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I ult•, L. 3 1. fie 0° Slic id 40 ved at e 2%.3c1 o f the Pi r. TO for 5 from wog/ Ca pe ' pet'- r • kre ery h e re -1 fish -1 ; h e ves arvi" ,yarn' ever ., draw n of the 0 N o v %Or ° ed ills q ueS" is, ° f. s teady ing iunr at ti►© [Vices. old At ,ster— Lther" inlit S, BRIGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TECEGBAPIi.) TRIAL STAKES. Snowdon Dunhill ... 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lon don praying for an alteration of th• law of debtor and erediter. SUPPLY. The committee of supply api einted for to-day was Postponed until to-morrow. TAX UPON HORSES AND DOGS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that to-morrow he proposed to make certain alte rations in the Assessed Taxes Bill with regard to race horses —horses used for the purpose of husbandry by parties who were not professional farmers —and to re store the t ax u p on d ogs k ep t b y p au p ers . The pro prietor of a race horse would be taxed according to the largest number of horses that he kept—the number to be fixed by himself—while with regard to horses which were used promiscu o usly by parties who carried on f arming operations, without being professional farmers, the tax would be commuted for a guinea a year. These new resolutions would be printed with all the votes. LAW OF BRIBERY AND TREATING AT ELECTIONS. On the question that the order of the day be read, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the hon. member for Mid !lurst some time ago gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law relating to bribery and treating at elections. Now, as there was no time to dispose of such an important and necessary measure this session, he yet hoped the right hon. gentleman would lay his bill upon the table before the prorogation, in order that it might be considered during the recess. Mr. WALPOLE said the measure which he proposed to bring in would embrace the three points of bribery, treating, and intimidation at elections ; and it was in tended to make the law respecting those offences more stringent and explicit. He should have no objection to kY the bill on the table, and on Thursday or Friday he would ask for leave to brin g it in with a view to its h hang consider e d d ur i ng th e recess by both sides of the ouse. The house then passed to the orders of the day. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATE BILL. ' Oil the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. WIGRAIII pointed out a variety of legal and technical objections to the bill. He acknowledged that a necessity existed for legislation on this subject ; but at 8 this period of the session it was perfectly hopeless to think of perfecting an important measure of this nature. 4 commission was now sitting on the subject of colle giate and cathedral churches ; and although he did not object to the principle of the bill, he thought, for the I , reason he had stated, that it would be better to post- Pone it until a future session. He should therefore 111 " e, as an ti me this d a y th ree m nth that the bill be read a second s. INGLIS seconded the amendment, and e_zplaind that the simple object of the bill was to trans t:erStihr eRPr 11, oPerty of the oldest landowners in the country to the management of three lay commissioners sitting In London. All the capitular bodies in the country that ie wed the bill as a measure o f i n j us ti ce , an d cons id er i ng a commissi on was now s itti ng up on thi s ver y sub teet, and also co ns id er i ng th e l a t e p er i o d o f th e sess ion, e thought it would be better to reject the measure for the present. Mr. S. HERBERT believed that the existing system Was excessively f au lty, an d ex p ose d th e di gn it a ries of the C hurch t o un j ust imputations. He quite agreed, there ore, that th e su bj ect was one w h ic h P ar li ament oug ht to ta ke up, but he did not think this bill dealt with it in a . prop er manner. He decidedly disapproved of its prin elPie, but as i t was quite i mposs ibl e t h a t th e L eg i s l a t ure c o ° f lt t l i l d deal with thi s question, until it was in possession e report of the commission now sitting on the sub t, he he tho ug ht i t would b e i nexpe di en t t o p rocee d fur he with this bill, even supposing that its machinery Was good. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. VERNON, _ The M arquis of BLANDFORD said, at the present ftloment he did not purpose to proceed further than ask re house to affirm the principle of the bill, by passing ecele Secoild r eading, and thus declare its opinion that mana g e ment eiastical p ro p erty ought to b e p l ace d un d er t h e 4 ,ana gement of lay men . Th e sa l ar i es o f th e c l erg y e z e uld be made fixed instead of fluctuating, as was the under the existing system ; and all that he now called The, 1 3 the house to do was to affirm this principle. should that a commission was now sitting on the subject cresi a a l g n a o t t ea be b a y ll a o:v o e n d in t i : s s : o a n nd in the way of the second n t. g of this bill, because the subject had already been l o ue f t I i ' then and the recommendations eila!:ucoi °f delaying embodied m this bill. Where, delaying further the settlement of from the worildl caheree.xi this 'ci b i l . s eca , :st o rai p tohl : . ? , r of temporal estYn't sting system was humiliating to while this bill would remove them them from these attendant upon the management e h st urn it il Whole, he would i a n t fl t a h e e n s c a e m s ;e and,tie protect on the ,_ s . , e thought the house would be quite justified in va sing the second reading. (LEFT SITTING.) THE QUARTERLIES. 2 4 e Law Review. No. XXXVI. Scarcely .1 1 article . in the present number of the Law b.... bi cte but has some interest about it of 4-- , ;tiliar attraction. Altogether,in . deed, the con worthy of a con tents of the current instalment quarterly is journal of teriodical professing to be a k litiBll and Foreign Jurisprudence. a ethree Prominent l eha engst the contributions ,, p Pters of the Treatise .on the Contract of hattliershi " Further consideration . is given to )a t :.ProPose P el . "Reform of theEcclesiasticalCourts." "Private Acts of p,.. Bl cles this, there is a paper 07,aoient," and another on on " Scotland and Her 4t.' e valices " and another on the " Organisation of .. ue . 3 1337 ..; irv il Service," and another on the treatment, We l e State, of "Vagrant and Criminal Children." ar - t ( l e re gratified to observe also, in addition to an the le 0 11 " Codification," and a fifth chapter of 141 bkistory of Jurisp ru . ence"— each particu -1,-; 3 ' deserving examination—the proposed Re- At ,rvrt ef the th_ ue Special Committee on " Lawßeporting. ' at mein eot e„out.set of this . lucid and comprehensive. docu th' iorcible allusion ismade to the practice adopted of A e Present p er i o d th roug hout the United States resjeerlca, where the office of State Reporter is h lt rted by general law—a practice condemnatory Il egli the strongest manner of our really lamentable . is g e llee in this particular. Regretful mention th l ' lle 'cle also of the time when, in our own count d ry,_ ci F %9 h r °wii appointed official eporters of legal e . 14 1 , 1- ' 8 by letters patent—a custom which, it is 47, eutable to reflect, has long since fallen into th'netde. It is enough to remember the fact that on e r ,,l l , B ;w of Property, real and personal, among b r Y e : 3 : 8 O is rgan f i o s r ed. the most part " governed vi a , t're4dents," to recognise at once the ad pre bility of having some authorised and system of Law Reporting gis g iT+ ate d by the wise supervision of the Le like.,jireespecially when it is borne in mind, judi''L . se, as here intimated, that the authority of a in ,;,,_ e la 4 decision of the Courts at Westminster-hall, L '''''etiee at least, equals that of an act of Par alnent. %jin n i A truth wholly incontrovertible. It was of fi l i Y in consequence fof his recognising the force of what 8 eireunista,nce that Jeremy Bentham spoke li l d,„ riL be called " J u d ge-ma d e l aws " w h en h e al - fre tti %. n u° judicial precedents. It must be obvious e c ) ni.7 4 . t hese considerations, therefore, that the e in ever whose report is here under notice,,, "if it Is v ery. res pect justified in declaring that, if laUri ne duty of the State to make the law o of the Nvirt,' ,versally known, there can be d n reason from the It en j t ile Publication of the law declare that of sh ° ll ld be less formal and less complet than the ~,.." t he law declared by the Legislature." officially anClatifest necessity of a regular and tewa Dilse d system of law reporting. As the o firs c t step e Rla,di t , c/s , t he adoption of some such 8 41 3. W et :t e ail the. appeara nce of this r e e o p m tl o y m r s t i Point ed , ting from the special n u , -. to : jo t e l l e tahpe -44 rin r. T inqUire into., it by the energetic and 6 i-I aw Amendment Association. --- tsitiTh,e Law Mag azine. No. C.—Foremost both in ou and in interest among the contributions to is e 441 v Magazine, for the quarter just commenced,_,, Justiceauelrate biographical paper on " Lord .Un'e a l - C anapbell." The biography of a biogr _ 1...er ! It will be found eminently instructive, and 1 -' e all forensic aspirants signally encouraging— g, as it does, the rise of unaided ability th "1 t he desk of a law -reporter to the bench of Onatie venerable Judges at Westminster. The trans on by genius and labour of a stuff gown 1 ,4 a robe of ermine and scarlet. An admix us's Paper is given later on in the periodical before h ila !, the progress already made in Law Reform, 1, ' ‘ue prospects of its yet further development. irt_rinfeasional readers will also find matter for peru and reflection in the paper given at the close of he n umber, on the second report of the Common w Cormnissionrs. - • ,vnsa7i's Quarterly Review. No. lIL—It is 'lloouraging to all who are in any way interested in tePrhats of this description, to observe in BrownsOfl's Quarte r Review, published originally in America and reproduced in London by special arrangement w.itla the editor -proprietor —a steady and prooTes ",e improvement, Altogethr, the number ° here Buolnitted to our consideration is the best of the now series yet issued --containing several articles of Particular interest, and one peculiarly attractive both in subject and in. treatment. The contribu tion iii question is of a biographical kind, relating to the ancient " Fathers of the Desert —memor able ascetics and recluses, like Jerome, and Basil, alla Gregory Nazianzen. Valuable materials for ineditation nlay be found, moreover, in the paper referring to Philoaophical Studies on Ohristianity. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWATS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Paid. ~t.lloo ;0 8 11 j2B ;7il all 22 ! 184 St. ;100 St. !100 50 i all 50'; all 20 I all 50!45 25 fall 15 I all 15 all .8 ; all 'Olall Aberdeen A.mbg. - Nottng. Bost. andEastn. Sunct Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley. Birkeuhd. linesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk.,, £5O and £25 Cons.l .£2O. ! Bristol and Exeter.., [Caledonian. iChester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon ICork, Black, & Pass, Dublin &TdelfastJu ne. ,Dundee Perth &Aber. Been Junction. Do. New...... East Anglian... Do., (Xl - 8 E Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock. 'Do:, New !East Lancashire East Az 'West Ind. 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Now I think your lordships will admit that that at least shows that there has been activity and honesty in carrying out the provisions of this Trea ssuatriyenminute.insinuation ear (Hear.) against sctan the pr o nly e officers is utterly calumnious, and has no sort of foun dation. Th e no bl e l or d mentioned a particular dealer whose name I forget. psearyeethhadtuettheef accu sation TORRINGTON—John Cassell. The Earl of ABERDEEN--Exactly—whom the noble lord supposed to have been specially favoured by the authorities, and to have had a license from the m to sell coffee without the prescribed label. Now, I learn from the best authority, namely the head of the depart ment, that the coffee of that man has been repeatedly analysed and has been found to be pure. Therefore he sold that which he professed to sell. The noble lord made a statement as to the amount to which consump tion has been diminished. Now I have here a return of the quantity of coffee taken out for home consump tion in the three months ending the sth of July, 1853, as compared with the same preceding year. The quan tity in 1852 was 8,000,0001b5. ; the quantity in 1553 was 8,977,0001b5.- an increase of nearly 1,000,00011). Viscount TORRINGTON said the returns to which he had referred extended up to the sth of June ; he had none later. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE seeing the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his place, he wished to ask him a question respecting the state of the Danubian Provinces. It appeared that the Russian forces had taken absolute possession of these provinces, and replaced the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia, and sinc e thi s was a p re liminary to hostilities the movement must be of the utmost importance to the whole of Europe. He was sure that he should be ex cused for asking for the fullest information upon the sub ject, and he wished to know if the noble lord had re ceived any information which in any way confirmed the report to which he referred. The Earl of CLARENDON was glad that this ques tion had been put, because it would enable him to fur nish the fullest information that he was in possession of ' on the subject, and' to convey to the world the fact that her Majesty's Government took the same view of these proceedings as the nobl e M arqu i s . By a dispatch w hich he had received from L or d St ra tford, it appeared tlizA the Consul-General of R uss i a h a d directed the Ho s p odar of Moldavia to hold no commun i c ation with the P orte, and not to pay the t r ib u t es that were due to the Turkish Sovereign. N o t, h owe ver, that it wa s intended to disturb the constitution of the Prin cipality ; but while Russia held military occu pation of the provinces, it was deemed expedient by the Court of St. Petersburgh that the powers of the Porte should be temporarily suspended. So much for Moldavia. With regard to Wallachia, he had received no information corresponding with that which related to Moldavia ; but by accounts dated the 22d inst., he learned that, although similar steps had not then been taken by the Russian com mander there, it was fully expected that the Hospodar of Wallachia would shortly receive the same direc tions that had been given to the Hospodar of Moldavia. These instructions he had 'already declared were tanta mount to a usurpation of the powers and functions of the Sultan, who was undoubtedly the sovereign prince of the Principalities ; and the information he had communicated to their lordships therefore required some explanation from Russia. Her Majesty's Government viewed the proceedings of Russia as an act of usurpation of the sovereign rights of the Porte, and a messenger was about to be despatched to Sir Hamilton Seymour, at St. Petersburgh—indeed he would leave London this very evening—conveying the expression of their opinion of this conduct on the part of Russia, and The Eirl of ABERDEEN—But I have ; and an in crease of 1,000,0001bg. shows that under the present minute there has been no diminution. Now, the fact is, that chicory is a substance which, up to last year up to the passing of the minute of the late Government —was, I believe, used without any restriction whatever. From the year 1840, up to the year before last, it was left to dealers and the public to please themselves with regard to the use of this mixture. There seems to have been no restriction, and chicory was not consi dered in the nature of adulteration. The matter which has been mixed with coffee is not, as the noble lord has stated, a spurious substance, but one which, if I were obliged to characterise it, I should say was rather salutary than otherwise—(laughter) ; and for this reason it was left open for the public and the dealers to do as they pleased. The restriction made last year was found practically impossible, or at least practically in convenient, to execute, in consequence of its increasing the trouble and expense, and also preventing the possi bility of the mixture taking place, from the different description of the substance when ground and packed in ' the manner that was necessary. The Chancellor of the Exchequer inquired most deliberately and extensively before he issued the present minute, and was governed solely by a desire 4 to meet the public demand, and to suit the public convenience, particularly of the lower classes ; and, notwithstanding the expression of a con trary opinion, I am convinced that the great body of consumers in this country of the lower orders have every reason to be satisfied with the minute at present existing. (Hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said that since the minute of the late was superseded by that of the present Government he had heard no sufficient reason assigned for the change. As to his noble friend's remark that unless the two substances were mixed by the sellers, they could not be mixed at all, he must say he could only attribute such a defence to his noble friend's well known partiality for coalition and confusion. (Laughter.) The extent to which adulteration was now carried, not in coffee only, but in many other articles, was really fearful. If the noble earl c ould find leisure to consult two or three of the best London chemists, he would find that adulteration was being p ractised to a frightful extent with regard to almost every substance sold in the market. Although his noble friend had been so hard on the minute of the late Government, he was convinced that the majority of the public considered it greatly preferable to the existing minute. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he had often felt asto nished at the tone adopted on this subject, not only by the present Government but by previous Governments a tone which would naturally lead to the inference that though they were vested with powers for checking adul teration, they would rather abdicate their functions than exercise them, and that they desired in fact, to encourage such practices. He entirely concurred in the noble vis count's object and hoped that in the next session the whole matter would form the subject of inquiry. Lord BEAUMONT said, having listened with great attention to the statement of the noble viscount, he must say that he had subsequently heard nothing from the noble earl to upset it. (Hear, hear.) It was surely the interest of the consumer to know that when he went into a shop he would obtain the article which he wanted. If the label showed the exact proportions in which coffee and chicory were mixed, he would know exactly what he was purchasing ; but the effect of the present minute was that he could not tell the value of the article which he paid for. The only reason which he had heard in favour of the existing minute was that, if the two sub stances were sold separately, it would be difficult to mix them. In the memorial referred to by the noble viscount it was well observed that boiling water would do all that was necessary in that respect. He understood that of the mixture sold about 75 per cent. was chicory and only 25 per cent. coffee, whilst the price charged was the reverse of these proportions. He did not know whether this was true or not, but it was possible and even probable under the last Treasury minute. That minute was dis advantageous to the revenue and to the consumer, and was advantageous only to the dealer, and, in this in stance, be meat say the fraudulent dealer. lie trusted that au inquiry would be instituted next year, and that an opportunity would be given of hearing all the parties interested in the question. (Hear.) The Duke of ARGYLL said he rose not for the pur pose of entering into the question of the Treasury mi nute but to observe, in respect to the chemical action of boiling water, that its operation was very different as the substance was finely or grossly disintegrated. It might be a great convenience and saving of trouble to the poor man to have the coffee and chicory mixed for him. The Earl of WICKLOW thought that there must be some strong reason why the Government submitted to a loss of revenue in permitting chicory, on which there was no duty, to be sold as coffee, on which there was a duty. There might be something in the circumstance that chicory by itself was liable to cake, but whether the fact was so or not ought to be ascertained, and that was an additional reason for inquiry. He thought the Treasury minute was calculated to lead to frauds on the public. The label on the mixture was no guard against fraud in respect to the proportions in the mixture. He hoped either that there would be a return to the Trea sury minute of the last Government, or that the Govern ment would institute an inquiry next year. Lord MONTEAGLE was sorry that the noble lord who introduced the subject had thought fit to make an unwarrantable attack on public servants. (Hear.) Viscount TORRINGTON denied that he had made any attack. He distinctly stated that he did not bring any charge against any persons. All he said was that there was a feeling out of doors that certain public servants had not done their duty to the public in the matter. Lord MONTEAGLE was glad that he had obtained such a disavowal from the noble lord. He was glad that the noble lord disclaimed the intention of making any charge, though he regretted he did not say that he did not lend it his countenance. He could not agree with the noble lord that chicory was an injurious mixture. He believed it to be perfectly harmless. But that was not the question, for a fraud might be as much committed by the mixing of articles which were entirely safe as articles which were deleterious. For instance, no one could say that the mixing of water, which he believed was perfectly harmless—(a laugh)—with milk, was not a fraud on the consumer. By allowing chicory to be mixed and sold with coffee, they permitted the substitu tion of an article which paid no duty for one which did, to the loss of the revenue. But it was said that the permitting of the mixture increased the consumption of coffee. But the coffee planter did not think so, for they were opposed to the permission. He would recom mend the Government to institute an inquiry, as the only means of doing justice to all parties. Lord REDESDALE said that the growers and sel lers of chicory must have some great and undue in fluence on the Government, because chicory was the only article in favour of which the law which prohibited and punished the mixture and sale of a spurious matter was suspended. He thought there ought to be an inquiry. The subject then dropped. IRISH LAND BILLS. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE wished to know when the Irish land measures, which were of great im portance to the holders of property in Ireland, would be fixed. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that he would fix the second reading of the Landlord and Tenant Bill and the Tenant Compensation Bill for Tuesday next. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE—And the Leasing Powers Bill ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he would fix that also for Tuesday. The Earl of WICKLOW wished to know when the Land Improvement Bill which stood for a third reading would be taken. Viscount CANNING thought it would be better to take the second reading of the other bills before proceed ing with the third reading of the Land Improvement Bill. After a few words from the Earls of WICKLOW and DONOUGHMORE, Lord MONTEAGLE thought the better course to pursue would be, to discuss the two bills together, on the night which had been already named, and leave th e third reading of the other bill to stand until the tw o bills in question had bee n dis p osed of in the manner suggested by the noble viscount. After a few words from the Earl of CLANCARTY and Lord DONOUGHMORE, the conversation dropped. Their lordships then adjourned shortly after 8 o'clock. instructing him to demand those explanations from the Emperor which her Majesty's Government felt they were entitled to ask for. He should at the same time add that the Porte had already moved ir, the matter, and if the Sultan had not done so before now, there could be no doubt whatever but that an energetic protest would, ultimately, be addressed by him to the Emperor on the subject, since it was stated in the despatch of the 17th, that the Hospodar of Moldavia had been ordered to withdraw from the seat of his government, and to hold no communication whatever with the Russian authori ties. After a few words from Lord LYNDHURST which did not reach the gallery the subject dropped. The Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill, and the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill were reported with amend ments. The Entails (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. ENTRY OF SEAMEN BILL. Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the second reading of the bill, stated that a commission had been appointed by the late Government to inquire into the best mode of obtaining and retaining an efficient body of seamen for the Queen's service, and that this bill was founded upon the report of that commission. The object of the bill was to provide for the enlistment of seamen for a period of ten years, with a gratuity for that increased term of service, amounting to one penny per diem for boys, two pence for able seamen, and a higher amount for petty officers. It was proposed that any one entering the navy under 18 years of age should serve until they were 28, and at or above that age to serve 10 years. The bill contained several other clauses, but he had enume rated the principal provisions. Lord COLCHESTER briefly expressed his approval of the bill, which was then read a second time. PUBLIC LIBRARIES (IRELAND AND SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord KINNAIRD, the house went into committee on this bill. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE was understood to move au amendment excluding Ireland for three months, on the ground that the minor corporations of Ireland were in so corrupt a state that any measure like the pre sent would inevitably be converted into a job in the carrying out. LordAIONTEA.GLE warmly supported the bill, and said that there was no part of the United Kingdom in which the taste for information had more increased of late years than in Ireland. The Earl of WICKLOW had hoped that this bill would have met no opposition in their lordships' house, seeing that although an Irish bill, not one member of the other house had risen to oppose He believed it would be attended with the most beneficial results. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE withdrew his amend• ment, and the bill passed through committee. STAMP DUTIES (No. 2.) BILL. This bill was d a r an Pd. The Turnpike read thi Acts Continuance d and se the Highway Rates Bills severally passed through committee. The Resident Magistrates, Ireland , Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ; Sheep Contagious Diseases Prevention Bills, were severally read a third time and passed. The Sheriffs Court (Scotland) Bill Nvas reported, with amendments, as were also the Elections Bill, and the Burgh Harbours Bill. CHICORY. from the merchants and planters of Ceylon,Lord TORRINGTON, i n rising to present a petition co mplaining of the treasury minute which permitted th e mixture of chicory with coffee, said that the petitioners complained of the great injury done to their trade by the rescind ing of the minute of the late Government, known as the Derby minute, and prayed that if o.e present minute were not rescinded, the duty on c hicory and coffee might be equalised, and thus a fait competition be established in open market. The difference between the minutes of the late and present G o vernment was t his. The Derby minute permitted the sale of chicory by grocers, but provided that it should be made up in separate parcels and labelled. The niinute o f the pre sent Government permitted it s bein g kept loose, ed it and and permitted its mixture with ceffee nt Government rovid was called a mixture. When the prese came into power, it was reported that this alteration was about to be made, and he (Lord '''orrington) did all in his power to prevent the alteration, The Chancellor of the Exchequer listened to his representations with much courtesy, but evidently had made his mind up on ex-parte statements. He th ou g ht, then, that he was not overstepping his duty in appealing to the noble earl at the head of the Gover n m ent to give their lordships some information as to what was the state of the law with regard to chicory. People all over England were unable to get pure coffee, and he wished to learn from the Goverinnent whether it was their intention to carry out their own minute vigorously and effectually, and also whether, at some future day, perhaps in the next session of Parliament, they would grant a committee of inquiry. The Earl of ABERDEEN--I' should be happy to see an end of the great chicory question—(laughter)—which has occupied the attention of Parliament for so long, and upon which there has been a great d.fference of opi nion. I must say that the noble lord ir the statement which he has made has been guilty of very great inac curacy in many respects. My lords, in the first place, the alteration made by the Treasur y minute to which he has referred was rendered necessary by theinconvenieile the hardship, and t he difficulties to which the common ' people of this country were exposed by tle sale of coffee as directed by the minute of the late Government. The noble lord says—this is the first time that I have heard such an assertion—that chicory is an injurous substance. Why, my lords, half the coffee in Eurore rs chicory (laughter)—especially in the South of France. I will venture to say that in th e South of France the q uantit y of chicory that is use d is twice as great at the q uantit y of coffee. At all eve nts, it is certainly anything but a deleterious substitute ; and it is preferrei, rightly pre ferred, by the mass of coffee-drinkers. lour lordships probably prefer pure coffee —(laughter)—but the great mass of consumers prefer the mixture. /ow, how can you enable dealers to mix the two subunces ? Not as was attempted by the minute of the late Go vernment, which made separate packe t n ecessar y. Coffee when ground remained as a sort of pwder, while chicory became in the packet a sort of sold cake ; and as it was impossible for parties to mix theik themselves, it became necessary that they should be ground in order that the mixture might exist. Another reason was the expense. If a poor man came for an ounce of coffee and an ounce of chicory, the making a packet of each added greatly to the expense, trouble, and difficulty of furnishing him with what he required ; and therefore the great mass of the common people infinitely preferred having the mixture made for them. The ncble lord says that the matter has been neglected. The regulation un der which chicory is permitted to be sold is that a label shall be distinctly placed on the packet stating that it is a mixture of coffee and chicory. He pretet ds to doubt that the penalty is incurred if coffee is eeld without that label. No such doubt can possibly e/Ist. If the label be not distinctly affixed the seller is andoube fur- tedly liable to the penalty. But the noble lord ias gon t able ; he has, I mu st say, in the most utwarrantable manner, insinuated that officers of the highest respecta bility have neglected their duty and been silty of a sort of complicity in fraud. (Hear, hear.) Te show how truly the existing minute has been ca rriel out, I will read to your lordships a return of the prosecitions under that very provision which the noble lord cchtends is of so little efficacy. " There are upwards of 130,000 per sons licensed to deal in coffee in this country, and each 'of them has been served with a copy . of..tte enclosed general orders. The officers of the board havenade 2,527 special visits for examination, buying oau3ple, which have HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving that the house do go into committee upon this bill, said the subject of Charitable Trusts had for a long period en gaged the attention of Parliament. In 1816 Lord Brougham brought it prominently before Parlia ment, and from that year up till now, he thought the usual time had elapsed before which questions of great public interest like the present were generally brought to a satisfactory conclusion. In 1843 a mea sure was brought in by Sir Frederick Pollock, and other bills had been repeatedly introduced since then—one by the Government over which he presided, and another by Sir Frederick Thesiger, the late Attorney-General. In the present session the Government again took up 1 the subject, and they introduced into the other house of Parliament the bill which was now before the house. It was referred to a select committee of their lordships, and that committee paid great attention to the subject, and went over the whole of the provisions of the bill. Their opinion was that the question of the superintend ence and general administration of these charities should i be altogether separated from political considerations, or the interests of any particular party, and that they con- it is understood, are still going on, between this country sidered that the bill would attain that object. They and all the Courts of Europe with relation to the differ suggested that the commissioners who were to be named ences which have arisen between the Courts of St. Peters by the Crown, and were to have the general admi- burgh and Constantinople. Now, Ido not wish to ask n i s t ra tion of charities, should hold Office during my noble friend to fix at present a day wh en th e subject good behaviour, and it appeared to him that the great object which they all had in view may be discussed, but what I wish to know is, whether he might be accomplished in that manner. There weree will before the prorogation of Parliament, which cannot some alterations which he intended to propose in corn- now be very long delayed, appoint a day when my hon. mittee. Though there were three commissioners, with friend the member for Aylesbury may make his motion, salaries, named in the bill, it was very probable that and when the question may be discussed, or when at least after a time the whole number of three would not be the Government may be prepared to make a statement, required ; and therefore he proposed to add a clause at explaining to the house and to the country the present the end of the bill, which would enable th e Government, state of our relations with reference to the different powers after ascertain time, to allow one of the appointments to of Europe ? cease and determine. According to _the bill as it now Lord J. RUSSELL— U pon th e l as t occas i on w h en t h is stood, one of the commissioners would not be ofind required important subject was mentioned the house concurred with He to possess legal q ualifications. was sorry to her Majesty's Government in opinion that it was not de that Roman Catholic charities could not be placed under sirable to have a discussion on it in the present state of the bill without some special provision, as it was likely that its operation might affect their existence. Though the negotiations. lam quite ready, however, to give to many of them were very useful charities, and such as he my noble friend and to the house all the information was sure the house would wish to continue, yet unless which it is at present in my power to afford. (Hear.) great care was taken they might be entirely overthrown When the Ambassador of the Emperor of Russia left Con and destroyed by the bill. He wo uld th ere f ore propose stautiuople, it appeared to her Majesty's Government that that these charities should be omitted ; but he did riot' it ;was desirable that there should b e a co nf erence of all the mean that they should be permanently omitted, • great powers of Europe, in order to endeavour to arrive at because he believed that the Roman Catholics would terms which might put an amicable termination to the derive great benefit by having a superintending body differences between Russia aad the Sublime P o rte. It was over their charities like t hat which was established by the Opinion of Austria that it was not desirable to have the hill ; but in order to include them, a separate bill all y such conference while the matter remained in a state and separate provisions , wh ich would give rise to a great of diplomatic relations ; that it would not be desk deal of discussion, would be required. The house then went into committee upon the bill, of able R to have such conference, unless the Emperor ussia, by invading the principalities, should, for a On clause 10. Sir R. H. INGLIS moved the following amendment: time at least, put an end to the status quo of Europe —" Provided always, that nothing herein contained When that event occurred, the Government of the Em shall extend or be construed to apply to any charity peror of Austria, in conformity with its previous declares during the life of the founder or donor thereof. tion, expressed its willingness to hold a conference ; and at The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the Vienna summoned the representatives of the other great amendment, and observed that what the hon. gentle man required could be easily accomplished by the founder Po wers of Europe to attend, for the purpose o f con ferring u pon the affairs of Russia and T urke y . The Ministe r or donor introducing a special clause into his deed. Sir F. THESIGER also opposed the amendment, of Russia did not attend, but the Ministers of England, believing that, if introduced into the bill, it would give France, and Prussia attended that conference. Certain rise to considerable litigation. terms were then agreed on, which, in the opinion of After a short discussion, the amendment was with- the representatives of the four great powers, might drawn, and the clause agreed to. be accepted with honour by the two Governments of Tur- On clauses 11 and 12 amendments were proposed by Captain SCOBELL ; but not raeeting the approval of the key and Russia. These terms have been assented to by the G overnm ents of England and France, and, ac cordin g lawyers on either side of the house, they were subse - to our belief, have been transmitted from Vienna to St. quently withdrawn. The clauses were then agreed to, as were also, with Petersburgh and to Constantinople. In this state of af more or less discussion, the clauses up to clause 42. fairs, I think the house will feel as strongly, if not more Clause 43 was withdrawn, strongly than before, that it was quite impossible for me On clause 44, either to say that it is desirable to have a discussion on Mr. MIALL moved its omission on th e ground that these affairs now, or to fix a day for any discussion. As it gave no new power or rights to any one, and therefore, unnecessary. w as , the time for the prorogation of Parliament approaches, her Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion on the further Majesty's Government will be ready to give every infor ground that this clause made distinctions between dif ferent sects and denominations, and he thought the time mation, consistent with their duty, with respect to them. Mr. DISRAELI—I wish to inquire whether her Ma. had arrived when all such distinctions should be re- jesty's Ministers are i n duced to believe that there is any nounced. particular time when answers will be returned by the Go. Lord J. RUSSELL denied that the principle which vernments of Russia and Constantinople to the terms pros the hon. gentleman had enunciated would be furthered by posed ? the omission of the clause in question, and opposed the Lord J. RUSSELL—I should not like to be responsible motion. for naming any p ar ti cu l ar ti me . Id o no t know how many On a division the numbers were — days may be required for the consideration of the terms 39 p su ro b p m o i s t i t t e io d n to m the ost p tw ro o ba G b o l v y e l rn ef m t v en i t e s n . na l on sh s o n ul n d day th l ink ast, the d For the omission of the clause Against it 7l therefore the ri g ht h on . gent l eman will be a bl e t o ca l cu - Majority —32 late for himself the probable lapse of ti me before answers The clause was then agreed to, as were also the su s- will be returned. Mr. DISRAELI, after a short interval, bl rose again and seeding ones up to clause 51. On clause 52 there arose a discussion, which chiefly said—There was a phrase in the noble member for Marylebone whichnc lord's a answer to the turned upon the powers proposed to be granted to the commissioners under this bill, with regard to making obscure on this side of the house. The ilinlaerloreslosmia somewhat d w that new schemes for the application of charities. a proposition agreed on at the conference in Vienna had Mr. HENLEY moved the omission of words in the received the approbation of the Governments of France clause granting the above powers, which the right hon. and England. I inferred at the time that that proposition gentleman contended were far more extensive than those had, of course, also received the approbation of the Go now vested in the Court of Chancery, or any tribunal vernments of Austria and Prussia; but some apprehen other than Parliament itself. sion appears to exist on this point, which it would be de- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend- sirable for the noble lord to remove. Lord J. RUSSELL—The proposition was, in fact, an ment, and thought that the right hon. gentleman had Austrian proposition, though it came originally from the misapprehended the scope and object of the clause. Government of France, and no doubt the Government of Sir F. THESIGER was decidedly in favour of the Prussia likewise assented to it. amendment, and averse to entrusting any board of corn- DISTRICT LETTER-CARRIERS. missioners with such extravagant and unprecedented Mr. T. DUNCOMBE referred to his motion made some powers. time ago on the subject of the payment of the letter-car- The SOLICITOR-GENERAL asserted the power of riers, when the Government promised that the matter conversion was already exercised, though in an irregular should have their attention, and the motion was withdrawn. manner, through the instrumentality of the Court of Since then no change had been made in the condition of Chancery. these men • he therefore wished to know what steps had After a few further remarks f rom Mr. HEYWAR D and had been eaken by the Postmaster-General to improve the condition of the district letter-carriers of the metropolis; Mr. NEWDEGATE, also when the long-promised amalgamation of the depart- Lord J. RUSSELL explained t hat the ob j ec t o f the meats of district and inland letter-carriers would take clause was one the house would approve of. It was this, place the duties of which were becoming daily more closely beingwhere the commissioners found that a charity was combined. distributed in a manner which did no good, the whole Mr. WILSON said that with respect to the superannua case should be brought before Parliament with a view to tion allowance on the sth of July last, the Treasury sane a better disposition of the funds. tioned a proposal made by the Postmaster-General to raise The amendment was negatived without a division, and the rate of the retiring allowance of the district letter-car the clause was agreed to, as were also the succeeding riers to the ordinary rate of superannuation under the Superannuation Act, subject to some slight reduction in clauses up to 59 inclusive. consequence of the district carriers not have paid the re- On clause 60, quireo proportion of their salaries to the'superasinuation Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to insert here fund. With regard to the amalgamation of the two classes the exemption in favour of the Roman Catholic charities of letter-carriers, that was a subject which involved other to which he had already referred. His own opinion was changes which were still under connsidera.tion. that this bill ought to apply to Roman charities ; but, CRIMINAL CODE OF MALTA.. before it could be made to do so there must be an alto- Mr. KINNAIRD inquired of the Under Secretary of ration in the law relating to superstitious uses in order State for the Colonies, whether there was any objection to that the Roman Catholic religion and worship might be lay on the table of the house so much of the Criminal Code legalised, so far as charities were concerned. It was too of Malta, transmitted to and lying at the Colonial - office to late this session to bring in such a measure, and , there - be laid before her Majesty for approval, as related to the fore, with the view to legislation on this subject next iiiiii , shinvt . to , be inflicted. for offences against the respect Lou Lo religion : session, he proposed to insert words in this clause, to Mr. F. PEEL could not enter into any engagement upon. exempt Roman Catholic charities from the operation of the subject at present. this bill. Mr. KIS/NA IRD hoped the Government would give him Mr. HADFIELD protested that many charities in an o pportunity of bringing the questions before the house this country had no reference to sect or religion, and before the close of the session. instead of their being called upon to make exemptions HACKNEY CARRIAGES. in favour of any one class of religionists, the committee On the motion of Colonel SIDTRORP, returns were or ought to be considering a law which should place all tiered of the number of public carriages, distinguishing the charities on the same footing, so far as the law was con- names or designation of each public carriage, whether cerned. At present, the Mortmain Law was so compli- omnibus ' ,orthcaatbintivvehaieern out l w i c u e n liz In r e i 1 t;ew con or more sated and uncertain, that it was almost impossible to nses, an , or passengers within the metropolis or within te v Ell a s n o7 prepare a charitable trust deed so as to come within Vie ' mortality ; the number of any such descriptiou of car requirements of the law, and he thought these legal riages belonging to each separate proprietor ; .;he sum difficulties ought to be immediately removed. paid for each carriage, and total amount of the wins paid Mr. HENLEY put it to the noble lord whether it to or received by the Excise-office in each year, for the would not be better to reserve this amendment for dis- licenses thereof, during the last three years, up to the cussion in the bringing up the report. latest period to which such return can be made. _9.nd of Lord J. RUSSELL' had no objection to this course, the number of complaints and of summonses that have and the amendment was withdrawn, notice being g i ven been made by persons or parties in any way connected that it would be renewed in the report in the shape of a with the employment, engag ement, or useof public car riages or conveyances within t he metro p olis or bill of mor clause. tality, by whom made, whether emp lo y er or em p lo y ed, The remaining clauses of the bill were then agreed to . the convictions and description of penalties inflicted there- On the question that the preamble be agreed to, upon, w h e ther imprisonment or amount of fines pail(' in Sir F. THESIGER congratulated the Governme n t lieu thereof, and and amount of each fine within the last upon there being now a prospect of passing a Charitable three years (the return to be made up to the latest period Trust Bill after a 30 years' agitation of the subject. that such return can be rendered). The preamble was then agreed to, and the house THE DUBLIN HOSPITALS. resumed. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair focr the The Chairman reported progress, and the report was house to go into committee of supply, ordered to be received on Thursday. Mr. GROGAN intimated that as his object in giving NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS BILL. notice of a motion for a select committee to be appointed This bill as amended was considered, and ordered to to inquire into and report upon the expediency of the , grants made from the public funds to the hospitals in the be read a third time to-morrow. city of Dublin, and how far the circumstances of these in- The house rose at four o'clock. stitutions, and their utility as a medical school, required The house resumed at six o'clock. the continuance of such grants, could not be effectually Mr. VILLIERS brought up the report of the Public- carried out at this late period of the session, ho wouls l de houses Committee, which was ordered to lie on the table. fer it till next year. DISPATCHES FROM INDIA. THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Mr. WISE asked the President of the Board of Control, whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the Mr. HUME called attention to the memorial presented from the Royal Geographical Society on 13th May, for house a copy or extracts of the dispatch from the Gover nor-General of India upon which was founded the 29th rooms for the purpose of their institution. There . was should tvatteiiesyuba w s schkrieedpr e tiow a atnhse clause in the Government of India Bill, enabling the East sca t r . cely k any l society more useful in collecting and dissemi- India Compan, with the approval of the Board of Corn- na ing -nosy edge which ought to be in the possession of missioners, to increase the European forces in their service every Englishman, than the Royal Geographical Society. They had 14,000 or 15,000 maps, and they were anxious in India from 12,200 to 20,000 men, as well as authorising the said company to enlist and have in pay in Great Bri- that some adequate place publicmi lit have access to them. At p a r l ese to nt p t r h o e v e id x e pe au ns a ls o tarn 4,000 non-commissioned officers and men, instead of the present limit of 2,000 men? sufficient t o enable entirely Sir C. WOOD said, it would not be convenient to lay ° w f lii cli acconnuodation themselves • and that apartments should hi:allowed them by the Govern the whole dispatch on the table, but he had no objection inept wherein to carry on the business of the society, and to give extracts, though they would merely contain an ex where the public might have ready access to the maps and pression of the overnor-General's opinion in favour of the possessed,the important or thate valuable u a n b u l n e u g a e l o gr gr a a p n h t i o ca f l the .ninformationbi proposition.money y should be made to enable them to .provide suitable accom modation for that purp ose themselves. He made no motion, but wished to urge th e c l a i m o f the society on the favour able consideration of the Government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that his noble fri en d a t th e head of the Government had, with the strongest sympathy in the objects of the society, taken the request contained in their memorial into his consideration, but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was not in a condition at present to say what measures might be adopted. There were many circumstances which made it difficult in the present session to make the pro vision required, but he begged to he allowed to take that opportunity of acknowledging publicly the merits of the society, and the claims it had upon the consideration. of the Government for such aid as could be reasonably given to assist it in carrying on its operations. (Hear, hear.) ELECTION PETITION COMPROMISES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose, in pursuance of his notice, to call the attention of the house to the present defective state of the law for the trial of controverted election petitions founded upon the report of the committee appoin n te _,... inquire into the withdrawal of the Norwich elec!sootiPe±l. tion. The house would recollect that the pe c t!tl s , P t r e seated against one of the members for ' , Ter:l: ry a " T a gent, last election was withdrawn by Mr. Brown,ttlie the result of in and that a committee was appointed byhth quire into the circumstances. He Tory g il" party in Norwich that inquiry went to show that the r ty at the Carlton. had been very ill-used by the Tor r e nt down to Norwich house to It appeared that Colonel Dixhe that paid his share of and coalesced with Lord Douro, the expenses, the conservatives of Nor- Colonel Dixon undertook to see . the meanwle succeeded. Douro had in wich righted. Lord accepted office under`he present and fought and failed with the noble lord. to au illustrious title and f No such good for tunegallant colonel, who was not however awaite,.t. ( eGvoesn-ernapipuoeinntte(a; A n le c S .q ter o -terry in NI ai ing— a laugh)—and, he return of the liberal member. After thethe Horse. , esintell t try the . 0 petition, Mr. the conservative agent, withdrew the petition by Brown, ptbeetiticoLeitaliatgtear'sw'tatshealli au art.:Lug:emelt under which no less than seven seats were compromised. It was to the last paragraph of the report of the committee appointed by the,house to inquire into this trausaction to which he desired to call attention—that wherein they referre 1 to the facilities which at present existed under the Bth section of the act of 1848 for origi nating election petitions, and pairing them off one against another, and suggesti ng sonic a lt era ti on i u the law to pre vent the continuance of a system which the committee stated caused great injustice and expense to innocent par ties. The only effectual cure for this system was he thought to provide that no election petition, when once presented, should be withdrawn, at all events unless another petition were presented, explaining the reasons of such withdrawal, and. signed by the parties who were the parties to the original petition, and in that case the petition to be allowed to withdraw should be referred to the officer of the house to examine into the motives and grounds of the with drawal, who should report to the house. He also sug gested that the money for the recognisances to, the amount of 1,0001. should be lodged in the Bank of England, which void the tedious legl would afford some security that the petition was bona fide, and would a lace s exs which now took p before the examiner of recognis SIR JAMES BROOKE. Mr. DRUMMOND asked the noble lord the member for London, whether a copy of the charges against Sir James Brooke, contained in Mr. Hume's letter enclosed by Lord Clarendon to Lord Dalhousie, were communicated to Sir James previous to his leaving this country, or whether her Majesty's Ministers took leave of Sir James Brooke pre vious to his return to Borneo without letting him know those charges under which they had at that time resolved to arraign him The house would remember when the hon. member for Montrose b ro ught forward charges agai ns t Sir J. Brooke, Lord Palmerston declared them to be utterly unfounded, and yet he saw by the papers of the hou se that the Government had adopted certain charges contained in a letter of Mr. Hume, and sent by Lord Clarendon tc Lord Dalhousie, with a specification of the points on whirl. inquiry should take place. Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that the Government had not adopted any charges against Sir J. Brooke ; but the hon. member for Montrose wrote a letter to Lord lialines- • bury, containing manywasat the against him and when he such referred zd aw t e h r the (Lord J. Russell) sequeesFtniniegibgnim-offitocgeivhee letter to Sir J. Brooke, as he thought fit. believed that the charges sent out to Lord Dalhousie were charges, if not the same in words, the same in subst ance as those submitted to Sir J. Brooke, With respect to the inquiry proposed to Lord Dalhousie, the nature of it was whether k it was desirable for the public interest that Sir JBr s l i to e, being at the same time a Rajah in. a foreign country,. and have a number would give an opportunity functions to which might be made against t of discharge. This inquiry for . investigating any charges J. Brooke had expressed his desire J. Brooke, and which Sir Mr. HUME, in references to es t r of not shrinking from. brought charges against Sir J. Brooke, ;Icllegati_or! thatall he had ooe, ra said t that th he had done was to refer to a public dispatch lomng . e mas sacre of a great number of people, and to demand inquiry. The hon. member then proceeded to inquire why the vin dication of the registrar of the Court of Singapore, who had been attacked in some correspondence of Sir J. Brooke, and called a blackguard, scoundrel, and everything that was bad, had by the Speaker's directions, not been circu htted, it having been laid on the table according to an order of the :louse. The SPEAKER said, he had a simple answer to give. His attention was called to the document, and he found it to be a libel from beginning to end. (Hear.) Mr. HUME said, that what he complained of was that the charge should be made public, and not the answer. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Lord D. STUART —I wish to put a question to the noble lord the member for London, on a subject not only interesting to this country, but to Europe at large. A notice relating to the Eastern question has been for some time standing upon the business paper of the house ink he name of the hon. member for Aylesbury (Mr. Laya), which notice was originally placed upon the paper in my name. The hon. member for Aylesbury has more than once shown a desire to bring this important subject before the house, but has waived his intention in consequence of the expressed wish of the Government, who thought it would be incon venient to the public service that the question should be debated in Parliament at that particular time. Since then Some time has elapsed and negotiations have gone ou, and, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, paidi EiTtws-rs. Buckghamsh .1 all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E.Lincoln. gr.l 6p. cent I all Glstr.&Dn.Fr 1 , all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all [lull & Selby all Do. 2 ? , Shares a ll Do. / Shares all Lon.&Greenwl a ll Do.Prefei•ence l , WO Lowestoft gr.l 4 per cent...! 100 Do. 6 per ct... all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock all Sliddlesbro' & Redcar. . all Midld.Bradfd. all !Northern aud Easternsp.c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do. Fixed 5p . e all Prcst. &Wyre Do. . 2 Shares. 1100 I Iloystn. & 1100 Do.Shepth.St.i 181'1 ihef. Roth. el.! Goole g.5.p.c; 94'S. Staff ordsh.. all WearVateigr! per ccut all IDo.. 1.00 IWilts&Somrst Leasing Compans. iClosing Price Yesterday. !L. &N.W iCalcdon.. 107 -109 54 - 55 iGt.Northnl t Westn. Yk. New. & Y.&N.Md Do IDo 150 - 152 33 - 34 S. Eastern. ,Do !Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Midld , IStcakrtnnt& D Midland 98 - 100 E. Count !Do Do ... 3 - 31 L. &IN. W I &Ln&Yk Do Gt.Nortlin iDo Lan cash.bl.l Yorksh 1 111rMClean! Stockt. do Darling Do Gt.Westn - 67 1 113 -114 i 56 -- 57 274 -28 it, 141 -14 t 26 -- 27 iii :: fio 150 - 152 , 150 - 152 1 —id xd 32 33 - 1103 A -104 ix Business this day. 1081 89 : 1 : i 76 t i i I 103 114 k I d 30 20 1 40 70i 1 701 i i 20 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 51 501 71} 70i 1 iOO 20 MINES. 1 all lAgua. Fria 1 all lAuglo Austria. Gold 4d par 10s. all 'Anglo Californi an ••• / —i pm 10 2 Australasian id par 20 5 Australian 1 all ,Australian Cordillera. i Id 1 all Australian Freehold i ta 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) td 1 p 1 all British Austria. Gold ,i id. 20 13.5 British Iron 35 24 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pin3l - 4 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 21 3.4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 1 i Carson's Creek - A P 40 all Cobre Copper li i 484 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 60 70 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 73 / 4 —8? s 5 all English and Austria. Copper Smeltg.Co. —2l lid 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein._ 6 i p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst fi id 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. g i 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn fit 71 1 all New Granada par — i P 1 all Nouveau Monde g i P li 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. ... •• • 5 1 Port Philip - 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 6l 71 30 I.oi Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft — ... 281 all United Mexican '3i— 41 1 all Waller t * 1 all West Granada , r _ d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yüba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 811 50 all British N. American „, ..• 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 1— I.lp 321 100 25 Colonial — .•• x d 100 20 Commercial of Lond ,„ ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian i fi p log 1 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 3 p 17i i 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock , ... ... 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... ~. 20 2 London Bank of Aus- Cot ra ilop i n i o a arla a to n if d oln l i.. n e d la ia nd . : : ::: -- ::: 50 25 2 a 2 11 , Oriental Nat Bank of 481 44 ... 25 SD , o s: New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... .... 10 all Do. New 1 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg Gold Imp Co 1 dis— par I 25 all !South Australia 44 46 x a 25 all lUniGn of Australia 73.-, —7Vxd. ' 73; - 2 • ... 2'Do. New 8 81 Si x d 50 10 -, Union of L0nd0n...... x d 40 A ITTnimi nf AtadriA i ... ... 5 5 )0 35 ?,0 8 LO 6 i 0 MISCELLANEOUS, Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land_ N. B. Australasian Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land - ii 64 - 67 -- P • i d- p - P li - Li pl i ---- Zip 39 - 40 16 - 17 10 60 I all 1 15 25 MARKFIT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very limited ; yet, owing to the large influx of wheat and flour from abroad, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's prices. Upwards of 17,000 quarters of wheat having arrived from abroad, the supply of that grain was on the increase. Most descriptions met a dull inquiry, but we have no actual change to notice in value. Floating cargoes were steady. Barley moved off slowly, on former terms. The malt trade was steady, at late rates. Oats moved off freely, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour were less active, at last week's prices. English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Wheat. 850 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. I Malt. I Oats. Flour. 1,850 1,410 1,340 3,490 13,750 1,110 sks 4,130 brl - 17,030 360 1,520 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled heavy at this market to-day, at our quotations. Beef, 2s 14d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 39 4d to 48 10d ; lo.mb, 5s Od to 6s Od c arcas ev 38 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 390 d to 4s 2d per Ms by the BOROUGH HOP. The sale for all kinds of hops is* very inactive, at last week's prices. Duty, 140,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 3.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light airs and fine, though cloudy at times. COWES, Aug. 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Laveriuto, Ha vannah. DEAL, Aug. 2.—Wind, S.S.E. The Royale Supreme, of St. Valery, was abandoned in the North Sea, and soon a ft erwa rds sunk ; crew saved by the brig Alert, Robinson, from Middlesborough, for Kingsdown, and landed here. Aug. 3 (9.29 a.m.) Wind, S.E. ; fine and clear. Passed —Royalist, from London , for St. John's. O FF BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), Aug. 2.—Nelson, Philadelphia. FALMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Arbal, Mauritfus. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Pizarro, Havannah. Sailed—Melpomene, Port Philip • Hope, Coast of Africa ; Rose , Quebec ; Q ueen Victoria, do. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3 (10.30 a.m.)—Wind, W.N.W., mo derate, and fine. Arrived—Pacific (s), New York ; Triton, Surinam ; Hermann Theodore, New York; Swall ow, Newfoundland ; Olivia, St. John's, N.B. ; Eliza Rae, Dantzic • James Watt Bombay ; Caroline, Bayonne; Joven Justitia, Santander ; Crescent, Oporto ; Margaret (s), Havre ; Hortense, Antwerp. Off Port—Benjamin Adams (ship). NEWPORT.—Arrived —Recovery, Quebec ; Breadalbane, do. ; Major Wolf, London, for St. Thomas ; Bellona, Gloucester, for Quebec ' • River's Pride, do., for do. ; Ho rizon, London, for New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. I.—Wind, W. ; moderate and fine. Arrived—Canada Quebec, for Cork ; Exile , from Barba does. Sailed—C olchester, for Gloucester. YARMOUTH, N.S., July 7.—The wreck of a vebsel of about 90 or 100 tons, is on shore on Big Mud Island, dismasted and stripped. The name has been disfigured with tar, but the word " Mary" is distinguishable. The hull is very little injured. COMET.—Captain J. H. Baillie, of the Queen of Eng land, arrived from Port Philip, reports that on the even ing of Friday, 29th April last, in lat. 57 S., long. 101 W., saw a comet in a straight line from Procyon, through Orion's belt, and about 35 degrees from the latter. The nucleus equal to a star of second magnitude, and tail about 5 degrees lotig, pointing to E.N.E. Next evening, it had moved in a N.ST.E. direction, and was then, about 8 S. of Rigel, a star of (say) fourth magni tude showing through the tail. May 1, evidently tra velling to N.E. being now 6 E.S.E. of Rigel, but less clearly defined. May 2, 10 E.N.E. of Rigel, nucleus no w equal in lustre to a star of fourth magnitude. May 3, ship in lat. 57 S., long. 60 W. It was one-third of distance *dm Sirius, in a direct line to Rigel. May 4; in same line, about 4 degrees from Sirius, and very M- I distinct, and not seen afterwards. _ . x in '7 4 11 big can the the the Kol• the the te and turn ;e of tavg e. st. 11.1 St. 11 St. 11 3 . 41 a] 5 al 7i 63 al e 3 al .0 al St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 111 St. 111 St: 11 St. 11 St. 1.1 20 St. I 1., 10 20 20 MA 101 20 69 i 59 8 1031 3G -} 84