right of distraming growing crops ; but he (Mr. Hamilton) had to state that his right hon. friend was prepared still further to mitigate that power. He proposed the introduction of an amendment which would make that clause applicable to those cases only in which a landlord was prepared to swear before a magistrate that he had reason to believe that a tenant intended to cut the crop with the view to evade the payment of his rent. His right hon. friend wished that the clause should be further amended by the insertion of a proviso to the effect that a landlord who should distrain a growing crop should not be entitled to any expenses for watching the property beyond those which he might have incurred during a period of fourteen days. He hoped that the house would accede to those proposals, and would not adopt the amendment of his noble friend. A division then took place under circumstances which were to us of a very novel character. Strangers were, as usual, ordered to withdraw ; but, in conformity with the rule which the house had adopted about an hour pre viously, this order applied to those strangers only who occupied seats in the speaker's gallery and on the benches below the bar, both of which communicate with the por tions of the building appropriated to the .use of members. All persons in the " Strangers' gallery" and in the " Re porters' gallery" were, for the first time, left undisturbed throughout the division. Two minutes were allowed to elapse before the closing of the outer door of the house ; and then the speaker having put the question that the words proposed be left out should stand part of the bill, directed that the " ayes" should pro ceed to the right lobby, and the "noes" to the left lobby. The members accordingly proceeded to the lobbies at either side of the outer and the inner doors ; and in those lobbies, and just out of our sight, their names as they were returning to the house were told off. The numbers having been made known to the Speaker by the " Tellers," were announced by the right hon. gen tleman to have been — Ayes 7O N o es ... 94 The result was that the amendment of Lord Mon* was carried by a majority of 24. Some other alterations were made in the clause, for the purpose of rendering it conformable in all its provision to the amendment. On the question that the bill do pass. Sir W. VERNER wished hon. members in this country were really aware of the nature and objects of the bill. It was the first step to put down the gentry of Ireland, and replace them by Chartists and Repealers, and was the re sult of certain meetings held by hon. members of that house, who had combined against every Government that did not give them their demands. The first thing they demanded was the tenant-right ; now they demanded the destruction of the gentry. At a meeting held at Bells, in the county Meath, Mr. Lucas had said he and his col leagues were sent to Parliament for the purpose of op posing every Government who did not establish religious equality and the principle of Sharman Crawford'sßill. They pledged their words—they pledged their souls—they adjured the high and holy name of God, that they would abide by those pledges. But no sooner had they got into Parliament than they broke those pledges. He wished to call the attention of the house to the advice given by the Chief Secretary of Ireland —according to the statement of the hon. member for Meath. (Cries of Divide and Ques tion.) But no sooner had that right hon. gentleman got into office than he changed his tone. The select commit tee was appointed on the subject of tenant-right, and the right hon. gentleman had refused to admit two members from his (Sir W. Verner's) side of the house on the com mittee. As long as conciliation and expediency continued to be the policy of the Government there would be no peace for Ireland. (Laughter and hear.) The bill was then passed. TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the Tenants' Compensation Bill be read a third time, Sir W. VERNER said he thought that the bill should be extended to England, and he had a motion to that effect ; but, under the circumstances, he should not pass it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland brought up an additional clause. Mr. CAIRNS wished to know the nature of the clause, It appeared to him to give the tenant power to hold the land until compensation should be made. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland said the clause had been prepared by the right hon. member for the University of Dublin, and its object was to give the tenant reasonable time to put forward his claim for com pensation previous to ejectment for any clause except mm payment of rent or breach of covenant. Mr. GROGAN said the clause enlarged the powers of the bill in favour of the tenant very materially, and he thought it would only hamper the working of the bill to adopt it. In fact, it was not necessary. Mr. V. SCULLY said the bill would be nugatory unless the clause were added to it. He (Mr. Scully) had pressed a clause to the same effect to a division, but it was nags gat e ived. The only objection he had o the clause before th house was that it did not go far eno t ugh. The house then divided — For the clause Against it Majority —Bl Sir A. BROOKE protested against the unjustifiable manner in which Irish property was voted away in that house. He was quite satisfied that two-thirds of the members who voted on the question did not know what they were voting about. If it were a question of principle it would be another thing, but it related to property. The hon. and learned gentleman said that the clause was pre pared by the hon and learned member for the University of Dublin, but that was no recommendation of the mea sure, which he (Sir A. Brooke) had no he sitation in sa y ing was disapproved of by the whole Conservative party in Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL—No doubt many hon. members in this house vote without fully understanding several ques tions on which they may vote—no doubt many votes in this house are given in confidence. The hon. members on this side of the house voted on the present occasion in full confidence—a confidence which lam sorry to find is blamed by the hon. baronet —in the character, the learn ing, and the ability of the late Attorney-General for Ire land. (Hear.) I cannot agree with the hon. baronet, therefore. I have the highest opinion of the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Dublin, and I consequently protest against the attack made against him in his absence. Few persons in this house possess that right hon. gentleman's knowledge of the law as it relates to Ireland—none have given the subject of the bill greater care and deeper attention. (Hear.) lam very sorry, un der the circumstances, that the hon. baronet cannot agree with him, but at any rate we must still retain our confi dence in the right hon. and learned gentleman. (Hear.) Mr. MAGUIRE said the property of Ireland was quite as much in the labour of the tenant as in the land of the landlord. English members had no occasion whatever to be alarmed at this concession to the Irish tenant. The clause did not go far enough, for it did not give compensa tion in the case of eviction for non-payment of rent. The clause was then added to the bill. Colonel DUNNE complained that no notice of these amendments had been given. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL for IRELAND said they had been all fully discussed in committee, and were only for the purpose of carrying out the pledges given by the hon. and learned member for the University of Dublin. Mr. WCARTHY moved the omission of the 14th clause. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the clause A ga inst it Majority The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELANP, at the end of the same clause, then proposed the insertion of a proviso, that no claim should be allowed for any improve ments, unless, within twelve months of the improvements being made, they shall be registered by the tenant, and a dcalaration is made of the nature and value of the improve ments. air. Serg ean t SHEE apprehended that if the proviho were introduced it would seriously damage the bill. Wh eve r the tenant ma de an im p rovement he would be obliged to cons ult an attorney, in order not to forego a claim at some future time upon his landlord. The only way the bill was c alculated to do good was to encourage amicable arrangements, instead of litigation, between landlord and tenant. Colonel DUNNE, on the contrary, believed that the in sertion of the proviso would prevent any litigation, and encourage amicable feelings between those parties, if the nature and value of the inaa improvements were recorded at the time they were made, some years after they were d of searching for evidence Mr. MAGUIRE did not t re h a mk e. there wore the slightest grounds for the introduction of the proviso. Sir J. YOUNG thought it was of the greatest importance that a correct and accurate statement of the value of the improvements should be registered at the ti me th ey were made. He believed it would have the effect of preventing much litigation and misunderstanding between landlords and tenants. Mr. BRADY moved, as amendment, that the time should be e x t en d e d to two an e After some conversation, y i a n re. which Mr. F. Scully, Mr. Maguire, Mr. Grogan, and the Solicitor-General for Ire land took part, The house divided on the amendment of Mr. Brady, when there appeared— For the insertion of " two years" Against it lO6 Majority --71 Mr. FITZGERALD oWeeted to the proviso, as likely to lead to litigati on, requ i r in g , as it did, the tenant to file a declaration forthwith of claims for compensation, uld making it conclusive on the landlord, unless ilisputed by him ; thus compelling hills to dispute it. the The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND saiil proviso had been framed by the learned member for Dublin University, and was in accordance with the bill as origi nally framed. Mr, CAIRNS thought this was not so, and that it would lead to litigation. Mr. J. BALL objected to the proviso. Mr. GEORGE s u pp orted it, on up a s necessary to protect the landlord from th e sea of claims about to be thrown bira mr . . Serj ean t SHEE pressed the Government to with draw the proviso. Sir J. YOUN G could not assent to this; for the proviso necessary,not only to protect the landlord, but the w f or wise it would be impossible to know what p m reh a ount of indefinite claims was hanging over a property. Let it be recollected that the bill had a retrospective ope ration, and that within a short time of the act passing every tenant in Ireland would be possessed of its pro v i s i ons. Now, it was impossible but that they should know what improvements, if any, they had effected, and could have no difficulty in registering them. He did not see how this could lead to litigation. Undoubtedly he could not deny that this part of the measure opened a difficult and danger ous course of legislation. (Hear, hear.) The Government held themselves bound, however, to pursue that course— (ironical cheers)—because the late Government had brought in a measure on a subject--(renewed ironical cheers)—and because without it the tenant -right would be endangered. The house divided= For the proviso Against it Majority The bill then passed. MERCHANT SHIPPING SEAMEN'S BILL. 107 35 -72 This bill was read a third time. Mr. CARDWELL brought up a clause, which was added. Sir J. GRAHAM brought up a clause :—" In cases where salvage services are rendered by any ship belonging to her Majesty, or by the commander or crew thereof, no claim shall be made or allowed for any loss, damage, or risk thereby caused to such ship, or to the stores, tackle, or furniture thereof, or for the use of any stores co: other articles belonging to her Majesty, supplied in order to effect the salvage service, or for any other expense or loss sus tained by her Majesty by reason of such services." Mr. HUME approved of the principle, but it did not go far enough. It was disgraceful to the Royal Navy that they should claim salvage in any cases, instead of being eager to save life or property for the honour of the service. Admiral W ALOOT indignantly denied this, and declared that there was nothing discreditable in the claim of salvage. The navy were always ready to discharge their duty to humanity in the saving of life, but when they preserved property at the peril of their own lives, they were fairly entitled to salvage, and the " merchant princes" of Eng land would be ashamed to grudge it them. (Cheers.) Sir G. PECHELL supported the clause. Sir G. TYLER thought that these calumnies should not be heaped upon British officers and seamen for merely doing that which an act of Parliament compelled them to do. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MITCHELL observed that the case of the Rosalind, which occurred under the control of the Board of Admi ralty, was one of the worst and most flagrant abuses of the law of salvage that could be pointed at. (Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said, as regarded the particular case of the ship Rosalind, it would be inexpedient to pursue the discussion further, inasmuch as it was now pending before a court of law. (Hear.) The clause was then added to the bill. Mr. HUTT moved the addition of a clause requiring all ships of the navy and merchant service, yachts, and trans ports to contribute i n e q ual proportions to the lighthouse tolls and dues. The SPEAKER decided the clause could not be enter- tabled. Mr. HUTT next moved the omission of clauses 33, 34, and 35, relative to seamen volunteering into the navy, and to substitute, in lieu thereof, the following clause : " Whereas, it is expedient that seamen should no longer be permitted to desert the vessels in which thr are en gaged for the purpose of entering into her Majest s service, be it enacted, that the 50th and 51st sections o the act of the Bth year of her present Majesty, chap. 112, shall be repealed ; and it shall not be lawful for any officer in her Majesty's service knowingly to permit or encourage any seaman to leave the vessel in which he i s en g a g ed every seaman leaving his ship and entering into her Ma jesty's service shall be liable to all the penalties of deser tion, any law or custom notwithstanding. " Mr. CARDWELL wished to impress upon the house the fact that this bill had special reference to the interests of shipowners, and was framed greatly for their advant a g e. The questi on now was w h e th er t h ey wou ld take this power of receiving i volunteers out of the ha n ds of the Admiralty , or suffer to be exercised by them in the most cautious and restricted manner? (Hear, hear.) He could assure the house that th e p rov i s i ons ofthis bill were alike bene ficial to the shipowners and seamen an d that all exercise of power on the part of th e navy—as; regarded the matter referred to by the clause of the hon. tl man —would be watched and regulated with the m os t ge jealous n restriction. Mr. HUME said the practice of receiving volunteers from merchant vessels tended greatly to break up the di scip line of the merchant crews ; and, therefore, men-of-war sh ould not be allowed to take seamen volunteers from the mer chant vessels without the sanction of the merchant cap tains. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HORSFALL said the shipping interest did not com plain of the naval service having the power to receive sea men from the mercantile marine, but of its being invested with the power of taking them. He believed, however, that the evil was not quite so great as many of the ship owners imagined, for it appeared by the return recently published that the number of seamen who bad been se taken was exceedingly small. The principal evil consisted in the fact of the seamen knowing that as soon as a man of-war hove in sight he was at liberty at once to go on board her ; and he had it upon the authority of masters of vessels themselves, that this frequently produced a degree of insubordination amongst their crews that hon. members could have no conception of. (Hear, hear.) He was cer tain that whenever a merchantman fell in with a man-of war in want of hands which she could supply, she would gladly do so at all times ; and he believed there was such a good understanding between the two services that there was no necessity for a law of this sort. He should vote for the amendment. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR grounded his objection to the clauses in the bill on the opinion expressed by Sir James Stirling before the committee of 1848, that they legalised a breach of contract on the part of the seaman, and laid the foundation for quarrels between the master and seamen for all the time they might happen to be together. Sir G. PECHELL did not think the bill gave the power which hon. gentleman seemed to apprehend, whilst it cer tainly remedied many of the evils of which complaint had been made. Captain SCOBELL asked what men-of-war were main tained for on foreign stations if not to protect the com merce of the country 1 And how could. they do that if they were not fully manned ? If they chanced to lose 30 or 10 men through sickness, some means must be resorted to for the purpose of making up the complement. The higher consideration, therefore, was that the man-of-war should be kept in a state of perfect efficiency. And if this were necessary in time of peace, it was doubly so in time of war. The shipowner should remember, too, that a vast concession had been made to him which he (Captain Scobell) had striven hard to prevent, namely - that he might enlist foreigners in his crew. (Hear, hear.) As to the opinion of Sir James Stirling, quoted by the hon. member for Sunderland (Mr. D. Seymour), all he could say was that that gallant gentleman differed in his evi dence from every other person who was examined. Sir James Stirling was of opinion that men-of-war could be manned without the assistance of the merchant service. But that was sheer nonsense. It was altogether out of the question. It could not be done in a period of peace. And in war nothing could supply the navy with men but the mercantile marine. Mr. HEADLAM supported the amendment on the o To und that the provision it contained was not only in 'strict right and justice due to the merchant service, but also expedient for the navy itself. At the same time he admitted that the bill c onferred materia b lbenefits on the former. The question was, however, whether it was worth while, for the sake of such a small advantage to the navy, to maintain a privilege which was not based on any sound or rational principle, and which in fact had become obsolete. He was satisfied that it was hat not, and that it was actually for the i nterest of the navy tit should rely on the voluntary spirit and efforts of the people. Sir J. GRAHAM would be extremely sorry if the house. in an unhappy hour, were induced to depart from this valuable privilege. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member said. it was obselete. Now if he meant by that that it was ob solete, and had fallen into disuetude from not being used when positively necessary he was quite mistaken. It had been recognised by statute from the reign of George 11., to the present time, and been in constant use. And all the abuses of this night had been progressively modified, and he might say were now finally rectified by the bill under discussion which provided a remedy for all the prin cipal evils complained of. His hon. friend based the mea sure broadly on the ground of right and of policy. And with regard to abuses of the privilege, all he asked the house was to observe the checks and guards that were pro vided against their occurrence. He held in his hand the regulations of the Board of Admiralty, which had been framed a few years ago, and under which the commander of every ship in her Majesty's service, at a foreign station, was bound to make a quarterly return, which included all the circumstances under which any men from a merchant, vessel might have joined his crew. The hon. member for Liverpool (Mr. Horefall) was mistaken in supposing that a commander of one of her Majesty's ships could take men from a merchant vessel just as he might please. The fact was, that he could not only not so take men, but that he had no right to receive them without stating to the Admi ralty whether the captain had consented to the men volun teering, and if he had not consented, what was the strength of the crew after the volunteering had taken place, and what was the reason why he had accepted the men against the wish of the captain. All those ret urns from every ship in her Majesty's were made quarterly service ; they wore investigated by the Board of a Ad miralty, and if any complaint were made by a captain in the merchant service, the Boa rd of Admiralty was ready to institute a further in quiry into the case. The number of the se volunteers was much smaller than some gentl emen seemed to pe riod of eighteen month s , 170 men onl i y m ht i l n veaun.lteneraedonof foreignher Majesty stationsy , t fr om and mthe merchant ser v i ce i n t o the service the of those 170 persons 61 had assigned general ill-treatment they had received on board the merchant ships as the reason for their having made the change. It was obvious that that right afforded the sea men in merchant vessels a security against ill-treatment ; and he submitted, therefore, that on the ground of huma nity, as well as on the ground of policy, the clause w hich I Gateshead ought not to be adopted. Mr. THOMPSON supported the clause proposed by the hon. member for Gateshead. He believed that the right for which the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty contended, was of little value to her Majesg ' ,_ service, as the right hon. baronet himse lf had shown. vain rile it was productive of great annoyance in the we marine. Mr. MANGLES also supported the clause wh r iel l _ hi' had been moved by the hon. member for Gateshead. in-t_r_,,ani himself seen the right of taking seamen fromvaus !!,r uner vessel exercised in a most offensive and miscvhviio j h a d ad held in the port of Madras. The crew of t.h e e uten „t of one of out some signal of discontent, and the 11 e on board, had her Majesty's ships had immediately c g re ee and h a d then compelled the captain to muster his .o w the had after taken off a number of his best men.. disposed to ;leave barge of his cinties. wards been greatly crippled who Mr. d hesitation in avowing that Mr. WILCOX said, that me a merchant vessel never hsdanY 1-Weere . such a yes. it was in consequence of tleit,tedtmmeenntonthbeyoarwdere induced to take that step. signal of a red shirt, and. then sel hoisted the hweemlll)- boat,,kiusr'nfrom one of her Majesty's ship s . there came to t ,, . n which the system in question had He 1T .. ..en„ a 41 ;: - I nos i t grievoliq way. O ff the Mauritius the operated n n hoistsa on hoard a vessel bound A befrot Calcutta red shirt was laten:l:ll,joesftythBeshbeittliamis had then t - tn taken There had out 14rou a suffi t i England.outwf u ci ffenttnnueibe.r of hands left to teenage the vessel, and - next d a y. she had a pproac h erfectly logged iu a dead calm. A steamer had ed, and when the captain had been as k e d for 12 men, he said he would do something better than give them—he would tow the vessel on. He best ac cordingly towed her to the Cape, and when arrived there he had claimed 2,200/. for salvage. The result was, that up wards of 5,0001. worth of the cargo had been sold to meet that claim, and the vessel had been detained six months. Admiral BERKELEY said he believed that the existino , arrangement operated as a valuable security against the ill-treatment of men in the merchant service. He had known a case in which Admiral Parker, when stationed at. the Tagus, had endeavoured to terminate a qua rrel between the master and the men on board a merchant vessel. That vessel had sailed away, but the next day when a ship of war had been seen by the crew, theyhad jumped overboard their own vessel to her. It was manifest that nothing but the - grossest ill-treatment could have driven them to take so extreme a course. Mr. I r A.LIABB said that the house had been only a • - /~~' w 1 St. St. 20 St. 15 7i • 2 • 59 85 4i 70 2d 7id 60 61 2 26i 45i 6 34 31 61 1 31 3