The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I shr. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 12 Advices from Liverpool mention that in the Cotton Market yesterday there was a good demand, 5 9, and Extreme quotations were current for all kinds: The sales amounted to 12,000, about one-third of it. which were taken for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market presented a steady 25 aspect„ and prices of all the leading socks ad- 25 vanced, and the market closed at its best point. st. The Bank Return, which is completed for the st. Week ending the 4th instant, is not altogether sa- St. tisfactory, and were it not for the reasonable sup- 50 position 'hat an improvement in the posiqon of v, the est a bli s h men t h as t a k en place since that 10 date it would no doubt excite some unplea- 10 Sant predictions. As it is, however, the changes 50 presented are construed favourably, the decrease 25 in the private deposits and the addition to the other .t•t: securities not being greater than might have been 20 expected, from the augmented pressure for money a . consequent upon the payments of the " fourth" 25 instant, and the settlements at the Stock Ex- 25 change. A decline in the bullion w as also anti - St. cipated, seeing that in the week represented the 20 drain of gold continued, while the influx of coin SO from Ireland must have almost ceased. There ; 0 have now been fresh supplies from Australia, st. which, besides checking the drain from the estab- 0 lishment, have strengthened the amount of the St. precious metals held there. A feeling, conse quently prevails that the next official balance-sheet 10 -4 . will exhibit some amelioration in this respect, while st the diminished pressure for discounts, though to a st trifling extent only, will perhaps occasion a favour- Sf able change in the other departments. The chief items, and the alterations they show, are as sub- L i joined : Active Circulation Decrease 9,979,246 160,730 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 788,171 Decrease Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Bullion . Decrease Increase The official return of the exports of the precious st. metals from the port of London for the week end- 50 itg Thursday last is as follows : 25 Gold Coin Bars Silver Coin PP PP Hambro' ... 220 Ozs. St In the Foreign Exchange, yesterday afternoon, 5 there was no change of importance. f The Persia from the United States brings '5,1241. in specie, but as the exchange on this Country is unfavourable, it is no doubt merely in transitu to the Continent. There is a good demand for money to-day at full rates. 25 25 50 St. St. Notwithstanding the Budget contains the various Measures anticipated, the Funds now droop, thus proving the effect of the financial exposition was fully r ealised. As soon as the market opened sales com menced, and since then some large parcels of stock hive been disposed of, causing a decline of about I. Per cent. This is not a very important reac- tu St. 1 ° 13 ) considering the extent of the late rise, but the dearness of money checks any decided 20 adva nce. The advices from India report no parti- 10 cular alteration in the exchanges, and the drain of 4. t. gold w ill t h erefore continue, wh i c h i s cer t a i n l y not q in favour of prices, as in a few days further sums 10 rill probably be withdrawn from the Bank. 50 for the account the transactions have been 10 at 94 to 941, 94, buyers, and they are now 20 . about 931, 94. The New 3 per Cents. are 20 znarked 94f I, and the Reduced 94 to 94 3 / 4 . India 20 Stock is 219. Exchequer Bills aro ls. to 3s. prem. 25 In the Foreign Market the transactions h ave 25 ben of a moder a t e c h arac t e r. The Turkish 25 per Cents. have receded to 94i 95, and the 4 per Cents. are about 101 i ; Spanish De- st. fer Ted, ; Russian Small, 97 ; Portuguese, 25 4 44 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 98i 99 ; Yene- 20 zuela Active are 37i ; Peruvian, 80 ; Mexican, 22 20 to 221 ; and Grenada New Active, 22f. 20 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 10 Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 7 ; Mexi can, 221 ; Peruvian, 80 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 5 65i 564; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 6 per Cents., 108 10 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 96 8 ; ? . g Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 20 24i ; ditto Certificates, 6t ; ditto Passive, 10 61 6. There has been a fair amount of business trans acted, this morning, in the Railway Share Market, 0 but prices have been influenced by the flatness 18 in the English Stock Market. Caledonian, Edinburgh, Perth and Dund ee , an d G rea t Western 12% declined 10s. ; Groat Northern, Brighton, South- 100 Western, North Staffordshire, and South Devon, 100 be. ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 7s ed. to 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, South- "" 20 Western, and South-Eastern improved about ss. 2 0 The French lines are at nominal quotations, and 20 the Canadian rule steady. 20 British and Foreign Mining Shares have been F 4 very inactive, and prices have undergone no change " st. of any importance. 20 Joint Stock Bank Shares have been in request, 100 but at rather lower rates. Commercial of Lon- 100 don declined 55., and Union of A us t ra li a 11. 20 Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Electric Tele- s , graph have declined 15 5 ., a n d P en i nsu l ar an d Ori- m ental Steam advanced 10s. 20 20 IRITISEE KUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE )'CLO ;K.. (From the Offictal List.) 20} 20i 100 100 100 100 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annu i t i es Bumtne,, done 94 A 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 934 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 4 & per Cent. Annuities ll3l India Stock Consols for Account ..... . 944 4 Jixchequer Bills, 2t,d £lOOO £509 2 1 4 p Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 984 Ditto, 1859 , 9Bi PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE ( YOL0( 'K . Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 6i Mexican 3 per Cent 22 Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 44A Ditto Account .... Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 44 per Cent. — Ditto Small Spanish Boucle, 3 per Cent. Ditte New Deferred, 3 por Cc**. Ditto Account .. ........ Ditto Account Tnrkieh Bonds, 6 per cent ................. ..... ... ... ...... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent—. .................. 94 10148 ° Venezuela Bonds, 44 per Cent 1 a ewe a.. toe above oay.Xeini.nno3(7l Dutch Exchange, per Cent., 12 Guilders . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 99 8i ........TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93a i Ditto Account « „,w METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday the ordinary weekly meeting of the board was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall —Mr. Thwaites in the chair—when the rescinding of the mo tion refusing to grant permission to Messrs. Broad wood to erect certain business premises in Horseferry-road, on the ground of the proposed buildings infringing on part of the public highway, was carried by a majority of 20 to 16 ; but The PRISIDENT ruled that this majority was not large enough to rescind the resolution. The total general balance in favour of the board was Stated to be 81,8561., and the following recommendations, Jahr alba from the Finance Committee were agreed to, after a short discussion, in which Messrs. Sav a g e, Crel lin, Doult on , Bristowe, and others took part : "That the rateable annual value of property in the City of London, aoccording to the City sewers rate, amounting t o t h e sum of 1,203,4661., be adopte d as t h e basis of the assessment to be made upon the City by this board for the year 1856." "That in pthreesoeptinio dient at the of the committee it is not expe amendment of thel(4i e m e to apply to Parliament for any in reference to tlapeelita redistribution Local Management) Act, i:tcributiou of the debts and liabili ties of the Metro delay the issuin g of onamissioners of Sewers, or to on any future preceptsamendmeut for the year 1856, but that the act the memorial (from the Board of Works for t(h)fo Greenwich district) should be further considered." A number of bye-laws relative to the width of streets and alleys were broughtpauspainfrom few of th e recommen lotions, a committe e o f th e adjourn e d a e d whole board ; but, aft er until the next meet ing, and an order for printing made. dations, the question wa s adj 20 10 20 8i 10 20 25 20 100 10 PROFESSOR SIMPSON OF EDINBURGH Academy of Sciences, at its sittin g on the T 2 he Fren c h instant awarded the "Montyn Prize," of 2,000 francs, to Pro , !tumor Simpson, - for the benefits whi c h he has oonferred on humanity, by the introduction of ansa-thesia by chlo roform into the practice of surgery and midwifery. PUBLIC INCOME An) EIPENDITURB.—The income for 2 ' the nine months ending the 31st December, 1856, () amounted to 53,814,9131., and the exp en di ture to 100 b 8,927,299. 100 SHARE MARKET?, (This Day.) RAIL WAYS. Paid i RAlLwers. Closing Price, this day. Baainete done chi. day. 9, , ,- Ambg. Nottng. Bost.. & Eastn. Junc....... all Belfast & Ballymena all Miming. Wolverh. da l Stour Va11ey......... I 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. dal Cheshire Junct...... all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original' £25 (iss. at £45).... WO Bristol & Exeter_ ... LOO Ca1ed0nian............. 100 Chester is Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... all Cork, Black. & Pass ; all Cornwall all De A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. all Dun. P. drAber.Junc. 10 0 East Anglian ...... all (Eastern Counties..... 10 0 EasternUnion,A. stk. [OO Do., do. B. 8i Do. New A............ 1 7i East Kent . .......... 1 00 East Lancashire ... all East Suffolk ........ 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.drDundee all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furness ... .. ........ . 100 Glasgow dr S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 I • 'Do, A. A Stock .., 100 Do., B. Sto c k 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str. V. R. gua. St all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster &Carlisle. 1 145 Do., Thirds 1 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ... i Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport....... all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 26 Do. Eighths 100 London is S.Western, all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. i 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Midland . 100 Do. Birming. dr Derby all Midland G. West.(lr.) all Do. i Shares all Newcastle dr Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 'lOO Norfolk I 3 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British ,100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ........ ... 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock 100 N. E astern Berwick 23i Do. do. Extension 16i Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31;1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jri 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. de S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 2 1 Sitingbourne &Sheer. all South Devon 100 'South Eastern... all IDo. 4. per c. Shares 100 South Wales.. 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do. all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18c5 165 Stockton dr Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath all Watorfd. dr Kilkenny all WaterforddrLimerick all West Cornwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all I Wmble don &Croydon BRITISH PI all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar, 5 p. e. all Do. 10} Buffalo t Lake 100 Buff. , Brnt. di Godch. 100 Cr p.e.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East 286 d Central Oude 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara .... 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7' all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57, all Do. do., '76, P. '6O-1 all Do. do., '73, do. 1 all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 44 P.C all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 58. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do FOR: AlllAntwrp&Rotterdam l 14 'Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry, 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. (Euphrates Valley 18 IGt. Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Conat. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c. p. all I Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife 4SI San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 74 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders all IDo. 54 per c. Pref all W.&N.W. of France . 6 (West. ofAustria . all IWest. of S w it zerla nd all Wiesbaden .. . all Do. Bp. cent: ..... all Zeala n d ......... 41 -4 , • . • -- 8i - 9 C 6 - FR - 93 - 95 64 - 64. 36 - 37 • • • ''''. • • • '''' • •• '-' ... - .p 10i - 11 19 - 20 9} - 10 40 - 44 28 - 30 7i - 6. 96 - 9i ... '--- . 65 . E(;. = 35 ... -.- . 95 - 97 7 - 8 93 - 94 78 - 80 124 - 126 111 - 113 63 - 68 64 - 66 69 71 6 7 p 6 7p 99 —99 i id ..• •• 6i - 108 - 109 107 - 108 21. -21 A, log 10 1101 i - 105.1 3ii 3(3; 83 - 83. 53 - 55 o• ."' ••• I• ..'.'' •• • 3 - 14. •• '''. ••• 54 56 3i —34 d 41 42 . --• ... 86 1 -87 i 31 2 - 2 19 - 20 63 - 61 98 - 102 4} 4id 7i 8 10 11 27i -28 i 106 - 108 26 - 27 50 - 51 2 - 18 - 19 75i 76j1 85 86 5 3d 5 3d 12 14 40 42 ioi = ioi 7 - 9 2 - 3 5 - 51 ''''. ••• i - i ISSESSIONS i- 1 P 95 98 94 96 94 96 par p - li P 111 - 113 2 -21 p 21i - 22 50 - 52 81 - 83 211 - - 1 p 25 - 251 - 3 99 -100 b; 1 118 - 123 {llB - 123 1108 110 19 20 21 224 par 4 p AP .1/ := 211; 51. - 6k .. .. li - it 2i - Sip 5 54 324 32 9 1 10, par 4 p 644 1 4i ••• ....... r•• 6i - 6ip 29~ - 30 8i -- 9i 19i -- 20 36i -- 371 9 -- 96 55 -55 i 53 -- 55 i PI 18 - 20 / - li 8i - 8i 83 - 9 4 -_ pm 324 - 33 i - lip JOINT-STOCK BANKS, all ) Australasia 18i Bank of Egypt'' '''' ' 50 Bank of London all i ßri. Col . Bk. dx Ln ' *** a ll British N. Americ a n 6 I C.Bk.of Incl.Au.aCh 50 'City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng. Sco t &Ans. Cht all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond.andWestminst 35 National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New ............ 223 National Bank all - New South Wales all Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. all South Australia...... all Union of Australia... 2:3 Do. New 10 Union of London 50 Unity Mutual 50 Westrn 13k .of Loud 95 97 58 d 60 14 d 66 68 il =_.- lei 18 19 18 —18 i 47 49 37 38 i idis 60 --- 62 7 - 9 ii -: ii . J 10 6 d 20 112, St. St. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. I Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day. Business this diy. ;hr.! Paid' 100 i! all t s t t 110 00 0 0 5 all St. 00 2.5 all 50 all 'l5 all all 1.2 i all !.0 all 3t. 100 10 54 5,3 all it. 1100 64 54 50 all ?,5 I all .2i' all it. 100 .0 all 2 all i 0 all 15 ! all it. LlOO Buckghanuth Clydesdale Jc. Col .Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c !E. Cu. If. Sh. iGhts. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New ll l DLoD G DHo l oou s u..l t p.l r ti . &. & eassf D ebsirireaea n eel i y i e.. • Lon. Til., &S.' I I Do. Birk. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mind. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. NA Est. 5 P.C. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed 5p c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shrs. A • Roystn & Hit • Shrews.& Her S. Staflordsh WearVal.g6pe I I Do Wilts &Sonarst :5 all IBlyth and Tyne 10 p I c.pref. (issd.at 501.; it. 100 13ris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 0 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares., It. 100 Caledn. £lO 44 p. c. ;t. 100 Ches. & Ho. 54 P.C. t. 100 IDo. do. 5 per cent.. 64 all ;Cork &Bandons4p.c 6 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 0 2E. Anglian Cls. A Sh, t. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 1. 100 Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c. Si all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 1 all ;Do. No. 2 ) all ;Do. New 6 pr. c. St. ) all 'East Un., G. 6p. c. 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. ) all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancasb .6 p .cts. i all EANI. York. J. sths 1 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. c....... ~ 100 Glas. & .W.G.5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom.... . 100 Do. 44 per cent 1 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. all Gt.N .of Scot.lst Pre. 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(H&H.Ex.5pc 100 Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 100 Do, con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Chesil. Gua. all Do. do. do. all Do, do. do. 100 Lan.& York, 6 pc. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 100 Do., P., sp. c. St. No. 2 100 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. 0., No. 4 100 Lou. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... all Londy.& Color. 4Sh. all Londy.&Ennis. Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 4 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do, do. 34 per cent. all ;Marypt. •• Carl. 4 p.c all Do, 44 per cent 101, Do. do. 100 . NUO.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref, St 100 Do. L. &a Pref. St all New.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all IsTorfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British 34 Do. 71. Preference 100 isr. E. Berw. 4 13. c. Prf. 8i Do, do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ 10 Do.YorkH.&S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St 100 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 44 pr cent, all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. 11.00 Do. 41i per cent all Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c rlOO Do. do. 4) p. c all S.lrorksh. 4 p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Di. do. do. all Stock. do Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. PREFERENCE SHARES. 92 - 97 -- 99 5 - 60 - 115 iP - P - 12 ii - ;7. 118 - 120 1112 - 114 1104 - 106 62 - 64 - 10, 6. 6 - 93 - 95' ". 83 - 85 - 99 -101 10; -10 i -_ 174 -- 104 75 -- 77 191 -- 201 101 14 -15 i .34 -- ]36 - 139 - 117 56 - 158 A - 65 - 68iPI o• '''''• ••• .• ---- •• l• ... - - ... - 3 4 - 136 99 - 101 89 - 91 = .• .--- ••• ••• Oi = loi 6 , 94 lh Ild 1 - IloBi -109 i 1111 - 118 105 - 110 65 - 70 17 - 18 23} - 245 100 - 105 91 -10 i 27i - 284 2 -- 3p **i ---: ii BRITISH 2/ 12Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Carnbrn.), 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.)' 148 Great South Tolgus 1013 Grt.W.Alfrd..(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Bs6d Lady Bertha 7 N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. BN, W, Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1} Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 iPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort, Cons. Min. Co 2i S. Caradon (St. Close 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.', 19 S.W. Frances(lllogu. 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 Tin Croft 40 lUn.Mines (Gwennap) .. 1286 V. of Towoy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. .. 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 58 I Wh. 13asset (Mogan.) ... 5 IWh. Buller (Rdruth.) IWh. Edward(Calstk.) ... 11 7slWh. Kitty (U. Lint.) ... $ Wh. Ma. Ann(Menht. ) ... 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN '0 7 Australian ;5 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) * all Do. Cocaes & Cuias • 0 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1 4 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica 10 all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 9 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all STevr Granada 1 all goveau Monde 0 all Pont.Sil.l4dM4 Smlt 5 1 fort Philip ;0 15i Santiago de Cuba 1 all 4 3uth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Lo. 10 p. c. Pref 5A all United Mexican MISCE: 19 Anstralian Agricult. all At.straln. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit, American Land 32a Canada ,100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 100 Do, 6p. c.Feb.&Aug. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 70 p. cent all Crystal Palace all Do. Preferenco all Crystal Pal, of France Dustm Iron Oro 18 Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel. of Irel all En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. all Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all (Loud. Con. Omnibus \ 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican &S. Amerien 5 Nat. Discount Co 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land all De. Do. all Do. 8p e. Pf. iss, at 1d 1 Do, Do, 80 New B. &N. S. Land 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp.c. D. all N. B. Australasian 171 Nrtli .of EuropeStcam all Oriental Gas ss. Do. New Shares all Peelltr. Ld. & all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. New all Rhymney Iron all Do. New, 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest all Do. New 100 S.Aus. Gov.6p.c.bds all South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Trust&Ln.Co.U.Can, 281 Van Diemen's Land 100 V. Go. 6p. eJan. 4 July, MINES. 21 -- 22 6i -- 7i 155 -- 165 160 -- 480 15i -- 16/ 11 -- 12 5i -6/ 1 -- 14 18 -- 20 35 -- 36 6/ -- 6i 24 -2) 9 10 1$ -- 340 -- 350 7i 8/ 340 -- 350 11 -- 1i 4 -- 230 251 35i - 36 155 - 165 295 - 305 270 - 290 4 ; - 9i 17 - 19 40 - 48 19 - 21 MINES. i - li 11 - li 3 - 3t 17 - 19 55 57 12 14 d 7t id I i - ió ... - .. 21 - 2i 4 7_ *44 :ous. 22 - 23 4i - 40 - 45 142 - 147 110 i - 111 • ••• '''." •, 33 - 37 26 - 28 21 - 24( 5.; - 54 • •• '''''. • ••• '-' • 92 - 9 - 1 ••• '..'.... ... .- • ..... ••• .:i .. id 4 --4 i ••• • 2 h - iP I 1 li 3 4 4 4} id ipnr ..• --. • lid 1 11 iP 21 66 68 3 4p 23 25 6 8 64 66 1 1 1 111 35 - ii 1 --- 1 14 - 1 6 .. r.... . Ln. &N. W. CaMon ... E. U. & E. C Gt. North n E. Count. Caldonian. 'Do .. qt. 'lrestn Y. N.M, Do S. Eastern. Peto & Co Do Ln. dz N. W do Midid Midland I E. Count Do L. di 11. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MCloan Stk • &Dar Do Gft.VVestn. 96 - 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3i - 44 16 - lii 121 - 13 23 - - 24 107 - 109 P 2i - 92 - 94 - 55 7 !fio ----- iii ... - ... 9 - 9i 32 - 33 88 - 90 941 64 4 362 93i i 6538 981 9 1 6 1071 i I i LO5 4 51 ad 36} 5i 83i 3 i 874 7 i 7 8 i i Do. rt t IlEVition SUIN OFFICE, Six o'clock. PRUSSIA• A letter from Berlin of the 10th says :—" It is known that in 1850 Prussia on the one band, and the Germanic Confederation on the other, sent troops into Electoral Hesie, on ac count of the dissentions which arose between the Chambers and the Government of that coun try with respect to the constitution. Hitherto, the Germanic Confederation has not consented to pay the Hessian government an indemnity for the expenses to which it was subjected by the occupation, though one has been demanded several tames. Prussia, on the contrary, has consented to p a y an indemnity and has sent a fuictionary connected with the department of Finance to Fulda to ascertain the amount of it." The Prussian Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of the 10th, was occupied in hearing reports on pe titions. Ono was from Dr. Trusen, praying that a complete reform be introduced in the matter of burials, and recommending especially the public exposure and burning of bodies. The petition was rejected. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAT.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Eail of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the working men of Clerkenwell, praying for mea sures in aid of emigration. The Earl o f DERBY CHINA gave notice that when the papers relative to China were laid upon the table of the house, he should make a substantive motion thereon. Of course, until the papers were produced, he could not state the nature of suoh motion. THE BANK CHARTER. The Noble EARL also expressed his regret at hear ing that the Government rote❑ded proposing a mea sure for the lenewal of the Bank Charter. He supposed it was not intended to move the appointment of a com mittee of that house to inquire into the subject, nor was he disposed to ask them to do so. In the years 1848-9 a committee sat upon the subject of the commercial dis tress that then existed, and made a valuable report, which was still in the possession of the house. If it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to appoint a committee of that house previous to the consideration of the renewal of the Bank charter, he wished to know whether there would be any objection to printing a li mited number of copies of that report for the use of their lordships. Earl GRANVILLE said there would not be the slightest objection to reprinting the report to which the noble earl alluded. PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN. Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to call the attention of the house to the rights of property of married women, said that he could not abstain from expressing his great, and, indeed, hardly to be expressed, gratification at an important event which bad taken place in the House of Commons since he had last addressed their lordships. In the House of Commons a unanimous resolution had been agreed to in favour of the establishment of a department of public justice—a step about which he had never felt any difficulty, although he knew that many persons had. He had for years been urging upon Parliament in every possible shape the absolute necessity for no longer being without the inestimable benefit of such a department. In adopting that resolution the House of Commons had acted upon the recommendation of Lord Bacon, and he was glad to hear that the house had been unanimous and hearty in its approval of a department of justice. It might be said that now there was every hope of so de , irable a consum mation being carried into effect by the Government, he might withdraw from the position which, according to a jocular remark of a noble and learned friend, be (Lord Brougham) bad so long filed as " Ctiarg4 d'Affaires" of that department. Lord CAMPBELL was understood to suggest that the noble and learned lord might be the First Minister of Justice. Lord BROUGHAM said the duties of such an officer would be so onerous, so important, that, even were he not determined never to take any office at his mature age, he would not venture to assume the responsibilities of such a department. Happily, all difficulty would give way to the acknowledged importance of the subject, and he bad little doubt that they would soon F ee the creation of that department. However, until the arrival of a Minister of Justice, his own duties as Charge d'Affaires of that department could not be said to be entirely abolished. He would proceed to the special subject which he had to bring under their lordships' notice that evening—the grievances of married women, especially in respect to their property. He bad presented a petition signed by 2,000 of their fellow countrywomen, of all classes—some earning wages by daily work, some with property, the gift of friends or deceased relatives, and some earning incomes, often large, by the exercise of industry, of admirable genius as authoresses, artists in painting and sculpture, and the names of several such distinguished persons gave weight to the prayer of that petition. It must be remembered that by the law as it stood at present those earnings might be eotirely abstracted from those whose Ja,bours had procured them, and were capable of being vested, without a moment's delay or one word of warning, in their husbands, that the earnings would be—not the wife's who by her labour, skill, or genius had gained them, but her husband's—he who had no share in earning them, and who might be as worthless as she who bad worked for them was undoubtedly meritorious. That was the law of England. To show tee grievous hardships which might and did occur, he would mention a case which he had heard from a noble lord in the house, of a woman industrious, and he was assured a good woman, who bad married a good-for-nothing fellow. She sepa rated from [him and took to shoemaking, in which, by her industry and frugality, she managed to scrape to gether 201. or 301., when her husband, who had not only deserted her, but lived with another woman, hear ing tbat his wife had saved money, for a moment quitted his paramour, rushed upon the capital his wife had ac cumulated, and not only took that, but also collected all the debts due to her, and then, leaving her again to starve, returned to his mi s t ress . Then there was a case which had come to his own knowledge, in which be had heard the statement of the party, had made inquiries, and was perfectly convinced of the accuracy of the statement A gentlewoman had been deserted by ber husband, who went to the gold m:nes of Australia with another woman, and left the wife totally unprovided for. Being well educated, she kept a school, and succeeded, after a year or two, in establishing a flourishing semin ar y, an d h e was informed that t no one could better m er it success than she did. In he meantime, howev er , th e h us b an d's mining specu lations having proved unsuccessful, he returned to this country, instantly rushed upon that other mine which his wife had opened, and not only seirsd the gold which she had accumulated, but b ro k e up the sc h oo l by selling the furniture and colle c ti ng th e debts; having done which he left his wife again an d returne d to hi s p ar amour. It was not to be denied th at such cases were ex t reme cases, but nevertheless they were such as might happen to any one. He could refer to cases which were of more frequent occurrence. It would be observed that those grievances chiefly affected the middle and humbler classes. The husband's right to defraud his wife, for fraud it must be called, might not always be carried to the extent as in the cases which he had mentioned, but the common case was of a woman married to a drunken, idle good-for-nothing, who, not choosing to work himself preferred to live at his wife'© expense. Their lordships had only to go into any great manufacturing town in Lancashire in order to see the consequence of the law as it at present stood. He was told that there would be found besieging the door where the workworaen were receiving their weekly wages the husbands of these women, who were obtaining, not by soft violence, but in many cases by severe pressure,lthe money which they had just received at the pay -table. It was said that an alteration of the law would have a tendency to beget quarrels, but those who would go to Oldham, to which town his information more particularly applied, and there see the husbands lying in wait for the money of their wives, would see that the present law was far from ex empting married couples from the incident of quarrels. At a meeting of the Law Amendment Society in June, presided over by that most honourable and useful public man, Sir J. Pakington, a detailed statement was made by a manufacturer (Mr. Musgrave, as we understood) employing a large number of work women, earning from 20s. to 40s. a-week, many of whom, he said, were sought in marriage by men who designed to live idle upon the wages earned by their wives. This manufactures gave ten different instances of the truth of his state ment, and added that the women whose wages were thus taken from them were suffered to go disreputably ragged, while their children were miserably provided for. The evil being apparent, the question was as to the remedy. The testimony of these poor women was de cisive as to the existence of the evil, although they might not all agree as to the remedy, or be the best judges of what ought to be done for their relief. The general opinion was in favour of doing for those women who alnawdieddidinfotersptaetre smoanrr: i w e d h o wou d i e h r w tsettlements l l w . h ; I tt f I t t h m e the law made a will for him, and so it was suggested that when parties married without making a marriage settlement, the law, following the analogy of wills, should make a settlement for them. If parties chose to make a settlement fur themselves before marriage, and to . tie up their property, then the law need not interfere. Otherwise let the woman obtain her property as a fame sole, with the provision that the husband should not be liable to her debts either before marriage or during coverture, and following in all respects the analogy of the feme sole. (A Noble Lord.—The children ?] The children should be maintained by both h w is ife w , a t s h te e h w l i a fe w i hei i n i Using e greater part of the equally li a bl e w ith th e United States. Both lawyers and l aymen agreed that i t bad answered perfectly, and they laughed at the idea of its tending to produce quarrels. There was some little husband and T doubt as to a wife's right to her own earnings in France; but there was no doubt as to her right to her real pro perty, and there was no material difference with regard to the rights enjoyed by a wife between the French and English law. But the remedies given to the wife in France were much superior to those given to her in this country. Not only had ehe a right to apply for a sepci• 51 a d ration de &ems, either with or without a s'paration de corps, but she could also obtain an autorisation—an au thority by which her property was placed beyond the reach of her husband. This uai L ot an ex parte proceed ing, for if the husband appeared he was heard, and the judge, after an examination of all the circumstances, de cided the case. Mr. Macqueen related an anecdote which illustrated the effect of this law. A washerwoman belonging to the hotel which that gentleman was in habiting was married to a man who had deserted her ; he creditors of her idle, worthless, dis-ipted husband claimed her earnings, but she was allowed leave of absence from her work f or half-a-day, and by the time she re turned she bad obtained an autorisation, which effectu_ ally protected her and prevented the creditors from touching a farthing. He had beard an anecdote which. illustrated the effect of the English law. A French gentlewoman, not being successful in her business in Paris, came, by the advice of an English lady, to Lon don, where she established, and fir some time carried on a flourishing business. Her husband heard of her success and came to England, swept away all her earnings and collected her debts. She returned to Paris, saying to her English friend, " Ali, Madam, how can you bear to live in such a barbarous country !" Having now stated his case he would net trouble their lordships any further. He in tended to move resolutions, affirming that the law ur gently required amendment, that a wife ought to hare entire control over the whole of her property, but that if it should be found impracticable to give her the en tire property, the other and the smaller remedy to which be had referred should be allowed her. He should then introducea bill carefully prepared by a learned and worthy colleague of his in the Law Amendment Society, carrying into effect the first and most effectual remedy. He had been told that it was he peless to expect that such a bill would pass, but be comforted himself by remembering the observation of Lord Bacon, that no improvement in juris prudence founded upon a good principle was ever proposed which did not sooner or later bear fruit, however despe rate its chance of success might at first appear. There was a time when all men despaired of the possibility of abolishing the slave trade ; but the day came when that enormity was brought to a close so far as this country was concerned. Theo, again, for about 20 years the demand for the abolition of slavery itself was by many believed to be hopeless, and yet they lived to se3 the system of slavery put down. The labours of Romily, too, might be recalled to comfort those who were engaged in what might appear a hopeless struggle. When that distinguighed individual brought in a bill to compel men to do what all honest men did —pay their debts out of their freehold estates—he was opposed with as much determination as if the measure had in s olved a confiscation of property. That little modicum of reform was carried, and then came those other at tempts of his to mitigate the severity of the criminal law which had reflected so much honour on his memory, and we had lived to see the full fruits of his labours, almost all capital offences having now been struck off oar crimi nal code. Even within the last 14 or 15 years many safe and prudent measures of law reform, at first opposed, had been successfully carried. In 1845 he brought in nine bills for the amendment of the law. Every one of those bills seemed then to be hope less, but seven of them were the law of the land within five or six years afterwards, one of them being that important measure which allowed parties to be examined as witnesses. These were his grounds for entertaining a sanguine—he could hardly say a con fident—expectation that the present measure, as one founded on the same principle, would ere long pass into a law, and thus give inexpressible relief to a most inte resting portion of the community. The noble and learn ed lord concluded by moving his resolution. Earl GRANVILLE said it was matter of deep regret that the noble and learned lord should be obliged to leave this country, and that it would not be in his power to assist their lordships in the consideration of those most important law reforms to which their attention would be drawn. With regard to the question of the rights of married women, to which the noble and learn ed lord bad just directed their notion, he had summed up in a most lucid and satisfactory manner, and illul trated with his peculiar talents all that had been pre viously said in their lordships' house on that subject. The evils to which he had referred were admitted to be great, and, though some of them were, no doubt, inci dental to the relations that existed between the sexes, yet it was universally admitted and acknowledged that the law did create artificial difficulties and artificial evils of its own. (Hear, hear, hear.) With regard to the resolution proposed by his noble and learned friend, he presumed that he only took that mode of leaving on record his views of the subject, and that it was not his wish to commit the house in any way to the expression of an opinion regarding it. He could say that he had listened with great interest and admiration to the statement of the noble and learned lord, who was so well entitled to be heard, considering the great and extraordinary efforts he had made in the cause of law re form. That there was great room for an improvement of the law was almost universally admitted ; but the chief obstacle to the removal of the evils that existed lay in this, that when any practical measure was brought forward with that object there arose such a difference of opinion among those who were connected with the profusion of the law regarding it as to present almost insuperable diffi culties to its being carried. He hoped the speech of the noble and learned lord on the great and important subject to which it related would have the effect of narrow ing the difficulties that surrounded the question, and his hope was that some satisfactory conclusion regarding it would be arrived at during the present session, and be fore the noble and learned lord returned. (Hear.) Lord CAMPBELL felt that this was not the time to enter into the details of the proposal made by his noble and learned friend, though he was ready to concur in the general spirit of the resolution. Tue law of this country as regarded married women was barbarous, and he hoped a remedy would be soon provided. He was above all desirous to see a better mode enabling women to separate from their husbands who deserted them or used them cruelly. He confessed be thought that most of the objects sought to be attained by bis noble and learned friend would be attained by the bill which the Lord Chancellor bad recently introduced, and therefore that the necessity for his noble and learned friend's resolu tions was the lees apparent. (Hear, hear.) When his noble and learned friend was introducing his proposal to the house, he (Lord Campbell) thought he heard a noble earl ask what was to become of the children of a mar riage in case it passed into a law. That was a very natural question, and as it appeared to him (Lord Carpi.- bell) conclusive to show the impolicy of any such propo sition. Was the wife, for instance, to be committed to prison in case she refused to contribute her proper share to the expenses of the menage! He contended that the proposal would lead to perpetual discord among married persons, and prove detrimental to domestic happiness. The LORD CHANCELLOR was about to put the resolutions, when I investigate into the financial affairs of Greece, and report I thereon. that it would be very difficult for the house to arrive at anything in the nature of a satisfactory understanding at the present moment with respect to the policy of the Persian war. Ifu ly admit the force of the general con• eideratione which were urged by the noble lord the merit ber for the City of London, and which were very fairly admitted by the hon. member for Aylesbury, that it is most undesirable that we should incur any risk of frus ttating neg,otiatious which may possibly issue in the este. i lishment of peace. At the same time there are other questions which are anterior in order to the discussion of the negotiations. We stand in the very peculiar position of being made aware that a war involving grave questions of policy has been undertaken by the Government on their own responsibility, and without the knowledge or sanction of Parliament. At present, as I understand, papers are in preparation which, while they are not to contain anything that in the judgment of the Government is likely to interrupt the negotiations, are, notwithstanding, to exhibit to us the causes of the war, and to put us in possession of such information as shall enable us to exercise our constitutional function of judging whether the Governmeet did ea did not go beyond their powers, and whether they did or dil not make a judicious and constitutional use of those RELATIONS WITH PERSIA. powers in waging war against Persia. I frankly own my. On the motion that the SPEAKER leave the cbair, self that I can form no judgment whatever upon this Mr. LAX an' said—Before you leave the chair, sir, subject until I have seen those papers. (Hear.) wh en I wish to ask a question of the noble lord at the head we see the papers, which will tell us the time when in of the Government on a subject to which I attach structions were sent out for despatching the expedition great importance—l mean our relations with Persia. from Bombay, and which will disclose the cause of the At the beginning o f thi s wee k I gave notice of a motion war, then I think will be the time for members of this on the s u bj ec t . I did so no t w ithstanding that the Pre- hou se t o cons id er w h et h er it i s neces sary to raise any sideet of Vie Board of Control had stated that negotia- question with regard to the objects of the war, and to tions were taking place at Paris, and a selection of pa- the conduct of the Government in having commenced it. peva would he l Lid on the table. My reason for persist- With respect to the negotiations, it is impossible at the log was this. It is almost unprecedented that a war present time for the house to give, either by expression ehoull be entered on virtually while Parliament is sitting or silence, ii. -37 absolute pledge upon the subject. We and peace concluded while Parliament is sitting, without must, in the first instance, see the papers, and until we Parliament having an opportunity of expressing its have been the papers and have considered the origin o f opinion upon no important a subject. Another reason the war it is impossible for us to know how far the Go- Ras th a t la m led t o believe we are about to enter into vernment is in a condition to ask for the confidence of treaty engageme n t s with Persia, which may involve, to the house with reference to the conduct of the negotia a serious extent, our relations with the States of Central tions. The hon. member for Aylesbury will take what Asia. I believe that there are many gentlemen in this he may think the most prudent course with regard to , house and in the country who agree with me in that immediate discussion, but we cannot be precluded by opinion. I therefore think, before the treaty is anything which has taken place to-night from raising signed at Paris, and this country fermi engagements the question relative to the origin of the war. lam not which may lead hereafter to serious co nplicatiens— sure whether I heard the noble lord the member for the (near, hear)—and to many wars, that the house should city of London rightly, but I understood him to say that have an opportunity of espressing an opinion upon some questions had been set aside. It does not appear our Central Asian policy. I have been told privately that to me that the question with respect to the origin and the negotiations are in such a state that a debate in this the causes of the war has been set aside ;on the con house might lead to their interruption and to the con- trary, I think it remains fully and entirely open for the tinuance of war. The greatest of all evils is the continua- future consideration and judgment of Parliament. tion of war, and, as I should be most imprudent under Lord J. RUSSELL—The right hon. gentleman has such circumstances to press the debate, I beg to ask the misunderstood me. What I said was, that the question noble lord at the head of the Government whether he remains entitely open for the discussion of the house. will state seriously and positively that a debate in this Mr. DISRAELI—I think, sir, the house should be house upon the Persian question would so far interfere very jealous of the plea of negotiations when a war has with the negotiations as to prevent their successful issue, commenced. Before a war is commenced, when there is and to lead to a continuation of the war. If the a misunderstanding between two Governments, of course noble lord make t iat statement I must throw myself the greatest forbearance ought to be shown by an as upon the house, at the same time protesting against the eerubly like the House of Commons ; but when hostilities policy of the wa r as d an g erous a n d b a d. If, on the other have begun, when they are in progress and raging, we hand, the no ..I , s lord will no t state that a debate will lead should not be prevented from either criticising the causes to the interruption of negotiations, I trust that the house of the war or entering into the progress and conduct of the will enable me on the earliest day—perhaps on Monday war by the fact being alleged that some negotiator, ob next—to bring forward the subject, so as to obtain the scure or otherwise, is negotiating, or attempting to ne opinion of the house upon a question of the most vital gotiate, with the Government. Negotiations have fre importance to the interests of the country. (Meer.) quently been carried on during the progress of a war. Lord PALMERSTON—Of course, it is impossible for Russia was conquered by the Emperor Napoleon while any person to say what will necessarily be the result of negotiations were to progress between the Russian Go anything that is going to happen, but we are in negotia - vernment and France. It is most important that we tion at present with Persia in Paris, and I think, upon a should clearly understand whether the negotiations general view of the matter, that persons less experienced which are taking place upon the subject of Persia are in diplomacy than my hon. friend must see that a debate sound negotiations, and whether there is a fair probabi upon the subject of negotiations could not fail to produce lity of their being carried to a successful termination, injurious consequences. Whether it would occasion a We ought t) knew also whether the negotiator in Paris, continuance of the war is more than I can tell, but car - who may be successful, is the unsuccessful negotiator of tainly I can undertake to say, as a Minister of the Crown , Constantinople. I agree with the 'noble lord the mem that negotiations having commenced, and having hitherto ber for the city of London that this is a subject which been conducted in a promising manner, such negotiations requires some forbearance ; but at the same time it is must be very much damaged and the public interests one which we ought to view with jealousy, for we may must be injured by a discussion in this house founded find that the Persian war may proceed, and we may be upon imperfect information andbearing upon manypoints, involved in more than one campaign, while during the which may, perhaps, be settled in negotiation. Speeches whole of that period the emistence of negotiations may by persons who are imperfectly informed of the facts must be used by the Government to prevent discussion. But, necessarily h ave a n injurious effect, and I assure the Sir, there is one subject on which I think I may ask for house that it is the anxious desire of the Government to the papers without at all embarrassing negotiations, and conclude peace with Persia on conditions which shall be it is with respect to our interference in the affairs of the honourable and satisfactory to both countries, and which kingdom of the Two Sicilies. I was led to understand shall give some fair security for a continuance of peace. by the Speech from the Throne that these papers would (Rear, hear.) be laid on the table, and, considering all that has oc- Mr. B..aILLIE —Has the noble lord any objection to curred, I did believe that on ;the first day Parliament lay upon the table of the house a copy of the ultimatum met they would have been in our hands. We have now which was sent to the Persian Government previous to been in session nearly a fortnight ; the papers are not in the declaration of war 1 This is the first time that this our possession ; and I must urge the noble lord at the country, ever engaged in a war without knowing what it head of the Government speedily to produce documents was about. We are told we are fighting because Persia which long before this ought to have been in the bands has taken possession of Herat ; but the Persians Bay of the members of the House of Commons. (Rear, hear.) that it is no such thing, but that England has made Mr. GIBSON—I beg to remind the house of one de fresh demands upon Persia, If the dispute had been claration which the First Lord of the Treasury has al about Herat Lord Stratford de Redoliffe would have set- ready made to us—viz , that this country is to pay half tied it long ago at Const an tinople. Wh a t are th e fresh o f the expen,es of the war with Persia. Now, seeing demands, then, that England has made upon Persia, and that the Government have pledged the industry of En g. will the noble lord lay upon the table of the house a l an d to pay for the Persian campaign, I think the y copy of the ultimatum which was sent to the Persian oug h t, when the war was commenced,to have given Government ! some little information to Parliament with respect to the Lord PAL NIE RSTON—I fear that I cannot under- origin and cause of the war. take to do that, because it would be making a statement The motion was then agreed to, and the hense went with regard to matters which are the subject of negotia- into Committee of Supply; Mr. FITZEOT in the chair. tions yet in progress, which would be contrary to every THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. rule, and injurious, probably, to the interests of the Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sose at a country. few minutes past 5 o'clock, in a crowded house, to make his Mr. ROEBUCK. —lt would seem, then, Sir, that the annual financial statement. The right hon. gentleman said, boasted supervision of this house is a farce. (Hear, --Sir, however conscious I may be of the difficulty of the hear.) Let us consider a little the circumstances in task which lam about to discharge, I can assure the com which we are placed. A war has been declared, and of mittee that my feelings would be altogether misconstrued that war the House of Commons knows nothing. The if it were supposed that I felt any reluctance to make to war has been commenced and carried on, and the House them at the earliest opportunity a statement of the expen of Commons knows nothing of the transaction. We are diture and revenue of the country. The committee are well aware that the ordinary course is first to consider informed that negotiations are proceeding, and when a the principal estimates for the great services, especially question is put with regard to them we are told that the army and navy, in Committee of 'Supply, and then, the House of Commons knows nothing, and ought to when some progress has been made with those estimates, know nothing ;so that we are now in this position : it becomes the duty of the Chancellor of the Exche- If we put a question before an accident happens we are quer to submit to the house the ways and means by told that we are too soon ;if we put it while the trans- which the expenditure of the ensuing year may be met. actions are going on we are told that we are interrned- As soon as I became aware that it was the general wish dung ; and if we come to the house and inquire after the of the house that thefinancitalem statementr nav y oshould:beseh transaction is terminated we are told that we are too late. manobefoie l t c h o e mmttoo es t imat e sfor h of Supply, gave notice y and y were (Hear, my (Hear, hear.) I would ask, then, when is the House of considered Commons to inquire—before the mischief happens, while m • t en tion to make that statement to - day. Let the oom - mittee observe that this is the earliest day on which the it is going on, or when it is ended! At no time. I financial Mon repeat, then, that the boasted supervision of this h ouse last—theday stem at last t n could G t ovm be made.ementnight—th at, only on in CommitteeAfo is a farce, We pretend to govern the country ;we pre- of Supply, an address was agreed to to the Cr own te own to pre tend to overlook the conduct of t he Ministr y ; but, in. sent the estimates for the armyis and navy. stead of that, we sit by in silence ; En g land ma y have have since been pre sented. This the T econd e Com ti m m i a ttee s every interest complicated and endangered, the very of Supply, but the estimates being now on the table, and power of this country may be at stake, and the House no vote having been taken in Committee of Supply, no of Commons dare not say a word because the Minister Committee of Ways and Means has been appointed. H ence tells them that they a re either too soon or too late. this ,is the first occasion, being the second time wh en a so ao Lord J. RUSSELL — The circumstances of the pre ' s ent time with regard to the Pers ia u war appear to mee to me to make oakfeStuhpepl yhas statement aa whichnwhich I m it about was ut competent to address to the committee. (Hear, hear.) Now, Sir, I think the to be unusual. I will not now raise t n he -neet' w r h ga . committee must be satisfied th a t th ere h as b een no d e l a y ther the Government ought to have assembled ou pa - or reluctance on my part to lay before them the annual went before they gave orders for hostilities against financial statement. In ordinary years it is no doubt de- Persia ; but that question being set aside, we are in this sirable that the consideration of the army and navy sped mates should take precedence. I fully admit, however , that pecu liar position, that at the same time that we ar e in formed of hostilities having been ordered and under in extraordinary years, such as the present one, it ma f y th be e taken we are likewise informed that negotiations have convenient to adopt a different course. The reason o been commenced at Paris, and, as my noble friend has usual procedure is this—the house fixes what expenditurexed it is just stated, they have been opened in a promising man- is necessary, and then, the expenditureGvernment to beings ubmit to the none It appears to me that that position is quite pecu- the duty of the executivethat expenditure may be defrayed. liar, and I certainly think that it is one which requires house a plan by c the forbearance of this house. (Rear.) I can well con- But, although a cwhohenisirUdegeraarbdleedposartniesiLoafaatrhyo expenditure n e d ss it e ur ut e ia o l f , ceive, if all the papers were now produced, and a dis- the country may 1 the service of the year, there is also a not cussion were to arise upon them, that the terms de manded by England before the war might be commented postponed to a future year. There upon by some hon, gentlemen as impolitic and excessive, sary i n one year, bat h T i e n e h e e i o r n e s inconsiderable a oe b r l : It i a p o rt expenses i o n a eto owrwehahi reasonably oh c which amn a bealry, discretion h aendth thought r n gth a ot y wil e he x ° e - . and it is clear that such observations might tend to are certain perposes t o which expenditure may be applied embarrass and disturb the negotiations which are now t o a greater or a l l s ess m eg l r e e i e e , which mau may be accomplished in progress. I can conceive, for example, that Feruk in a more the er houses e o m p ay :h t. , what is the pressure of ta y xa s t a io y n , in " th e W e co w l:L i a n h - Khan, or any one who is negotiating with Lord Cowley, tbe k r n ef o o w re might take encouragement front such a discussion in this to w u ts eee a g s r s e a e ry t , o b alort w i i o t n h reasonable try, and whether any- impost may be justly regarded and oppressive, h is efo u r e e t house, and might not be so ready to egret) 308 f grievous te (Hear.) Sir, this is undoubtedly a period to which that de though ibe circumstances are ve h ry e terms as would otherwise be the cas e u ; lia a r n t d o au t d he th re o f o o g re h , peculiar, to ask for the respect to which we may exercise a fair discretion." in an ordinary case it would . papers, I can veryetehwe.Golvebrnelmieevnet scription applies. We are passing from war to peace, from be very long. The ma- a period of large expenditure to a period of comparatively however, that the suspense cannot restricted expenditure, and it is a reasonable demand on may be justified in wellevith repeatedly issue were discussed a t jority of the points atthe part of the House of Commons that they sbonld be in himoldatingeththemagt e formed of the probable taxation, of the probable ways and what the terms are which they mean to insist upon, a n d Constantinople, and the Government must be well aware means of the ensuing year, before they enter upon the n imagine,p o r r e e t Tong l thatthere the address o n th e fi rs t n i g ht of the sesseiohnan d rew n sideration of the es ti ma t es . My hon. friend e a ll moved° what he Chancellor of the therefore,w ha h s a been ttho a et r ha u ar p et twuwreheeicohhfaittlhheeeiytnheewgroihtlli not t e a ar io bef ns, or that w e s h a ll described as a lamentable picture of a of repletion. He be informed of the terms which have been agreed upon Exchequer suffering under the Prg s or , , over/ between Feruk Knan and her Majesty's plenipotentiary. spoke of the numerous applicisin::oess of revenue ex- In either case the silence of the Government may then be relei at a en the country might exp este upon m e great commiseration broken, and every Particular respecting the neg o ti a ti ons penditure, and he bestowed.l shou ld be placed during the GREEK LOAN. Mr. JAS. M`GREGOR asked the First Lord of the and the circumstances which preceded hostilities can then ion. Sir, I accept with great grati• had been taken by the be communicated to Parliament. It first weeks of the session. hon. friend. At the same time Treasury if any and whot steps revenues cf Greece, , tade the syrnPst the task which I have to perform Government to ascertain the resent probability of their if peace should be concluded, that the circumstances I cannot but feel that a greeable than the corresponding tasks how they were disposed of, alt el the t ____ . so l d d Fud of the under which hostilities were undertaken may not appear , for the position in which this year is far mor e in former years, when I had to ask being adequate to relieve the Con. — -,li a for e the interest to be such as to justify the Government for baying corn-, 47,0001. which was paid annual s .° which use to agreo to increased taxation, when I had to menced warlike • operations, and then it will be open to and sinking fund of the Greek loan guar. 121, and 6 this ho t to them the necessity of imposing additional bur. .nteed by this my hon. friend the member for Aylesbury, or to any represein country under the act 2 and 3 Will. 4, 0. . the country, and when I had to ask them to and 7 Will. 4, c. 94, or any part thereof 1 eg other member, to raise a discussion upon the subject dens nee a loan and vote Exchequer-bills for the purpose of sanction That Lord PALMERSTON said much communication , a, without an dun yger of that injury to the public interest annual income. 1 covering a large deficiency in the a _ =quails passed between the various Governments referred to, • 1 - • might now arise. (Hear, hear.) sir, is an additional reason why I should not be and the result was that a commission was to be formed whit. Of the three protecting Powers at Athens, who were to ` 1 ' DSTONE—I confess that it appeqs t 9. la° have performed. Mr. Gl4, CATHEDRAL CHAPTERS. Mr. S. HERBERT asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any bill daring the present session to regulate Ca thedral Chapters ; whether it was intended to renew the act 16 arid 17 Vic. c 35, by which all appointments to czt pltular offices were made subject for two years to the pro visions of any measure which might be passed, founded op the Report of the Cathedral Commission of 1852 ? Anil whether any stipulation had been made with the canons lately appointed, that they should bold their canon rise subject to the provisions of future legislation ? Lord PA L NIERSTON said that the Government had no intention of proposing such a bid at present, and that nostiptil Won had been ma d e w ith the canons lately ap pointed ri lative to their tenure of office. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. 0 ['WAY asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the case that Mr. Ford, one of the Royal Commiion , -rs appointed t o d e t erm i ne th e s it e of the National Gallery, had resigned his appointment, and, if so, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to recommend any other gentleman for the vacant office? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was true Mr. Ford had resigned his office, and that there was no iutet.tion on the part of the Governtnent to fi it up. Lord CAMPBELL moved the adjournment of the debate to this day six weeks. After a few words in reply from Lord BROUGHAM, the motion of Lord Campbell was agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. The Earl of LEITRIM moved for a copy of the re ports of the commissioners appointed by the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury to audit and report on the accounts of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and particularly such as referred to the frauds committed by the Assistant-Accountant about the years 1847 and 1848.—Agreed to. The same Noble Earl also moved for a copy of the ap plications made to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland for the office of the Clerk of the Crown of the county of Leitrim, together with the recommendations of the seve ral candidates, and the correspondence with reference to the recent appointment to that office. Earl GRANVILLE submitted to the noble earl that it was impossible to furnish a return of that nature ; but offered to supply a copy of the correspondence which had passed between the noble earl and the Government on the subject. The Earl of LEITRIM said the correspondence would be useless to him without the rest of the papers. The motion was then withdrawn, and the house ad journed at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) The SrEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. The Hon. S. WORTLET, Ler Majesty's Solicitor-Ge neral, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Betesbire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time : —Bristol, South Wales, and Southampton Union Rail. way ; Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improve - - ment ; Tilbury, Maldon, and Colchester Rail way ; Tyne Improvement ; and Pulteney Town Harbour. INCOME TAX. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading against the continuance of the income tax. Various petitions were presented from other places to the same effect. PERCUSSION CAPS FOR THE ARMY. Lord BURGHLEY asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to adopt for the army, instead of the present regulation copper caps, Eley's elastic waterproof percussion caps! Mr. F. PEEL said that description of caps had been ordered, but machinery had to be purposely got up for it. ARCTIC MEDAL. Mr. VERNON asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty whether the design of the arctic medal had been decided upon ; how soon the medal would probably be issued ; and whether it was to he conferred upon any foreign as well as British officers and men who have been engaged in Arctic Discovery Service ? Sir C. WOOD said that the Gazette of that day fort night gave every information respecting it, and how the medal was to be distributed. He read the notification from the Gazette. The medal would be ready for deli very about the end of the month. SAVINGS BANK BILL In answer to a question from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he proposed ,to introduce his Savings Bank Bill on Tuesday next. lON. 2} 19 634 121 i 18k i 76i 25f f 11. 9 84- 19i i 7i 7 25 A 18 29i 3 47i 26i .- 91 10 THE SUN, LONDON, SAT U RDA 4. St. 124 11 12d 17 20 25 20 St. , 25 10 1.0.6 25 10 10 50 100 St. 10 25 15 20 50 50 15 100 20 100 St. li i 144 3 1101 4i i I 67 i x d EVENING, FEBRUARY 14 1857,