The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market was dull, and the demand limited. Railway shares at rather lower prices. In the weekly return of the Bank of England, made up to the 30th ultimo, the bullion does not show such a material reduction, partly in consequence, we may pre sume, of the arrivals, from Australia having supplied the amounts needed for shipment to the continent. The note circulation was curtailed by the repayment of loans upon securities and the augmention of the public de posits. From the private balances there were rather large withdrawals. Compared with the previous week, the changes were as follows : Active circulation.. Decrease.. Bullion.. £23,352,290 274,800 17,739,107 90,172 3,248,703 Increase 5,122 Public Deposits 2,175,265 Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and other Bills 1,458,357 Decrease B,lOl Gov ernment Securities 13,337,333 Decrease 200,000 Other Securities 12,466,213 Decrease 86,800 Notes unemployed 7,970,510 Increase 137,515 The Banker's Magazine for the current month enters into the question of the South Sea Company's dis.solu ti°oo and deals rather severely with the attempt to pro long its existence as a trust company ; but there is cer tainly a w an t o f some such incorporated body, if it can e start e d under the approbation of the existing South Bea st ockholders, and with due regard to the interests i of all who may elect to withdraw. There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the quotations for bills on Paris, viz., to 25 22i to 17 - 4 for SO days' paper, b u t on ot h er places there was generally 7 1 1 3 0 change, A msterdam being 11 18 to 1 ; Hambnrgh, to 71 ; to 11. Frankf or t, 1198 t o 1 ; an d Trieste, 10 58 xi The offi c i a l statement of the imports into the United ngdom for the six months ending the sth ult. shows a.great increase in the imports of coffee, grain, provi 81°ne' to bacco, wine, and some other articles. The ex- Porte for the six months amount to 41,866,5571., being ?.11 in crease of 8,317,165/. Th e mon th' s re turn to the °t l l ult. shows an increase over the correspo.ading period flies t y ear of 1,003,6371. The vessels engaged in the • °reign 100 trade of th e United Kingdom increased nearly 000 tons inwards, and the United Kingdom had about 63,000 tons of this increase. T he export s o f s il ver f rom L on d on di rec t d ur i ng th e I veek to Thursday last were 1,000 ounces and 5,0001., an d of gold 15,912 ounces to the Continent and 2,0001. t°,„,tbe Mauritius. be English St oc k mar k e t thi s morn i ng h as ru l e d ; r beavy again, in the absence of any late intelligence definite nature, although in some respects the letters r ° lll Paris are more pacific in their tone. There are many who still consider that it will be impossible for the v_ in peror to cop e s i ng l e -h an d e d w i t h T ur k ey, ass i ste d b y " 6 Fou r Great Powers. Consols have been done at 9 7 t 97'- g for t rans f er , an d are now 96i to 97 for ha °u nt• The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised 1004 to g • Exchequer Bills are is to 3s. `' lB l ,count. r ,,,,',. (3 reigu Securities are all feebler, but Russian suffer rn -B ‘7 The fact is becoming apparent that the Empe a-1, has no money resources compared to this country, 1,1.1'4 Co nsequently with his commerce annihilated, and pV s armaments absorbing the surplus treasure of St. eter and St. Paul, there might hereafter be a difficulty Providing the debt. The Five per Cents. have been ril "" 1 16 i, an d F our-and-a-Half per Cents. at 991 1. Pe af%ian Bonds have been dull at 82 ; Chili= 3 per Cents. 78, and B raz ili an 5 per C en t s . a t 102. S ar di n i an h "de have b een at 9 41 to 95 . S pan i s h N ew D e f erre d I t arl "' been done at 22i. Dutch 21 per Cents. are ed to rßailway Shares keep pretty firm, but with scarcely 81 3 : bu siness doing. This is the case both with the Eng rnand French lines. shares Gold Mines are heavy, and Joint-Stock Bank es have declined. The Australian Land Companies are lower again. 114 Decrease. Rest tI M I FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (.From the Official List.) Business done. Pei. Cle nt• Redu ce d Annuities . ......... .. —9 74 i „ti Per en t. Consols A nnu i t i es 1 9 0 7 India 101 8 i A w 341 ' Per Cent. Annuiti es ; Ditto, £lOOO ....... Cousolt:1"4A" 11:°°3 25 Ex °r -eecut 11th Auo•ust 97 61 3 / 4 c equer lii iiB 1 . Ril )0 0 , . . 2500 . .......... 8131111 2d 3d 1d par 3d 1d par 3d 1d ....... I PRlag r.,,,,ip.itto Beincis' 5 ' j OP F OREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. rsr az i lial per Cent . .. , , ,t limn b...Ntv, 1852, 4?, per Cent lO2 99A x d .v..,„, - ..unds, 3 per Cent 7B p„ - , v ittlx Bonds, 4i per Cont. B2 r: 11 Bonds, 5 per Cent. N, - ;' 4 o for the Account 996 N,_ - " ,1 112.11 Bonds, 5 per Cent 94;:` '" u lsh New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22g blv._ Dividends on the above payable in London. gh exchange, 2. per Cent. -4 to 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. 4 consols 96 7 96i 7 Ditto August Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TRIS DAY.) 1 , tour,' qght - ° ll , Aug. 6.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ; breeze, and fine.pae . Aug. 6 (9.31 a.m.)—Wind, E . . • light, and fine. /c'or-e'''----Luctor and Emergo, for Cardiff ; Walhalla from Wg l. ° llll d, for Falmouth ; Agatha, from Lhndon, for iaT 4118 ea• Anchored—Cartina from Cork, for . London ; llsit, from Smn for London ; Emma Lincon, from l' 4tal 'zas for London. a Passed in tow—Nelson, from port u., - cm - I .lp, for London. ko-, 47 Esp Au,' s. —Wind, N. Arrived—Cerene, Buenos es 4. t , p. • •,or Southampton. lit- 4413 T11, Aug. s.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Caro elli° Janeiro ; Constance, for Hamburgh. Off Port -auras, Monte Video. gref: uc ESTER, Aug. s.—Arrived -Thomas and James, Li v d ew . tPool, Aug 6 (10.30 a.m.).—Wind, N.N.W. ; mo. I phr - "'' ma dull• Au g . d—Marie, from Iceland , Weliet, fAl.,iBtis.nstadt • Arent a Jacoba, Wyburgh ; Thor, la-4°,,,bing; Judith,Valparaiso. Off Port—Otseante, York Orleans.-11 a.m. °(lThe Arabia, with New ;iceso the 27th, is in the river. Quebe c ug. N.E. Arrived—Gart Craig, ST or , 11 14P °14. , Aug. s.—A rr i ve d—M a yb oroug h, Miramichi. 4 ., lloE .4.—Arrived—lde, Maurus. _ 'llba - ..""A) Aug. s. —Wind, N.E. Sailed—Wm. Gales, b tx , Aug. 4 . —Arrived—Earl. Powis, Montreal. i ,1401, / ,, - ,,"Eft, Aug. 4.—Sailed—Caroline, Quebec. u ali: DEr titY:Aug. 4.—Sailed—Great Britain, Boston, r " o,r r stopping. a leak. 1 . 4 1 ( 1, lITAxButtG, July 27.—The Hedwig, of Moss, from °-.1 has Put in here with loss of yards in a squall. da jCIDENT AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT h . fY another serious accident occurred by t tower, 1)1;th? Masons from the scaffolding of the clock VA.- - e fall T of ilu O r n B B by whic h the poor fellow had both hi E s zz le E g a s E b G. ro ,E k N e E n. . h 1 11 . 4 .4 LATE LAMENTABLE OCCURRENC beaerZ:tc i c e zt ia of e the m l e e l m an n c s h e ol f y y d e e s a te th rd o a f y M , r it .G w o , l a d s sm er i r t o. , N0,,,,,,._ o ur CO ~ the emine nt capitalist of that name. .or tts.ii.Y stated. that the deceased gentleman e w w a a s s t n h e e t s t o h n e '3 1 , 41 of Sir J. L. Goldsmith, but he was theirm esrcrarntps of. g er in t he firm of Goldsmith Brothers, olteezn-,s_treet, Cheapside. 11 °E 1 4.st, p • does not appear f the Hon. 2,.,1, oaboaxl:tyrxrATlorr OP SOUTH STA.FFORDSIi I t ß o E. b — e BalnNy prrli . . riday.—There 'oward Littleton, the son of Lord of an opposition to the return H the command of the of General Anson appointed to . " British army in Bengal. At one time a er e ton, in the used that the iron interest would put forward.rabuctatnhdait gel p er so n • Mr . trade recently . ate ill the of Phili the tia.„, D 2 at a meetin of the, g ll""sworth, repudiated any intention o f Earl he son it ai llee of Commons. Lord Ingestre, Earl of Lich- Willia , held at te hot, and Lord Anson,the son of the ld, b ave likewise been spoken of; but, at present, p ;C a tering a...... Pearances betoken a quiet and unopposed election. acts 4:4E Nzw STAMP ACTS. —Yesterday the two_ stamp were print ed which received the Royal assent on Thursday its b' ri , m ilt ed- The last act (cap 63) came into force , and the first act (cap 50) will not take on its ..,12.til from and after the 10th of October. By the 2), certAuth and 17th Viet., cap 63 (Stamp Duties, No. ain duties are repealed, as set forth in the schedule, Ana other duties _granted in lieu thereof—which new inties are under the care of the Commissioners of the 141""d aI Revenue. Supplements p u bli s h ed with news to to I be free, and t wo supplements printed on one made for P: et of pa per to be on e h alf-penny. An allowance to ad verbs news paper stamps on h and. The duties on ernents are repealed from and after the passing re the act, which took place on Thursday, when it re eeived the Royal assent. In the act cap. 63 there re eleven clauses and a schedule of duties, and in the I e at% 39 there are twenty clauses and a schedule. 's statute will not come into operation until the 11th p.nteot October. It repeals certain duties, and others are d. By this law receipt stamps given for or upon "ill PaYment of money amounting to 2/. or upwards i. bear vhs, stamf one penny. It is provided that ne duties of one peeny, by this act granted on receipts 4 nd on drafts or orders for the payment of money re supectively, may be denoted either by a stamp impressed pon the paper whereon any such instrument is written iTasi'''r by an adhesive stamp affixed thereto the Corn oners of Inland Revenue shall provide stamps for "'e Purpose of denoting the said duties. The only elemPtion to the penny receipt stamp is in cases of re ceipt s given for money deposited in any bank 'but this ezeinption is not to extend to receipts or acknowledg- Ciente for is paid or deposited upon letters of allot b3ent of shares, or in respect of calls, or scrip, or shares, of or in any joint-stock or other company ; which said receipts or acknowledgments, by whomsoever given, ar e to be liable to the duty by this act charged on re- Ctiptis. the .all for yet x ith ac" `';," 45 i SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH R lILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Basiness done this day. 26 -- 27 5 - 5B 9 - 10 9 -- 7 20 - 22 3i —2 d 102 104 661 671 211 2`4 19t 206 -- 3, 1 ,p 8 - 9 5g - 5i4 3.5 4 12i -- 121 42 - 44 a - 3 3 72 - 74 53 - 72 74 29 . - 1- ii 1434 -- 8 4 =3 52 -- 53 132 - 134 110 -- 111 884 89 7 - 74 - 102 -- 105 16 -- 17 p 761 -- 761 4i -- 40 31 -- 3 d 14i -- 151 8 i 8 i lip 103/--163ixd —ll4 l , 2 -- 2 i 10 88 -- 89 6 -- 5 d 5 - 11 - 13 18 - 20 28 - 24 70A - 704 40 - 42 EL 57 4 1 ---- il l c )1 2i 3 8 - 9 51 - 53 si 2i d 32 33i ... '"-- • 44 - 8 - 9 . - ... P 50 - F,CI 93 - 95 61 - 63 60 - 62 69 71 li i di, 18 20 9 10 13 146 311 nti 19 21 70 7on 36 13 14 2 . ---- 27 2i 2k 15 i 8A - - 9 zi - 32 - 10 8 7iCL 2 1 1 —211 d 58 —69 A hr. Paid ft. 100 :0 SA .4 I all a 1 28 2741 all a 18 it. 100 3t. 100 so all 50 all 20 all 50 45 25 all 5 all 15 all 8 all !Ø all 15 all ',5 8 5 all it. 100 i 0 all St. 100 10 St. 100 St. 100 St 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 12 11. i 0 all 6 11i it. 100 .9i 16 .4 14} so I all" 20 all 11A all 10 7 St. 100 St. 1(X) 20 12 10 1 St. 100 50 422 40 34 25 all 25 all St. 100 SA 44- St. 100 St. 100 50 47 I fir; it. 100 6 4 15 174 ►0 7,3 Q all it. 100 5 all ;t. 100 .6 16 .6 11§' S all 8 8 172 O all LO 10 it. 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ;t. 100 .0, 9 roi all .3i all !O all !O (1 0115 !,5 20 n 17 M all 20 14 ' 10 21s. 10 1 St. 100 25 20 25 116 St. 100 100 it. all it. 'lOO >t. 100 5 I all NI afii 3,11 all 5 all 7i 2 si all 6i all Lo all !O all k. 100 5 all it. Ino 611 all M. 100 .6 6 it. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 i 0 I all >t. I -too 12 .2i all 5 all .0 I all I 6 I 3 21 all L 2. all 1.2 i 101 - it. 100 R. 100 .61 5 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 ,t 0 all A. 100 .5 15 8 all .0 all :0 all 5 3 it. 100 L 7 1 5 ~ ,5 10 RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh di Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh di Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. di Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter lealedonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and 8and0n...., Cork, Black. k Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction ....... Do. New . East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... IDo., lEatter :i.. 4 .18 E. & H.), rn Counties... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do . . . Do., B. & C ...... East Lancashire East ez West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edlnb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &D nude( Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre ) Great Western Irleb South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do. , Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So ntb pt. Loudon & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,I.G/. SI) ~M&8...0 London & S. Western Do .050 Do., .Z4O. Lmlndrry. &Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland ....... Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.AbergAH dd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 ....... Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North We stern.. ...... N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... 1 Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Wcstn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrcwsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0........... ..... Stockton & Hartlopl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. Wmbledon &Croydop Woodford York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Aberdeen .............. Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... l Cork&Bandon 5i P C. Dundee Perth&Aber deon Junction .. EastA nglian (£3 3.05) 6 per cent............ Do: (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2........ Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip' Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 pets Edinb.Prth.&Dundec siper cent Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Er. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, 'Do., 6 p. c., Stock London andßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S.Western, Con. Thirds 'Londonderry& Coler Shares Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Do., £6 ........ ..... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. IDo. 4. per cent - .. -- • Do ..... .• Mid. Cousol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. b; per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester dr Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Sbrewsby. & Chester (Nor. 'W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S.Yorksli.4p.c.G aar. INaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York. Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do York & N. Midland & S. Puich Par PREFERENCE SHARES. 103 - - 1051 1105 --• 1071 19 2O Ad 61; -- 6i 4 - 44 5 --- - 2 pl la 14 14 -- 15 128 :o 1113 - 114 81 81 - 7 1 102 d --A —iPm 1031 1150 162 - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 8 __ 9 10i -- 11 i -1„; p 1149 - 151 iP 114 - 114 118 - 122 115 - 117 244 - 2511 -- 2 1 101 176 18 t P 146 15 par P 25! 26 19 a _ id 102 - 104'1 - 5a Sntwerp&Rotterdaan Belgian Eastn. Junc. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal)... Do. 6p. et. pref . Lyons & Mediterrau. Madras Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do.-(ex interest) Northern of France Do. M. 3 p. c Bds, (fm y. B. 4r Ams. Shs ; NorwegianTrunkPrel Paris and Lyons , Paris and. Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg) ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France, Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5 . 4 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand, 1 - 1 - -t 2 lid 4 t 5 4P - lip 2 p 14 2 cl, -= 4d 4 1 1 1 111, d - 7i - 7i 3ii - 14 146 Bi 9.# 16t 16 14i 45. 126 434 36}- 36i 36 -- 46 16 id 19 20 - - _ 4 1 ,1 dig , ••. 9 -- ot 121 $ 281 831 4 21 88 3 A 102 A a d 1141 14 701 fi 69 8i 12 8 581 lid 14 Ad. -5 ~ ~ r E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY _ETE.STINa, .AUGtigT 6, 1853. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. and which, I think, is one better followed in the breach than on the observance. (Cheers.) Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that he had already made his speech on the subject, and had very few points to discuss. He did not think noble lords near him jus tified in throwing off all responsibility, for there had been many discussions on the subject, and their lordships proba bly approached it with better information than was usual when a great question was to be dealt with. The bill was not what he should have desired, but the greatest part of it that was bad was not new, and what was new was not bad. He had not a word to say against the just sentence of mutilation pronounced against the Court of Directors, nor would he delay its execution, but it might have been rendered more merciful to the parties, and more advantageous to the country. After some amusing remarks upon the election of the fifteen directors, which he thought ought to take place at the London Tavern, he ridiculed the claim of the three whose seniority was their title. He would have named the new directors in the bill itself, and then the best would have been chosen. He would have named eight for the presidencies, four for the army, two for the political de partment, and two, unconnected with Government, who should represent alcutta and Bombay. Then a cokincil would have been formed that would have been able to advise the minister, who would now have to get infor mation as best he might. As regarded the G overnor- General, the wisdom of Parliament controverted that of Scripture, and declared that a man could serve two masters. He himself had not to complain of recall, but of the undermining of the Government while he was executing it. In illustration of this portion of his address, he cited his own language to the Court, and said that his own fear was from the weakness of the Government. He considered that HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat of the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord KINNAIRD presented petitions from Liver pool, Manchester, and other places, in favour of the Combination of Workmen Bill. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE Aloe that )n Monday he would call th e a tt en tion of the Govern nent to the treaties su b s i s ti ng b e tween Turkey and Russia. gave n COMBINATION OF WORKMEN BILL Lord KINNAIRD, in moving the second read ing of this bill, explained that its object was simply to explain the law of combination, which had been variously interpreted by the legal autho rities. The bill had been carefully considered in the house, and considering the great anxiety which prevailed amongst the working classes on this subject, and considering also the good conduct which had characterised that class during the last few years, he thought their lordships ought to pass the bill as an act of justice. It did not in any way alter or change the law, but simply placed the scope and mean ing of existing acts beyond all doubt, and as a matter of expediency it was right that the bill should be passed. Lord TRURO readily admitted that the law ought to be made as clear and distinct as they could well make it ; but as for the necessity of explaining the existing law of combinations, he for one felt that there was none whatever. This bill contained provisions which might lead to considerable misapprehension and abuse, and their lordships should be cautious how they gave a sanction to them. The LORD CHANCELLOR felt persuaded that the bill, if carried, would do harm to the parties whom it was intended to benefit. He entertained no doubt at all about the meaning of the existing law, and it was quite sufficient to accomplish all that the bill contem plated. The bill was intended to enable workmen to promote combinations amongst their own body, by peaceable persuason. What peaceable persuasion meant he could not tell, but under the existing law workmen were at liberty to combine together, provided they did it peaceably. There was consequently no necessity for this bi 11. .; Lord HARDVVICItE said this bill seemed to -hold out a notice to the public that combinations were to be the order of the day. Now they had strikes enough already ; indeed they had seen the House of Commons itself coerced by a strike ; and he thought no encourage ment ought to be afforded to such systems of "peace able persuasion." Lord • KINNAIRD said the masters who combined were protected by the law, and it was somewhat hard that the same prot3ction should not be extended to the working classes. The present was certainly an inoppor tunetimeforbringirgforward such a measure, but it would be a great disappoiitment if their lordships rejected the measure. It would be hopeless, however, for him to struggle against the feeling of the house, and he would not, therefore, press it to a division. The second reading was accordingly negatived with out a division. it was essential to the strength of the Government of India that it should be conducted in the name of the Crown. Such a change would be most salu tary al regarded the native princes, and would give a better tone to the cavil and military service. The army especially deserved to be made a royal army. These were his objections, and he proceeded to regret that Go vernment, having an opportunity of doing a great thing, had chosen to do it in a small way, and to introduce bit by bit reform. The new system would be better than that which had preceded it ; but it would not give satis faction in India, nor would it work advantageously. Our empire in India would not be destroyed by violence, but by the slow poison which induced gradual decay. Lord SALISBURY referred to the—precedents of 1813 to justify the protest which his friends made against the introduction of an India Bill at such a period of the session. Lord MONTEAGLE commented upon the rushing into legislation without obtaining the opinion of the committee appointed to consider the subject. He thought such a course contrary to parliamentary usage, and to the due conduct of the measure before them. Observing that the authority of the house would be lost if it re garded the lateness of the session as a reason for not dealing with measures brought before it, he proceeded to some observations on the bill itself. He objected to the complicated system of government which was pro posed, which amounted to a treble government, and he said that where Indian knowledge was most wanted was at the Board of Control. He expressed gratification at the recognition of the principle in regard to the admis sion of natives to the service, but he did not think that enough had been done, though abundance of fine words had been used on the subject towards those whose just ambition so much had been done to excite. At consi derable length he entered into strictures upon various features of the system of administration pursued in re gard to India. The Duke of ARGYLL said that the Government had pursued the course which they deemed right, although the surface sense of the country had been in favour of delay, and a variety of heterogeneous opposi tion was certain to be offered to legislation. In defend ing Sir Charles Wood from the charge of general eulogy of the East India Company, he adverted to the enormous exaggerations which had been indulged in by the oppo nents of the bill, statements which it had been necessary to meet by showing that the case had been by no means what it had been represented to be. In reply to Lord Ellenborough, his grace said that he was not ashamed of the title of a bit-by-bit reformer. Our empire had been acquired bit by bit, and it would have been the height of rashness to have swept the old system away, and to have sought to erect a new constitution. He quite un derstood that the attack was directed against the system of double government, but all speakers had admitted that a Minister must act with the advice of a Council. To go further meant that a Minister must be individually responsible for Indian government, and to this extent it had not been dared to venture. A time might come when the home Government should take to itself the sole direction of Indian affairs, but he could not think that this was the time for such a change. In regard to the proposed government in the name of the Crown, he said that the natives would expect that, with such a change, should come such changes in condition and taxation as they had been accustomed to witness when an alteration in the form of a native government took place ; and he contended that we were in no position to guarantee such changes to the people of India. It had been held out in 1833, that in proportion as the commercial character was taken from the com pany they would devote themselves more to the government of India, and that a different class would be introduced into the direction ; and these anticipations had been to a considerable extent realised. He had been disappointed with the speech of Lord El lenborough, a great portion of which had been directed against the East India Company, a course which he could not under the circumstances think politic. Defend ing the course the bill proposed in regard to the nomina tion of directors, as calculated to raise the character of the board, he professed his total inability to understand the nature of the slow poison which Lord Ellenborough intimated was to be diffused throughout India by the course the Government was taking ; or, if his lordship entertained that belief, how he could assent to the second reading of the bill. Lord ASHBURTON contended that the existence of the Court of Directors was necessary to secure the rights and liberties of the people of India, and that that was called a single government would either degenerate into an absolute colonial government, with the people com mitted to its charge in the position of animals, or would become a double government, divested of the means of effecting the advantageous results which it was designed to produce. He also thought there might be some feel ing bespoken in favour of that body of merchant ventu rers who had secured so much for us, organised such a service, sown the seeds of liberty in India, and now handed over an empire in such perfect order. The Bishop of OXFORD said that this was not only a political subject, but one which had deep moral and religious bearings. As the only member of the episcopal bench who had been placed on the Indian Committee, he would venture to mention one or two points in which he thought the bill ought to be varied before it became law. India had been placed in our hand by Providence for a great purpose, and if we swerved from that the command might be taken from us. He did not mean to contend that it was the duty of a Government to interfere directly with the religion of those entrusted, to us, but he could not admit that our duty was, as had been said, neu trality. We were bound to put before the people Christianity at avery advantage. If this had been in tended as a final measure, lie should have complained of the absence of any increased provision for keeping up Christianity among our own servants. There was need of additional chaplains and of a new see in India. His lordship also urged that it was proposed, while giving up patronage, to narrow the examinations to Halley bnry, and to create there one of those close colleges which had been shown, in our universities, to work so ill. He showed that the position in which the Hailey bury student would find himself, with a certain income for the future, would tend to destroy restraint, and to teach the youths to forestall that income, while irregu larity could only be punished by the ruinous penalty of expulsion. In order, therefore, to secure the best kind of servants for India, he would admit other candidates to the Haileybury examination, in addition to the mem bers of the college, on condition of such candidates show ing that they had been for a certain time, say two years, trained elsewhere. He remarked upon the dis advantage of throwing the universities out of this coin petition for the Indian service. It would be a great boon to the universities to induce the young men there to take an interest in India, the civil service of which was now a sealed book to them ; nor could anything be more useful to India, or tend to give a higher tone to the service. He would beg the Government to re consider this part of the subject, rather than himself give notice of an amendment, and he ended with an elo quent reference to the triumph of peacefully imparting to India the patent gift God had bestowed on us, namely, a true faith in His word, and a true belief in the revelation of His Son. Lord WHARNCLIFFE considered that Ministers had been justified in introducing their measure, pre suming that they were satisfied as to its character ; but he could not help agreeing with Lord Ellenborougli as to many of the objections he had urged to the bill. Giving credit to the Board of Directors for what it had done, he thought that it mig ht be made much more effective, and that it would not, • under the proposed arrangement, add vigour to the councils of Government. To several other portions of the bill his lordship was understood to say that he did not see any particular grounds of objection ; but he cordially agreed with what had fallen from the Bishop of Oxford. He did not think that this plan would last many years, but it would become the increasing dirty of the Minister for India to promote the reforms too long demanded for that country. Earl GRANVILLE replied. He defended the nomi nation of directors, and said that with regard to the constituency it would be difficult to suggest any plan which would work more advantageously than the pre sent. He concurred with the ri g ht r everend prelate (the Bishop of Oxford) as to the necessity for additional facilities for establishing s p iritual supervision in India but it was impossible for him to give any further pledge upon such such a subject than had been already given by his of Control. right honourable Withnourable regard frien t friend theo what Presidenthad of the Board fallenfrom n n the th e noble blw o lorduld strengthenwho spoke l t a n s e t, E h h e s t w l o n u d l i d iat say C o fo n pm l r yopvaiclyed ; the governme n t if they should Lot be able to g o on, means of establishing a more simple form o He entirely denied, therefore, that the bill was merely a b re a a n d kin th e e nt sec ß o i n ll d proviseeiobTnilahllaNnvase Thame s measure.Ee th en was read the second T Th h time. T he e Belfast Municipal Boundaries Bill passed through commit tee ßrecon . Collegiate Church Bill was reported with amendments. The. of Seamen Bill was read the third time and passed. The Crime and Outrage Bill was read a second time, and their lordships adjourned at a quarter to twelve. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. Earl GRAN VILLE moved the second reading of the Government of Lelia Bill. After observing that the numerous discussi•ns which had taken place on the sub ject in their lordslips' house during the present session had made his healers perfectly well acquainted with the character of the measure, he said that he would only enter into such a description of the bill, and such refe rences to the obections which had been raised against it, as he deemec, respectful to the house. He prefaced a general sketca of the peculiar circumstances with which the East India Company had had to deal in the government of India, by some illustrations of the sys tem to which the natives had been submitted under their old rulers, and le introduced, as a specimen of the mode in which Mahonmedan justice carried out its sentences, a narrative of tie dragging a wretched culprit, fastened at the foot of as elephant, through the streets of a city until he was torn to pieces. Proceeding to indicate, very briefly, what had been done for India, he showed that the best principles of free trade had been deprived of exercise in that country, as manufactures had been ruined by legislation, and competition had been let in against them. He then adverted to the leading features of the measure, vindicating each as he dismissed it, and he stated that she bill had been prepared with the utmost care, and with a deep sense of the responsibility attach ing to such legislation. In the course of his concluding observations he expressed a conviction that the great re sources of India were in course of development, inci dentally remarking that the Great Exhibition of 1851 had thrown more light upon the capabilities of India than upon those of any other country. Lord MALMESBURY said that had Lord Derby been present he would have abstained, as he should him self do, from either praise or blame of this measure, which it was impossible at that period of the session to consider as the subject deserved. It was humiliating to the house to have such a measure thrust upon it at the end of the session. He proceeded to complain that, after a session of eight months, and within a fortnight of its close, there should be 42 bills before their lordships, and others, which would increase the number to 72, coming up from the Commons. The latter house would not bear such treatment, and had actually thrown out the Colonial Bishops Bill on no other ground than the lateness of the time at which it had been presented. The fault was not that of their lordships, but of the Government, which, moreover, possessed unusual ad vantages, especially in having the experience of such a man as Lord J. Russell, as an amateur member of the Ministry, to conduct the business in the Commons. He then assailed Sir Chas. Wood for his speech to his constituents, which had produced an effect in every Court of Europe, and which had done much towards the bringing about subsequent events, and he demanded what Sir C. Wood had been doing for the months between his accession to office and the introduction of this measure. He saw no excuse for the slothfulness and delay which had taken place, and said that the system would come to a regular demand on their lordships to accede to any measure which the Commons might pass. Lord Derby and his friends washed their hands of the consequences of this measure, for which they were certainly irresponsible, and they left the whole of such consequences on the shoulders of the Ministry. The Earl of ABERDEEN—I feel called upon to make a few observations on the course taken by the noble lord. He has commented upon the manner in which this bill has been brought before the house, and has taken a course which, I confess, is to me really in explicable. (Hear.) He complains of the manner in which the house has been treated by the course we have taken. Does he think it a constitutional course ? does he think it respectful to this house to get up and say that he will give no opinion as to whether he approves or disapproves of this bill ? (Hear, hear.) Is that a course win& a man in the condition of the noble earl might be expected to talc.; before your lordships' house ? (Hear, hear.) It may 'be very convenient to do so —(cheers)—that I don't deny ; but when the noble lord declines to give au opinion upon such a subject he must permit me to think that it is not quite respectful to the house, and I must say not such a course as I ever before knew followed by your lordships. (Hear.) Now, my lords, as to the period of the session at which this bill comes before you, I must confess that, long as I have been a member of this house—and I have been a member longer than any of your lordships now present —this is a com plaint which I have never ceased to hear at the close of every session. I admit that, on many occasions, that com plaint has been made with great truth and justice ; but, on this occasion, I must reject the accusation of the noble lord in respect to this case. He says, that the right hon. gentleman who has proposed this measure to the other house of Parliament has taken more time to pre pare it than he ought to have taken. The noble lord wished the right hon. gentleman to have proceeded with more haste, and said he had been too long in the process of incubation. (A laugh.) Now, my lords, the noble earl will recollect that the right hon. gentleman, with reference to this subject, was nearly, although not alto gether, in a similar position to his predecessor in office. But he had to prepare a measure perfectly new, and one which I think could hardly have been prepared in less time than was occupied in the preparation of it. The noble earl will recollect, too, that in addition to the time necessary for the preparation of a measure of this vast importance and complicated nature, there were other most important matters before the House of Commons which could not possibly be delayed, and which, to a certain degree, affected the period of the production of this measure. He will recollect the financial measures which were indispensable to be considered, and which were required indispen sabl y to precede the consideration of this measure. (Hear, hear.) My lords, when the noble earl says that he is obliged to condemn the slothful manner in which business has been conducted during this session, I believe the public business never has been more forward than it has been during this session. (Hear, hear.) It is not for me, cer th tainly, to describe the qualities, the knowledge, and e activity of my noble friend who has the management of the business in the House of Commons, and who the noble earl really seems to think has been remiss and slothful in that house. I believe your lordships will admit that, al though this bill may have come up to this house at a late period of the session, it leas not been for want of time for consideration whilein the House of Com mons, and that the n oble earl has no excuse or valid reason for not condescending to pronounce an opinion upon it as to whether he approves of the measure or not. The noble earl asserted all along that there is not time to discuss this bill ; but still, when he comes to explain what he meant by discussion, it seems to be that he has not had time to summon together persons to vote. (Hear.) Now, noble lords who were anxious to discuss the bill would find means to be present.oblle admit to that it would not be so convenient or o so r a p ra ct . a n t the sum mon persons blindly to voteut this g a i i s not a proceased at this period of the session ing which can affect the merits b of the bill. (Hear.) My lords, my noble friendt near me has gone so fully into the objects and charac r of the bill that it is quite un necessary for me again teotrawvielll, over the same ground. I have no doubt, in- I am anxious to hear what s t r uct and enlighten your lordships, the op inion and the v i ew s taken by otherouboloble lords in this house, and espe friend opposite (Lord Ellen cially those of my noble so much attention to the subject , borough) who has paid and to whom your lordships always listen with the greatest attention and re spect. (Hear, hear.) I trust that he, at least, will give as his opinion on all the points connected with the bill, and will not follow the example which has been set by the noble earl (of Malmeabury), HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY. ) PILOTAGE BILL. The house then went into committee upon this bill. On clause . lo, Mr. HORSFALL moved, after the words " mate " in lines 32, 35, and 39, to insert " of any co as ti ng ship or vessel." He objected to the principle of centralisa tionp established by the clause, and said the effect of the amendment would be to limit the granting of licenses by the Board of Trade exempting masters and mates from taking pilots to coasting vessels and steamers. The banks and sands of the Mersey and other; ports were constantly shifting, and it was impossible that a master or mate who had been absent on a voyage for several months could properly or safely discharge the duties of a pilot. The local authorities at Liverpool were entirely opposed to the clause. Mr. CARDWELL said the clause was intended to have a general and a local effect. Some thought it went too far, others that it did not go far enough, and be tween the two he thought it would be better to adopt it as it now stood. ! Captain SCOBELL opposed the clause, and instanced ' the danger of giving indi scriminatel y to masters and mates a license to pilot their own vessels. • Mr. CAIRNS supported the clause. Mr. LIDVELL considered that the tendenc - y of the clause would be to impair the pilot service of the country. Mr. GEORGE supported the clause, believing that the charges under the existing piloting system were most exorbitant. Mr. HENLEY should not oppose the clause, but thought it invested a rather dangerous power in the Board of Trade. The amendment was then withdrawn. Captain SCOBELL moved to add at the end of the clause, "Provided always that such master or mate so certified shall not be a foreigner. Mr. CARD WELL opposed the amendment. The amendment was withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. The remaining and several new clauses were agreed to, the house resumed, and the bill Was ordered to be reported this evening, in order that it might be road a third time on Monday. CUSTOMS ACTS CONSOLIDATION BILL. This bill went through committee, and was ordered to be reported this evening. BETTING-HOUSES BILL. -- "Tte report upon the amendments to this bill was con sidered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The hcuse adjourned at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. AN ATTEMPTED "COUNT." When the Speaker took the chair at 6 o'clock, the num ber of members present was very small, but greatly to the surprise of every one. Mr. W. F. HUME moved that the house be counted. An HoN. MEMBER, on the Ministerial side, instantly started from his seat, and hurried swiftly from the house. In a few seconds the alarm had evidently been given in all the precincts of the Palace of Westminster; and. before the sandglass showed that the two minutes' grace had ex pired, a long troop of hon. gentlemen, headed by Mr. Bright, appeared at the door, so that when the Speaker at last began to count, there were probably not less than a hundred members present. The defeat of this attempt to terminate the evening's sitting was greeted with loud cheers. RETURNS ORDERED. On the motion of Sir R. INGLis—" Copy or extracts of any dispatch or communication from any authority under her Majesty, in reference to the present state of the intes tine war in China." On the motion of Mr. GREENE—" Copy of the report of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney to the Commissioners of Works, respecting the lighting of the House of Commons." On the motion of Sir J. SHELLEY, a return showing, in columns, the amount of rates made and levied by the Com missioners of Sewers on the several parishes within each district, for each year from the year 1843 to the year 1817, both inclusive. Similar return from the year 1848 to the year 1852, both inclusive, while the said district was under the control of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers ; such returns to specify under distinct heads, the amounts received in each year in respect of such rate from each parish in the said district. And, return showing the length, size, and cost of new works executed in each of the said parishes from the year 1843 to the year 1852, both inclu sive; specifying the amount so expended in each and every of such years; and of the balance of moneys paid over by the late Commissioners of Sewers to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, showing when, where, and how expended ; each district to be given separately. On the motion of Mr. BUTLER—Return of the number of prisoners committed or held to bail for trial at the Middlesex Sessions, between the Ist day of January, 1851, and the 30th day of Decomber, 1852 ; the number of ap peals entered for hearing during the like period ; and the number of days on which the court sat for the dispatch of business. On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL—a return of the num ber of cattle imported from Ireland in the years 1851 and 1852 consequence of the representations made to them by the . Chancellor of the Exchequer, that they were accepting an equivalent, It was not unreasonable to say that it was their duty, before accepting those new stocks, to calculate, and see whether they would by accepting them in reality obtain an equivalent for the stock which they relinquished; but that they ought not on mere representation to have accepted in lien of 1001. what was now only worth 931., 911., or 901. If, however, the result cf the operation had been as he had described it, he considered the present proposal was not one which the house ought to be called upon to sanc tion ; for how did the matter really stand? It was pro posed to pay off 10,000,000 1 . South Sea Stock and other stocks, and to convert the holders of Three per Cent. Stock (unless it was agreed to convert 90,000,0001. into Three per Cent. Reduced Consols) into any of those three stocks. That act was passed, and the proposal was made, and the result appeared to be that instead of the 100 , 000 , 0001 . of which the ac t authorised the conversion—and he could not but think that the Government had anticipated the con version—the whole amount converted was only 2,000,0001., or 3,000,000/. In his opinion, if the bill merely enabled the Government to propose this to holders of South Sea Stock, who were not supposed to have had any opportunity of converting their property into any of these new stocks, provedwheouobjected s ut inefficacious,oc c i e t s , s o f u n l andtihne ht hedid ground pi.ens t oe h tn a tt t h si t tn h ak e t et fhooarftmttehhr the proposal p money r bill oopn h o es a ; ; . market. oneo f these N o tzne alternatives.would fora m moment e h n its thinkopinion, o f it accepting was any hold ingto acceptoiit tao proposalt h the which an n would entail inducement, uponn o t a v themel l-f o u a n ded, seri ous loss, and some persons might be induced to accept those proposals on account of the representations of the Govern ment. When hon. members who sat on the same side of the house as himself had ventured to complain of the want of success of the measure which had already passed, it had been answered that it owed its want of success to public events which had taken place ; to the state of the weather, and other circumstances which could not have been antici pated ; but he begged leave to call the attention of the house to the fact, that with regard to the expediency or justice of the conversion of property into any one of these new stocks, the fall in the funds had no effect upon the question whatever. He could not approve any act of hold ing out to the public an idea that by accepting any one of those new stocks they were accepting a fair equivalent, when he did not believe that such was actually the case. The proposal held out to the public, he would not say by false expectations, certainly might induce the public to believe that this stock was worth 5 or 6 per cent. more than it really was. The effect of the previous mea sure had been to call into existence three new stocks of small amount, which would disturb the money market for the next 40 years. The only remedy 001 be saw for the evil was to add to the amount of the dock, and make it a real equivalent. The object which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had had in view was one of great magnitude, and if it could have been carried out would have been highly advantageous ; butthat right hon. gentleman had attempted a task that be did not think could be performed by mortal man. The right hon. gentleman had, on more than one occasion, ministers, ap p ea l e d to to a folm ea e s r ar m e ea p s r u o r p e o s s o e f d fi i n n an i c B e 44, and particularly but h begged to point out to the house that the two cases were not analogous. In former cases the value of the new stock proposed to be created was accurately known, while in the present instance that was not the case. He could only say that the only way to remedy the evil which had been done was to make the new stock a real equivalent. He felt himself bound, entertaining the feelin g s he did, to take the sense of the h ouse on th e su bj ec t. He thought it would be far better for the right hon. gentleman frankly to acknow ledge that the scheme he had framed had been based on a misapprehension, and to seek the aid of the house, which he was sure would be readily afforded, to enable him to charge the sum which under the arrangements already made would have to be paid upon the consolidated fund, and thus avoid embarrassing the stock market with all these petty stocks. The CHANCE L a L at nt O ed, R loe f o a r f n t e dl opinion,i the gentleman's EX th C a n t E w Q a s U ,ni E oe EXCHEQUER es asaasuoi anything nt hw that even inore sa t - h er a e n t i l n ie e r h e o n u ; the house should not go into committee on the question. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY obj ec t e d t o th e bi ll. Mr. J. B. SMITH considered that the South Sea Com pany having assented to the right hon. gentleman's first proposition to accept a money payment, it was a very bad precedent in the Government to depart from that first pro position and to proceed to the second. The first proposi tion, having been deliberately made and deliberately ac cepted, should have been adhered to. Mr. WILKINSON supported the bill, simply on the ground that the Chancellor of the Exchequer must be en abled to meet the engagements he had been authorised to contract. The house then went into committee on the bill. The first clause, which provides that the South Sea Com pany may commute, according to the provisions of the 16th Vic., c. 23, or for 31. ss. per cent. annuities, 1844, annuity on their stock . belonging to proprietors disabled from voting in general courts, was agreed to, after SQIII6 brief explanations by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the second clause, which enacts that the South Sea Company, if authorised to undertake private trusts, may commute for the purpose of forming a guarantee fund, Mr. J. B. Smith, Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Spooner, and Mr. Malins stated sundry objections, which wore answered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, after which the clause was agreed to without a division. Upon clause 3, which provides that the Treasury shall appoint times within which the assent of the company to commute shall be signified, and shall fix the terms of the commutation into 31. ss. per Cent. Annuities, Mr. J. B. SMITH said he thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer would place himself in a very disadvantageous position if this clause were passed ; for if, on the 25th of December, the Treasury offered a commutation, and the parties had 11 days to consider whether they should ac cept it, operations might take place in the money nsr set which would embarrass the right hon. gentleman in his arrangements. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was quite ready to admit that he was placed in a disadvantageous position with regard to some of his arrangements, but he regretted that the public were also subjected to the same disadvantage. He thought, however, that detailed discus. sion upon matters of this kind, the only object which seemed to be to exaggerate the difficulties and disadvantages which might arise, were likely to be attended with very mischievous consequences. It was quite impossible, in the present state of uncertainty, that he could enter into any details as to the mode of proceeding it might be most pru dent to adopt in making arrangements under this measure. Mr. HENLEY thought this bill was very obscurely drawn, and regretted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not condescended to inform the committee what was the amount of money to which the clause now under consideration would apply. In his opinion the measure proposed to the house would tend very greatly to destroy the public credit. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER complained. that the right hon. gentleman, who had just sat down stated that he had not condescended to inform the house of the amount proposed to be commuted. He had already informed the house that the amount would probably ex ceed 2,000,0001. Sir F. KELLY thought that the right hon. gentleman would be placed in a very difficult position by the passing of this measure. If on the Ist of November he should be called upon to fix the price, and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were at par, the Government must in any case be losers. Suppose the right hon. gentleman fixed the price at 991.; then, if the stock rose, persons would accept the new stock, and if it fell they would accept the 100/., so that in either case there would be a loss of the public money. • Mr. SPOONER protested against the proposal, and was of opinion that any difficulty which existed the Chancellor of the Exchequer had brought upon himself. The clause was then agreed, as were all the remainding clauses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 'brought up a new clause, to provide for the payment of interest on Exchequer-bonds beyond the time up to which interest was guaranteed. The Controller of the Exchequer had en tertained some doubt as to whether the existing law made any such provision ; and, although that doubt was not shared by the law officers of the Crown, still it had been thought safer to introduce the present clause. The clause was agreed to and added to the bill; and, the house having resumed the bill was reported. SUPPLY. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply. Mr. OLIVEIRA stated that ho felt unwilling, at that late period of the session, to bring forward the motion which stood on the paper in his name, to call the attention of the house to the state of the metropolitan bridges, and, if any member of the Government would promise him a committee of inquiry into the subject early next session, he would not press his motion. Sir W. MOLESWORTH saw no objection to the ap pointment of a committee. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. MAGUIRE was anxious to call the attention of the Government to the state of the postal arrangements in the neighbourhood of Dungarvan. Any application to the tle P ahff o nee s (le t ht m wo anyu a e s sr t ee e . Postmaster-General positively a pehol l eys tkwasknew worse w qu w i t aa e ts to useless, bring an d t h t e h e only matter way beforeto arrangements thepres i e n n. th d e s so y uth of . Ire land were 20 years ago, and the time tak e n in the than t he of letters was actually greater. The Government would do great benefit to the country by issuing orders for an im provement on the present system, and it would, he was convinced, not be unprofitable to the revenue of the country. Mr. WILSON said that if the hon. gentleman or his constituents would make a representation of their grie vances to the Treasury, he would undertake that every inquiry should be made into it. WAR IN CHINA. Mr. HORSFALL said that on the 13th of last month a communication was made to the Earl of Clarendon, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, expressing the apprehension of the members of the East India and China Association at Liverpool that sufficient protection was not afforded to the British residents in China in the present peculiar circum stances of that country, Lord Clarendon stated, in reply, that a copy of that communication had been forwardt? the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. As the latest_.. news from China fully bore out the justice of s t u h ffi e c a i P e Pl y hensions of the association with regard to the ino,ing been of the British force in the Chinese waters —it h found necessary, it appeared, to apply to the s 9t is would inform Consul and to the French Consul for Pr 9e t ----nit:;lltaoutl°d be glad if the First Lord of the Admire nv .S . ' dditions i force him whether the Government had son it for it ? were of opinion that there was se b oa . gentleman had to that quarter, or whether they co:oteetem:sp Sir J. GRAHAM was sorryn..o. of putting the ques tion doing so, or given him no notice of his into Dl mosthim tshataitsftachetearey ewt i oi o ut i a hn i r es bflueatrsethneceh r eceived a h ad no girl ut.hvilo in telling sser e insurgents n w ts hi a c t h N h a a n d kin pas an sed d ai ; and he had no 1, ' that, whatever might be the internal reason to apprfocil between Sir G. Bonhaurnswa d he believed it was very serious— hood of Shangh ai the town and n e t i o gb d t l h o e a ch n ange in the relations of that country communications t u b n e ica i obstruction to - commerce, whatever might be the result of the struggle. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the British force in the Chinese seas serious— there hi disorder d . e l e i v g r o b u i e n l r d o e , b i :e l anya— any be had the pleasure of stating that, anticipating the necessity of a larger force in that quarter, in present ' circumstances he had sent out orders to Admiral Fellow to proceed to the Chinese seas. Admiral Pellew had anticipated that order, and had taken with him from the Indian to the Chinese station an additional steamer of war, and he (Sir J. Graham) believed that the force was now quite adequate to the necessities of the case. (Heal,) The house then went into committee of supply. , - The following votes were agreed to without objection, viz.:- 4,0001. for the extension and completion of the fire mains at Windsor Castle ; 20,0001. for the completion of the south wing •of Buckingham Palace ; and 32,6411. for - the formation of a park at Battersea. On the vote of 5,5001. for the completion of a bridge over the Thames at Chelsea. Mr. HENLEY repeated the pretest he had made on _ o a former occasion against the imposition of a toll on t h e bridge. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said, that the toll would only MECHANICS' INSTITUTES (IRELAND), Mr. F. SCULLY begged to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if it be the fact that the provincial mechanics' institutes in Ireland had been refused the grant made to them by Parliament for their use for provincial lecturers, unless they would take the lecturers named by the Royal Dublin Society, though they were aware the professors hitherto named by the mechanics' institutes had been found highly popular and useful. Sir J. YOUNG said the grant (5001.) had been made, not to the provincial mechanics' institutes, but to the Dublin Society for the purpose of enabling its own lec .turers to give lectures in the provinces, and of thus in creasing their salaries to an adequate amount. It would be impossible to suppose that the gentlemen appointed by the Dublin Society were not perfectly efficient. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. ADDERLEY begged to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, by any letters patent, or by instructions of any kind, her Majesty has delegated to the Governor of New Zealand such power respecting the regulation of the sale and disposal of waste lands as could be taken to have legally authorised his late proclamation of the 9th day of March, 1853, whereby the scale of land prices guaranteed by the 14th and 15th Vict., c. 86, is set aside, and the powers given by the 15th and 16th Vict., c. 72, to the new legislature were anticipated by the Go vernor alone, and an unlimited extent of territory was set up to public auction at ss. per acre. Mr. PEEL said that no proclamation of Sir G. Grey - on the subject had yet reached the Colonial-office. It appeared that in the constitutional act of last year a provision had been introduced conferring on the new General Assembly of New Zealand the power of regulating the sale of land ; but until the General Assembly should make provisions for that purpose the crown, or the governor as authorised by the crown was to regulate the matter. The govern ment in this country had accordingly sent out to Sir G. Grey instructions to issue such regulations as might be re quired. He (Mr. Peel) presumed, therefore, that the pro clamation had been issued in consequence of those instruc- THE HOLYHEAD MAILS. Mr. V A.NCE wished to call the attention of the Secre tary of the Treasury to the irregular arrival of the mail trains at Holyhead ; and to ask if any measures were being taken by the Post-office authorities to ensure punctuality in the transmission of the Irish mails to their destination. Mr. WILSON said that steps had been taken to ensure uniformity in the arrival of the night mail, but that the day mail was not under the control of the postmaster. The contract with the railway company was merely to con vey certain mail-bags. Mr. F. SCULLY appealed to the President of the Board of Trade to take some steps for making the mail more regular. Mr. CARDWELL said the law gave him no power to do so. No complaints had over been made to him on the subject. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POSTAGE Mr. GIBSON wished to ask whether, with reference to the proposal made to the colonies for future postal arrange ments, any reply had been received from any of the colo nies, and whether those colonies which had replied had as sented to the terms suggested by her Majesty's Govern ment? He also wished to ask whether, on further consi deration, the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought there would be any obstacle to the appointment of a committee to inquire into the general question of foreign and colonial postage in the early part of next session ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the time which had elapsed since the Government had sent out the proposal was too short to admit of their re ceiving replies from the most important colonies. The re plies, in fact, were only beginning to come in. What replies had been received already wore entirely favourable to the plan. The basis of that proposal was, that there should bo a postage between Groat Britain and the colonies which was low, which was uniform, and which should in elude not only the ocean charge, but the charge from door to door, from the place from which the letter was sent to the place to which it was addressed. He had never ex pressed any disinclination to Parliamentary inquiry into the subject on principle ; but he had an apprehension, which ho thought well-founded, that if the house institu ted an inquiry of the kind this session, while the proposal was on its way to the colonies, such inquiry would mate rially interfere with the success of the proposal, and pre vent the Government from laying th e groundwork e favourable further proceedings. It se eme d unadvisable to give a pledge on the subject at pr esen t ; b u t t h e subject of ocean postage was a fit one for Parliamentary inquiry, he should be glad to see th a t inquiry institut ed nextseskaonnd. CANADA. Mr. BRIGHT, referring to a question which he had put a few nights ago with reference to an address from th e Legislature of Ca na d a, suggesting that the Legislative Council should no longer be nominee, but elective, wished to know whether that address had been received by her Majesty's Government, and, if so, wh e th er th e noble lord the memb er f or London: had any objection t o l ay it on t h e g table ? Th oug h nothing could this y ear , ye t! th e i nformation could be considered between this and the next session. Lord J. RUSSELL could only say that information had just been received, which the Secretary of State had not yet had time to examine, but which he should hope would in a few days be laid on the table. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that on Monday he should move th at on Wednesdays Go' vernment orders of the day should take precedence till three o'clock. SOUTH _ AND OTHER ANNUITIES BILL. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair on the house going into committee on this bill. Sir F. KELLY called on the Government to admit or refute a statement he had made on a former cccasion, that the three new stocks were of the saleable value of 931., 911., and 901. res p ec ti ve ly, and no more. The result f this public transaction was, that the holders of those three stocks were losers on the conversion to which they were subjected of about 7,9, and 10 per cent. of their capital, to say nothing of the loss of interest. The result of the operation, so far as it had gone, had been, that a t this moment those persons wh o had accepted the new stock were losers of a sum am ountin g to nearly 200,0001. He ventured to make this statement, for he did it on what he believed to be the very highest authority—the authority of ono person connected closely with tho m oney-market. If such were the result, ho would come to the question whether that house ought to enable the Government to repeat to others proposals similar to those which had en tailed a serious loss upon those persons who had accepted them. It might be said that those unfortunate pers ons were compelled to accept the proposal, and that they had the option of being paid 1001. in money, or accepting an equivalent amount in these new stocks. He was quite willing to admit that they had no very great claim to the consideration of the house, and that it was a matter little affecting that house that those persons had believed, in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Yesterday. RAILWAYS. nu . , .. .lid. i 0 I all 101 all 101 all *I all 3t. 100 ►0 all 3t. 100 Sian if/ all t 5 all .2A all 3i all ;0 all ;0 100 1 5 I too all 0 all iO all ;5 all 2il 12 Bedford and Blotchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do .wtht guar. Buckg,hamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlcsbro' London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. kN. W. Cale don.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westu Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NlSid Do Do 'S. Easteru i l Do !Norfolk L.& N. W. Midld. Stektou Darlingt. Midland.. 107 - 109 54i - 54, 150 - 152 33 - 34 1131 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -- 2£0 2 26 -- 27 98 - 100 Redear Midld.Bradfd Northern and 3 -3/ Efteternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedsp e Prest. &'Pyre E. Count Do Do L. &N.W. &Lr.&Yk' Do .100 ;5 18a 2 9. 4 , i 0 1108 - 109 65 - 67 ... .-.. ... IDo. A shares. Roystii.&Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Rothand IGoole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do ,Wilts&Somrst GtNorthn i Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MCleau Stockt. & Thuiingt Do GtWestn 1150 - 152 1150 - 152 : I - *** 4 i d 5 all 'it. 100 32 - 33 1021 -- 1034 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria i 1 1 li .os. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian - par 2G 5 Australian.— ..... ...... 2. 1 .--, 3 1 all Australian Cordillera a _ 1 d 1 all Australian Freehold. 0 d 1 all Ave Maria § d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id Par 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 4 d 20 13.5 British Iron '7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 24 44 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey :314 324 1 4 C7.rsons's Creek 4d— par 40 all Cobre Copper 474 .18 5 1 Colonial Gold '-' ip 14 14 Copiapo lO - 11 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 7 8 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 24 2 d 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Great Nugget Vein i 1 p 3 all Great Polgooth . l4 —1 d 1 all Lake Bathurst i d 1 all Liberty id — sP 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — # 1 all Mariquita. d par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 6' 74 1 all New Granada.. kd —1 p 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 5 1 Port Philip e i id 1 all Quartz Rock ;4 d par 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 64 74 30 104 Santiago do Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian 4 d— par 10 7 Tin Croft 6 8 284 all United Mexican 34 4 1 all Waller g - A d 1 all West Granada ..... 1 all West Mariposa g d 1 all Yuba 4 i d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BO. 811 40 all British Colonial Bank ..• and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 2 25 5 Chrtd. link. of Asia. id par 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 36 x d 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd par— p9l 20 12. London Chrtd. Bnk. of Australia - - 2h.) 161 50 20 Loudon and County ... ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock — •. • x 4:1 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. • poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ~. 51 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australis. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 1 d— par 25 25 South Australia 44 46 25 all Union of Australia 7l 72xd z d 26 Do. New 7 84 50 10 Union of London x d 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 31 33 31 20 10 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 7 Australn. Royal Mail . . 50 386 Brit. American Land 6 4 i;7 100 326 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace l6 lip 6B 6 4 4 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Nethe - lauds Land 6d par. 22 20 76 Nrth. ofEurope Steam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 761 50 25 Do. Do. ... 39 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univcral Emigration and Colonization ••• 100 28A Van Diemen's Land 15 16 PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the general committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi ; Captain Lambert Perrott in the chair. We also observed present—Captain Davies, R.N. ; Captain W. H. Hall, R.N. ; Mr. Edward Hurry, Captain M`Hardy, R.N. ; Captain Ommanney, R.N. ; Major Palmer, Captain Washington, R.N. ; Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the institution. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, the following rewards were or dered to be granted : The sum of 41. 10s. to several men for their praise worthy services to the crew of the schooner Nava rino, of Guernsey, which was wrecked a short time ago off the Isle of Wight. The men having, with Dennett's rocket apparatus, succeeded in effect ing a communication with the stranded vessel, her crew were, by means of a hawser, hauled on shore. On account of the tremendous sea that was running at the time over the rocks on which the men were standing, their lives were placed in great peril, and it seemed that had it not been for prompt and persevering exertions every soul on board the vessel must have perished, as it was impossible for an ordinary boat to live in such a sea, the ship's boat having been previously dashed to pieces. It appeared that this institution had granted rewards from time to time for saving the lives of about 130 ship wrecked persons with the useful apparatus of the late Mr. Dennett. The amount of 21. 10s. was also voted to five poor Irish fishermen, who had in the most creditable manner saved two out of five persons from to capsized fishing boat in Courtmascherry bay, on the coast of Cork. The accident happened about half a mile from the shore, and, the sea running high at the time, three persons were un fortunately drowned before assistance could reach them. New life-boats, on Mr. Peake's design, were ordered to be built, and to be stationed at Dungeness, Kent, Newcastle, Dundrum bay, and Crandfield point, on the coast of Down. The life boat on the same plan, belonging to the insti tution at Cullercoats, Northumberland, was reported to have saved, during the late tempestuous weather, a number of poor fishermen, who whilst engaged in their hazardous occupation, were overtaken soon after sunrise by a heavy gale from the N.N.E. Many of them succeeded in reaching the shore before the sea became so fearfully high, which it afterwards did, so as to prevent them entering the haven. The life boat, having been sent to their assistance, suc ceeded in bringing ten boats over the bar, some of which would with their b crews inevitably have been lost had not the life boat gone off to their rescue, the wind and sea having risen to such a height as to leave no place of safety for them to run to. A communication was read from the Lincolnshire Life boat Association, requesting the institution to accept 501., in grateful acknowledgment of the original gift, in 1825, of their first life boat by the institution. The boat, which istationed at Skegness, was said to be in an efficient state, and to have saved about 100 lives of ship wrecked persons. The proceedings then closed. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o Clay's racing. AUGUST. Brighton (2) 3 Airdrie (2) 4 Edgware (2) 4 Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO North Staffordshire (21-10 York (3) 17 Canterbury lB Toubridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 Hereford (2) 29 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 Business this day. 11 0 LOS tern , ' ioa ; , Oil 1 30; 0414 6'ol red s ' id to 1,5 s rlef iosx" Oa ; nef .osu' vo's; ner oft.' t. 100 t. 100 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 FOR: lION. 103 a 1 I I