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on a former occasion on the assurance of the right hon. gentleman that such a clause should be introduced—(hear, hear)—and now the right hon. gentleman was going to pass the - bill without any such provision. (Hear.) In the English act there was such a clause—(hear) —and if the right hon. gentleman meant it to be different in Ireland, he (Mr. Butt) would certainly divide against It. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the English act did not provide that which the hon. and learned gentleman imagined, and the present act placed the Irish tradesman in precisely the same position as the English. The act provided that the parties might, if they pleased, be assessed originally by Government officers. The clauses were negatived, and the bill was then about to be reported, when Lord LOVAINE rose to make some observations, which, however, were inaudible, but their purport appeared to be some complaint as to a hardship upon the farmer regarding the mode of assessing his profits. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Proposed that the noble lord should communicat e with him upon the subject. The house resumed. • CUSTOMS ACTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the house go into committee on these acts. The house being accordingly in committee, The CHANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUER proposed the resolutions of the 13th of May, as to the new tariff of duties on minor articles, the enumeration of which created some merriment. At the word " cables," Mr. MITCHELL rose to offer same remarks, though he slid not oppose the reduction. Mr. DISRAELI said several gentlemen wished to make remarks upon particular reductions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, con sidering the lateness of the hour (nearly twelve), he should postpone all those articles. Lord J. MANNERS said there was a class of articles, producing an appreciable amount of revenue, for the reduc tion of the duties upon which no reason had been assigned, and to which, therefore, he objected. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to postpone such items. When the CHAIRMAN came to the item of tea, Mr. DISRAELI asked whether the right hon. gentleman was prepared to give the committee any infcrmation with respect to the state of China ? If not, he thought. it would be better to postpone this important item. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not anticipated any opposition, and this was one of the items, the postponement of w hich would be productive of the most inconvenience. At any subsequent stage he should he happy to afford any information which might be re quired. Mr. DISRAELI had always found that " subsequent statements" made very little impression upon public opinion. (Hear, hear.) The tea duties had hitherto been only inci dentally referred to by the right hon. gentleman, and he should certainly like to have some estimate of the supposed increased consumption, to be derived from the remission, and some information with regard to China. Mr. It. PALMER referred to the hardship of depriving the retail tea-dealer of the 1 lb. draft on tea. Mr. MOFFATT said it had been his intention to move an alteration in a certain part of the resolution affecting the tea duties, but he had since been induced to waive his objection. The arrangement as to the withdrawal of the 1 lb. draft had, with, he believed, the general concurrence of the trade, been left in the hands of the Chancellor of th Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was proposed that all the tea which shall have been reported (that was the technical term) to the Custom-house before the sth July should have the benefit of the draft, but that from that time it should cease. Mr. DISRAELI again reminded the committee that they were called upon to consider a very important item —(Lear)—which would affect the revenue to the extent of 3,000,0001. He thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer bound not only to pronounce his mature opinion as to the probable increase in the consumption, but also to state his opinion as to whether the state of China, whence we received news by every packet, would affect the increased supply of the article. It was not doing justice to their coustitnents to permit such an important item to pass in silence. (Hear.) When the proposition was made by the late Government to deal with the tea duty—the first pro 'osition of the kind ever made in the House of CoMmons— they also proposed to reduce the duty on an -article of British . ;growth which came into competiti on w ith t ea . (Hear.) Without u.ore particularly referring to malt, hosever, it was known to every gentleman in the com mittee that the consumption of malt had been diminishing in this country. Hon. gentlemen opposite had always con teniled that tea had becOMe the substitute for the home article. Now, the Government were proposing to make a real reduction on the article of tea, but none on the article of home g rowth. (Hear.) But, a t th a t ho ur ( one o ' c l oc k) , he trusted the• right hon, gentleman would not proceed further, but appoint an early and more convenient oppor tunity for disc ussing the question. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not aware that there was any doubt in thd minds of the com mittee as to whether they should proceed with the tea duty. The evening had been consumed in a discussion on the income tax, and he had now to choose between making a speech or endeavouring to pass an important item, the suspension of which would cause great inconvenience to the trade. He believed that in his first financial speech he had stated the substance of the views Of the Govern ment on everything with which they proposed to deal in the - budget. He had stated on the former occasion, what 'repented now, namely, that the state of China was such, as to inspire some apprehension and discomfort with re gard to the future supply of tea ; but that the information was not of such a kind as to lead the Government to with hold this great and beneficial change. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) had himself, to his honour, almost placed this question beyond the possibility of retreat ; and after the measures taken by the merchants of this country, consequent upon. the late budget in this respect, little dis cretion was left to the present Government in the matter. Mr. MASTERMAN, as one much mixed up with the commercial world, and knowing how much was at stake, trusted that the time of the committee might not be con sumed unnecessarily, but that hon. gentlemen would con fine themselves to short speeches. _ _ _ Mr. DISRAELI observed that if the hon. member had been a teetotaller—(a laugh)—which he knew him not to be—(laughter)—ho could not have made a better speech in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear.) If it was to be laid down that the proposal of the minister to make reductions in the tariff was to be received in silence, why was it brought before Parliament at all ? (Hear.) Why not settle the affair at the Board of Trade, or by order in council? (Hear.) If, a s th e Ch ance ll or o f the Exchequer stated, he had given the requisite information in his first speech, he must have proceeded upon very slender infor mation, for he had not given an estimate of the increased consumption. Since that speech there had been three arri vals from China, and the important news had not arrived when he delivered it. He therefore made the reasonable request that this resolution should be now postponed, to he brought on again on some early day—the first on which they: should again meet, if the right hon. gentleman pleased. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that all were agreed as to the propriety of making a re,uission in the tea duties. He was of opinion that the material interests concerned were of- far greater importance than any speeches which could be made on this subject. Of course, it was matter of con jecture and speculation what would be the amount of the increase, and how the state of China would affect the sup ply. The noble lord said it was a mistake to suppose that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not touched on this subject, and he quoted a passage from Mr. Gladstone's speech containing an estimate of the anticipated con sumption. The insurrection did not appear to have inter fered with the pursuits of industry, and they had not now the reasons which had some time rtgo led them to appre hend that the success of the insurrection would materially interfere with the commerce of the country. (Hear.) Of course no minister would be bold enough to say what course the insurrection in China might take. The ques tion was, did the right hon. gentleman mean to oppose the resolutions ? If he did, the Government would postpone them, but if he did not, he hoped the committee would agree to them. ,Mr. DISRAELI thought the noble lord had treated his observations in a very disingenuous spirit. (Hear, hear.) He did not think he was bound, to state whether he would oppose the particular motion before the house. (Hear, hear; and a laugh.) He heard the unseemly interruption from., the hon. member opposite, and for which the hon. rueniber was supereminent. (A laugh.) The noble lord had stated that he could not tell what was taking place in Chino. It was difficult to know what was taking place in Constantinople. (Cheers.) But of course the Government had taken steps to obtain the best information on the sub j ect of the tea duties. The late Government, before they dealt with this important subject, endeavoured to obtain from the best sources the best information they could. The Roble lord said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given the house all the information necessary. But the right hon. gentleman had never offered to the house any estimate of the increased consumption. How many millions of pounds did the right hon. gentleman expect the increase to be ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the answer was involved in a plain arithmetical calcula tion. Mr. DISRAELI—That might be the case • but it was dear the right hon. gentleman had not stated calcula-, . tion to the house. It ought to be put to the house in a fair and business-like manner. Both the noble lord and the right hon. gentleman had admitted that but for the late hour and the pressure of business it would be convenient to make such a statement. (Hear.) That was a vindication of the course which he was taking. (Hear.) The noble. lord had asked him whether he meant to oppose the mo tion, and said that he had made a similar proposal. That was not a fair statement. Though he had proposed a remission of the tea duties that would ultimately be as extensive as the present,, still the noble lord could not forget that remission was to take place in a greater number of years. The noble lord must also agree that the circum stances of China since then were such as ought not to en courage them to make any diminution of the period during which the remission should take place. If they had pro .posed that the term should be five or six years, the last news from China would have . justified such a proposal. -That was a fair .subject of discussion, and an opportunity .vitiould have been given him of stating the reasons and the views under which the late Government brought forward their proposal, so that the country might determine as to VOA. was the fairest co u rse. (H ear , h ear .) Thi s wa s not the first time they had been so treated in these discus %ions h on. 6( n li t tar, hear.) The financial propositions of the right • Both theutorinhad never been discussed except by accident. delay. , the e lord and the right hon. gentleman deprecated it. They They said that the public interest would suffer by that the conversion `p 4 .tock into Tw e . a t of Three per Cent. -tool; w as a matter 0 1 -Half and Throe-and-a-Half per Cent. oievier tonth, were isuch passing importance, d. that the Ex could be all owe(i.i ltnicli high fav our , that no discussion we took by a laugh, , n r . t t el*.) We were met in the course e corner opposite ?trona front an obscu r y - inc ignan 1, another thee b^n• 1. t .61 not know i 'what I e_ lad pa,„d • (Rear, hear.) He fled the extreme Precipitancy of ..on those questions justi ,liscussion. (Hear, hear.) Ai i .1 1 1 1 i. e s nti n 14t e r in preventiw, avoided if the right hon. gentleroun4h:9 might have been .gtatoment, and then allowed him to follow, first made his w i s h t o ntlb;• any obstructions except such ° Zile IT ' had. n 6 to jr.:tke, If tho right hon. gentleman had he aright to vi:.dicae the, policy he ,had recommendeClutteedw hint .. :i i v h f ,„•,-e bc;:ii acting in a spirit of justice, and would i,,,, u , 1 . (1 ; 1 ' -•;et more creditable to the Government. ' c 1:: , ..0:1 a ei' , :i. I from Mr. VANSITTAP.T, A f ter 3 fe., , ,- won .s JAI ITIA that the eh• ' • • u report pro f .• - in i ,%.. V.l NE moved ... gisesq. The CHANCaiLOE, of the EXCHEQUER said th 9.: 6 an o the - unders t an ding all along was, that if there was y at a p os ition .to - any part of the tariff being brought on la p' ta hour, that so fur as that part was concerned, it would be postponed.. Adhering io that arrangement, as the noble .lord objected to going on with the tea duties, t delay hough he he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) deprecated , should. not persist. . - . After scene further conversation betwe en Lord A. Vane, and Mr. Disraeli, who stated that he did not intend to oppose the resolution, and Lord J. Russell — Mr. T. BARING inquired whether the recent increase in the price of tea would not in the opinion of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer make a material difference in his estimate of the increased consumption that would result from the diminution in the duty. He differed with both sides of the house on the plan for the reduction of the tea duties, and thought it would have been better at once to have made a larger reduction, and left any further reduc tion for the future, as it was the importer would derive great benefits and the consumer little, and the increase of consumption would be small. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—No such change had taken place in the tea market since his state ment materially to alter the basis of his calculations. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. DISRAELI inquired if the statement with regard to India would be made on Friday ? Lord J. RUSSELL—If it was not he would state in suf ficient time. Mr. DISRAELI inquired -when the St pcession Bill would be brought on ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it de pended on what had been just said by his noble friend. On Thursday the Income Tax Bill would be re-committed, and after that the customs duties would be taken, and after that the spirit duties. Lord J. RUSSELL would state at 5 o'clock to-day whe ther the statement relative to India would come on on Friday. The house then resumed. HACKNEY CARRIAGES BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Lord D. STUART objected to its being brought on at that hour (half-past 1), and moved that it be read a third time this day. A discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. FITZROY resisted the motion for postponement, and Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the house. Mr. FITZROY would consent to the postponement, if it was the wish of the house. (Go on. Divide.) If the bill were read a third time now, he would postpone the amendments till that (this) evening. The bill was then read a third time, on that under standing. THE CASE OF LIEUT. ENGLEDUE. On the motion of Sir G. B. PEoHELL, it was agreed, " That it be an instruction to the committee on the dock yard appointments to consider the return referred to them on the 30th April last, and the circumstances connected therewith, and to report their opinion thereupon." The house adjourned at two o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We find in some of our contemporaries the following, dated Devonport, May 29 : " Nine p.m.—(By Electric Telegraph).—A telegraphic dispatch was received here this afternoon from the Admi ralty, summoning Admiral Sir John Ommanney to proceed to London with the utmost haste, in consequence of which the Sprightly steamer was ordered to be got ready imme diately to take him to Portsmouth. Sir John struck his flag on board the Impregnable, and left at six o'clock." This is absurd on the face of it. Sir John Ommanney, it is pretended, was summoned to London " with the utmost haste," and yet, instead of leaving by the half. past six o'clock mail train from Plymouth, by which he would arrive in London yesterday morning, he is said to have gone in the six-knot an hour steamer the Sprightly " to Portsmouth."—Morning Herald. Captain the Hon. G. C. B. Elliott takes the Sybille, 40, to the East Indies, as soon as she can scrape up a crew of 350, about which we fancy there will be some difficulty, if we may judge from the fact that the Queen, 116, in Plymouth Sound, is at least 300 blue jackets short, with her men cutting away at every opportunity ; that the St. Jean d'Acre wants some 700 blue jackets ; the Duke of Wellington about 280 ; whilst almost every other ship at home is short of men, and there are not a few vacancies in Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron. The Sybille was commissioned on Sunday. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 30. The orders for the Banshee, steam dispatch-vessel, Lieut. Commander Hosken, that came down yesterday, were for her to be ready for sea—and ready she is—to go to Lisbon to pick up Rear-Admiral Corry, if required. That gallant officer is not gone to the Mediterranean, but for a six weeks' cruise, touching most likely at Lisbon, where he will find the Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw three-decker, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., bent sails this morning, and crossed topgallant and royal yards. The Vulcan steam troop-ship, Commander Von Dollop, hauled alongside the dockyard and jetty to-day. She is expected to embark troops to-morrow. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master-Commander Belano, arrived in harbour this morning from the eastern ports, with stores, which having discharged, she left in the evening for Devonport, also with stores. Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim, 60. screw two-decker, returns from leave on the 10th proximo. The Blenheim came out of harbour to Spit head at a quarter to 6 this evening. The Dauntless, 32, screw-frigate, is under the charge of a guard from the steam-reserve force. The Gorgon, 6, paddle-frigate, finished her external painting last week, has new fittings for her pivot guns, and will probably be taken out to Stokes'-bay for trial this week. The Conflict, 9, screw corvette, will make another ex perimental trial in a few days with the ordinary and the boomerang propeller in turn. She has the appearance of a crank vessel, but is, nevertheless, improved since last in commission. The Stromboli, (5, and Bulldog, 6, paddle-sloops, are reported ready for service. The Hecla, 6, and Gorgon, 6, paddle-vessels, when ready, are reported to be under orden to join the steam squadron in reserve at Devonport, but we doubt the report. The fine frigate Indiaman Blenheim, Captain Close, passed this port yesterday from India. She left Cal cutta on the 12th of February, and St. Helena on the 21st of April. She has a full list of passengers. The Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, was at St. Helena,' when she left. SHEERNESS, MAY 30. The Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, is ordered to leave here on 'Vednesday morning next, under charge of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, for Devonport. Her orders are to join the steam squadron at Spithead, which has also orders to proceed to Devonport, to be present at the opening of her Majesty's new steam-basin at Key ham-lake, near New Passage. It is currently reported that her, Majesty, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the senior Princes and Princess Royal, will be pre sent at the opening of this magnificent new steam-basin for the use of her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport. The Horatio is fully manned and equipped, victualled and stored, ready for any service that occasion may re quire, and always ready to leave port as soon as steam can be raised to propel her machinery. WOOLWICH, MAY 30. APPOINTMENTS. Captain John Kingcome (1838) at present in com mand of the Simoom, 18, iron-screw steam troop-ship, to command the St. George, 120, guard-ship of ordinary at Devonport ; Captain Henry Smith, b. (1846), to the Simoom, at Portsmouth, vice Kingcome. Chaplain—The Rev. Josiah Thompson, B.A. (1843), to the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Naval Instructor—Charles Osbourne (1838), to the St. Jean d'Acre. Midshipmen—The Hon. Charles Crofton, G. H. Wilkinson, and G. R. S. Lampeer to the St Jean d'Acre. Clerk—Edward Faulkner (1847), to the St. Jean d'Acre. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS MASON, K.C.B. The death of this gallant officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red, has been reported, in the 75th year of his age. He entered the navy in 1793, and served afloat during a distinguished career of 24 years. He was in the glorious Ist of June action—was in many of Sidney Smith's dashing affairs—was posted in 1806 ; commanded the Daphne, 20, at the capture of Monte Video ; com manded the Fisgard, 38, under Sir R. Strachan, at Walcheren ; and was subsequently senior officer in the Scheldt ; commanded the President, 38, and was at the storming of San Sebastian ; commanded ,tll2 _Blanche, 46, and the Blonde, 46 ; was commo dore in the West Indies, and -succeeded , to the command-in-chief on the death of Sir M. Seymour • at tamed his flag rank in 1838, was appointed second in command in the Mediterranean, with his flag in the Im pregnable, and for some time was Commander-in-chief, with 12 sail of the line, until the arrival of Sir Edward Owen; in 1843. This gallant and distinguished officer married in 1805, Selina, youngest daughter of Viscount Hood, by whom he had 12 children. As a captain, he held the good-service pension, and was A.D.C. to the Queen. He became a Vice-Admiral in May, 1849. By the death of Sir F. Mason the following promotions take place :—The Hon. Sir Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H., Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue. By the removal of Vice-Admiral Brian Hodgson to the reserved half-pay list with a service pension, vice Sir T. Fellowes, deceased, Sir Charle,s Napier, K.C.8., there fore now becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; vice Sir E. Tucker, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the White ; vice John Ayscough, Vice-Admiral of the Red. Captain James Ryder Burton, K.H.. (February 23, 1824), becomes Rear-Admiral, but not having served his time as a captain in consequence of a severe wound, he is placed on the reserved half-pay list, and Captain Wm. Fanshawe Martin (June 5, 1824) becomes Rear-Ad miral of the Blue, vice Sir John Hill, who becomes Rear-Admiral of the White, vice Sir Joshua F. Rowley, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. On the reserved half-pay list Rear Admiral William Ward becomes Vice-Admiral, being senior as captain to Sir Charles Napier. On the retired list Captains William Henry Smith (February, 1824), and Richard Saumarez, (April 17, 1824), become retired Rear-Admirals, w ithout increase of p a y, b e i ng sen i or as capta i ns t o Rear-Admiral W. P. Martin. of A.D.C. to the Queen is relinqu ished (lB32), and A captain's good-service pension and an b a y pp t o h i e nt a m bo e v n e t promotions. Captains C. Wyvill, A.D.O. . sand L 11. Williams (1832), become senior captain Captains J. J. Stopford and W. J. Williams (1841), ; come within the 12s. Gd. half-pay list. ral T P h . e uz e - v o i s n , u i n s a n n o d w er t - i i n i e ese h n ic io f l a , t of Q h u is e.mstonvn, Lords of th e Admiralty ; the Hon. R. S.Dundas, C. 8., is the s en i or captain on the active list.Rear-Admi- It is du e to Itear-.Aduairal R yder Burton to say, that grade, and one of the it is to him the country is mainly indebted for the con- Ruch as the DO ; and the Imperiense, 51. t0n, 131 ; th e Agamemnon, send their directions to the different parts of the king dom by this evening's post. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said he would not object to that course, but he 'vas desirous that the Government should inform the house what would be the probable course of business generally. Mr. BRIGHT inquired of the President of the Board of Trade whether he had received any information as to the imposition of a duty on the importation of opium into China, and also as to licensing the growth of opium in that country ; also whether, if he had any papers on the subject, he was prepared to lay them before the house, seeing that it was a matter intimately connected with the finances of India ? Sir C. WOOD was not aware of any information of any sort or kind having been received by Government relative to the matter. If, however, he received any, he should be quite ready to lay it on the table. Mr. D. SEYMOUR wished to know whether the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) still persevered in his in tention to bring.in a permanent bill for the government of India before the house had had time to consider the evidence taken with respect to the home goveimment ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he would first answer the question of the hon. member for Buckinghamshire as to the course of public business for the next few days. The Government should propose on Thursday, before any other business, to recommit the bill on the income tax, and he trusted there would be no objection to its passing through the next stage on Friday, so that it might be read a third time on Monday. On Friday the President of the Board of Trade, according to the notice given, would propose the measure for the govern ment and regulation of India. It was unnecessary for him (Lord J. Russell) to reply to the hon. member who asked the second question (Mr. D. Seymour), because his right hon. friend would, on Friday next, of course enter into arguments with respect to that being the proper time to propose the bill. DISMISSAL OF JUDGES IN THE SUDDAR. In reply to Mr. OTWAY, Sir CHARLES WOOD said he would lay the papers connected with the dismissal of the judges before the house at the proper time. The reason why it was not thought advisable to produce them at present was that the reply of one of the judges was expected in two or three days. Mr. PHILLIMORE inquired whether the President of the Board of Control had received any communication respecting a recent court martial at Madras, on an officer who had been guilty of cruelties to some Sepoys. Sir C. WOOD said he had made inquiries, but he could find no report on the subject. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF WORKMEN IN DOCKYARDS. In reply to Sir J. SHELLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not his intention to proceed with the bill for disfranchising dockyard work men on Thursday next. There was a great deal of pub lic business before the house which would prevent it coming on for a considerable time. THE SUN, LONDON, TUEJSDAY .EVENIN'G, MAY 31, 1853. rttitrb Mbition BUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) ASCOT STAKES. sto 2 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 7to 1 agst Nervous (taken). Bto 1 agst King Pepin (taken). 10 to 1 agst Break-&-Day Boy (taken). EMPEROR'S PLATE. 10 to 6 agst Stockwell. 100 to 30 agst Teddington. sto 1 agst Pelion. 10 to 1 agst any other. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 7to 1 agst Coomberland Stothesman. Bto 1 agst Nancy. ST. LEGER. 7to 4 agst West Australian (taken). 10 to 1 agst Reiver. DERBY, 1854. 20 to 1 agst Verbena colt. 20 to 1 agst Ruby. 20 to 1 agst Dervish. 20 to 1 agst Woodcote. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS- ( THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Thp Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a peti tion against the Charitable Trusts Bill. The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from the President of the New Methodist Connexion against the opening of beer-houses on Sunday ; also a petition from the county of Stafford against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday, and the admission of Jews into Parliament. CHANCERY SUITORS' FUND. Lord ST. LEONARDS complained that the time which was allowed for the commutation of stocks by the late act was too short, and that the suitors in Chancery had not had sufficient time to allow them to come to a determination as to which stock they would choose for the investment of their funds. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had never had any subject to deal with on which he felt so much re sponsibility as this. He had throughout consulted the broker of the Court of Chancery and the accountant general, and the order which he had made would not be final until Thursday next. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that there would be a loss of 10,0001. to those suitors who had not had time to make up their minds as to the stock which they would choose. Lord BROUGHAM again asked the Lord Chief Jus tice when it would be convenient for him to attend the select committee on the consolidation of the criminal law, because the committee was only waiting for a day of his attendance to agree upon their report ? Lord CAMPBELL said he would attend on the first day on which it would be convenient for his noble and learned friend, Lord Truro, who was at present absent from indisposition. ALTERATION OF OATHS BILL. Lord LYNDHURST rose to move the second reading of this bill, the object of which, he said, had been very much misapprehended, but which was in fact merely to remove those parts of the oaths at present taken by members of both houses which were unnecessary and ab surd. In the oath of allegiance he proposed to make no alteration whatever, for it was plain and simple enough, and lay of itself at the roots of the common law. The second oath, the oath of supremacy, which dated only from the time of Henry and Mary, was originally aimed against the Roman Catholics—(hear, hear) — and professed to repudiate the authority and su• premacy of the Pope of Rome, but it was not now required from Roman Catholics, and was only taken by Protestants, from whom, indeed, it was perfectly supe rogatory and useless. This oath, therefore, was quite useless. The Protestants did not believe that the Pope had any spiritual authority in this country, and there fore ought not to be called on to renounce it by oath, while the Roman Catholic, who did believe in such spiritual authority, was not called upon to take any such oath. The oath of abjuration, which dated from the 13th year of William 111., and in the preamble it was stated that the reason of it was the late proclamation by Louis XIV. of the Pretender as king of England. It was framed against the Pretender, and was an abjuration of all rights of his or his descend ants. It ought to have ceased when the family of that Pretender had terminated ; and to take it now, when there were no descendants of the Pretender in existence, was nothing but an idle mockery. It had been stated that the fourth clause of the bill was intended to admit members of the Jewish persuasion into Parliament ; but that was entirely unfourided, and he certainly was not the man to attempt to do that by a side-wind which their lordships had refused to do openly. (Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS The South Staffordshire Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—East Grinstead Railway ; East London Waterworks ; Lands Improvement Company (No. 2) ; Leominster Markets and Fairs ; New River Company. PETITIONS. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the Dissenters of Westminster against the Education Bill. Also several petitions from various operative bodies in favour of the Combination of Workmen's Bill. Mr. TURNER presented similar petitions from Liverpool. Several other hon. members presented petitions to the some effect. . Sir G. GREY presented a petition praying for a re form in the ecclesiastical courts. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from 'a place in Yorkshire against the Education Bill. 11 , 1 r, PHINN presented a petition from the members of the medical profession in Bath, praying for medical reform. _ WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir D. NORREYS wished to know if the house would have any other• opportunity afforded them of expressing any opinion upon this bill, so far as the site of the pro posed new bridge was concerned. It would not be more expensive to carry the bridge across opposite Rich mond-terrace than to restore it to the present objection able site. Sir W. MOLESWORTH declined to entertain the proposal of the hon. baronet, as it would be contrary to the forms of the house ; but of course if the house did not approve of the site it could throw the bill out on the third reading. The site could not, however, be changed without a new bill, which could not be brought in until next session. _ _ _ The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. BLACKBURN ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a notice from the agent in the case of the Black burn election petition stating that it was not his inten tion to proceed with the said petition. MEDICAL REFORM. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from the members of the medical profession of Paddington in favour of medical reform. INSPECTION OF NUNNERIES. Mr. LUCAS presented a petition against the bill for the recovery of personal liberty. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. -- Lord R. GROSVENOR gave notice that, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed his resolution for reducing the attorneys' annual certificate duty, he should move, by way of amendment, the entire abolition of the duty. The noble lord also gave notice that he should postpone the second reading of the bill on the same subject, which stood for to-morrow, until the 22d of June. LOAN FUND SOCIETIES IN IRELAND. Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury whether, in conformity with the 6th and 7th of William IV., cap. 55, and 6th and 7th of Victoria, cap. 91, the accounts of the different loan fund societies in Ireland have been regularly trans mitted to the Loan Fund Board in Dublin, and whether there is any objection to the production of the accounts of those societies which have been unable to meet their engagements. • Mr. WILSON said the loan fund to which the ques tion referred had no connection whatever with the Go vernmeutf but the accounts were annually laid before Parliament through the medium of the Inland Revenue of Ireland, and since a report was made last year he had no reason to suppose that none would be made this year. (Hear, hear.) AFFAIRS OF INDIA. Mr. BLACKETT had given notice of a question on the subject of Indian accounts, but before he put the question, he might, perhaps, be allowed to say a few words by way of explanation. By the act of charter the Indian accounts were required to be laid before Parliament within the first fourteen sitting days after the Ist of May ; but hitherto it had been found utterly impossible to comply with the act, although, according to the history of Mr. Icay, the accounts for this year, made up to the end of December, had already been seen. The question he wished to ask was, how soon the Indian accounts for 1852 would be ready for distribution ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was fully expected that the accounts would be ready for delivery on Friday morning. CUSTOMS RESOLUTIONS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be greatly to the convenience of the trade, and to persons out of doors, if the report on the Customs reso lutions, which were passed last night, was allowed to be taken before the public business this evening. In that case, the Treasury would be enabled to instruct the Customs at once, and the Customs would be enabled to INCOME TAX. Sir F. KELLY asked the hon. member for Montrose when he proposed proceeding with his motion for the appointment of a committee on the income tax ? Mr. HUME said he had abandoned all attempts to improve the income tax. (A laugh.) He was obliged to accept the Government bill as it was, not seeing any hope of amending it. CUSTOMS RESOLUTIONS, The orders of the day having been postponed pro forma, on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the report upon the Customs Resolu tions was agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES OF IRELAND. Mr. G. H. MOORE rose to movelfor a select com mittee to inquire into the ecclesiastica t l revenues of Ire land, with the view of ascertaining how far they are made applicable to the benefit of the Irish people. No ques tion had been forced so much upon the attention of Par liament as this, and he believed none but Englishmen would allow themselves to be bored with Irish grievances simply to gratify a feeling of obstinacy. It was very popular with some people to represent the Irish Roman Catholic population of Ireland as exceedingly loyal ; but those who made such representations were grossly de ceived if they believed them. The fact was, the Roman Catholic population of Ireland were discontented with the present state of ecclesiastical affairs in Ireland ; and if an American fleet were to attack the shores of Ire land, he believed its success would be hailed with joy by the Irish people. Now, it was for the ex press purpose of removing this bad feeling that he now proposed this motion. Ireland, in a time of war, had rendered this country good service, and the period might arrive when the aid of her sons would again be required by the Crown. It was p therefore, of the utmost importance that the feeling of discontent that now prevailed in Ireland on ecclesiastical matters should be removed, if it could possibly be done. There was a wide difference between the situ ation of England and Ireland. In the former the Church of the majority was closely iterwoven with the State. It was distinctly represented in one branch of the Legislature, while the Sovereign had sworn to protect and cherish it. Not so in Ireland. There the revenues of the Church were grossly misappropriated. The majority were sacrificed for the sake of keeping up the religious intolerance of the minority, and the con sequence was that there was no such thing known in Ireland as ecclesiastical equality. Hence the discontent to which he had referred in the opening of his address. [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, MAY 23. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, nominating and appointing Cospatrick Alexander, Earl of Home, to be Keeper of the said Seal. WHITEHALL, MAY 25. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be made use of in the place of the Great Seal of Scot land, nominating and appointing the Right Honourable Fox, Lord Panmure, to• be Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to George Deas, Esquire, Advocate, in the room of John Cunninghame, Esquire, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Augustus Page Saunders, D.D., the Deanery of her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Peterborough, void by the death of the Reverend Doctor George Butler. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Michael Robert Ryan, as Vice-Consul, at Limerick, for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieutenant-General the Honourable George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and of Major-General Henry Some r set, C. 8., t o b e O r dinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Class or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of Colonel William Eyre, Lieutenant- Colonel of the 73rd Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel John Michel, of the 6th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Cooke Yarborough, of the 91st Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel John Maxwell Perceval, of the 12th Regiment of Foot, and Lieutenant-Colonel George Thomas Conolly Napier, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Ordi nary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of L or d Foley, to appoint William Julius Marshall, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Peters. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 31. BREVET. To be Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army—Lieutenant-Colonel William Eyre, 73d Foot. - - To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army. Majors Frederick George A. Pinckney, 73d Foot ; David Forbes, 91st Foot ; Hallam D'Arcy Kyle, 45th Foot ; Charles Herrick Burnaby, Royal Artillery ; John Jarvis Bissett, Cape Mounted Riflemen ; Arthur Horne, 12th Foot ; John Armstrong, Cape Mounted Riflemen ; William Fanshaw Bedford, 60th Foot ; William Heath cote Tottenham, 12th Light Dragoons ; Robert Newton Phillips, 43d Foot ; Alfred H. Horsford, Rifle Brigade ; the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, 43d Foot. To be Majors in the Army—Captains Henry Law May dwell, 41st Foot; Honourable Robert William Penn Cur zon, Grenadier Guards ; Henry Thomas Vialls, 45th Foot ; Honourable Adrian Hope, 60th Foot ; Robert Parker Campbell, 73d Foot ; Thomas Addison, 2d Foot ; Charles D. Robertson, Royal Engineers; John Craven Mansergh, 6th Foot ; Lord Alexander Geor g e Russell, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, Dep u ty A ss i s t an t Quartermaster-General ; Richard Tylden (Second Captain), Royal Engineers; F. W. L. Hancock, 74th Foot ; Edward Wellesley, 73d Foot ; Edward Selby Smyth, 2d Foot ; Wyndham E. Bewes, 73d Foot ; Peter P. Faddy, Royal Artillery ; Honourable George Talbot Devereux, Royal Artillery. Commissions to be dated May 28. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. 2d Cornwall Rifles Regiment of Militia—Harry Reginald Sainsbury Trelawny, Gent., to be Adjutant, April 26. Norfolk Militia Artillery—John Gilbertson, Gent., to be Adjutant, May 2. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Sussex—To be Deputy Lieutenants--The Earl De La Warr ; the Viscount Pevensey ; Warden Sergison, Esq. ; William Hargood, Esq. ; William John Campion, junr., Esq. ; James Hollins Pickford, Esq. ; Edward Trod croft, Esq., April 21.; Williain Morgan, Esq., April 22 ; William Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwicke, Esq. ; Simon Fraser Piggott, Esq. ; George Carew Gibson, Esq. ; Lord George Charles Gordon Lennox, April 21; John Donjon Magens, Esq., May 12. Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia—Adju tant William Campbell to serve with the rank of Captain, May 28. Lancashire Hussars—Lord Otho Augustus Fitz-Gerald (late of the Blues), to be Lieutenant, May 26. Norfolk Royal Militia Artillery—Francis L'Estrange Astley, Esq., to be Captain, May 11. Royal Borks Militia—Lieutenant William Wheblo to be Captain, May 23,. Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—Arthur Wilks Ludlow Gompertz, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, May 22. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia - Charles William Watkins, Esq., late. Lieutenant in the 38th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Captain Frederick Vernon Wentworth, resigned, May 24 ; Henry Stone, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 13th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Captain Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon, resigned, May 25 ; Frederick William Bow man the younger P Gent., to be Ensign, May 24. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— George Francis Cooper, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, May 26. sth or Royal Elthome Regiment of Middlesex Militia— Captain Lodge Murray Prior to be Major, May 26. BANKRUPTS. James Sharp, builder Queen's-road, St. John's-wood, to surrender, June 10, and July 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, "Guildhall-cham bers, Basmghall-street ; Hutson, Upper Clifton-street, Finsbury. Richaiq William Dare, shoe factor, Lombard-street, June 14, at half-past two, and July 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Kin.. William-street ; Linklater and C o ., Si se -l ane , Bucklersbury. —....._ _ _ William i'ulford, cordwainer, Long Sutton, at the Bir mingham District Court, June 17, and July 8, at five ; Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Coope, Notting ham. . John Malley, silversmith, Lancaster, June 15 and July 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Ship man, Manchester. Jonathan Waddington, draper, Wigan, June 10 and July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles Parkinson Benjamin Laing, master mariner, London, June 9, at half-past eleven, and July 7at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Laurance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. MARKET . INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India sugar submit ting to prices rather under those of Friday, occasioned a good demand to prevail from b•th refiners and grocers. Transactions amount to 810 hhds, which went at a reduc tion of 6d per cwt ; goo d t o fine yellow selling at 37s to 38s 6d, low to mid 34s 6d to 36s 6d, ord to fine brown 32s 6d to 345, mid and good grainy yellow 35s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with caution, by home dealers, and prices declined, brown lumps selling at 46s 6d to 47s and low to fine grocery 47s 6d to 49s per cwt. Crushed Sugar is less wanted, but rates are kept up. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was not much de sire to operate in Bengal sugar. The auctions comprised 6,700 bags, and, barely one-half sold at 6d decline ; low to good white Benares went at 35s to 37s 6d, and soft brown 27s to 29s 6d. FOREIGN.—There was no public sale to-day. COCOA.—To-day at auction 450 bags Grenada sold at 28s to 31s per cwt, being under last week's rates. COFFEE.—To-day the market was plentifully supplied, and there was a brisk demand. Good to fine qualities realised 62s to 755, low mid to mid 57 s t o 61 s , o th er sor t s 53s to 565, and Triage 46s to 52s 6d. TBA.—To-day there was a good demand for both Black and Green Tea, still at previous rates there was evidently a desire on the part of merchants to realise. Of 13,000 packages offered at auction 7,000 found buyers, but there was a want of animation in the bidding, and former terms were not exceeded. RICE.—To-day East India Rice was held for full rates, yet privately little was done. In auction 1,828 bags Ben gal were nearly all taken in at lOs 6d to lls for mid to good white, being rather above the value. OTLs.—A much better demand has been experienced for seal, and there is an advance, pale selling at 33/ lOs to 341, and other sorts 301 to 331. In cod transactions are larger at 331 to 351. Southern is wanted, but remains in limited supply, and the parcels sold were at 321 lOs to 361105. A brisk demand for sperm ; there is a firm market at 90/ t o 921, headmatter 931 t o 94/ per tun. Olive is not much re quired, and there are sellers of Gallipoli at 681 to 691, other sorts 621 to 661. BROMPTON COUNTY COURT.-EXTRAOR DINARY MEDICAL CASE. This Action, brought to recover the trifling sum of 155., is, perhaps, without a parallel, and elicited facts of a most amusing nature, peculiarly interesting to young ladies and the medical profession. The plaintiff, Mr. Gay, is a surgeon, of Old Brampton, and the defendant, Mr. Paine, is an unmarried gentleman, of Wellington square, Chelsea. Mr. Gay s a id h e had supplied the de fendant with a mixture and a box of pills, and had attended him six times, for which visits he charged half a-crown each. He had not charged for the mixture. Mr. Delamere, the defendant's solicitor, said that his client resided with a gentleman at Bramp ton, who had a family of beautiful daughters. Mr. Gay, . who was a single man, was anxious to obtain an introducti on t o th e young ladies, with the view to choose a wife. With this object he sought the services of Mr. Paine, who very foolishly pretended to be ill, and accordingly the professional services of Mr. Gay were sought to alleviate the sufferings of the patient. Mr. Paine, on being called, stated that Mr. Gay informed him of his wish to pay his attentions to a nice young lady, as he was sick of being single—(laughter) —and he intreated witness to introduce him to one. (Laughter.) He mentioned and recommended the young ladies at theiehouse ; but how to get an introduction was, for some time a poser to them. (Laughter.) It could only be carried out by stratagem ; and it was devised by plain tiff and himself th a t h e (defendant) should fall ill—(roars of laughter) --and write a letter to Mr. Gay to visit him. (Prolonged merriment.) He felt unwell—(laughter)— wrote the note proposed by Mr. Gay :—" Dear Sir, — I want to see ypu immediately. I am alarmingly ill. Yours, &c. Postscript. Only myself and the Misses at home, my boy." (Shouts of merriment.) Mr. Gay came immediately. There was nothing what ever the matter with him—(laughter) —and he never took the stuff that was sent, but threw it to the dogs. (Re newed laughter.) As to the six visits the plaintiff had charged him for, it was a downright do. At any rate, five out of the six visits were paid to the young ladies, and Mr. Gay had the modesty and impudence to charge him half-a-crown for each of the wooing visits. (Shouts of laughter.) Besides that, he was invited to dinner each time. He never had any rash, saving the rashness of introducing the plaintiff to his friends. The Judge (Adolphus)—l think, if it be a joke, it ought to be fol lowed out. (Laughter.) Fifteen shillings is, perhaps, too much to pay for it. My judgment will be for ten shillings, and that is not too much for a rich joke like this. (Loud laughter.) • CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB WITH THREE PLAYERS V. THE SURREY CLUB WITH THREE PLAYERS. This annual match was commenced yesterday at Lord's, where there was just that amount of company as the state of the weather was likely to gather. Had there been the glorious sunshine of the early part of the past week, such is the interest which this match induces, that a large assemblage would have congregated. The uncertain condition of the atmosphere, however, left the parties engaged in the match the more room for their revelment. Marylebone went in first, but what with • the effect of the rain and the clever bowling of Surrey, they were unable to gain more than 72 runs, the only double scores being those of M r . H aygart h , 18 made up" by a four, four twos, and six singles ; and of Grundy 15, thus com posed, a five, a two, and a balance of ones. The Surrey Club then took the bat, and proved more successful than their opponents, seeing that they ran up a score of 147. It must, however, be stated that Mr. Haygarth missed Lockyer at " long leg," when his score had amounted to five only. This batsman eventually made 58 by four fours, three threes, nine twos, and a string of singles. Mr. Baker contributed 16 by a four, a three, a brace of twos, and five ones. Mr. W. Miller offered•lo in a three, a couple of twos, and three ones. Then came Mr. Miller's brother, with 14, thus composed, a four, a three, two twos, and the rest in ones. Sher man made 11, and Mr. Hartnell 21 • this latter number consisting of two fours, a th ree, and three twos, with singles. The wickets having been drawn for the day, the score was found to stand thus, the Marylebone Club having scored '46 in their second innings, without the loss of a wicket, Mr. Nicholson and Dean batting in the best style : • M. C. C. AND GROUND. First Innings. Second Innings. Dean, run out 0 not out 23 Hon. R. Grimstone, b Lisney... 5 A. Haygarth, Esq., b Sherman 18 F. Cummings, Esq., c Marshall, b Lisney I) C. Gordon, Esq., b Sherman 8 W. Nicholson, Esq., c Marshall, b Lisney Grundy, not out R. Kynaston, Esq., c Sherman, b Lisney ........ R. Broughton, Esq., b Sherman 3 F. Bathurst, Esq., b Lisney..... 0 Nixon, run out b 5,1 b 6 b 3 3 • Total 72 Total ...... .., 46 SURREY CLUB AND GROUND. W. Miller,,Esq., b D ean First Innings. 10 W. Baker, Esq. ' Nicholson, c b Dean l6 J. Waller, Esq., b Nixon 0 F. Miller, Esq., b Dean Lockyer, not out .... Sherman, b Dean H. Marshall, Esq., b Grundy G. Attfield, Esq., b Dean 1 E. G. Hartnell, Esq., st Nicholson, b Dean 21 W. Mortimer, Esq., b Dean 0 Laney, run out 3 b 3,1 b 8 Total 14T At twelve o'clock to-day the match was resumed. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—IMPORTANT SALE OF RICH SILKS, SHAWLS, AND LACE GOODS.—Bankruptcy of Mr. E. Blakely, Shawl Manufacturer to the Queen.--Messrs. Atkinson and Co., Silk and Shawl Warehouses, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lam beth, beg to inform the ladies of the United Kingdom that they have purchased of the assignees of the estate of Mr. Edwax4l Blakely, shawl manufacturer, silk mercer, and laceman, of Norwich, a bankrupt, the whole of his stock, amounting to 9,0714. 16s. 2d., at a large discount off the cost price. It consists of the richest selection of shawls, silks, robes, dresses, mantles, lace goods, &c., to be met with in England ; all in excellent condition, newly manufactured, and is now selling off at reduced prices. CAUTION TO PARENT; —yesterday afternoon, while a boy, about five years of age, was sitting at a second floor window in Bennett's-court, Drury-lane, he unfor tunately fell out on to the pavement, and on being taken to King's College Hospital instantly expired from the effects of a fractured skull. EXPENSE OF RAILWAY STATIONS. Captain Huish, the London and North-Western manager, stated, in the committee on the Mid-Western Railway, on Saturday, that the Camden Town and Euston-square stations had cost 800,000/, SHARE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid 1100 1 8i RAILWAYS. !Aberdeen lAmbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc......., Btrmng. Wolverh. do Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesb. do Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. dr Birk.,' £5O ds .£25 Cons—. Do., £20.....—•••••••• I - Bristol & Exeter.., Caledonian. 50 16 St.l 14 50 40 25 25 34 all all 100 Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. k Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ..... Do. New . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do do ~ . . 2.., ......... .. Do. B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk De., A. Stock Do., B. Stock jG t. Sth. &West. (Ire.) reat Western.. , 50 25 100 St. all 100 16 100 all 3i 100 ifrleh South-Eastern. ( Lancaster & Carlisle.. , Do., Third 5..........:. neash. &Yorkshire 0., Fifths ....... St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 Po., Wst. Riding UR. [Leeds Northern 13 20 20 50 I 21s. 1 100 20 11i 100 iv. Crsby. & So utbpt. . 4 London do Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. ,Lond.Blight.& London & N. Western Do. Fifths ~D0.,1G1.5h.,M&8...0 London &. S. Western Do., £50............ Do., X4O. ........ ndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Aranch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby l Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares .......... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket . .. Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry do Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British 'North Devon, N 0.1.. Do. No. 2. L__ ••I Dc:, A Deferred. Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western.. N. dr S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester dr Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury dr Birmg: Do., L. dr N. Wcstn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. dr Herefd. Shrewsby. dr Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union .... South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Stockton dr Hartlepi. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Valo of Neath.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterforcl&Limeriek West Wmble don &Croicio — o - Woodford ... ........ York Newctl. dr Berw. Do. Extensions. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices this day. 2 8 - 29 9f - 10 7 6 dl 21 -- 22 3i 102 -- 101 694 -69 t 23 -23 i 201 -- 214 3' 7 ii; 8 - 9 51 6 13 3 1 1 4 3 i 10i - 11 Business done this day. 69 iiiii 23i 3 ••• - 73i.• 1 - . 74i 100 all 100 5 100 all PR,EFERENI 1 Ab erci"j7E Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 51 p. c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen EastA.nglian (£3lox) 6 per cent. St. 16 St. St. 100 6 100 100 12i 12i 25 all all 8i 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 Do: (p 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (E 7 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 ... . ... 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 all 11 all Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5 per cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Gt. Southn. &W es tn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. e., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p e., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londondeny& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO IDo., £6 .. .. , I Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Po. 42 per cent....... IDo . Cousol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol tit Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4iper cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester 4 Wolverh. £15,6 p. e Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent........ South beyon . Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. C. York Newcastle and Berwiek,4 p.e.Pref Do York & N. Midland H. & S. Puroh 53 - 56 73i -74 i 30 . -- 32 88 -- 89 54 -- 56 134 - 136 112 -- 113 894 -89 i 7A -- 8 94 96 131 —144 p 79 -- 80 3 -- 21 d 164 -16 i 9 - 91 104 - 165 p 'll7 -117 i 2 - 21 p p - 1 89 - 6 -- 5d 5 -- 4d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 30 -- .30i 3 2id 741 74t 42 -- 44 51 - 53 2i - 3 8 - 9 53 - 55 n - 2J (11 35 -36 i 5 - 4t(t 85 - 8i 53i - 544 96 - 97 60 - 61 64 - 66 73 76 1,4 ldis 17 19 13 —. 1 5 3 2 3i 0 --- 21 4 d 73 —74 i 364 37 13 -- 14 4i -- 23 25 2 - 3 15 154 144 104 33 34 10 104 par 70i -- 7i -- 7d -- 2d 62 -- 684 13i i 71 i 73 4 112. 90 9k 80 79U i 117 i 7 14a li SHARES. 92 - 96 88 -- 92 di 1107 - - 1091 iiii :: iiol 19i -20 A - 6 4 41 5 5i a lip —2 p p 141 - 15 18 -18 i 3i - 31 130 - 131 1112 - 113 8 3 - 8 1 6 1 - 7i 106 - 108 11 153 - 154 ••• - ad •• • - 'xd 11 :. 157 3i - 4 p 10 - 11 131 - 144 8 - 9 10 - 11 a— a p 1150 - 1521 161$ * - i PI 116 -- 118 74f f 12 N i 6i i i 71 701 63 2 108 9 Pm 2 115 - 117 25i -26 i 2 p lot 24 114 174 1s !P 15 Par P 261 —26 g 19 —20 A id 18i i 112 i 115; 104 - 106 ria Jy 11 3 1 FOREIGN. 10 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 14 lid 5 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. 20 4 Beziers to Graissessac par 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin. 14 15 20 10 Dijon andßosanon 2i 3 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish, 14 1 dis 20 all East 1ndian..,..,... 4i —54 p 24 / 1 5k 20 1 Do. Extension l—lo 2 i 1 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 1 21? 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 14 P 201 15. Gt.WesternofCanada Shares... ... 20 15 Luxemb.ourg 7 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4 4A 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) lg 1# d 10 2 Do. 6p. ct. pref — d 20 9 Lyons & Mediterran . ..p• 20 41 Madras 11 — p 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7 71 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France 34 351 354 20 all Do. 201. 3p.c. Ms (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) 144 —14 i 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 94 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6 - 161 26i 20 all Paris and Orleans 4l 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 42 44 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 35.1 36 36 5i 6 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 41 5 10 7i Quebec &Richmond 4d par 20 all Rouen and Havro 2O —2l 201 20 all Sambre and Menu) Si 9 Si 10 4 Do. 5i p. ct. pref — 20 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France 20 4 Southern of France 5 —6 p 20 2s. Upper India Scrip.., 4 3P Pa) si all West Fl an d ers 10 8 Do. 51 pert. Prof idis par 20 10 Western of France 9l 10 y 10 2 West. of Switze r l an d 4 2 --20 6 LINES LEASED AT FIXED IENTALS•I Company this d Fri ay. ceg 13 t r in i , d e a s y ! . Slar. raid. RAILWAYS. Leasing . Closing .0 0 50 all Bedford and London & 'Bletcbley. West. ••• "' 301 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 301 all Do: withoutgr Do ..• 304 all Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do ••• 304 all Do.wtht guar. Do St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W lO6 •—• 10 8 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 54 —56 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 25 all 'Distr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 333 —3 4 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. ••• '• ' 1121 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMdll2 114 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 56 57 123 all Do. Shares. Do 273 28 4 1 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 144 1 141 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 26 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 20 100 Do. 6 per ct. .- 53 all Manch. Man. L.& N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 3 3 4 50 all liiddlesbro' & Stckton & Radom. Darlingt. ••• 00 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland lO6 -- 108 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do — ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds ps Do — ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk ••• 123 113 Do. 3 shares. Do • • • • St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt Northn 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 151 1 53 25 18a Shef•Roth.a.nd Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. •• • 12 93 S. Staffordsh. M.MClea n -- 1 d 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & D . 6 per cent... Darlingt. .• 25 all o Do — 34 A 33 n t St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 1054 1063' 1, MINES. 1 all Agua Fria .... ........ . 11 1p 2i 1 10s. all Anglo Californian ... $ ipi 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 3l 3 34 1 all Australian Cordillera 1d ip 1 all Australian Freehold. g 4 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d p 1 all British Austen. Gold 1 4p 1 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm •5 6 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 4 - 51 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —32 32 1 3 Carson's Creek 2d 40 all Cobre Copper 46 47 5 1 Colonial Gold ll —11 p 1 14 Copiapo lO —ll 11 all Copper Min.. of Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —l3 d 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein • 11 —14 p, 33 3 all Groat Polgooth 1 3 d 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 d 1 all Liberty par p 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 --4 1 all Mariquita. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 8 84 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde l3 —11 p 5 1 Port Philip par p 1 1 all Quartz Rock — 3 P 50 all Rhymney Iron 26 —2B 15 Do, New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian — 10 7 Tin Croft ........ 284 all United Mexican 43 —• 5 44 1 1 all Waller 1 Id 1 all West Granada d — P 1 all West Mariftosa 1 all Yuba d— 8 p JOINT-STOCK 40 all Australasia B6 87 86i 50 all British N. American 63 3. 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China g - p 100 25 Colonial lBl 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 10 English Scottish and Australian - p • 20 124 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 24 2i p 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22.1 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 52 —51 i 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co d par 25 all South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 Do. New 8 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid — MISCELLANEOUS Om 35 Australian Ag,ricult. 64 67 65 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... . . 50 38a Brit. American Land 72 77 79 8 2 100 32i Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 2g 2ip 7i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 7.3 . Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 0 1 4P i 50 all Peninsular Sz Oriental 101 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral.Lan . d 40 — 4 1 s 1 1 all Subraar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 28i Van Diemen's Land 18 COUNTRY MARKETS. a 0.1 CHELMSFORD—MAY 27. 3P Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, a l ., 0 to 54s Od, new 35s to 52s ; r e d, o ld 34 8 t o 440, 11e ,,."pait 42s ; barley, 25. to 27s ; c h eva li er , 31 s t o 370 OP -7 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s tor n o 198 to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 348 ; whits, 47 lick, boiling 38s to 41s ; dun, new, 29s to 338 ; besnl , th 31* to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36 s ; M azaga n, 2 9 ° "" COLCHESTER —MIT 28. t 500; 44 1 hpao ° Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, whitoi.,4o; , red, 40s to 44s ; b ar l e y, 28 e t o 33 s • oats, 181 t giCti ; Pe ' Mazagan, 32s to 53s ; middle and small, 351 to white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 34s to 365. ..,. IN—MAY 27. ya Ark ° :es of grain at °"' - . _ 0 0 First 49 s WHEAT 6d 23s u 3Od 32s . BARLEY. °A l ta 3 5 75 ts 341 0 6d Second 46s 10d 30s 6d 22s „ a 33 0 0 Third 3Bs Od 28s Od 21 0 v 0 0 ° ° 0 Total quantity of wh ea t i n mar k e t, 527 cl ' ' l5 - 11 1 PP pp barley „ 2 5 cg s " 1.20 f° l,l 172 C 1 1 .94 at 6 0 / P pp oats ~ 81 cir ° " ~ PP beans PP AVERAMES PER IMPERIAL QUO" . Average of wheat £2 6 l g t) Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans HADDINGTO. The following aro the prig to-day : 7-1-19i1' S-L it" 5" 3t" ~,,,,itili —MAY 30. kW"' d J close a the 1;1 103. e. 4, 0 Russell's Heiton, . • ....... if ! Stewart's .... . ............• 16 ?. Hettou Lyons gal° " ... ld F. Plummer , ................. . i 6 ; Lambtou .. . ............... '; . ' l 0 , Heugh Hall.. ............. •.',", 9 Hellos .. .. , ..... . ............. ::• 6 South Keno) ............... l'i Tees . ..... , ... • ......... .1 6 .0 St. Helen's .1;0 ........ • •• •ego Birch grove ......... ;13-93 0 Powell'o Derr' S te .1 6 0 Sidney's Hartley ...... .. 6g Skiborwea Merthyr •••••• grove Graigola ..... ; 3 0 ...... 129 I Sold ........• •• 56 ' Ships at market COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Cain's Hartley l6 0 Chester Main 15 0 Hasting's Hartley 16 0 H01ywe11...... ........ . l6 6 Longridge's Wst Hartleyl6 0 Ravensworth W. Hartleyl6 0 Tanfield Moor l5 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Wallsend, &c. Lawson l5 0 Stewart's Hartley 15 6 Willington Hartley l5 6 Eden Main ..16 9 Hetton l7 6 Haswell 17 6 Kepier Grange l6 6 On the 27t h inat o.l3:llSAelbl:rich t. On the 28th ins.t., LadyatWestbgourne-street, fiPle-P°lc.' gardens, th e Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Evereat. OF A DAI7GIITHR. e, the Wife ° 1 On the 27th inst., in Lower Grosvenor-03c i; , It 8 v. }plc P. H. IVyatt, Esq. wo O od n . the 28th inst., at 4, Eaton-terrace, Air • 11ARRI ED. Tora° 7,T i n gton, 00 0 On the 2Gth inst., at St. Nary s, -0 esv Sur rey , 1. ni Hipper, Esq., surgeon, Clapham -road, t e R ich e ..11 03. Elizabeth, younger (laughter of the la Cooper, Esq., of Brighton. G Sarah,i O le n s the orlvii pd 2 po 9 r t e h goaft i e n t s h t ae . g , ..01t, DIED. aged 82 . of f4 o4l '' li JlornbY, On the 28th inst., aged 50, J00 0 1 ) • f• Druid's Cross, near Liverpool. "ral $ ll. l. On the 27th inst at astbotirne Vice.jtclui re l g ed i "Mason, K.C.8., of i'rheeler-lodge, Leicostershi I . vl lO2 l A ''' I# o LONDON: Printed and Published try 1113-ED , 0 , P',,,, ei of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun `-' ' c eaui Strand, in the Precinct a the Savoy, ju the Rev. %V . eregeetontr'so-rf st, ldiddloaex, Tuoscipy, idAY A 3.44'