The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-24 00:00:00

With regard to the civil service generally, the course of the Government was beyond all controversy right. The civil service of India was different from all others. In other places if you got an incompetent civil servant, an other might assist him in his duty, but in India there was an enormous amount of individual responsibility thrown on every servant of the Company. A collector sent to any district might not only collect the reve nue, but also inflict misery on thousands of human beings. The most sacred duty of Government. therefore, was not merely to get persons of average ability for these situa tions, but to get the very best men that could be found, and not to sacrifice the interests of the country to friends, relatives, or political connexions. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Lowe) had heard in another place, a noble lord with in-. finite eloquence and ignorance plead the cause of ignorance. The noble lord had stigmatised the proposed public exami nations as the greatest absurdity that could be devised, and said that a deeply-learned man was of all others the most unfit for the business of the world. That was cer tainly not the experience of that house, as they found that the men who were the leaders of party, and who influenced, the destiny of nations, were also those who had most dis tinguished themselves at the universities. (Hear, hear.) It was all very well to talk of the system of .cramming. He knew something of that system. (A laugh.) There was no doubt a great deal too much cramming at our uni versities, but the reason was that the examina ti on s fell into the hands of the same class of men, and sometimes the same men who had prepared the pupils. There was a sort of oral tradition handed down which was not to be found in the books, and which formed the staple of most examinations. A number of curious pOints were handed down, in the same way that problems wore called by the name of the man in Cambridge who had invented them, a sort of disciplina arcani ; indeed, he was happy to think that many dodges of that kind of his own invention were still cherished at Cambridge with his name attached. (Loud laughter.) That was a very bad system, but it need not necessarily occur, since the examination would be car ried on by competent men, and not on any narrow or pe dantic system. (Hear, hear.) But the intellectuality of Indian servants was important for another reason. No thing was more distressing in the evidence than the testi mony borne to the decline of friendly feeling between the Europeans and natives. Now what he was going to say might appear far fetched to the house, but he believed that there was a close connection between the intellectual and moral faculties in the human mind, and that ignorance and stupidity were often the causes of ill-treatment of inferiors. The ignorant man looked down upon the person of another race ; but the man of intellect looked upon him as an object of curiosity and of sympathy, a thing •to be studied and ' appreciated ; and, in this point of view, the advantage of intellectual cultivation was, in his opinion, important. He had now gone through as much of the noble lord's speech as appeared to him to bear on the bill, but had avoided that larger portion which, in his opinion. had nothing to do with it. He knew, however, enough of mercantile affairs to tell the noble lord that freights to Madras were much nearer 70s. than 7s. Lord STANLEY said he had spoken of a particular case, and not of the general rule. He had mentioned a par ticular cargo having gone out at that rate. Mr. LOWE said, returning to the, bill, that he thought he had shown there was no case for delay, and without saying the bill was good or bad, he contended that the subject was one the house ought to entertain, and which might be very well disposed of in the present session. They should look at the question as it was likely to affect the people of India. Even if the Ministerial bill were not now brought forward, the.people in India would act on the presumption that its provisions would •be carried out, and the effect on the company would be most in jurious, leaving them as it were half condemned, and restrained from doing many useful things which they would be otherwise inclined to do. (Hear, hear.) There were, many important reforms, such as the regulation of furlough and the changes in the judicial system, which the company might enter upon at once if they were not hung up and paralysed by the delay of legislation. Education also would be paralysed, and Haileybury would not know what was to be its future system of management. Whe ther the government was to be double or single, it was time the question were decided ; and therefore he trusted the house would not accede to the amendment of the noble lord. Mr. PHINN said that the hon. and learned member for Kidderminster had endeavoured to persuade the house that the amendment of the noble lord was inopportune and unjustifiable, but he had failed to discuss the pro visions of the bill, to enforce its utility, or to offer any in ducements to the house to adopt the plan of the Govern ment. (Hear.) It was remarked of the Whigs that they never carried out, when in power, the principles which they advocated when in opposition; and the present mea ltime was an instance of that peculiarity. In 1783 Mr. Fox had laid down the principle that in monarchical govern meats all power should emanate from the monarch, con stitutionally advised. The principle had worked gloriously for England, and was it to be borne that in India the cold shade of a company was to interpose between the monarch and the subject? (Hear, hoar.) It was said that we were a practical people, and judged measures by their results; but he would ask what good was to be expected from this bill, which was nothing but a series of half measures, just neither to the company nor to the people of England. Now half measures were particularly unsuited to the case of India. A great authority, Mr. Burke, had laid it down that for the government of that country a whole system must be devised, and that anything short of that would be injurious both to this country and the colony. Lord Ellenborongh, another great authority, said that legisla tion for India. should be final, and that the question should be taken up by a stron g Government, and decided in a per manent manner. His hon. and learned friend who had last spoken advocated the bill on the ground that to give the company another lease, would be only to insure re newed agitation at its termination, and in the same breath he praised the bill as giving the opportunity of alteration if it did not work well, Now, his (Mr. Phinu's) objection to the bill was that it would leave an opening for constant agitation. He should have preferred giving the company a renewal for a certain number of years, and in the mean time a permanent and well-considered measure might be prepared. He quite agreed with the hon. baronet the member for Honiton that could it be shown that the com pany's was the best government for India it would be the duty of that house to maintain it ; but ho thought them bound to show not only that it was good, but that it was the best that could be devised for the purpose. In form he considered the government of the company the most repulsive imaginable, a mere plutocracy ; and after all the panegyrics they had heard of its sympathy with the peo ple of India, he thought it would be ridiculous to urge that the welfare of that people was the first object of government. To judge of the result of the system, let them see what was the constitution of the govern ment. Any person holding a certain amount of stock might vote for the election of the persons who had the greatest share in the administration of Indian affairs. Now, this person did not purchase stock out of sympathy for the people of India, but looked to the ordinary amount of interest plus the amount of patronage to be obtained from the Board of Directors. (Hear.) On this subject he might quote from the Calcutta Review, an authority, the authenticity of which had been acknowledged by the hon. baronet the member for Honiton. (The hon. member here read an ex tract from the Review, to the effect that East India pro prietors had adopted a plan of clubbieg their votes for the purpose of influencing elections, with an understanding amongst themselves to take the patronage in turn as it might suit the ages or views of their relatives.) The bill, to be sure, permitted the company to make bye laws to remedy this evil, but why was not the duty of making these laws made imperative ? They had already received permission to employ natives in places of trust, and the world knew what had been the result. It was perfectly well known that directors went into office with their pa tronage mortgaged for years to come, and surely in the case of a system so opposed to all theory and principle, a 'won derful ,success in practice should be adduced to overcome objections to the principle. He would turn, then, briefly to the results of the government of India, and take the best test of a people's prosperity—that of the powers of consumption—from the tables that had been furnished by the directors themselves. In that article of first necessity, salt, he found the consumption in Bengal to be in '39, '4O, 16,194,188 rupees (value), in 1819-50 it was 16,107,384 rupees, being an actual diminution in ten years. It might have increased as alleged, in the north-western provinces, but he wanted to know whether the accounts did not in clude our recent acquisitions in the Punjaub, and the'other annexations in the north-western provinces. Another point urged in favour of the company, was that except in the case of the land tax which was rent, taxation was un known, but Colonel Sykes admitted that in Calcutta the salt tax amounted to 4 per cent. on the labourer's income, and in Benares to 3 per cent. Then they had the tax toe spirits, and a tax upon going into courts of law thai' amounted to 25 per cent. on the sum recovered. They had been told that the imports and exports of India had nearly doubled, but they had not told of a great monopoly de stroyed, or the newly-created trade with Australia and China, or of the opium trade, which so much influenced the imports, by increasing the means of purchase. The increase in the production and export of opium had been remarkable. In proportion as they found opium exported would they find that the imports increased. But their trade in opium was in a very precarious condition. No doubt it might be said that he was foreseeing danger that might never arise, but when they were speaking of the prosperity of a country, and basing arguments upon it, these considerations were of importance. They had heard a great deal about the increase of British shipping, but be ventured to say that. if they took into consideration the number of markets which had been opened, that increase did not indicate an increase in the prosperity of the natives of India. He did not wish to urge against the company that it had uniformly pursued a system of bad government. He should refrain from entering into the various merits of the zeinindar, the village, and the ryot systems. He thought that the company, for their own purposes, had adopted the best land systems in India they could. It was their interest to do so, but he had looked carefully into the sub ject, and he could not see why one system should have been preferred to rentither by the company, and he gave the company no credit for the merits, and no discredit for the demerits, of the different systems. He believed the system of the north western provinces had operated very well, and it might have been better if that system could have been adopted elsewhere ; but he would not dis cuss that subject. Nor would he discuss the judicial system, but he would call the attention of the house to the fact, that there had been taxes laid on judicial processes in India which would have been intolerable in any other coun try, and as compared with England were enormous, and which were based on the most vicious principle, because they were levied on the sum at stake between the parties. slut there was not the excuse that the company had found this system in ex i s t ence . Hi s h on . friend the member for cial administration pointed out the great difficulty in the judi istration in India. The other day two judges were removed in India on the ground of indebtedness, in co nsequence of w hi c h their independence was affected. They confessed it, but justifi e d it b y say i ng th a t indebted ness was the n orm India ; that the "condition o f th e j u di c i a l serv i ce i n Government know their situation when they were elevated bench ; and they therefore con sidered the conduct the harsh and oppressive, aid he believed the wgrounne.wspaper press of India sup ported them on that prepodrtiolulen, with regard to public works, and the small pub af the revenue of India which had been applied to respect wit7orks. Contrast their administration in that that of the native oeftthe times of the princes. He did not mean to go bahciti early governors of India, who certainly , and atestecl. their gation and edifices which still existed, works for Were told told magnificence and care for their subjects. They the other day by the hon. member for limiter works were for particular purposes, and that when. the these made a progress, as in Russia, works were execut e d. `T... 1 1 had not so read the history of India. Kaye had not so read it. Mountstuart Elphinstone had not of th o se read it, nor had Th o rnton or Mill. He believed some histo rians had suggested that th eor y , but they had re j ected it. They had the relics of those great works. The canal which now supplied the city of Delhi . w ith water was 300 to 400 years old, and it was re-opened in recent years after having been silted up. Then look at what had been done by some of the native princes of this day. Take for instance, the great work of the Rajah of Ahaniadapoor, a canal which j had cost a million sterling, and contrast that with the 279,009/. spent by the company over a period of years. It was of no use to say that they had been prevented by wars They boasted of their public roads, and instanced the road from Calcutta to the frontier, but the natives looked upon that as a great military road, and not made for the people. But there was one subject which had not bean touched upon, and that was the condition of the bulk of the people of India. The notion of a native ( f India in this country was a half-dressed savage, with a little cotton round his loins, labouring for his bread in the broiling sun ; but the people forgot that they had here the debris of a ,great monarchy, that they hadfort eif subjects people who had wrestled with them for empire t aristocracies, who had ruled the country, and'great s who had adniinis tered, provinces before we took posses- in of them. The peo ple in Scinde, in the Punjaub, and in the annexed districts, felt that theywere condemned to a life ofinactivity infavour of a body of 'men who, as Burke said, had no connexion with the country, and went there merely to make their for tunes. Look at the way in which they had dealt with the In dian princes. They had a number of associated and subsidiary princes who had treaties with them ; and if they differed with them on the subject of these treaties, to whom could they have recourse ? If the princes came to England, and applied at the India House, they were referred to the Pre sident of the Board of Control, and if they applied to him they were referred to the Governor-General of India. He thought if there was a tribunal of arbitration under the authority of the sovereign of this country, the natives would gladly pay implicit obedience to it. Why, from the first night of this discussion there had been in this house great Parsee merchants, who had come to this country for Justice which had been denied them in India, and there had been the Vakeel of the Rajah of Sattarah, who com plained that his principality had been taken from him by injustice, and that he could gain no redress. (Hear.) Did they think that these things did not sink deep into the minds of the people of India? His hon. friend the member for Kidderminster alluded to the events which were taking place in Eastern Europe. There were possible contingen cies which would vibrate through the whole of India. It might be that a change of government at Constantinople might strangely affect the whole Mussnlman population of the world, and if the Indian people found that their native princes had justice denied them, that their nobles were deprived of their privileges, and that they themselves were oppressed, the consequences' might be dangerous. It appeared to him that by the omission in the bill to pro vide, that fair scope should be given 'to the abilities of the natives they had omitted to do that by which alone they could depend on their fidelity and count on their attach ment. To give fair scope to the abilities of the natives had been recommended by Sir Thomas Munro, by Mr. Elphinstone and others who were competent to give their advice as to their Indian Government. Mr. Elphinstone said—" We must not conceal from ourselves the causes which have combined to exclude the natives from any share in the administration of India. It is an overween ing sense of our own superiority, a love of power, and an interests are which I deem groundless, that, as their are advanced, those of European agents will be dete riorated. But, if lam right in believing, as I conscien tiously do, that unless they are treated with more con fidence, elevated by more distinction, and admitted to higher employment, we cannot hope to preserve for any long period our dominions in this country ; no feelings or considerations should be allowed to oppose their gradual progress to every civil function and employ. By raising the most active and eminent of the natives of India in their own estimation and that of others, we shall reconcile them, and, through them, the population at large, to a government which, daring to confide in its own justice and wisdom, casts off the common, narrow, and depressing rules of foreign conquerors." Then Sir Thos. Munro said —" Under a native government, independent of the mutual adaptation of the institutions and the people, there is a connected chain throughout the society, and a free commu nication between the different parts. Notwithstanding the distinctions of caste there is no country where men rise with more ease from the lowest rank to the highest. The first nabob of Oude was a petty merchant, the first peishwah a village accountant. The ancestors of Holkar were goatherds, and those of Scindiah slaves. All these, and many other instances, took place within the last cen tury. Promotions from among the common people to all the ranks of civil and military employment short of sove reignty are of daily occurrence under native states ; and this keeps up the spirit of the people, and, in that respect, partially supplies the place of popular institutions. • The free intercourse of different ranks also keeps up a sort of circulation and diffusion of such knowledge and such senti ment as exist in the society. Under us, on the contrary, the community is divided into two perfectly distinct and definite bodies, of which the one is torpid and inactive, while all the power seems concentrated in theother." Now these were not the opinions of Young India, notthe opinions of theorists, but of the best servants of the company, who, he was afraid they were the exception, had made it their business to become acquainted with the wants and feelings of the natives. In looking at the state of the people of In dia they found them excluded from the higher grades of civil employment, and that they could not rise in the army beyond the rank of captain, while beardless youths were put over them. He was not fond of quoting classic autho rities, but there was a passage which was put into the mouth of one of the great orators at Rome, complaining of the narrow spirit of the oligarchy there, which was appli cable to the state of things in India : " Nam postquam respublica in paucorum potentium jus abque ditionem con cessit semper illis reges tetrarchie vectigales esse populi uationes stipendia pendere ; ceteri omnes strenui boni nobiles atque ignobiles vulgus fuimus sine gratis sine auctoritate his obnoxii quibus si respublica valeret formidini essemus. Itaque omnis potentia bones divitiae apud illos sunt ant übi ibi volunt nobis religuerunt pericula repulses judicia egestatem." To appreciate fully the feel ings of the natives, they must remember that the natives constantly saw young Europeans promoted to higher rank than they could •themselves hope to attain in the longest life. Was this-ersatisfatt.t.n.of things? They were told in one breath that this bill gave the company no defi nite lease of power, and on the other hand th a t it was a settlement, and that it would stop agitation. He said this bill invited agitation in India and in England. With re gard to the alteration in the direction, he thought the di rectors and the President of the Board of Control ought to be brought face to face, and be one consultive body, and if the president overruled their decisions the subject should be brought before Parliament. He did not approve of the system of ballotting out the directors who were to retire. They might lose all the brain by that systein. The ballot was no respecter of persons, and they might through it lose men like the hon. members for Honiton and Guildford. The persons nominated by the crown must have served 10 years in India. Why, this would exclude the Governors- General, the Commanders of the Forces, every man who had been goVernor of an inferior presidency, and the legal members of the legislative council. He trusted if the house rejected the motion of the noble lord, it would reject the motion.for the second reading of the bill. IL thought that the bill which they should pass would pre vide that in future the administration should be carried on in the name of the crown, and that in future the ' people of India should know they were the subjects of the crown, and that the army and navy of India should know they wore serving the crown, and that they were invested with all the state authority and influence of the crown. Her Majesty had recently added to her ac quisitions that illustrious jewel which once adorned the crown of the greatest potentate in India. He hoped that her possession of that jewel would be a pledge to the people of India that in future their prosperity would be promoted, their comforts provided for, their advancement secured, not by a company which had interposed between them and the crown, but by the weight and authority and influence of h er ajesty and her successors, who, he trusted, would long reign over that great dependency as sovereigns of the people of India. (Cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS said he objected both to the bill and to the amendment, and had no reason, ,therefore, to expect sympathy from either side of the house. This was not the only instance in which the attention given by the house was in inverse ratio to the importance of the subject. It was a matter of history that even in the days of Burke India was the dinner bell of the House of Commons. There were but five members on the opposition side of the house when the noble lord moved his amendment, and only one cheer was given on that side of the house, while only seven cheers were given on the other side. Ho. (Sir R. Inglis) objected to the indefiniteness of the period for the dura tion of this bill. He could not understand how a house which was so jealous of the influence of Government that it would not tolerate a third Secretary of State on its benches, should yet be ready to transfer to the Minister of the day the patronage of India—a patronage so vast that the whole of that at present in the hands of Government was but a mere fraction compared with it. (Hear, hear.) He must say, too, that after having heard the President of the Board of Control in one of the longest speeches ever delivered in the house, panegyrise the administration of the East India Company, he was much surprised that the right hon. baronet during the last half hour of his address should have proposed a measure to destroy that machinery on the working of which he had commented with so much satisfaction. But the motion of the noble lord was still more objectionable; for though there was no "public" in India, it was impossible to doubt that whenever there was a free press and the means of representing public opinion, much agitation would be carried on during the whole du ration of the continuing act which the noble lord had pro posed. India was pre-eminently an empire of opinion. It had been formed and consolidated by the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race in intellect, in arms, and in moral character; and he viewed with alarm the effect which two or three years of agitation must have upon the confidence of the natives irr the general superiority of our institutions —(hear, hear)—the manifestoes of the gentlemen who met in Charles-street and of the Manchester school were suffi cient demonstration that delay was unnecessary. Those gentlemen declared that sufficient evidence had been taken to justify them in condemning the present system ; but if that was so, there was also evidence enough already taken to justify other persons in coming to an opposite conclu sion. He could refer to the testimony of at least twenty witnesses to disprove the assertion of the Manchester school, that " the people of India had been left in a condition of misery disgraceful to their rulers." He had recently re ceived a letter from a missionary in the Punjaub, who de scribed the exertions of both the civil and military authori ties as most praiseworthy ; and the condition of the people, under the protection and justice of British rule, is most gratifying ; in fact, said the writer, " the work of gene rations had been done in the Punjaub in a few years." (Cheers.) Re-echoing the sentiments of this missionary, the hon baronet expressed a hope that more would be done for the spiritual good of the natives. When they heard of a bishopric which extended 2,000 miles from the north west to the south-east, he felt sure that they would agree the task was too much for any one man, though he felt bound to pay the warmest tribute to the 17 years' labours of Bishop Wilson. (Hear.) He did not wish to do any thing against idolatry, but he wished to do nothing for it ; and above all, to prevent that support being given to it which resulted from the confiscation of a man's goods if he were converted to the Christian faith. (Hear, hear.) It had been argued that the position of the Indian question was different now from what it was in 1833. That he de nied. The only difference was, that in 1833 the China trade, which had up to that time been exclusively in the hands of the company, had been thrown open. He should certainly oppose the amendment, but he trusted that the bill would be greatly improved in committee, particularly in severing the connection of the Government with the patronage of the company, in maintaining the present number of the directors, and other particulars. In this hope he should support the second reading. Mr. H. J. BAILLIE said it was impossible to overrate the importance of the question the house was called upon to decide, or the interest which it had excited in the public mind ; and he trusted that they would therefore approach it without reference to party feelings. (Cheers) He would not enter into the controversy which had raged so fiercely on both sides respecting the past administration' of the East India Company—which, on the one hand, had bee n , • 1 2 .,auted by the President of the Board of Control in ane _ h g.lPwing colours ; but which had been denounced as :I rcL u e ll n ; a l: w. y . the honourable member for Manchester. The "uu w aSs that the right hon. gentleman had carefully omitted all the evils of the present system, and that the house h a a r i c l , as carefully suppressed all its good. The ja .th i t t i h n , 1833 raimis ver/rlzzotanf India. edihznglehsehbailid of that year was evidently an experimental one ; and was to remain in force for 20 years only. The time for that re consideration had now arrived ; and it was due to the vast population of India that all doubt and uncertainty as to their future destiny should cease, and that Parliament should at once proceed to legislate. It was most desirable that they should do so this session, but no less so that their legislation should have something of a permanent charac ter. (Hear, hear.) The bill before the house had not that character ; Mr. Lowe had admitted that it. might be amended from time to time, and said that India would be placed on the same footing as the colonies. (Hear.) Mr. LOWE explained. Mr. BAILLIE said he fully admitted the evils of delay, but it would be a much greater evil for the people of India to suppose that the government was forcing a crude legisla tion upon them, without waiting for the report of their own committee. Had the government come to the conclu sion that no great change in the government of India was necessary, the case would have been different ; but as ex tensive changes were proposed, he thought a short 'delay would neither be unreasonable nor unjust. (Hear, hear.) The committee had only reported on the first branch of their inquiry—the authorities and agencies for administer ing the government of India at home and in India. The committee had expressed themselves favourably as to the government by a board of directors, but they had given no opinion as to the future government of India, probably because they had not proceeded sufficiently far in their inquiries. They were well aware of the inconveniences and anomalies of the double form of government ; but they were compelled to admit that the system had prac tically worked well. Had they supposed that their report would have been accepted as a final one, or one in which the house was to legislate, no doubt they would have en tered more fully into the evils of the existing system. They were . now invited by the Government to legislate for the reconstruction of the home Government of India, and, to leave it to the Government in connection with the ad ministration- in India to carry out the reforms that were necessary. That being so, the most important considera tion for the house was the selection of the instruments — the East India directors. Though it might be said they were powerless, and that wars had been undertaken with out their sanction, there was no doubt that as regarded ad ministration they originated and regulated everything. By the present mode of election, every proprietor of 1,0001. of India stock was entitled to one vote in the choice of direc tors. Those possessing larger amounts had a plurality of votes. As the proprietors were scattered over the country votes by proxy were allowed, and as many were indifferent about the choice of directors, they left their proxies in the hands of their London bankers, and thus arose what had been called the great bank influence. So far was this car ried that six of the great London banks were represented at the India-house as well as the monied interest generally. Other proprietors took great interest in the choice of direc tors, and collected proxies in favour of particular candidates. He had been told by one gentleman who was a candidate that he was beaten, although he had a majority of promises in his favour, by a gentleman who went into the India house with all his patronage pledged for 20 years to come. This was nothing less than corruption, and it was not less degrading, though it might be veiled from the public eye. Probably the noble lord (Russell did not know of it, any more than he did of the gross bribery and corruption that prevailed at his first election for the city of London. (Hear, and a laugh.) He contended that the present sys tem of electing India directors did:not secure the best men. The question of patronage was undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than that of nomination. Under the present system the directors received only a nominal salary, but enjoyed a large amount of patronage ; under such circum stances, it could not be wondered that the directors should look upon that patronage as a sort of substitute for salary. He believed that on the whole that patronage was very well exercised. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, he knew of instances of severe self-denial on the part of directors. In regard to the army, he thought too much patronage was left to the directors. The plan he proposed was this, one-half of the appointments in this branch should be laced under the control of the Commander-in-Chief, to be exercised by him as a solemn trust, with a due regard to the welfare of the people of India ; such a plan would lead to a more satis factory system of patronage than existed at present, or would exist under the plan proposed by Government. His next proposition was, that it was due to the people of India that they should understand the form of government under which they were to be placed. But this was precisely what they did not understand. The whole body of the native population believed that the government was vested in the company. The idea of her Majesty was entirely kept out of sight. This was a state of things highly im proper. He did not ask that the present system should be violently uprooted, but that it should be so amended that the government of an immense country should not present a melancholy example of inefficiency. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HE/CRIES, who spoke in so low a tone as to be almost inaudible during the whole of his remarks, said that the noble lord who proposed the amendment (Lord Stanley) had not sufficiently set forth his ulterior views upon this subject, and he (Mr. Herries) was there folly unable to give him his support. The amendment seemed only calculated to embarrass Government without promoting any practical result. The passing of the second reading of this bill was also a matter involving great difficulty, and, as it stood, he could not say that he de sired to see it become law. Nevertheless, he was of opinion the most judicious course would be to assent to the second reading, and then endeavour to amend the bill as it passed through committee. The right hon. gentle man was understood to urge that there had been a pro gressive increase in the exports of India ; and that progress had been made in providing the means of education of the natives ; that the Government had done all they could to encourage the construction of railways and public works ; and that a proposal to establish the electric telegraph had been entertained. He concluded: by expressing his incli nation to agree with her Majesty's Government as to the expediency of immediate legislation, but he had strong objections to parts of the bill proposed. le should, how ever, postpone such amendments as %he thought would render the bill effectual for the government of India (among which wouldl be one for expunging all the parts of the bill relating to the new constitution of the Board of Directors) until the committee ; and he should not oppose the second reading. On the motion of Mr. HuitE the debate was adjourned till this day. ley and of Mr. Stoner, had naturally looked into the evi dence upon which MI. Towneley had been unseated. He found that the main ground for this course was a bribe said to have been given by Mr. Stonor to a man named Donovan ; but, as that letter did not appear upon the evi dence, he wished to inquire what had become of it? Mr. MA.CARTNEY moved the adjournment of the de bate till Tuesday. Mr. HINDLt Y supported this view, particularly as the chairman of the committee was not present. Mr. BOUVERIE was of opinion that the writ should issue, and denied that the question of Mr. Stone)." s charac ter had anything whatever to do with the matter. Mr. NAPIER observed that it was 2 o'clock in the morning, and that the house had to meet at 12 on that day. Mr. FITZGERALD had carefully perused the evidence which had been given before the committee, and he defied any one to show him any legal grounds upon the face of that evidence why the writ should not issue. Sir J. V. SHELLEY said, that after the decision in the Harwich case, it appeared to be very necessary that this question should be inquired into. As far as he could see the decision seemed to have been arrived at upon a letter which was not in the evidence at all. (Hear.) He certainly thought it behoved the house to know whether this com mittee had acted, contrary to all the rules of evidence, or without any evidence at all. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. FILMER, as one of the committee, said that, although reference had been made to a particular letter, as though the case against the member unseated rested solely upon that, he must state plainly that his vote was not given merely upon any particular letter, but upon the whole evidence as it struck his mind, and from the testi mony of Donovan himself. As to the letter in question, he could not see what that had to do with the issue of the writ. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said, that as he had expressed an opinion the other day that it would be better to post pone the writ, he was bound to say now that it seemed to him there was no longer any reason why the writ should not be issued. (Hear, hoar.) He had th oug ht it b e tt er , at first, considering what had passed, that the writ should not issue until the evidence had been placed in the hands of members. Hon. members now had that evidence. No special proposition affecting the borough had been founded upon it, and therefore it would not be fair to the electors of Sligo to keep them unrepresented merely in consequence of some question about a letter to Donovan. If there s h ou ld b e anything in the evidence upon which any mem ber wished to found an inquiry upon other grounds than bribery, such as the intimidation alleged to have been practised at the election, he would not be preclud e d f rom making a proposal upon that point after the •issue of the writ. It would not be necessary to suspend the issue of the writ for any purposes of that kind, and he therefor() thought that, following the invariable practice of Parlia ment in not keeping a constituency unrepresented any longer than was necessary for the purpose of inquiry, it would not be right to postpone any longer the issue of the writ. Mr. VANCE said, this evidence had only been before the house 48 hours, and it was impossible, therefore, for them to determine whether it would be right to issue a commission. There was one remarkable omission in this evidence, in addition to the non-insertion of the letter complained of. He had been present at the sitting of the committee, who had ocular demonstration of the intimi dation of the Roman Catholic priesthood, which was car ried into the very committee-room. He observed a Roman Catholic priest place himself opposite to the witnesses while they were giving their evidence, and the counsel for the petitioners at last requested that this gentleman should be removed. The committee, however, could not believe that anybody in the garb of a gentleman, much less in that of a clergyman, could act in such a manner as that de scribed. But the chairman at length perceived that, by threatening motions and other gesticulations, the witnesses were prevented by this person from giving their evidence, and then the chairman ordered him to be removed from the position he occupied. (Hear, hear.) The reputation of the borough of Sligo, as regarded bribery and priestly intimidation, was notorious. He thought they ought to pause before they issued this writ, with the view of giving the house time to deliberate upon the matter, he moved that the house do now adjourn. Mr. EVELYN, as a member of the committee, did not think any case had been made out for suspending the writ any longer. Mr. WORTLEY supported the issue of the writ. Mr. BOWYER thought it very important that, though this house was not to impugn the decision of its committees, still some opinion should be expressed in case of a mis carriage by them, and a more extraordinary miscarriage had never occurred in any court or tribunal than had oc curred in this instance. Lord C. HAMILTON thought that these personal mat ters showed the wisdom of the motion for adjourning the debate. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when The ATTORNEY -GENERAL rose, and hoped the house would not divide. No reason had been shown why the writ should not issue. What, then, could be the ob. ject of an adjournment? Was it to renew a discussion of the topics they had heard that night? The only question was, whether the writ should issue. Nothing had been urged why it should be suspended. The house, on reflec tion, must see that they were committing a violation of a constitutional principle in suspending a writ merely upon a personal and collateral question. The house then divided. The numbers were— • CUSTOMS, &c., ACTS. The report on these acts was brought up and received. EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL. The order of the clay was then read for further proceed- :ngs on the third reading of this bill. Mr. BOWYER rose - to move a clause of which he had given notice relative to the wastage of spirits in bond. What he asked was, that the same principle that was applied to the 17th clause should be made applicable to the 28th. The 17th clause related to the wastage of spirits during the process of distillation, and the 28th clause re lated to the wastage of spirits in bond; and he wished the same principle to be adopted in the latter as in the former case. He proposed that an allowance should be made for wastage in bond, the Chancellor of th. Exchequer fixing a maximum, if he chose, beyond which no allowance should be made. The hon. gentleman then moved a clause em bodying his views upon the subject. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that the details of this measure had been carefully consi dered in conjunction with the distillers of spirits; and he was warranted in saying that the allowances in the bill were satisfactory to them. Mr. BOWYER said that, though the distillers might be satisfied, the dealers who were obliged to keep the spirits some time before they sold them, were not. After a few words in support of the clause from Mr. P. O'BRIEN and Mr. GROGAN, The clause was negatived. Some new clauses were added to the bill. On the question that the bill do pass, . Mr. COOLLY said, that when aon former evening he had opposed the further progress of this bill, he had been charged with factious motives, but he had been actuated solely by a feeling of what was due to the constituents whom he represented, and to the country to which he belonged. It was impossible for him to allow the bill to pass without entering his protest emphatically against the whole measure, and upon the entire spirit in which it was founded and framed. He did not oppose the details ; he objected distinctly and entirely to the prin ciple of the bill, and he had stated his objections pri vately to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ile thought the right hon. gentleman had done him a gross injustice in taunting him with not having been here to oppose the details of the bill, when he knew that it was not to the details, but to the principle that he objected. It was quite preposterous that Irish members should be met on Irish questions with taunts such as those, put forth, too, in a tone of offensive familiarity. (Laughter.) The hon. member enlarged upon the impulse which would be given to illicit distillation by the increase of the tax, and on the consequent extension of demoralisation. If the consumption of spirits could be decreased by increased duties, then, indeed, increased duties would be a great boon ; but, so far from that being the case, the extension of illicit distillation increased to an enormous extent the consumption of spirits. He moved a direct negative to the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, with reference to the employment of the constabulary in the collection of the spirit revenue, the Government had not altered the intention he had formerly announced, but that intention, he begged to remind the house—the Government being fully alive to the immense importance of the other duties of the constabulary—was, that the em ployment of the constabulary on this service should inter fere as little as possible with their other duties ; that they should be made available only so far as they could be made available without injury to their thorough efficiency in the main purpose fot which they were constituted. There *as no idea, for example, of employing them on " still hunts," but it was felt that they could be properly employed in escorting prisoners to gaol, and tkat they might also take cognisance of spirits in transitu when they met persons conveying such spirits. After a few words from Mr. M'CANN, Mr. R. MooRE, and Lord C. HAMILTON against the policy of employing the constabulary police in carrying out the provisions of this bill, The house divided on the question that the bill do pass, Ayes Noes 121 41 21/g9rit7 . The bill accordingly passed. The Customs' Acts Bill passed through committee and was reported. The Assessed Taxes Bill was read a second time. The Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill passed through committee and was reported. THE RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL. • 10.•••• - On the order of the day for the resumption of the ad journed debate on the second reading of this bill, Mr. PHINN moved that the debate be further adjourned till Wednesday, the 13th of July. Mr. C. BERKELEY deprecated proceeding with a re ligious discussion of this nature, and suggested to the hon. and learned gentleman to move for the appointment of a commission, similar to that which had been appointed to inquire into Maynooth, instead of a select committee. Mr. PHINN ready to accede to any reasonable pre position, and, if so desirable a contingency were possible, would accept it with pleasure. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that theimajority who had carried the motion for the reference of the bill to a select committee ought to be considered, before the hon. and learned gentleman could accede to any proposition of this character. He begged the hon. gentleman to consent to the adjournment till the 20th of the month. Mr. PHINN was quite ready to adopt any plan that might suit the convenience of the house. Mr. MOORE moved that the debate bo adjourned to that day six months. The house then divided, — For the adjournment till the 20th of July 83 For Mr. Moore's amendment Majority SLIGO. _ _ On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate upon the issue of the Sligo writ, Mr. GIBSON said that he, being a friend of Mr. Towne• THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN.G, JUNE 24, 18 53. For the adjournment of the house Against it 19 86 Majority 67 Mr. VANSItTART, seeing the lateness of the hour (twenty minutes to 3 o'clock), moved that the house at its rising do meet at the usual hour of 4 o'clock p.m. The SPEAKER said the house bad already determined to meet at 12 o'clock. The writ for the Sligo election was then ordered to be issued. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the stamp duties upon newspapers. The bill was brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on... Monday next. Mr. M. 'MAHON obtained leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of the Irish fisheries. 'The bill was read a first time. Leave was given to the Lord Advocate to bring in tho Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity Tax Abolition Bill, which was read a first time. The house adjourned at a luarter to 3 until 12 o'clock kis day. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JuNE 23. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL. Further Proceeding on Third Reading resumed :—Motion made, and question put, " That the Bill do pass :" The house divided ; Ayes 121, Noes 41. MAJORITY—AYES, 121. • A.'Court, C. Fox, R. O'Flaherty, Anthony i .dair, H. Fox, W. J. Osbmae, Ralph A.nderson, Sir James Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord Alfred n-arnes, M. T. Gardner, Richard Palmerston, Via. Barnes, Thomas Geach, Charles Patten, J. F.eil, James Gibson, T. M. Peel Frederick Der keley, Craven F. Gladstone, William Pellatt Apaley Poi sham-Carter, J. Goderlch, Viscount Phinn, T. Bot merle, E. P. Goodman, Sir G. Pilkington, James B 0:. , 1e, Col. Graham, Sir James Rice, E. B rsald, H. Gregson, Samuel Rumbold, C. E. 'truce, Lord E. Hadfield, George Russell, Lord J. B nice, H. A. nestle, Alexander Sawle, C. B. G. Car dwell, Hon. E. Haste, Archibald Seaham, Lord C atilfield, Col. lleneage, G. F. Shelley, Sir J. V. C av eudish, G. Herbert, Sidney Smith, M. Tucker Cha ills, Alderman Hervey, lord Alfred Smith. W. C harteris, F. Heyworth, Lawrence Sanollett, A. • . C hiltd, Smith /Hadley, Charles Stafford, Marquis C hristy, S. Howard, Lord E. Stephenson, Robert C Deltburn, Sir Alex. Ingham, R. Stirling,:W. C wan, Charles Keogh, William St; utt, E. C' Palter, W. F. Kershaw, Jam% Sutton, J. H. M. C raufurd, E. Kinnaird, A. F. Thicknesse, R. A. C rook, J. Lacon, Sir E. Thompson, George C: rot;sley, F. Layard, A. H. Thornely, T. C.•covder, Richard B. Lee, W, Vernon.G. E. 11. D en t, J. Locke, J. Villiers, lion. C. D ru inlanrig, Viscount Loveden, P. Wells, W. D at tern, G. Lowe, Robert Whitbread, Samuel Dax dop, A. Macgregor, James Wilkinson, W. A. El li ot, J. E. Maule, Colonel Williams, William Et talyn, Viscount Milligan, R. Wilson, J. Ea ta as, William Michell, W. Wood, Sir C. Et re lyn, W. Moffatt, G. Wortley. Jas. Staart Fe rEmson, Col. Molesworth, Sir W. Wyndham, W. Fe rg uson,'Joseph Monck, Lord young, Sir J. Fii atter, Sir Edmund Moncrieff, J. Fl ;.zgerald, W. R. S. Monsell, William TELL/Z5. Ei trzroy, Hon. H. Mostyn,7E. M. Irz irster, Charles Mare, Col. Berkeley, Grenville. Ft orster, 3. Norreys, Sir D. J. Mulgrave, Earl MINORITY—NOES, 41. Al es:ander, J. Ferguson, Sir R. Moore, Ross S. A' ipinall, J. T. Forester, Colonel Parker, R. Townley B: en, John. Goold, W. Pollard-Urquhart, W. /kite son, I'. Greene, J. Smyth, It. Be :Mew, Capt. Grogan, E. Taylor, Col. IS( artinck, G. P. Hayes, Sir E. Tyrell, Sir J. T. El air, Colonel Jolliffe, Sir W. G.H. Vance. J. Bc toth, Sir R. Kennedy, Tristram Vansittart, G. H. Bo (layer, George.: Ker, D. Verner, Sir W. Br •ooke, Sir A. B. King, J. K. Whitmore, H. Bi tiler, Sir J. Lennox, Lord A. F. Wynne, W. Bi La, I. 31 acartney. G. Dt if. James Maguire, J. F. - . TELLERS Di nine, Col. Manners, Lord J. Conolly, Thomas Fe Cowes, Edward Moore, G. H. Knox, W. S. ' RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL. Idler read, for resuming adjourned debate on question (22d June), "That the words 'it be referred to a Select Committee to consider whether any and what regulations =re necessary for the better protection of the Inmates of Establishments of a conventual nature, and for the pre vention of the exercise of undue influence in procuring the alienation of their property' be there added." Ques tion again proposed : debate resumed. Motion made, m,nd question proposed, "That the debate be adjourned till Wednesday, 20th July." Amendment proposed, t o ,leave out the wor d s " Wednesday, 20th July," in ord er to add the word s , " thi s day six months," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words Wednesday, 20th July' ostand part of the question." The house divided : Ayes *3 ; Noes 35. MAJORITY—AYES 83. A'Vourt, C. Fitzroy, Henry Napier, Joseph A. lair, Hugh E. Fox, W. J. Newdegate, C. 1 Ai ad erson, Si r James Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord Alfred B. sr nes, T. Frewen, C. H. Pakington, Sir J. B. steson, Thomas Gladstone, William Palmerston, Viscount Bas ttinck,Geo. P. Graham, Sir James Pellatt, A Berkeley Grenville Grogan, B. Russell, F. W. Bonham-Carter, John Gwyn, Howel Bowie, C. B. G. 13( xtth, Sir R. Hamilton, Lord C. Seaham, Lord. B , )Uverie, E. Hastie, Alexander Shelley, Sir J. V. B syle, Colonel Hervey, Lord Alfred Smith, Wm. M. B ruce, Lord Ernest Hindley, Charles Smollett, A B tiller, Sir J. Y. Jolliffe, SiriW. G. H. Strati, Edward Butt, Isaae Ker, D. S. Sutton, 3. li. M. CI indwell, E. Kershaw,:james Taylor, Colonel Cr iv endish, Hon. Geo. King, James King Thompson, G. Gas.rteris, F. Kinnaird, Arthur F. Thornely, T. C ttad, Smith Knox, W. S. Vance, J. Christy, Samuel Lacon, Sir E . Vansittart, George H Cocl.burn, Sir A. Loveden, P. Wells, W. Cow per, W. Lowe, R. Whitbread, S. Crat Ward, E. H. J. Macartney, G. Whitmore, Henry Dun. tan, George Macgregor, James Wilson, James Dunitop, A. Mottle, Colonel Wortley, J. S. Evans, W. Milligan, Robert Young, Sir John Fe ilowes, Edward Michell, W. Fe.lnuson, Colonel Moncreiff, James Fil aver, Sir Edmund Moore, R.'S. Fitzgerald, W. Niulgrave, Earl MUMS. Berkeley, Grenville Berke ey, Hon. C. F. MINORITY-NOES 35. Ball, J. Hepworth, L. Belle w, Captain Howard, Lord E. Crc ol i, J, Kennedy, T. Erma nde. John Keogh, William Fitzgerald, J. D. li‘Cann, J. Foist er, C. Maguire, J. For at er, J. Monek, Viscount Fox:, E. M. Monsell, W. Gibson, Thomait If. 3iurrough, J. P. Gocdman, Sir (leorgo O'Brien. F. Goold, W. O'Flaherty, A. Gre one. John Osborne, Ralph IlatUeld, Q. rarker, U. T. Pilkington, James Potter, R. Sadleir, J. Scully, F, sully, V. Sullivan, M. Thicknesse, R. A. Villiers, Rt, Hn. C. Wilkinson, W. TELLERS. Moore, G. H. Bower, G. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The public health is now in a more satisfactory state. The weekly deaths registered in London were, at the beginning of April, above 1,300 ; in May they averaged more than 1,100 ; in the week that ended last Saturday the number fell to 294. In the ten weeks corresponding to last week, of the years 1843.52, the average number was 896, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 986. Hence it appears that the actual mortality of the week is less than the estimated amount by 62—a result more favourable than has been obtained during a long period. The number of fatal cases arising from typhus, con tinued, remittent fever, &c., which in the p rev i ous wee k (ending the 11th June) 59, declined last week to 35 ; those from small pox from 6 to 2 ; measles decreased in the two weeks from 25 to 20 ; phthisis (or consumption) from 163 to 131 ; pneumOnia, from 62 to 45. On the other hand, scarlatina rose from 30 to 39 ; hooping-cough from 58 to 67 ; bronchitis from 54 to 59. Viewing the fatal diseases in the groups in which they are classified, it is seen that that those affecting the respiratory organs alone are in-excess of the corrected average. But the nearly constant decrease of this class (which does not in clude phthisis) during the last seven weeks is shown in the following numbers-224, 199, 174, 162, 129, 136, and 127. In the Trinity sub-district, St. Mary, Newington, at 3, Uxbridge-place, on 3d, 9th, 11th, and 13th June, three sons and a daughter of a corn porter, aged re spectively, 6,6, 3 years, and 1 year, died, the first of "pertussis (three weeks), rubeola (one week), convul sions," two others of pertussis, also after three weeks' illness, and the last of " rubeola (24 days), pertussis (14 days)." Last week the births of 742 boys and 667 girls, in all 1,409 children, were registered in London. In the cor responding weeks of the eight years 1845-52, the average number was 1,348. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 798 in. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.59 in. at the beginning of the week, to 29'94 in. by 9h. p.m. on the 15th ; remained at this reading nearly till 9h. p.m. on the 17th : and decreased to 29 . 79 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature was 58.3 degrees, which is 1 degree below the average of the same week in thirty-eight years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on 4 days, above it about 2 deg. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Monday, when the wind blew from the north-west, and 1.15 in. of rain fell, the mean temperature was 9.1 deg. below the aver age. The highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 74 deg. ; the lowest was on Friday, 491 deg. The greatest difference between the dew-point tempera ture and air temperature was 19'5 deg., and occurred on Thursday ; the difference fell to 0 deg. on Monday ; the mean difference of the week was 7.1 deg. The wind blew from the north on the first' three days, and after wards from the south-west. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 18. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lO6 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 29 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 127 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility • Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance.. Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES - 59 .... 39 Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. sponding week 1851. 185 W 0 133 2 f est Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Deaths in the Week. 136 195 143 203 247 Totals :. 2,362,236 903 924 Males 477 Females. 447 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 742 Females 667 Total . 1,409 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 23. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Abeona, from Rouen ; Hawk, Antwerp ; Janet Sherman, Groningen ; Haabet, Aar hues ; Angel do la Guardia, Gibraltar ; Ida Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Vissery, Worcum ; Vriendshap, do. ; Argus, Uddewalla ; Truo Friends, Stettin; Edith, St. Peters burg ; Josephine, Westerwick 3 Hedwig, Moss ' • Norma, Memel ; Bern ar d a n d . Elise, Amsterdam ; F re y a , Dantzic ; Sophia, Emden ; Gevig, Aalborg; Stranton, Christiania; Behrends, Memel ; Leo, do. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Hendrika, for Brake ; Leontine, Alicante ; Miranda, Hamburgh ; Laurien, Geelong and Melbourne ; Cheerful, Dantzic Florence, Halifax; Henry Woolley, Port Philip ; Jeune Auguste, Nantes ; Point, Jamaica • Emerald, Gibralt ar ; May Queen, M a lt a; Zwaartje dornelia, Konigsberg; Fidele ) Buenos Ayres ; Mary, Rouen. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Frederick and Maria, for Copenhagen ; Felicia, Genoa ; Lemniella, San Francisco ; Catharina Lutgarde, Hamburgh ; Sarah, do. ; Mary, Rouen ; Sif, Constantinople ; Lilian, Messina ; Cyprus, Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 23. The Gertrude, from New Orleans to Liverpool, was spoken May 21, lat. 24 N., long. 80 W. The Elizabeth Bentley was spoken May 15, lat. 24 N., long. 80 W. The Hope Goodwin, bound E., was spoken May 29, lat. 38 N., long. 57 W. CANALS. ' Names of Dividend price Names o . .; Dividend V , 4 .. ct, i per Companies. per Companies. .3 rricc, 4 i Annum. 63 Annum. co I £ £ 1 Ashtn& Oldb 98 71. p. et. 140 Macclesfield . WO; 2/. 10s. 50 Barnsley.• • • 160 Neatk .... • • 'col 16k 14rknk&Abrg 150 51. 82% Oxford.. •• •• 100 13/. Birmingham 40 41. 1051 Peak Forest. 78 3 , . I.Bs 70 Coventry.. • • 100 251. Regent's..: - . 33 1 i7O - NV Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85, 21. Ell unre&Chs 69 2% p. et 34% Ssmrset Coal 1 50, GrandJanctu 100 4.. pr. Ct. 68 Do.Lk FdSt 12 • Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et- Stffrd &Were 14 01 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 27. 10s. Shrewsbury.. 1 25 (rand Union 100 11. lob. 12% stourbrid us.. X 45 207. 290 Kennt & Avn 39 Os. OGI . severe and Lancaster • 100 Wy °Rail. 526 21 •Os • 24 Leeds& Livrp 100, 251. 550 Warwick &? Leicester-- 100' 5/. 66 Bi rm i ng. jI-A , 4L 40 Letcstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick &1 3/. 18 Lxighboreglt 142 70' . 516 N a pt on .. 3 0I Monmont rn lash 100 W orcs t r &/ 8 31. I thitgerysh 100 Bi nn i ng. I Meltnli&wbry 100 1 Wilts & Brks , —10 S. Od. 7 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Liverpool, Quebec and Savannah to London, May 30, lat. 40 N., long. 59 W. The Attica (barque), Havannah to Falmouth, same day. The Golconda, New Orleans to Liverpool, May 15, lat. 24, long. 80. The Richard Gordan, St. John's to Glasgow, June 1; lat. 46 N., long. 43 W. The Mary Ridley (English barque), March 14, lat. 28 S. long. 52 E. Tile Mary Henzell, London to Madras, June 16, lat. 44, long. 10 W. The Hydra (ship), of Richmond (Me.), Liverpool to Ha vannah, May 22, lat. 27 N., long. 53 W. The Oriental, Calcutta to Boston, April 20, lat. 33 S., long. 81 E. The Oromocto, New Orleans to Liverpool, May 23, lat. 31, long. 78. The Priam, Calcutta to London, May 12, lat. 13 S., long. 9 W. The Lusitania, Clyde to Melbourne, the 18th, on the [ine, lat. 20 W. The Sydney, Ceylon to London, lat. 22 N., long. 23 W. The Zoe, Cardiff to Cape Town, May 2, l ong . 22 W . The Paradise, London to Calcutta, May 3, lat. 5 N., Long. 21. W. The Estafette, Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W., April 26, Lat. 1 N., long. 21 W. A SCOTCH ACT/SON.—A pretty village on the neigh bouring coast, frequented by summer visitors, was lately the scene of rather an amusing incident. Taking advan tage of a lovely summer day, two young ladies betook themselves to a sheltered spot a little way up the coast, where they hoped to indulge in an unmolested bathe.. After the 'usual preliminary proceedings, they had just accom plished the first few dips, when, to their consternation and disgust, they observed a young gentleman of an in quiring turn of mind seated on a neighbouring rock and intensely enjoying _the scene. The impertinence was aggravated by the fact that a powerful opera-glass was made the instrument of a more minute inspection of their aquatic evolutions. The blushing but indignant maidens remained in the water as long as was consistent with comfort and security, in the hope that the stranger would withdraw and leave them to, at least, their necessary toilet, when, to their horror, he was observed to descend calmly from his elevation, divest himself of his apparel, and proceed to bathe in close proxi mity. But he had strangely miscalculated the results, for the spirit of the maidens was at last aroused, and they secretly determined on a bold revenge. With an appearance of insulted modesty they timidly withdrew from the sea, and, concealing themselves behind a con venient rock, proceeded to dress; then, folding up their bathing gowns, they rushed upon the garments of the gentleman and bore them off in triumph. The unfortunate man instantly comprehended his posi tion. A succession of shouts and supplications fol lowed the ladies in their flight, growing fainter and fainter as the distance increased ; while the "gentleman," with considerable modesty, remained in the water, evincing great agitation, and imploring restitution, at first with stentorian lungs, and subsequently in animated and appropriate gestures ; but in vain,---the insulted maidens were inexorable. As the spot was very secluded, some hours elapsed before he could make his situation known. At length a grinning rustic made his appearance, and informed him that the " twa leddies had left his cla'es wi' a wench at the green, a mile awa', wha wadna gi'e them back without he paid a pun' for taking care o' them, forby being a penalty for affronting the leddies dookin'." The penalty was paid on the restitution of the garments, and the unlucky wight quietly left the village, where the joke was already known, and the conduct of the damsels publicly approved of. The offender is now suffering from a severe attack of rheu matism.—Edinburgh; Guardian. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, have effectually Cured an awful Bad Leg of a person 75 years old.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Illsop, druggist, Lincoln, dated April 4, 1853 :—To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir,—Among the numerous cures effected by your valuable medicines, punuit me to inform you of the fol lowing : Mrs. Mary Jackson, residing in this town, 75 years of age, had a dreadful bad leg for upwards of five months ; there were three sores on it, and it was swollen to an immense size. Every person that saw it thought that she would not recover : however your ointment and pills alone have perfectly cured it.--Sold by all Drug gists, and at Professo4 Holloway's Fratablisliment, 244, Strand, London. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. i l Price. Annum. Share. I £ s. d. £ s. d. British .• - • • • . - - - - - - - Ditto Provincial U. Bs. 20 0 0 20 00; 23 Brighton .. •- --- -, 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 i 16 City of London 6l. 100 0 0 150 0 0 , 130 Contlnental (3d Cap.) 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 ! 67% Ewitable .. 5O/. 50 0 0 50 00 i - Great Central:- ...• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 : (4% Imperial 3l. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , S6' Independent ..... .• •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 , 46 London.. ...... .... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 I - Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24%. Phce,iix ........• • 3jl. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 281 Rsteliff ..... ....... • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 ; 70 United General .. ••• - . 11. !50 0 0 5 0 0 01 20 Westminster chartered 51. per cent. i 5O 0 0 50 0 0 I 38 ' Ditto, New 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 614 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. I Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. -Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland *... • 71. per cent. 100 0 u WO 0 0 193/ 0 British Linen Comp 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2151 0 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11/ Os Clyde.dale Bank -... • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13/ es Commercial Bank Eastern Bank* Dlinh &Glasgow .. • • 3/. per cent. 6 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 15s Exchangeßnk of Scot - 100 0 0 31 5 0 S s. ( d National Bank . ...• •• 63( r percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 171 Os Norther Scotlandßank 51.peremt. 20 0 0 210 0 41356 d Roy alßank otSeetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 61 0 Union Bank of Scot. * 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 931 Cs Western Flank .....• Alliance Fire and Life s%Lpr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 "0 241 lOs British Guarantee Caledonian Fire inset lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. 0/1 City of Glasgow Lift,* 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 3 lOs Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 55 Eng. & Scot, Law Life sLper cent. 50 0 0 217 641 Cs Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 4'. ins National Fire and Life 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13s North British Insur. * 41. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/ Os ScottishUnionlnarn. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 14s otantard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 01. 7s * Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- £ s. d. £ s. d. Assam Tea ••.. •• .... - 50 0 0 20 0 0 10% /diction Mart ••• • • • • • 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - 35 Australian Azriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 71 Australian Trust .... Si. per cent. - 35 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 6 0 0 3% Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 71 Canada ... • • .... •• .. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - - 102% Ditto. 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. - - 11638 City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - - Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 21% Ditto.. • • •..... (II) - 25 0 0 10 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116% Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 12 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 31% Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. - 224 Hungerford .... ..........Si. 103. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution ... - - - - London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - ' Russell Institution.... - - 12 10 0 - I Price's PatentCand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 29 Reversionary Int. Soo. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Royal Mail Steam•• .. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian ... . • 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 40% Trust and Loan Comp. of Upper Canada.... - ,20 0 0 3 0 0 - [ADVERTISEMENT.} THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.- 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3A inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have in vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it en ables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises. in the ears is enti re ly rem ove d ; an d it a ffords all the assist ance that possibly could be de s i r ed.—S. and B. Solon? 2!" Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. PRICES' OP SHARES. • IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. • From the Official Lid. PUBLISHED EVERY TTJEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7. JOINT-SPOOK BANKS. Dividend Amount Nome of Company. per •of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - --• £ s. d. £ 5. d. Australasia. British North American 64. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Commercial of London. 61. per cont. 1 , 0 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial - lonian ... - Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 22 0 0 210 0 13% London and County • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 36 London Joint• Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 22% Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 . 0 - Ditto, N ew... ...... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New ..... •• • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. • 81. p. ct. & be. 25 0 0 25 0 0 51 South Australia .. .• .. 6t, p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 49 Union of A ustralia .- • 6'. p. ct. & ba. 25 0 0 25 0 0 74 Ditto .............. 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London ..... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of 3ladrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ....-____ INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion ......... •• • -3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.145. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine....... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor .... .... •• - - 6 per cent 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life ........... 41.ner cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 24% British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen• Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% County . 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 Crown .............. 14s. 50 0 0 b 0 0 17% Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4% per cut. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life ...... ... Iss. 20 0 0 All pal& 20% General 5 0 0 ~ 5% Globe ... a per cent. Stock. 150% Guardian ............ 51. per cent 100 0 0 .45 0 0 Imperial Fire l2l.per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - f Leh. & us. 100 0 0 20 0 0 60% Law Fire ....... ••• • • 2s. & 2s. b s. 100 0 0 210 0 .1% Law Life... .. .... .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 54 Legal and General Life - 50 01) 20 0 5% London Fire London Ship. 10s. &b s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 31 Marine-. -.•_- • • . 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 26 Med. Invlid &Cien. Life 4%1. per ct, 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva ...... •• • • Monarch --- • • - - 5 0 0 1 0 0 21s. National Loan Fund 5l. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 Palladiuun Lite... Pelican - . - - 45 Phcenix - - - Professional Life...... 51. per cent 6 5 0 010 0 % p - oindent Life --. • • . 11.55. & 118 • 100 0 0 10 0 4) 41 Rock Life .... - - ss. '5 3 0 010 0 8i Royal Exchange ....• • 61. r.ct. & be. Stock. all 236 Sun wire 6l. les - - ~ Ditto Life ll. 6 s. - o 65 United Kingdom ...• Al. p. et. & bs. 20 0 0 4 if 0 5 Universal Life . - ... • • 21. ss. per rho 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Victoria Life -.... • • 'V, per cent. - 412 6 5% - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per , of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Hungerford .......... - - -- 12 Southwark .......... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 705. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ......... - - - 100 0 0 - - Vitt° Old Ann. of 8/. 2/, Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - Vauxhall ........ Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 24 1 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. s. .s. East London 100 125 1 1 Grand Junction .... • • 4L per cat. 50 0 0 50 72% Kent... •. ... •• . - 84% Lambeth ..... -• • . - 100 0 0 - - New River Company 21.105. - - Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 88 West Middlesex • ... - 61.05. pr cnt. - - 114 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. ..£ s. d. Commercial ........ • • 4L pr cent. Stock. - - East and West India 6%1. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country 2os. per eh. - - - London .... . • 5l. pr cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds •• .. - •• 41. per cent. - - -- St. K atharine - - Southampton - Victoria - 20 0 0 2 0 0 - COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—Juza fl, There was a better supply of fat beasts to -day. demand for beef was again good, without any alteration in price. The number of sheep and lambs WAS larger than, it has been for some. The supply of fat and store calv.e,. was considerably better, and there were several left unsold' Prices :—Beef, 6d to 60 ; mutton 54d to 60 ; lamb le. to 8d ; veal, 5d to 6d per lb. ; pigs, 9s to 9s 6d per scoot. rough fat, 4s-6d per 141 b. ; hides, dto 20 per lb skins, 30 to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN— JETS 22. We had an average supply of grain in to-day's market,' Sales were ready for all sorts, but prices gave way on alit with the exception of barley. Wheat on the top 6d, 3 : l ' 3 `j e the average 3d, down. Barley on the top 6d, 31° average is sd, down. Oats on the top 6d, and the average 7d, down. Beans on the top same as last week, and the average 2d up. Top of Wheat ........ 631 lb 555 6d 8ar1ey............. ...... . ssi lb 35s oct - Oats Beans 67 lb 395 6d Total Supply and Sales. 847 qrs gold 8 28(111 85 qrs so ld 66 ors ~... 575 qrs sold 500 cps 67 qrs sold 51 qrs AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL (WARIER. Average of wheat £2 10 11 312ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats -12th's Ditto of Beans 1 18 1 7-12ths Wheat Barley. Beans NEWARK—JUNE 22. clam At the Corn- exc h ange to-day we had a thin & tten and little busi ness was done. Wheat sold at lscr be ; tv lower, and other grain as last week. Prin es ,,,T.,. 68 white, 52s to 555, re d 44 s t o 52 s ; b ar l e y, grinawb, 2 4 2 s to 30s, malting 00s to 00s ; oats, 248 to 268; beell„ , 10 001 45s ; peas, 38s to 40s ; ma lt , to 60s ; tares, °v s per qr. BOSTON—JUNE 22. an * A thin attendance of f armers a t mar ket t?_-dalp viuta t rather limited supply of all kinds of gnu' Weill receded in value fully 1s per qr., th e demand being O ld A for consumptive purposes. O a t s an d b ea ns were r bes o the prices of this day se ' nn i g ht . I n barley Anuicrhest, there was nothing doing. P r i ces were as f o llow " red, 42s to 48s, white, 48s to 50 s , ex t r a, 52s • bto to 00s ; oats, 17s to 21s ; beans, 40s to 43s ; Pea s ' °I:S 00s per qr. arleY, CORK-JUNE 22. Br's. White wheat Red wheat Ditto Ditto Barley Ditto Ditto Bero 10 Oats .00s Od to OOs .00s Od to OOs .00s Od to OOs .00s Od to OOs .00s Od to OOs .06s Od to OOs .00s Od to 004 .00s Od to 00s 11s 10d to 00s .00s Od to 00s .00s Od to 00s .00s Od to 00s Ditto Ditto -- Pigs Currency. Od Os Od-20 stoat'. 0.1 - -20 do. } Od 00s Od Od Od Od}. 00s Od-16 do. Od Od Os Od Od Od} 00s Od do. Od Od 00s Od 130 cwt. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week :"" 00 , Wheat, 58. Barley, 6. Bere, 00. Oats, 400. Return of cattle sold for week ending June 18 Pigs, 245. Sheep, 402. C o ws, 70. o; Coax. —Flour—First, 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; extra , !,11ir44 seconds, 12s Od to 13s Od ; h ouse h o ld s, lOs to lls Od ' d; 7s to 9s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 75 31t° it I oft. oatmeal, 10s 6d to lls ; w h ea t mea l , OO s Od to Os OaP er 01 Indian corn, 61 lOs Od to 71 5 s Od per t on. Bran, 4/ i to 51 Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 25s Od to 00s Od; t H , o , OOs; dealers, 60s Od to 00 4 Od ; average, Os per ton. :rod t 0 Farmers, 27s 6d to 00s Od; average, 30 s ; dealers, ° °° 6 iato OOs Od ; average, Os. p e r t on . B rea d—Wh ea t en loaf, a d to Od ; household ditto, sp. to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter , T i ; e f, lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 7d to 4s 93 per hundred. gat -. 6 4 to 4id to 8d ; mutton, 6d to 63d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; P° l l4.' n aod' 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sansages, 6d per lb.— Fish, Ne wt land, 001. Os to 00/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 00s bu n ol, Red, do., 30s per b r l .— P o t a t oes , w hit e, 12 d to 13d ; 1. 15d to 16d.—Coals, Newport, 19s ; Lydney, 19s ; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0 .p., 6 s 10d per i mper ial g'''' . o.ll Hides, market, 30a to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per u0t• th0 ,...• skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor s l a t es V. 17s. 6d to 31. 1 01. 02 1 - Fleece wool, 20s to 21s p er s t one. —H emp, 381. ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 31. 15s; 7.-0; oh 31. ss. per ton; deals, 191. t o 201. per hundred.-43arlopot Si. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 49s 6d to 50s per cvn.".pol 71. 10a to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 198. per brl.-- - Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 23. teeidi STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share mark e t has bee n s 4 00: all day, and has closed so. The .following are th e 3.1%. 1 1 , actions :—Chester and Bi r k en h ea d , 20 ; Caledonian, 113; Eastern Counties, 13; Lancashire and Yorkshirj' fr o, ditto (fifth shares), 4g d. ; London and North- rf s pir 115 0 15 ; South-E as t ern an d D over, 211 g ; Dut y nish, 1 d. MANCHESTER, JUNE 23. A/7 r STOCK EXCHANGE.—There-wa a oeiter ieei.i; 1 1 .5 3 irr opening, but i n th e a ft ernoon a very l i mited business ), effected. Leeds Stock, 78/ ; Midlands, 72 ; Sheffield €4 ;4 o, London Stock, 115 i ; Dover; 21 7-16 ; East Lancasb•ror 181, ; East Anglian, 6 per cent., 4a ; Hull and Selby Q ters, 28k. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There Was no c h ange whit iaVer — it eri prices here to-day, an d ra il s were little inquired with the exception of Shrewsbury stock and South fordshire shares, all at reduced prices. LEEDS, JUNE 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The unsettled state of affair , tbe east and other causes have operated unfavourably ° " 1 09 share market thi s morn i ng . Th ough we do not quo te_ alteration i n p r i ces , th ere i s an entire absence of buYeirjr present term; and the tendency of the market is to 0 cline. S.L'ABORIVE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General -" I by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.) li eu Day wren made in From wnat in COUNTRIES. in Gen era l P os t- Port dn. _..A. ()Mee, London.. Di s p a t c hed- E America (byß rit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ..• E a America (by United Sts. packet) ...... ..N June 28 Liverpool ... •f l u Y America (by U. States Ijun, 30 packet) ..........N June 22 • Southampton { Australia (via South. ampton) hi July 4 .....• .... Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N 'July 8 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...... • . ..N August 4 ........ .• •• no 2 6 Africa (West Coast) ../.7123rd of the month. Ply mou th • • log Alexandria • NlB, 9, 24, &30 o f m . D over .... • • lay 4 Alexandria & 20th of mon. S ou th am pton r i Bahamas ...........Ml2nd of the month Southamptoll•T r r o ily Belgium Dover ...• • • 16 Brazil of the month.. Southampton an 1916 Buenos Ayres.... ..31;9th of the month.. Southampton J . , 11 .;', 26 Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the mon th Pl ymout h •• Cape of Good Hope .. NI ' Piymouth • . • ru m, 2 6 Cape de Verds N 'l4th of the mon th . P lymout h Ceylon (see India) Q 6 a 'SA Ceylon .. ........ N 14th of th e mon th Pl ymout h •• „„ Jon ls. Channel Isles ........NlMoti.,Wed.,&Frld. Southampton!",,, 1 Chili • . & 17th of month Seuth a mptoriJU'' China (see India) Jan e 3° Constantinople 7 ,8,17,21,&27 am, Dover .• •• " tali 4 ..11 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 4 3.1.- - - Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ...• • • '` Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily...—. Dover .. • • • Gibraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southamptonr — Greece (see India) I l 1 0; Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th o f mon. 'etouthampton4, a 0 5. Hainburgh ....N Tuesday & Friday London .• ••• „if t e. Ilavnah it 2nd of the m on th Southampton "ma,. Holland ............ Si Wednesday & Sat. London ••••• of 1 6 Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton fano 26 India (via South a rept.) AI 4th & 20th of mo n . S ou th e mp ton % u s 0 India. (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of mouth Dover " lonian Isles (sea India) l,wieed lreland & N Twice daily Holyhead •• • u ne 6 Lisbon.. .. Madeira ............ 31 9 t h o f t h e month Southampton ",,,s lg Madeira 23rd of the month Plymouth •• Malta (see India) ale 29 Malta .. ..... ...N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover ..... • Mauritius (see India) ano 26 Mauritius .. ..N 14th of the m on th Ply m outh •• a ity' I Mexico ••••• • •• • ...M 2nd of the month. Southampton J oe la Naples ..... ........N sthlsth2sthofmonl!Dover •• • • •,".. 1 ,40 New Granada XI 2d & 17th of month SouthamPtt peer , : New Zea1and.......... By private ship . IVarious pot , ' roe Papal States ........N s thlsth2 s tholinon . .lDover •• •• •.', Joe Peninsula .. 7thl7th2B tho hymn SouthaniSt J u ly 1 96 Peru .. & 27th of mon. Southampto n Juno 2 Port Natal " ........ N 14th of the month!PlYinon tla Jan° : 2 Sicily ...... • sthlsth2sthoimon, , Dover • • ••:. jos . Tuscany ...........,N sthlsth2sthormon. Dover •• • Joiy I Venezuela 2d& 17th of month Southampton Van Diemen's Land (see 1 Australia) .......... West Indies ...... )1112d & 17th of month Southa mpton rlillY --........._ -_-_- . 2 ...... ...............--- - win he * When any of these dates fell on a Sunday, the infti radia (11° dispatched on the following day. with the exception of the ~.n ed the Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dins"' day preceding. _..........e: BIRTHS. OF A sox. On the 2d inst., at King's-square St. John'o,2le:c Brunswick, the w if e o f Lieutenant John Boult 4n ' '— Ar Ontille the ry. Pr' 17th inst., at 54, Pall-mall, the wife Gueneau de Mussy. On the 22d inst., at Harrow DAUGHTER Weald, the w lei if e of Ch t ‘ r J. F. Stuart, inst. of the Oriental Bank. On the 20th the wife of Captain J. Palliser Costobadie, Ad)uta " the Leicestershire Militia. _____.-------". HARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. John's Churc h, Notting- the hill, Kensington, Henry Membury Wakley, Esq. rri , °f Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, secon d son of Wakley, Esq., of Harofield-park,° coroner for Middles° and lately M.P. for Finsbury. to Cath erine Anne, sell dlughter of the late Francis Pinkney, Esq., of Wh itely Swansea, Glamorganshire. DIED. On the 21st inst. , at Killester-house, county Dubelirnai Eliza Emily, youngest daughter of Commissary - G en Luscombe. On the 20th inst., at Kingstown, near Dublin, Patterson, Esq., aged 77 years, agent to the Globe sttrance Company of London for nearly half-a-conturY; tint On the 18th inst. , at 2, Catherine - place , Bath, aVtil Richard Thomas Bateman, Esq., of Ilartington , "'" d Derbyshire, a deputy - lieutenant for that county, 2 ' l t . mag istrate for the city of Bath and county of Somerse LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Otfice, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county co Middlesex, Friday, June 24, 1853. l R1131314E the Om, n BIILE N TR, Ni ti , 04 1 81'..0 , the 1, 1.113t0n, Ribt le ciREAT • ' nL to t for wj t n.. SPE° ef rirsodsor at Ret i th ns an l ",ity be ob tai g 'eei ". "6 Comp 4,41 et the p e ' t e j i, e4ai rw arded Stn L°N . DON 40 Notice is he ( "be Leld Pro r i 4 at , at t nhe I, a n c t 419 eat, at 0 yearly Reper ih4:1114:16‘6; d Xf Sr.:1 : 1;1 1 6 1 :46 1 : e le11‘ ; ,w),„,.i.er p ound , 4d2 4 .2nulne T os • Per poun '° j' 'rel kn "l and( ' Ttlr 128 5s 6 4 d • ATION) t,otie e le hereb ;‘ t e r 2 1In rn, due l' Per cent di Ner„ t I 'AYABL' k`etw een t ii l sa ine ' thkrld noticeo.r is 1 WY text! Will Bj Secretaries f :vaY o p 1, r 41 ',., Ll 4 cler q COMJ andB Vic NAP ' t ES TIIND JAME ,4Mes Alexai t"t r i2nbr o ,, moo ttules Nisbet Dt •• he CHAIR: 144 at TIM " " b !he lowest t o lara,,, 3 _ e aPplyin g e , the pi 484 axis of tt. 'h 'i s ges --1.x. ° 111 7E ••,,, • ce ass tir _ 11 all( .a and tir e o kon u , assuran ce ' ea,k, as Well embllrasuad A 41.4 "ase Q tftN ) :c 11 A 41,41'.er Packets Packets call FRO ti Liml— -0 re eL Trains Pr tv4 3 l Alses from $g quarter w erofi ~_. 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