The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

ES. ith last wee ls ' t outlet durst enjoyment °, tteiniance aou striking ol; nblage wh ic , on the flor s : he spectator' oLly a soil!! t i mos t u ttea) ;ional bet ting r not, f or tbe . ed by the AP and , six oe• j. 4 L'd" paster ueu the Thuredgoi st number r the Bettis? 1 0 Ibe 7; ants from t In • We' y _ ud Middlese;, n the run s 3 1 d Ruth oegu 1 be tried b e ; le InnkeeP el , .dit of SP ine " her dista" ee l the Nrisi t ' °ll to be won bslo roodeloto. e Ase , t In ee A d experieuB; ng lane vib le o ut of wb o r ci d de sa c ' ,cut, and /4 ndu'e,e bio t 3 om the t urf. ,Jeen's' it at least ' e Derby„t ba :4 mistake b. d , 11 be for' 9l s etebeoly t" nder,one bibd: be cOnte e Fferent cafibfreo net her. posseFeee if the lat te s e dburf; are than ll' s Ascot CLIP oteri wo nobte—,, turf. 5 1 %, 1. , tland for t" BonlaCur, u , s ti ; I the pro 611 0 w ho thorpe, 1 3 15 rice, ga ve bt tnd he fo'b., r d'lndustrl r bin]. ce l l As an that l' ol e° t e d on t managenl e fit resu lt of tp9 !cayso - fer p to the Po p , at Ality certivw,„ pton cvl' A i to o sta ,borne o e oat a ttrAo ci i, )wton• Oa o 0 e inforalib os starters• of s trust wor nfl torrnsa" , Id be il ge o t he it rd day, o r Thick the 3a MA5* • dipg La svll3 boi d a,„ipg d to c° — •pg r for clog' he xorth:e vi r; 5 t %, of t nuch buPP he St. Lq ris ; (may 6 1;:re d was to I 6 to 1 0 0 winning_ St.. Leg" ,tk r bets vf°' Viable, V-v.°:. A Valenti° f .. rei r • For the .o er , gortbu ili their riderv.; w ho l , ,ere c o; ne for p, an d Id hester , I with erci :r. Fred erl d ondon a: :h ' ON. B e a Ith-W e l, her eone P o g )m . mods° b e on this r ity of 'lir ) f pure r e p peopl e wee's Pr i W e s the this 013 . . 0 , • accotl i '"„g to trs''', e raorsit g e ' 'be relief on f 0,4 Sboreditc'' fficiallY cb arraog; tag Ly.) clovper lae 4 W" ve r Is ; 6 1o J. per I°P- Os ' • cl °C d er per 10". more a a , at 10 a d to 1 1 1 ; 0 , viou" 1 don e t i i nnouvli high r ii .no e . are iod of 10 been rge 10 000" portanee, Til er' I nu— 0 pry, 66" ret tita l Ldali tte : . a cuf 8. by 0 a To an nuaoct Ty la r g e :riug ri°t ; - 1 3 tb ° s a C an : e ,streel ut, Rern ell:l ,, to not e 3 r i,oeS 6 1 1 - 1° ,turJai ecer Mui4EY IYIARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly but steadily, and prices of all kinds were the same as last week. The sa,'ee were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were tiken for ex port and on speculation. The Railway Share Mar ket slightly improved, and prices of all the le: ding stocks advanced. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for the half-year ending the 31st of December last is recommended by the directors cf the Chartered Bank of Australia. If this is agreed to 6,302/. will remain out of the net profits to be Carried forward. The silver market is rather quieter, but prices are maintained. Accounts from Paris state that business is very dull, the previous inactivity being incr , ased by the line , ,rtaititv felt regarding the policy of the Bank. It is confidently stated that, in the event of a re duction in the value of discounts, a sudden im provement will take place in all branches of trade, especially in those departments where long credit is required, and which have suffered sever a l ) , from the continuel stringency. The emission of 50 franc notes will also impart consider able relief, but no informat;on has yet transpired as to the precise period when it will take place, It is generally believed, however, that the au'ho rities will lose no time, as the benefits that will be confessed are important, and cannot be too soon secured. The accounts rel .tive to the grain crops ate very satisfactory, and a good harvest is expected With regard to wine and silk also the advices are encouraging. The railway calls having to be paid during the current mouth are as subjoined : call. amount 2 s. £ Buffalo and Lake Huron..., 2lO 50,000 Great Southern and Western, Ireland, 100,010/. Reserve, &c., Stock Metropolitan .. , OlO 25,000 Nassau Itiga to Dunaburg Sittinghourne and Sheerness 2 0 10,00) South Yorkshire, 20/ ... 1 0 27,532 Ditto, 1 0 3,273 * Ulster forfeited sha lo/ res, issued at 5 pm. 25 0 40,425 Worcester and Hereford 1 0 46,000 Total.. £389,230 The demand for money at the present moment is exceedingly active, and some return of the recent Pressure is temporarily felt. Although this arises chiefly from the requirements of trade, the s-ttle- Ments in foreign stocks and railway shares have, no doubt, caused increased activity among the bankers and bill-brokers. At the Bank of England as well as in Lombard-street the applica tions for loans, and discounts are numerous, and hence it is not generally presumed that any imme diate reduction in the official terms will be effect e d, notwithstanding the large influx of bullion. It is feared that the next weekly return will exhibit an augmentation in the amount of other securities, which will partly detract from the favourable appearance it may otherwise present. The full rate of 6i per cent. is firmly maintained, even for the best descriptions of commercial paper. The Edward Thornhill has arrived from Austra lia, but corning from Adelaide she conveys no elpecie. _ _ _ In the English Stock Market the business re- Corded is not very extensive. At the commence went the quotations were firm at the improvement quoted yesterday, but since then, owing to a tew sales, less firmness his been visible.. In the absence of real investments, conse quent upon the closing of the transfer books, the market is easily swayed to the extent of 1-16, or per cent. by a small sale or purchase. Consols have been 93f g, but they are now flat, being 93 to 93k. Exchequer Bills have been 3s. to 6 8, discount, being flatter, and the Bonds were 98 1- I. New Three per Cents. have been 921 to 93 k, and the Reduced 92a I. A very dull market has existed for foreign stocks,. d some of the quotations are flattter. Turk i sh o Per Cents, have been 96 for money, and 961 for account. The 4 per Cents. are ICII Russian 4 3 / 4 per Cents. 98 to 981, and Sardinian 89 to 89k. r. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stooks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds. 6 ; Mexican, ; Peruvian 4. per Cents., 76 77 ; ditto 3 per ~_Cents., 52 54; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 4 7 ; Russian 5 pet Cants., 1(18 110 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42} 421; ditto Deferred, 26 ; ditto Cer tificates, 61 7 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The Railway Share Market has exhibited a slight further improvement in quotatinn , , and a considerable amount of business has been dune in the shares of most of the leading lines, at advanced Cate lonian and North-Eastern (Berwick) Ouproved ss. ; Great Western, Lancashire and. xorkshire, South Western, Manchester, Shef field and Lincoln and South Wales, 103., and great Northern, 1/. to 1/. ss. The French lines were inactive, Ntlitiern of France advanced ss. The Ca na dian lines were flat. Grand Trunk of Canada receded 10s., and Great Western of Canada, ° B. The East Indian improved ss. to 10s. In Mining Shares the dealings are unimportant. k John .13,1 Rey declined to 13k, and Cobre Cop- Per have improved to 51k. Joint-Stuck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares cave been almost at nominal valet s. London 4 2 1 d Westminster Bank and Crystal Palace were des t in at about previous values. t RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLOCK. (From the Official Last:) Business done. 8 Per Cent. Reduced A.nnuitlas IPer Cent consols Annuities Shut New 3 per Cent. Annuities U3 2i 3h 2i ' o,l g Annuities, expire stt, Jan. IS6O Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th 1859 2 3.16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 0ct.,885 IBA Consols for Account, - • 93 1 i i Exchegner Hills, 20. I £lOOO - £5OO 1 p 1 Small .. .. - lp 3 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cent. ... ...... Ditto 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rita ;inn Bonds, Istlti, t St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 46 per Cent. krdinian bowls, . per Cont. TElrkio, ironds, r,', par cent 96 Vito Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account . 4i, Wende 0 , .1 the sew° izyaoi. i- - - n. TWO O'CLOCK.. Console for Account THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—A. very valuable do nation of books has been made to the library of the Society of Antiquaries by one o its Fellows-I%lr. J. R. Tyssen. The coileciion amounts to nearly 500 vols., 4hd they relate chiefly to London and its suburbs. It is officially announce.] in the Tablet that the period for which the Rev. Dr. Newman consented to under take the post of head of the Catholic University, "which ,b? has founded and built up, is about to terminate." Dr. ..F 4 ewman, it is pleaded, is anxious to return to his home, bin missionary labours, and his books at Edgbaston. GLASGOW, JUNEI3.—COTTON.---In our cotton-market during the week there has been daily a fair trade de. rnand, but as holders have been asking higher prices than buyers were willing to give the business done has not been large. Where, however, the necessities of buyers have obliged them to purobase they have bad to pay id. advance on the rates of last week, and we raise our quotations accordingly. A. NOVEL WAY OF DISPOSING OF A PRIZE ESSAY. —ln the North British. Advertiser a prize, of 1001. is offered for the best temperance tal-, and a certain model is pointed out (price one shiiing) which the competitors are to follow. As the number of writers of twaddle of th e pr:z-s essay kind is legion, an enormous sale may be justly anticipated, so that the unsuccessful authors will have at least the satisfaction of contributing to the Prise money. FIE THAT DOES YoU AN ILL TURN WILL NE'ER FORGIE Von (Scotch).—" The injurer reeer pardons"—(ltal.) Since I wronged you I never liked you." (Spanish.) The same thought is expressed by Tacitus :—"lt is in the nature of man to hate one who you have injured." - Voltaire wrote to a person who had behaved very badly to him, " I beg your pardon for having been treated ecurvily by you." A FREAK OF NATuhE.—The Gazette of Berbice pub lishes the following account of a strange phenomenon:— "One of those mysterious occurrences, the junrtion of twins before birth, was exhibited on the 7th instant at Plantation Adelphi. A woman was safely delivered of two female children, joined together in the breasts and in the heads. One face was perfect, the other was imper fect, of an angular or hatchet shape, while the back of th e head was distinctly formed. They were also three ears, four hands, and four feet, forming twu complete infants, with the exception we have mentioned. They Were of the £4;Z9 of ordinary full-grown children, but they only survived a few hours after their birth. Dr. Alex ander, on plantation Rosehall, has preserved the bodies in epirite, so that the curious who pass that way may have Ikn opportunity of beholding this extraordinary freak of nature, the permission for which we feel assured Dr. Alexander's courtesy will readily accord to all who pro perly apply." "STRAIN AT A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL."—A writer to a contemporary save :—" We read in the ilaok of England returns of 'Friday, that the Govern ment deposits in the hands of that corporation amounts to upwards of seven millions of money ; which, at Present interest, produces, cr would produce, if pro perly used, nearly half a million per ai num • and yet the, very men who sanction this waste of public meaty begrudge our (Nee - 6's dangbtel a paltry dower o; 8 .0001, per annum." SUN, LONDON Paid Iia*LWAT3. 100 i ßuckghamsh. 100 Cly , lert - '.a.le Jc. all Col.Stourl7y. 100 l E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Cu. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. &i Neils.Direet. 100 Do. New , all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all , Hull & Selby all Do. Shares ' all Do. i Shares all Lou.&Greeuw all Do.Preferenee 100 7i 'Do. B trk. Sh. all !Manch.Rxton. and Matlock 100 !Maid. Brarlfd. 5.f !New market BnryE.G.spc. all NT.&E . 3t.5 p.c. all Do. 6 per et all IDo. Fixed sp. c all Prest. & Wyse all Do. Shrs. A 100 !Roystn.& Hit. all !Shrews. & Her all S. Staflordsh all !WcarVal.g6pc all !Do.. 100 !Wilts &S.vnrst I Leasing ,'.;ompanies Lu.kN.W. Calcdon E.U.&E.O Gt. Northu E. Count. Caldonian. Do. qt. West". y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastorn Do Peto & Co Do La. &N. W & Mir11(1 E. Count. Do .... Do ... Do, L. dt N Do .... Gt.No T. Bra H. MC Stk. dx Do. fit. We PREFEREN IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref.(issd.at 50g.) ;Bris.,StEx.4 p.c. A. IDo. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons ip.e. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. I Do, do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 713. e Eas.Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l Do. No. 2 !Do. New 6 pr. c St. iEast Un. G. 6p. C. ))0. 51. , 10 per cent. Do. 104 Debentr.Sh. IDo. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash .6 p.cts. IE. &W. York. J. sths Ellin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth .BtDun. 4p.c . Furness; sp. ..... Glas. & p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. preen....i Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at p. c. prem. Crt.N . of Se ot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spe Do. con. zed. CI p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. C. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. C. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. C. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p. e. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. e., No. 4 Lon. & N.W.. Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares .. Lowly. & Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Doi dO. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Aid. Co nsol. 6p. c. St Do. Con Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4i n. c. Pref. St Do. L. &11. Pref. St New., Aber. , &c., pr 5 p. c.red. 5 p.c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Vorfli. Deb. 4 p. c. S h Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British ...... Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 . Do. York EL &S. Pur. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar Do 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e Do. do 7 p.c. pf. Do. d 0.32 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 46 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) ol* V. Os. 6d. Do. 46 per cent Do. Fixed 46 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 46 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5p c !Do do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc.l BRITISH. Alfred Cons. (Philk.) ißritish Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus IGrt.W.A)frd.(Pli'lk.) 'Ga. W. Vor (Ilelstn.) ( Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Clcer) S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn.) Tam. S. St L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mineu (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar.; W. Basset (Mogul) W. Caradon (Liskrd. Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. >rthul Iss©yl Jienn i ;Dar.l Closing Prices yesterday. 93 - 93 - 13 X 132 - 131 3 - 4i 156 - lOi 12i -12 i 2 - 234 10 - 105 2i - 2$ 88 - 90 id - i p 54 55 - 133 9 - 9i - 31i - 3 2 • 87 - 89 'E SIIARES. 92 - 94 oi .7. - - o' = 4 108 - 112 108 - 112 121 - 12: 70 - 72 114 - 116 1 105 - 107 1100 - 102 61 -- 63 101 - 10 - -- 6 4 93 -- 95 83 - 85 85 -- 87 100 -- 101 9A -- 10 16i -- 17 91 -- 104 72 -- 74 19 -- 19,1 91 -- 9i 141 -14 i ,134 -- 136 1138 - 141 1115 - 117 1154 - 156 - 111) 1 66 - 68 131 - 133 95 - 97 86 - 88 11 - 114 101 - 103 92 94 1d ••• • • • 22* -22 i, 113 - 114 114 - 116 105 - 110 18 - 19 22 3 / 4 - 23 3 / 4 98 - 100 95 - 100 27' - 28 2 -- 3 2i - MINES. 17 - 18 - 130 - 146 150 - 470 16 - 18 7 - 34 - 44 15 - 17 16 - 17 4 - 5 21i - 4A - 320 330 5 - 6 290 - 300 li - 1$ 4 - 4A - 28 - 29 - 140 250 - 255 300 - 320 6 - 64 17 19 46 - 48 23 24 71 i FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian ----------7-------- 10 1 all -- 7 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued katwrp &Rotterdam 1 6i at .£5 pm) 20 1 18 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Ardennes... ••• .... ... 5 : all Belgian East. Junct. li —ll . ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 13 15 13A 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac par 11. 1 * Clarendon Con. Min. 6 all Carmeaux & Toulouse 51 Co. of Jamaica 0 7- id Coal Mines and Ry. 5 20 12 --11,1 40 all Cobre Copper 5O —52 51 5 D u t c h Rhenish 20 all E a stern of France all Fortuna ' -8 - . jd 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... par 11) p 3 all Linares 20 18 Gt. Central of France 244 25 5 14 Lusita.nian 20 18 Great Luxembourg... 61 7 1 all Masiquita 1C 4 Italian Junction...... ... ••• 1 all New Granada i i 20 all Lake Const. Sr Bale ... ••• 1 all Novean Monde — m ••• 20 all Lie and Turnhout ... •••=, 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 44 —54 p 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 5 -- 7 5 1 Port Philip — ... 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... .. 20 all I Lyons and Geneva... 294 —3 O 30 16,,, Santiago do Cuba 1 all south Australian 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 1 all Do. Scrip - ••• 335 all Maria Ante - ,:la 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6 p c. Pref 2O 20-1 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 384 39 39 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 8 i 94 25 19 tustralian Agricult. 18 19 20 all Paris and Lyons 584 —59 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... --- „. 20 all Paris and Orleans 57 59 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 7 Reeife do San Fran , 50 40 Brit. American Land ... „, (Perham,) g. 7p. c. 1 d par 100 32:. Canada - 150 .10 74 Rome and F rasca ti... ... ••• St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 1 1 .3 114 1134 1 18 St. 103 Du. 6 p.c.Feb.&Auit. ... ... 20 all Royal D an i s h l6 5 all Royal S we di s h 4 14 St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. ... .... 2C all Sambre and M euse 8 i St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 30 —35 10 all )o. 54 per cent. pref B4 Si 25 all Do. Pref. 7* p. cent. 25 5 5 al al l l C D l o .y . a r ta r l e P fe a r l e a n e c e e 20 all Southern of France.. 3N 3l 83 all West Flanders ... ..• 4 4 - 544 54 54 5j 10 all Do. 54 per c. Pi:el . 91 94 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... .- 20 all INV. & N.W. of France 301 311 1 3 Duston Iron Ore . ..• 20 6 i Western ofAustria. • . par 1 p 20 16 'Eastern Steam — ... 20 all (West , of Switzerland St. 100 ElectrieTelegraph I 91 93 I •• ••• 6 I all Wiesbaden -••-- 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. —s all En.&Aust.Cop.SniCo •14— 14 20 all 'Zealand ......... .. "'_ :: : 10 i 10s. 1 Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel ... -. ... - 25 411 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.), ... ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 L 4 Gen. Steam Navia-at.l .. ••• 20 5 London Discount * .I . 1 id 40 all Australasia BB 90 4 all Loud. Gee. Omnibus! 34 34 25 1841 Bank of Egypt ICO 50 Bank of London 5O —52 10 I all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... 40 a ll Bri.Col.Bk.&Ln. Co ... ... ... 10 all Mexican& S. Amm 2i ien 24 50 all British N. American ... _ ... 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 11 -- id 20 8 IC.Bk.of Ind•Au.&Ch 14 i a 5 5 Do. Now 00 50 ICity ..................... 62 64 10 5 Netherlands Land i 14 =- 13 , 100 25 Colonial --.— 10 all Do. Do. 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ... ... 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at 1d 1 44 4 120 all Eng•Scot.&Aus.Cht. 171 18 5 1 Do. Do. 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 174 18 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 20 all Ditto New............ 174 174 St . 100 I N.S.W. Gov. s p.c.D. ... ... 20 20 London and County .. ... 1. all N. B. Australasian.- 1 50 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp ..• ... 10 a ll Nirth.ofEuropeSteam 9 4 10 50 10 London Joint stock.. ... '''' ..• 1 all Oriental Gas ICO 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 494 12 ss. Do New Shares p 1P 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... -- ... 25 all Peellir. Ld. & Ililinrl l4 2 20 10 Do. New 5O all Peninsular & Oriental 69 —7l 50 221 National Bank - 54p 20 all New South Wales.... 47 49 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 384 394 1, ill Do. New 6 8 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 .15 Provincial of Ireland 61 63 1 all scot. Austral. Invest. 1 5 13 10 all Do. New .. • all Do. New — ••• 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. ... ... 25 all South Australia lOO all 3. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. 103 -- 105 25 all south Austral. Land 134 36 25 all Union of Australia 55 57 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip) 4 1 .., 2* Do. New 6 7 7. all Do. Registered :\ 4 1 i 50 10 Union of London . .. ... , • '2O 5 Trus. La. Co : Up Can ... -e - ... 100 50 UnityMutnal i . 1 . ...d 1 284 Van Diemen'a Laud... 11 —l2 -190 .09 Woitrnßis oat:041 3,9 ~. sd _ _. Business this dsy 400 33 100 100 St. 50 St. St. all all ;100 16i 100 100 22 all 20 50 20 10 00 20 20 20 100 20 20 20i 20i 100 20 20 20 20 6±± A ztE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing rriCOC ) Business done yesterday this day. 5i -5! 8i - 9 68 - 70 81 - 9 85 - 91 751 -75 i, 36 - 37 j i --- ..6 - 10 19 - 20 11 - 52, - 54 35 - 36 8 7 d 97 98 GO 7 6 83 - 34 99 - 101 8 - 9 974 - 981, 83 - 90 21 - 123 1C! - 10'i - 65 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6 - 8 1101 - IUI6 6 - 6 1111 - 112 11041 - 105 a— d 1001 104 43i -:- 41 831 -84 i 54 - 55 i• - i'6 si ss - 3 - 43 - 44 91i - 9`4- 2 - 2 2 - 2 45 - 46 70i - 71:3 96 - 99 '4i 43,1 7i -- 8 10 10,1 33 - 34 7 - 5 105 107 244 254 48 50 .3 2d 18 19 741 —74 i 87A 88. a, 5A 4A4 io __ ii 20i -- 21 4 -- 4? 7 - 9 3 - 3i 5i - 6 1 ISSESSIONS. • RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. I Eastn. June. i Belfast & Ballymena! !Blrrimg. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley I Birkenhd. Lance , . dr I ! Cheshire Junct ! Blacl burn I Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 1 Bristol & ' ',Chester & Holyhead !Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D.. A Do .B. DublindißelfastJune. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. B Do. New A ..• ..•.•—• East Kent East Lancashire Suffolk Do. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and Clyde June. Furness . ...... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland i Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. SOL &West.(lre.) 'Great Western. I Do. Str. V. 13 gua. St (Irish South-Eastern ;Lancaster & Carlisle. IDo., Thirds. 'Do. New Thirds Lancash. di Yorkshire Do., do. F. £1.6 Do., Wet. Riding Un. Do. Southport London & Blackwall ILond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths „. Do. ,1.6t.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & 5.1:7, - astern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Kanch.She f. &Limb). Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland .. ........ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland 0. West.(lr. ) Do. 2 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle:. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & , Dock Stock ........ (Do., A Stock I Do., B Stock N. astern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch IDo Leeds Do. York North Loudon ..... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrd n . St Shropshire Union . Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon. ' South Eastern Do. 4i per . Shares South Wales.. Yorksh. River Dun )Do Staines,Wolc.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1815 Stockton dr Hartlopl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11....... West End of Loud and Crystal Palace.. Do. A all Do. B West London.... Do. First Class. Do. Second Class... l I Wmbledon &Croydon BRTTISR Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo di Lake Hur. Buff. , Brnt. & Go.leh. 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 Juue,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) 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The Sri/AKER took the chair at, twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Frase:bugh Harbour, Great Northern Railway (Capital), and the Margate Water Bilis were read a third tine and passed. The Keith and Dotltown ILail.vay (No. 2), and the Mid-Sussex Railway Bill 4 were further considered, and order€d to be read a thirl time. The Islilgtou Parish Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY (BU.X.ION AND CLEE THORPES) BILL. Mr. C. FORSrER moved that the order that this bill be committed, be real aad discharged, and that the bill be withdrawn. Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions wore presented from Ireland in favour of the Te,:ant Right Bill ; in favour of medical reform ; ex en• sion of the jurisliction of the C )unty C•iurts ; for the repeal of ob4olete laws relating to newspapers, &c. BA.NKRUPTCYAND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) BILL. Toe house went into committee on thi3 bill, on the mot..;on of the ATTORNEY-GENERA.L for IRE LAND. Oa the Ist clause, Mr. MACARTN EY said that, as in a com tnittee of progress, he could not move the refer ence of this bill to a select committee, that its pecuniary and official clauses might be properly c msidered, he should men ly confine his remarks to Viose clauses, and at a future stage of the bill move their reference to a select commitAe for the object be had stated. The hon. gentleman, at some length, entered into the constitetioe of the present Bankruptcy and In solvent Courts in Ireland, and t' e number of judges and officers connected with them, and the salaries paid to them. The present bill contained 430 clauses. 30 of them referred to the constitution and pecuniary arrange ment of the new courts ; 4 to the stamp duties ; 271 to bankruptcy ; 72 to insolvency ; and 19 to joint bank ruptcy and insolvency administration. The clauses were mixed up in such a manner in the bill that they required the most serious consideration and attention of a select committee to put them in a shape to be properly and easily understood. He asked-the committee to suspend the consideration of the pecuniary and official clauses until after they had been considered attentively by a select committee. Tile honourable gentle man said that a looie system was adopted by the Treasury towards the Irish law courts, and referred to a charge of 37,0001. advanced by the Treasury, within two years, teevaids the payment of the Bankruptcy Compensation Fund, Chancery Compensation Fee Fund, and the Suitors' Joe Fund. Mr. VANCE alio urged various objections to the bill. Great inconvenience mnst result from combining bankruptcy and insolvency in the same court. He also objected the clauses putting the officers of the old court, who were capable of discharging their duties for many years to come, on the Treasury compensation scale, to their injury and the increase of charges on the public funds that would be occasioned thereby. Mr. \VHITESIDE was at a loss to understand why the distinction should be kept up between bankruptcy and insolvency. It inflicted great injustice on many, and he instanced the case of a gentleman who succeeded to an estate in Ireland, on which there were certain charges to some of which he made himself liable. He gave up everything. His estate was sold in the In cumbered Estates Court, and he was made an insolvent, the effect of which was that he was still liable, whereas if he bad been made a bankrupt he would have received his certificate and become a new man. (Hear, hear.) The learned gentleman also objected to the abolition and creation of so many law offie,s in Ireland, andisaid that he intended w move for a return of the number of persons capable of attending to business who had been compensated or pensioned by the Government to make room for new officers on every change that took place in the administration of the law in Ire land. He assured the committee that they would be astonished at the number of pensioned law-officers walking idly about the streets of Dublin who were in the prime of life and capable of discharging efficiently very important duties. This bill would add to the num ber. This bill if passed would entail great expense with out a corresponding benefit. Re concurred in the sug gestion that the bill should be referred to a select com mittee, as the result might tend to the improvement of the bankruptcy and insolvent law of England and Ire land, by abolishing the distinction that at present existed between the two. [LEFT SITTING.] LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--;This Day.) LONDON, Jane 16.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; strong breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, June 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Stag, from Youghal; Australia, Belize. Sailed—Falke, Phila delphia; Nile, Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, June 15.—Arrived—Sidney Trade, from Youghal PLYMOUTH, June 15.--Wind E.S.E.—.Arrived—Hurst, from Newcastle for Quebec. • MILFORD, June 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived---Vampire, from Swansea for the Cape of Good Hope, with a leak in the bows. SWANSEA, June 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Child, from Coquimbo; Balmoral, Bayonne. SHIELDS, June 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Chapman, from Iquiqui ; Harriet Sophia, Bayonne. SUNDERLAND, June 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Octa via, for Bombay. • HULL, June 15. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Pacific, from Manzanilla. OFF HURST CASTLE, June 16.—Colombo (s.), from Alex mdria. CLYDE, June 13.—Arrived—Sailed—William Sorlie, for Halifax, N.S.; Vasca de Gama (s.), Lisbon. CARDIFF, June 11.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Annette, for Ancona; Providence, Malta; Sloga, ditto; Nova Klas, ditto. BELFAST, June 15.—Arrived—Venilla, from Buenos Ayres. GLASGOW, June 15.—The Prince of Wales, from Trini dad to the Clyde, was spoken on the 21st May, in lat. 31. N., long. 56 W., making water, by the Copia, arrived in the Clyde. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind E., fine. Arrived—Barbara, from New Flarlingsea ; Fanny, Pre pont ; Clara, Sunderland ; Trio, Newcastle. Sailed—Le Coq, for Cherbourg ; Solida, Rio de Janeiro ; Saxon, Bristol. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Aurora , from Corisco; Gov. Langdon, Mobile; Chatsworth, Baltimore ; Betje Pronk, Rochefort ; Potosi, Arica ; Talaveri, Foo-Choo-Foo ; Florida, Savannah ; F. U., Plymouth. Sailed—ltalian , (s.s.), for Havre; Christine Matbilde, Konigsberg; Rembart, Rio Janeiro; Urania, Riga; Celerity, Labrador; Little Fred, Galatz. JAMES SADLEIR.—The estates of James Sadleir, situated in the counties of Waterford, Tipperary, and Limerick, are advertised for sale on Tuesday, the 7th of July next. The property is offered in three lots, the gross net rental of which is estimated at 1,2821. per annum. THE COMET.—A maid servant at Shields got a holi day, a few days ago, for the 13th of June, " that she maybe drowned by the comet beside her mother !" A thoughtful inhabitant of Cleadon has made a large chest of oak, in which he int, nds to shut himself up on Satur day, in order to be safe from the comet. A sly Liver pool tradesman, - whose stores are " under the office where everybody goes to get his weights stamped," writes an essay in the advertising columns of the local papers, demon-trating the danger of the " Milky Way" from the comet, and advising the public to lay in a stock of his butter "before the source is dried np."—Gates head Observer. A CENTENARIAN.—Laat week an old woman, named Christina M'Leod or Inkster, was examined as a wit ness in the Leith police court against a person for steal ing various articLs of clothing from her house. She stated that she was 100 years and five months old. Notwithstanding her extreme old age, she gave her evidence in a clear, lucid manner. She is in possession of all her bodily and mental faculties, and looks as if she might live 10 or 15 years longer. She states she was born in Orkney, where she resided till about 15 years ago, when she went to Leith ; that she was married when she was 24 years of age, and that she had seven children, all of whom are dead with the exception of one son, an of i man, living in Ca'thness. Her circum stances are not by any means good, her chief support being half--a-crown a week from the parochial board.— Northern Ensign THE NEW ZEALAND GOLDFIELDS.—Wssrs. Nichol. son and Ridings, of Nelson, New Zealand, in their gold circular, dated the 14th of March, say :—" From the date of our last circular (2&h . ult.) to the 10th inst. the produce of the Aorere goldfield is stated to be, at a moderate estimate, 150 ounces, of which over 50 ounces have reached N. laoo. The number of dig g ers at that date was about 1 50 , one-third of whom had very re cently arrived. The average yield per man, therefore, gives good wages, and we have not heard of a gold . field where success is more evenly distributed. Front 4 a gu ly on this side the great dividing range, and within a short distance of Motueka (a small settle mentw within 18 miles by water from the town) 18 pennyweights of gold have this week been received. This sample is rounder. than any other we have yet seen. It was in the neighbourhood of the place where this sample was found that, during last win ter, the first indications of the existence of gold in the province were met with. From the Takaka Valley, which is also on the east side of the range, a few grains of gold have been brought into town, and a party has gone out to prospect that country more fully. We have in these facts an evidence that the washings from both sides of the range, on the west at the Aorere, and on the east at the Takaka and Motneka, contain gold ; and this, taken in connexion with the highly auriferous appearance of the mountains, leads to the rea sonable presumption that the whole range will be found gold-producing. It may he taken as a very favourable indication that, the nearer to the high mountains the diggers proceed, the larger become the particles of gold. Some men have sold to our correspondent at the Aorere an ounce taken from a gully about two miles nearer to the range, about which he writes that it is quite a dif . ferent character of gold ; is a much larger grain, and darker in colour.'" On the 20th of the same month they supplement the following :—" The advices to-day from our goldfields we may briefly state to be that success had been during the past week very general among the 300 men engaged in digging, though some had been alto gether nnsuccessfuli and that the yield for the week was ever 200 ounces. Of this we have ourselves obtained more than one-half, but for the remainder cadre over bidden. Oar own purchases to date amount to 200 cz." HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord Belhaven, the Eta of Beverley, L ,- . , rd Crawford, the Earl of Gainsborougb, arid the Duke of Leedfl, took the oaths and their seats. SALE OF INDECENT BOOKS AND PICTURES. L CAMPBELL introduced a bill for the suppres sion of the sale of indecent books and pictures. The evil had so i: creased that the interiention of the lature .as imperatively called fr. The bin was trained on the same principles as the Betting House Act. It empowered the police to seize and carry off those abominable productions. The bill was read a first time. MINISTERS' MONEY. The Eail of DERBY gave no;,ice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill he should move that it be read a second time that day six mouths. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from certain parties in Ireland praying to be heard at the bar against this bill. IMPERIA lAMENT. WORKS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. In reply to the Earl of MALMESBURY, Earl GRANVILLE prom►-ed cern n returns relative to the works now going en in St. James's Park. The Earl of MAINIESBURI T said he wou'd be satiF fled if the returns were similar to those presented to the licuse of Commons. . The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from a per son named Moor , , who, in 1343, obtained the privilege of getting and manufacturing shale in the itiland of Portland, but in consequence of the Government works in that place he was deprived of a portion of his rights, and only received one third of the compensation to which be wa. entitled, and he therefore prayed for com pensation in full. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY denied the right of the petitioner to compensation. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord RED ESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—Chester Water, Isling ton Parisi), Great Western and Brentford Railway. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDA.LE, the following bills were read a third time and passed•—Smith's Divorce, Giustiniani Oath, and Guildford Water. Tne Earl of DONOUGIIHORE presented two peti tions from the Civil Servants against the Superannuation Act, one from the Department of the Board of Public Works Ireland, the other from the Receiver of the Irish Constabulary PRINCESS ROYAL'S ANNUITY BILL. On the motion of Eirl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a third time and passed. ROYAL HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. Lord TALBOT de NIALAHIDE presented a petition from the president and certain members of the Royal Hibernian Society complaining of mismanagement en the part of the late officers of the instititution. The petition was ordered to he on the table. THE CASE OF H. B. TOLLENIA.CLIE. Lora BROUGHAM moved that the petition of Henry Bertie Tollemache for leave to bring in a bill to declare his marriage with Amelia Madeline Louisa Sinclair, otherwise Tollemache, otherwise Power, to have been dissolved and made void froui the 31 July, 1841, be referred to a select committee. The motion wag agreed to. BURIAL GROUNDS. The Earl of FoßTESCUhpresented a petition from the burial board of St. Tnotnas's, Eziter, praying for an alteration of the liw respecting the closing of old burial grounds, and the consecration of new ones. The noble lord then entered at some length into the prayer of the petition. After a few words from Lord WENSLEYDALE, Lord CAMPBELL said he hoped that some steps would speedily bo taken to put an end to the distressing conflicts between the bishops and the burial boards. EAST INDIAN JUDICATURE. _ The MaT;isoiCLlNitiattnE, in moving for a copy of the minutes of the Lieut.-Governor of Bengal on the criminal administration of that country, and other papers on the same subject, took occasion to observe that the measures adopted by the East India Company were a mockery of justice, and tended only to secure delay. The Company's courts were objected to by the natives generally, and by Europeans specially. Many of the j Ages were notoriously unfit for their function. The directors were a fiction, which came between the Government and India, and alone saved the former from the' indignation of the c 'entry. The Duke of ARGYLL defended the Government Board of Control, and the directors, all of which he pro nounced to be excellent institutions, working well, and not to be disturbed by either complaints or clamour from those the noble lord represented. To administer justice in India was very difficult, and unless they could afford to draft English lawyers to India it mu,t continue so. It was their duty to see that justice was properly admi nistered, and they would do so to the utmost of their power. They were even now adopting measures for the purpose. Lord MONTEA.GLE said that was the old story, " wait, wait." Toe Government broke faith in 1833 with the people of India. Let Queen's judges be sent over as far as possible to the native courts. The Earl of ALBENIARLE would not present cer tain petitions on the subject at that tithe, as there were only two or three peers present. The Duke of ARGYLL consented to the production of the papers requested. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTRItDAY.) The SPELIEEIt took the Chair at four o'clock. NEW ME NIBERS. Mr. H, HERBERT, for Kerry, Mr. ALII&NDER, for Carlow, and Sir C. W. CODRINGTON, for East Glouces tershire, took the oaths and their 'eats. PRIVATE BILLS. The Glasgow City and Suburban Gas ; Landport and Southsea Improvement ; Lewes and Uckfield Railway ; Stratford•upon-Avon Railway, and the Wilmslow and Lawton Road bills were read a third time and passed. The Cardigan Markets and Improvement ; Ely Valley Railway, Fownhope and Holm° Lacy Bridge ; Lowes toft Water, Gas and Market • Mansfield and Worksop Road ; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, London and North-Western Railway, and Shropshire Canal Companies ; Weartnouth Bridge, Ferries, and Ap proaches ; Wimbledon and Dorking Railway, and the Mid-Sussex Railway Bills were further cons.dered and ordered to be read a third time. ANDOVER CANAL SALE BILL. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order, referring the Andover Canal Sale Bill to the general committee on railway and canal bills, as an opposed bill, be dis charged, and that the bill be withdrawn.--Agreed to. FINSBURY PARK BILL (No. 2), The SPEAKER announced that the standing order relative to the Finsbury Park Bill bad been complied with, and the bill was read a first time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of an equalisation of the poor rates throughout the Metropolis ; in favour of the Oaths Bill ; in favour of the Industrial Schools Bill ; in favour of Mr. lieadlam'a Medical Profession Bill, So. Col. FREESTUN presented petitions from the medi cal officers of the Ceroe, Rumford, King's Lynn, Brid port, Kingston, ilenstead, York, Woburn, Chelmsford, Weymouth, Ringwood, Taunton, Cleobury, Mortimer, Bedford, Tendring, Market Bosworth, Sakiberg, Mans field, Kid6ertninster, Regeley, Bothwell district of Ket tering, 4th District of Malmesbury, and Axminster, Poor law Unions, praying for redress of grievances. EDUCATION. Col. SYKES presented a petition from the Society of Arts, stating that it was the intention of the society to give a stimulus to adult examiners by offering certifi cates of examination, and praying for the assistance of the house in carrying out that object. The gallant colonel gave notice that on an early day he should call the attention of the house to the subject. GENERAL BEATSON. Col. FRENCH gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return of the expenses, &c , attending the inquiry on General Beatson. REGISTRATION OF NEWSPAPERS. Mr. AYRTON gave notice that on Tuesday, the 12th July he should move for a return relating to the case suomitted to the law officer of the Crown relative to the re g istration of newspapers, &o. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Lord NAAS gave notice that on Tuesday week he should move for leave to bring io a bill to repeal certain clauses of the Civil Service Superanuation Act of 1834. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. ESTCOUR I' moved for a return from t o he Sav ings' Banks in the United Kingdom, showing n how many days, if any, during the year ended the 20th day of November 185 1 3, the business of receiving deposits was transacted without the presence of a trustee or manager.—Agreed to. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. COLLINS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ihe would introduce into a schedule in the Savings Bank (No. 2) Bill, the regulations which he stated he had prepared for the future management of savings banks ; and, if not, before proceeding further with the bill, he would lay these regulations on ti,.e table of the house The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the regulations with reference to Savings Banks bad been prepared, and he was willing, if the hoc se desired, to append them as a schedule to the bill on the table. He ought to state that these regulations were pre pared with a view to banks not now in existence. To enable the measure to work in practice, h e thought it would be necessary not only to give the Go•vernment power to make alterations in these regulatio nu which experience might dictate, but also of adapting them to the circumstances of existing banks to be brough t under the present bill. He should therefore, by-and-by, move that the house go into committee- pro forma, to, enable the house to take the wbole into considerati , ?n at a future day. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government intended to intro duce a measure this session, to carry into effect the al terati ns in the Superannuation of the Civil Ser vice re commended by the commissioners in their reporli lately presented to this house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER laid that he bad nothing to add to the answer he gave a f sew days since to a similar question. (Laughter.) • •: • OitTllg BILL. • r. On the motion for the house going into oenimittt - e on I this bill, Sir F. THESIGEE and Mr. BENTINCK presented that when the noble lord at the head of the Government petitions against the bill. rose for the purpose of answering him, he would have The !Jou e then went into committee. ' exulained why it was that he objected to' the amend- On clause 1, substituting one oath fur the present ment. The noble lord ought perfectly to miderstand oaths of euprernaey and abjuration. that the r aeon why this amendment was proposed was Mr. DEASY moved th a t th e wor d s ecclesiast:cel or for the purpose of rendering the oath one which it was spiritual'' should be omitted, and the words " temporal possibl e f or R e m elt Catholic gentlemen to take. It was or civil" inserted. His object was to get rid of the die- quite clear that Roman Catholics did not deny that the tinctien that at present existed between the Rotnan Pope " has, or ought to have, jurisdiction, power, pre. Catholic and the Protestant members when they appeared eminence, and authority ecclesiastical and spiritual with at the table of that house. It was time to abolish the in this realm." Therefore, in order to have one form of necetsity of a•king every man who agreed in the broad , oath which the Roman Catholic might take as well as the principles; of Christianity to which church he belonged. Protestant, it was necessary to divest the oath of there The noble bed at the head of the Government had words, they being a recognition of the supremacy of the omitted two important passages from the Protestant ' Crown, which was denied by the Roman Catholic. Let oath, but retained them for those who belonged to the th em see what was involved in this question, which might Roman Oath lic Church, which was as offensive to one as to become a serious one. Mr. Roebuck said it was a lie to say the oth'r when it was considered they implied a rnis- i that the Pope has not spiritual jurisdiction within this trust of the loyalty and good faith of the It man Catho- realm, and he referred to a movement called papal ag lic member'. If this bill passed in its present shape it gression, by which some time ago the Pope endeavoured would amount to a legislative enactment that th e a lt er a - to parce l out t hi s ki ng d om i n t o bi s h o p r i os . N ow, h i s tin was unnecessarf - for Pr o te.tante, because it placed hen, and learned was entirely mistaken, as it appeared implicit faith and confidence in the loyalty and good i to him, in his understanding of the oath. In the first year faith of Protestants, but that it did not in those of of the reign of Queen E izabeth this oath was introduced Roman C a thol cs. H e res p ec tfully an d earnest'y j for the purpose of upholding the supremacy of the crown protested a g ainst arty such disti n ction between' and the act said it was introduced to the intent " that the members of the two churches, and he asked the Go• all usurped and foreign power and authority, dpiritaal vernment to place all on an equality of footing, and ex- and temporal, may for ever be extinguished, and never act from all who carne to that house one text and one used in this realm;" and then it enacted " that no foreign text only —that of promising allegiance to her Majesty power shall use, enjoy, or exercise any jurisdiction, and to continue it in the proper line f succession. The power, authority, pre-eminence, or privilege, spiritual or learned genilernan proccede tto argue that there was no- ecclesiastical, within this realm." There was the e xplicit thing to feet. from Rornati Catholics, and again loudly declaration of the supremacy of the Crown, not estate protested against the inklividioue distinct ion that fished for tee first time, because on the highest authority this bill would make between Roman Catholics he stated that was an essential point of the constitution of and Protestants, He (Mr. Deasy) thought the this country from the earliest times. But it was felt that clause relative to the act of settlement ought to be thereshould bean explieitdeclarationagainstthe innovatiesi struck cut of the Roman Catholic oath, as well as that of any foreign authority. Then fol owed theoath of supre part, having' reference te the English Church. The hon. macy, and treond up with that declaration of supremacy,if gentlemen, after referring to the objections that he might use such an expression, was the declaration were at first urged against the admission of Roman that the Queen was supreme in all spiritual as in tempo- Catholics to - Parliament, and the opinion of the late raj matters, and then it went on to state that " no fo- Sir R. Peel in favour of that privilege, said that reign prince bath or ought to have any power eeclesias the Parliament of that time did not understand tical or spiritual within this realm." Now, what was the or intend that the oath to be administered to Roman fair construction of an oath framed in that particular Catholic members was ever intended as a security manner at that particular time. Did it mean to say that against the E-tablishel Church. The Established de facto the Pope had no jurisdiction, pre-eminence, or Church had not derived any particular benefit or danger authority ; or did it declare, that according to the con as was anticipated from the Roman Catholics. The an- etitution be had no such authority ? Therefore; so far as ticipated dangers had proved visionary, and the for- his hon. and learned friend's coastructioa went, he was midable enemies of the Established Church in,. that happy to relieve his conscience, if he would be relieved house were not Roman Catholic members, who from the painful impression of having-sworn to a lie. were fe A in number, and weak in intelligence, (Laughter.) This declaration embodie I a principle that but the gentlemen who sat on the back benches, "no foreign prince or potentate was legal authority in this who were connected with England and Scot- realm." Mr, Deasy, without any explanation of his reit land, the representatives of Dissenters, the heredi- ions, proposed to omit the words "ecclesiastical or spi tary descendants of the Puritans, who opposed all ritual." He (Sir F. Thesiger)appealed to the Protestant Church endowments. No restrictions were taken metnbers of the house—not that he wished to excite any from them, and he saw no reason why they should be unpleasant religious feeling, but he appealed to them, as taken from Roman Catholic members, Toe real secu- be considered these declarations to be the keystoee of the city for the Established Church should be found in the arch of Protestant supremacy in this country—whether attachment of the people. The oath ought not to be kept they would allow it to be swept away. But that was not the as a trap for consciences or a topic of angry discussion, worst, because the bon. and learned gentleman proposed &c., but the Government ought to adopt one not merely to omit those words, but to insert the words of two courses, either by a legislative declaration, "temporal or civil." They would thereby virtually ad to define the sense in which the oath should be taken, mit that a foreign potentate had ecclesiastical and epi but he thought it would be a difficulty to get Parlia- ritual authority. (Hear.) In 1822, when it was proposed anent to agree on that, or to abrogate the oath altoge- to introduce the words " temporal or civil," Sir R. Peel ther, and put al: the members on the same footing. Ho said he would infinitely prefer that there should be no therefore asked the house to agree to his amendment, oath at all ; because it was impossible to admit those Lord PALMERSTON said that he hoped through- words without recognising spiritual authority. Teen, if out the discussion all would studiously avoid entering the Protestant was not disposed to give up this portion into religious disquisitions, such as had on former occa- of the oath which he must consider as of such great im sions attended debates of this character. (Hear.) He portance, was there any reason why the Roman Catholio considered it was desirable it practicable that there should should ask that the settlement of 1829 should be in the be but one oath to be taken by all the members of that stightest manner interfered with! It was perfectly clear house, and that there were parts of the Roman Catholic that that oath was one of the securities which were taken oath that ha lhe the power of altering he should not at the time, and Sir R. Peel said—" It is an oath to wish to retain. (Hear, hear.) The question was not which the Roman cathelice can have no valid or con whether the house should place the Roman Catholics in scientious objection, and which is as great a security as a different position from Protestants, but whether in an oath can give, that the difference in religious faith altering the oath as regards the latter, alteration should will not affect their allegiance to the King, or their caps• be made in the oath that would relieve the Jews, city for civil service." And the Roman Catholic arch and he submitted to the Roman Catholic mem- bishops and bishops in their pastoral letter, issued at that here that the course they were pursuing was not likely time, said, " Since we last addressed you a great and to obtain what they desired, and h e a pp ea l e d t o the m , beneficial and healing measure has been enacted by the whether it was worth their while to throw impediments legislature for your relief. We trust that your feelings in the way of the bill, and prevent its passing, because ou this subject are in unison with our own, and that a they could not obtain what they at present desired, steady attachment to the laws and constitution of your Without entering into a discussion of the particular country will be manifested in your conduct." So that at parts of the oath referred to, he based his opposition that time every one was satisfied with what was done. on the broad ground that it was mixing up in one discussion subjects very different in their nature. Any attempt to alter the Roman Catholic oath new would end in the fa lure of the measure under consideration, and he should therefore content himself with resting his opposition on the broad ground he had mentioned, and he hoped that the honourable and learned mem ber would not persevere in taking the sense of the house on this question ; but that should he feel it to be his duty to divide, he (Lord Palmerston) hoped the house would- not agree to the amendment. He, however, did not consider that hon. members if they voted against the amendment would be pledging them selves not to vote in favour of an alteration of the Roman Catholic oath if brought before the consideration of the Mr. H. DRUMMOND was of opinion that it was better to rely on the confidence of men than bind them by oaths. What the house had to prevent was the as- And when the president of the Board of Control at a sub sequent time proposed another furm of oath, the noble lord the member for London said he thought it not wise to disturb the settlement which after so touch considera tion had been come to. Now there was an assumption of ecclesiastic and spiritual, if not of temporal authority, in the endeavour that was made on the part of the P.=pe to divide this country into districts. It was quite true that the measure that was passed to prevent the aggression was not perfectly satisfactory, but it had some effect in checking that aggression. It they were to adopt this amendment it would be admitting the Pope was justified in that act of aggression. He objected to this amendment, in the first place, because it interfered with the supre macy of the Crown, in the next place, because it would amount to a virtual admission of the Pope's supremacy, and in the third place, because it would amount to a nano• tion of the aggression which the Pope had made. Mr. B. HOPE said he looked upon the claim of the sumption of temporal power by tie Roman Catholic priests, and he thought that was to be done by instruct iog the people. It was the duty of the Roman Catholic laity to teach the priests their duty, as much as it was the latter to teach the former. With the spread of the Bible he did not fear the assumption of temporal power by the present law. He thought this a fitting time to make the alteration asked. Jews as an abstract necessity, as a mathematical, so to speak, demand of justice. It was at no little sacrifice of feeling that he could not act with the hon. and learned member for Stamford on this occasion. He regarded the question in an aspect in which it had not been regarded by any member—an aspect in which, as an honest and sincere member of the Church of England, he had a right to regard it. "He must say the noble lord at the head of the Government had paid but a small compliment to the Protestants of England by requiring of members of the Established Church and the Jews one form of oath, and requiring of Roman Catholics another. It was like the inscription which used to be written over a certain door-- "A Jew, a Turk, an infidel, an atheist, May enter here, but not a papist." (Laughter.) The measure was a retrograde one--e re actionary measure from that Act of Toleration which in 1829 was extorted by fear and not conceded from con. viction ; for it was saying that if these Roman Catholics would not take the oaths thus octroye to then; they should not enter at all. (Hear.) If through the bill one or two Jews found their way into the house, it would be at the expense of an injury inflicted upon millions of their fellow-countrymen. The harm the bill would do, in short, would be greater than the benefit. It was op posed to civil freedom, and to that toleration which, all a churchman, he hal at heart. (Divide.) The cause of toleration would not profit by a bill which would only perpetuate religious animosities, and year after year taey must loos forward to a recurrence of similar questions. Mr. G. H. MOORE thought the very formidable dif ference of opinion which seemed to (-Kist between Mr. Roebuck and Sir F.Thesiger formed "a very pretty quarrel as it stood ;" and it ought to be a warning to hon. gen tlemen against being too dogmatic on the oath taken by others, when they were obliged to resort to such elabo rate casuistry to defend that taken by themselves. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the injury and insult which it was supposed would be inflicted on catholio members by having a special oath imposed on them—that affected him little. If Parliament in its wisdom decided that Jews and Protestants should mike use of one com mon formulary, and that another oath should be pro. vided for Catholics, they would accept the difference as a distinction. (" Hear," and a laugh.) In fact, the only favour that he was inclined to ask would be that the Catholics might be allowed still to use the words— which they did not consider A discredit to them—" on the true faith of a Christian." (Loud Opposition cheers.) With regard to that part of the oath about mental reser vation, tie had only to say, that if the house wished to put on record that it entertained suspicions with regard to the good faith and honour of their fellow-Christians, the oath, when it was read at the table, would be some thing of which the house, and not the Catholics, ought to be ashamed. (Cheers.) It was true that the mean ing and intent of the oath should be once for all set at rest ; so that when gentlemen had taken that oath ac cording to what they conceived to be its true significa tion, it should no longer be open to coarse-minded wen to impute to them an indifference to the obligations which they had imposed upon themselves. He was pre pared to prove that there was nothing in the Catholic oath which could restrain any hon. member from any legislative act which he conceived would be for the in terests of the people or the honotir of the crown. It might be true that the oath had been a matter of agree ment ; but the Catholic party to that agreement bad always understood it in a differentsense from that which had been placed upon it by the other side. The oath was exactly a t the Ala y s ns.o and dat asit taken wo b u y ld th b e e th a e b o s l u o rd gic t a o l students suppose that Catholic p riests were sworn not to oi e t h a ; weaken the Protestant re ligiun by the legitimate exercise of their functions, the inference must be that there was nothing in the oath of members to re strict them, in the discharge of their legislative capacity, from taking any course which they believed to be for the good of the community. (Bear.) s e long ago at 1834 cr 1835 Mr. O'Connell moved for a committee to inquire into the meaning of the oath, so that it would be seen that the Catholic party had never acquiesced in the in terpretation now sougbt to be placed upon it. (Hear.) He (Mr. Moore) had heard with surprise the speech of the noble lord at the head of the Government. Tao noble lord had not the excuse which might be pleaded by a weak ministry. He was at the head of a govern ment as strong as that of 1841, and yet he descended to the shifts of that of 1851. (Hear, hear.) He pro fessed to deal with a question in the spirit of a great statesman, but he really undertook it in the spirit of the smallest trickster. (Loud cheers.) He under • took a measure of religious liberty, and he endea voured to raise one class of his fellow -subjects against another, on the ground that it might facilitate matters in another place. He (Mr. Moore) believed that the Low Church bishop scheme would fail like the Darhaut Letter scheme had failed. While the noble lord was making arrangements with Lord Shaftesbury he might find himself arousing public opinion ; and he might yet live to be taught that it was not safe to rouse the ener gies of a compact body, which had never yet wanted the means of making itself formidable. (Laughter and cheers. Mr- ROEBUCK said that when a well-graced actor simulated a part, and so imitated truth as to wring from every one the acknowledgment how like the truth it was, they admired the actor and they felt wonder at the simu lation, but they were not taken in by the attempt. H e m i g ht bring to the recollection of his learned friend (Sir F. Thesiger) a circumstance which had occurred within his own knowledge. The hon. and learned gentleman would recollect that when an eminent Queen's Conned was desirous to be admitted a bencher of one of the Inns o EC.rurt, he was required to take an oath that the Pope had no eccle s i as tical or spiritual jurisdiction in these realms. Th a t eminent Queen's Counsel said be could not swear that, and the benchersdispeneed witlatbs oath.. (Hear.. The e cclesiastiast , ical jurisdiction of the rop.-in-th l / 4 se realms was a matttr of faot. trio the Mr. STAPLETON, though be agreed in the move ment, said h, did not consider the mode adopted as the right course to bo pursued to give Roman Catholics the relief required. He should be obliged to vote against the amendment. Mr. WALPOLE wished to say a few words in exela nation of his reasons for voting against the amendment. The bon. and learned member (tlr. Deasy) quoted a speech of the member for the University of Oxford that oaths should be short and simple. He was of that opi nion, and it was for that reason that he thought it a great improvement that they should have one oath sub• stituted for three. But they ought not to make this alte ration unless they retained in the one oath all the prin ciples that were previously contained in the three. Now the committee would bear with him for one moment and he wool I explain what he meant by that. The first oath was simply the oath of allegiance to the Queen—"l will bear true allegiance to her Majesty." That oath re mained fi r some time the only oath which was taken by members of parliament. In the course of time it was found that there were certain men who had a divided allegiance and the oath of supremacy was then introduced in order that there might be no mistake on this point, that no foreign prince or potentate, whether lie were lay or whether he were ece.esiastical, should have any authority in this realm. The principle there fore of the two oaths was undivided allegiance. Then they came to the third oath, which was introduced in the reign of William 111., because attacks bad been made on our liberties, which ended in the abdication of James 11. They then substituted a new form of oath, when they prescribed a new mode of descent of the Crown, deelering that the allegiance which was undivided by the two oaths should be to the Crown in the heirs of a particular person. The three principles therefore were allegiance, undivided allegiance, and allegiance according to act of Parliament. All these three principles were con• tained in the oath as proposed by the noble viscount, and for that reason he sustained the clause as far as it went. Being snore siinpleand more short, it would also be more solemn. Then it was proposed to alter the oath by the substitution of two adjectives for two other a jectives —for the words " ecclesiastical and spiritual" to substi tute " temporal or civil," and the noble lord only opposed thataniendinent because this was not the motueut inwhich the fern' of oath prescribed for the Roman Catholics — intended he must say as a security at the time—the noble lord only opposed it because this was not the mode and this was not the time in which that alteration should be made. The noble lord said they ought to deprecate any religious dissensi )n ; but, unless the noble lord's words were more guarded, he would promote a feeling in this country which was not favourable to the prevention of that religious dissension. For the sake of that religious peace which the noble lord recommended, he deprecated any alteration which might provoke religious dissension. He thought that this amendment would necessarily pro voke religions dissension, and for that reason he should vote against it. Lord PAL \IERSTON observed that the right hon. gentleman assumed that he rested his objection to the proposal simply on the ground boat this was not the time for making any alteration in the Roman Catholic oath, That was the sole ground on which he proposed to discuss and deal with the present motion ; but he distinctly said that he thought that ground broad enough for the present occasion, and that therefore he abstained from entering into discussion as to the merits of the Roman Catholic oath, with regard to which there were some parts which ke tbonght unneces sary, while there were others with regard to which he might entertain a different opinion. Mr. ROEBUCK said there was no doubt that an oath ought to be ehurt, but there was another qualification in an oath which the might lion. gentleman left out, and that was truth. Now, he wanted to know if the oath as prtor i posed was true. It said that " the Pope or any . b foreign potentate had no power or authority, eccl,eslaomttaicra.l or spiritual, in this realm." Now, was that true. seder.)Lle wanted to know if the Pope Idaha y P'""1 1 . d on in astical and spiritual in England ? wa s e . his that house, and he was called upon twenty:tims in it was a fact. life actually to swear to a lie. (A. laugh.) There was not a man in that house who did not know in tbat the Pope has spirit ual dominionthis country. Did he not parcel out this kingdom into bishoprics, and did they not pas s a law concerning his doing that which was no law , and which they dare not enforce against the authority of the Pope of Rome. Why they knew that at this very hour there were people in this t own who exer cised ecclesiastical dominion therein. More than that, the Pope of R .me had declared in favour of the doctrine of immaculate coeception, and did he not impose it on Cathol cc in this city Was not that spiri tual dominion ? If it were not, he wanted to know what was . Then he, knowing that the Pope exercised that dominion, was asked to swear that he did not. If he did swear that, was be not swearing to a lie, and to what he knew to be a lie! Inasmuch as he disliked that for mal mode of lying, he should vote for the amendment. Sir F. THESIGER said Mr. Roebuck had put a con struction upon this oath which had perfectly astonished him. His hon. and learned friend said any one who took that oak swore to a lie, his hon. and learned friend h to self having taken that oath. Nothing could be more satis factery than the mode in which Mr. Deasy had moved this amendment, and if he had any complaint to make against Lim it was that, having addressed himself to the various objections that recurred to him with re -gard- to the guenani .Catkelic oath s he never ence.att dresl:ei himself to his.own amendment. 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