The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

of the I - thanked n. their M e : I L ;o have ac 10 1 : 0 we re of a 1 11 '; a solute( ; was forced `;10 rn Powerlio din a 3 i ll 0 10 mperor Niel', 0 . in Engl.3llol f inte rferil i .god ween 1 1'11581 a la wo nat: ions; ye deo' Oa 1 10 , ins mati e t o . ve re e canna Lddressl 3 d to, „ h of the T uD , lllfr i t, gatth e of consecit lBll Porte l'ts, elf liv e sia, an. 3 _, 14 ' "to bases si.twi — ti l e the Cka: 13) 15 :4 0 1 1 is pre, is s: to 0, mitions 5 11 ,. 8 be rejec to aicatio] 1 0 f O6 of by Vie t cannot 0 1 tly, an( c'd 'lb. A u ' ie . A i pt the ofFkio r , l !„ to tho certail 111 P;: er e , It wi 11, t' o o ast tha t , e Lclusiov. t l,O, admit tiAL. the pr should 4 °w r or t the 73 0 . 1 0 1 him solt, eat arn gaDi th, in. t be to f that i t a few d; the E of, 0 0 ig prop( o' 4 the fo:1 1 ° 4 0 ens, a xi !PF se ct :—" 11.1i 5 0 1 , :ander, to opt then w Dam tbe , ,ol river, ovV rr o Ismail.. A place, ;3 1 ';,it, provid d 0 ids of th ieasures' O Luring tl ' l % 0 of Sella 9 'l ;nts by -a light ; 7 een arrest'' deerc ) Switzerl F differewee s ,,,d 11 soon Ps ei r )ns evesl lll l ,{, arrange 1 316 0 .ustria il l s rd dews n ns. journal, 5 1 , 0 Berlin „ ttte' . tl O a poce as o their xv 3ll )ed for a. P A to and wisPl eP t y articles 4911 s comet ce jl 01 isurrecti°A, ipal of r that 11 o n i e d 1, but I 'M organs e allege , i . Atls Ys acte Id have " re' Part iis` l Of Frederf° 18th, ,4 . His s of the. P e g auto: can' tla l Faenza? j the Gorge ":"'„ as been , I '. o l more ; s w e ct n.ary, 12;w 2 0 is famiVl d nn Imob 3d, corer ilro, o and De those IN id l e , Funeral 6 1 ) of Catheda Poe rsary• a f 1, annoy 11 tation I s o f nnutatio!af e previ uke hit 0 - ry, shoriji: o , San Ma 11/1 0 sideratio P o o to his h c ) j, diseovial" ishes a i)j o f 3 mem. ) 17 de umand vow erred its l shall 1)4 3 00 at the 0 0, 1710S0 Cle the etter of of Fins 0 0 s projkto (75 )nt., an( 1 / yanks approVl burserwe il i. still Pe OW! tation, has 3e Turco-11115: Emperor Nic OpositiOnS o_v ! p r omise betv j ' w , nf the vrot.ec;; TRY. I gtitutior . 4 „.7 1, —the 1. 1 - 4 it r e d 852. siAr t he and thd it be upport °fa' Pl4fair t he istry 0,1 jo g I to Arlo 6nCtiOne° • g oe In 0 ° - r e• into a co r d • pose of P - it uniting t hen nt was fo r e lease , t , I ro verrat ee ., _ so oP; e co rr o f Ch ,onsiste., irP' tmes Jr. P ub ' e ly nd Ca' 04. ! p., Esq., object;nan ri the t r ," 0 . the thi From lo s udents, ,130 id that . w ill be re f volume " ited. • e ice s Pon c a Tired's l/. o f, (Dr. ated. L 50C1% 51 ,4 the . - an° • h lero4, wbicre vy erg w ere at pturt; ,paheat. 0 0, cAn atio ex tra Led soYe', MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, IBIS DAY. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American 'ere taken for export. The market closed tamely, but firmly, at previous rates. The sales comprised 6,00 0 American, 250 Pernam and Marauham at 6id. to 71(1., 300 Egyptian at 7d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat at aid. to 5d., and 40 Sea Island at 2s. 2d. to 2s. sd. per lb. Railway shares were firm, with but little business doing. The improvement in the resources of the British American provinces has been so remarkable that, even in contrast to Australia, it deserves special attention, and affords matter for sincere congra,tu lation. One might have expected that the attrac tions so suddenly offered by our southern colonies 'would have proved very damaging to the Canadian settlements, but such does not appear to have been the case. The foreign exchanges were a shade lower yes terday afternoon, bills dated 90 days being taken ,at 25 171 to 20 on Paris, 25 17A to 221 on Antwerp, 11 1 8 to 1 on Amsterdam, 13 61 to 61 on Ham liu.gh, and. 10 56 to 58 in Trieste. • Gold is in more demand again for exportation to the Continent. Yesterday there were 2,4271. 13s. Id. of New Bank per Cent. Stocks accepted at the siank of England. This is the first acceptance for a long period, but probably would be followed by others if the Eastern question were disposed of. There has been a very steady market for Public Securities, but the dealing has been principally for nioney. Consols have been done at 98 for ,Transfer and 981 for Account. The New 31 per uents, have realised. 104 to 102, and the 3 per Cents. 991 to -13. Bank Stock has been quiet at 248 ) and India Stock at 255. Exchequer Bills have realised par to 3 premium. In Foreign Securities, there is still very little 3 11 i:heas doing, but prices are maintained. Spanish ? Per Cents. have been 23k, and the Passive, 51. eentlaguese 4 per Cents. are 434. Brazilian 5 per S tock have been firm at 102 k. Buenos Ayres °ek is worth 621. Mexican Stock has beeirdone 4 . '' 26 1 i to 27, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. are at 1 , I secilint. Sardinian Stock is at 95k. Dutch 21 per , Cents. are 641 to /. TI le Railway Share Market is rather weak and bigbuating, and the transactions have reference eating, to the settlement of the Account. Mid -114 Caledonian, and York and North Midland „ay . ' 3 been chiefly dealt in. The French Shares ' a r e again rising ; and, as usual about the settling `LaY , are scarce. T he Gold Mine Shares have been neglected. he Land Companies have been flatter generally. r h -1: ae Joint Stock Bank Shares are mostly sup -1/1:4`10:15: but Union of Australia have been heavier. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. . ( From the Official List.) Rosiness done. 13 4 n!, c Stock ' 3Pe r Cent. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es. ....... ....... 993 il i t ici pe ,* Cent. Consols Annuities 9B.s 0 i x . : ) 4 : 1 i per Cent. Annuities loli i 2 1/ 2 1 ili ; Annuities, Expire sth Jan~ 1860 Odi • L Stock ':,°ll a Sea N ew A nnu itie s `-' 0 1): cols for Account 11th August 9B tcheciner Bills, id. 100 , 0 £5OO — . Small 2 3 p i ?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. bi aj dliau Bonds, 5 per Cent b 4 itto New, 1852, 4A per Cent 99/ x d ', l4 e nos Ayres Bonds, - 6 per Cout 623 u teilada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 21.3 11 ;01 .. .can 3 per Cent. f h er avian Bonds, 43 per Cent. ',%e1l Avian Scrip l:3 d b r oil iuguese B on d s , 4 p er C en t, Ana sian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1 ) itto 4Aper Cent. ~ rt anima Bonds, 5 per Cent 951 SPa wish Bonds, 3 per Cent — D itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23i R ,b itto Pacai ve (C onver t e d) Yen ezuelo. Bonds, 33 per Cent. . ..... I) itto Deferred, 1 per Ceut l5 Dividends OR the above payable in London. 3 thtt .th Exchange, 21 per Cent. Di tto 4 per Cent. Certificates .... THREE O'CLOCK. 980 A 084 i Consols Ditto August Account T.I7E NEW PHILIIARMO2VIC SOCIETY AND DR. WYLDE. le members of the Orchestra and chorus of the New -rhit harmonic Society have, before separating at the Tine of the second season, agreed to present to Dr. 4n , y Wylde an address expressive of the feelings of 141111 ration and regard which they entertain towards tlet y ,They sa y, As the originator of this great so has done so much, and is destined to do so ord er , more, for the advancement of music of the highest Plie a: 48 the director of music, attending to all the co stril,„ 4 d rn arrangements of the concerts, and to the con aB o ,``loil of the successful programme of this season ; ec; e of " the conductors of the performances and as th e Poser' 7l who has added to his titles in this respect ha. e Il usic of 'Paradise Lost,' of which our country Pos o yeaso n to b e prou d , now h o ld a di s ti ngu i s h e d Thi s which we are delighted to see him occupy." 8 address, so honourable to all parties, received rZ ar ,ds of three hundred signatures. Dr. Wylde fi e c s a j; e ". in a becoming spirit, and expressed the grati hirt7ell Which he derived from the prospect of finding c i, --B elf next year again at the head of a body of musi nB so s kil ful and so highly disciplined. THE OCEAN MAIL DIORAMA. beAnotber important and interesting addition has just bi t r Made to this charming and most instru?tiveexhi ea'n, illustrating the route of the ocean mail r id the le e to India and Australia, at the Royal Gallery of ustr a ti th at on, Regent-street. The addition referred to is °I beautiful picture of Constantinople.. Thus, "8t A_ustialia has already been for a long time, and 1 still Turkish of a lively interest to every Englishman, the thp x . r ." question, the all engrossing quarrel between o f -"orthern Bear and the Eastern Lamb, has become L ot: late on e of the most startling topics, in which every- Th f eels more or less directly a deep concern. th e Proprietors of this exhibition had promised to Public that whenever a subject of exciting and re,,,vrrsal interest should present itself, they would r e ZdY use their utmost endeavours to give such a B,reaentation of its leading features as would prove sl i isfactory to their ever-numerous audiences, thus th: . ,!cg their 'intention to return their best thanks in the best manner, for the encouragement with which h a have been hitherto so signally favoured. They th e ' L in this instance, rem ar kably succeeded, both in ni l d er e 'cioi , and execution of the popular subject now cur notic e . as c , 4t , magnificent picture gives us an idea, as perfect thin -4 "1 be, of Constantinople and its suburbs. No important is omitted. We see the great canal lii er ';',Passes through the tow n . N ear it i s th e Seras ol„,4 ' l ower, the Mosque of Soli man , o th erw i se name d A/ rll7ania. 'Farther on are the hotels and res id e n c es of vieZ as nadors, the Arsenal, &c., the whole enlivened by Pubj 7 of Turkish soldiers, horses, &c., parading in the iu tllc thoroughfares, views by no means inopportune Present c i rc umstances. It will be sufficient to B nre l ,,, ll , c onclusion, after having stated the great plea that ;" i ch we took ourselves in that beautiful sight, and ;"ae travellers, lately returned from those regions, Part' e „l ° ng them who have visited Constantinople in Piet l f , --a r , have all attested the perfect accuracy of the ur s' 20 well deserving praise in every other respect. THE NEW ' AT liOnt4E AMONG THE BRICKLAYERS PaIace o Yest e :P 01' PARLIAMENT. t the New W "LaY th e b • kl vers working a laid down, the e,,tillibricklayers a., 13 were walked J a cket s niter struck. The trowel _....A h., o ut half.past one o'clock IA 8 Ant in 13 -- Thy °n, baskets taken up, obliged to f has the w aa e la bourers were of course New Palace . e et , d e °I . the bricklayers, and the The cause of the strik e i f ert ,eci by both bodies of men. and the men o w llo a w l of d u, - ; e ' l lsal on the part of the master, for i n New a ;,4.89.41 to be a demand on the part f r o a f n t i h n e cr m ea e s n e , Palm "geS• The men assembled in clusters to illte • Srler proceedings. - Yard and the neighbourhood, consulting as 8 `" of the ''' :_, Itt ilKt OF Q on - THWARK LAEOURERS.—The wateor excite,n_borough of Southwar f k 2 ,000 — `", in consequence o 414 Suffrance wharfs. The pay of. e arly t for labourers, who have been working at the diffe tibs the s a tri gr ke en o t ,„e last fifty years has been, their employers kf s a a e y . of .the labourers say, !u• per hour, including the time occupied in brea an t ; I tZg e and dining, and two pints of porter thusworking hours have been from s i x till g • ed produein this price g provisionswere ' * h bread was I l e 1: 1 1 ht, w en i s 3, when i dea r-6_,. u. per quarters, meat Is. per pound, and porter r houru• per pot—and they now strike and require 4d. _, with all the above advantages. The reason they assign for increasing the demand is, that the suffranee Wharves have the privilege of landing foreign goods, the coasting trade having recently been superseded by the railways. The wharfingers state that if they are com pelled to pay 4d. per hour the expense will ultimately fall Upon the merchants and consumers. 300 men pa raded round the wharve s in the course of yesterday, and threatened to do desperate mischief to any labourer Who dared to go to work for less than 4d. per hour. It_ is said that from 400 to 500 men struck at Scovell's, from 200 to 250 struck at Humphreys', from 150 to 200 struck at Penning's, from 200 to 250 struck at Allen and Stevenson's, from 200 to 250 struck at Cur ling's, and that several other strikes of similar extent Were made in the course of the day. Most of the above large concerns have been obliged to submit on account alon of the number of foreign vessels and craft lying glide the wharves, laden with most valuable cargoes. SHARE MARKETS.-(T.HIS DAY.) Slar. 1 raid RAILWA TS . 19 St. 19i 14 100 8t 184 100 100 all all all all 111 100 - Ili all all all 7 100 100 coa all 31 100 1100 100 100 ;100 11 21s. 1 100 20 11 100 Aberdeen ........ ..... Anabg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June...... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Janet Do. Chest. & Birk.,, £5O & £25 Cons ' Do., £2O Bristol di Exeter Caledonian. . Chester & llolyhead Corlc. and Bandon.... 'work, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast Julie. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New ......... ..... East Anglian (X 23 L. & E. & L. (11 D.)..... Do., (.£lB E. & H ).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Do., do.. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 26a 27 5g 53 9:1 - 101 9 7 al 20 - 22 3A -- 24 d( 102 -- 164 1 68i •-- 6911 22 -- 204 -21 j 3 7 i'p 8 - 9 5i - 5i 4 114 - 13111 41 - 46 33 - 35 V 3 - 74 52 - 55 72 - 74 .•• - ... 39 - 32 87 83 53 58 - 136 110 111 901 901 7 7tl 101 101' 16 17 pl 781 782 43 —44,1 j 3/ 3 dj 15/ 151 , , - lg —lfispxd, 105 1 1161 1114' 2 21p 1 Isp 896 903, 5 . t ; 41 - 33,1 11 - Li 18 - 20 ' 29 - 29 2i -72 i 41 -- 43 55 - 57 - - 3 8 - 9 52 - 54 31 1 - 4 33 —34 d ... """. ... 4 4F tit - St 50A - 514 93 - 95 - 61 - • 63 53 - 60 68 - 70 1 1i - 17 - 19 9 - 9i -14 k 3g -- 19 -- 21 72i - 734 36 - 36, 13 - 14- . - 25 - 27 23 23 -15 i 8i - 94 - 32 0i - 10 - .• • 69i 74d1 2A 24d 60 61 Closing Prices Basiness dons this day. this day. 1021 681 9 81 22i 48 i 871 8 574 7 111 901 a 1 pm 781 1051 11644 g 111 904 90 724 0 li 24 424 50; 1 i 69; 70i 12a 60 i :t,l 'Do.; B. & C, East Lancashire 1 East dr, West Ind. Dk 1 dt Binning. June Edinburgh d: Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prtli.&D nude- Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Ir'Ash South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths . ...... Do., Wst. Riding lin. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So u tb pt London d; Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthcnd. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,IG/. C London & S. Western Do.; Do., £10...... Lnduclrry.&Coleraine iLndndrry. & Ennisk. Wanch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland .. ...... Do. Binning. & G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket............ 'Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... Po., New. Norilin. Counties Un N'orth British !North Devon, No.I Do., No. 2 De. , 2 A Deferred Do., I, I; Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westru. June. Oxford Worcester 6/ Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Birmg.' Do., L. & N. `Vesta. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern , South Wales S. Yorksh. ItiverDue Do.. IStockton dL Hartlepl. 'Thames Haven Dock and Railway . Vale of ..... IWaterfd. & Kilkenny IWaterford&Limelick N'Vest C0rnwa11........ I Wnibledeu &Croydon Woodford-- ..... York Newea&Berw. Do. Extensions. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c "his. & Ex. 4 p. 0. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead' Guar. 5. per cent... Cork&Bandon 5i P.C. ( Dundee Perth&Aber-' deen Junction EastA nglian (310 s) 6 per cent. Do. (1',5) 7 per cent Do. 17s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2. ... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dundce 5); per cent Glisgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great North , ' 5 P.C. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. . ...... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color. :j Shares Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Hanch.,Shef., &Liu., i Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, Do., ..... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. a 4i per cent....... Do .' IMid.Consol. 6 pc. St. !Do. Consol. Bristol & Burn. 6 per cent.... IDo. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. Si per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Sbrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Waterfd. taiilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N.Midland it S. Purch 92 - - 96 88 - - 92 j(3 1051 -- 1081 10 —20 i id, Ge -- 61 4 -- 4' 5 -- 5 lip -- 21 p -- 2 p 141 -- 151 20i -- 214 '''' ••• ,iii -- iia 1112 - 114 8— 9 6a —7/ 1.03 104 A d 149 151 151 - 157 3i - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 8 sa I 11 p 151 k - 152{l - 55 114 -11 u x 1 118 - 122 1115 - 117 2 24 1! 101 1& 18 I 144 —15 i p£— &p 26 1! 24 id 103 - 105 1 ai NI par pi FORE 4 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graisscssac all Charleroi & Erqueliu. l 10 Dijon and Besancon ' 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian Do. Extension GL Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France GOVestiornofCanad.% Shares Lucca & Prstoja 5 p.c pref..; Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref. . Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Namur & Liege ..........with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B.&. Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen ez Cherbro Quebec & Richmon% .Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France southern of Frame Upper India Scrip West Flande- , Do. 5 1 1 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand 11 1 1 (1. 14 l 15gi ip 2 lid 5 5p - .6 4 p " 7 7A 4 - 11 2 p 2 2 ip 8 8A 35 3 0 3 14 14 84 9 4 17g - 14 —4 O 13 —45 373• - • 378 4i -- d 194 2O 94 5 - 6p l 44 - 51 - - dsl 91f - - 91 9 4a 3 -- 2 (11 354 xd 27A i x d it 4 pm THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 185 a PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JULY 26. ( From the Votes anti Proceedings of the House of Oaramon4.) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The fifth report of Mr. Cardwell's committee, appointed to consider the principle of amalgamation as applied to railway or railway and canal bilis, has just been issued. It states that it appears to the committee to have been established is evidence that competition fails to afford the public the same security in respect of railway accom modation which it gives in the transactions of, ordinary trade. The report reviews at considerable length the evidence given before the committee on various subjects relating to the management and working of the railway system, and concludes by stating the general views of the committee thereon. For the purpose of carrying into effect these views the committee recommend. : Clause (whereas it would tend to a more speedy and effective administration of Indian Affairs in England, and would materially diminish the expenditure of such administration, if the business of the two departments of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, were transacted in one and the same building, it shall be lawful for the said Board of Commissioners to pro vide, and the said board shall, within two years from the 30th clay of April, 1854, provide, in some suitable situation, sufficient offices for the transaction of the business of the two departments as aforesaid ; and the said board is hereby empowered to sell the buildings and premises now occupied by the Court of Directors in Leadenhall-street, in the city of London, and to apply, the proceeds thereof to defray any expenses which may be incurred in providing convenient offices, in one building, for the use of the said Board of Commissioners and the said Court of Directors)—brought up, _and read the first time. Motion made, and question put, "that the said clause be now read a second time." The Com mittee divided :—Ayes 61, Noes 74. " 1. That the mode in which railway bills are now dealt with in the House of Commons should be.revised with the view of securing, by the institution of a committee of a character more permanent than has heretofore been the practice, a comprehensive review of all schemes submitted to Parliament in every session. That to this committee the railway department of the Government should afford all the advice cud assistance which the committee may desire. " 2. That, for the investigation of contested bills, the committee should divide the whole country into districts; should decide questions of principle, and make arrange ments for the decision of questions in which more than one district might be interested ; and should so direct the investigation of schemes within the several districts as to secure for the public, within each of them, the utmosttad vantage which might be derived from a judicious combina tion of new lines with there which already exist ; they should also make provision for facilitating the passing of unopposed bills. " 3. That .no scheme should be investigated without security being taken that, in the event of its passing into a law, the works will be actually made. " 4. That the practice of locus stands should be adapted to the necessity which exists for trying in a direct manner, and with a comprehensive regard to the general advantage, the public issue involved in any scheme ; and that provi sion should be made for the payment of costs in cases where the proceedings of any party shall appear to have been illu sory, vexatious, or unwarranted. MINORITY—AYES 61. Anderson, Sir James (lederLeh, Viscount Scobell, Captsin Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F. L. Seymer, 11. D. Bell, James Greene, J. Sheridan. B. B. Bigg., William Gregson, Samuel Smith, J. Blackett, J. F. B. Hey worth, Lawrence Smith, It. V Brotherton. Joseph Hindlcy, Charles Spooner, R. Brown, William Jottific, Sir W. O.H. Stanley, Lord Bruce, H. A. Laslett, W. S-irling, W. Burrell, Sir C. M. Liddell, H. G. Thornely, Thomas Cheetham, John Liddtll, T. Tyler, Sir George Clay, Sir W. Maddock, Sir 11. Vansittart, G. It. Duncan, G. 31 a4ulre, J. F. Wilmsley, Sir J. &ludas, F. Massey, W. N. Walter, John Dunlop, A. Ai iall, Edward Wilkinson, W. A. Ewart, William Milligan, R. - Wildams, William Feilden, Id. J. Morris, I). Wise, A. Fergus, J. O'Brien, I'. IVolehouse, E. Ferguson. Joseph Pellatt, A • Fitzgerald, Sir J. Peto, S. - TELLERS. Forster, Charles • Phillimore, J. Fuller, Augustus E. Phinn, T. , Bright, John Gardner, Richard I'rice, W. P. . Smith, John Benj. MAJORITY—NOES, 74. 5. That working arrangements between different com panies, for the regul a ti o n of traffic and the division of pro fits should be sanctioned under proper conditions and for lithited periods ; but that amalgamation of companies should not be sanctioned, except in minor or special cases, where it clearly appears to the standing committee that the true and only object of such amalgamation is improved economy of management, and consequent advantage to the public. " 6. That running powers should generally be discouraged on the score of danger, and conceded only in cases where the public object of free transit from one system to another cannot practically be insured by other means. " 7. That every railway company should be compelled to afford to the public, in respect both of goods and of passen gers, the fall advantage of convenient interchange from one system to another : to afford to every class of traffic, in cluding postal communication, just facilities and to ob serve all statutory provisions, especially those requiring equal charges under the same circumstances ; and that where complaint arises that any company has violated any of these obligations, provision ahonld ha made for the hear ing and decision of such complaint in open court, with power to make use of the interference of the railway de partment, for the purpose of ascertaining by what specific and detailed arrangements such complaint may be effectu ally redressed. " 8. That where any dispute arises between two or more railway or canal companies, and the companies agree to refer it to the Board of Trade, that board should be em powered, if it think fit, with a view to the public interest, to entertain the reference, and its decision should be valid and binding on the companies. " Since the general principle of increasing the stringency of the criminal law in England, so as to render liable to prosecution persons guilty of culpable negligence tending to the risk of human life, even in the cases in which no fatal consequences ensue, is under consideration in a select com mittee of the House of Peers, to which bill, embodying such a provision, has been referred, your committee having already stated that their views upon this subject, now re commend that for the better management of railways it will be desirable,— " 9. That every board of directors should be required to register with the Railway Department some one person, to whom should be delegated the chief authority over all the external discipline of the company and its servants ; also, for every part of the line, some person should be registered as resident engineer; and for every portion of the locomo tive stock, some person as locomotive engineer. " 10. That the general regulations of each company, from time to time in force, should be transmitted to the Rail way Department, and that the inspectors of that depart ment should have pewer at all times to examine the books in which the arrival and departure of the trains from the several stations are registered, and the books in which the particulars of the moving stock of the company are re corded ; also, in cases of inquiry into the causes of accident, to examine the servants of the company. " 11. That provision should be made for enforcing the means of constant communication between all the servants, to whom the safety of the passengers in any train is in trusted." Bailey, Sir J. Herbert, Sidney Palmerston, Viscount Baines, M. T. Hervey, Lord Alfred Patten, W. Baldock, E. 11. Hogg, Sir James W. Peer Frederick Berkeley, Admiral Horst' ill, T. B. Percy, J. Blair, Colonel Keniall, Nicholas lticartio, 0. Boyle, Hon. Colonel Keogh, William Russell, F. C. Bruce, Lord E. Kirk, William Sailleir, J. Butler, Charles S. Langton, H. G. Sawle, C. B. G. Cardwell, Hon. E. Lockhart, k. E. Scully, F. Clive, Robert Lockhart, W. Smith, M. Tucker Dent, J. Lowe, Robert Strutt, E. Bering, Sir Edward Macgregor. James Sutt ‘n, J. H. M. Divett, E. Mangles, R. D. Tancred, Henry Wm. East, Sir J. Marjotibanks, D. Vance. J. Egerton, Edward Mastennan, John 'Villiers, Hon. C. Esmonde.. John Maule, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Ferr,uson, Sir Robert .Mills, Thomas 'Wickham. 11. W Fox, It. M 31ilnes, it. M. Willoughby, Sir 11. Gladstone, Captain Al ichell, W. Wood, Sir C. Goddard, A. L. ' 31olesirortil, Sir W. Wrightson, W. Gordon, Admiral Monck, Yisconi4 Young, Sir John Graham, Sir James Monsell, W. Gre ,ves, E. Moody, 'I TELLERS Greene, T. O'Connell, D. Ilayter, W. G. Elastic, Archibald o,borne, Ralph Bailey, Sir J. Headlam, T. E. Owen, i. , ir J. Another Clause (And whereas, by an act passed in the third and fourth year of his Majesty King William IV., intituled, "An Act for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company, and for the better Government of his Majesty's Indian Territories till the 30th day of April, 185 i," it is enacted, that the President of the Board of. Commissioners for the Affairs of India, but no other commissioner, as such, and the secretaries and other officers, shall be :paid by the said Company such fixed salaries as his Majesty shall, by any warrant or warrants under his sign manual, countersigned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being, direct : Be it enacted, That such fixed salary shall in no case be less than the salary which shall be paid to one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; and that only one of the said Secretaries to the Board shall be capable of being elected or sitting and voting in Parliament— brought up, and read the first time :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time :"—The Committee divided ; Ayes 116, Noes 29. AMERICAN SLA VERY IM PE L PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to move the second reading of this bill, said it had been prepared by men of consummate learning, great knowledge of the practice of the law, particularly in Ireland, and of very great skill in the preparation of such bills. The measure be fore the house had been submitted to the heads of the courts of law in Ireland, from whom it had met with a general approval. It was brought into the other House of Parliament at the beginning of the present session, and it was only within the last 10 days that it was ulti mately adopted by that house. It was now a quarter of a century since he (Lord Brougham), in the other. IHouse of Parliament, brought forward a statement of the various defects and abuses in the legal, awl more especially in the juridical system of this country, and it was with unminglcd satisfaction that he now found that hardly one of the principles and propositions which he then laid down bad been neglected or overlooked by the learned persons who prepared the bill, while by far the greater number bad been sanctioned by their approval. When he looked to the state of the law in Ireland, the constitution of its courts, and the vast improvements made there, so that in many respects the courts in Ire land were half a century in advance of those in this country, it was impossible he should do otherwise than regard with satisfaction, mingled with admiration, the course of legislation in the sister country. The measure before their lordships consisted of two branches—one of which was the application to Ireland of all the late improvements in the administration of justice and pro cedure adopted in this country. More than 140 clauses of the bill were directed to that object ; the re mainder were not to apply the law of this country to Ireland, but to improve that law in some most essential and valuable respects. There was hardly out of the improvements introduced into this bill that had not re ceived the sanction of the Learned Common Law Com missioners, as testified by their reports, and particularly , by their second and most valuable report. In some re spects the bill went beyond that report, but in most re spects he entirely agreed with the authors of this bill, and thought they had made a great improvement upon the reports of the English commissioners. The bill might not satisfy some by not going far enough, and might alarm others by going too far. But he remem bered what his late hon. and learned friend Sir W. Follett said to no rash reformer or speculative dealer in innovations. That individual said, in respect to some proposal for improvement—" If you do this you will not be allowed to stop here, and you will have to go fur ther." Sir W. Follett's reply was, " The question is, is this a right thing to be done in itself ; if so, do it, and then wait until some attempt is made to go further than is right, and then resist that." The first thing to be regarded in a measure of this kind was to throw open the courts of law as wide as possible to suits thnt ought to be brought there, and to close them as much as pos sible against all cases that ought not to be brought. With respect to those suits which were brought, it was desirable so to contrive it that there should be as little litigation, and that the decision should be as speedy as possible. The operation of the bill now before their lordships would be to diminish unjust litigation, and to reduce the expense of suits. It was proposed that in all plaints both plaintiff and de fendant should swear that, to the best of their know ledge and belief, their statements in the written sum mons and defence were true. To this he saw no objec tion whatever, and there were many precedents for such a course in the practice both of the courts of law and equity. One great point to be attained was the encour agement of compromises, for every facility ought to be given for settling a suit after it had been brought into court. The law as it at present stood allowed the pay ment of money into court in certain cases, and in certan cases only. The absurdities which formerly existed in this respect has been done away with, and since 1828 money was allowed to be paid into court, generally speaking, in all cases of contract and quasi contract. — There, however, it stopped short, at that very point where it was most essential for the purpose of prevent ins, oppressive, unjust, and frivolous litigation. In cases of tert no payment of money was allowed, and therefore however willing and anxious both parties might be to settle their disputes out of court, the law imposed this restriction upon them—that the money should not be paid into court. This bill removed that objection, and rightly and justly allowed the payment of money into court in all cases whatever. Among other means of cheekil -, unjust litigation, and of giving relief to parties without the necessity of driving them to go to law, an improvement in the law of arbitration had also always appeared to him to be most unnecessary. Last session, -aud in the beginning of this, in a measure which had beet-n:o6re their lordships for extendingthe jurisdiction of County Courts, it had been so arranged as to make County Court judges official arbitrators; and he hoped to bring in a bill on this subject either during the present or early in the next session, amendingthe whole law of arbi tration, which at present was in a most unsatisfactory con dition. The principle of English law was, that a party could not recover unless there was an appearance of his adversary. This principle was all right, but nothing could be more absurd than the manner in which our law, until very lately, carried it into . execution. You could only at law compel the appearance of a defendant by proceeding to outlaw him—a clumsy form of proceeding entailing considerable delay. Upon the outlawry you might seize'and carry into the Exchequer the proceeds of his personal property, and to a certain degree you might affect his real estate. By this proceeding the plaintiff gained little or nothing, and great injustice was likely to result as against the defendant, who might be absent in America ; or in the Greek Islands, or any where else, and might have no means of becoming acquainted , with.what was going on. The law on this point had been very much improved of late, but it was still im perfect ; and the bill now before their lordships greatly improved the present practice, taking advantage of the analogous proceedings in equity and in the civil bill courts, which had been found to work in a perfectly sa tisfactory manner, availing itself of well-devised plans for serving process so as to avoid hardship to the plaintiff and prevent injustice to the defendant. Upon one part of this measure be had some doubts, being rather in clined to agree with the Common Law Commissioners in thinking that this bill was wrong in joining the summons and the plea, the writ and the declara tion. He doubted as to the propriety of making the declaration and the plea one, because it put both parties to the expense of a declaration ; whereas, in many cases the mere issue of the writ might compel the performance of what was desired, and so the expense of proceeding further might be avoided. That, how ever, was a matter for the consideration of the com mittee, and he confessed he had not a very confident opinion on the subject. The principle of the bill was to bring • about natural procedure, and to reject as far as poSsible and to abridge technical procedure. It effected the abolition of all forms of action which ought to have been done away with long ago. Ha knew that the com missioners, in their first report, were entirely of that opi nion, and had given their reasons for abolishing all forms of action, and for going from the technical to the natural form of procedure ; but, unhappily, after the Common Law Procedure Bill of last year had been framed, objec tions were made elsewhere—not, he was afraid, by the house in which the bill was originated, but in this house —and the commissioners yielded to those objections, and brills of action were continued. It was perfectly absurd to continue those forms, for they told but little - of what was wanted to be known, and the chicanery and the subtlety which arose from them was as bad as the obscu rity in which they were enveloped. This bill, therefore, abolished all forms of action. The next improvement was, that choses in action, which were not assignable at common law, were all made assignable by this bill. The assignment of a bond was only good in equity, but the bill would enable a person to assign such instruments without driving the assignee into the Court of Chancery for his remedy. But in connection with this change it was to be considered that there was a most skilfully devised registry for -registering all such assignments of such documents. That was a great improvement. How many years did their lordships think it was since it was first pr o p osed in this country? Well might they be blamed for th eir slowness . legal reform. It was just two centuries ago since this course was proposed by a committee ofthe House of Com mons, on which were men illustrious fo r their great deeds, and men illustrious for their virtues only. On that committee were the Lord General Cromwell, chair man, member for Cambridge, and Sir Matthew Hale, afterwards the Chief Justice of England. They were the authors of 14 propositions for the amendment of the law, and it proved the truth of the remark of Lord Bacon, "That hardly ever a good proposal for amending the law was made, though late, than sooner or later it would not bear good fruit," that every one of those pro positions had been carried except that now before the house. That was a matter of comfort and consolation for those engaged in the reform of the law, and enabled them oaten to bear up against defeat and disappointment, knowing well that eventually their objects would be car ried out. He submitted that, on the whole, there could be no difficulty in extending to Ireland those parts of the bill which were in the act of last session with certai n changes and improvements to adapt it to that country ; but in the absence of his noble and learned friend the Lord Chief Justice, and .of Lord Truro, he would not now ask their lordships to do more than assent to the second reading of the bill. (Hear, hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR was sure the house would feel with him that this bill was only an additional obliga tion which they and the country owed to the exertions of the noble and learned lords in the cause of legal reform. (Hear.) He entirely concurred with him in thinking this bill effected an immense improvement in the judicial eye ; tem of Ireland, and in many respects, indeed, in that of both countries, and that their object ought to be—and so long as he occupied his present post it should be—to render simple and cheap the administration of justice, to render it accessible to all, and to open the doors of the temple of the law wide and free to all who desired to enter. Their lordships were aware that a commission of very learned persons was issued two years ago to in quire into the administration of the common law, who embodied in an elaborate report the result of their inquiries, and a bill embodying their suggestions was passed last year. It had been found to work admirably well, and he attributed that success to the immense labour bestowed on it—first, by the commissioners, next, by the judges, and, finally, by a committee of their lordships' house. So carefully considered had it been, this singular result was shown, that though the bill con tained upwards of 300 clauses, not 30 questions had arisen in the construction of them in the courts of law since it came into force. Now, he had no hesitation in saying it was their bounden duty to give Ireland the benefit of those improvements which had been matured here without delay, and, so far as any exertions of his could lead to such a result, it should be done in the pre- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Leasing Stir. Paid RAILWAY& Compans. Buckghamsh .1 L. & N.W. Clydesdale Je. I Caledon , E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent 31str.8rDn.Fr artlpl. Dk. & Railway hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 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Egert,m, E. Pellatt Apsley Wise, John A. Gardner, Bichird Percy, J. William Greene, John Phinu; T. TELLEIts. • Greason, rainauel . Price ; W.P. nestle, Archibald . Sawle, C. B. G. Williams, W. Kendall, N. Scobell, Capt. Bell, J. EXTRAORDINARY CAB ACCIDENT.—Last evening, a few minutes after ten o'clock, an accident of a singular character occurred to the cab No. 1640, which had re ceived a fare at the London-bridge station of the Brigh ton railway, and was proceeding at a moderate pace along the Strand. On arriving opposite to Exeter-hall, an omnibus, which was passing in the same direction, caught the hinder wheel of the cab, and lifted it com pletely off the ground. The cab was thrown over with great violence, and the horse fell on its side. The driver was pitched from his box, but appeared not to have sustained any serious injury. A large number of persons immediately assembled and fears were enter tained that the gentleman inside had been' hurt, as he made no attempt to get out of the cab. The door was opened and he was found at the bottom struggling amidst carpet bags and luggage, to which, in all proba bility, he owed his escape from injury. He received only a few bruises, The side cf the cab was broken in, and the horse was terribly lacerated: THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.—The twenty-third meeting of this associ ation commences its sittings at Hull on Wednesday, the 7th of September. The general committee will meet on that day for the election of sectional officers and the dispatch of the business usually brought before that body. The first general meeting will be held on the evening of the same . day at eight o 'clock, when the address will be delivered by Mr. W. Hopkins, M.A., F.G.S. The secretaries for the meeting are Mr. Henry Cooper, of the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, and Mr. Bethell Jacobs, President of the Hull Mechanics' Insti tute. The committees of sections will meet daily from the Bth to the 13th September inclusive. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.--The dePartures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease as compared with the pre ceding week, but are still very many. They comprised altogether twelve vessels —seven to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,048 tons ; two to Sydney, with an aggregate ,burden of 1 ,713 tons ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate burden of 911 tons ; and one to New Zealand, of 305 tons. Their total capacity was, consequently, 5,977 tons. The shipments of manufac tures and merchandise have been on a rather less active scale, but the rates of freight s are well supported, with a tendency in special cases to advance. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Mauritius, screw steam-ship, belonging to the General Screw Company, arrived from Plymouth this morning, with about sixty passengers. She also brought a small quantity of specie, 479 cases of indigo, 136 bales raw silk, 5 bales of silk piece goods, 13 packages torahs, 4 case , champagne, &c. The Vectis, a new ship just built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, arrived this afternoon.- • She left London yesterday at 4 p.m., and on reaching North Foreland was compelled to anchor for the night, owing to the very thick state of the.atmosphere. She is built exactly upon the same principle as the Valetta, which ship we have previously. described.. The Vectis is in the charge of Captain Powell. KENSINGTON GARDENS.—Thehandsoine gates which formed so conspicuous a feature in the transept of the Crystal Palace, in Hyde Park, during the memorable Exhibition of 1851, having been purchased by the Com sioners of Woods and Forests, have been placed at the southern point of the gardens, at the extremity of the fine gravel walk formed some time since across the gar dens in the direction of Bayswater, and which formed the equestrian ride in 1851, during the temporary privi lege allowed in the Exhibition year. These handsome gates, surmounted with the royal crown and other mas sive ornaments, show to great advantage at this spot, and will form a carriage entrance, as well as for foot passengers, if required at some future period. REMOVAL OF NUISANCES IN ST. LUKE'S.—The Board of Guardians of this parish have given public no tice that they have formed themselves into a sanitary committee, with a view to put into force the powers given them by the Nuisance Removal Act. They pur pose visiting all those parts of the parish where nuisances exist. GOORKAH AND THE LIVERPOOL CIJP,-Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., has given an opinion on this affair, in which he says : If it be intended to dispute the right of the owner of the horse Goorkah to the Liverpool Cup, or stakes, notice should be given to the stakeholder not to pay over or to part with the stake or plate, and an indem nity should be proposed by the owner of the second horse against the consequences of such refusal. Should an action be brought against the stakeholder he can apply to the court for an interpleader issue, and the question will then be distinctly raised as to the age of the horse, and will be tried by a jury. The certificate of the vete rinary surgeons, which has been given, is not conclu sive, and the owner of the second horse can try the fact by the process above suggested. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUL Si ,—Will you allow me, through the columns of your paper, to make an appeal to the many readers of " Uncle Tom's Cabin ?" There are thousands, even of those who disapprove the purpose and challenge the fairness of that great American novel, who have had their sympa thies called forth in behalf of the race it advocates. In the Southern States of America such sympathies find ready vent—in England, and at the North oppor tunities are more rare of legitimate action. I have been passing part of the summer in Clerke county, Virginia, where two cases affecting persons I have known for years have greatly excited my sympathy ; and I now venture to make my most earnest appeal to persons richer than myself to assist me in the attempt to give them freedom, home, and happiness. The more pressing case is that of a man named John Gordon, a very light mulatto, a blacksmith and paper-hanger by trade, whom I have known since 1842, and who bears the highest character amongst the gentlemen who employ him. He was born the slave of Mrs. Hawes, of Rappahannock county, and received his freedom at her death, when all her negroes were emancipated, and provision made for their trans port to Africa. John Gordon, who had recently mar— ried a slave woman, to whom he was much attached, preferred to remain in Virginia. He has continued to reside there fifteen years as a free negro, but, under the laws recently passed by the Convention, he has been summoned before the County Court, and warned that he must quit the State within two months, or re turn into slavery. It is easy calmly to read or state these facts, but it was not easy to listen to them calmly when the poor fellow came up to speak to me. He had an idea that all persons in free countries would pity him —that "Miss Lizzie from England and the North" could do something to assist him in the pur chase of his wife, and at least some of his eight children, so that they might leave the State together. Was there nothing I could do ?he asked— Was there nothing he could do to prevent his being sepa rated for ever from his family, leaving his wife and children to the uncertain chances of slavery ? "Oh ! I would do anything to save them," lie said, with a pathos that deeply touched me ; " anything on earth but go back and Le a slave again, Miss Lizzie. I could not bear to tell him that I had no power effectually to assist him—that I could dive him only my own few dol lars and my sympathy. I did what any one, I think, would have done in my place. I promised, however painful it might be to me, to ask assistance- 7 -that I would lay his case before my friends when I came north, and see what could be done for him. The gentleman who owns the family also urged me to interest myself in the case. He is a person of great benevolence, and the heir-at-law of Mrs. Hawes. Instead of opposing the eman cipation of her negroes he took the most lively interest in their welfare, superintended their embarkation, and continues to receive the most grateful letters . from Liberia. But he is far from rich ; and, though he asSures me that to secure the freedom of Evelina and her chil dren (he bought them originally at John Gordon's earnest request to prevent them being sold south, and the con sequent separation of the family), lie will gladly sell them for less than half their market value. The state of his affairs is such that he would not be justified in giving them their freedom. My other case is that of a woman, now about 30 years of age, who was the beloved and devoted attendant of one of my nearest relations. It was her mistress's most earnest wish, upon her deathbed, to give Sarah the freedord she had long sighed fel., and after many difficulties, owing to the arrangement of the pro perty, the family was enabled to give her her free pa pers. But by the same law which operates so harshly against John Gordon, she is compelled to leave the state within the year, or to return into slavery. She has a husband, to whom 'she is devotedly attached. Conjugal affection is (not unnaturally) rare amongst negroes, but this is an attachment which I have never seen surpassed in any condition, and she cannot bear to leave him. He is a slave, of excellent character, trusted and esteemed through all the neighbourhoodbut, un fortunately, though hired by the family to whom Sarah belonged, and living for the past ten years under the same roof with his wife, he belongs to another mas ter. This gentleman is willing to sell him to his wife for a sum very much less than his real value. They have southern . friends willing to do all iii their power to promote their object, and, were they free, have been offered employment and the hi g hest wages o in •Baltimare. About 6501 . are n ecessary t accomplish both these objects. The ir cause seems to have been committed to my hands , and I earnestly case away ra as y that, though I cannot 'present the i into such the breasts to infuse my own feelings of compassionof others, that some of those t o whom I thus appeal'may be.willing to assist me in an object, which must coin mend itself to every breast t hat estimates the value of family affection. Any sums will be gratefully received if remitted to Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; or, to Messrs. Smith and Elder, 65, Cornhill. — l h ave the honour to r emain, sir, yoursfaithfully, MARY ELIZ. WORMELEY, Newport, li. 1., July 13, 1853. ATTEMPTED VIOLATION.—George Bell, aged 50, a coachman in the service of Mrs. Starkie, a lady residing at Ch ar lton-house, near Cheltenham, was b roug h t he re the magistrates of that town on Monday, charged with attempting to commit a rape on the person of his daughter, Elizabeth Bell, aged 16. I t appeared from . the evidence that, on Saturday afternoon, the prisoner and his daughter went to look at an empty cottage in Rosehill-street, Charlton Kings, which the former pro posed taking, and while g o i ng over the premises, the prisoner mae a violent attempt u p on the virtue of his daughter. She resisted to the utmost of her power, and managed to foil her assailant in his abominable designs. Mr. A. W. Gabb, surgeon, deposed that he had examined the girl's person, and was of opinion that an attempt at violation had been made. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes, to be held next week at Glou cester, It transpired that the prisoner made a similar attempt on, his daughter about two years since. - MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ....... ll —13 p 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 3 p 10 2 Australasian ld par 20 5 Australian 23 - 3 21 1 all Australian Cordillera 1d par 1 all Australian Freehold. 3 d 1 all Ave Maria — d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of,) 3 d— 3 p 1 all British Austrlu. Gold a R d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm 4 43 4 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 3 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 —34 313 1 3 Carsons's Creek 3 d P, 40 all Cobre Copper — 43 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 —l4p 23 ... 14 Copiapo lO3 113 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 73 —83 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —l3 d 31 3 - 20 all General. 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 1 p 23 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst. 1 all Liberty 3d 3 p 1 all Loud.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 8 1 all Mariquita.. 10 9 Mexican&S.A.mericn 64 71 1 all New Granada . 1 all Nouveau Monde P 5 1 Port Philip ld par 1 all Quartz Rock 8 d par 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 30 10i Santiago do Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian 4 d— par 10 7 Tin Croft — 283 all United Mexican 3i 1 all Waller g d 1 all West Granada — d 1 all West Mariposa...., , - d 1 all Yuba — - 8 d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl —B2 813 211 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China .8/ —13 p 3 25 5 Chrtd. link. of Asia. 3d par 44 i 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd — fi p 103 20 123 London Chrtd. Bnk. of Australia - -33 p 181 173 183 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 Loncl.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poratiou 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 RoyalAustraln. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 3 d— par 25 25 South Australia 45 47 46 x all 25 all Union of Australia 79 80 79 23 Do. New Bi 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubiu Coal and Iron ... 100 35 Australian Agricult 33 35 33 4 4i 20 8 A.ustralsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... 50 38i Brit. American Land 65 68 66 5 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 32 Canada Company 69 71 5 5 Crystal Palace l- —2ipxn 7i 7 x new 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 1 Eastern Steam • •• 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel. 15 _l4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel .. . 10 3 Netherlands Land 4 d-- e p 1 all N. B. Australasian — g p 14 20 74 Nrth .of Europe Steam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 1 —la p 61 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 2 3 h 1 Do. New Scrip ••• 25 25 South Austral. Land 40 41 40 J all Submarine Telegraph 100 2£q Van Diemen's Land 16i 173. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Although the supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state. In prices, however, no change took place. For forward delivery scarcely any transactions were reported. There was an increase in the show of foreign wheat. Good red parcels were firm, and quite as dear as on Mon day. In other kinds very little was doing. Floating cargoes were in steady request, at full cur rencies. No English barley on offer ; but the supply of foreign was good. The trade was firm, at extreme quotations. We had only a moderato inquiry for malt and oats, on former terms. _ Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as last week. Wheat. 940 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. I 51a!t. 1,250 English .. Irish -• • • Foreign .. 13,820 7, 1110 - 1 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand was in a very sluggish state to-day, at our quotations. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Bcl to 4s 10cl ; lamb, 4s 10d to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 314 d to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very inactive, at last week's prices. Duty, 140,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 27.—Wind this day at Noon, S. to S.W., light breeze, and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, July 26.—Wind, S. W. Arrived—Lady Peel, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, July 25.—The Herald, of Guernsey, Callao to London, is on the rocks, and bilged; cargo dis charging. The wind is strong. - LONDONDERRY, July 25.—The Fairy, of and from this port, for New York, is on shore inside of Lough Foyle, but is not making water. DEAL, July 27. Wind, W. S. W. Arrived—Nile, Shanghai'; Ann, Cochin ' • Oromaeto, New Orleans ; Ocean Queen, New York ; Jeannette, Matanzas. Sailed —Rochester, South Seas. LIMERICK, July 26.—Arrived—Ellen Forester, St. John's, N.B. ; William and Joseph, Quebec. WARRENPOINT, July 25.—Wind, S. W. Arrived— Hosten, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, July 26.—Wind, W. by S. Sailed — Harvest, Cape of Good Hope. POOLE, July 26.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Findon, Quebec. FALMOUTH, July 26.—Arrived—Marmion, Havannah ; Odin, Quebec, from Truro. BRISTOL, July 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Lucy, Bar badoes ; I. K. S., St. John's, N.B. KINGROAD, July 26.—Arrived—St. John's, N. B. ; Downs, Bathurst. MILFORD, July 26.—The Venus, Newport to Cork, has been towed in here leaky. WESTPORT, July 26.—The Waterford, from Quebec, has been on the rocks, and it is feared has received some damage. NEW MEDICAL MOVEMENT.—Some members of the medical profession have combined for the purpose of starting an " Anti-Advice Gratis Society," the precise object of which is stated to be the organisation of the profession against all unpaid or ill-paid hospital, poor law, and army and navy appointments. TRADE OF THE AFRICAN COAST.—The establishment of the mail-packet communication between England and the west-coast of Africa, is likely to develope an im mense trade with that part of Africa, particularly in palm-oil. A steamer is about to be sent out to ply on one of the principal rivers on the coast, as a feeder to the English mail-packet. KING'S COLLEGE. —OR Monday last a handsome chased silver tea and coffee service was presented to the Rev. John Edwards, M.A., Principal of Bonchurch College, and late Second Master of King's College School, by 123 of his late pupils, as a testimonial of their esteem, Oath. I Flour. 4,230 1 530 2,350 13,290 430 sks 2,510 brl sent session, even if it was protracted for that object. But as to other portions of the bill before them the case was not the same. The commissioners made a second report, suggOling most extensive and useful improve ments, to be carried into effect by further legislation, and he gave directions to embody them in a second bill, the draught, of which, however, was not presented till the 14th of August (so the noble and learned lord said, but we presume he - meant July). Under these circumstances, it was impossible to carry out those im provements in the present session of Parliament ; and, in truth, he believed such a bill never could be brought to that degree of perfection which was desirable without the opportunity, of the long vacation.to consider it, for it was no exaggeration to say, that for one in his situation who bad distieS to perform from morning to night, it was found very difficult to give sufficient attention to bills of such a nature to enable him to recommend. them with confidence to the house. What appeared to him to be fair to Ireland, therefore, was to adopt so much of this bill immediately as was contained in the bill- which had been already tried in England, and to give , - Iser the enactments - which had been• found to work well here. But as to the essential changes recommended in the second report—the introduction of equitable defences in action, inore extensive power of injunction, further dis covery, and in some cases, the - assignment of chases in action—only in- some eases, however, for he slid not agree with his noble and learned friend in thinking it should be done in all case s —f or i t wou ld never do' to enable a man to sell his right to an action in debt, for instance, or such power would lead to constant litigation —though he believed they might not only be properly introduced, but that. •it would be a great discredit to the house not to introduce them with the utmost speed consistent with there being no blots left to be hit which would' enable unfair practitioners to - make a harvest, as was often the ease, out of their imperfect legisla tion—they must not be adopted without that full and mature consideration which was desirable. - One word as to "form," ngainst Which objections had been raised, even modified as it was. ,The reason why form was retained was, that it was apprehended, f rom their knowledge of human nature, by the judges, that if they left persons to tell their own story in their own words they would infinitely more perplex and embarrass the matter than if they retained so much form as was still left. Ile was satisfied that was the case, and that the adoption of so much' form saved them from the use of a great many unnecessary words, which would be in serted if parties were let say what they pleased. In con clusion, he had only to express his willingness that the bill should be read a second time now, and that those portions of it to which he had alluded should be passed into a law as soon as possible, even if they sat till Octo ber for the purpose, the remaining clauses being left to stand, over for a future session. The bill was rzad a second time and ordered to be committed. The Spitalfi'ids to ShoreditCh Improvement Bill was passed through committee. The Dublin Parliamentary Registration Bill, the Bel fast Municipal Boundaries 13W, and the Municipal Cor poration Act Amendment Bill were read a second time. The Customs Duties Bill was read a second tinic, on the motion of Lord STANLEY (of Alderly), Without a word of remark. MISSIONARY BISHOPS' -BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. The Bishop of OXFORD explained that the object of the bill was to enable that to be done for British sub jects which could now be done only for foreigners. The 26th of George 111., chap. 84, provided that the Arch bishop of Canterbury or the Archbishop of York should have power to consecrate to the office of bishop persons not being subjects of the Crown, after having first ob tained the consent of her Majesty under the sign manual, and this bill proposed to give the same powers, under the same restriction, for the consecration of British sub• jects to be bishops in foreign countries. In answer to the Earl of CHICHESTER, The Bishop of OXFORD said, it was provided that any person consecrated under this act might exercise his office of bishop in any part of our dependencies not already included in any existing dioceses, but only by warrant or license under the Royal sign manual. The bill then passed through committee, and Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. A MIDLAND CRYSTAL PALACE. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—A project (originating with Mr. Samuel Beale, the deputy-chairman of the Midland Railway Company) has been started for erecting in Sutton Coldfield-park, a public edifice after the plans of and for similar purposes to those of the New Crystal Palace at Sydenharn, and moreover there appears to be every probability of its success. A very numerous and most influential meeting of magistrates, merchants, and manufacturers of the borough, at which the Mayor presided, was held at the public office this morning, when the proposal of Mr. Beale was fully discussed and unanimously approved. Sutton-park, by road, is about seven miles from Birmingham, or nearly half-way between this . town and Lichfield. It is p ro p ose d that the corporation of Sutton, in whom the park is vested, should convey at a nom inal rental, for a period of 999 years, 200 acres of land— the park being, a beautiful tract of several thou sands, unoccupied and useless, except for the grazing of a few cattle—on the condition that the corporation of Birmingham should erect an ample and magnificent building for the reception and accommodation of the people of Birmingham and the surrounding districts, and as a repository for , the exhibition of specimens of the manufactures and artistic works of the midland counties ; the property to he vested in the corporation of - Birmingham, but the inhabitants of Sutton, who would be largely benefited by the establishment of‘the institution, to enjoy the same privileges as those of Bir mingham. It was understood that if the project was adopted by the corporations of the two towns the Mid land Railway Company would, in all probability, con struct a branch line from their station at Broomford forge, and thus provide, at nominal rates, an easy and ready access from Birmingham to Sutton. The distance would be less than from the centre of Lon don to Sydenhatn. Mr. Beale, Mr. C. Shaw, Mr. Manta, M.P., alid other gentlemen who addressed the meeting, argued that provision for the recreation and instructive information of the working classes oft Bir mingham and its neighbourhood was absolutely re quired, but ,that, in consequence of the high price of laud, it was impossible to obtain it immediately con tiguous to the town. The leading gentlemen of Sutton had intimated their wish to enter cordially into the pro posed scheme, and Mr. Muntz advised that the men and corporation of Birmingham should "strike while the iron was bat," and secure the great advantages now presented to them. It was calculated that a rate of a halfpenny in the pound would pay the outlay, and re deem the building in twenty years ; but the general opinion was, that the receipts would be more than suffi cieu to pay the outlay and management within that period, to say nothing of the excellent moral effect it would in the meantime produce upon the neighbouring population. A deputation, consisting of the mayor, Mr. P. H. Mintz, Mr. B. Baldwin, Mr. Beale, and Mr. H. Smith, was appointed to confer with the inhabitants of Sutton, and .to put the matter into such a shape that it might be clearly and definitely placed before the corpo rations of that town and Birmingham. Yates of thanks were then passed to Mr. Beale and the mayor, and the. meeting separated. BAILWAY TR AFFIC BET URNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 23, 1853 £19,238 15 4 Corresponding week last year 17,569 11 3 Increase in 1853 £1,669 4 1 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending July 23, 1853 £14,177 3 7 Corresponding week last year 13,868 3 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 55,003 2 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 53,268 12 1 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re ,nrn for the week ending July 23, 1853 ,.£5002, 13 5 corresponding week last y ear 4,340 16 4 Increase in 1853 2661 17 THE NEW STAMP DITTY.—It is important to the mer cantile and general trading interests to know that the new Stamp duty comes into operation from and after the 10th of October next, when every receipt for money paid, irrespective of the amount, will require to be given on a ld. stamp. THE NEWMAN DEFENCE FUND.—The Birmingham Gazette states that Dr. Newman has handed over the balance of his defence fund, 3,6001., to the new Roman Catholic University in Ireland, with the exception of a few hundred pounds given to one of the religious houses in this country. A NOVELTY IN COMAIERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The following notice, which was yesterday posted up in 3 most conspicuous portion of the Exchange News-room, will convey a most satisfactory idea of the brisk state of the trade in fine goods at present carried on bet 1 1 w_7 the 1 lid w this port and New York. We must premise that B tic only arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday night, not sail again till the 27th inst. :—" Cargo for the Baltic , for New York, will be received at the Lluskisson Doek to-morrow morning, at 8 o'clock. co nsequence of the great pressure of goods, shippers will have to deter mine their priority of shipment of goods now in town, and ready for shipment, by casting lots at Brown,_ Shipley, and Co.'s of f ice, this afternoon.—July 20, 185 . In obedi ence to this notice, about seventy persons presented themselves at Messrs. Brown,Shipley, and Co.'s office in the course of the afternoon, when a scene of unusual interest and animation varied the ordinary routine of business—the drawing of the lots exciting as great in terest as would be displayed by a group of gambles round a rouge et noir table. The Baltic carries about 700 tons of goods ; the rate of freight, which has been raised 1/. since the Ist inst., being Si. The quays of the liuskis— son dock, during the last few clays, have been entirely blocked up with carts, loaded with fine goods.—Liver pool Times. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Great-Western, in consequence of the impediMents in the way of adequately developing the Birmingham and Oxford, fails to com pete with the standard of 1851, but it displays a lively advance upon the income per mile for 1852-- a solid and thorough test of what the Birmingham and Oxford'must yet become. There can, therefore, be no doubt that the steady f our per cen t . w ill be fully and gratifyingly maintained: EVANESCENT ART.—The most remarkable exhibition of distolving views is that of the National Gallery, where, through various chemical processes and mechani cal means, the pictures of the ancient masters are under going dissolution.—Punch. 100 6 100 100 121 121 25 12 12 126. St. 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 25 10 1.0.6 20 5 20 20 10 20 20 20 IGN. 1281 1131 1151 p. 151 5 i i 7# i 9i 9 •--er 1 I