The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-29 00:00:00

r.) [r. 3\lli; 'l7 yr A 7) 77 „ca, arm COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCZ, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Marktt yesterday mani fested a firm appearance, and prices were fully as dear for all descriptions. The sales were estimated •at 8,000 bales, 1,500 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, with very few tra•Jsactions, and prices Were without any material alteration. The effiux of bullion from the Bank of England continues, and during the last week upwards of 20 0,000/. has been withdrawn. This is a most un favourable movement ; but large amounts of specie are drily expected fcom Au , tralia, which may soon make up the deficiency thus produced. Yesto,rday further SU ID of 45, 000/. was sent a way for trans in issi to the Continent, where.supplies of silver are being obtained for the East. The Ovd-land Mail, now telegraphei, reports a slight advance in the rates of exchange in India and China, and this is likely to occasion increased shipments to those countries, but there is still every prospect of the recciFs of specie being Euffi zient to satisfy this demand and cave a small surplus for the Bank.. The alOrations in the exchanges will be seen by the following table : • _ . 'Last Mail. This Mail. s. d, s. d. F. d. a. d. Calcutta 2 1 to 2 14 2 21 to 2 2a Bombay 2 2 to 2 2;i 2 21 to 2 2 Hong Kong Shanghai The advicec state that money in India was be coming dearer, and trade, as might naturally be expected, was almost at a stand-still. Some persons seem disposed to view the intelligence in a favourable light, but the majority are disap pointed. The continental exchanges, yesterday afternoon, Were less satisfactory, the operations in silver hav ing had an unfavourable influence. The demand for discount accommodation has increased, and full rates are now, in almost all cases, exacted for the negotiation of commercial . Paper. This revived pressure, however, likely to be only temporary ; and as soon as the pay ments of the 4th are completed , s ome relief will no doubt be experienced. Besides the preparations for the engagements then maturing, the arrange ments connected with the harvest also give ex tended employment to capital. In consequence of the advices by the Overland Mail tea is.held for Id. per lb. advance, and salt petre has risen Is. 6d. to 2s. per cwt. The advices from India being considered rather more encouraging, the fall in the Funds has been arrested. Some of the speculators for a decline have realised, and prices are firmer. Increased confidence is apparent, and an early settlement of the insurrection is calculated upon, but when the mail is delivered it is not improbable that the intelligence may be deemed more unsatisfactory. A Very large amount of stuck liras been sold of late, and there is consequently a slight pause, as the Indian news has been " discounted." Consols for transfer have been 90i 91, and 911, while for ac count they have been 91A-1. The present quota tions are 91i for money, and 911 for the account. The New 3 per Cents. have be,n. 912- 4 1 , and the Reduced 911 -R. Exchequer Bills continue to im prove, and they are now quoted 2s. to ls. dis count. The Bonds are 98i, and India Bonds 98g. Foreign Stocks are generally firmer, but there is 13 ° animation. Turkish 6 per Cents. have recovered to 9 41 95, and the 4 per Cents. are at a small improvement. Sardinian Bonds are 89 to 892. ; do. Deferred 25 • Dutch 4 per Cents., 98 ; and Mexican, 22 , 1. Peruvian 41 per Cents. brought and do. 3 per Cents. 55i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexic)ari, 2 „ 2 141; Peruvian, 81 2 ; ditto 3 per Cen ts . , 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5 ; Russian 5 Per Cants., 110 12 ; ditto 48 per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 2 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 5g ; ditto Passive, 51 2-. A moderate business has been done in the Rail way Share Market, and prices, in most instances, have shown an upward tendency ; the charges, also, for "carrying over" to the next account are easy. Caledonian, Great-Western, Great-Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, advanced ss. ; and South-Western and South-Eastern, 15s. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), and North-Eastern (York), were flat, and declined about 10s. to 15s. In the French lines no business was reported, and quotations are nominal ; the Canadian are inactive, at about previous rates. East Indian are steady. Mining Shares have shown very little activity. Par Consols are at 20, and Vale of Towy, Join-Stock Bank Shares slew but little variation from previous values. London Joint-Stock have advanced about 10s. City, Bank, English, Scot tish, Australian Charter,d, and London Chartered of lustralia, were at previous prices. The values of Miscellaneous Shares have rather improved. Peninsular and Oriental Steam have Inaproved 11. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (from the Official List:) . Business dote. ° Per Cent. Reduced Annuities !per Cent. Consols AnunitieF c.,0- lh ie w 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 li i A I ' - °''6 Annuities ex ire stti Jan. 1860... La, Bonds, P- 23 d 1:10uu .......... ......... C .1801 s tor I.ccount Etehequer BMu s 20. giOUO .. 2 1 d 4:," Smell 1 d par I d Vxellequer boudb, 1858, 3t per Cent — Duo, 159 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent 22k Peravian Bonds, 4i per Cent Bli Ditto 3 per Cent. • ssi Rirdini an Bonds, 5 per Cent. 13 1 ), T)IF h Bouds, 3 pe • {'nut. Ditto New Deferred, 3 rer Cen'. Torkieh Bonds, 6 per cent 94; i Ditto Account 944 5 Dividends on the above payable ir , c , .,,,,cn. latch Exlhange, 24 per Cenl., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ... TWO O'CLOCK. 91 k 9.11 i `ti: Consols, money Consols for Account The Jupiter has arrived from Hong Kong. Mr. Rose, of Canada, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colonial-office. A marble monument to the memory of Sir John Campbell, who was killed at the storming of the Redan, was landed at Southampton last week from Rome. It is still thought that the Ripon, on the 4th August, will take out about one million sterling in silver, the sum engaged being about 9 00,000/. Of the 61,3001. in specie brought by the Niagara from New York only about 12,0001. came to London. This amount was at once taken , for remittance .fo the Con tinent. The report of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Com pany shows that the progress of the works is encourag ing. The growth of colza on the Bath polder has yielded a profit which, it is stated, jaFtifies favourable expecta tions. Further acquisitions of land have been made, in cluding, in one case, 1,760 acres. THE OYSTER FISHERIES.—Copies of directions given for giving effect to certain roles or ble-laws made by the Committee of Council for Trade on the 21st of May last, respecting the oyster fisheries in the seas between the British islands and France, and on all parts of the coast of Great Britain within the British fishery limits have been laid on the table of the House of Commons and printed. The proSpectus has been issued of the Westminster Palace Hotel Company, with a capital of 100,000/.ln 101. shares. The site is a plot of ground close to the Abbey in Victoria-street, and the promoters point to the advantages to be derived from its proximity to the Houses of Parliament and the courts of law. The building is to comprise 200 sleeping•raorns. PRICE OF GOLD —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 11 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3 .loths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4224 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per 11. Sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on L.whieondh,on for bil!s at scr- days' sight is 1094 per cen t. when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is about at par ; and, after rsaking allowance for charges of traue. port and difference of , nterest, the present rate leaves Scarcely any profit on th e i mportat i on o f go ld f rom th e Alted States. rHE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EV JULY 29, 185 7, _ _ _ OHAIE IYIAPKLTS—Ihis Day.) thr. talcl I IZAILWAYB. . 1 ?! 10 kmbg. Nottng. Bost.l & Eastn. June i 0 • all Belfast & Ballymena .3i all Btrrong. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ;t, XlOO Birkenhd. Laucsh. & 1 Cheshire Junct 05 all ;Blackburn 25 all IBlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) St. 1100 ,Bristol & Exeter St. 1100 Caledonian. 'St. 1100 ;Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all 'Cork, Black. & Pass 20 all I Cornwall 10 all 10 8 Do. B ........ 50 45 , Dublin&BelfastJunc. 25 all ; Dun. P. &Aber. June. := l t. 1100 ;East Anzlio.n 20 1 all 'Eastern Counties St. ;100 iEasternUnion,A.stk St. ,100 ;Do., do. B. ..... 25 81 IDo. New A ......••• ••• 25 ll:3 l East Kent ...,.....•. St. 100 ;East Lancashire ... 20 all ct Suffolk •..••• 10 ; 4 1 Do. St.lloo ;Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 all lEdinb. and Peebles._ t. ,100 l Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 0 all Forth and Clyde June. St. 1100 ;Furness ....... St. 1 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 1 all Great N. of Scotland St. 1 100 ,Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock st. , 100 , Do., B. Stock St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) St. 1100 , Great Western. St. 1100 Do. Str.V.R. gua. St 12 all Irish Sonth-Eastern. 5C all ;Lancaster & Carlisle. 161; 141, Do., Thirds ... 16i 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., de. F £l6 3 1 Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 all Do. Southport. 1.11 all London & Blackwall St. 1100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst., St. 1100 London &N. 'Western' 20 all Do. Fifths .. . 10 l all Do 1Gi.5it.,M&8...0 12! 5 Do. Eighths St. 1(10 London & S. Western 1 125 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine 25 all Lndndrl7. & Ennisk. St. ;100 Manch . Shef. &Lincln. .0 I 1 Metropolitan .0 I 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ..... ' Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock .. Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock . Ristern Berwick ,Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North Loudon N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn,. 'North Staffordshire INorth Western ;N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn . St 'Shropshire Union ISitingborume &Sheer 'South Devon ,South Ea5tern......... ; Do. 4i per:. Shares South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun 0 10 IDo .................... . 10 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 5 all ,Stockton & Darling.. 5 15 ' Do. do., 1854 ;5 5 Do. do., 18N5 161 Stockton & Hartlepl It. 1 100 ,Taff Vale it. 100 'Do. Pref., No. 15 22 'Thames Hay. D. &R. 9 all •Vale of Neath 9 all ;Waterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all IWaterford&Limeri ck 20 all , West Cornwall 10 all ,West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all 1 Do. A 5 all • Do. B 20 all ;West London 10 all I Do. First Class 20 all I Do. Second Class 10 all 'Winbledon &Croydon, it. 100 it. 100 all ;5 ; all 'si all 20 all St. 100 50 33 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 11 50 all St LOO St. LOO 10 31.1 20i 17A 20 ; all 10 all St. ,100 !O 16 [0 10 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 1.0 6 i 0 all 100 .0 all it. 100 !O all 100 all 18 9 Atlan. and St. Law. ) Bombay, B troda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 p.c. to. ; Buffalo tit Lake Hur. IBnff. , Brnt. & God ch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 1 Calcutta and S. East. 8 all oi, 10:1 10 100 )0 100 0 100 ;0 2s. 20 2s6d Central Onde (Lim.) 20 I.os Ceylon A shares 20 1 Do. B. do. 174 all Demerara . 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian 20 15 Do. C Shares .00 all D o .44 p. c.Bnds. ,'57 .00 all Do. do. do., '59, do. 20 all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. 204 all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 204 304 Do. New 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 100 all Do. do., '76, p. 100 all Do. do., '73, do 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten. 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 20 ss. Onde (Limited) 20 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 20 all Do Antwrp &Rotterdam Ardennes... Belgian East. Junet Be ziers to Graissessac Carmeauxei Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian 'Lucca di Pist.sP.c4 , . Lyons and Geneva Lyons & biediterran Maria Antmla. Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk.Prel Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife di San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. LO 7 Rem and Frismti 20 all Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish 20 Pall Sambre and Mouse 10 all Do. 5i per cent. prof 20 all Southern of Franco 83 all IWest Flanders 10 all \Do. 5)5 per c. Pref . 20 all W. &N -. .W. of France 20 6 ; Western of Austria... 20 all West. Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden . ........... 6 all I Do. Bp. cent. prof. 20 1 all Zealand ......... .... FOR 10 all 20 18 5 all 20 16 6 all O 12 O all 53 all 2s. O 18 ;0 all LC 4 .V) all 10 all 5 all O all :0 all 13i all [0 all !O all !O all L 6 all LO all 10 all 10 all JOINT-S' all (Australasia _ lsi Bank of Egypt ****** 50 Bank of London all ',Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co all British N. American 8 C. Bk .of Ind. Au. &Ch 50 City 25 'Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all :Eng.Scot.daus.Cht all Lon. Ch . Bk.of Aust. all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lud.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 (London Joint Stock 20 I Lond.andWestminst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do. New ............... 224 National Bank . all - New South Wales .... all Oriental Bank Corp. 1 15 Ottoman Bank ...... .15 Provinc al of Ireland 100 40 50 50 20 25 20 'CO 10 ' all Do. New 5 1 R. Aus. B. &G. Im.Co 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia ... 26 Do. New 60 10 Union of London DI) 50 Unity Ilutual„.. . 2 100 60 lyesgaik vfLolid , _ _ RAILWAYS. 54 - 5? 8 - 9 G 9 - 71 8 - 8i 91 - 931 75,i - 751, 35A - 3631 4 - 5 7 d 96 98 62 - 63 4 - 34& 66 -101 8 - 9 97 - 98 91 - 93 120 - 122 103 - 105 63 - 634 63 - 65 70 74 6 8 r 6 8 n 1100 100 1 4 6g - ,111 - 113 1102 - 103 - - 100 tik : :63, 83 - - 55t1 fi - ii 63 - 65 3i - 31 , i 45 - 46 92A 933 23 - 21 1/d 43. —44 A 75 76 97 99 4#- 4 - 8' 10_ - 10 34 - 35 6 - loi 106 25 26 49 50 3 2 d 17 18 74 75 - 9 3 5 4k i 5i 4Ad 9 11 41. 43 211 - 22 4 3/ - 4i 7 - 9 3 -3? ) - , . ..."' ... BRITISH POSSESSIONS. id— Far **6 188 - 92 85 - 90 85 - 90 ... ... 11 - - li r A - I 99 100 i d - - par, lyi -20 i 53 -- 55 87A -8 8 i 19 i --20 Id -- par 211 -- 211 . -- 12 99 -- 101 109 -- 113 109 -- 113 107 109 18 19 19 20 1 3 d ••• - ••• - 1p IIGN. s#— •• ...- ••• ii - 3. 1001 63 a 100 i 431 i 831 a 414 76 5i 74i 5 - 5 4 - 26i - 27 par iP 23i 24 7i 8 _ ~41 - 4;'l :2 . 6 = i'7 .74_ -i 19i -- 20 32i -3 3 i 84 -- 9A 54i 56 --5 S 3i f 21i d~ • ••• 16 - 18 - 1 7i - 8 8 - 261 - 27 - 5 8t - 28 - 11 BANKS. 89 - 91 2 - 11 45 - 47 &I - 66 18 - 17; - 16- 46 4i 34 36 par -- 13, ..• ••• 324 - 33: 54 - - 6 - 7 ••• I ...d is •-• ld Clnsin2 reee, Business done yeAerdey this day. 75i i 97i i 92 103 i i 931 i 21 3 5 Paid! RAILWAYS. 100 Buckghanish 100 Jr. all ICOI. Sto Vy. 100 V.Lin.g.Gp. all B. Un. H. Sh. 100 :Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 101 Do. New all . Glstr.kDn.Fr all Bull & Selby. all Do. A Shares. all Do. Shares. all n. Greenw . all Do.Preferenee 100 Lon. Til., &S. 7i 'Do. Bark . Sh.' all iNtanch.Baton. ,i and Matlock 100 .11d1d. Bradfd. 61; 5.4 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. 50 j all ;N. tit Est.s p.c. 50 I all :Do. 6 per ct 50 , all ; Do. Fixed sp. c 25 ; all ! Prost. &11/yr,- 12 ; :! 2 ; all Do. z Shrs. t► St. 100 Roystn.&llit. 10 ; all jShrews.S,r, Tier 12 all ;S. Staffordsh 50 ; all ;WearVal.g6pc 25 ;all ;Do St. 100 !WiltsdiSmarst; Leasing Companies Ln. &N. W. E.U. &E.O Gt.Nortla E. Count. Cald.onian. qt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co ! Do Ln. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do Do Do j L. &1\ . W Do Gt.Northu T. Brassoy! M. MCloan' Stk. &Dar Do Gt. Westn• ciesinv: Prices yester:lay 91 - 93 11 - 1.3 133 --- 135 -4. j liiia = iiii 12 —12 i —23 i 100 102 id A P - 90 - 92 ii 55 - 57 liii - 133 8 - 8i 9 -9. j 32 : 3 . 1 89 - 91 PREFERENCE SITAR: Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issel. at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p.c. it. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 41 p. c Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork Sr, Baudons ip .0 Dun.Perth.SrAber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.eNo. l Do. No. 2 ...... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 pets E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. do 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Seot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt.W.( B. drll.Ex.spe Do. con. red. 41 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Lon. & 13. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares Londy. dr Color. aSh Londy. &Ennis. 2 Sh M., S.,&L. 613. Cent Do. do. do. L 6 ... Do. do. n per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Consol. 6p. c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. L. la H. Pref. St New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et Norfk. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh 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 IDo. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H.& S. Pur !North Staffordshire Ox., Wor, & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar IDo. 6 p. c. 2d guar IScot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N. E. AU er..3•.6p .c 'Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent R. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. CI p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock, & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 iWaterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. - 91 -- 97 BRITIS H . . 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.; 17 18 20 14 British Iron .. . 6— 7 1 ! 20 Condurow (Catn . brn.) 130 140 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 410 450 ... 14s Great South Tolgus 15 17 ... 1113 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 8 •• • 7 Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) 35 4. ... 13s Lady Bertha ••• 75 N. Frances (Mogan) 10 12 ... ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 3 ‘-- ... 15 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 19 —• 21 20 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 5 6 ... Gs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 25 2a ... 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 315 325 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 5 7 ... 19 S.W. Frances(lllomn. n 5 --28 5 5 45 Tam. S. & L.M.in.Co. 11 15 10 9 Tin Croft 3i 4i ... 40 Un. Minen (Gwennap) . : ••• „ ... 1256 V. of T owey (C amar .) . 5 i •.. 14 W. B asse t (Illogan) 26 8 •.. 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 120 13 0 ••• 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 230 250 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 300 310 i ... 55 Wh. Ed war d(C a l s t c k 55 6 ... 1178 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 20 21 .._ 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht. 46 •—• 48 45 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 .. 26 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at L 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada • • • 20 15 Do. St. J o h n D e l Rey 1.1 . • 13 1 5 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica — ...d 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1a Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada s li 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Sm' 5 7 5 1 Port Philip — ... 30 16; Santiago de Cuba 1 all -3outh Autstralian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref . . ... 284 all United Mexican .3- 33 MISCEL. Australian Agricult. Australn, Royal Mail 'Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada Do. Go. 6pc. Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Fcb.SrAng. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.Stbept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7g p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France D Liston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel.l En. &Aust. Cop .SmCo Eur. & 1nd...T0t% Tel. 1 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat.' London Discount ... Lond. Gen, Omnibus' Magdalena St. Navig. gediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Americal Nat. Discount C0....1 Do. New 100 all all 10s. 100 all all 1 all 10s. all ,all Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do.B p.c.PLiss.at 1d 1 —3t Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 N. S. W. Gov.s p.c.D. 97 9 N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropoSteam 8i Oriental Gas 'Do New Shares, Ad •••••• i p Peelßr. Ld. di Minrl li Peninsulari& Oriental , 68 •••- 70 Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New 6 8 Royal Alan Steam 59 .--. 61 Scot. Austral. Invest ll Do. New S.Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Van Tru D s.Linerae . Co n's U LAlld. Up. Can. 33 - 35 1 - 1 ••4 11 12 .ANEOUS. 21 - 23 - 1 138 142 1113 - 114 30 - 35 21 26 - lA 4i 5A 99 7_ foi - i R ij la liti 3 3i lf - 1 ••• .. tiusiness this day GOODWOOD RAGES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPII.) LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 1 agst Hobgoblin 7 to 1 agst Fisherman 10 to 1 agst Bazfleur 10 to 1 agst Martinet 12 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-Hand 12 to 1 agst Somerset 16 to 1 agst Van Dunok 16 to 1 agst Homily 25 to 1 apt Potocki 25 to 1 agst Gunboat IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. DROGHEDA ELECTION COMMITTEE. Thu members of the committee appointed to try the election returns fur Drogheda, we7e called t) the tab!e and sworn. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM . presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool in favour of the establishment of Courts of Reconciliation, whereby a great amount of litigation might be prevented. FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this bill, which had for its object the protection of parties against fraudulent trustees. The pre sent State of the law absolutely called for "amend ment, and to remedy the defect, the bill now before their lordships had been framed. By the Ist clause of this bill, any trustee entrusted with funds for the benefit of another, attempting to make use of such money for his own personal benefit would be deemed guilty of mi-demeanour, and he apprehended there would be no difficulty in carrying that enactment into operation. But a clause had been introduced into the bill in the other house which would require great con sideration, namely, the previous sanction of a judge or the Attorney-General shoul I be obtained before the prosecution should take place. The bill also provided a remedy for malversation of the funds of public companies by the directors, who, by a clause in this bill, were made criminally liable for any misappropriation of the money of such companies. He bad no objection to the sanctio❑ of the judge having to he obtained before. He thought the bill would be improved if the Attorney-General's was only to be obtained. The noble lord having explained the other clauses, sail he thought great good would low the passing of the bill. Lord ST. LEONARDS said he did not rise to op pose the bill. He was, however, afraid that, owing to the wording of the bill at present before the house, innocent persons might, under certain circum stances, become liable to prosecution under its provi sions. The bill that he had hid upon the table would go far to correct the evil, but he trusted that some means would be found to prot-,ct the honest trustee in the discharge of his duty. Lord BROUGHAM supported the bill, which he said went far to provide a remedy for a defect in the law at present very 1 ,udly complained of. Lord WENSLEYDALE would net oppose the second reading, but he trusted several amendments would be made in committee. The bill was read a second time. PRISONER'S REMOVAL BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Reformatory Institutions Bill, and the Banking Bill were read a second time. • THE MILITIA SUSPENSION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Tao Earl cf ELLENBOROUGH suggested the pro priety, in the present state of Indian affairs, of postpon ing the bill for suwending the ballot. Lord PANMURE said the ballot would not be neces eary even if more troops were required, and in the worst event that could happen, the Government could always depend upon the loyalty of the people to raise a large force in a short time. Lord DUNGANNON expressed a doubt on that point, so tar as Ireland was concerned, owing to the treatment the militia there had experienced from the Government. 'The bill then passed through committee. DISTRIBUTION OF PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. The Duke of NEWCASTLE called attention to the expediency of distributing selections from the published parliamentary papers gratuitously among the various public libraries and literary institutions in the kingdom. The Duke of ARGYLL thought the subject deserved consideration. Lord REDESDALE said the papers °mild always be obtained, if required, at a very small charge. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said the Board always sent the most important papers to the different Chambers of Commerce. Lord DUNGANNON and Lord TALBOT DE MA LAHIDE expressed themselves in favour of the sugges tion, and the subject dropped. THE PETTY SESSIONS ACTS IN IRELAND. In reply to Lord DUNGANNON, The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Attorney- General for Ireland was considering a measure for assi milating the law of England and Ireland with respect to petty sessions. PUBLIC BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE it was ordered that no bill should be read a second time in that house after the 7th of August, with the exception of bills of pressing emergency. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAK/en took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords Amendments to the Blyth and Tyne Rail way, Metropolitan New Streets and Improvements, Stratford upon Avou Railway, and Manchester Cor- , poration bills were considered and agreed to. DOVER ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that the petition against the return for the borough of Dover had been withdrawn. • BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir G. GREY said it was desirable that he should then state the objects of this bill. The Board of Health possessed permanent powers under several Acts of Parliament. The first was the Board of Health Act of 1848, and the other the Nuisances Removal and Dis eases Prevention Acts of 1848 and 1854, and special powers by order in council on the sudden appearance of epidemic in this country, and though permanent Powers were created by these acts, Parliament only granted a temporary authority by which their provisions could be carried out. Last year the present Board of Health was continued till the 29th July, or the end of the next session of Parliament, when it would expire, so that without some provision were made the present act would expire next year as a matter of course. It was, therefore, necessary to make provision this session for the continuance of the authority of the Board of Health, whose powers had been beneficially applied to many parts of the country. The Government in considering this question had come to the determination that it was not desirable to con tinue the present distinct and separate - department of the Board of Healtb, with a president at its head, with a seat in that house, but to transfer its powers to the President and Committee of the Council on E,lnca tion. This proceeding would be an economical one, whilst it would secure the present efficiency of the board's operation, and as the President of the Council had a seat in that house, it would still give to Parlia ment that responsibility which hon. members were so desirous of seeiug continued, and were unwilling to part with. By the proposed change there would be a considerable saving, because the President, his Private Secretary and other officers would be reduced, and it was hoped that when these departments were united, it would be possible still further to reduce the expense of the Board. The arrangement was one cal culated to meet the views of the House on the ground of economy, and providing at least as efficient superinten dence of the machinery of the Board of Works as at pre sent existed. The Government had intended to introduce a bill to amend the act of 1848, but circumstances pre vented, for thissession, that desirable object. He proposed now to make this a temporary measure instead •f a per manent one, and he asked for the continuance of the power of the Board of Health for a year longer, or till the end of the next session of parliament after its pas sing. That would give the house an opportunity for considering and determining on next session the proposed permanent measure of the government on this subject. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. KNIGHT moved that the bit be considered that day six months. Sir J. PECHELL and Mr. PALK opposed the bill. Mr. CO\VPER defended the proceedings of the Board of Health, and also the conduct of the Govern ment in reference to legislation on this subject. He expressed his regret th a t th ere did not ex i s t so much interest in that house on sanitary matters as was to he found in the country. The advantage of the General Board of Health Act was that where inhabitants were ill-governed, or notorious jobbing was practised by the local representative governments, the inhabitants were able to call on the Central Board for protection. The right hon. gentleman quoted a number of figures, and also read an extract from the Registrar General's report to show that since the passing of the Board of Health Act mortality had greatly decreased in those places where the provisions of the Act had been put in opera time He expressed his surprise that hon. members should be found to oppose the continuance of a measure that had produced such beneficial results, amongst which was the better supply of water to populous towns. By the operations of this Act, London had now as pure a supply of water as he thought it was possible to obtain. It was necessary for the wants of the country, and to meet the requirements of the advancement of civilization in which we were em barked, that a Sanitary Board should exist. Sir GEORGE GREY said that as the opposition to the Bili appeared to be against its continuance, for what was said would extend to a period of two years, he was ready to alter his proposition, and fix its continuance mad. the Ist of September, 185 S : or if the House pre ferred it, he would propose the continuance of the pre sent act till that period. He thought the former course the best, because by transferring the duties of the Board of Health under this bill to the Council of Edu cation a saving of 3,0001. or 4,0001. would be effected. (Hear.) Mr. AYRTON contended that bad local self-govern. ment was better than the best central government that could be found. He thought that their legislation on this subject was going beyond the most objectionable system of foreign goverments of centralL=Ation. Go vernment appeared, in reference to the Board of Health MILITARYEDUCATION. question, to look upon the people of thiS country as an aggregate of children who req uired their food, physic, water, ventilation, even wa rmth, smoke, and Sir DE LACY EVENS, pursuant to notice pro cleanliness to be watched over. H e de p recated this in ceeded to bring forward his r eso l u ti on sugges ti ng a hi g h er t er 'erence of the Government in the ordinar y actions of life, which, he said, was repugnant to the feelings ot the standard of professi ona l i ns t ruct i on and a more comp l ete people. By continuing the pre sent act till Sept., 1858, provision for it than has heretofore obtained for officers the whole subject would be left o p en for discussion next in the army, and es p ec i a ll y th e sta ff . H e sa id th e s ubject session. It might be continued at as little expense as wasone to which public attention had been directed under the bill before the house. Sir W. HEITHCO TE ur g ed on the Government within the la s t f ew years by a remarkable concurrence to propose the continuance of the present act, because of circumstances, among which were the reports of the house ought not to be sailed on to acquiesce on committees of that House, a very important one espe the transfer of the power of the General Board of Health cially drawn up by the commissioners appointed by the to the Privy Council, which was looked upon by the house as the most objectionable part of the proposed Secretary for War, and the very able speech made in change in reference to this Board. that House last session by the right hon. gentleman the Mr. T. DITSCOMBE objected to the proposition o f member for South \Vilts (11r. Sidney Herbert). He the Home Secretary, from the belief that legislation ventured to think, however, that some other means were Mr. WILSON, in reply to Mr. BULLER, said, con sidering the state of the public business and the advanced period of the session, it was impossible that the bill relating to the conveyance of mails by railway could be properly discussed before the session terminated with any hope of its being passed into a law, and, under these circumstances, it was not his intention to proceed further with the second reading of the bill, but he would take an early opportunity of re-introducing it next session. He should therefore moved that the order for its second reading be discharged. The motion was agreed to. THE COMING INDIAN MAIL. Mr. ENVART said, seeing the noble lord at the bead of the Government in his place, he asked him whether any intelligence bad been received by Her Majesty, s Government from India in the course of the day. Lord PALMERSTON—The only intelligence which t has been received officially by her Majesty government is is from Trieste, and the intelligence is that th f e k in sight, and is expected in the. course of an That was at 10 o'clock this morning. I have telegraphicindividual, t t u tn e d s s sge whichw Ifisc supposedhas Ue troe.c haveetved bycao come privatee from received v i is a d u n t o h entic informationo or ot. Turin, but ' I don't however, e w r l:e b t a b v e e r . Tae Government, except that which I have mentioned. The probability is, that as the packet was off Trieste at 10 o'clock this morning, we shall in a very short time have some official intelligence from that place. REVISION OF THE LITURGY. Lord R. GROSVENOR postponed for this session, on the grcund of i ndis p osition, hi s motion for a corn!. m i ss i on for the purpose of considering whether the Liturgy of the Church of England is capable of modifi cation. necessary for securing the object which that right lion. gentleman and himself had in view, and it Was to that end that he bad to submit to the House a resolution which he trusted would meet with the sanction of the, Government. He hoped, indeed, that it would be re ceived by the Government in the Rams spirit as the somewhat kindred proposal made recently by the noble lord the member for the West Riding (Lord Goderich) with respect to the civil service had been entertained by them, believing, as he did, that its adoption, like that of the motion of the noble lord, would strengthin the hands of the Government. He might remind the- Howe that in 1799 a staff college was first formed in this country, and that it rendered important services- to the army of that day ; but aft, r the termination- of the Peninsular war the institution was reduced from year to year until it ceased to possess the means of impatting. instruction to anything like the extent which it had originally done. In 1832 all Parliamentary aid wee withdrawn from the college, and be believed the Under- ~ Secretary for War recently stated in the house ,tbat, during the last two or three years scaroely a single offi cer had presented himself for admission into it. There might perhaps have been some half-deem who had rs••• ceived instruction in the institutions in that time ; hut he was not sure about that. At all events, he thought that was a state of things which ought not to exist. There ems evidence in reports which had been laid be fore both Houses of Parliament that Austria, Franoc, Prussia, and other military nations applied money to the purpose. The United States, finding in 1814 that their officers were singularly wanting in knowledg3, and they had probably suffered some defeats in consequerce, established a mili tary school at West Point oa a very extensive scale, and he believed that West Point College was adopted to the plan, as near as possible, of the Ecole Polyteoheique of France, though perhaps not so exclusively military in its object. He would quote, as an authority upon the necessity of military education of a high standard, Frederick the Great, in whose memoirs, after the seven year:' war, he found this passage : " The army has made numerous campaigns, but the quar termaster -general was often in want of good officers for his department. The King wished to form a corps of such officers. and selected 12 individuals, who already possessed some slight acquaintance with engineer duties, for the pur pose of instructing them himself. With this view they were made to sketch country, mark off camps, fortify villages, in trench heights, construct stockades, regulate columns of march, and, above all, to try the nature of marshes and the depth of streams themselves, that they might net be deceived by the negligence of others, and cause an army to depend upon the defensive support of a fordable river, or of a marsh which infantry could cross without being ancle deep.", Sir Howard Douglas, one of the most competent, ex perienced, and scientific of our officers, gave most im portant evidence before the committee of the house appointed to inquire into the subject, and Sir H. Dou glas, Colonel Portlock, Colonel Adams, Colonel Addj. son, and Colonel Prosser, who were particularly engagrd in military instruction, gave it as their opinion that the senior and junior departments of the college at Sand hurst were in a most unsatisfactory state, and required revision and reform. The pressure of undue influence, however well-intentioned the authorities might be, re quired that soms preventive, such as had been adopted by continental Governments, should be established, and he ventured to think that none would be so efficient as the introduction of the competitive system of examina- tion. The committee stated in their report— " The government of the college is vested in the Board of Commissioners. The official members, in addition to the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the college, are tbe Com manderin-Cbief, the Secretary at War, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Quartermaster-General, and Adjut ant-General. It is obvious that the pressing and import ant duties which fall on these officers can leave them but little time to devote to the military college." _ There should be an independent board to conduct the examinations. The report mentioned that daring the Peninsular war, when the general staff was very efficient, a great part of the Quartermaster-General's staff was composed of officers who had been educated at the senior department. The report expressed an opinion that the present state of things in the senior department was un satisfactory, and required revision and reform. The committee were of 'opinion that the transferring from the junior to the senior department a military staff offi cer was not sufficient. They saw no means of placing the senior department on an efficient footing unless Parliament was prepared to grant aid to that important object. They did not see the justice by which the cadet was called on to pay for the education of the staff officers. The cadets, or rather the families of the cadets. were called on to pay for the education of the staff officers of the army, and that system continued for many years, if not to some extent to the present time. The house should recollect that during the last half century this country had been making great progress, and inn() respect greater progress than iu education. The grants of public money had gone on increasing year by year, and for national schools, factory schools, union work house schools, prison schools, &c., they now amounted to 500,0001. sterling. There was a very handsome .ex penditure, amounting to 18,5001. this year, for the edu cation of non-commissioned officers and privates, and the total sum, if the children of soldiers were included, was 46,000/. But for officers, and espeCially officers of the army, the sum was at the outside 1,3001. It was an ,extraordinary contrast, and he believed had been remarked upon 'by the Secretary of State for War in another place. The right honour able gentleman the member for South' Wilt shire estimated the expense of putting the education of the officers upon a reliable footing, by the ap pc,intment of boards of examination, at 5,0001., and a vote for that amount appeared in the estimates, but tin. fortunately the right hon. gtntleman left office, and the vote dropped out of the estimates. The right bon. gen tleman, in a statement upon the subject, last year, ex pressed some disappointment that the Government had come to no decision upon the subject, and that there was no item of the sort in the estimates. Another year brought only the same result, and it was a good reason for wishing, at all events, if not to expre.B dis:,ru.t of the intentions of the Government, to stimulate the Govern ment to use more promptitude and exertion. (Hear.) The first resolution which he should submit was— " That in the opinion of this house a higher standard of professional instruction and more complete provision for it than hitherto deemed requisite ought to be established for the commissioned ranks of the army, bat especially for the staff." He ventured to think that that was ft proposition which was already concurred in not only by the house, but by the country. His resolution then went on to state that the object which he bad in view " will be bvt promoted by recourse to competitive examination of officers desir ing to qualify themselves for the staff, and by adopting the same principle, with such qualification as may be necessary, in examination of candidates nominated by the Commander-in-Chief for commissions in the cavalry and infantry." No fair objection, he thought, could be taken to a certain degree of competitive examination in the case of candidates for staff appointments. Such an examination prevailed in our universities, where the first men of the land—those who occupied leading positions in the two houses of Parliament—willingly exposed themselves to an ordeal similar to that whiCh be proposed for officers seeking appointaien - s on the staff. Even those who did not seek for honours were otliged to pass an examination, and in many instal cs they were w h a t university men called " plucked." He saw no reason w hy officers of the army should not run the risk of being g , plucked " also. The officers of the navy were compelled to pass an examination not only for their first, but like wise for their second and third commissions. In 1849, as stated by the right bon. gentleman the member for South Wilts, in his admirable letter to Lord Hai dinge, of December, 1854, the Duke of Wellington issued an order declaring that for the future there should be an t x amination of officers for lieutenancies as well ns for first commissions. Notwithstanding the authority of that great man,.his proposition with respect to lieutenancies was never carried into effect; but, as there was a similar examination in foreign armies and in our own navy, it was to be hoped that it might be renewed. The officers of the navy were undoubtedly more professional than the officers of the army, and therefore the latter need not be ashamed to imitate some of their proceedings. His reso lution next proceeded to urge the expediency of " pre serving the present system of admission of cadets for the Ordnance Corps." He would not presume to pals any censure upon the officers of the army, and would -even avoid quoting the statements of the Duke of Wellington, although they were well known to be very strong-,- both against efficiency of t the ourofficers. rs o f he h our private not soldiers witk anal the the officers, but with the Government, which did not provide the officers with due o pportunites for acquiring that in formation which it was desirable they should possess in order to the satisfactory disch - irge of their duties. Some h e n o s t n e vy err o pera tions led g a e r arose of the greatest authorities ss ho had written upon the Peninsular sieges had declared that the principal draw. carryingr on the part of our officers, particularly reng to the from an n experienced entire wantin of e ven ignorance of the officers and men of the line of the elementary instruction necessary for assisting 33 work ing parties. That was not the fault of the officers, but was o wing to the combined neglect and favouritism which bad so long prevailed in the army. The present system d pe u t c il e t. d iv b en y sye th swt e ea D ms, u aa k nn e xai o oh f ue N s ewcrvale. It was of admission of cadets for the Ordnance Corps was intro. an open bedthatet d sh h h a u d i d b e h e e n p f r o e u s n e r d v t e o d work trusted that there was no t ru th i n th e repor t w hi c h , had reached him that there were some inclination in certain quarters to alter it. The young persons who had come forward from the various colleges and schools through out the country had been everything that could be de sired. The subjects of examination are advertised by the Secretary for War, and it was open to any one, from any public school or college, or any profession in civil life, to compete. Tee number of candidates was c considerable—between 100 and 200—And those wh showed most proficiency were selected for the commie. _ sions. With respect to their social position, be might stat e that they came from the Uni versities of Oxford Cambridge, Dublin, and Edinburgh ; from the College if Aberdeen, London, Brighton, Belfast, Cork_,oGalway, and Chester ; from Rugby, Barrow, so li d F l ' is t th n r ; and from various proprietary and endoweddsc oo ough. out the country. What righi - , he aske , kad any one to assume that these young gentlemen were not equal in been continued, would have been nominated by the Mas every respect to those who, if the former system had t er -General of the Ordnance ? Mr. . Peel, the lite Under- S ecr etary for War —a g entleman with whom he had no t always had t he happiness of agreeing —stated on the sth June last year that the existing plan had been found to answer well ; that the successfu candidates had prove& to be men of superior education ; that they were gentle. men a nd officers in every sense of the term, and worthy to hold the commissions they had won for themselves. Some of the authorities at Woolwich were rather die. posed to discredit acid depreciate those officers, and it was, perhaps, natural that they should be so,'.because the new system interfered with that patronage which they might otherwise have exercised ; but having had an was not necessary this session. He was at a loss to know what the Board of Health-had. to do, and he asked.its members in the house for an explanation. It appeared to be a refuge for the destitute in the changes made by the Government. The hon. gentleman referred to the Brussels conference held last year, which was attended by the Bia,d, and humorously referred to Mr. Ward's state ment, which was cheered by the President of the Board of Health, wherein he advised continental Governments to provide Boards of Health, urging in support of it that lig only had mortality decreased 50 per cent, in Eng- TIN , but the fecundity of the land had been quadrupled. (Laughter.) He called upon the President of the Board to stand on the table— (laughter)—and explain what he did for his 2,0001. a-year salary. He looked upon the whole system as a robbery. Lord EBRINGTON spoke in support of the con tinuance of the General Board of Health. He thought it unimportant whether it should be continued as a sepa rate department or transferred to the Privy Council. He caged on the house not to give up the general prin ciple hero invt. Iced in consequence of the sneers of those who often by their conduct were unconsciously acting as the most efficient instruments of interested and j ibbing parties. He bore testimony to the great benefit that bad resulted from the establishment of this board. After a few remarks from Sir M. FARQUHARSON, Mr. HENLEY said he was in favour of the continu ance of the present act till September, 1858. As the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Edu cation was to discharge the duties of the Board of Health, under the proposed change, he (Nlr. Henley) thought be might do so without salary under the present act as well as under the amalgamation, by which means the saving spoken of would be effected. He approved of the value of sanitary regulations. The house then divided— For going into committee 9B Against it 73 Majority 25 The house vent into committee on the bill'as a conti nuance bill till September, 1853. On clause 1, transferring the powers of the Board to the Privy Councl, Sir G. PECHELL said that he hoped the Home Secretary, after the discussion that had taken place, would not press this bill, but withdraw it, and bring in a continuance bill, retaining the General Board of Health in a separate department. Sir G. GREY said be considered the division was in favour of the transfer. Mr. SPOONER supported the clause. It was only for a limited period, and he thought it was desirable to save 3,0001. or 4,0001. if possible. Mr. AYRTON said the nature of the division was not properly understood by many hon. member& He proposed that the committee should divide on this clause. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE repeated his objection to any legislation on this subject, and said that be thought the extinction of the board would be a gain to the country. He condemned a continuance bill being proposed on this subject, and withheld in reference to Corrupt Prac tices Act. He asked the hon, member opposite (Mr. Spooner) how the proposed change would effect a saving of 3,0001. or 4,0001. Mr. SPOONER—They (her Majesty's Ministers) state so. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—Do you believe all they tell you ? (Laughter.) Do you believe all the treasury tell you about Maynooth? (Renewed laughter.) The hon. gentleman, in entering on a consideration of the proposed charge and saving to be effected, said that in the first place they were told that there was not to be a president at a salary of 2,0001. a-year. Mr. NONSELL said there was no president of the Board of Health. Mr. DUNCOMBE —Then the secret's out. The right hon. gentleman the member for Limerick had let the cat out of the bag. (Laughter.) If there was no president, he was at a loss to see where the proposed saving was to came from, and if they had gone on without a president for some time past, it was evident there was no neces•,ity for the continuance of the presi• dent. He should divide the committee on the clause. After a discussion in which Sir W. Joliffa, Sir. G. Grey, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Newdegate, and Sir W. Heath cote took parr, Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would moderate his oppo- sition to legislation on this subject, if the Government would take a continuance bill till September 1858, with out transferring the board to the Privy Council. Sir G. GREY . assented to the course proposed, and the chairman reported progress. Sir G. Grey stating that he would withdraw this measure and introduce one to meet the view of the house. BEVERLEY ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that the petition against the return for Beverley had been withdrawn. GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Earl of MARCH reported that the committee appointed to investigate into the return for Great Yar mouth had committed a witness, named Woolsey, to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, for prevarication, and on the motion of the noble lord the witness was committed to Newgate. Agreed to. • • ' • The other orders for the morning siting were dis posed of, when the house suspended its sitting at quarter to 4 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE. Mr. RIDLEY asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he could inform the house if there was any probability of steps being taken for carrying out the provisions of the Metropolis Act, by which it was deter mined that the river Thames should be freed from the of the metropolis. The hon. gentleman said he under sto,d that the health of several officers of the house, and of persons required to attend their proceedings, had been affectel by the no3t ous effluvium arising from the River Thames. Mr. BUTLER asked the First Commissioner of Works when the question of the main drainage of the metropolis was referred to the professional gentlemen appointed by him to consider the subject ; whether the referees were likely to make their report before the close of the present session ; and what course the First Com missioner proposed to take after be received such report, so that no delay might occur in the conimencemeut of the works. Sir B. HALL replied that by the Metroplitan Act of 1855 it was provided that large intercepting sewers should be made for the purpose of diverting the sewage from the Thames. It was also provided that those works should be carried out by the Metropolitan Board of Works, but that before any works were commenced the plans should be submitted to the First Commissioner of Works for his approval. He was anxious to show tbat, so far as the Government were concerned, not a day had been lost in dealing with this important sub. jeer. Plans were sent to him by the Metropolitan Board of Norks on the 22d of December, and on the 29th yf December he referred them to the engineers. In redly to the second question of the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. Butler), he was happy to state that he had to-day seen one of the referees, who in formed him that their report would be delivered before the end of this week ; and in answer to the hon. gen ' tleman's third question, he could only say that as soon as he received that report he would forward a copy to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and would lay another copy upon the table of the house. With regard to the question of the hon. member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mr. Ridley), he could only state that the matter to which he referred rested entizely with the Metropolitan Board of Works. No delay had taken place in his de partment. He would forward the report of the referees to the Metropolitan Board of Works without any delay, and no doubt they would give that report their itnme diate consideration. NEW SOUTH WALES. In reply to a question from Sir J. ELPHINSTONE, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that some misconception existed with respect to a reply he had given to a ques tion put to him a few days ago as to the proposed boundary line of separation between the colonies of Moreton Bay and Now South Wales. He was r,pre sented to have said that that boundary line would be between 25 and 26 degrees of south latitude. If he had said sa he had made an incorrect statement. The boundary line would lie between the degrees of 28 and 29 sou' h latitude. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAIL. Do.. 1100 100 001 100 all all i all = 6 - 115 - 116 - - -12 i - 72 - 116 - 107 - 102 - 62 - 10?, - 101 - 10. 1 , -17 t - 103 - 75 - 20 1 , - 108 - 158 - 141 - 117 - 158 - - 134 - 98 - 89 - 11} - 104 - 95 ld -- • • • 4 a - i 3 - 118 - 100 - 116 - 110 - 19: - 23 - 100 - 100 - 28 - •3 p 2$ - 21 MINES. 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 3 100 100 25 1 1 v 20 1 100 111 112 I 12i i pm 84 d 1001 PRIVATE BUSINESS. The L - ,rds' amendments to the I-lington Parish Act Amendment Bill were considered and agreed to. EASTERN ARC IPELAG3 COMPANY. Mr. DRUMMOND asked the Secretiry to the Trea sury on what guarantee 43,0001. of the public money had been advanced to support a private specu lation of the Eastern Archipelago Company ; what secntty for the same had been given ; whether the Goveinmert was itself going to work the coal mines of LAbuan, and, if not, whether the Government were mortgagees and at what rate of interest; whetber the Government had guaranteed to pay to the Sultan his royalties or to ensure that they should be paid ; whether the Government had taken security that the money should be lona fide employed in the way for which it had been asked, sad when the money was to be repaid I Mr. WILSON said that the question of the hon. member assumed that an advance had been made by the Government towards a private speculation. He (Mr. Wilson) knew nothing of the circumstances, and as his attention had only been called to the question within the last quarter of an hour, he'had been ucable to make inquiries relative to the subject. He would give an answer to the question to-morrow. SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) ABATEMENT BILL. The house went into co►nmittee on this bill. O❑ clause 1, Mr. BO U VERIE said he was friendly to theobjects of the bill, but was not prepared to support the comprehen sive provision of the clause which would take in every de.,criptiou of manufacture throughout Scotland. He considered some inquiry should be instituted before they agreed to it, because great difficulties existed in carry ing out the provisions of the English Act, and the pro b!em of removing the smoke nuisance has yet to be removed. He moved the orni.sion of the clause. A discussion ensued, in which Sir J. Colebroke, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Kinnaircl, Mr. Buuverie, Mr. Buchanan, Sir J. Anderson, and other hon. members took part. The clause was agreed tee Clauses 3, 15, and 18 were struck out. The other clauses with amendments were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. (LEFT BITTING.) THE PRIVILEGE OF REPORTS. We received on Saturday afternoon a copy of the report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Privileges of Reports. The committee have agreed to the following resolutions, viz. :-- That the prayer of certain petitioners that there shall be entire immunity for the publication in newspapers of all that is spoken at all public meet ings, if the report be faithful, thus depriving persons calumniated of all remedy, save against the speaker, cannot safely be granted ; 2, That faithful re pe4s of the proceedings of either House of Parliament, at which strangers have been per mitted to be present, shall have the same privilege as is now granted to faithful reports of the pro ceedings of courts of justice ; 3, That if an action shall be bronght for au alleged libel, it shall be competent for the defendant, in addition to .1 any other plea, to plead "that the alleged libel was part of the report of the proceedings of a pub lic meeting lawfully assembled for a lawful purpose, and that the said report is a faithful report of the said proceedings of the said public meeting, and that the plaintiff has sustained no actual damage by the publication of the alleged libel," and that on proof of this plea the jury should be directed to find a verdict for the defendant ; and 4, That a public meeting for this purpose shall be a meeting lawfully called by the sheriff of a county or other public functionary to petition the Queen or either House of Parliament, or a meeting for the election of members of parliament, or a meeting of the town council of any city or borough, or a meeting held under the authority of an act of Parliament for imposing rates on, or re gulating the local affairs of, any district. The second resolution was only carried by 5 to .3, and the rest of the resolutions neon. dis. The witnesses examined before the committee were Mr. E. Baines, Mr. Alexander Dobie, Mr. T. Curzon Hansard, and Mr. A. Ely Hargrove. THE CHANCELVIR of THE ExCEIEQUEIea ELECTION EXPENSES.—Perhaps fewer candidates at the late gene ral election were returned at less expense than the Right Lion the Chancellor of the Exch(cuer, Sir G. C. Lewis, for the Radnorshire boroughs. The auditor's account of these expenses has just been published, from which we learn that the return cost the right hon. baronet just 301. 25., of which sum M. 8,. (more than . one-third) was the auditor's fee, the actual election, therefore, costing under 201. Th e agen t h a d 10 guineas, the prin ter.. 51. 153., and the co s t o f roc l a iming the notice in the contributory borou g h s (31. 93.1 made up the total of the whole. p PREDICTION OF MUTINY IN CHEINDIAN ARMY.-- Old Indians say, "There is no respect for yon in India without magnificence and show." A. greater fallacy 'does not E X'Ht. Trumpery, and humbug are our enemies in India, as they were and are the enemies of the bar baric Princes. Such folly ruin* Shore, and will ruin us, for if we continue to imitate the Eastern style our officers will deteriorate, and the native officers will take theempire from us. A radical reform of the Indian army, and increase of European officers is absolutely necessary. Some years hence, for they will not increase the officers, my word will prove prophetic. The Sevoy now bas no European offi cers to look to—no captain I mea n ;he is devoted to us as yet, but we take no pains to pr eserve his attachment. It is no concern of mine, I shall be dead before what I foresee will take place, but it will take place, I would give this opinion in writing if it would do the Company any good ; but it will not, for everything I say or do is looked upon as war against them, and I will not play Cassandra for the directors to jeer and laugh.—Sir Charles Napier's Life. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT SWISH TOWN.—OR Sa turday the family of Mr. T. Cocaine, a gentleman resid ing at No. 76, Gloucester-vil!as, Kentish Town, were thrown into a state of the deepest affliction, in conse quence of the sudden bereavement of the youngest daughter, melancholy a beautiful . chill cfrhhiled little betw girl,ee n 2 and 3 years of age, named Amy Rosa, and under circum s tances of a very affi w us it in h g t o h th em er sl s e o v f es th in e family, were, during the morning, the grounds at the back of the ville, under the charge of the nursery-maid. In an ho'-house adjoining the gar dener kept a large pan of water for the purpose of water ing the shrubs and plants, and it would appear the little innocent, unobserved, reached the pan, and falling into it was drowned. It was sometime before she was discovered, when the utmost consternation prevailed. The mother, who is in a delicate state of health, met the servant with the lifeless childin her arms, and her agony may be better imagined thin d'ascribed. Harris, thb gardner, ran for Mr. Williams, a surgeon, of Kentish Town, who soon arrived, and endeavoured by the usual means to resuscitate the body, but without success. CAPTURE OP A GANG or' SREEPSTEALERS.—EarIy on s Friday morning Poli.:e-constables Booth, of Cudworth, ' near Barnsley, and Shaw, of Dar flqd, having had their suspicions excited by thwaroceedings of a party of men, followed them to a plaor called Storee-mill, where they saw the fellows making preparations to slaughter a sheep, which they had selected out of a flock belonging to Mr. Guest, of Cudworth. Th e p oli cemen were armed with cutlasses, and they had with them .a couple of dogs, which, a 9 the thieves approached the constables' biding place, broke loose and se ized were captured almost one of the r o bbers, and prisoners, whose names the men ch a rged with s aw o riet terrified any s the dsrtu r ep e us s lo t tny t : h a o t nTe t h h eo e f y being concerned in the Manor Oaks burglary, John Cope, and William Bennet, had o n them two life pre two butchers' knives, veils, striped slop's, in ssaetrrsuvaenies:nattshrfeoer crowbar,s i O h r a e r i p g cpo lS ke k e s tg , k a a un tl zdi er articles. The neigh bourhood of Barnsley has been l ong infested with sheep s t ea lers, and since the ru r al palter has been put on two desp er ate encounter, h ave ta k en p l ace be tween constables and these m arau d ers, b ut t hi s i s t h e o fi n rs e t o t r i t in thw e e any of them have been secured in flagrante delicto. EAST INDIA ACCOUNTS.—The total net "revenue' re ceipts of all the Presidencies of Lelia in the year 1855-56 amounted to the sum of 28,812,0971., and the total pay ment out of the income of 6,66 4,7501., being an actual receipt into the Government treasuries of 22,147,3471. The net revenues of Bengal atnoonted to 12,201,6281. ; the gross receipts of the Eastern settlements, to 97,9041.; those of Coorg to 20,477 /. ; those of Burmab, &c., to 598 7761.; 2 t 7, t h os e of Nagpore to 529,127/. ; those of ?ti Provinces, those of the North- Wes; those of the Punjab and Trans-Indus territory, t o 1,216,492. ; those of Madras, to 4.956,8714 ; those of Bombay, to 4,643,464/. ; those of Scinde, t 7 2 , 3 0 5 81. 5 :2481. to 309,422/. ;and those of Sattara, t o 251,8271. The sum of 498,904/. was received in 1856 as tributes and subsidies. The grand total revenue of India for the year ended April 30, 1857, was estimated at 29,344,9601., being an excess of expenditure over income amount and war charges at 10,537,3051. The ied from 26,510,1851. i f ncrg revenuet h t to slra,ei9dcBe yearilp,ots62ow/f rnedTi estimated military mavae t e var to 29,344,9601. between 1853-54 and 1856-57, and for four years there has been an excess of expenditure *ter income varying from 972,7911, to 2,04.4,1171, t up any- for :as( 0 )out ►fter had I no dace was :ing l for ) to• don nisi- land pies. a the ices, iota• brl s sks I till bops [iota ;s 0 ,1 6J; .wr., ,ving the wept --Air )uk© from B] as, from front Leg- rose 3a,yr tell ; cubo; don• Lose, out' rdaY day, ;reY rich• adf 'ark, bful sae) own ood' OWt l owo shiP feat/ toll' Ye s. illeY I at is ni4' ; ivy W ho 1860 ka' for [or t ore 2na wo 26i 13A 20 St. L 0.6, 20 4 20 10 98 9 1131