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Tented to their lordships on Friday evening last from the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, on the subject of one of the clauses. That clause provided that the examiners should be appointed from the class of barristers. The niiembers of that association complained of that provision, alleging that it was a grievance to them that the chances of appointment should not be extended to solicitors as well as barristers, and that solicitors should be ineligible to those offices. He wished to observe for their satisfaction that the subject had been well considered in another place ; but indepen dently of that, it would be impossible not to confine the appointment to barristers without ac t ing on a different principle from that which had been laid down in analo gous cases. The new Vice-Chancellors must be selected from the class of barristers, and the duties of the exa miners were now so extensive and so important, that it would be impossible to secure fit persons from any other class than that of barristers. The solicitors must, there fore, not consider that any slur was cast upon them by the provisions of this bill. The bill then passed through committee. MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Earl of ABERDEEN, this bi was read a third time and passed. MARINE MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the same noble earl, this bill was also read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. _HOUSE OF COMMONS.--;YESTERDAY, The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY BILL. On the motion for considering the report on this bi Mr. SPOONER said the bill had been read a second time, and was now brought up from the committee, and it was his intention to move that it be re-committed. He did not wish to raise the question as to whether the Crystal Palace should be opened on Sunday ; his objection to the bill being that it was introduced to confirm an agreement entered into between the Crystal Palace Com pany and the Brighton Railway Company,. although the house was in possession of no information as to the nature of that agreement. There was a clause in the bill which enabledthe railway companyto receive moneys, and hand them over to the Crystal Palace Company, and the effect ofit would be to enable the latter company to evade the provision in their charter which prevented them re ceiving moneys or opening the building on Sundays, un less by sanction of Parliament. He thought such an important question as to opening the building on Sun days ought not to be decided by a side-wind, but by a substantive motion brought forward on the general principle. Mr. GEACH said the object of the bill was to divert certain roads, and delay in passing it would occasion great inconvenience to the company, as they were anxious to open the building in May, in order not to disappoint the public. He fully admitted that it was not desirable to discuss or settle the question about opening it on Sun days by an indirect motion ; and if the hon. member world withdraw his motion, he would undertake that the clause to which he objected should be struck out on the third reading. Mr. DEEDES observed that if the house passed the bill, it would sanction an agreement of which it knew nothing. Sir R. H. INGLIS recommended Mr. Spooner to adopt the suggestion of Mr. Geach. Mr, W. PAITEN said it was incorrect to suppose that the agreement between the two companies had not been before the committee. He had looked into it him self, and taken legal opinion upon it, and he believed there was nothing which would, either directly or indi rectly, enable the Crystal Palace to be opened on Sun days. He, however, entirely agreed with Mr. Spooner, that it was not desirable to sanction an agreement which was not in some way before the house, and he should, therefore, suggest that Mr. Spooner should withdraw his amendment, on the understanding that the clause in question should be .struck out on the third reading. Mr. LAING disclaimed any attempt on the part of the Crystal Palace Company to smuggle a clause into the bill for the purpose of enabling them to open the build ing on Sundays. After a few words from Mr. WIGRAM, Mr. SPOONER withdrew his amendment, the report was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time. PRIVATE BILLS. The following bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :--Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Rail way ; East Anglian Railways ; East Kent Railway ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway ; South Shields Improvement ; West London Crystal Palace Railway. LONDON AND THAMES RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir J. SHELLEY said that he was instructed that this bill would cause a great obstruction to the use of the river by the occupiers of the wharves on its banks, while it would not give to the public any advantages beyond that which they at present derived from the steam-boats. He would therefore move that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. 'WILSON, on the part of the Government, ob jected to the immediate second reading of the bill, because, although the rights of the Crown were affected by it, no communication had been made by its promoters either to the Board of Works or to the Commissioners of Land Revenues. Lord D. STUART believed that the public would derivd great advantage from the competion between the railways and the steam-boats which would be the result of this bill. Mr. HUME recommended that the second reading should be postponed until the promoters should have communicated with Government. Mr. MASTERMAN said that under these circum stances he would postpone the motion for the second reading of the bill until Monday, the 4th of April. - The East Anglian, East Kent Railway, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and Forth and Clyde Junction Railway bills were then read a second time. PETITIONS. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Sussex against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. DEEDES presented a similar petition. AN HON. MEMBER presented several petitions from Down, and other counties in Ireland, in favour of tenant right ; also, a petition from Down complaining of the corrupt practices at the last election for that county, and praying for the protection of the ballot. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition in favour of the abolition of University Tests in Scotland. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions from working men, and others, against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the University of Cambridge against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. EWART presented a petition in favour of the liberation of Mr. Edward Murray. Mr. PHINN presented a similar petition from Ply mouth. Mr. MIALL presented a petition from working men. at Sheerness, in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from Ryde, complaining of the corrupt practices at the last and pre ceding elections for the borough, and praying for fur ther investigation. Mr. HUME presented several petitions from places in Scotland, praying for the repeal of the Test Acts ; also a petition from merchants in Glasgow trading with the West Indies, complaining of the irregularities in the postal communication with the Colonies ; also a petition from the British and other Christian inhabitants of Cal cutta and the lower provinces of Bengal, expressing their opinion respecting the future government of India, and praying for inquiry respecting the same. Mr. FRENCH presented a petition from the Guar dians of Carrick-on-Shannon Union, praying for an alteration in the Annuities Act. _ ------ Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire in favour of the repeal of the taxes on know ledge. Mr. T. EGERTON presented several petitions against the admission of Jews into Parliament, and the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. BANSES presented a petition from a place in Dorset, praying for the enfranchisement of the London University. _ Mr. COWAN p resen t e d a petition from the Scottish Reformation Society, praying for the repeal of the May nooth grant. CORRUPT BOROUGHS. Mr. PEACOCK gave notice that, on Thursday, he should mov e that Coppock be called to the bar to explain a statementw . hich he made before the St. Albans Election Conuni ss i o boroughs. on the subject o f corru pti on i n "pocket' borou COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask the right hon. g entleman, the member for 0 Manchester, if he was dis posed to postpone his bill the subject of county financial boards until after Easter.eeeciz to this request, Mr. M. GIBSON could not toevrernment could as any member unconnected with % as not hope to get such a bill on after PUBLIC BUSINESS. Sir R. H. INGLIS said as the Clergy ' (Canada) Bill and the Jew Bill stood for Z nira ,?s, e . rves night, he should be glad to know if it was J ae : ti t : d t tto take both, and if it was , would there be an y o bjection t : postpone the third reading o f the latter until after Easter Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not intended to ta ke the committal of the Clergy Reserv es Bill until Friday, when he should move the omission of the third clause. Th e committal of the Jew Bill would be taken to night, and the third reading on Friday. AUSTRIA AND TURKEY. Mr. DISRAELI wished to ask the noble lord the member for the city of London a ques tion relative to the relations that now subsist between Austria and the Sublime Porte. It was re ported in a well-informed journal that in a dispute which had arisen between Austria and Turkey, an ulti matum was offered to the latter by the former which had been acceded to by Turkey, although, in some degree, it appeared to threaten the independence of Turkey. Two of the conditions contained in the ultimatum were—first, the Turkish troops were to evacuate Monten egro ; an d, secon dl y , T ur ki s h por t s were to be closed in the Adriatic, which had hitherto been ate open to E ng li s h commerce. Now, he wished to K. the noble lord whether the Government had re ceived , any official i nte lli gence of these circumstances, to lastlythe, would cti on prod uee \• , atm, if they had, 1p j ournals, and :r . as it to the same e ff ect as stated in the noble lord have any papers which had passed on the J. RUSSELL said the Government h a d rece i ved ial intim a ti on of thefin tween Austria an d arr angement of the Turkey,dis and two of the cou ttm were i n sp i rit the same as thos; in the ultimat • ,* slt ~. ,i ! „ ;i 14, 4 . : )-i'iitt ~~+c,U, ►~~--~ stated by the right hon. gentleman, but the British Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople had re ceived a notification that the latter would not be carried out, or, at least, no change would be made in the ports of the Adriatic open to Bri tish commerce until her Majesty's Government had been consulted in the matter. It would be unusual to produce the papers, as they related to a matter in which this coun try was not directly concerned, and with the settlement of which our ally was satisfied. IRISH ADVERTISEMENT kr. FRENCH wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, if directions had been sent to Ireland by any Government authority in this country, to discontinue the expense of inserting in the Dublin newspapers the usual notice of levees about to be held by the Lord- Lieutenant. Mr. WILSON said that the late Government had issued an order to discontinue certain advertisements in Dublin newspapers under these circumstances :—ln the course of last year a bill for advertisements came under the consideration of the Treasury. On the bill being examined it was found to refer to three classes of adver tisements—the first published by direction of acts of Parliament, the second advertisements relating to mat ters of public interest, and the third advertisements re lating to levees and balls. The bill amounted to 3301. 13s. Bd. Of this sum 71. 3s. 4d. were charged for advertisements of the first class 41. 10s. 10d. for those of the second class, and 3181 . 19s. 6d. for those referring to levees and balls. The advertisements for one levee were in number 17, and charged 351. Vs. 2d., and for a ball which took place immediately after they were in number 61, charged 491. Under these circumstances, the late Government determined on abolishing the prac tice of advertising the Lord-Lieutenant's balls and levees. (Hear, hear.) NAVAL COMMITTEE. Capt. SCOBELL wished to ask Sir J. Graham, when it is probable that the report of the Naval Committee, ap pointed by the late Board of Admiralty, will be laid on the table of the house. Sir J. GRAHAM hoped to be able to lay the report on the table immediately after Easter. COPPER COINAGE. Mr. GLYN wished to ask the Secretary of the Trea sury whether any steps had been taken to secure a suffi cient supply of the copper coinage. Mr. WILSON said the demand for gold and silver was so great that the Mint could devote no attention at present to copper coinage, but the Master of the Mint was about to contract with private parties for the coin ing of five tons of copper. P-TASGOW POST-OFFICE. Mr. HASTIE wislied to ask Cie Scc:etary of the Treasury, when it was intended to proceed with the erec tion of the new Post-office at Glasgow, for ground was bought about three years ago, in conseq - .7e - ace of the present building being pronourced unsuitable for the extent of business, and in a ruinous and unsafe condition for the inmates ? Mr. WILSON said negotiations were now going on for the purchase of additional ground, and when these were closed the Post-office would be proceeded with. COAL MINES. Mr. SANDARS wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to increase the number of in spectors in coal mines, or take any other steps for the prevention of accidents therein. Lord PALMERSTON said the whole subject of coal mines 'was one of great difficulty and importance, and he had not yet been able to arriN e at any decision upon it. WA RDENSHIP OF THE CLNQUE PORTS. Mr. HUME wished to ask the noble lord, the mem ber for the City of London, if the Government would lay upon the table any papers relative to the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports? Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to lay such papers on the table. On the motion of taking the orders of the day, Mr. NEWDEGATE complained of the way in which the noble lord the member for the city of London con ducted the public business. The noble lord was taking an unfair advantage of gentlemen on his side of the house. He complained of the noble lord wishing to force on the Jewish bill before the recess. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) To endeavour to force on this measure now was a tyrannical proceeding ; it was an attempt to stifle the general feeling of the country. A measure of such a description ought not to be brought in and read a third time the night before the Easter recess. Sir J. PAKINGTON considered that in general the noble lord had studied the convenience of the house, but in the present case he was obliged to coincide with the hon. member for North Warwickshire. . He hoped that the noble lord would postpone the measure. Lord J. RUSSELL considered that the course he had adopted was the fairest one towards the house. With regard to the Jewish Disabilities Bill, the subject was nearly exhausted, and he did not see any reason for post poning it. Mr. CAYLEY hoped that the noble lord would post pone the third reading of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill until after the recess. Mr. M. GIBSON would call the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the taxes upon the means of diffusing knowledge. UNSTAMPED PUBLICATIONS. Mr. M. GIBSON said, this being a revenue bill, he wished to call the attention of the house to the unsatis factory state of the law in reference to the tax imposed on a certain class of newspapers. (Hear, hear.) The Attorney-General of the late Government (Sir F. Thesi ger) stated, on the 6th of December last, that immediate legislation was necessary upon that subject, and the right hon. gentleman obtained leave to introduce a bill with reference to it. Since that time, however, no fur ther proceedings had been taken on the matter. In November, 1851, a suit for penalties against the pub lishers of the Household Narrative of Current Bvents was instituted in the Court of Exchequer, which was decided in favour of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, and against the Board of Inland Revenue. That board, however, declined to acquiesce in that decision, and the law offi cers of the Crown were instructed to appeal to the court of the Exchequer Chamber. Subsequently there was a change of Government, and the law officers of Lord Derby's Government advised the Crown that the decision of the Court of Exchequer was contrary to law, but that to prevent future litigation, a bill ought to be introduced on the subject. Lord Derby's Government went out ; this was now 1853, and this simple matter was now hung up in suspense. (Hear, hear.) That state of things was not only inconvenient to the parties concerned, but was somewhat oppressive ; and he had now to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would promise to use all convenient and possible speed to bring this matter to a termination ? (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if any weight was due to the opinions of the legal autho rities with whom he had an opportunity of conversing on this question, it was not so simple as the right hon. gentleman seemed to suppose. The great difficulty was, to give relief to the parties who appeared to be entitled to it, and at; the same time to exclude from such relief those whose publications clearly came within the mean ing of the existing statute. He believed that the opi nion of the law officers of the Crown would be in the possession of the Government in a day or two, and no time should be lost in coming to a decision on the ques tion after that opinion had been received. Mr. HUME would suggest, as the easiest mode of getting rid of the difficulties connected with the subject, that the tax should be repealed altogether. (Laughter.) If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would permit the publication in question to be printed without the tax, and only charge those with the duty which were trans mitted through the post, the right hon. gentleman in twelve months would receive an amount of postage equal to that which he remitted. Sir F. THESIGER said the case was not so free from difficulty as the right honourable gentleman (Mr. M Gibson) seemed to suppose. When the last Govern went came into power there had been a decision in the Court of Exchequer in favour of the exemption of the duty ; but the other law o ffi cers of the Crown and him- self were rather disposed to think that Baron Parke, who dissented from the rest of the court, was in the right, and that the decision of the court should be ap pealed against. With the View, however, to prevent future litigation, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer was of opinion that without any detriment to the public interests he might introduce a bill, by which publications like the Household Narrative might be exempt from duty; but the difficulty was that unless they were extremely careful in wording the bill they would exempt from duty a great number of publications which were clearly liable to be charged under the existing law. A bill, however, was prepared, and he (Sir F. Th es i ger) asked leave to _ bring - it in, but it was objected to by the right hon. gen tleman (M r. M. Gibson) on the ground that, being a bill affecting the revenue to some extent, it could only be considered in a committee of the whole house. He (Sir F. Thesiger) did not therefore attempt to introuduce the bill. The more he looked at this question the more he felt it was surrounded with difficulties. The honourable member for Montrose had certainly suggested avery ready way of solving those difficulties, but he (Sir F. Thesiger) should be much surprised if the Chancellor of the Exchequer acceded to such a proposition. Mr. COBDEN said it did really appear to him that the house was placed in a most humiliating position. They had three Governments bringing their ingenuity to bear on this subject, with the view to prevent the free diffusion of knowledge. (Hear, hear.) And under what circumstances ? At the very time when all parties exercising were agreed t o ex t en d th e r i g hts of the people in th e m toatetnla g er of the political franchise. The house was going e t he fr allan franchise , ingenuity ,and yet , t at the o p r same eveot the p time, theypeople obtaining political knowledge Such conduct appeared to him to be wholly n i n d e fensible. Now they could not cross- examining ews define w h at the Boardwas. He had an o pp or t un ity o f of Inla the nd Reve nue , an d h e tr i e d to f i nd what speech at the house an illustration . tews really was. He would give replied that tle Those it gentlemen were asked opening of the session wifasthenewQsu.eeies They asked if the speech they Exchequerwere published said that was interest anybody in opening his budget was not news, and that it might be without a stamp. (A laugh.) Nov,d in a newspaper deny that there was far more public 4 ante attached to the budget of a Ex chequer than to a Queen's speech? Now, as his honourable friend (Mr. Hume) had suggested, the Now, only question was, whether or not the stamp should nol be abolished altogether ? (Hear, hear.) The thing was being practically done already, for they had some forty publications in London, including such papers as the Atheneum and the Builder, all publishing news, but which were stamped or not, just at the option of their proprietors. Now, on co nsiderations of revenue, h e thought this was a subject which might fairly be left to the disposal of Mr. Rowland Hill a nd the Post-office ; and if that were done—if newspayers were only subject THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ErEN.ING, MARCH' 15, 1853. to a tax on passing through the Post-office, he had no doubt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would lose very little in the end, whilst he would get rid of a prac tice which was a stigma and a reproach to the age they lived in. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was his intention to repay Messrs. Bradbury and Evans their costs in the action in which the Government was defeated ? The event proved that the Government was wrong in the suit they instituted against those gentlemen, and that being so, he thought the Government should pay all the costs in the ordinary way. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in reply, the subject which the hon. gentleman had just opened was entirely new to him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), and that any application of that kind would have to be considered on its own merits. The whole subject was now under the consideration of the Govern ment, but it would require an alteration in the law to carry out the principle which the hon. gentleman had suggested. Mr. RICARDO said it was somewhat remarkable that three successive Governments had confessed themselves unable to deal satisfactorily with this question ; and, as the only way of getting rid of the difficulty attaching to it, the present Government was now about to obtain a judgment in the case from a police magistrate. (Hear, hear.) A constituent of his published a paper called the Potteries Free Press, arid—overlooking the Racing Tele graph, Punch, and various other publications—the Go vernment was about to summon that unfortunate man before a police magistrate, with a view to mulct him in a penalty of some 201., or to imprison him. That was the case which was to brought to a hearing on Thursday next, and a Bow-street magistrate was to decide a ques tion which had puzzled the law officers of the Crown in three successive Administrations. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the honourable gentleman (Mr. Ricardo) was entirely mistaken in sup posing that the cause of his constituent and that of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans were at all similar. The question in the case of the Household Narrative was, whether it was published within an interval of not less than twenty-eight days ; but the Potteries Free Press was pUblished every week, contained regular statements of public news, and was, therefore, a clear infraction of the law. Whether or not it was desirable to repeal the existing law was one question ; but so long as that law remained on the statute-book, he apprehended it was clearly the duty of the Government to enforce it. Mr. EWART though it was possible to establish a system of postage duties on newspapers passing through the post, by which, whilst the revenue would not be prejudiced, the numerous evasions of the existing law would be prevented. The conversation then dropped, and it was agreed that the bill should be read a third time this day at half-past four o'clock. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS (REPAY MENT OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. W. WILLIAMS wished to obtain an assurance from the Commissioner of Works, that the Crown rents arising out of the public improvement in question would be sold without delay. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said so soon as the Govern ment could get the full value for those Crown rents, they would be ready to sell them. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as regarded the enactments of this bill, he should be the last man to propose to the house to put any charge on the Consolidated Fund to the detriment of the public. The pecuniary liabilities to which this bill related were already settled so far as the public were concerned ; and the whole question was, whether they should pay off the whole debts, on which they now paid interest, while they had a large balance at their bankers, or whether they should apply that balance in discharging those debts and interest, and put the surplus into the pockets of the public, (Hear, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE wished to know—supposing it ap peared to the lenders of the money that the London bridge Approaches Fund was insufficient to guarantee them the repayment of the money they had lent—whe ther his right hon. friend was perfectly certain that by putting this charge on the Consolidated Fund, and re leasing altogether the land revenues of the Crown, which ought never to have been charged—(hear)—the whole principal and interest were likely to be paid. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he felt the greatest possible certainty on the subject. The population of London might be decimated—for they did not know what calamities might not occur—but advert ing to the rate at which the coal fund now yielded, nothing to his mind was more plain than that the "Ap proaches Fund," and the other assets which were liable, would be amply sufficient to guarantee the whole of the debt and interest. The bill was then read a third time ; and, on the ques tion that it do pass, Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved the addition of a clause, providing that an annual account should be rendered by the Treasury of the sums paid into the Consolidated Fund, and of the disbursements therefrom under the authority of the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to the clause. He wished to say, in correction of a statement he made the other night, that the whole proceeds of the present act were pledged. First there came a charge of 88,000/. to the corporation of the city of London, for past improvements, and then another charge which would absorb the whole surplus for certain other improvements not yet defined. After a short conversation the clause was agreed to, and the bill was passed. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. The house having gone into committee on this bill, Mr. W. Patten in the chair, Admiral WALCOTT objected to the principle of the bill, on the ground that its obvious result would be to de prive the Legislature of its exclusively Christian character. He protested against the admission of a class of reli g ionists into Parliament, who, unhappily for themselv es , disbe lieved in the divinity of the Son of God. Mr. VANSITTART characterised the course which the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) proposed to take with regard to this bill as most unfair, inasmuch as it would effectually prevent a full expression of opinions on the third reading. He complained of the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill hav ing been postponed without notice, by which many mem bers were taken by surprise. He urged that the third reading of the present measure ought, in common justice, to be deferred till after Easter. t Lord J. RUSSELL said he had only postponed the Clergy Reserves (Canada), Bill for the purpose of making alterations in it. The course he had taken would, in his opinion, facilitate public business ; for if the third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill were postponed till after Easter, it might happen that there would not be enough to occupy the attention of the house the whole of Friday evening. The subject had been so thoroughly discussed that be could not anticipate any new arguments upon it. Mr. WALPOLE had himself no objection to the bill passing through committee to-night, nor to the third read ing taking place on Friday ; but it would undoubtedly be more satisfactory to his friends around if it were postponed till after Easter. Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not consent to postpone the bill, but he would undertake not to bring it on at a late hour on Friday. He would not bring it on after ten o'clock. CUSTOM - HOTISE-MARCH 14. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Superior, from Cadiz; Briton, Singapore ; Rochester, South Whale Fishery ' • City of Paris, Boulogne ; Phcebe Dunb ar , Madras ; Susan C. Howell, Baltimore ; Amaranth, adras ; Aurora, New Orleans ; Monarchy, Calcutta ; Castor, Malta ; Marchio ness of Londonderry, Calcutta ; Johnson, Guernsey ; Ad miral Grenfell, Rio Janeiro ; Columbine, Mauritius ; Gras, Manilla; Julia, Callao ; Affghan, Shanghai ; Mo selle, Antwerp ; Lady Sarah, Cuba ; Edward Little, Ro chester ; Cassandra, Terceira ; Active, Dieppe ; Dovre, Laurvig ; Egbei Mauritius • ForLuna ' Lokken ; Emma and Mary, Dunkirk ; St. Andrew's, Rouen ; Infanta, Rouen ; Tay, Marans ; Lance, Rouen ; Breeze, Ibrail ; John St. Barbe, Santander ; Unity, Jersey ; Margaret, Guernsey ; Echo, Rouen ; Emma, Palermo ; Murray, Ghent ; Merlin, Terceira ; Aliwal, Guernsey ; Susan, St. Michael's; Concordia, Rotterdam ; City of London, Dun kirk ; Magnet, Harlingen ; Menai, Calais ; Ceres, Rotter dam ; Lion, Harlingen ; Dublin Lass, Havre • Giraffe, Rotterdam ; Water Lily, St. Michael's ; Claud, ' Callao. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING—The City of Lon don, for Dunkirk ; Menai, Calais ; Notre Dame, Havre ; Albert Louise, Abbeville; C eres , Rotterdam; Triumph, Rouen • Pearl, Montreal ; Asia, Port Philip ; Valleyfield, Sierra Leone ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Madagascar, Havre ; Mentor, Elsinore ; Patrina, Naples ; Mehemet Ali, Ceylon CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Notre Dame, for Havre ; Sovereign, San Francisco ; Breeze, Dunkirk ; Euphemia, Geelong ; Triumph, Rouen ; Regina Hellechina, Hamburgh ; Elise Johanna, Amsterdam ; Cameron, Port Philip ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Ocean, Havre ; Tri dent, Hamburgh. Mr. NEWDEGATE could not understand what the ro ble lord would gain by pressing the bill through its remain ing stages so rapidly as ho proposed. He would remind the house that if he succeeded, the measure would have gone through three stages within one week. This was not the ordinary course of business with bills of so much im portance. He supposed, from what he had heard, that he was not to hope the noble lord would consent to postpone the bill till after Easter ; but if he did not, he would be accepting the division on the second reading as evidence of a feeling which did not really exist. As for the argument of economy of time, there was nothing in it, for there was plenty of business which might be taken on Friday instea d of this bill, by which no time whatever would be lost. Under such circumstances he trusted the noble lord would not be guilty of what appeared to him a manifest disre spect to the feelings of the country by pressing the bill. He assured the noble lord that the feeling in the country was growing on the subject ; and the more it was debated the greater would it be shown. He could see nothing likely to create greaten jealousy of the conduct of the Go vernment than an impression that they were attempting to thrust this bill through the house contrary to the ex pressed feelings of the country. Mr. MILES urged the noble lord to postpone the third reading till after Easter. Easter came this year very early; and it must be remembered that after the holidays Go vernment proposed to take another day, so that they might select their own time for the third reading. Mr. HUME deprecated any further delay. Not a single individual could bring forward a single new argument on the subject, so that any postponement would be only a waste of time. He thought the noble lord had exercised a wise discretion in endeavouring to get aid of the question. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. M. SMITH, as representing a large and impor tant constituency upon the verge of the metropolis, who entertained strong opinions upon this question, implored the noble lard to pause before he proceeded further with the measure, until the feeling of the country had been as certained. MESSINA, March 3.--The Alexander, Troon to Rhodes, has put in, making water, and the vessel much strained. HOLYHEAD, Mar c h 13.—The Pelham Clinton, Liverpool to Aberystwith, put in here yesterday, half ful of water, having struck on the Harry Furlong on the previous night; she sailed again this morning. REDCAR, March 13.—The Leonidas, from Sunderland to London, which ran on the rock on the 11th, has been assisted off, and taken into West Hartlepool ; part of her cargo had been thrown overboard. YOUGHAL, March 12.—The Telcida, from Marianople, which went ashore in Whiting. Bay on the 9th, went to Pieces Yesterday ; cargo washed out, part of the materials saved. ANTWERP _The Leoni, from Pernambuco and Maran ham to Havre, put into St. Thomas, Feb. 15, leaky, an d would discharge. The Eucharis, from Charleston to Bor-' deaux, put in there very leaky, with damage, and had nearly discharged. to Marseilles, was wr ec k e d on Great Inagua, J an . 6 ; crew The Adolphe (French brig), Port-au-Pri nce saved. The Comete, of Bordeaux, was lost about the same time as the Adolphe. Mem.—The Comete sailed from Martinique for Hayti Jan. 8. TERCEIRA, Feb. 26. During the S.E. gale of th e 17th the Lady Eliz a b e th , the Ringsbridge, and. the Rival (Port brig), drov e on shore here, and became total wrecks ; crews saved. Sir B. HALL represented a large constituency, who formed part of the metropolis. The place he represented numbered 403,000 inhabitants, who were assessed at more than 2,000,0001. sterling ; and, speaking to some extent their opinions, he must appeal to the noble lord not to think for one moment of postponing this measure. This was no new topic. It was the most unprofitable discus sion the house could have; and surely when it had been so long debated on both sides, it was much better to ar rive at a conclusion at once, for he was sure that, what ever eloquence might be displayed, not one single vote would be turned by it. Mr. WHITESIDE said the request for a postponement was most reasonable, and it was a mistake to say that the principle involved was not new. The fact was the bill in troduced a novel principle into the whole system of the laws of England. It might be right politically to admit Jews into Parliament, but it was certainly opposed to the ancient laws of the country, of which Christianity was a pate. Under such circumstances, he contended that it was only reasonable that some delay should be accorded. Lord D. STUART contended that ample time had been devoted to the consideration of the subject, and said that the petitions in favour of admitting Jews to Parliament had increased in the proportion of six to one. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that in 1847 he had stated that many of the petitions were spurious—that the parties procuring the signatures were paid for them at the rate of 3s. per hundred, which remuneration was afterwards changed to ss. per day. He had offered to prove this be fore a committee of the house, if the noble lord (Lord D. Stuart) would move for one. The noble lord had never moved for that committee ; and he had no doubt that the signatures to the petitions were paid for now as they were in 1847. But as to the petitions on the other side, he could answer for it that the signatures were not only unpurchased but unsolicited. Mr. NAPIER believed the noble lord would be pro- THE MARCH OF SPEED.—The announcement of the ceeding with undue precipitancy if, under ex i s ti ng n i renni . division on the second reading of the Jews which members Stances h e w pressedwere e atdhye leavingthi rd rteotigforonthFerriday. and it was taken at midnight on Friday last, was pubhshed in tamedvr a O u n s unusual fora e day eqfu thees ti question adjournment, v smh e n importance recess s b s e enter- the Galway papers of Saturday, in little over 12 hours Lord J. RUSSELL reminded the honourable andl a ft er the transmission of the intelligence from London. (Mr. Napier) that the bill had been learned The distance thus travelled is nearly 500 miles, and six and also upon its second reading. gentl eman hours were consumed in the passage between Holyhead upon its introduction, opposed and Dublin. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Bagman, Rio Grande to Valparaiso, 12th Dec., lat. 56 S., long. 64 W. The Resolute, London to Sydney, 9th Jan., lat. 25 S., long. 27 W, The Camerton, Clyde to Berbiee, 6th Feb., lat. 20 N., long. 35 W. The Solway, Bristol to Matanzas, 9th Feb., lat. 27 N., long. 27 W. The Neptune, Madras to London, 3d March, lat. 49 N., long. 22 W. The Bussorah Merchant, London to Sydney, N.S.W., 3d Jan., lat. 29 N., long. 24 W. The Vioja, of Dundee, for Antigua, 13th Feb., lat. 23 N., long. 36 W. The Victor A:medie, Marseilles to Mauritius, 23d Jan., lat. 3 N., long. 19 W. The Marie Charlotte, of Granville, Bth March, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. The house, therefore, had already expressed its opinion twice on the subject, and after that he could not expect that its opinion would be changed. Besides, he had already undertaken not to bring it on at a late hour on Friday. This subject was a constant source of delay, and delay only would be the result if he assented to the suggestion, for, as he was now told that members had left town, he should be told the first week after Easter that they had not arrived. After a few words from Mr. W. M. SMITH, Mr. J. A. SMITH said he must give to the statement of the host. member for North Warwickshire (Mr. Newde gate), as to the signatures to the petitions in favour of this measure, the most p os iti ve an d a b so l ute denial which courtesy would enable him to give. If the hon. member really entertained the opinion he expressed, he (Mr. J. A. Smith) should have the greatest readiness in meeting him on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said that when he made the allega tion in 1847, the hon. gentleman was sitting by the side of the noble lord the member for London, and if the noble lord would not afford him the means of proving the charge it was rather hard to contradict him after five years had elapsed. Under such circumstance the gentleman must forgive him if he did not retract the asser tion. Colonel SIBTHORP hoped that, whatever might be the manceuvring of the noble lord, his friends on the opposi tion side of the house would not forget what was due to the country on this question. The clauses were then agreed to, the report was received, and the bill ordered to be read the third time on Friday. The second reading of the Pilotage Bill was postponed till the 4th of April. LANDS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read the third time. On the question that the bill do pass, Mr. FITZGERALD moved the introduction of a pro- N ision in clause 36 giving a power of appeal from the com missioners to the assistant barrister as a judge, in cases where the tenancy exceeded 501. per annum. Mr. NAPIER objected to the amendment, on the ground that it would be a departure from the act of 1847, which was the foundation of the present measure. Nothing could work better than the act of 1847, which had no power ' of appeal, and, as a proof that such a power was unneces sary, the commissioners under the act of 1847 had only been called upon in four cases to adjudicate between land lord and tenant. In all the other numberless cases the I amount of rent parties had mutually agreed between themselves on the to be add e d f or th e i mprovemen t o f th e land, and he thought a useless power of appeal, which must lead to delay and litigation, would be prejudicial to the beneficial operati on o f t h e ac t. Sir J. YOUNG said he would as soon have the bill with ont the amendment as with it, but he agreed to accept it as a compromise rather than' be forced to insert a more dis agreeable clause. After a conversation, in which Mr. Stapleton, Sergeant Shee, Mr. R. S. M oore, Mr. F. French, Mr. Vhiteside, and Mr. Kirk took part, the amendment was agreed to, the words were inserted, and the bill passed. OATHS IN CHANCERY BILL. The house tJ'c we it into co ittee on the Oaths in Chancery Bill, some verbal alterations, on the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, were made in the clauses, and the Chairman reported the bill to the house. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. Mr. H. BROWN, before moving a resolution of which he had given notice, wished to know whether it wa s a t all probable th e select committee on the amalgamation of rail ways would make a report of practical use to the house ? Mr. CARDWELL had no objection to the words of the hon. gentleman's motion, which were—" That it is the 1 1 duty of a good government to pro Pose to this house all f, such measures as may appeai necessary for the public safety. That the great increase in the number of accidents which have of late occurred on railways demands the espe cial attention of the house, and that it is the duty of her Majesty's Government to propose more effectual measures than now exist lb- Le, :rg the safety of the public while travelling on rai' .vays." The answer he would make to the question of the horourable gentleman was that the committee appointed by the late Government was now sitting to inquire most carefully into a subject in which he could assure the hon. gentleman that both her Majesty's Government and the members of the committee, and he believer: he might and every member of the house, felt the deepest possible interest. (Hear, hear.) Since he had been a membe and presided over the committee, they had examined many of the most eminent persons con mete -I with the railway interclt. They were about to h examine other witnelsei not connecti with the railway interest, and they should consider with the utmost pains s the question which the hon. gentleman wished to bring s under the notice of the horn e. It would be presumptuous s and premature to 'anticipate the result of the committee, s which had hitherto been occupied in taking evidence, and had not yet come to any opinion. (H ear , hear.)Con- I sidering the magnitude and importance of the subject, the 2 early period of the session, and that many witnesses had not yet been called, he was sure the honourable gentleman 1 would approve of the committee, and having hither to come 2 to the house with an expression of opinion, and under the 2 circumstances the honourable gentleman would be by no 6 means wanting in duty to the public if he allowed the s committee full time to mature their judgment before tak- 5 ing the sense of the home on his motion. (Hear, hear.) 2 With regard to what might be anticipated from the com- 2 mittee, all he had a right to s:2-::e was, that he never saw a committee which devotal more pains to the subject; in 2 hand, and he should be extremely disappointed if the la bours should not re3alt in measures beneficial to the public 2 interest. (Hear, hear.) 2 Mr. BROTTN, after the a ss u ra nce o f the President of 5 Board of Trade would be quite content to await for a time 2i the result of the committee, though he confessed he saw I I very little hope of that result being any practiced principle which the house might adopt. He should therefore defer S. the consideration of his motion until after Easter. (Hear.) 2 SCOTCH PROFESSORSHIPS. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice that in committee of the whole home to-morrow he should move a resolution to introduce a bill to regulate the admission of professors to the lay chairs in the universities of Scotland. The bill . St. which he proposed to introduce would abolish entirely the subscription of tests required by the statutes as they now St. stood; but this would only extend to the lay chairs, and 20 not to the chairs of theological collet: I. Every professor, St. under its provisions, would be r - qui:cd instead to sub- 15 scribe a declaration almost in terms the same as that in troduced in the Test and Corporation Act of 1822, namely, °„I that he should not exercise the functions of his office to the subversion or prejudice of the Established Church. RETURNS. 5 On the motion of Sir G. PECHELL. the following re turns were agreed to :—" Return of all the towns or bo- 6 roughs which have petitioned to be incornorated according to the provisions of the act 5 and 6 Will. ,IV., c. 76; stating the date of such petition, whether such petition 10 was opposed or not, the result, and whether. in case of the 20 chat ter being granted, the district comprised in such charter was either larger or smaller than the precinct of s t the petitioning town or borough (in continuation of Par liamentary Paper, No. 610, session 1840) ; and copy of the s t report made by Wig Forsyth, E sq ., t o H er M a j es t y i n • Council, in or about the month of November last, on the s t subject of a petition of the inhabita n t h ouse h o ld ers o f th e st : town of Biighton, praying for a municipal charter. On the motion of Mr. KIRK, a return was agreed to of 6 1 the number of vessels, distinguishing British from foreign, wrecked or lost off the coast of Ireland during the five 50 years ending the sth day of January, 1853 ; stating the names of the places where such wrecks took place, the st number of lives lost, and the amount of tonnage an d va l ue • of the cargo of the ships lost. 16: The house then adjourned at eight o'clock. ISt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Ihr. f Paid it. 100 ~ , CI I 82 14 I all alas 7,31 n 32 181 It. 100 It. 100 O all O all ;0 all i 0 I 45 5 all 5 all 5 all L 8 all 9 al l 15 all 15 ;5 all I ,t. 100 i 0 all It. ' lOO 1.0 1t It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 R. 100 L 2 11 50 all Lei 3.31 100 .t 0 15 Ll 114 50 all X/ all all L 0 3 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 X/ 12 1.0 1 ;t. 100 50 42 LO 54 !,5 all .t 5 all It. 100 it. 1 100 it. 1100 )0 all It. 100 6 £ :5 16 it. 100 L 5 all 50 3 0 it. 10 l 6 13 L 6 6i 8 all 8 5 ?,0 176, !O all LO 10 ;t. 100 ft. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 It. 100 .0I 8 !6i all 3il all !O I all i 0 I all . it. 100 i 0 all .. i 16i Z 19 ?,0 all i 0 all !,0 13 Il.ls LO 1 ►t. 1.00 ?.5 20 i 5 11 it. 100 RAILWAYS. Aberdeen lAinbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Clic & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage ... Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber-, deen Junction, Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (J.Bt. B.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do IDo., B. and C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 1 Edinburgh & Glasgo Edin. and Peeb' es. Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and, Western (Ireland) Great Western r.r!sh Soul-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds Lsneash.& Yorkshire Do., Fi:ths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt., London & Blackwal" Loud. Tilb. & Sther Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst.l London & N. Westerr Do., Fifths. ,XlO Sh.M.&B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., 0 Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndriy. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Ur dlar d Do. Birming. & Derb Midland C. West.(lr ; Do. Shares Neweaslle & Carlisle, Newmarket Do. Bury Extensior. Newp. Aberg.& l lftd. Newry & Newry, Warrenr - mint, and Restrevor Nor:olk Do., New Northn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 Do No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. June Oxford, Worcester, k Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scot . :lBh Midland Shrewsbury& Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn C - aaranteed Stock Shre - Arbby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do ..... Do Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union Soun Devon South Eastern.. Sor.% Wales.... s.Yorksh.River Dun, Do. (Stockton Hartlepl. !Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford . York Newctl. &Derw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 1 Closing Prices Yesterday. 29 -30 i 6i - 6i 91 lO4 73 —63dxd 21 -- 22 d 3i --Wad 101 -- 105 64i -- 65 22 -2 2 i 18i -- 196 I . —ii pcd 8 ---- 5i -- 5i 3i -- 4 A 13 --13ixd 101 - 111 8j 73 —74 adi 55 57xd! 76 78 1 32 -- 34 62 64 81 82xd 45 47 122 —l24xd 1074-40841 a 91A -- 92 6-- 7 94 -- 96 13i -14,1 p 78 —7. 4B -- 4 d 34 -- 3 d 16 —1! . . —ld 8 —94xd 1 -- ip 104 -- 105 •119 i -- 1261 24 —3pxd 111-11 pad. 904 -- 214 5 -44 d 4 —3d 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 24 80 3 -- 8 d ' 76 -- 76 1 44 -- 46 50 52 31 3k 3k 3d 3k 3i 9 10 53 55 2 81 2 d 351 364 ••• ••• a 48 —3/ d 3i 4ip 47i —48 i 100 102 61 66 64 66 70 - 75 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 31 -- 8 d 21 -- 22 78i -- 79 36 37 12i -13 h 4 -- 411 1 15 9 9 29 -- 31 9i -- 10 iP 66 - 70 7i 7 a 26 59 - 60 PREFERENCE SHARE 1 100 'Aberdeen . all Do., No. 2,7 p. a 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent. 34 Cork&Bandon 53 p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junct:on all E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c. all Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7l7s), 7. p et. all Eastern Counties Ex- 1166 17 108 liiio liii tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. e. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East ',awash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth. & Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. e. prem.. all Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. o.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St -all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 5 London &S. Western, 19 20 id 3 6i 6. 2 ; 3ii 4A lAp, 1i -- 2 p P 141 -- 15 18i -- 19 3 - 3 117 - 129 1109 - 111 8i - 9 Con. Third 5........, 10 Londonderry & Coler. Shares ............. all Londndry. & Ennisk. 6 Shares all Manch., Shef. ,& Lin., 6i -- 7ixd 105 -- 107 .11 P .150 —152 1150 - 1531 Shres, 140. 1 all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., X 6 ....... ...... all Marypt. &Ca - :1. 4p.c, all Do. 4:3 per cent 8 1 - 3 iP 10 11 8 Do .... . ... . .... [Op Mid. Consol. 6p.e.St. LOCI Do, Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 10 20 $ 5 Do. Pref. percent. all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per ct a ll Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent tOO North British a ll North Staffordshire Loo Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverb. X15,6p. c 9 Do 13i - 14 8 - 9 - 114 13, all IShrewsbary k Birm, New Guaranteed Shrewsby. it Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all. South Devon 146 -- 148 : 23 4 P • - 64 2 - 2i 108 - 110 25 - 26 25 10 106 1 - 11 - 113 173 -- 183' -- 16 --17 p par t p 26 -- 263 20 -- 21 d -- par 100 -- 102 5 -- 5i ti Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p.c. [OO York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase imi 106 i pli par— 10i A FOREIGN. 10 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdam 4d 4 p 5 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. 1 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 14 20 8 Dijon and Besar9on— 2 2ip 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 2 1 d 20 I all East Indian 6 6 P 20 1 Do. Extem!on ...... 1 1 p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsr.. 1 2 P 20 7 Gd. Junct. of France 14 1 P 204 15i Gt. W estn. ares of Canada P 5 1 Lucca. and Pistoja, 5 • •a: cent. pre; 20 15 Lr --lembourg ......... 71 —8 xin 7i z in i 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4 —4xin 4 xin 5 2 D 0..... . 5 3 Do. (Canai) 10 2 Do. 6p. cert. Pre 4di x . P 20 7 Lyons & Mecl4.,erran. 9 —ll p i 20 4i Madras 2 2 p 334 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New • 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 74 8 7i 20 all Do. (e:.." interest) 16 all Northern of France 36i —37 36.1 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. e. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] 14 10 all NorwegiauTrnk.Pre 8. 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons 174 17ip 271 20 a ll Paris and Orleans 42 4 43i 20 a ll Paris and Rouen 424 42 20 a ll Paris and Strasbour ! 334 20 4 ParisCaen&CFeforg. 4•1 —— 61 104 54 Quebe c & Ric'unond p 20 a ll Rouen and Hav re 204 —2l p 20 a ll Sambre and Meuse 9 —94 10 4 De. 54 per cent. pref 20 4 Southern of France 5 sil; 20 2s . Upper India Scrip Bl3 8i all West Flanders pm 10 6 Do. 54 per a. Pref d p 20 4 9 1 Western of Fra n ce.. 104 —1 0 4 p 10 2 ' West. of Switzerland •id 20 3 ,Now Zoaland... —1 a Business done this day. 81 zd 81 9 103 119 i 20 d d 91i 90i Pm 141 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leming Compans, Closing Prices Yesterday. Business this day Shr. 'Paid, RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Woly. Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 8 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. 15bares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth . S t Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valley2,T 6 per cent Do I Wilts&Somrst .. - ... 30 - 31 29i -30 i 30 - 31 29 - 30 105 -107 52i -53 k 151 - 153 32i -33 i - 113 55 - 566 264 4 - 276 13 - 144 254 - 264 19 -19 k 25 - 27 a 34 1074 —108 i 64 66xd • xd ▪ - pm 152 - 154 1.51 - 153 ••• - ••• i 324 -33 i 103 - 104 (Loudon & N. West. IGt.Westn Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledon , Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Wee'm Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do Do IS. Eastern Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton Darlingt. E. Count, Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn' Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do IGtWestn, MINES. 1 all Agua Fria p 10s all Ahglo Californian — 6 p 10 2 Aastralasiam 14 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par p 1 all Australian Freehold. pl 4 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 11 p 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 7i 35 244 Bralilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pin.) 5 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 24 - 24 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 8 C..xson's Creek.. par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 46 —47 47 6 1 Colonial Gold 24 3 p 34 2 .. 14 Copirpo St. all CopperMinersof Eng 7O 75 25 all Do. Preference 74 -84 p 6 all English and Austln CopperSraeltg. Co 1,4 4 d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3 —3/ p 5 3 all Great Polgooth lB 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 8 dis— par 1 all Liberty — 8 P 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — d 1 all Mariquita d par 10 9 Mexican &S. A mer i c Bk 84 84 94 1 all New Granada — p 1 all Nouveau Mond e —ll 24 5 1 Port Philip l— 1 p 1 all Quartz Rock par— p 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 15 Do. New 7 74 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian par —4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l3 284 all United Mexican 64 7 1 all Wa l ler.., .: — p 1 4 1 all West Granada - p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all Yr aa P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 - - 93 50 all British N. Americanl 20 2 Cluid. Bak. of ludia, Australia, & China ' 24 —24 p 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 24 3 p 6,1 20 74 Lord. Chart. Bk. o Australia . 5B 5 gC 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. dr WesLiAstez 20 2 Loud° i Bank o Aus tralia and l Ala 50 223 NaVonal of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank o Corporation 55 25 5 Do. Ne .v — 100 25 Provincial n: Irelai 1 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co par— 1 1 , 25 25 South Australia 5O 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 ... 23 Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agrieult , 108 113 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail [ex Peel &xdl Australn. Royal Mail Brit. Americn. Land Canada • -- Crystal Palace • . Crystal Pal. of France • Eas ',ern Steam Electric. Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Wavigat General Screw Steam Irish BeelmooL Suga7 i Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.. Nrth.ofEuro2eSteam' I'eninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam... South Austral. Land 57 6 Submar. Telegr ap h ... l Universal E m i grat i on ' •• and Colonisa Van D;eir en's Land. 20A —21 i -- ... 1 1211 i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE, MARCH 28. Entries for the Oldham Stakes. Uncle Tom, Forest Lad, Fazeley, Countess, Ringleader, Peter Simple, Miss Mowbray, Heroine, Little Charlie, Shinrone, Little Queen, Crabbs, Gulnare, Friendless, Wild Hero, b. g. by The Cardinal, Quickset, Provenatho, Poll, Victress. The Borough Handicap. April Fool, Frisk (late Village Maid), Heroine, Crabbs, Tipperary Boy, Poll, Little Queen, Friendless, Gulnare, Countess, Fazeley, Forest Lad, Wild Hero, Lady Wil ton, Victress, Ringleader. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE SPRING MEETING AND STEEPLECHASES, MARCH 23 AND 24. FIRST DAY. The Welter Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; the second to save his take. Four-yr-olds lOst 71b, five list 51b, six and aged 12st ; a winner of 501. at any time to carry 51b extra ' • of two stakes value 50/, e ac h, or one stake value 1001., to carry 81b extra. To be ridden by officers of the army or navy, &c. Profes sionals allowed to ride by carrying 51b extra. Two miles. 14 subs. Brother to Pigdon, 4 yrs. jackf E Newport, sacgoemdb, aged Miss West, aged Mirehill, 4 yr s S M ir os H es a ' rr 5 yrs aged Clansman, 4 yrs Freebooter, 5 yrs Buckland Buck, 5 yrs Foxhunter, aged Paul, 6 yrs Outcast, 5 yrs Snowdrop, 4 yrs The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p , for horses which have been regularly hunt e d during. the season 1852-3, with the Durham County or Tindal() Fox hounds, or the Newcastle and Gateshead Harriers. Gentlemen riders. 12st each ; thorough-bred horses, 71b extra. Two miles. 8 subs. Sir Harry Smith, aged Priory Stag, aged The Knight (h- b.) aged I Paul, 6 yrs Penny Post, aged I Jack of Escomb (h.b.) aged g. (h.b.) by Th eon, aged I Bucklandßuck (h.b.) 5 yrs The Lark Stakes of 1 soy, each, with 10 added. Two yr-olds, Bst 41b • three, lOst ; four, list ; five, list 71b ; six and aged, list 111 b. The winner to be put up for sale for 30 sovs., and overplus to the fund. T.Y.C. To close and name by 10 o'clock in the evening before the race. Post entraces 2 sovs. each. SECOND DAY, MARCH 24. The North of England Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, with added, and 101. added by N. G. Lambert, Esq., Mayor, for the second horse. The highest weight will not exceed 12st 71b. About three miles. The Wild Hero (h b) aged Jolly Nose (h b), 6 yrs Clansman (h b), 4yrs Foxhunter (h b), aged Freshwater (h b), aged Penny Post, aged. Maley, 6 yrs Columbus (h b), aged Attraction (h b), aged Paul, 6 yrs Spider, 6 yrs. Priory Stag, aged The Tyne Steeplechase of 3 soya, each, with 20 added ; four-years-old, lOst 71b ; five, list 51b • six and aged, 12st, with u sua l pena lti es f or w i nn i ng horses. Steeple. chase Course. (Ten Subs.) Glorious Jack (h b), aged Miss Bennet (h b), 6 yrs Attraction (h b) aged Foxhunter (h b) aged Sir Harry Smith, aged Penny Post, aged Buckland Buck (h b) 5 yrs Maid of the Mill (h b) aged The Knight (h b), aged br g (h b) by Theon, aged The Consolation Scramble (Flat Race) of 1 sou, each, with 10 added, for the beaten horses ; 13st each. T. Y c. To close and name immediately after the last race on the second day. TOURNAY TO JURBISE AND LANDEN TO HABSELT RAILWAY COMPANY.—The report to be presented by the board of management to the shareholders at the general meeting, to be held at Brussels on the 17th inst., states that " the gross receipts of .our two lines during the second half-year of 1852 amount to a total of 458,470 f. 32c. The gross receipts of the entire year are 848,062 f. 3c., or about 5 per cent. in advance of the year preced ing. The nett sum to be distributed to the shareholders is 210,000 f., which admits of a dividend of Bf. 40c., or 6s. Bd. per share. It is proposed that the balance sheet be adopted, and that the dividendin question be payable 1 on and after the let of April next." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 14. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, 5.C.8., Cm' mander-in-Chief of this port, accompanied by Lady Coch rane, returned from his wedding tour this afternoon, and at 4.15 p.m, rehoisted his flag on board the Victory. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, and the London 90, Captain Mundy, went out of harbour, the former at 1.21 p.m. under sail from her moorings, and the latter with the aid of the tug as far as the harbour's mouth at 2.13. Both anchored at Spithead. The Gorgon, 6, paddle steam-sloop, is under the shears in the steamer basin receiving her masts, as she is fitting out to join the steam reserve. The Menelaus lazaretto ship at the Motherbank has been towed into harbour this evening for overhaul and repair while her moorings are examined. It may be interesting to those having friends in the Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, on the West India station, to know that a d a y o f genera l thanksgiving has been set apart in her, as the ship has remained free from disease while a fearful mortality has raged around her. WOOLWICH, MAECII 14. APPOINTMENTS. Second Master Christopher Albert. (1847), recently serving in the Castor, 50, on the Cape of Good Hope sta tion, to the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich, vice Cutaier) promoted. The Isabel screw steam-ship has been taken from the wharf wall at the east end of the yard into the middle of the stream, and it is expected she will leave Woolwich on Saturday next for Behring's Straits, calli ng on ly at Van couver's Island on her way there. ifx. Kennedy will 13 ,. . ave ., the command of the vessel, and M r . G ra t e will ea sailing master and Mr. Bardin as engineer. M. Bellot , the French officer who formerly accompanied Mr. ICennedy in his last voyage, has sent word that he declines proceed in g to Behring's Straits in the Isabel. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER-111nm 12. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 48s to 5 61 ; red, 40s to 50s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 17s to 240 ; berms Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 32s to 38s; Pe"' white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. CHELMSFORD—MARCH 11. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 40s a to 57s Od, new 38s to 55s ; r e d, o ld 36 s t o 47 5, , 313 "" new 44s ; barley, 25s to 27s ; c h eva li er , 31 s t o 37 s ; gr ind 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats/ . 19s to 25s ; peas, partrid ge , 30 s t o 35 s ; w hit e, 32 s to 34°,,' boiling 38s to 41s ; dun, new, 29s to 33 s ; b eans , tick, 349 to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 328. The following is the official statement of the quantit_ tg ies of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the. po in Essex, from the 7th to the 12th March, both elusive : • • ; •t'a ° Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 966 64 1 123 10 446 162_1.... KIRKCALDY—MARCH 12. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Bess 6 • A First Second. 31s Od 21a Od O s Od Third ....... . Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to 305 od* COAL MARKET—M utat 14. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : ••• 5. ‘ l ,; s ell Carr's Hartley l6. 6 Hetton lO v 3 19 Chester Main 16 3 H aswe ll Hasting's Hartley 16 6 Pl ummer lB Holywell .... . lB 0 R usse ll' s H etton 18 60 Longridge's W. Hartl e y 16 6 St ewar t' s •l9 Tanfield Moor l6 0 Whitwell l7 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 0 Cassop lB 3 West Hartley 16 6 Heugh Hall 18 0 Wall's End, &c. Kelloe T lB 6 Bell and Brown 17 0 S out h H artlepool ......•• 1 S 0 Harton l7 0 South Kelloe .. . ............ 16 A Hedley I 16 9j Whitworth 16 v 3 Morrison l7 3' Adelaide Tees ..............•1 8 Riddell 19 v 17 0 Tees . ...... ............. 0 Eden Main 18 3 Woodhouse dose ....... - 16 16 6 Hetton & Lyons mixed 18 3 West Tees Hetton Lyons lB 0 D erwen t wa t er H ar tl e y 1 3 Lambton Primrose 18 3 Wayne's Merthyr ......... 22 Belmont 18 3 Ships at market lO7 I Sold 72. RAILWAY SITARS MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARCH 14. visa STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is mostly col% to-day with preparations •for the settlement to-roorT s ,, and consequently we have had very little business do=, Our -quotations are much about Saturday's rates. following are the closing transactions Birkenhead, ...i n - , cashire, and Cheshire (Ch es t er an d Bi r k en h ea d), 2 " Caledonian, 32a ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 1 prern' Eastern Counties, 134 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, VI London and North Wester n , 119 ; Manchester, Sheffiel' and Lincoln, 30; Midl an d, 764 ; North British, 9 1-1°; South Eastern and D over , 23{ ; York and North lindlanui' 234 ; York and N or th Midl an d , 294 ; .Lancashire gbli‘` Yorkshire 6 per cent., 15 1-16. MANCHESTER —MARCH 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a small busind s '7Bi prices wer e no t so f i rm. Blackburn, 18 7h ; western, Midlands, 76i ; D overs, 238 ; Great S ou thern an i Eastern 51 ; Blackburn pref., 271 ; East Lancashire' Counties, 138. BIRMINGHAM, M ARC H 14. 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Sh rews b ur y stock closed, buyers lured at 64, and se ll ers a t 65. North Staffords were in g after at 41 clis. LEEDS—MARCH 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market exhibits this morning a further improvement in prices, though generally till business done has been on speculation for the account 8 . 32 of March. The following are the closing t ra nsactions _,.. Lancashire and Yorkshires, 78i ; Y or k a nd North ill n ' lands, 30 ; Leeds Northerns, 161 ; Midland stock, 77. SEABORNE MAILS. 0,40 0 . (N signifies that the mails ar e s ent f rom the General .°— by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] W Day when made up From what hen due la COUNTRIES, in General Post- Po— rt End Office, London. Dispatched. America(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Eac h America (by United Sts. D l ar ch 15 packet) .. N March 22 ...... Liverpool ..• - 31. America (by U States 01 packet) ..........N March 1 6 ........ Southampton Mara' Australia (via South ampton) .......... M 4th of May .... Southampton 4pril 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N dth of May ...... Dover Ditto (via Cape of bood 30 Hope) ...... • .....N 2d of April Plymouth • •-•-• • „, 1, Africa ( West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. AP I. % 16 BahamasA Alexandria.....,lexa d r a . m3NI 24 8 1 , ,hd 9, 8,0 2 f2 4 0 , tth & t, e 3 o O mf m o o f toi m tnh. s c ) o uu v tt e hh r amam .. pp . toio.nn. 311 . 1• ,, z , ,2000 Belgium • ••• • • .....N Dever Daily 1 6 16 I B iu ra e z n i o l s . A . yr .. es .. „M 9h of the month.. Southampton list a :l--° l6 9th of the month.. Southampton Minc h t , 26 Cape of Good Hone 14th of the month Plymouth .. Mat c h - 30 Cape of Good Hope N 2n4 of April.. Plymouth .. Ma rc h ' . g 6 Cape de Verds „N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. mare,. Ceylon (see India) 6 Ceyt0n.............. N 14th o f the month Plymouth .. i s , ~eh 2 Channel Isles ........N Mon-Wed ,&F..9:1. Southampton To jp 'l6 Chi li. • • • • • • . • . & 17th of month Southampton Mar ch China (see India) Marry 16 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m Dover2o Constantinople ......M 4th k 20th of mon. Southampton Nu rch ..deedu Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover Egypt (see India) esti/ France & N Twice daily.... Dover .....• 16 Gibraltar ...... ..M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 am. Southampton MO Greece (see India) 16 Greytown M 2nd & 17th of mon. 4 i3titbampton Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ....• Havatinah .... m 2nd of the month Southampton AlN' T bat Holland ...... 31 Wednesday & Sat. London Mu th ,. 16 Honduras M •17th,0: the month. Southampton Mari; India (viaSoutliampt.)slrth & 20th of mon. Southampton Mar c h 16 Twilit (via Marselles)M Sib& 24th of month D0ver...... lonian Isles (see India), r iced sll.l Ireland ........3.1 & Twice daily Holyhead ... • 16 Lisbon.. .... ........- 1, 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton Starch 16 Madeira 9th of the month Southampton 34 . 1 1,,, Madeira I. .23rd of the month Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Marc) 18 Malta 7,17,19,27, CO of m. D0ver.. .... - Mauritius (see India) latch 26 Mauritius .. lof th mont Plymouth .. oriu• Mexico N 2nd f the e month .. . Southampton 10_: 4 , I, Naples ..... N sth Ifittabthofmon. Dover .... • • 16 New Granada M 2d & 17th of month Southamp:on Nets Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Variou. ports Up: r e, 12 Papal States ........N ithlso2sthonnon. Dover .....• 16 Peninsula M • thrth27thofmon Southampton 3 "!:,,":i, Ii Peru M Id & 17th of mon Southampton BiuLii 36 Port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth .. M 19 Sicily sthl Mh2sthohnon, Dover Ot ch i 2 Tuscany N 5015th25thofmon. Dover ift 16 Venezuela M 2d & 17th of month Southampton 2 . l u' -- Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies M 2d & 17th of month Southampton nallt ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS.—Lielite- fo , Cookney, R.N., has subscribed the liberal sum C'f,! s guineas in aid of the Chapel Building Fund of this in tution. BIRTHS. ife of On the 11th inst., at Tyndall-park, Kent, the '''' F. Colville Hyde, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. 1 1°111 On the 13 th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of ritton, Esq. MARRIED. frig' On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's-church, Alf• --__;„,to Esq., surgeon, of Birmingham, and Lecturer on Cheirthe at Sydenham College, t o M ar i anne , on ly daughter ( L to ke late James Collins, Esq., of the Albion-road, Newington. h g r. On the 10th inst., a t 41, Alb an y- s t ree t, Edinharg„ , s tbs- E. L. J. Blyth, C.E., Invernry, Aberdeenshire, to c i t e, rine Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. George -. 6 .• London. DIED. On the 7th inst., at Berwick, aged 72, T. Hogartht one of the magistrates for that borough, and late a he colonel in her Majesty's service. age d On the 11th inst., at Grange Mount, Birkenhead,. 79 , W. Vaughan, Esq. of Sugnail-house Staffordshls-ot On the 6th inst., at the Clockhouse, Ashford, 3lid dl Francis Clifford, Esq. aged 71. On the 9th inst., dr. J. Nicholson, of Net' Bond stiee and Rochester-square. Bath, On the 10th inst., at Upper Campden-place, Harris, Esq., late of her Majesty's Customs, aged I'. ^ OOP LONDON : Printed and Published by 31(7RD0.Y.X at, of No. 112, Sty:it:di-Printer, at , Tiu3 Sun Oilioei-Ll°l-, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CO Middlesex, Tuesday; Much 15, 1853. 13 i n 8 91 i St. St. 25 all 100 all 100 11i 100 100 181 9 i l all 106 5 1071