The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Yesterday the Emperor granted an audience to the Senators C orre l e t an d M arc h an t, an d the Councillors Dubessy and Villemain, who are about t ° make a tour of inspection in the various depart teuts of Fran ce . Hi s M a j es t y gave th e m instruc °us for their important mission, part of the result of Which will be that the Emperor will receive authentic information of the condition and the Wishes o f t h e country, and of the improvemen t s Whic h may be made for the public good. s t. thl the 17th of Ap r il th e F re nch squadron was _ On at its m oor i ngs i n the Bay o f S a l am i s , an d to that d a t e no movement whatever h a d t a k en Place. Admiral Romai n D es f o sses was to hoist his gon board th e Montebello. A mock battery had been constructed by the order of Admiral La Bo sse, and the v esse l s were to h ave gun p rac tice at e rate of from five to six shots per gun. To t P P e arance the sq ua d ron was no t pre p ar i ng to re urn, to Toul ea . The Empero r has received from the Dukes of letters Meiningen and Saxe Coburg Gotha two Mer cier reply to those which accredited M. Mer ,,..,r as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni k'uantiary of his Majesty to their Highnesses. ga we read in the Moniteur :—" The Emperor I vr l e an audience on Sunday to MM. Carrelet and I: l 7 ih re _ h ant, Senators, and MM. Villemain shortly areas Councillors of State, who are abut t Jest 0 proceed into the departments. His Ma teisY. gave them his instructions for this important t o 1 8 , 1 , °11 ) one of the happy effects of which will be of e , under the e y es o f th e E m peror the wishes for the eo untrY and the to be sed gua '4e public interest. ameliorations The nature of thisreali mission e a2e ra utees to th ose w h o are a b ou t t o f u lfil it the ;4V ec eration of the functionaries, and the m pathies of the people." Who °s car Lafayette, a captain in the artillery, be successively formed part of the Chamber of It a t iltie s and of the Constituent and Legislative Lis rnblies, has just been declared to have resigned re, com mission in the army in. conseq uence of his of tr. to take th e oa th. Thi s officer is the eldest teri f,, a : gra, ndsons of General Lafayette. Before en in t, 1 . 11 t 0 political life he made several campaigns hio l aeris where he particularly distinguished Sinceen the events of Dec. 2 he has not re etl service. ant „- r ead in the Memorial Bordelais :—" It is to Vleed that our Chamber of Commerce is about kr ati . av e the memorable speech delivered by the eng ra '"L e r at the time of his visit to Bordeaux i nto on tablets of marble and placed in the 1 1 14 —ro e of the Bourse, opposite the grand staircase. ,to th s ,,N e ell, it may be remembered, was addressed honou r to of the Chamber who had the 4 4 7 to recei ve th e ill us t r i ous v i s itor in the lar : F th e i ° 4 l the Bours e . W e canno t too much applaud her: e a,,,,0f the h onoura bl e me mbers of the Cham- Poltan bri e e s a pe n ec a ; h of Bordeaux has had an immense of it has been the whole programme ts!. ller w Empire. Europe, like France, might, have , have f eare d th a t thi s new Empire might gio r ,u i een inspir e d w ith the souvenirs of military i'','eft by th e fi rs t . Th e speec h o f Bordeaux o u.e stroyed these apprehensions, by teaching A,P,e, What the sec on d _Empire would be." deni . tn e B ourse yesterday there has been a good ti: l4 f or all descriptions of public securities, with tla , d Y maintenan ce th roug h ou t the day of Mon tle T P, r ices, and closing with an advance of 40c. in a nd .a Threes, per Cents., and of 30c. in the Four for per Cents., for cash ; in the quotations tile e lle of the month, a rise occurred of 35c. in 84i Thr ee per Cents., and of 25c. in the Four-and )l per Cents. In Bank of France shares we av e a . --..p or gaM to record a decline of sf. Closing prices : and, ~e a sh—Three per Cents., 81f. 10c. ; F0ur ...1V -I-all per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the account Per d. ee , per Cents., 81f. 49c. ; Four-and-a-Half sha res 103 f. 85 c . ; Bank Stock, 2,700 f. In the f a ll 8 °f the Society of Credit Mobilier there was )10 vat 2 f• yesterd a y, th e y having declined to 938 f.; i n creation has occurred from Monday's quotation 890 f. alt Poncier shares, which are still quoted at boon In the market for railway securities 0 %1 1 a considerable amount of business has VhioClri oncd a nsacted at a g eneral advance in prices, laess shown no tendency to recede when busi cluded. The M ad rid SPAIN. atco u tactz3tte of the 28th ult. contains an of tbiel of the reception by the Queem at Aranjuez, t ial% as thaerquis de Turgot to present his creden- Quesu was a n t e t w Minister of France in Spain. The ed and b y ers en ded by the President of the Conn the atilii , (ice , rt ,, eh t a rtie e :l o l.l3.37. f b. the great dignitahes of the asoador was introduced with h e In ; ._. a s f o ll ows I1 : 1 2 /rese nting his creden- Ntm have th e h onour to present to your 'rer lo Z the letters of his Majesty the Emperor of the qti a i i ,' 4 3" august sovereign, which accredit me to you r for tai 01 1 of ambassador. His Majesty the Emperor , 11 C1 most ardent wishes for the happiness . of Spain, ur the glory and prosperity of the reign of your 4 11; 41, and charges me to express them in the w d ar s m a e in hit s 8 ' Sincere friendship between France and Spain Loo, l4 Aliced Madame, in all times, happy results th.." I,lations: Your Majesty may be persuaded that . 40 °1 sincere desires of m t y sovereign . and my constant rta will always ten o increase their good relaons, „d to draw closer the ties Madame,Nyhichunite them. I shall if the zeal which, Sider myself very happy, t il l my part, I displayshallh.uhthe accomplishment of hrs been confided to me can , high mission cla 7 hi ve me any to w i t .— he royal favour of your Majesty.' The Queen replied . 1 .." I receive with a great deal of pler,sure, Monsieur le - ‘ 4l 'quis the letter of the E - nperor of the French, which The wish which credits you as ambassador . to me. the manifest on the part of his Majesty for the felicity of t t i' e Spanish nation and the splendour of my reign, are 1 4e more agreeable to me, as I already posses nume -44-cl_l3 proofs of his sincenty. On my part, I form the Mme wishes for the prosperity of the Emperor and of t4 rice, and I w ill no t let any opportunity escape for &sing the friendly relations established .between this •4io n th e archy and the French empire to serve in promoting t h% e ° l3 : l mon welfare of the two shtes. The enlightened e l°e made of you for cultivating these relations causes —e to hope that my desires will be realised. You may fll: t f . r,,om this moment that you pos:ess my esteem and ti r e journals do not contain any political news f x,r-4 interest. The company of stock brokers of ti had petitioned the Government to allow k , s 6, bargains to be re-established. on the Sto th '.; I)Zu,_ange. The Herald() announces that e p r ' eu ess de Alba, sister of the Empress of the 1. -etiell, Was about to set out for Paris. A letter T j - 1 3-- " It was expected that the Gazette would q .v.° contained a further number of suppressions useless places. Th i s publication is orly ad °l,l4rljed• It is alleged that the question relative Northern Railway, which has given rise to e e e u c ontroversy, is to be submitted to the Royal 43; 1111 ,2U- The civil Governor of Oviedo, General ti o - , 4. 1°, is it is said, to be dism;ssed, as a satisfac iu M. Mon and his political friend: . —he having, ,, 1p Su elections, vehemently opposed them." by -A- letter ':oin Madrid, of the 30th ult., received tl 3 ::„.Press, says_" The gener2 l impression that h e ,v r esent Ministry is ()ply transitory appears to Of V i rfi ':;ned. M. Bermudez de Castro, Minister but j i auce, has this day given in his resignation, ever he Queen has not accepted it. It is, how tih ' q ui te certain that the Ministerial crisis con tall,Te Cort es are to meet in July. O n th e 28th "Tee per Cents, were at 44. existing. The Russian Minister, Count Boutenieff, had left Rome for Naples, where the fleet was arming and otherwise preparing for sea. On the evening of the Ist of a street fight, which, however, had no connexion with politics, took place at Chambery. Tranquillity was imme diately restored. The Armonia of Turin of the 28th ult. mentions a rumour that Austria intends to grant a partial amnesty to several emigrants who have now be come Sardinian subjects, and whose property is under sequestration. A letter from Florence, of the 25 th ult., gives an account of a small fracas that occurred a few days before at the Jockey Club of that city, among whose members are the Prince of Lichtenstein and Major Piret of the Austrian service. The latter having left Florence, Prince Lichtenstein proposed the young Prince Windischtz, who is a colonel in the Austrian army. But grae , to the no small mor tification of the proposer, the candidate was thrown out by ballot. Rumours became current that Prince Lichtenstein looked upon the matter in a very serious light, and that he would have the club suppressed, or prevent the races from coming off that week, by occupying the ground with his troops. Matters were, however, arranged in a more pacific manner. The members of the club were again convoked, and a proposition to the effect that the ballot should be abolished, and every member should vote openly, being agreed to, Prince Win dischgraetz was elected unanimously. Marquis Constabili, who was a member of the Constituent Assembly at Rome in 1849, has been ordered to leave Tuscany. Letters from Rome of the 20th ult. announce that, in consequence of the conclusion of the loan of 26 millions with the house of Rothschild, a de cree will shortly be issued by the Pope, declaring that all paper money now in circulation is to be withdrawn and cancelled within the space of eight months. The Corriere Mercantile, of Genoa, states from Rome that Cardinal Franzoni is dangerously ill there, and that he received the viaticum on the 22d lilt. TURKEY. 10 Dispatches from Constantinople state that the S S t. 19th ult. was the clay fixed on for the definitiv e solution of the difficulties which ha d arisen with 1g Prince Menschikoff. The armaments continued on St. both sides. The channel uniting the two seas was 50 being fortified, as well as the town, and French 40 officers were drilling the new l y -raised rifle regi- 225 5 ments. The castles in the Bosphorus had been supplied with 54 Paixhan guns, from England. 81 The conduct of P. ince Menschikoff was not entirely St. approved of by the Emperor of Russ ia. St. Letters from Constantinople have been received 25 50 to the 21st April. They offer no point of interest. 100 St. WEST INDIA MAIL. 150 GERMANY. e Pratiefo r t J ourna l s t a t es that a negative hi s will be r ece i ve d by M. de Bourqueney N,' re quest, add resse d to t h e A us t r i an Government, to 11 3e T th ir-sion to remove th e remains of the Duke elebstadt into France. Vir a „ . Ala • Inquiry Ov e fitted recently has been instituted by the Austrian tr a , illinent, respecting the alarming news by telegraph from Trieste resp i e i c s t in in c g e f e , 841.8 in the East, which information has be t ° be incorrect. Measures will be taken e to A ' ll ' a similar occurrence in future. - --eeord* Au st. , nig to the Viennese Lloyd, Count Revel, sh o , 4 l an Minister at the Sardinan Court, will Y retur n to Vienna. ba nt '7 Xing of the Belgians and the Duke of Bra are 'eft Brussels yesterday for Berlin, where they a E i h„ e , 4 l Peeted to arrive on Thursday next. After stay at Berlin, they intend proceeding to Kin g V. erna. Deet e e. Leopold and his three children are ex !l,l England on t h e occas i on o f the christen- P r i t i' the infant P r i nce, at which ceremony the Dresee:talid Princess Royal of Prussia will also be Th e v- G, eve °s3 Gazette announces that the Austrian ha, w k, n ulent has dete rm i ne d to put an en d to m easur es iti ratieeef boo in H ungary, by the adoption of similar to th ose w hi ch are now in rigour PERSIA. 4°l°4Zarnburg Correspondent has the following St. Petersburg, dated the 21st ult. :—" The s e trey of Persia entertains the project of Si a new expedition aA.ust Herat. Colone 14 ' 1 , the British ainbasss, bas declared that if this project be carried into execution lie will apply hiB Passports." ITALY. A /lumber of English, French, and Italian works lave been forbidden to be read' b to rt y Catholics, by S ant b e en at Rome, including Macaulay's His of England. la Austrian Embassy is about to be likere-estab (l at Rorae, place of the Legation at present The Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain W. Chapman, arrived at Southamp ton, at 4 p.m. T. 5 yesterday, bringing the usual British and foreig n 50 West India and Gulf of Mexico mails, in charge of St. Lieutenant Hay, R.N., Admiralty agent. 16 The Magdalena also brings mails from the West 16 Coast of South America. received at Panama by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's ship Quito, 20 which vessel also brought specie, value $145,221, 20 for conveyance to the Bank of England. 10 The Magdalena left St. Thomas two days after S. her appointed time, having been detained for the St arrival of the branch steamers. She experienced St fine calm weather till the 29th ult., when the wea- Si ther changed to strong south-east gales, with heavy SI squalls. The advices brought from Mexico, Havannab, 87c., have been anticipated by arrivals of intelli gence by way of the United States. • The principal items of news from Jamaica are contained in the following extract from De Cor dova's Intelligencer : "The Assembly, it is expected, will re-enact the existing Import Duty Bill, but in such a shape as will render it doubtful if the Council will accede to it. The existing Import Duty Bill will expire with this month ; and in the event of the Council objecting to any new act which may pass the Assembly prior to the 30th inst., a recurrence of that state of things which was produced some four years back by similar conduct on the part of the Legislature is likely to be the result. Under these circumstances all business operations are arrested, and dealers for the most part will only purchase for imme diate consumption. The majority of the sales were of a forced character, and were effected solely by the temptation of low prces. " Gold and sliver doubloons continue very scarce, and command 4 per cent. American and British gold are worth 1 per cent. premium ; silver dollars are quoted ___ at the same value. This rise in the value of coin is at- St. tributable chiefly to the eager desire of a large number 5 of coolies who are leaving the island to obtain any des- St. cription of gold or silver, which is or may become cur- S 20 rent in India, in exchange for our loc al notes. A rather 15 t large amount, too, will be taken aw a y b y the p assen g ers per Glentanner, which is appointed to sail hence for 6 , Melbourne to-morrow. "The cargo of the schooner George Montague, from New Orleans, was not entered at the Customs when we 3, made up our report. 5 " Exchanges on London.—Colonial and Jamaica 7 Banks :-90 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, 1-4 per cent. premium ; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium." From British Guiana our accounts are to the 9th 10 ult. The Combined Court has been occupied with 20 discussions on ways and means to meet the extra ordinary votes upon the annual estimate. A pro- St. position to raise the existing ad valorem 4 per cent. st s duties on certain descriptions of goods to 10 per cent. had been adopted, and on certain specified st. articles of luxury, such as wines, spirits, &c., the St. duties had been largely increased. An attempt to impose a land and tenement tax in the rural dis tricts' as a means of adding to the general revenue, 50 had failed, as being utterly inexpedient in the pre sent circumstances of the colony. The civil list St. question was again a vexed one, and from the re marks of the Governor to the Court it appeared S 6- that he was disappointed at the opposition that was starting up, and viewed it as a breach of faith. The weather had continued dry, and it was feared the St. crop would be materially affected. The health of 50 Georgetown was improving. At St. Lucia the weather was very fine and the St island healthy. The crop was proceeding with considerable activity. From Martinique the Antilles alludes to the crop as proceeding with actiNity , and states that 12 the St. Pierre market is abundantly supplied with sugar, the local price being 191. to 35f. per 50 kilo grammes. 10 From Barbadoes we learn that the inhabitants 6 had prepared a memorial to the Lords Commis 12 - sioners of the Admiralty, complaining of the incon -12: venience and disappointment occasioned to that st. island by the irregularities of the West India st. mail steamers. Several fires had occurred in the rural districts. The yellow fever was gra- 1 2 t 0 dually disappearing. We regret to learn that Tr;nida,d was suffering 2 5 from malignant fever, which was increasing rather than diminishing. Several cases of fever of a St. typhoid type, sometimes attended with black vomit, St 20 existed in Port of Spain. Fever had also made its appearance at Grenada, 15 but had disappeared from Tobago.' At Greytown there bad been some excitement from a meditated attack of the inhabitants on the 10 station of the American Steam-boat Company, for 10 the purpose of destroying the houses and works. It 25 appears that for many months past the steamers 16 have landed all passengers from New Orleans, for 10 California (by way of the lake), and vice versa, at a place on Point Arenas, opposite the town, so that 2 2 the inhabitants had been deprived of the benefits s ., L u which would have accrued to them in the way of • trade from the constant influx of 4C3 to 690 passen- 17 ies m ami onth. Fortunately the United States 25 geat claimedh ee t i r h e l o t a r te t every l i te e h S s s belongingntNanst protectioni o c n r s u i tooo s f i f n tt g thi eee a i about Nicaraguans,to e u a t m- there, and the Government bat company which 10 Awas runtile Arenas, aa further c s o , r opposite d e d advices y t t h h e e from Siam w ork st anchoring e Britishl In the i nams meanwhil e , d d a e nAl vmu e Pointn e 5 , o c€ can Ministers, the company h ave agreed to land 2( all T t h h e e i s r t p . a y s s i e n n e g e es s t at G papers r ey publisht on. the new Tax e A t rece ntly passed by the Legislature. For thepur- 2( poses of this act two per cent. is to be l ev i e d upon the produce of e ach estate upon its t s productionatos.p per 2 : sug ar and arrowroot, nomina l l -- y n valued 1001 b.; rum at 9d. per gallon ; molasses per 21 gallon. All inc omes of 150/. and upwards are to pay two per cent.; a nd under 1501 . , and 6d not . ex ceeding 70/., one per cent. The health of the island had ml proved, and the yellow fever was rapidly subsiding. The Governor had presided at 2 the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary 3 Society. Her Majesty's ship Imaum, Vestal, and Alban 2 were at Jamaica, and the Geyser at Greytown. The Royal Mail steamer Avon was to leave St. Thomas for the Gulf of Mexico on the 19th ult. The Conway was under repairs at Jamaica, the Dee at Jamaica, the Derwent on the Northern Islands, the Eagle on the Savannah, and the Esk on the Honduras route, the Medway on the Spanish Main, and the Trent at Barbadoes. 20, 20 50 20 THE LAND TAX QUESTION. —The question of the land tax, which comes on to-day in the Court of Queen's Bench, is exciting unusual attention. The court will doubtless be crowded by parties interested. The Land Tax Commissioners have retained no less than five counsel. Among them are Sir Alexander Cockburn, the present, and ;-it Frederick Thesiger, the late, Attorney- General. The latter learned gentleman received the handsome sum of 200 guineas with his brief, THE SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING-, MAY 4, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr.(Paid.l RAILWAYS. 25 25 St. 50 St: 20 14 50 20 Closing Prices Business done Yesterday. this day. 29 - 6 - 7i 6id 21 22 d 3i 103 105 66i —67 j 24 241 231 4i - s,ipml 8 - 9 134- 13i 101 - 7 i 73 - 75 50 - 55 72 - 74 32 - 34 64 - 66 B,Eq -89 A 55 - 57 131 -133 1104 —lllk 92' 92A 8i -- 92 -- 94 1-- 14 80 - 80i p 4A -- 31 d i ' 3 -- 2i dI , 16 —I6A 1 9g - 9a 2 -- 21 p 105 -- 106 114 -- 120 2i -- 3 p 14-- 1i p 904 -- 4 914 4 -- 3id 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 20f -30 a 3i -- 3d 76 -- 76 I t 42 - • 44 100 Aberdeen 8i Ambg. Nottug. Bost & Eastn. Junct all Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley.... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. 31 Do. Cl esh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 181 Do., £2O 100 Bristol. and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. a ll Cork, Blackrock and Passage 45 Dublin&Belfast June all Dundee Perth&Aber , Been Junction a ll Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D ) all Do. Do. (181. E.& II ) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Uri; on, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 81. Do., do all Do., B. and C 100 Fast Lancashire all &st & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June 100 lEdinbvi - ghtt Glasgow 1 and Peeb'es 100' Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. 11 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. & Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby. &Soutb pt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Stbend. 100 Lend. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths. 1 D0.,X10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Western 42i Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O a ll Londerry. &Coleraine a ll Lndndr.7. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man.& Lin. - J - i. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 47 Midland G. West. (Ir.) in Do. Shares all Newcasje & 100 Newmarket gi Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg.&Hftd 74 Newry & Enniskillen a l] Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., - Jew Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 6; 2 Do., No. 2 all Do., i A Deferred . 5 Do., B Guaranteed 17i North Sts.ffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 130 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Hereford all Sbrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswestly IShrop -biro Union all South Devon 100 South Eastera all South Wales 15 S.Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16 Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath • all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall 11.1 e Wimbledon&Croydn. 1 Woodford IC3 1 ork Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 111 Do. G. N. E. Purchase ,10C York &N. Midland PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c b. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 105 107 !O 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares t. 100 Caledonian £lO 107 109 L 5 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent. 20 —2l ad x d 64 54 Cork&Bandons 4 p.c. d 64 all Dundee, Perth, and Ab er deen Junction 6 64xd d 34 all E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c. 31 34 5 a ll Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 4,t 4 74 2 Do. (.£7 17s), 7. p et. 1 —14 p 63 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 2 —24 p 64 all Do., No. 2 1 -- 24 p Ps 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l5 154 !C) all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6pe r cent lB4 —18 i t. 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts 5 all Edinb. Prth. & Dund 34 3i t. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent._ xd x d t. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 130 132 131 ;1. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem , 112 114 64 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights... 8g - 8i 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6 74 it. 100 Great Western, fixed 41 per cent 106 108 16 . 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O p 4p x d 3t. 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 152 IE4 3t. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e St. 100 Do. Pref. sp. e., St 128 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 — St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 154 - 157 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 34 4 p 121 10 Londonderry &Color Shares .... lO4 11 121 all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares l3 —l4lxd 131 z d 25 all Manch., Shef.,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... 8 9 10 all Do., New, £lO l.Ol 114 6 3 Do., £6 .... 124 all Marypt. & Carl. 4p. c „. 12 - 4 all Do. 41 per cent ". 121 Do St. 100 81 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & B , rm. 6 per cent l4B 150 161 5 Do. Pref. 41 percent. 4 4P 20 all Norfolk Extension 22 —23 i 5 all Do. Guar. 51 per ct. 64 2 all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........... 1i 24 St. 100 North British ......... 111 113 20 all North Staffordshire.. 251 261 St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. . . 15 9 Do. .21 —2l p 8 all Shrewsbury & Birm. Now Guaranteed... 10 114 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3p. c. 174 181 10 1.0 Do. 5 pez cent. —14 p 25 all South Devon l5 16 16 14 Do. New par p 30 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) )1' £1 Os. 6d. 261 26 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 191 201 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 1d bar St. 100 York - , Newcastle, and Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 103 105 17 SDo 55 25 10 York &N. Midland, H. &S. Purchase... par 1 p •-• FOREIGN. 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdairo 3 Belgian Eastn. June;,. all Charleroi & Erqr,elin 8 Dijon and Besa - a9on 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 20) Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 r 1 1 2 0 5 Do. Luxe Luxembourg pref y) 3 Do. (Canal) ' 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref 7 Lyons & Medkerran 74 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. Ne w all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 20/. 3 p. C. Bds OnlY.D.&Ains.Shs ] all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 10 Paris and Lyou4 all Paris and Orleans all Paris an d Rouen • • all Paris and Strasbourg''' 4 IParisCaen&Cim : i i ,. ij si'Quobee & Rie'imon'd all Rollo and Havre all SamTre and Meuse 4 Do. 51 per cent. pref. 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip ' . 3 , al West Flanders 6 Do. q per c. Pref 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand 52 . 1 l c i 3i (1 1 36 dl dit d 2t 53 100 63 66 76 Oid 19 15 - 1 3i d 22 15 . 15§ 91 10 321 331 101 11 1 d par 69A 70 I 7 di 21 201 62 63 1 IMPERIAL PARLI 1 all Agna Fria lOs all Anglo Californian 4 A p p 14 10 2 Australasian 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 4. p a r 1 all Australian Freehold. ld 1 all Ave Maria - -s d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par # p 1 all British Austen. Gold p 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 54 6 53 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiabv 4 • - 51 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 304 1 Carson's Creek — P 40 all Cobre Copper 464 474 6 1 Colonial Gold 24 —24 p 34 14 Copiapo Bs —9g 984 91 St. all CopperMinersof Eng 7O _ so 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 1A 1 d 33 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 —2l p 3 all Great Polgooth . par p 1 all Lake Bathurst — 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — A 1 all Mariquita 4d par 1 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ. 81 81 1 all New Granada P 1 all Nouveau Monde l3 —l4 p 5 1 Port Philip A -- 1 all Quartz Rock A I P 50 all IRhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 1 i -_8 30 10-,1 Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian id— 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican Waller Granada 1 all ...., parpar6O 1 ii p p 1 6 i Westl all 1 all West Mariposa — P 1 1 1 all Yuba t P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 864 -- 874 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China, 1 p 100 25 Colonial ^ 100 20 Commercial of Lon don 10 English Scottish and Australian l3 111 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 24 —34 y. DO 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 361 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India A d— par 50 22 National of Ireland ... 23 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5O —5l xn 50 x new 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of 10 all Do. New . ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co 4 d— par 25 25 South Australia,, 47 49 25 all Union of Australia 774 784 ... 24 Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult.. 82 84 84 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 38A Brit. Americn. Land 75 80 78_7 100 324 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace IA 13 63 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 14 20 1 Eastern Steam . ••• 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam — 20 2 Beetroot Sup , - 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 24 Nrtl , .of EnropeSteara 50 141 1 Peninsular &Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. ••• ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.. . •.. 25 25 South Austral. Land 47 49 1 1 Submar. Telegraph... 5 2 UalversalEmigratiou 10 and Co' onisation...l and Co' onisation... l Vau D'eme - i's Land.. 19i :: 20 41 LLOYD'S SHIPPIIVG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at Noon, E.; light airs, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, May 3.—Arrived from the River—Rokeby, for Quebec ; Rubicon, Bombay. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Tyne, for Melbourne. COWES, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Adepheid, Callao; Elbo, do. PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S. to S.S.W. Sailed — Moslem, Calcutta, and brought up in St. Helen's Bay; Jeannetta, Ceylon, and brought up at the Netherlands. SOUTHAMPTON, May 3.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ma drid. (s), Gibraltar, &c. FALMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, variable, light airs. Arrived • —America, Rio Janeiro- DARTMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ma tills, Swansea, for Southampton, leaky, and with bowsprit sprung. Of Port—Menado, Batavia, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S., foggy. Arrived—Mes senger, Cardiff, for London ; Foyle Packet, Cardiff to Harbury—both to stop leaks. OFF PIDIzANCE, May 2.—Statesman, Port Philip. ST. IvEs, May 3.—The Ariel, of Elsfleth, with coals, blew up, April 30) one man lost by the explosion. DUNBAR, May 3.—The Thomas, of and from Arbroath, is on shore at Fast Castle Head ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, May 4.—The Jeans and Margaret, St. Valery to Newcastle, i s on Flamborough Head, and likely to be a wreck. CROUER, May 4.—The Jean and Mary, of Sunderland, has been put on shore with sft. water in her hold, having been on a ledge of rocks ; it is feared she will become a wreck. LOWESTOFFE, May 4. —The Minerva, of Barfleur, struck on Hasborough Sand, and sank in deep water ; crew saved. _ —. SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Ex change, Quebec. HOLYHEAD, May 3.—The Owen, of Port Madoc, is on shore near Amlweh, and is likely to become a total wreck. BELFAST, May 2.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Elizabeth, Melbourne ; Cilbe - A, New York. BERBICE, April 6.—The Louisa, hence for London, wal destroyed by fire, off the by., March 28; crew saved. MADEIRA, April 26.—The Boadicea (British schooner), for Naples, was abandoned in a sinking state, lat. 46, long. 10 ; crew saved, and landed here by the Thames, London, for Australia. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was chiefly supplied with Monday's unsold samples, in very middling condition. For all kinds of English wheat the demand was in a very inactive state, at barely Monday's prices. For forward delive.y next to nothing was doing. The show of foreign wheat was good ; all descriptions commanded very little attention, and low parcels were offering on easier terms. Floating cargoes were very dull. Barley, the show of which was good, sold slowly, but no further decline took piece in prices. We had a slow sale for malt on former terms. Oats and florr were very dull. Beans and peas com manded previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat.. Barley. Milt. 1,160 1,110 2,220 -- 2,310 2,930 Oats. Flom. 820 English .. Irish •• • . Foreign .. 750 3,?60 610 s': BOROUGH HOP. Weehpaivieceas.very slow sale for all kinds of hops , at lasts week's t WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled steady. The following are the quotations : Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4$ 6d; lamb, 4s t 3 6s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; pork, 2s 101 to 48 44 per 81bs by the carcase. where that could be safely done, the jury would be dis- the growth of chicory, up to Oct., continue the duty dutynole preset .t 4s. per pensed with. After there had been a finding by the cwt., and 4/. per ton, Jr commission, power was given to dispense with a grant duty was entirely prohibitory ;it had no reference to from the crown, which had been always necessary for the the present value of the . article, but was fixed at a time lunatic, and which led to great expense. That expense when the duty upon coffee was 9d. and ls. 3d. a pound. would altogether in a great measure be put an end to. An- NOTICES OF MOTIONS. other point was with regard topersons who were in fact not ins-" the he lunatics, but who were detained in asylums under old should l move ß. M O foraORE gave select noticecommittee thatonthe to inciuilrset into certificates. This bill would give the Lord Chancellor ecclesiastical revenues of the Church of Ireland. power in such cases to require the persons detaining such Mr. W. 0. STANLEY gave notice that on Friday alleged lunatics to furnish a general account of their con- next he should move an address to the Crown for a com duct ; and this was a provision which, in more cases than mission to inquire into the corrupt practices at the their lordships would be willing to conceive possible, Barnstaple election. would at once show, if there was improper detention, Mr. HUTCHINSON gave notice that on the 31st what was the cause of it ; the cause being, he believed, inst. he should move the appointment of a committee to the conspiracy of other persons to obtain and enjoy those inquire into the cause of accidents in mines, with the alleged lunatics' property. This bill, which might be view of taking precautions for their prevention in future. regarded as another recommendation, would entirely do away with the exceptional position hitherto occupied by 31,r. L. KING gave notice that, on the 31st instant, Bethleham Hospital. (Hear, hear.) He was bound to say that the governors of that hospital had not shown he e l cases where election pe sil l : should move fora sele t c i t t i o c n o s mimiaidttheeeetuo withdrawn. say the slightest objection to this bill ; and the fair inference, M• C. BERKELEY gave notice that, on Monday which it was but just to state, was that they were not Par afraid of the light of day being thrown on that institu tion, and that they were willing that it should be visited, lessening expense nest, in n g ien i i n ber a s o h f il P l faorr and examined, and controlled and imprbved just like any bands 0r the use of flags, banners, ant all other o li t a h n e i r en i t o , us b i y e, and prohibiting the employment_ . of i ban emblems whatever at elections. other lunatic asylum in the country. This mea.sure would, therefore, as a whole, he thought, give a new MINT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. tone to the administration of lunacy, protect it from its Mr. HUME wished to ask the Under Secretary for abuses, and give to lunatics every benefit and every care the Colonies, whether the staff and machinery for the which justice and benevolence could suggest. (Hear, Branch Mint at Sydney had been sent there, or when hear.) they would be dispatched? _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood to say that he would not run the chance, by offering any com ments, of being supposed to dissent from any of the views of the noble and learned lord ; and he would con tent himself by saying that he believed the bill would effect very desirable amendments in the law. The Earl of HARROWBY also pressed upon their lordships' attention the urgency that there was of a change in the law affecting criminal lunatics, and he hoped her Majesty's Government would take the subject into their consideration. Lord ST. LEONARDS enforced what he had before observed, by stating that in his visits to lunatic asylums he had often heard lunatics complain to him of their being thrown into the company of other lunatics con victed of climes ; and there could be no doubt of their extreme aversion to such a system. It was a great mis take to suppose that because a man had so far lost his mind as to be in certain senses a lunatic, therefore he was not deeply impressed with anything affecting moral con , duct. (Hear, hear.) The report was then received ; as also were the reports on the Lunatic Asylums Bill and the report on the Lu nacy Regulation Bill. Third readings fixed for Monday. LA ND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Lord CANNING, having proposed that the discus sion on this bill should be postponed until the stage of the report, when he would bring up amendments, an ob jection was taken to the delay, and general objections were offered to the bill, by Lord Beaumont ; but after a conversation between these noble lords, Lord Monteagle, Lord Wicklow, Lord Clanricarde, and Lord Dufferin, the motion was agreed to ; and the bill having been put in committee pro formff, was reported, and fixed for an early third reading. SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES COMMUTATION BILL. Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the third reading of' the bill, said that he would not carry out his intention at that hour (8 o'clock), and in the then state of the house (net ten peers were present), of making a statement of the objects and scope of this bill ; but if a discussion should be entered on he would reserve to himself the right of offering some comments in the way of a reply. Their lordships were aware they could not make any alterations in a bill of this kind sent up from the Com mons, and therefore, he apprehended, a discussion was not desired ; and it might be the less desired as what had fallen on the previous evening from the noble and learned lord (Lord St. Leonards) had suggest - d that a supplementary measure with regard to the funds of suitors in Chancery might become necessary, and the views of their lordships might then be expressed. The Earl of DERBY put it to the noble earl if he was taking a becoming course with this bill ? Not a word had been said on it since it had come up to their lord ships' house, although many noble lords had been desir ous of expressing an early opinion of it • and he now put it to the noble lord, whether, in the then state of the house, it would be decent that evening to read the bill a third time ? It might be that their lordships had no right to alter the bill, but really for it to be passed sub sil:ntio in this way would be to attach to their lordships' house a character which he might say, without using disrespectful teiais, the noble earl himself could not pos• sibly desire. Earl GRANVILLE was onl Mr. F. PEEL said no part of the machinery had yet been sent out to Sydney, but still no time had been lost in the appointment of an officer to superintend the work. The selection of the Government had fallen upon Major Wall, who had been directed to put himself in commu nication with Sir J. Herschel, for the purpose of making all the arrangements necessary for the establishment of the mint. The expense was to be borne by the colony. DISPUTED PROPERTY. Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, whether he has received a memorial from Sarah Allen and Anna Maria Randall, which memorial was sent to him more than four months ago ; and if he has received it, what is the reason why no notice what ever has been taken of it ? Mr. WILSON said the memorial which related to a claim to some disputed property of a deceased person, was now under the consideration of the Queen's Proctor and the Solicitor to the mint. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Mr. HUME complained of the bad ventilation of the house during the debate last night, and called upon the right hon. Bart., the First Commissioner of Works, to take care that hon. members were not annoyed in th• same way again. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the heat was not occa sioned by the lights, but by the crowded state of the house. Mr. BOUVERIE said he occupied the chair in com mittee last night for more than five hours, and he might therefore be pardoned for adding a word upon this sub ject. It was only this morning that he had occasion to remark, that the temperatare of the house last night was as natural as it was possible for the air of a room to be. (Hear, and a laugh.) CENSUS PAPERS. Mr. HUTT wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the census papers of the yen. 1851 are likely to be laid before Parliament. Lord PALMERSTON said he had reason to believe that the papers, which were of a detailed and compli cated character, would be ready immediately after the Whitsuntide recess. INCOME TAX. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that the Government would propose to take the next stage on the income toN on Thursday next, and the motion of the hon. baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets relating to Church rates on Monday next. LETTERS OF REFUGEES. Mr. PHINN wished to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the Home Department which he was sure the noble lord would be glad to have an opportu nity of answering. He wished to ask the noble lcrd whether any directions or instructions had been given. or any warrant issued, by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, authorising the Postmaster-General to inspect or open letters addressed to foreign refugees. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON had no hesitation in say ing that no such instructions or orders had been given as far as his knowledge extended. (Cheers.) No letter addressed to any foreigner, or to the individual which his hon, and learned friend must have had in his eye (Kossuth), had ever been meddled with, nor had any letters which were addressed to foreign refugees, as far, as consultin, public con ty ig venience, and, as he thought, their lordships' w:shes. Great public inconvenience would be caused by delaying the passing of a bill of this kind ; and if it was wished, he would go into a statement then, at once. The Marquis of SALISBURY suggested a delay un til to-morrow (this day.) Lord REDESDALE.—Ah, but we don't sit on Wed nesdays. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY thought that if there was to be a supplementary measure, they ought to diScuss the matter, so as to see what should be the character of that measure. At all events, the House of Lords ought to know what was going to be done. The Earl of WICKLOW thought the matter was clear. The house was thin, because every noble lord knew that the house could not alter the bill ; and the noble Earl (Derby) share the responsibility for that tb 4 n attendance with the Government. If the noble earl wanted a discussion it could be taken • there the bill was, and the noble President of the Council had said that he was ready to go on, if it was wished. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, to the effect that though their lordships could not alter these bills, they were, nevertheless, bound to discuss them, the discussions in their lordships' house on the property tax being instanced as debates of great importance, and of great influence on national finance. Earl GRANVILLE agreed to give a formal state ment of the bill, and proceeded accordingly to describe its more familiar features—only three or four peers being present when he began. Lord MONTEAGLE must repeat his conviction that it would be highly objectionable to allow this bill to pass a third reading without discussion. It pro posed to issue Treasury or Exchequer Bonds of un certain amount, the minimum being fixed at 1001. : but it did not in the least make any provision for the future conversion, nor was there to be any check placed upon the mode or manner of issue. It was the first time in the history of England that Parliament had been asked to confer such a power upon the Financial Minister ; and since these bonds were to be made transferable from hand to hand, and yet not convertible at any given period, what was to prevent the Minister, in times of trouble and difficulty, haNing, recourse to an over issue ? (Hear, hear.) That was an insuperable objection to the bill, which their lordships would do well to ponder over. Earl GRANVILLE thanked the noble lord for some useful corrections which his speech had supplied. The noble lord le,d compared the Exchequer bonds to bank notes, and said the Government ought not to issue bank notes when they had not a corr.-snonding mount of 1)1 , 1- lion in the bank ; but that was not th case, as the only difference would be in the machinery. Instead of a per son having a transfer on the Looks of the brag:, be would have it in the shalt of a Lend. The h mds would Le re deemable at the end of a yesr, and would have value in the eyes of a banker which no other security could have. The bill was then rea 1 a third time and passed, and the house adjourn-d at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, PETITIONS. Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from the omnibus proprietors of the metropolis against the Hackney Car riage Bill, and praying that the bill might be referred to a select committee. Mr. CRAUFURD presented several petitions from various places in Scotland against the Maynooth grant. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition 'from Southampton in favour of international arbitration. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the hackney carriage proprietors, stating tho if the Ilnck ney Carriage Bill passed, it would be their rain, and therefore they prayed that the bill might be refei red to a select committee. Capt. SCOBELL presented a petition from the licensed Nictuallers of Bath against the proposed in crease in trading licences. Mr. CHEDALE presented a petition from Staley bridge, praying that the vacant seat of Sudbury might be allotted to that town. Mr. LOWE presented petitions from various places in Gloucestershire in favour of the bill for legalising mar riages with a deceased wife's sister. Lord HOTHAM presented two petitions from the East Riding of Yorkshire against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the Athenaeum of Manchester, praying for the total repeal of the adver tisement duty. The Earl of MARCH presente d a petition from Sus sex, against the County Rates Bill. BOTTLING WINE IN BOND. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY w ished, t o ask the hon. estgen tleman the Under-Secretary for the Treasury a quion on the subject of bottling wine in bond. What lie wished to ask was, whether the Customs regulations would allow wine to be bottled in bond for home consumption, in the same manner that wine was allowed to be bottle , in bond for exportation ? s in (die Mr. WILSON sa id the subject of bottling wine in bond for home co nsum p tion was now under the consi deration of the Cu s t oms authorities. The y had alread y made t of t op Lhe tic T a r l e d a ; s ffi ur c y u , iti i e n s w v, h ,i i ii c u lt ti t i o e o y d p oi t the way out a way of such an arrangement, but the matter was not yet decided. As the same time, however, it that he should state that at was only ri g ht present the practical difficulties in the way of such a regulati on were so great that he could hold out n o being made to enable wines f or home prospect of regu l at i ons bottled in bond. With regard to consumption to be the regulations would rem a i n the same wane for exp or t a ti on, same as they Here. CHICORY. Sir J. TROLLOPE wished to know if th e h on . gen tleman was prepared t o s t a t e - of the Governme n t with re what we re th e i n t en ti ons An answer to such a u regard to th e su bj ect of chicory? eek. question had be en promised this Mr. WILSON paid he bad 1.1-&4.37 had a commanica• tion with his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject, and lie had to state that his right hon. friend having carefully ,considered the whole matter, had come to the conclusiion that it would be only fair, considering the forward state of the land for .... _ . he was aware of. (Hear, hear.) Certainly no such in structions had been given since he had been in office, while he had no reason to believe that any were given by his predecessor. (Cheers.) COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING moved for leave to bring in a bill to make the franchise in counties in England and Wales the same as in boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds. He rejoiced that he brought forward the bill under the auspices of a government of progress, who had, during their short administration, shown a wide spirit of conciliation and concession to all parties. He hoped they would concede their support to the present measure in the same spit it, and that they would not op pose it on the ground, either that this was not the pro per season to introduce it, or that the Government were already pledged to propose ,a, scheme of electoral reform. If any great anomaly or injustice existed in the country it was the bounden duty of the house to remove it without delay, if that could be done without injuring any class of the community. If the bill were allowed to be brought in by the Government they would show that they were in earnest in regard to their promise of reform. Hitherto the bill had been met not by reasonable objections, but by deeply seated pre judice. All it proposed to do was to remove one of the greatest anomalies which existed in our representative system. (Hear.) In a country of progress like this it was absolutely necessary that the area of representa tion should be enlarged, and that the franchise should be given to those communities who were capable and en titled to enjoy it. Looking at the corrupt practices which had lately prevailed at elections, in some of which the Government had been mixed up, they should de all they could to purify our institutions, and not let it go forth to despotic Europe that tkere institutions were a laughing stock. LoreJ. RUSSELL said he did not mean to enter into any discussion upon the merits of the bill. It seemed to him that the question of introducing the pro posed franchise into counties was so intimately connected with our whole social system of representation that it was not a matter which could be taken up lightly . . (Hear.) Whether it was wise, unwise, good or bad to make this change, there could be no doubt that it was a change of very great importance, and must affect the representation of the house to a considerable extent. Such being the case—and he believed it would be ad mitted to be so by the consent of all men—he then tad that on this important question it was impossible to in troduce a bill without having discussions on the w *de principle of our representation, and in order that an up pot Lunity might be obtained for that purpose, it was nee: - saryto postpone all the questionsnow before the house. He could :only say that the present Government were not indisposed to consider the whole question when the pro per time arrived. Perhaps the hon. gentleman who lard introduced the bill would not give any credit to the de claration, but he (Lord J. Russell) would say to the r ;t of the house that the Government were duly im pressed with the importance of the subject, and that they hoped, when they brought forward their bill, they would be able to do so at a time and in a manner which would secure for it the setlous consideration of the house. If the hon. member went to a division, he should feel it his duty to vote against the motion. Sir D. LACY EVANS defended Mr. Locke King for again submitting the bill to the house, but trusted after the explanation of the noble lord , it was not his inten tion to go to a division. Mr. HUME thought Mr. L. King had done no more t - p i nlomdgoe v a in h g im fo s r el t f h t e o dolassesion introduction o. After the expressions f the . bill than he bad which fell from Lord J. R ussell last night respecting the d emo cracy, he (Mr. Hume) woul d refuse full confidencein his promise of future reform, and he should, , there fore, advise his hon. friend to withdraw his motion. Mr. HADFIELD made a similar suggestion. his Mr. L. KING said after what had fallen from hon. friends, he would not go to a di . vision w . n. The motion was then , b y leave, hewn. The ELECTION. unatitohrtoeltclete tion committee to the house, o f the member for East Surrey, the fact that, on the motto n on the strength of the accusation in Attorney-Goneral had',... ted to pror.amto Stephen Mount for Sir J. SHELLEY read the r a e n p d or d t r o e f w t h alt C e himself st t' , 1 that the house pet At that time hehad a ...e P er i' 1 fm Cher and prosecute Sir F. Smith for should procee( subjectsince. H til e _l \\ a , o f u t after i allow hon. b but in order Li members full time to briberY; to determine - consider the evidence, and what course their Easter; that report, a nd t o t p h p e orlt h in o i l t e y duty to themselves and to the house required of them, he not go into evidence, which was in every hon. had asked leave b ee thisu to 1 7 his postpone firs member's hand, but, assuming that they were familiar • with that evidence, would urge upon them to stand lay and to recollect that it was their duty to the report, hands of their emmu'ttees lie streng6hen the •thought that they ought to vind;cate themselves, and to support and he therefore begged to call th to the following resolution :—" their committees, attention of the house That if it shall appear that any pei:son bath been elected or returned member h hop-c, or endeavotred FO to be by bribery, ora - i ofo this cor, apt practices, this house will proceedv - ith the y utmost severity against all suet persons as shall have ' been '1 ll wi fu y concerac in such bribe..,, or other corrupt practices;' also, to the following resolution of the Chatham election corninAtce :—" That it was proved to the committee that Joseph Creathead, an elector of Chotham, had been bribed by a situation as a letter-carrier in the Post,office, ob tained for his son Charles Greathead, by Sir J. Frederick Smith ;" and to move, that the Attorney-General be di. 1 rected to prosecute the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith I for bribery at the last election at Chatham. Sir F. TIIESIGER said he had hoped that some mem ber of the Government would have expressed their opinion on tlis motion. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet who had brough it forward had disclaimed being actuated by any personal feeling in the matter. He (Sir F. Thesigec) felt satisfied that that was the fact, r: - id ho was suro the ho i n ti baronet would be gratified, as many other members be, to find that, upon considering the evidenocorii. ercci„:ng the house would not bo under the necessity h ou. i baronet had in the way proposed. (Hear, hear.)rtniethat Sir F. &Ili eh stated that the committee had rep or was not exactly the was guilty of bribery. Now, that report, which was very report of the connittee.as follows :—" That it has bon guardedly funned, . vl N tte ts e that Joseph Greethead, au eiec or proved to the comma ,1 1 . narrow tTtAhIiNTON ELECTION.—This election has res ulted in the return of the Lib era l can didate by a much m ore e c l osemajority e f the t h apneli hadthe e b reasonablyeheunmhers were-373 ere—n3f ers anticipated. i T tphir . ooenu ß mst a sio m sofe sden (Liberal), and 866 for Mr. H. Padeock (Conservative). ROBRERY IN OXFORD-STREET. --Yesterday morning information was fox warded from the various police st-.- fe a n teefn mo 'r.l 01, exten si vevek.oßnu Saturday burglary eahtue trtd, a w tyw h n i o c i was g h ahoto arsn dr e Z s e em c v t e e rn d io o l : n ccl t eo l : sk e . street, Oxford-street, when property to the amount of part y de s c riptions ot then the ei. : - several hundred pounds was carried o ff ; between the on Monday morning last. The upper joining house is to Jet, and through i o t tTh t e h hr e e thieves are supposed to hive effected an entrananced owfappsrocoprpeeaGrttoeyici com menced packing up every valuable article, including 250 — llood ikrot a little excitement glionlkds,anwdatscilhvebrrowoacthcehse,ss,h2irotopginolsd, guards, 700 rings, 60 gold bracelets, 200 gold brooches, besides studs, sleeve B in T t H h E e h W ei r g T h ts eur n. of St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, this morning, by the precipitate and unusual entrance of a fine great fellow of a sheep, right through the plate-glass front of Messrs. Rogers and Dear, where he, no doubt, found himself rather abroad midst the mimic flowers and plants represented in the carpets, tapestries, &c., which usually adorn the win dows of those fashionable upholsterers ; we believe the poor animal was impelled to this strange refuge by the attack of one of those troublesome curs which seem to infest our streets more at this season than at any other.. ROYAL THAMES YACHr CLUB —Yesterday six yachts: of this club contended for % two prizes of plate value re spectively 100 and 50 guineas. The distance was from. Erith to the Nore Light and back. The following ves sels started at a quarter to twelve with an easterly wind.. Of the first class Lord Londesborough's Musquito,. 50 tons ; Mr. Bartlett's War Hawk, 50 tons ; Mr.. Crania's Volante, 48 tons ; Mr. C. Brandreth's Pauline,. 35 tons. Of the second class Mr. George Coop'ss Thought, 25 tons ; Mr. S. Lane's Phantom, 25 tons.. The yachts arrived at the Nore L ou ig rs h . t is i i n in t . he s fo e l e l . owincr order and time : Musquito 3 26 12 Volante 3 41 45 Phantom War Hawl - 4 4 40 4 9 3 Pauline Th e arrival at Erith was a s follows : Hours. Min. Sec. Musquito (the winner) 7 14 47 Volante Phantom (winner 2 4 class) 7 46 30 HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woi at five o'clock. Fisher's Divorce Bill passed through committee. The report on Cutbill's Divorce Bill was receive agreed to. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the grant to Maynooth. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented peti tions from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and from Melbourne, against the continuance of the transportation system. lsack and BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord PANMURE moved the second reading of this bill, which he said was to remedy certain defects in the mode of election to Town Councils in Scotland. Accord ing to the present law, an error in the election of any member of a Scotch Town Council could only be reme died by warrant under the royal sign manual, and the object of this bill was to enable the necessary proceed ings to be taken on application to the Court of Session. The bill was then read a second time. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this bill, the object of which, he explained, would reform the jurisdiction and management of charitable trusts. Within the course of the present century, seve ral commissions had been issued to inquire into the sub ject, and no less than 32 reports had been presented, extending over 38 closely printed folios. Several bills had been introduced into this house on the subject, by Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Truro, but none had passed into law. It now became the duty of the present Government to take up the subject again ; and in doing so, they claimed very little merit for originality, but it had been necessary to make some changes. The judicial machinery proposed by the for mer bill consisted as to charities under 301. a year of the County Courts—from 301. to 100/. of Masters in Chan cery—and above 1001. the Court of Chancery. The Masters in Chancery was a tribunal which had been abolished. The superintending board had consisted of two or three paid, and two or three unpaid members; but it becoming necessary to make a change in the con stitution of the judicial tribunal, the goverment had taken into its consideration whether an important and useful change might not be made also in the constitution of the board. The duties of the board would be to pre serve a general superintendence over all the charities in the kingdom without any expense. It would be made imperative on the trustees of all charities to keep regular accounts of all receipts and expenditures, great or small, and annually to deposit a copy with the clerk of the County Court, and transmit another copy to the board in London, where it would always be accessible to all parties. He believed that would have a most material effect towards correcting a great deal of abase. Nine tenths of the abuses were the result of ignorance, and not intended fraud, and when accounts were regularly called for, and the attention of competent parties di rected to them, who could point out errors, the present abuses would soon be corrected. (Hear, hear.) But the board would also be called on to perform another function, which would be very useful, and was, he be lieved, recommended by the commission. It often hap pened that trustees who were pei:ectly honest did not know what course they ought to take ; and it was proposed that they should be at libeity—the secre tary communicating with the board—to ask their ad vice. The board might direct them what to do, and should indemnify them until they were corrected by a judicial tribunal. He did not say that course would be free from difficulty, but it would be an approximation to a better system. There was, then another function which the board would have to ea ercise, and one of the greatest importance. , It was pro posed that they should have the po wer c. taking legal proceedings to be instituted, and, what was perhaps of not less importance, of forbidding them from being insti tuted. Gross abuses had arisen from the iestituting of proceedings, and it would not be a new thing that such proceedings should be under the control of a Govern ment board. At present there was no machinery for ascertaining whether the object of proceedings was of a legitimate character, or whether they were instituted at the instance of some low professional man, with a view to obtain large costs. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed, therefore, that the board should have the control over all legal proceedings, and that none should be instituted without their sanction. In ordinary cases charitable trustees had the power of dealing with trusts as indivi duals. It might be found extremely important to a cha rity to build or take down a house, to cut timber, to ex 'change, or sometimes, perhaps, even to sell land ; but there was no power in the trustees to do these things. The result was that, if the case was that of a large charity, they applied to Parliament at a large expense, never, he believed, under 6001., for a bill to enable them to do that which would benefit everybody. It was pro , posed, therefore, that in all these cases power should be given to the board to authorise the trustees to do what in ordinary cases they could not do ; and as most of these powers had been proposed in the bill of 1851, he did not anticipate there would be any real differ ence of opinion amongst their lordships. (Hear, hear.! Her Majesty's government, then, looking at the ques tion merely in an economical point of view, and at the probable beneficial results to the community, had thought that the expense, which could not be more than 5,0001. to 10,0001. should be boiae by the country. (Hear, hear.) Objections had been urged against sending bar risters into the country to exercise arbitrary and inquisi torial fsnctions. No doubt that was a difficulty, but we living in a world smeound^d by difficulties ; and the good that would probably accrae would far overbalance any objections of that kind, especially as the inquiries were such as it was absolutely necessary should be made. Besides, in the bill of Lord 10 adhurst there was a pre cisely similar proposition, except that the barristers were called inspectors instead of commissioners. L e came now to the judicial tribunal to be employed in these cases. He proposed that in cases under 30/. they should be refer red to the judges of the county courts. He was not without apprehension that they would not at first discharge the duty in all cases quite satisfactorily. In the former bill it was proposed that all cases between 30/. and 1001. should be referred to the Masters in Chancery. He proposed, however, that the schemes arranged by the judges of the county counts, and the appointment of ti ustees by them, should always be publicly advertised ; and that no scheme should come into operation until it had received the sanction of the board. With these safeguards they need not apprehend that his plan would give rise to any material inconve nience. He also proposed that funds might be trans ferred, where necessary, to official trustees, end that all the accounts should be transmitted to the board. These were the principal features of the bill, which he should be happy to submit to a select committee, if thought desirable, and he trust d, therefor , that their lordship would have no objection to the second read:rig. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of CLEVELAND considered the bill an improvement on last year. The Eesl of CHICHESTER thanked the noble and learned lord for bringing in the measure, and he thought that to confer the extensive powers proposed to be given to the commissioners world be an act of prudence. Lord BROUGHAM applauded the bill, and observed that it was impossible to traverse th e coun t ry i n any direction without meeting with monuments to the labours of the commissions and Parliamentary committees which had sat upon this question. Those lab ours h a d no t on l y acted directly on the 1 00 and odd charities to which they referred, but indirectly upon a vast number of other cases, where the very apprehension of inquiry had produced reform. He believed that in a majority of in stances the trustees had not been guilty of wilful abuse or malversation of the funds, but the e v il s com pl a i ne d o f had arisen from negligence, from ignorance, and from carelessness. Lord ST. LEONARDS did not oppose the second read ; but there were vai l ous p o i n t s i n th e bill t o which he should hesitate long before he gave his con sent. Lord BROUGHAM (who in the interim had been holding a conversation with a gentleman at the bar of the house) said that nothing could equal the powers of imagination possessed by the noble and learned lord. (Laughter.) He (Lord Brougham) had consulted a member of the commission, who had reminded him of an arrangement that he (Lord Brougham) and Lord St. Leonards should attend in turns, and his (the commis sioner's) impression was that he (Lord Brougham) had attended the oftener of the two. Earl TALBOT observed that he knew of a charity which had been put to an expense of near 2001. to ap point a new trustee. He hoped the noble and learned - Lord would make provision to prevent charities being put to such an expert e. The bill was then read a second time. CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill. The Bishop of SALISBURY said he wished to state the grounds on which he gave his assent to the second reading of this bill. He looked upon it as the means of effecting wise and effectual reforms in our cathedral esta blishments. That was an object which he had long and earnestly desired to see brought to pass, and he should not therefore wish to offer any opposition to a measure having that object ; but in reference to cathedral esta blishments, he wished to guard himself by saying that the supposition that they were seats of corruption on the one hand, or, on the other hand, in possession of great wealth, was altogether unfounded. They were the mere dying off remnants of a bygone system, the evils of which were guarded against prospectively by enactments. Pluralities were absolutely abolished, and even residence connected with pluralities would neces sarily come to an end ; and so far from these establish ments being possessed of those large revenues which many supposed them to possess, the act which had been passed in relation to them, when it came fully into ope ration, would take from them so large a portion of their revenue, that the remnant would hardly be sufficient for the efficient discharge of those duties, which he was sure they would wish to see carried into effect more efficiently than they were. He fully agreed that these institutions stood in need of a great measure of reform. The motion for the second reading was then agreed to. SHERIFF AND COMMISSARY COURTS (BERWICKSHIRE) BILL. On the motion of Lord PANIVIURE, the bill was read a second time. LUNATICS' CARE AND TREATMENT BILL. Lord St. LEON - ARDS said this bill would make ex tensive alterations with regard to the administration of the estates of lunatics. 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