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

MONEY 'MARKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CtooK. Advice s f rom Li verpoo l men ti on th a t i n th e c o on Market yesterday there was a good demand, 1 , 11 .,d extrem e quo t a ti ons were curren t f or a ll ki n d s. 1 -_l l 9 Bales amounte d to 12,000, a b ou t one - t hi rd of which were t a k en f or expor t an d on speculation. The Railway Share Market presented a steady ;Peet, an d prices of all the leading stocks ad 4„need, and th e mar k e t c l ose d a t it s b es t p o int. The Bank Return, which is completed for the ii. n e ks k ending th e 4th instant, is not altogether sa tisfactory, an d were it no t f or th e reason able sup position that an improvement in the position of t he establishm en t has taken place since that ,"'e it wou ld no d ou b t exc it e s ome unplea sant predictions. As it is, however, the changes l' re3 ented are construed favourably, the decrease - -e private d e po s it s and theaddition to the other ;,..., the not b e i ng gre ater than might have been Peeted, from the augmented pressure for money i 1 S equent upon the payments of the " fourth" B ' w nt, and the settlements at the Stock -Ex- Ch ange. A decline in the bullion was also anti cipated, seeing that in the week represented the r ain of gold continued, while the influx of coin ir on L Ireland must have almost ceased. There I've now been fresh supplies from Australia, ro,ieh, besides checking the drain from the estab ltsotnent, have strengthened the amount of the Precious metals held there. A feeling, conse- Panay prevails that the next official balance-sheet Rill exhibit some amelioration in this respect, while t he diminished pressure for discounts, though to a 41 4' 1 1 extent only, will perhaps occasion a favour 14_ change in the other departments: The chief . e rns, and the alterations they show, are as sub- Active Circulation Bnllio Decrease .. 9,979,246 Decrease 160,730 Rat ******* 3,514,949 • In c rease Public Deposits Increase D. •• Oth e , , eposits Decrease "Yen-Day and other Bills 788,171 Decrease Governrnent Securities Sher Decrease. Securities 4 17,901,683 ri Increase °tee tnemployed Increase Th e official return of the exports of the precious W a i l&le from the port of London for the week end g Thursday last-is as follows : Gold Coin , Bars ... 3,000 Ozs. Sil'ver Coin ... .. . ~ ~ Hambro' ... 220 Oss. th en the Fo ' re ign Exchange, yesterday afternoon, waa no change of importance. 7 5 4 0 e Persi a f rom t h e U n i ted S tates b r i ngs ' 1241 . in specie, is but as the exchange on this "ontr unfavourable, i t is no doubt merely in. ;tutu to th e C on ti nen t . ratettere i s a good demand for money to-day at full a °twi the Budget contains the various ivoe.ures anticipated, the Funds now droop, thus r eal Trlg the eff ec t o f th e f i nancial expos i t i on was f u ll y h4ses As soo t as the ,market opened sales corn oelt,l and sin ce th en some l arge parce l s o f s t oc k been disposed of, causing a decline of about r cent. This is not a very important reac but ) ,, 11 eidering the extent of the late rise, (q th e dearness of money checks any decided euL al ice• The advices from India report no parti- Donr alteration in the exchanges, and the drain of Will therefore continue, which is certainly not wa l l your of prices, as in a few days further sums 0 04 robably b e w ithd rawn f rom th e B an k . l op 11?Pla for money have b een 93k and 93/ ; • nadie account the transactions have been lib :* to 944, 94, b uyers, an d t h ey are now lal ar I _ l4 On, 94. The Ne w 3 p er Cents. are k oe lEed 04i I, and the Reduced 94 to 944. India klB 2 19. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 3s. prem. b ee o the Foreign Market the transactions have 11 of a moderate character. The Turkish th; Per Cents. have receded to 941 95, and Per Cents. are about 104 ; Spanish De -44-1e:?, 241 ; Russian Small, 97 • Portuguese, ,• and Dutch 4 per Cents., 981 99 ; Vene- C • e ;zi Active are 374 ; Peruvian, 80 ; M ex i can , 22 - ",„ 42 4 ; and Grenada New Active, 22k. s t a e following are the nominal p r i ces o f F ore i gn e ' u Cta :—Grenada Deferred B on d s , 61 7 ; M ex i- R a n, 24 ; Peruvian, 80 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., WI 561 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian aPer Cents., 108 10 ; di t t o 4i per C ents., 96 8 ; larlish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 6} 1 ; ditto Passive, • - There ha s b een a fair amount of business trans bred, this morning, in the Railway Share Market, ut prices have been influenced by the flatness II the English Stock Market. Caledonian, r• ipburgh, Perth and Dundee, and Great Western 6 de clined 10s. ; Great Northern, Brighton, South extern, North Staffordshire, and South Devon, ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 7s 'th.' to 10s. ; Landb.Sbire and Yorkshire, South „,,Tv estern, and South-Eastern improved about ss. he Frenoh lines are at nominal quotations, and the Canadian rule steady. British and Foreign Mining Shares have been 1 1 7 inactive, and prices have undergone no change „ -4 ,any importance. • but 4 0int Stock Bank Shares have been in request, at rather lower rites. Commercial of Lon don declined be., and Union of Australia 1/ , Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Electric Tele- Ph have declined 15s and Peninsular and Ori ental• Steam advanced 10s. 1141111311 FUNDS TFIIS DAY AT ONE )'CLOCK. (From the O f ficial List.) 3 1%11 , ft.. d one s Per Cen t. Reduced Annuities 94 A 7 41 ,Per Cent. Consols Annniti 43 es 93i It " 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 1 Per Cent. Annuities ll3l India Stock Consols for Account . 94A 4 lizehequer Bills, 24d, £1000 £5OO 2 1 4 p Small Ditto Bonds, 1858,34 per Cent 984 b bitto 1859 "tICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 6 16 licau 3 per Cent • 22 pitto Account ' 22A ismeia n B onds 44 per Cent BO er tugUese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 44i Ditto Account . .. rtiaseian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 44 per Cent. ...... . Ditto Small . .. 97 'PI , nitt Bolas, 3 per Cent. ..... Ditto New Deferred, 3 per cen . . .. .................... —___ • lDitt o Acoonnt .............................. 24i 'urkihh Bonds, 6 per cent ..................... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ........... 1014 i Yonscuela Bonds, 41 per Cent .............. 371 oix wends a,i toe above payable in Lona cn. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cont., 12 Guilders --. Ditt o 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money . 93 Ditto Account ...i; METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday the ordinary weekly meetin g of the board was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall Mr. . Thwaites in the chair—when the rescinding omessrs . B o f r o t a n d e wo :cf t mo tion refu s i ng t o gr ant permission ___ to erect certain business premises in Iloreeterry-road, on the g roun d o f the pi b y a m roposed buildings in frin ging a on part of the publi c hi g hway, was carrier orityof2 r O t to 16 ; but The PIIZEIDENT ruled that this majority enough to rescind the resolution. was not large • ' The total g enera l b a l ance i n favour of the board was Mated to be 81,8561., an d t h e f o llowing r e commendations , deter aim, from th e Fi nance Committee were agreed , t*2- after a short discussi on , in which Messrs. Savage Cr al - Briatowe, and others took part : "That the rat ea bl e annual value of prop City of London, aoccording to the City B"vers rate, dthe as amounting to the Burn of 1,203,4661., be - Adopte prop erty in the basis of the asses sment to be made up,n the Ci ty by this bo.--1 for tht. year 1856." is Thai :o the qninion of the committee it is not expe dient at the present i-ime toopply to Parliament for any amendment of the (Metz-wells Local Management) Act, in refererce to the rediaribution of the debts and liabili ties of tie Metropolitsd Commissioners of Sewers, or to tie issuing oftwecepts f or the year 1856, but that delay ol future ameidment of the act the memorial (from the pard of Works for the Greenwich district) should b e frther considered." .. number of bye-laws relative to the width of streets vd alleys were brought up from a committee of the thole board ; but, after passing a f ew of the recommen lations, the question was adjourned until the next meet ,ag, and an order for printing made. PROFESSOR SIMPSON OF EDINBURGH —The French Academy of Sciences, at its sitting on the 2d instant, %warded the "Montyn Prize," of 2,000 francs, to Pro. lessor Simpson, for the benefits which be has oonferred on humanity, by the introduction of awe thesia by chlo roform into the practice of surgery and midwifery. Puiaio INCOME ♦ID EXPENDITURI.—The income for the nine months ending the 31st December, 1856, amounted to 53,814,9131,i And the expenditure to 51037,200. SHARE MARKET (This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. Shr.l Pi 98 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. Eastn. Junc 11 Belfast & Ballymena' 11 Btrmng. Wolverh. Stour 0 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct ' ll Blackburn .11 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) St. 100 Bristol & Exeter St. 100 Caledonian. St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall 10 all De. A RAILWAY.. 12 50 I3i It. 25 I al 25 I al 10 8 Do. B ......... 50 45 Dnblin&BelfastJunc. 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. St. 100 East Anglian ......... 20 all Eastern Counties..... St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. St. 100 Do., do. 8.. ........ 25 8 i Do. New A ......... 25 174 East Kent ......... . St. 100 East Lancashire ...... 20 all East Suffolk 10 4 Do. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow i 0 all Edinb. and Peebles... St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 Furness ...... ...... St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 Do., B. Stock St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) St. 100 Great Western. St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gua. St 12 all Irish South-Eastern 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle. 16 141 Do., Thirds 16 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ... 3 4 Do., Wst. Riding Un. 20 all Do. Southport I.li all London & Blackwall St. 1100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst.l St. 1 100 London &N. Western 20 I all Do. Fifths all 10 12 St.ll 25 25 I St. 1( 10 10 Do. ,10/.Sh. ,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Ludndrry.&Colerainel Lndndrry. dz Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's, arrangement O Midland O Do. Birming. & Derby 11 Midland G. West. (Ir. ) 11 Do. Shares .11 Newcastle &Carlisle 11 Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry di Enniskillen, 11 Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor O Norfolk. . 32 Northn. Counties Un /0 North British * North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... O Do., A Stock 0 Do., B Stock • N,Eastern - Berwick 3i Do. do. Extension 6 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 11 Do. Leeds 0 Do. 'York O North London .1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 7i North Staffordshire ll North Western .. 11 N. &S. Westrn. Jane. O Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton .6 Portsmouth .0 Rhymney O Scottish Central * Scot. N.E.Abrdn, St O Shropshire Union 2 Sitingbourne &Sheer 11 South Devon O South Eastern.. Il Do. 4a per c. Shares 10 South Wales... .. . .7 8. Yorksh. Rival:Dun 7 Do. l 11 Staines,Wok.,&Wok 11 Stockton & Darling 5 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18C5 6i Stockton & Hartlepl * Taff Vale 10 Do. Pref., No. 2 Thames Hay. D. &R U Vale of Neath 611 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 11 Waterford&Limerick 11 West Cornwall. . 11 West End of London and Crystal Palace 11 Do .A 611 Do. B 11 West London 11 Do. First Class 11 Do. Second Class 11 Wmbledon &Croydon St. 10 St. 10 50 al 25 al 100 a] 25 a] St. 50 1111 st. 'll st. 1.1 St. 110 St. 10 St. 10 25 2 25 1 50 al St. lb St. la 10 ,3/. 20 l' 20 a] St. al 20 I 11 St. I St. 11 St. 11 St. 10 10 a] St. 101 20 1' 20 ! 20 al 25 a] 25 11 25 St. 10 St. 10 25 2 20 al 20 a] 50 al 20 al 10 al 5 al 5 a] 20 a] 10 al 20 a] 10 al ill Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. ill Do. oi Buffalo & Lake Hur. O Buff. ,-Brut. dg Godch. O 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aufg., l 72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 O Do. do., 1 June, '74 s.*Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Os Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara s. Eastern Bengal 10 East Indian .5 Do. C Shares 611 Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 al Do. do. do., '59, do. Xll Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. )0 Gd. Trunk. of Canada X Do. 6p. e. Deben all Gt. In. ten. g. 5 perc. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 11 Do. do., '76, p.'6o 11 Do. do., '73, do. 11 Do. do., '73, without option ill Madras, guar. 4A P.C. 01 Do. do., 5 per c. .0 Do. 41 p. c. Exton: 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do is. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c i.ll Do FOR: lAntwrp &Rotterdam, Lennes 11 Belgian East. Junct. A Beziere to Graissessac 11 Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 2 Dutch Rhenish 11 Eastern of France 11 Do. New s. Euphrates Valley ance L , 18471 Great Laket at: lCentralianci Luxembourg x of u n t b iL Fo n ur st. Bale 611 Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian al Lucca dt Pist.sp.c.p. Lll Lyons and Geneva ill Lyons & Mediterran. dl Maria Antonia al Do. New 611 Namur & Liege •-• a_ c D..tsr di Northern of France dl NorwegianTrnk. Pref Lll Paris and Lyons Lll Paris and Orleans 7 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati dl Royal Danish al Royal Swedish .11 Sambre and Meuse 11 Do. 5i per cent. pref. dl Southern of Franco.. all West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Pref all W.&N.W. of France 6 Western ofAustria ill West, of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. Bp. cent. pref, all ,Zealand . JOINT-S' all lAustralasia 18tPank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co all British N. American 6 C.13k.0f Ind.Au.esCh 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng. Scot.&Aus.o ht. all Lon. Ch. Bk. of Aust. all Ditto New .......... 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond.andWestminst . 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do. Now ............... 22l National Bank ...... all New South Wales all Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank ...... 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co all South Australia all Union of Australia, 24 Do. New 10 Union of London 50 Unity Mutual 60 Weatni Bk.of Lend. 41 -4; 8i - 9 66 - 68 8 1 -9; 93 - 95 64 - 64; 36 - 37' ••• "'' ••• - • 10i - 11 19 - 20 9f - 10 40 - 44 28 - 30 •• - . ii - 6 96 - 93 • .• ..... . bb3 -- bK; 84 = 35 95 - 97 - 8 93 - 94 78 - 80 124 - 126 111 - 113 65 - 68 64 - 66 69 7t 6 7 p 99 99 id 6 - 7 108 - 109 ' 1071-108' 21 -- 21 10i -- 10/ 1041 -- 1051 33i 83 - 53 - 5.5 iii = i,i 51 56 3i —34 d 41. 42 ••• ... 863 - 3i 3jd 24 24 19 20 63 64 98 102 4} 41c1 74 8 10 11 27i -28 i 106 108 26 27 50 61 2 lid 18 19 753 —76 j 85 5 3d 5 3d 12 ==. 14 40 42 iOt = iii 7 - 2 - 5 - 7 - 9 ••• ''''' 'SESSIONS, -- I pi Z#-lb 19'q - 98 94 96 94 96 Par i P •• • '''''' I } - li pl 111 -- 113 2 -- 2ip 21i - 22 50 - 52 81 - 83 21i -21 j 25 - 1 -25 i \ - 99 - 100 118 - 123 ,118 - 12 108 110 191 20 21 2211 par p fi iP ... - ... li - 2 5 i - 6i .. -- ... li lA 24 3bp 3 31). P 9A 10, par ip 4A 411 61 Gi . 641 29 3o; 81 20 36f ort 9 9i 55 —55 i 53 55 p i 18 . 84 - 8 81 - 9 - pm 41 - 4i 94 - 10 324 - 334 - lip ••• ...... . BANKS. 97 i 4 -- pai 58 60 ••• d 66 68 ••• .-..-. . . 18 - 18 i 18 - 19 18 -18 i •• ''... • •• ... ... ... 47 49 37 38 i ides se• 41.... ... 60 - 62 7 - 9 —. . . 11 9 d 10 —. 6d ; 91 64 4 36 18 al 204 11 100 10( 100 10( .00 10 20 2 20 2sl 20 11 20 17i a 20 - 21 St. 101 20 1 LOO a WO a 20 a 20 a: 20 a' 20 li 20 20 20 5 20 20 a 10 al 20 1 20 11 6 al 20 1; 20 al 20 al 20 2! 20 11 20 E 10 20 a: 20 a' 20 20 a, 20 al 33A a] 10 al 20 a] 1.A.1 ~... 16 al 10 a] 20 al 20 al 20 10 7 ; 20 a] 5 a] 20 a] 10 a] 20 a: 10 20 20 20 a, 93 i 68j 8 i 98k 9 k 61 1076 f i i 105 41 51 id 364 64 831 3 I 874 7 7 8j 1 i rliA SUN, LO,N,PON, SATU RDA A Er.v; ftt I FEBR U.AIIY 14 1857, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ii l RAILWAYS. PaMI Leasing Companies Closing Priced this day. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. Col .Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New 1 01str.&Dn.Fr I Hull & Selby 'Do. 1 Shares Do. I Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lou. Til., &S. [[Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. 'Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est. 5 p.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.dr Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pc D 0.... Wilts &Sonirst PREFERW Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Brig. &Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4 3 / 4 p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5 3 / 4 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 3 / 4 p. c. Dun.Porth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. to. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.E2c,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 - Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. C. Do. 51 . , 0 per cent. Do. 101. Dcbentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash .6 p.cts. EAENT. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth &D nn. 4p. c. Furness, 5 p. c....... Glas. & R.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p: c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. ...... Gt.N. ofScot. Ist Pre. Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc Do. con, red. 4i p.c. , Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester Sp:c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... 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 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 'Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S. W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Lon dy. & Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do, do. do. X 6 Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. x Carl. 4 p.c, Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Kid,Covsol,6p.c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. De. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dal. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. gorfk. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf., 1847 Do. Wv.V.sp. c,,1847 North British ..... IDo. 71. Preference N. E. Rem. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l, Do. do. Qrs., 1848 1 Do. York 11. &S. Pura North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolv. 6 1 p.c., Ist guar Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc. N. E. Aber. g. 6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St I Do. do.3i p.c. pi'. St { South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. De. A 4 per °ant Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Farb. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH , Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) D ev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. ) Great South Tolgus !G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. ) IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) ,Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crotty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) IPorkellis U. (Wend.) ISort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) Carn Brea (Illogn.! I S.W. Franees(lllogn.: Tam. S. k L. Min. Co, Tin Croft Un. Mines (G wennapl V. of Towey (Camar. IW. Basset (Illogan)., IW. Caradon (Liskrd. IWh. Basset (Illogan. IWh. Buller (Rdruth. Ed w ard(Calstk. 'Wh. Kitty (U. Lint. 11711. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN Australian 'Brs.zilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm) Do. Comes dt Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy' Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Co pia po Fortuna General Linares Lusitauian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Mondo all all all all Pont. Sil.LdM. dL Smil Port Philip Santiago de Cuba South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref. United Mexican lAustraliati ICUIL. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works.. Brit. American Land ;Itnada Do. Go. 6 pc. J an &J uly Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 71 p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel. of Irel. i a o l l s E E u n r . &. s n t d . Cp. Sm . J o etn. Co Tel. all (ion. Ir.Se.Gol.(lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican& S. America 5 Nat. Discount Co 5 Do. New 5 N etherlands Land.. all Do. Do. "I all 1 )0.8 p c.PLiss.at Id. 1 Dr.s). Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land I P,) N .S. W. Gov.s p.c.D. . all N. B. A us t ra l as i an , 17} Nrth.ofEuropoStcata all Oriental Gas ss. Do. New Shares... all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. New .... all Rhymney I ron .. .... all Do. N- . jw . 60 P-oyal Mail Steam.... all !Scot. Austral. Inv es t all Ine, New 1 0 0 , Gov. 6 p.c.bds - th Austral. Land 1 iAI Son. Lust all Submarine Tel. Scri l 1 all Dio. Registered 20 5 Trust&Ln.Co.U.Can 100 28i Van Diemen's Land 100 V. Go.6p.cJan. 41 July, MISCELLANEOUS. 4i- 51 40 - 45 142 - 147 1104 - 111 33 - 37 26 - 28 21 -20.( 51 - 6i *92 = ui ••• 166 li ''. li ••• • • • i ad 4 41. ••• - ... 2i - 3} k - iP 1 3 4 4 4f id ips, 14d 1 iP 21 66 68 3 - 4p 23 -25 6 - 8 64 - 66 1 1 _ 35 _ 37 1 :-. I i - 16 ... ...- ..• Ln. &N. W. Caledon E. U. di E. C Gt. Northn E. Count, Caldonian. Do gt.Westn Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern. D 0...... Peto &Co Do Ln. .W Midld. Midland... I E. Count Do Do Do L. & is . W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MClean, Stk. &Dar. I Do Gt. W 100 100 all 10 ? al 100 Business this d, y. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. -(YESTERDAY .) men F T o f E e S I B e r U k R e n Y w e The LORD CHANCEL LOR t oo k hi s s eat on the wool sackfro Tmb The h t Ee fi aw v r e lo r o uk ' f c i n li sg m Ei k A . mea sures in aid of emi gra ti on . p il r , esented a petition Viscount DUNGANNON gav e notice pra t y h i a n t g o f n o T r h m n e r a fil day next he should ask of the Lord. President of the Council 'whether the Home-office had made any arrange ments for the examination of persons who might be ap pointed to the office of chief constable. CHINA. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that when the papers relative to• China wen' laid upon 'the table of the house, he should make a substantive motion thereon. Of course, until the papers were produced, be could not state the nature of stfah motion. THE BANK CHARTER. The Noble EARL also expressed his regret at hear ing that the Government intended proposing a mea sure for the.renewal of the Bank Charter: He supposed it was not intended to move the appointment of a com mittee of that house to inquire into the subject, nor was he' disposed to ask them to do so. In the years 1848-9 a committee sat upon the subject of the commercial dis tress that then existed, and made a valuable report, which was still in the possession of the house. If it was not the intention of her Majesty's Governmentto appoint a committee of th a t house previous to the consideration of the renewal of the Bank chatter,'he wished 'to know li mitedwhe number therthere of copies would of thatbeany report ol,jection r ' nr to t ' b ji e se r u inting a 8 1 l O i rgdhStt o lordships. Earl GR , ANVILLE said there would not bofeththeier objection to reprinting the report to which the noble earl alluded. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked the inten-. Lions of her Majesty 'e Government respecting the En cumbered Estates Court in. Ireland ; and also moved for a return o f th e number of abstracts, ofi title in the office of the late Chief Cominissioner of the said court not investigated. at the time of the retirement from that office of the learned baron ; and of the number of cases in which estates had been sold, but the proceeds of "the sale not distributed at-the same date ; also, for a copy of a late communication from the com missioners to her Majesty's Governaierie upon the state, of business in their court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Vacancy caused by the appointment . of Baron Richards to• a superior office would no doubt be filled up. - It was at first thought that two commissioners would be sufficient for the business of the '-eourti but that being found not to be the case a new commissioner would be imme diately appointed. He bad already expressed his opinion that the Encumbered Estates Court ought to be a per manent establishment. -A coMmission, consisting partly of English, and Irish members, had been appointed to inquire into the subject, who recommended that the Court should be connected in some way with that unpopular court the Court of Chancery. All he could say on the present occasion was that Government would give their serious attention to the subject, with a view to apply a remedy to the evils of which the noble marquis corn plained. The returns were then ordered. • PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN. Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to call the attention of the house to the rights of property of married women, said that he could not abstaiii from expressing his great, and, indeed, hardly to be expressed, gratifiCation at an important event which had taken place in the House of Commons since he bad last addressed their lordships. In. the House of Commons a unanimous resolution had been agreed to in favour of the establishment of a department of public justice—a step about which he had never felt any difficulty, although he knew that many persons bad. He had for years been urging upon Parliament in every possible shape the absolute necessity for no longer being without the inestimable benefit of such a department. In adopting that resolution the House of Commons had acted upon the recommendation of Lord Bacon, and he was gl a d to hear that'the house had been unanimous and hearty in its approval of a department of justice. It might be said that now there,,wae e.very hope of so desirable-a, consum mation being carried into effect by the Government, he might withdravk from the position which, according to a jocular remark of a noble , and learned friend, he (Lord Brougham) bad so king filled as " Chargi d'Affaires" of that department. Lord CAMPBELL was understood to suggest that the noble and learned lord might be the First Minister of Justice. Lord BROUGHAM said the duties of such an officer would be so onerous, so important, that, even were he not determined never to take any office at his mature age, he would not venture to assume the responsibilities of such a department: Happily, all difficulty would give way to the acknowledged importance of the subject, and he had little doubt that they would soon see the creation of that department. However, until the arrival of a Minister of Justice, his own duties as Charg4 d'Affaires of that department could not be said to be entirely abolished. He would proceed to the special subject which he had to bring under their lordships' notice that evening—the grievances of married women, especially in respect to their property. He bad presented a petition signed by 2,000 of their fellow countrywomen, of all classes—some earning wages by daily work, some with property, the gift of frielads or deceased relatives, and some. earning incomes, often large, by the exercise of industry, of admirable genitis as authoresses, artists in painting and sculpture, and the names of several such distinguished personsegave weight to the prayer-ei +h.+. petition.' It-moon-n.s,sasm.sa.ared that by.tbe law as it- atoou • present those earnings might be entirely abstracted from those whose labours had procured them, and were capable of being vested, without a moment's delay or one word of warning, in their husbands, that the earnings would be—not the wife's who by her labour, skill, or genius had gained them, but her husband's—he who had no share in earning them, and who might be as worthless as she who had worked for them was undoubtedly meritorious. That was the law of England. To show the grievous hardships which might and did occur, he would mention a case which he had heard from a noble lord in the house, of a woman industrious, and he was assured a good woman, who had married a good-for-nothing fellow. She sepa rated from [him and took to shoemaking, in which, by her industry and frugality, she managed to scrape to gether 201. or 301., when her husband, who had not only deserted her, but lived with another woman, hear ing that his wife had saved money, for a moment quitted his paramour, rushed upon the capital his wife had ac cumulated, and not only took that, but also collected all the debts due to her, and then , leaving her again to starve, returned to his mistress. Th e n there was a ca s e which had come to his own knowledge, in whic h he had . heard the statement of the party, had made in q uiries, and was perfectly convinced of the accur ac y of the statement. A gentlewoman had been deserted by ber husband, who .went to the gold 03:nes of Australia with another woman, and left the wife totally unprovided for. • Being well educated, she kept a school, and succeeded, after a year or two, in es tablishing a nourishing seminary, and he was inform ed that no one could better merit success than she did. In the meantime, however, the husband's mining specu lations having proved unsuccessful, he returned to this country, instantly rushed upon that other mine which his wife had opened, and not only seiwd the gold which s h e had accumulated, but broke up th e school by sell , ng the furniture and collecting the debts; having done which he left his wife again and returned to his paramour. It was not to be denied that such cases were extreme cases, but nevertheless they were such as might happen to any one. 4e could refer to cases which were of more frequent occurrence. It would be observed that those grievances chiefly affected the middle and humbler classes. The husband's right to defraud his wife, for fraud it must be called, might not always be carried to the extent as in the cases which he h a d mentioned, but th e common case was of a wom an marr i e d t o a d run ken, great manufacturing factidle good-for - nothing, who, not choosing to work de Theiruring h io i r mse h l i f ps had only to preferredtolive a go into t hiso any wife's expense. town in Lancashire in order to see the consequence of the law as it at present stood. He was told that there would be found besieging the door where the workwonsen were receiving their weekly wages the husbands of these women, who were obtaining, not by soft violence, but in many cases by severe pressure,lthe money which they had just received at the pay-table. It was said that an alteration of the law would have a tendency to beget quarrels, but those who would go to Oldham, to which toy,. Ma information more particularly applied, and there see the husbands lying in wait fdr the money of their wives, would see that the present law was far from ex empting married couples from the incident of quarrels. I At a meeting of the Law Amendment Society in June, presided over by that most honourable and useful public man, Sir J. Paking ton, a detailed statement was made by a manufacturer (Mr. Musgrave, as we understood) employing a large number of work women, earning from 20s. to 40:. a-week, many of whom, he said, were sought in marriage by men who designed to live idle upon the wages earned by their wives. This manufacturer gave ten different instances of the truth of his state ment, and added that the women whose wages were thus taken from them were suffered to go disreputably ragged, while their children were miserably provided for. The evil being apparent, the question was as to the remedy. The testimony of these poor women was de cisive as to the existence of the evil, although they might not all agree as to the remedy, or be the best judges of what ought to be done for their relief. The general opinion was in favour of doing for those women who married without settlements what the law did for per sons who died without a will. If a man died intestate the law made a will for him, and so It was suggested that when parties married without making a marriage settlement, the law, following the analogy of wills, should make a settlement for them. If parties chose to make a settlement for themselves before marriage, and to tie up their property, then the law need not interfere. Otherwise let the woman obtain her property as a feme sole, with the provision that the husband should not be liable to her debts either before marriage or during coverture, arid following in all respects the analogy of the feme sole. (A Noble Lord.—The children !3 The children should be maintained by both husband and wife, the wife being equally liable with the husband. This was the law in the greater part of the United States. Both lawyers and laym en agreed that it had answered perfectly, and they laughed at the idea of its tending to produce quarrels. There was some little doubt as to a wife's right to her own earnings in France; , but there was no doubt as to her right to her real pro perty, and there was no material difference with regard to the rights enjoyed by a wife between the French and English law. But the remedies given to the wife in F ranc e were much superior to those given to her in t his • eountry.• Not only had she a right to apply for a Mae _ . ration de biens, eith er with or witbotit a serval on de corps, but she could also obtain an autorisation—an au thority by which her property was placed beyond the reach of her husband. This aas not an ex parte proceed ing, for if the husband appeared he was heard, and the judge, after an examination of all the circumstances, de cided the case. Mr. Macqueen related an anecdote which ' illustrated the effect of this law. A. washerwoman belonging to the hotel which that gentleman was in habiting was married to a man who had deserted her ; ' the creditors of her idle, w orthless, dis-ipated husband ' claimed h er earn i ngs, but she was allowed leave of absence from her work for half-a-day, and by the time she re turned she had obtained an autorisation, which effectu ally protected her and prevented the creditors from . touching a farthing. He had heard an anecdote which illustrated the effect of the English law. A French gentlewoman,' , not being stiecesefol in her business in Paris, came, by the advice of an English lady, to Len don, where she established, and f,,r some time carried on a fionristeina business. Her husband heard of her success and came - to England, swept away all her entire ncf tended ,nti u t tdr n p eestrtdhrorcyoropot required r' trouble ur:lnyieobori eevH `the dotf over eeau v earnings and collected her debts. She returned to l i Paris, saying to her English friend, " Ab, Madame how can you bear to live in such a barbarous ori resolutions,t amendment, tdhe g h en eord impracticabler n amdwr o o seh w hnoi hes s ea t ot a ffisfha t t na e hnr tn d ay:l ratil reophwirguri remedy yin property, eutrt s y. he H would lawh e r : e b 9t t u_ h i, thataiur gentlyeen- tire y b e r y u :a r t t learnedle Society,sahn(cul a w l r d r o y t r t h i n h e g y n colleague lr h eo a a gd d uue ee a fb. bi referred li sl s n h t o hnei carefully 4 be A allowed prepared men h d b into effect the first and most effectual remedy. -He had been told that it was hopeless to expect that such a bill would pass, lout be comforted himself by remembering-the observation of Lord Bacon, that no renprovernent in jeris prudence founded 'upon a 'good priuciple was ever proposed which did not sooner or:later bear fruit, however despe rate its chance of success might at first appear. There was a time when all men despaired of the possibility of abolishing the slave trade ; but the day came when that enormity was brought to a close so far as this country was concerned. Then, again, for' about 20 years the demand for the abolition of slavery itself was by many believed to be hopeless, and yet they lived to- se 4 the ' system of slavery put down. The labot?rs of ftomily, too, might be recalled to comfort those who were engaged in .what might appear a hopeless struggle. When'that distinguighed individual brought in a bill -to compel men . _to do what'all, honest men did—pay their debts out of their freehold estates—he was opposed with as much determination as if the-mea.ure had in olved a confiscation of property. Thatlittle modicum of reform was carried, and then oatne those other at tempts of his 'to mitigate the severity of the criminal law which had reflected so much honour on his memory, and we had lived to see the full fruits of his labours, almost all capital offences having now been struck off oar crimi nal code. Even within the 1:1 , 1 14 or 15 ycars many. safe and prudent measures of law reform, .at first opposed, had been successfully carried. In 1845 he brought in nine bills for the-amendment of the law. Every one of those bills seemed then to be hope less, but seven of them were the 14. w of the land within five or six years afterwards, one of them being that important measure which allowed parties to be examined as witnesses. These were his grounds for entertaining a sanguinc—he could hardly say a con- fident—expectation that the present measure, as one founded on the same principle, would ere long pass into a law, and thus give inexpressible relief to a most inte resting portion of - the community. The noble and learn ed lord concluded by moving his resolution. Earl GRANVILLE-said it was matter of deep regret that the noble and learned lord should be obliged to leave this country, and that it would not be in his power to assist their lordships in the consideration of those most important law reforms to which their attention would be drawn. With regard to the question of the rights of married women, to which the noble and learn ed lord had just directed their notion, be had summed up in a most lucid and satisfactory manner, and illus trated with. his peculiar talents all that had been pre viously said in their foidships' house on that subject. The evils to which he had referred were admitted to be great, and, though some of them were, no doubt, inci dental to the relations' that existed between the sexe., yet it was universally admitted and acknowledged that the law did create artificial difficulties and artificial evils of its own. (Hear, hear, bear.) With regard to the resolution proposed by his noble' and learned friend, he presumed that he only took that mode of leaving on record his views of the subject, and that it was not hie, wish to commit the house in any way to the expression of an opinion regarding it. He could say that he bad listened with great interest and admiration to the statement of the noble and learned lord, who was so well entitled to be heard, considering the great and extraordinary efforts he had made in the cause of law re form. That there was great room for an improvement of the law was almost universally admitted ; but the chief obstacle to the removal of the evils tbat existed lapin this, that when any practical measure was brought forward with that object there arose such a difference of opinion among those who were connected with the profession of the kw regarding it as to present almost insuperable diffi culties to its being carried. He hoped the speech of the noble and learned lord on the great and important subject to which it related would have the effect of narrow ing the difficulties that surrounded the question, and his hope was that some satisfactory conclusion regarding it would be arrived at during the present session, and be fore the noble and learned lord returned. (Hear.) Lord CAMPBELL felt that this was not the time - to enter into the details of the proposal made by his noble and learned friend, though he was ready to concur in the general spirit of the resolution. Toe law of this country, ae.regarded, married women was barbarous, and be hoped a remedy . would be soon provided. ~ tie was above all daairoaa' to see a better mode enabling women to separate from their husbands who deserted them or used them cruelly. He confessed he thought that moot of the objects sought to be attained by his noble and learned friend would be attained by the bill which the Lord Chancellor had recently introddcod, and therefore that the necessity for his noble and learned friend's resolu tions was the less apparent. (Hear, hear.) When Isis noble and learned friend was intr(iducing his proposal to the house, he (Lord Campbell) thought he heard a noble earl ask what was to become of the children of a mar riage in case it passed into a law. Tnat was a very natural question, and as it appeared to him (Lord Camp bell) conclusive to show the impolicy of any such propo sition. Was the wife, for instance, to be committed to prison in case she refused to contribute her proper share to the expenses of the menage! He contended that the proposal would lead to perpetual discord amorg married persons, and prove detrimental to domestic happiness. The LORD CHANCELLOR was about to put the resolutions, when Lord CAMPBELL moved the adjournment of the debate to this day six weeks. After a few words in reply from Lord BROUGHAM, the motion of Lord Campbell was agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. The Earl of LEITRIM moved for a copy of the re ports of the commissioners appointed by the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury to audit and report on the accounts of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and particularly such as referred to the frauds committed by the Assistant-Accountant about the years 1847 and 1848.—Agreed to. inves4Tateinto the financial affairs of Greece, and report thereon. policy of the war as dangerous and bad. If, on the other hard, the nohlo lord will not state that a debate will lead to the interruption of negotiations, I trust that the house will enable me on the earliest day—perhaps on Monday next,—to bring forward the subject, so as to obtain the opinion of the bOuse upon a question of the most vittl importance to the interests of the country. (Islear.) Lord PALMERSTON—Of course, it is impossible for any person to say what will necessarily be Lie result of anything that is going to happen, but we are in negotia ion at present with Persia in Paris, and I think, upon a general view of the matter, that persons less experienced in diplomacy than my hon, friend must see that a debate upon the subject of negotiations could not fail to produce injurious consequences. Whether it would occasion a continuance of the war is more than I can tell, but cer tainly I can undertake tosay, as a Minister of the Crown , that negotiations having commenced, and having hitherto been conducted in a promising manner, such negotiations must be very much damaged and the public interests must be injured by a discussion in this house founded upon imperfect information andbearing upon many points, which may, perhaps, be settled in negotiation. Speeches by persons who are imperfectly informed of the facts must necessarily have an injurious effect, and I assure the CATHEDRAL CHAPTERS. house that it is the anxious desire of the G-overnment to conclude peace Pith Persia on conditions which shall be honourable and satisfactory to both countries, and which shall give some lair security for 1 continuance of peace. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. HERBERT asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any daring the present session to regulate Ca thedral Chapters; whether it was intended to renew the act Glynd 37 Vic. c 35, by which all appointments to ca pitnlar offices were made subject for two years to the pro visions of any measure which might be passed, founded on the Report' of the Cathedral Commission of 1852 ? And whether any stipulation had been made with the canons late)) , appointed, that they should hold their canonties subject to the provisions of future legislation I Lord PA.LMERSTON said that the Government had 1.• intention of proposing such a bid at present, and that no stipulitioo bad been made with the canons lately ap pointed za-lative- to their tenure of office. E NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. 0 ['WAY asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether (it was the case that Mr. Ford, one of the Royal Coromi , =sloneis appointed to determine the site of the National Gallery, had resigned his appointment, and, if so, whithcr it was the intention of 13 , -r Majesty's Govern ment to recommend any other gentleman fdr the vacant The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was true Mr. Ford had resigned his office, and that there was noiutention on the part of the Government to fill it up. RELATIONS WITH PERSIA. On the motion that the SPEAKER leave the chair, Mr. said—Bdore you leave the chair, sir, I wish to ask a question of the noble I)rd at the head of the Government on a subject to which I attach great inip4tanee—l mean our relations with Persia. At the beginning of this week I gave notice of a motion on the subject. I did so notwithstanding that the Pre sident of:the Board of Control had stated that negotia ti°os were taking place at Paris, and a selection of pa pers would be laid on the table. My reason for persist ing was this. It is almost unprecedented that a war shoul•i be entered, on virtually whin' Parliament is sitting a❑d peace concluded while Parliament is sitting, without Parliament having an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon so Important a subject. Another reaso❑ was that I am led to believe we are about to enter into treaty engagements With Persia, which may involve, to a serious extent, our relations with the States of Central Asia. I believe that there are many gentlemen in this house and in the country who agree with me in that' opinion. I Therefore think, ' before the treaty is signed at Paris, airl this country forms engagements which may lead hereafter to serious conplicabrons— (bear, hear)—and to many wars, that the bou3e thou'd have an opportunity of expressing an opinion upon our Central Asian policy. I have been told privatey that the negotiations are in such a state that a debate in this house might lead to their interruption and to the con- tinuance of war. The greatest of all evils is the continua tion of war, and, as I should be most imprudent under such circumstances to press the debate, I beg t) ask the noble lord at the head of the Government whether he will state seriously and positively that a debate in this house upon the Ptrsian question would so far interfere with the negotiations as to prevent their successful issue, and to lead to a continuation of the war. If the noble lord make that statement I must throw myself up ,n the hou,e, at the same time protesting against the The same Noble Earl also moved for a copy of the ap plications made to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland for the office of the Clerk of the Crown of the c)unty of Leitrim, together with the recommendations of the seve ral candidates, and the correspondence with reference to the recent appointment to that office. Earl GRANVILLE submitted to the noble earl that it was impossible to furnish a return of that nature ; but offered to supply a copy of the correspondence which had passed between the noble earl and the Government on the subject. • The Earl of LEITRIM said the correspondence would be useless to him without the rest of the papers. The motion was then withdrawn, and the house ad journed at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. BAILLIE—Has the noble lord any objection to ay upon the table of the house a copy of the ultimatum which was sent to the Ferman Government previous to the declaratio❑ of wart This is the first time that this I country ever engaged in a war without knowing what it was about. Wit are told we are fighting because Persia kas taken possession of Herat ; but the Persians say that it is nu suds thing, but MAU England has made fresh demands upon Persia. If the dispute bad bean about Herat Lord Stratford de Radcliffe would have set tled it long ago at Constantinople. What are the fresh :demands, then, that England has made upon Persia, and will the noble lord lay upon the table of the house a copy of the ultimatum which was sent to the Persian Government , • L Ord PALMERSroN—I fear that I cannot. under- take to do that, because it would be making a statement with regard to matters which are the subject of negotia- tions yet i❑ progress, which would be contrary to every rule, and injurious, probably, to the interests of the country. Mr. ROEBUCK.—It would seem, then, Sir, that. the boasted supervision of this house is a farce. (Hear, hear.) Let us consider a little the circumstances in which we are placed. A war has been declared; and of that war the House of Commons knows nothing, The war has been commenced and carried on, and the House of Commons knows nothing of the transaction. We are informed that negotiations are proceeding, and wheal question is put with regard to them we are told that the House of Commons knows nothing, and ought to know nothing ; so that we are now in this position : The Hon. S. WORTLEY, her Majesty's Solicitor-Ge neral, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Bateshire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time : —Bristol, South Wales, and Southampton Union Rail way ; Nene Valley Drainage and Nav,lgation Improve ment ; Tilbury, Maldon, and Colchester Rail a)_; Tyne 'lmprovement ; and Pulteney Tow ndiarbour. • INC° SIB TAX. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petitickn, from . Reading against the continuance of the income tax. Various petitions were presented from other places to the same effect. PERCUSSION CAPS FOR THE ARMY. Lord BURGHLEY asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to adopt for the ar►ny, insteal of the •present regulation copper caps, Eley's elastic waterproof percussion caps ? Mr. F. PEEL said that description of caps bad been ordered, but machinery had to be purposely got up for it. ARCTIC MEDAL. Mr. VERNON asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty whether the design of the arctic medal had been decided upon; how soon the medal would probably be issued ; and whether it was to he conferred upon any foreign as well as British officers awl men who have been'engaged in Arctic Discovery Service,? Sir C. WOOD said that the Gazette of that day fort night gave every information respecting it, and how the medal was to be distributed. He read the notification f r om the Gazette. The medal would be ready for deli very about the end of the month. SAVINGS BANK BILL. In answer to a question from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he proposed Ito introduce his Savings Bank Bill on Tuesday next. GREEK LOAN. Dlr. JAS. WGREGOR asked the First Lord of the T r easury if any and what steps had been taken by the Government to ascertain the present revenues of Greece, h o w they were disposed of, and the probability of their being adequate to relieve the Consolidated Fund of the 47,0001. which was paid annually for the interest land sinking fund of the Greek loan guaranteed by this country under the act 2 and 3 Will. 4, o. 121, and 6 an d 7 Will. 4, c. 94, or any part thereof ? Lord PALMERSTON said much communication had passed between the various Governments referred to, and, the result was , that a commission was to be formed of the three protecting Powers at Athens, who were to that it would be very difficult for the house to ,arrive at I anything in the nature of a - satisfactory understan ding at the present moment with respect to the policy - a the: Persian war. Ifu ly admit the force of the general con. - siderations which were urged by the noble lord the mem ber for the City of London, and which were very fairly' admitted by the hon. member for Aylesbury, that it Ist most undesirable that we should incur any risk of frus trating negotiations which may possibly issue in the esta. 1 I liniment of peace. At the same time there are other questions which are anterior in order to the discussion . of the negotiations. We stand in the very peculiar position of being made aware that a war involving grave questions of pc licy has been undertaken by the Government on their own responsibility, and without the knowledge or sanction of Parliament. At present, as I understand, papers are in preparation which, while they are not to contain anything that in the judgment of the Government is likely to interrupt the negotiations, ar e, notwithstanding, to exhibit to us the causes of the war, and to put us in possession of such information as shall enable us to exercise our constitutional function of judging whether the Government did or did p o wers, and whether th e y did or not go beyond their did not make a judicious and constitutional use of those powers in waging war against Persia. I frankly own my. self that I can form no judgment whatever upon this subject until I have seen those papers. (Heer.) When we see the papers, which will tell us the time when in structions were sent out fur despatching the expedition from Bombay, and which will disclose the cause of the war, then I think will be the time for members of this house to co ns id er w h e th er it is necessary to raise any question with regard to the objects of the war, and to the conduct of the Government in having commenced it. With respect to the negotiations, it is impossible,at the present time for the house to give, either byexpression or silence, a , y absolute pledge upon the subject. We roust, in the first instance, see the papers, and until we have seen the papers and have considered the origin of the war it is impossible for us to know how far the Go- vernment is in a condition to ask for the confidence of the house with reference to the conduct of the negotia tion 3. The hon. member for Aylesbury wilt take what ho may think the most prudent course with regard to immediate discussion, but we cannot be precluded by anything which has taken place to-night from raiding the question relative to the origin of the war. lam not sure whether I heard the noble lord the member for the city of London rightly, but I understood him to say that some questions had been set aside. It does not appear to me that the question with respect to the origin and the causes of the war has been set aside ; on the con- rary, I think it remains fully and entirely open fur the future consideration and judgment of Parliament. Lord J. RUSSELL—The right hon. gentleman has noisunderstool me. What I said was, that the question remains entirely open for the discussion of the house. Mr. DISRLELI—I think, sir, the house should be very jealous of the plea of negotiations when a war has commenced. Before a war is commenced, when there is a misunderstanding between two Governments, of course the greatest forbearance ought to be shown by an as hembly like the House of Commons ; but when hostilities lave begun, when they are in progress and raging, we should not be prevented from either criticising the causes of the war or entering into the progress and conduct of the war by the fact being alleged that some negotiator, ob scure or otherwise, is negotiating, or attempting to ne gotiate, with the Government. Negotiations have fre quently been carried on during the progress of a war. Russia was conquered by the Emperor Napoleon while negotiations were in progress between the Russian Go vernment and France. It is most important that we should clearly understand whether the negotiations which are taking place upon the subject of Persia are sound negotiations, and whether there is a fair probabi lity of their being carried to a successful termination. We ought to knew also whether the negotiator in Paris, who may be successful, is the unsuccessful negotiator of Constantinople. I agree with the noble lord the mem ber for the city of London that this is a subject which requires some forbearance ; but at the same time it is one which we ought to view with jealousy, for we may and that the Persian war may proceed, and we may be involved in more than one campaign, while during the whole of that period the existence of negotiations may be used by the Government to prevent discussion. But, Sir, there is one subject on which I think I may ask for the papers without at all embarrassing negotiations, and it is with respect to our interference in the affairs of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. I was led to understand by the Speech from the Throne that these papers would be laid on the table, and, considering all that has oc- curred, I did believe that on ithe first day Parliament met they would have been in our hands. We have now been in session nearly a fortnight ; the papers are not in our possession ; and I must urge the noble lord at tie head of the Government speedily to produce documents which long before this ought to have been in the hands of the members of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear,) Mr. GIBSON—I beg to remind the house of one de- (castration which the First Lord of the Treasury has al ready made - to us—viz , that this country is to pay half of the experves of the war with Persia. Now, seeing that the Government have pledged the industry of Eng land to pay for the Persian campaign, I think they ought, when the war was commenced, to have given some little information to Parliament with respect to the origin and cause of the war. The motion was then agreed to, and the house went ,nto Committee of Supply; Mr. FITZROY in the chair. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sose at a few minutes past 5 o'clock, in a crowded house, to make his annual financial statement. The right hon. gentleman said, —Sir, however conscious I may be of the difficulty of the task which I am about to discharge, I can assure the com mittee that my feelings would be altogether misconstrued if it were supposed that I felt any reluctance to make to them at the earliest opportunity a statement of the expen diture and revenue of the country. The committee are well aware that the ordinary course is first to consider the principal estimates for the great services, especially the army and navy, in Committee of Supply, and then, when some progress has been made with those estimates, it becomes the duty of the Chancellor of the Exche- If we put a question before an accident happens we are quer to submit to - the house the ways and means by told that we are too soon; if we put it while the trans- which the expenditure of the ensuing year may be met. actions are going on we are told that we are intermed- As soon as I became aware that it was the general wish dliug ; and if we come to the house and inquire after the of the house that the financial statement should be transaction is terminated we are told that we are too late. made before the estimates for the army and navy were c (Bear, hear.) I would ask, then, when is the House of co nsidered in Committee of Supply , I ga ve notice of m y Commons to inquire—before the mischief happens, while in b ion to make that statementie to-day. Let w tiiiiiehootruhe it is going on, or when it is ended? At no time. I i t financial tee statementosery observe that h couldti is the be made. It was only yon Mon repeat, then, that the boasted supervision of this house day last—the last Government night—that, in Committee is a farce. We pretend to govern the country; we pre- of Supply, an address was agreed to to the Crown to pre tend to overlook the conduct of the Ministry ; but, in. sent the estimates for the army and navy. Those estimates stead of that, we sit by in silence; England may have have since been presented. This is the Second Committee every interest complicated and endangered, the very o f Supply, but the estimates being now on the table, and power of this country may be at stake, and the House no vote having been taken in Committee of Supply, no of Commons dare not say a word because the Minister Committee of Ways and Means has been appointed. Hence tells them that they •are either too soon or too late. this ,is the first occasion, being the second time when a Lord J. RUSSELL—The circumstances of the pre. Committee of Supply has sat, on which it was competent cent time with regard to the Persian war appear to me to me to make the statement which lam about to address to the committee. Hear, hear. Now, Sir, I think the to be unusual. I wi l l not now raise the q uestion who- () committee must be satisfied that there has been no delay Cher the Government ought to hays a ssembled Parlia- or reluctance on my part to lay before them the innual meat before they gave orders for hostilities against financial statement. In ordinary years it is no doubt de- Persia ; but that question being set aside, we are in this sirable that the consideration of the army and navy esti peculiar position, that, at the same time that we are in mates should take precedence. I fully admit, however, that b formed of hostilities having been ordered and under- ir taken we are likewise informed th a t ne g otiations have eenvxentraoienrtdi to n adopt a a rs d , such a different t s o t o h n e present eTnht The reason it then m o a l e been commenced at Paris, and , as my noble friend has usual procedure is this—the house fixes what expenditure just stated, they have been opened in a promising man- is necessary, and then, the expenditure being fixed, it is ner. It appears to me that that position is quite pecu- the duty of the executive Government to submit to the liar, and I certainly think that it is one which requires house a plan by which that expenditure may be defrayed. the forbearance of this house. (Hear.) I can well con- But, although a considerable portion of the expenditure of the country may be regarded as necessary and essential, ceive, if all the papers were now produced, and a die as inevitable for the serviceto of they a ear,there•ii also a not suasion were to arise upon them, that the terms de as portion as which . discretion may exist. mended by England before the war might be commented There are certain expenses which may be thought muses upon 4 lipase hen, gentlemen as impolitic and excessive, arin one year , but postponed to a future year. There and it is clear that such observations might tend to a s ee y oo - e s a i n purposes to which expenditure may be. applied embarrass and disturb the negotiations which are now t o a greater or a les s de g ree, whic h may be o which, accomplished in progress. I can I conceive, for example, that Fer uk in a m ore or less complete manner, a nd as t Khan, or any one vcho is negotiating with Lord Co wle y , t herefore, the house may reasonabl y say, t 4 We wish might coun might take encoura gemen t f ro m such a discussion in t his to know what is the p ressure of t axation in th house, and might no t b e s o ready to agree to reas onable tr y , and whether any im p ost ma y be justly regarded on terms as would otherwise be the case; and therefore, as grievous and oppressive, before we a gree to a reti ( Boar. ) Sir, this i s un d ou bt e dl y a period to which that de may though the circumstances are very peculia r, and thou g h of the expenditure which is not necessary, disc but w rti 'a o th n in an ordinary case it would be ri g ht to ask for the , tapers, I can very well imagine t hat the Government ' may be justified, in withholdi n g them now. I believe, ecription applie s . W e are passing from war to pe a ce, from • cted expenditu re , an d it i s a reasona bl e d eman d on however,-that the suspense can not be ver y lon g . The ma. a period of large e x p en dit ure to a period of comparat i ve l y jority of the points at iss ue were discussed repeatedl y at r th e t e part of the H ouse o f C ommons that t h e Constantinople, and the Government must be well aware y s hould be 'formedin of the prob a bl e t axa ti on, o f th e p r obable ways an d what the terms are whic h the y mean to insist u p on, an d what those are which they will not press. I imagine, , means of the ensuing year, before they enter upon the o oo , zi . .: therefore, that we shall either hear before long that there sid ration of the estimates. My hon. friend whor what re the address on the first night of the session drew has been a rupture of the negotiations, or that we shall Chancellor of the described as a lamentable picture of a . be informed of the terms which have been agreed go of repletion. He upon Exche uer suffern under the pan between Feruk Kuala and her Majesty's plenipotentiary . , spoke of q I g applies of for relief at a time when In either case the silence of the Government may then be the the t num h e t ro e u x s app expect an excess of revenue over ex. broken, and every particular respecting the negotiations end c i o t n u n rYanmdlfre bestowed upon ase great commiseration and the circumstances which preceded hostilities P re' • . . which I s hould be placed daring the can then for the position in 'on• Sir, I accept with great gratie be communicated to Parliament. It may happen , first weeks of the eosin • even o f hon. friend. At the if peace should be concluded, that • trade the sympathy my taskwhich same time the m c a ircumstances I cannot but feel that the l have to perform under which hostilities were undertakenee th a e ble than to be such as to justify the Government for y nothavingappear this yam earperarfoorermed in former years, when corresponding I had t at; comto rnenced warlike operations, and then it will be whisiehholuee to a gree to increased taxation, when I had to open to my hon. friend the member for Aylesbur any represent to them the necessity of imposing additional burs other member, to raise a discus • y, orsubject dens - upon the country, and when I had to ask them to discussion upon the without any danger of that injury sanction loans and vote Exchequer-bills forme purpose of to the public whicii mightinterest , . covering a large deficiency in the annual ome. That, now arise. 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