The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

MONEY r r A t 77 w AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoerr. The Liverpool Colton Market yesterday awed with a firm a , pect, and prices were extreme for all descriptions. rx(!ept Ameticans, which we e rather higher. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market was steady, at a slig - t advance in quotations. The commercial advices from the Brazils report Very little improvement in the general state of trade. At Buenos Ayres the markets were freely stocked, and the supplies of merchandise continued equal to the demand. In Rio an extensive busi nes had been done in coffee, and from Bahia we learn that the transactions in prAluce were of an average amount. The Great Russian Railway scheme is still kept Prominently before the public, aid the shares being now allotted the progress of the con will be watched with increased curiosity. Yesterday was the day appointed for the issue, but th ere are no means of ascertaining what number were awarded to bona fide applicants. This is a secret which the public will never learn, as the promoters have, of course, proceeded as though the subscription Usti were full. The greater Part of the shares, it may be presumed, are in the 'ands of the concessionaires or their agents, and aB °PPortunity present; itself they will be emitted. , nominal price of the shares in this market is -I te 1 premium, but on the Continent, at Paris .7.Peeia l ly, busine s s is recorded at a higher value. -6 Y upholding these nominal quotations a demand Ir laY be eucouragud, and the attempt will, no doubt, prove partially successful, nothwithstand ing the questionable character of the scheme, the Warnings of the press, and the prospect of an ade quate dividend never being realised, supposing the lines were constructed. Advices from the Continent describe some of the money markets es presenting a rather improved appearance. At Berlin the value of discount ac „commedat'on h as d ec li ne d to 4,t,- per cent., and at zaaraburg to 5 and 51. The Paris market is also rather easier. The 24th annual meeting of the National Pro vincial Bank of England was held to-day, J. F. Lauri e in the chair. After a speech from the chairman, Mr. Robertson, the manager, read the l'eport from which the following extracts were tak en " The Directors are happy to add that during the pa s t Year, a consid era bl e increase has taken place in the Deposits of the Bank, as well as in its general trausac tions. This accession of business combined with the high rate of interest, which, with the exception ef a abort interval, prevailed throughout the year, has enabled the Directors to place a favourable statement of account before the meeting, showing a rest, or undivided profits, 1 on 3ht Dec., 1856, of 237,833/. 12s. ld. "In this satisfactory position of the bank's affairs, the directors propose to declare, as before, a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus of 10 per cent, both dividend and bonus to be paid as usual in July. After payment of the bonu3 the reserve land will stand at 185,3331. 123. ld. "In conclusion, the directors have to state that a bonus of 10 per cent. was given to the officers on their Palaries at the close of the year, of which they have no doubt the proprietors will approve," The Chairman, in answer to the various ques tions of Mr. Perry, explained the constitution of the bank, which had no house of business as a branch in London, nor within 65 miles of it ; the directors had, therefore, no accounts with the bank, .nor could they have advances from it. He (the Chairman), was the only one, and that was because he had sold his private bank at Dover to this institution, which bound him t o keep his account with them. This, how ever, was all on the right side, for there was a cons iderable balance at the N a tio na l P rov i nc i a l Bank in his favour. The accounts were daily audited by the directors, and every check possible I va.% placed up on th e secur iti es. N o di rector wou ld be allowed to hold Shares, except all his calls were P a id. The accounts were given as much in detail as elsewhere, and to make them more so might On ly raise up rivalry to the establishments. The l 'ePlies w ere rece i ved w i th sat i sfact i on, an d soon after the report was adopted, and a most unani mous vote of thanks was passed to the directors, l ae d to Mr. Robertson and the officers of the estab lishment. The Bank Directors, as was anticipated, have not ma de any a lt erat i on in their terms of discount. At present the demand although greater than for some tune past is still too active to admit of any relaxa tion, but many are strongly of opinion that the a uthorities will be enabled to make some conces kons ere long. On the Stock Exchange there is a brisk demand for money, and a leading broker has borrowed 100,000/. on Consol s at 8 per Cent. The English Funds are very firm, and at one period they tended upwards, but a supply of money stock has temporarily prevented a further improve rnent. Business is moderately active, and the pub lic ace ma ki ng investme n t s, though not to any great ex'ent. - Consols have been 94 to 941 for money, but are now about 93 94. The account Price s have been 94 -Re The New Threes are the Reduced, 924 ; the March Exchequer tills are ls. to 4s: prem. ; the June do., at pram,; the Bonds, at 98i ; and the India B on d s are 7. prem. In Foreign Stocks the dealing are not nunier owino. to some large sales. Turkish 6 per uents. have declined to 95 to 94,, and the 4 per Cents. are 100 3 money and 1014 for account. r lizi . ar . 1 . ran 5 per Ce n t s , 99i to 1001 ; ditt o new , 991. Peruvian 3 per Cent., HI. Portuguese 3 P j r ,Cents., 45. Prussian 4} per Cents., mg. Sar -91. Spanish Passive, 251. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign dent; Peruvian D e f erre d B on d s . 61 7 ; M ex i e , n, Peruvian Cy per Cents., 77 78 ; ditto 3 per 54 53 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; 0„, 11 , 1 an 5 tier Cents., 104 106 ; 4,1, per s Def erred, 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2 ; ditto Passi ve, 251 ; di tto C er tifi cates, 6" ; ditto 5i 6. tol I , he last week's railway receipts, ascertained up i s day, are in round figures as under 1857. 1856. Grea tv West ern £29,292 £29,168 -f,'"rth-We s tern ' ut ighto r ,„, an 31,686 29,642 F puth- Eastern ...... .aledonian 12,764 11,694 Northern b Lan cashir e and Yorkshire ..F4tai and E xeter 6,453 6,285 .I;',llesiter a n d H o l yhead .u.-at Lan e h as hire Lands and C ar li s l e n chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,049 9,008 Isi No rth London orth Stafford. .7,565 7,111 ford, W orcester, and Wolverh 4,123 3,644 ate r ford and Limerick Edi,llLargb and Glasgow nburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 6,314 5,869 „\ - uaigow and South-Western ...... 6,281 5,771 " 1-14 tell Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada .. ........... 9,974 4,481 Great W estern o f C ana d a l2 5,3 ,466 103 Northe r n o f France36,69B 34,231 In the Railway Share Market business was moderately active, and prices have shown, in most instances, a slight improvement. Great-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, advanced ss. ; Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, South-Western, North- Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s. ; and C aledonian, 11. The French Shares were quiet, at about previous rates, but the Canadian Shares a slight improvement. Great Western of Canada ad vanced 10s, ; Lombardo Venetian and Great Luxemb ourg were firm. „Mining Shares were neglected, and ruled at no minal quoiatons. For Joint Stock Bank Shares there was a fair I nquiry, Bank of Egypt advanced ss. to 10s. ; U nion an d W es t m i ns t er, s s. ; O r i en t a l B an k an d of Australia realised former values, In the Miscellaneous Market business was very ( Not, and previous rates were barely maintained. 44ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE / List.) O'CLOCK. ( From the O -- iIiCVI Easiness done. 92i i 6 3 9f! Cent. Reduced Annnitlas 94 t 3 i 4 leer Cent. Console Annuities h .,- e ,, 3 per Cent. Annuities . 92 i -..‘c,,,. Rends, XIiWU b'jitte., under gum) 7 d -,tehetiLer 131.11 e, 20. 41 4PI 2 I ) 41%0 ..... ........ March. I i'.500 .... . 24 p June. %toll . . Ditto 80 . riCif . i . , . 1 . 8 . 5 . g,..itt . per Cent. ... ...... lb Ditto, 1 859 ' 984 i ie ll'S OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 4)" , tocE .Lrazilitin 5 per Coot . - petitto New, 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cont W?„; bru.lrita Bonds, 4i per Cont --- Dittitto A r co Cent. ' o -''' .. .. . 54.1 ?0 _ ? Ditto Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 1)1+ zl •to 184, 3 per Cent. 45 ' Bslit Ponds, 1622, St., 5 per Cent..- — ~ bitto 4 •-• 4144118. n 110E:8, ) 7 per ueut. (m a 5 per Cent. ..... ..... : 91* 413k4.)1*11 i 301.413, :i per Cent. - 13 _?tte. New beferred, 3 per u ` n • ~, Ditto Account 2si 1;i1e. , • .I):A., u‘o "4, 4*, 6 p,,,r went 95 Ditto G .Accott u t 95 3 5 uaranteed' 4 per Cent. • looi Ditto Aceimnt ~.. icends:on th e ahure pi k rable in Lonion., TWO O'CLOCK. ..., • Ditto fo—`11:18013, money r account ............ sit- In aye -500 rapidly tided iu •er had eie the ying in U day vesse'S b • allied. Dn ran :cl 12 of t rates aidency t ()ter m good coat. les had Ex -a -nee in b prices )od de market seas all Resin . Tar was an P. M. Stealll - arrived ❑tenant May 6 ; tto and 2,705/. hest of quarter 7 pack lnd two ) Queen home- cl to be South- L i n e day Linpton. lew and Princes .t Vigo, ibra. .red at Mal.a, t, under I. The turned the re- rived in French r rudder Lgo, and e other left for 3.—Low aseilles) Yted for 3, 53-g -471 limited, the rata tle busi a slight I. Last red 48,E to 28; preen• ; Preen• lir, 6. Dture ecipitate )a,o-aage -1.7,, of time Sir of readY iemy 00 peditioo viz., the f which co ttera, ,re Rem 'ronl her mand of .1 of So Captain expedi 31st dis from m s with and out Here ad beets into A n near st, the strong [ere the tod pro' re upon r prePa' It 8,0 00 y in th e vere oh - IC der of wo days tribe? , )f grad In S. red and v stand; )and re on the be great ed 0 19 1 h in till° avparg" bat the Aniz ecl• . as the colo ed e re 3 dark ~~ rnE S uIN, LIONDON, THURSDAY I OPENING, MAY 14, 1857, CRIMINAL CIGURT—(his Day.) IrdPZRIAL PARLIAMENT. THE WALWORTH MURDERS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTEr.DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. Kiirc and the Hon. F. BARING took the oaths and their seati. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. TRIAL OF BACON AND HIS WIFE. (Old Court,—Before Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice ere: sr.vell.) Thoruazt Fuller Bacon and MartLa Bacon his wife, were again placed in the dock this morning, charged with the murder of their two children. At the wish of the jury, Mrs Poarson and ethers were recalled, and, in answer to questions put by Lord Camp bell, said they bad no recollection of having seen the children on Sunday, the 28th of December last. Mr. Sleigh then rose to address the jury on behalf of Mrs. Bacon, and said in doing so he shonld occupy their attention but a few minutes. The first question for them to consider was, whether the fema;e was concerneti in the commitment of this murder. Colonel W. PATTEN informed the house that owing to the pressure of private business the Committee of Selection would have to abandon the precedent of for mer sessions in requesting members to state what period would be most convenient to them to attend to the Private Bill Committee, but, at the same time, they would be ready to attend to any representation mem bers might wish to make on the suti , ct. (Rear, hear.) PRIVATE BILLS. The dropped private bills were passed through their various stages up to that at which they stood prior to the dissolution of Parliament. JUDGMENTS, EXECUTION, &c., BILL. Mr. CRAUFORD moved the second reading of this bill. He said it had been his miefortune to have this bill ❑nder his care for four years without being able to carry it through the house. Nevertheless, ho was deter mined to proceed with it, and he hoped ultimately to be successful. The bon. and learned gentleman then entered into the details of the bill, which were fully dis cussed last session, the principle of which was to make judgments obtained in one country available in either England, Scotland, or Ireland, instead of mak ing it necessary, as now, for a creditor to sus his debtor only in the country in which he resided. It was high time that such absurdities should be abolished from our laws. Mr. J. EP/ART seconded the motion. Colonel FRENCH said the bill was opposed from a belief that it was not a bill to ,facilitate the recovery of debts, but one to engraft on England and Ireland the "barbarism" of the Scottish laws. He moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. Mr. BLAND seconded the amendment. It was looked upon with suspicion and distrust by the Irish, who considered a harsh use might be made of it as against themselves—(hear, hear,)—and allo that the balance of convenience was against them. (Hear, hear.) One reasonable objection to the bill was that it would tend to centralise all the legal business of Ireland in Dublin. He condemned the bill as uncalled for. Lord Campbell—l thought, Mr. Sleigh, the first question to consider was the state of the prisoner's mind. Mr. Sleigh—Precisely, my lord ; but in the event of of the jury deciding the affirmative that she was con cerned, then it would become their duty to consider the state of mind she was in et the time. He contended that it had been abundantly show❑ during the present interrogation that she was a person of unsound mind. At the time of giving birth to her last child her mind be came seriously affected, and up to October last she had been the inmate of a lunatic asylum. Such being the case, would it be sate to convict her of the heinous crime of murdering her two infant children. He trusted they would take into their consideration the whole of the con duct o! the unhappy woman, and also the evidence of the medical men that bad been celled for the prosecution, be cause he felt if they did so they could come to no other conclusion than that the was a person of unsound mind, and therefore not accountable for her actions. Mr. Metcalfe, for Bacon, i❑ addressing. the court, said he felt he laboured under great disadvantage in defend ing a man who had been held up as an object of scorn by the whole of the public press. He would be one of the last to interfere with the liberty of the press, but the conductors of the public journals ought to be careful how they inserted paragraphs which endangered a man's life. But there was still a power left to protect an un offending man, and that was justice. He felt that Mr. Bodkin bad conducted his case with such fairness as to merit his gratitude and thanks. With respect to the evidence that had been placed before them, how far did it affect the male prisoner ? Was it at all probable that a person who had made up his mind to commit a crime as horrid as the one they were now investigating, would not have taken steps for his own escape ? but the prisoner had done nothing of the sort ; he had acted in a manner which, under all the cir cumstances of the case, proved that he was innocent of the crime of which he was accused. There was not evi dence to show that this was a concocted murder between Mr. AYRTON said it was a retnarkaid,. thing, that this bill was opposed by all the Irish members, whilst it seemed by inference that it was not opposed by the Eng lish members, and the reason he suggested for it was, that gentlemen in Ireland came very much to England, but that Englishmen did not go much to Ireland. He, however, went to Ireland once a year, and he assured the houe that he had as much prejudice against the bill as any person who came from Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He condemned discussing this bill on prejudices, and he proceeded to state that the question was whether this bill was one of real law reform or not. He considered it was not, and in reference to a codifica tion of our laws he thought this a proceeding in the wrong direction. The honourable and learned gentleman then entered into the details of the bill with reference to the mode of procedure under it, and stated his objections to them, f xpressing a belief that this bill would rather tend to complicate than sim plify the law. Mr. M‘MATION opposed the bill on the ground that it was in direct violation of the established princi ples of law and jurisprudence. The proper course was to assimilate the law of Scotland to England, rather than the law of England to Scotland, as was proposed by this bill, and he proceeded to show the anomalies of the Scotch law which this bill would enforce in England and Ireland. the two prisoners. Was it at all likely, that if he had contemplated the murder of his wife and cbildron, he would have gone to Mrs. Monroe's on the Sunday pre vious to the discovery of the murder, and solicited her to come and remain with his wife while he was from home ? He said be would not. And it was entirely owing to the circumstance of Mrs. Monro, unfortunately, not being able to comply with his request earlier than she did that the murder had been committed by the wife the moment she was left alone. The evidence of Cook, the policeman, of itself was conclusive evidence that the female prisoner had committed the murder. It would be recollected that in his evidence he said there were spots of blood in front of the drawers in the bed-room, upon which stood a looking-glass. Now what could be inferred from this but that the female prisoner had in- flicted the wounds on her throat by her own hand, and that she had stood before the glass in order that she might not cut too deep. It was impossible to believe that she would have consented to her husband making the cuts on her throat in order to allay the suspicion. It had been clearly proved that the unfortunate woman wag a person of unsound mind, and it was in one of the paroxysms of the malady that she had committed the murder. He could not deny that Bacon in the course of investigation into the murder uttered many untruths, but his state of mind, his anxiety to save his wife must be taken into con sideration, for the whole of the evidence proves that he was much attached to her. Then it had been given in evidence that blood was found on a certain pair of trousers, but the medicalman who had been called to prove the fact, had admitted that other substances would produce simi lar marks. The learned gentleman then went through the other parts of the evidence, and contended there was nothing to fix the guilt of the murder upon his unfortu nate client. He concluded his remarks by saying he felt confident the jury would take the same view of the case that he had done, and by their verdict fully acquit him of the crime laid to his charge. Mr. NEATE supported the bill. Mr. WHITESIDE opposed the bill, and entered at some length into its details, pointing out the objection able points. Mr. MALINS supported the second reading of the bill. He did not consider that the objections raised against the measure touched its principles. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the objections to the bill appeared to be based on the defects of the Scotch law. This was not a Scotch measure, but one of general jurisprudence, and it had received the approbation of Lord Brougham and all English lawyers. He defended the Scotch law from the charges that had been brought against it, and said that, so far from the Scotch system being a barbarous one, it was built on the old Roman law, and the feudal law of Europe, and was transferred from France into that country. He saw no objection to the house reading this bill a second time. Many of the objections raised against it could be bettor discussed in committee. Mr. NAPIER said the Scotch law was only known in Ireland as a "foreign law," and that, he thought, would be a defect in this measure, because by the bill they would have to give effect to the Scotch law in Ire land. This bill, if passed, would be most injurious to trade, because it would afford means for collusion and fraud. Mr. HADFIELD regretted that Irish members should oppose this measure. He was convinced that it would prove more beneficial to Ireland than to England and n'cotland. He approved of the principle of the bill, which was peculiarly calculated at this time more than any other to produce beneficial effects. Mr. STEWART supported the second reading. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the•second reading 137 Against it Majority for the second reading--38 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday. Adair, H. A donne, Henry Althorpe, Viscount Anderson, Sir J. Ayrton, A. Ball, E. Baring, T. Bathurst, A. Baxter, W. Biggs, J. Black, Adam Blackburn, Peter Boldero, Col. H. G. Bonham-Carter, J. Booth, Sir Bt. Gore Bowyer, G. Brady, J. Bramley-Moore, J. Bramston, T. W. Brand, H. Briscoe, John Butler, C. Byng, G. Caird, James Christie, Samuel Clay, James Clifford, C. C. Close M. Codrington, Calera! Colebroke, Sir T. Colville, C. R. Conyngham. Lord F. Cotterell, Sir H. Cov, William Craufurd, E. H.J. Crawford, It. Cross, R. Crossley, F. Cubitt, W. Dalglish, R. Lord Campbell then commenced his summing up of the evidence, and in doing so, said he had no other ob ject but that truth might prevail and justice be vindi cated. He trusted they would be entirely guided in their decision by the evidence that had been laid before them, and that they would dismiss from their minds any accounts they might have heard or read. As far as the woman was concerned he thought they would have very little to consider, for the in idence went evidently to show that she was concerned in the murder, and the next question they would have to consider was the state of her mind. She seemed to have been deprived of her reason by the visitation of God, and did not know right from wrong. She had threatened the lives of her dearest relatives, and they had it also in evidence that she had been confined in a lunatic asylum, and there was reason to believe that she was not cured of the malady when she was taken from the institution in October ; this was quite evident from the fact that had been proved in evidence, viz , that her husband was anxious that she should not be left alone with the children, and all the witnesses for the prosecution concurred with one voice that she was not a person of sane mind, as her conduct showed. Under these circumstances they might very properly return a verdict of acquittal—the result of which would be that she would be placed under proper treatment until God pleased to restore heroonsciousness. With respect to Thomas Bacon, no motive for the death of the children had been shown on his part. On the con trary, it was proved that he was extremely fond and attached to his children, also that he was in a comfort able situation and earning his bread by honesty and in dustry. There was nothing like direct evidence, and the scheme that had been raid to have been concocted seemed still more improbable. Such being ,the case, it would be their duty to see whether the circumstantial evidence was strong enough fee them to act on. If they thought it was so, then he would remind them that circurnrtan tial was quite as strong as direct evidence. If, with the whole of the facts before them, they shovl I be of opi nion that they were inconsistent with the innocence of Thomas Bacon then they would return a verdict accord ingly. His lordship then proceeded to read the whole of the evidence, and said the jury would remark there was nothing to prove there was any person present but Mrs. Bacon when the murder was committed. The letter Darner, L. Davey, R. De Vera, S. Devereux, J. T. Dillwyn, L. Dobbs, Ar. Drummond, 11. Duncan, Viscount Dutton, R. East, Sir J. Evans, T. W. Finlay, A. Adderley, C. Archdall, M. Bagwell, John Bailey, C. Bennet, Capt. P. Berkeley, H. F. Bernard, W. Bland, L. Charlesworth, 3. Cote, H. A. Du Cane, C. Dunbar, Sir W. Dundac, G. Dunlop, A. Elclio, Lcrd Ellice, E. Elphinstone, Sir J. Euston, Earl Fenwick, H. Fergus, J. written by Mrs. Bacon, in which she accuses the male prisoner of the crime, would not be taken as evidence against Thomas Bacon ; the jury must treat it as the pro duction of an insane person and unworthy of belief. His lordship having finished reading the evidence, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of a hour, returned a verdict of not guilty against Thomas Bacor, and a similar verdict against Mariha Bacon, on the ground of insanity, Lord Campbell said he felt it his duty to say be en tirely concurred in the verdict of the jury. Whatever crimes the prisoner Thomas Bacon may have com mitted, he felt confident he was entirely innocent of the charge of which they had just acquitted I him. It would be a source of satisfaction to the jury to know that since he (the learned judge) had been absent from the court he had been informed that the female prisoner bad confessed to the chaplain of the gaol that she alone bad committed the murder. (Sensation.) The other indictments against the prisoner wore with drawn. The chief constable of Stamford was in waiting with a warrant to arrest Thomas Bacon on the charge of murdering his mother. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—Two highly inter esting figures have just been added to this popular col lection of wax models. They represent her Royal High ness the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia. The princess is attired in an elegant blue silk dress, trimmed with white and pearls, and her head ornamented with a chaplet of white roses and pearls. The figure of her Royal Highness is beautifully constructed. The Prince is represented in a dark blue military uniform, with silver lace, and is most life-like in appearance. SUICIDE OF A LADY BY POISONING.—An elderly maiden lady named Martin, who resided at Hcavitree, near Exeter, committed suicide by taking essential oil of almonds on Monday. As the deceased did not appear at her usual time in the morning, one of her family went into her room and found her lying on the floor. Dr. Madden, surgeon, of Heavitree,was immediately sent for, but on his arrival lie found that life was extinct. At , •a coroner's inquest, held on Tuesday, evidence was ad duced to show that the deceased bad for some time been in a low, desponding way, and. the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary session, which arrived at its second reading when Par liament was dissolved. Mr. COWPER, on the part of the Government, offered no opposition tc) Vie introduction of the bill. The question was one of great importance and pressing emer gency, Mr. A . Black, Lord Eleho, Mr. Napier, and Mr. Craulurd supported the introduction of the bill. Leave was Riven to bring in the bill. PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE. Mr. B. CARTER moved that Sir William Russell be added to the cot ee.—Agreed to. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY COMMITTEE Mr. ADDERL EY moved that Mr. Christy be added to the committee.—Agreed to. Theabove bills were then brought in and read a firat time. The house adjourned at five minutes to five o'clock. PA RUA KEN T ARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MAY 13. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &e., DILL Order for second reading read ' - motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill b now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," end at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put. "That the word now' stand psit of the question." The house divided— Ayes, 137; noes, 9P. AYES-137. !.Pair, 11. Gant, R. Paget, Lord C. Althorn, Lord Gifford, Earl of Patten. Col. knderson, Sir J. Gilpin, C. Paull, Henry Baring, T. G reena ll, * Gilbert Pease, Henry Batlturst, A. A. Greenwood, John Pechell, Sir G. Baxter, W. Gr tv, Captain Philips, R. Beale, S. Griffiths, C. Philipps, J. Bothell, Sir R. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pilklngton, J. lliggs, Joint 0 urdon, Brampton Platt, J. Black, Adam Gurney, Samuel Pugh, D Blackburn, Peter Hadfield, George Puller, Christopher Bonham-Carter, J. iianhurv, Robert Ramsay, Sir A. Ilouvetie, Hon. E. P. ITarris, J. D. Ridley, George Bramley-Ninore, J. Hassarcl. Michael Scholefield, W. Bramston, T. W Hay, Lord John Selater, George Brand, Hon. 11. Headlam, T. Seymour, H. Brown, J. Hindtey, C. Sibthorp, Major Buchman, Walter Hor3fall, T. Stanley, Lord Butler, C. S. Ingham, R. Stapleton, John Buxton, C. Jervoise, Sir. . Steel, John Laird, J. Johnstone, Hope Steuart, A. (live, George Johnstone. Sir J. Stuart, Colonel Coal ington, Gin. Keating, 11. Tay-Tor, S. Coibrooke, Sir E. Kershaw, J. Thompson, General Cowper. W. F. King, J. Thornely, T. Cot terell, Sir 11. G. Xing. Edward Townshend, J. Cox, W. Kingacote, Capt. R. Trelawney, Sir John Crossley, F. . Ktnnaird. A. Tynte, Col. C. Dalgl'sh, R. Knatchimr-Ilu;uat sem Vivian, J. C. Lavey, R. Legit, G. C. Walter,J. Davies, D. Lincoln, Earl of Warburton, Major Dill wvn, L. L. Locke, J. Warre, John Divctt, E. Mainwaring, T. Watkin, Edward Drummond, H. Matins, Richard Watkins, Col. Dunbar, Sir W. Marsh, Nf. Westhead, Joshua Elphinstone, Sir J. MID say, W. Whitbread, S. Evans, T. W. Melgund, Lori Wickham, 11. Ewart, W. Merry, J , mes Williams, W. Ewart, J. Mil er, Taverner Wilson, A. Fergus, John Mills, A. Wlnnington, Sir T. Fitzgerald, J. Milton, Viscount Wise. A. Fitzroy, Henry Moncreiff, J. Woods, Henry Fitzwilliam, C. Morris, D. Worsley, Lord Fitzwilliam, G. Mnle,rrave. Earl of Foley, H. W.: Neate, Charles Foljambe, Francis Nisbet, R. P. Foster,:W. 0. Paget, C. NOES-99. Adderley, C. B. Duncombe, A. Archdall, Capt. M. Dundas, G. Ayrt n, A. East, Sir J. Bagwell, John Egerton, Edvv. C Ball, E. Estcourt, T. Beach, W. Fagan, W. Bennet, Capt. P. Forde, Colonel Bernard, W. Forster, Sir Geo. Boldero, Col. H. G. Glover, E. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Greene, John Bowyer, G. Greer, Samuel Boyd, J. Gregory, W. Brady, J. Hardy, G. Briscoe, J. Hatchell, John Bruce, Major Ilildyard, R. C. Burghley, Lord Holgson, W. Butt, I. Hopwood, John Charlesworth,J. C.D. Hotham, Lord Christy, Samuel lludson, G. Cla k, J. Ingestre, Viscount Close, M. Johnstone, 11. B. Cole, H. A. Jones, D. Coote, Sir C. H. Kinglake. A. Conyngliatn, Lord F. Knatchball, W. Corry, H. T. L. Knox, W. S. Cross, R. A. Laurie, John Cuhitt, W Liddell, IL G. Darner, L. D. Lisburne, Earl Davison, R. Lygon, Hon. F. De Vere, S. E. M.Cann. J. Devereux, J. MacEvoy, E. Disraeli, B. M'Ciinteck, John Dobbs, W. C. MacMahon, P. Ducaue, C. March, Earl of TELLERS. Craufurd, E. H. I. Dunlop, A. Miller, Stearn Montgomery, H. L. Moody, C. Moore, G. Naas, Lord Nanier, J. O'Brien, P. O'Donoghoe. Daniel O'Flaherty, A. Ossulston, Lord Pakington, Sir J. Palk, L. Powell, Francis Power, N. Scott, Captain Seymer, H. Smyth, John Spooner, R. Sullivan, Michael Taylor, Colonel Tollemache J. Tottenham, C. Trollops, Sir J. Vance, John Vansittart, G. Ws rldron, Laurence Whiteside, J. Whitmore. H. Wo odd, 13. Wyndham, General Wynn, Lt.-Col. TELLERS. Freneh, Colonel Bland, L. H. ELECTION EXPENSES. Motion made, and Question pat, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to release Candidates at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament from the Expenses of Booths and taking the Poll, and to make the payment by Candidates of the Conveyance of Voters to the Poll illegal."—The House divided ; Ayes 151, Noes 58. AYES-IM. Fitzgerald, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Foljambe, W. Bloody, C. Foster, W. Mu'grave, Earl of Fortescue, F. Napier, J. Gard, R. Neate, C. Gilpin, Charles Nisbet, Robert Goddard, A. North, F. Greer, S. O'Brien, P. Gregory, W. O'Connell, D. Gray, Captain O'Donoghoe, D. Griffiths, C. Pager, C. Gurdon, B. Patten, W. Gurney, S. Pease, H. Hadfield, G. Pechell, Sir G. Banbury, Robert Philips. R. Hardcastle, A. Pilkington, J. Harty, G. Platt, James Hams, J. Power, N. Ilassard, M. Puller, C. 'Hay, Lord J. Ramsay, Sir A. Ileadlarn, T. Ridlo - , G. Hew:illy, D. Scholefield, W. Hindley, C. Sibthorp, Major Horstall, T. B. Smith, Sir F. , Ingram, H. Smyth, Col.: Jervoise, Sir J. Spooner, R. Johnstone, J. Hope Stanley, Lord Keating, 11. S. Stapleton, J. Kendall. N. Steel, J. Ker, R. Steuart, A ndrew Kershaw, J. Stuart, Colonel Kind, L . Thompson, Gen. Kinglake, A. Thornely, T. Kingscote, Capt. K. Tollemache, J. Kirk, W. relawney, Sir J. Knatchbull-Hugessen Warburton, G. • Lang ton, H. G. Warre, J. Legit, G. C. Watkin, E. Lincoln, Earl of Watkins, Col. Locke, J. Westhead, J. Lockhart, A. E. Whitbread, S. M`Cann, J. White, J. ullsgh, W. Williams, W. MacMahon, P. Wilmington, Sir T. M alnwaring, T. Woods, H Malins, R. Worsley, Lord Mangles, C. E. Maasey. W. Maxwell, Col. Melgund, Viscount Miller, S. B. Mills, A. NOES-58. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Forde, Colonel Foster, Sir G. Hatchell, J: Hodgs' n, W. Hopwood, John Hudson, G. Ingestre, Viscount Johnstone, IL B. Johnstone, Sir J. Jones, D. King, E. Knatchball, W. Liddell,H. G. Lygon, Hon. F. Miller, T. Montgomery, H. Morris, D. Naas, Lord O'Flaherty, A. TELLERS. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Shelley, Sir J. Ossulston, Lord Paull, U. Sclater, G. Scott, Capt. Taylor, Col. Trollope, Sir J. Vausittart, G. Walcott, Admiral Waldron, L. Whiteside, J. Whitmore, H. Wilson, A. Wise. J. Woodd, B. Wyndham, Gen. Wynne, W. TELLERS. , H Seymer, H. itithain, Lord LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 14.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; mo derate breeze and fine. PouTsmoimi, .May 13.--Wind S.S.E.— Arrived—Free Trade, from Rio Janeiro far Christiana; her Majesty's steamer Malacca, for Malta and Gibraltar. OFF PORTSMOUTH.—Arrived —Hotspur, from Calcutta. OFF WEYMOUTH.—Arrivou—Southampton, from New York. PLYMOUTH, May 13.- -Wind E. S. E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Urgent, from Barbadoes; H.M.S Ex mouth, Lisbon ; H.M.S. Colossus, ditto. OFF PLYMOUTH,May 12.—Arrived—Diana, from Bremen for New York; Irene, Adelaide, S.A. CHANNEL, May 13.—Arrived—Southampton, from Cal cutta. OFF SCILLY, May 11.— --Arrived—Skito, from Cal cutta. DARTMOUTH, May 13.—Wind S.E.- -Arrived—Equity, from Licata. SWANSEA, May 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Augusta Schneideo, from Cubs. Sailed— Bonenza, for Cape of Good Hope; Centurion, for Sierra Leone ; Congress, Que bec; Coquette, Vblauova. FALMOUTH, May 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Martha Clay, from Havannah ; Aria, St. Michael's. CLYDE, May 13.—Arrived—James, from Vielanosa. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMTON, Thurbday, 10 a.m. Wind E.S.E. Arrived— Resolution and Cherchear Witch, from Swan sea ; South, Picton, Clara, Elizabeth and Mary, Ino, Jessie, Hero, Florida, and Martha from Newport ; Ariel, s teamer, Havre. Sailed—Effort, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived--New World and Constellation, from New York ; M. Ogden and Brea,dalbane, Savaidentnnah ; Sempater, Welmington • Fortuna , Tunis; Pres, Antwerp ; Eagle IV ing, 'Palermo ; Lam bertus, San Sebastian ; Wm. Thrift, Marseilles ;' Helena, Santander ; Z. Hendrika, Bayonne ; Geordina, Bordeaux ; Arethusa, Memel ; Shalimar, Bombay ; Calpo Bayonne, Zelinda. Sailed—Rival, for Naples; Livonia, Pernambuco; Lora- QUEENSTOWN, a, Gi May Bra manter, Christina; Ar thur, Riga ; Melodi on . 12. Wind S.E. Arri ve d —Portia and Star, from P ara ib a ; Fidez, Lu dine,rjiane May, swyrna ; Maid of Orleans, Alexandria ; Alma, Callao; Suberb, Cardenas ; Fisherman, Malta ; Cad, Gonives ; Dream, Pozella ; Circassian, Banal; Arc tic Hero, Si:unit; Competitor, Foo-choo-foo. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.34 a.m. Wind E.S.E. ; last h our ' s e bb ;fine. Arrived, May It—Norge, from Calcutta ; Emelie, Band holm ; Heinrich, I.sbon. Arrived, May 14 —Gruen, from Eioge ; Cay Deidreicb, Newstadt ; Anna Margaretta, Nordersohlius ; Carl Rich ard; Dantsic ; Orient, Hamburg ; Blondica, Prcesto ; Jo hanna Margaretta, Randers ; Vorwarts, Rostock ; Caro line, Elelsingberg ; August, Gravelines ; Hermanus, Ran ders ; Purot, Gravelines ; Donor, Trieste. DEAL, Thursday, 9.24 a.m. Passed, May 13—Effort, from Landon, for Montreal. Passed iu Tow—Token, from Moulmein, for London. Passe(l, May 13—Samuel Enderby, from London, for St. Heleoa ; Hornet, from London, for Melbourne. LINES LESAED AT FIXED RENTALS. Patti EirLwAYS. Leasing Companies Ciosine Prices t yesterday. .I.luckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. r, Lin. g. G p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Gias. Parr. & Nas.Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Du.Fr Hull & Selby Do. 1 Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greouw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. B . Sh. Manch.Exton. and Matlock 1100 !Mali:. Bradfd. sj:Newtnarket BuryE.G.spc. all N. &F.:A.5 p.c. all , Do. 6 I ar ct all !Do.Fixed all !Prest. & Wyrt all !Do. 1 Shrs. A 10') Illoyst- &11 it. all IShrews.& Her all S. Staflordsh all !WearVal.g6pc all Do 100 Wilts ezSatnrg' Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 nc. No. I D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lou. & S.W. 7 perct., late 3d Shares .I 'ton dy.& Color. # Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 IDo. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Mid. Con sol. 6p. c. St Do. Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c Do. 44 n. c. Pref. S',:, Do. L. &H. 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. 184 E Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 North British Do, 71. Preference N. E. Borw. 4 p. c.Prf. Do. do. do IDo. Leeds 6pc No.l Do, do. Qrs., 1848 ID°. York H.& S. Pur North Staffordshire 0.x., Wor. & Wolv. 6 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 Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4b pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent Do. Fixed 4,i p.c. Shi S. Wales Gun. 4 p. C. Do. do. 4l p. c S.Yorksh .4 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C Do. do. do. Stock. & ITartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, 'SG Watorfd&Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH 12112' PREF ERENI 'myth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) ; Wis. A. Es. 4 p. c. IDo. 4 per e. Shares.. iCaledn..£lo 41 p. c. ;Ches. & Ho. 5i p. c. IDo. do. 5 per cent... 1 Corl; I3andon 5 2 p.e. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C i p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.ll Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East lin.. G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debent , ..Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lane ash .6 pets. E.&W. York. J. sth: Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed Prth.&D uu. 4p.c . Furness, 5 p. c..... .• Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 42 per cent ..... DO. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt. N . of Scot.lst Pro 'Gt. S &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. zed. 4{ P.C. ,Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per , ent.l Do 5 p. c. red. pref., Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. Do. do. d 0..., an.dr v- Alfred Cons. (Philk. !British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) l Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. ) Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N, Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co { S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Moo.) S.W. Frances(lllogn. ) Tarn. S. k L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mine (GwennaP) .V. of Towcy (Camay.) Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (ltdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 'Wit. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) iNVIL Trelawney (Lis.) FO REIGN MINES. - FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian - 1 k 10 all katwrp &Rotterdam 7 - 71 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issue. at .£5 pm) 20 18 Ardennes.. • -- . 30 all Do. Cocaes dr Cuiadi ... ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 a - i i 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 2 - 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re . 18 - 20 i 1 ,)Clarendon Con. Min 6 all Carmeaux&Toulonsp $ Coal Mines and Ry. 4i - 5-4 of Jamaica - id 20 1.2 Dutch Rhenish -a d Co, '4O all Cobro Copper 5B - GO ~. 16 Copiapo - 12 20 all Eastern of France ... 32 - !2! 20 all Do. New 20 all General - ad . 14 - 15 20 2s. Euhrates Valley ... par - ip p 3 all Linares - 74 20 18 Gt. Central of France 234 - 21 la 20 18 Great Luxembourg... 7 - 7 i 7 4 5 1 all Marigni Lusitanian - p ta 1G 4 Italian Junction ... - ••• 1 all New Granada 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ••• - " ' - d. . t - i 1 all Noveau Monde - ... 20 all Lier re and Turnhout ... - -. 20 all Pont.SiI.LdMA Smlt • 6 - 8 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5/ - 6BP 111 5 1 Port Philip 5 all Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.p. •_.. - ".. 30 16.. Santiago do Cuba. - I . i) 20 all Lyo ns an d G eneva ... 30 --0 1 1 all south Australian - ... 20 all Lyons Sr, Mediterran. ... - •• • 1 all Do. Scrip - ••• 331, all Maria Antrula - ... 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref.... ... - -. 'lO all Do. New ••• - ••• 2811 all United Mexican •34 - 4 20 : az, la ua l l i lulli Namur l3 Paris NNP a 00 0 rr . ritwseaaegi i n i A:.egFon Orleans e nr ak . snp r e Prof. ee f. 255 3 g8; -:: 2 9535 0 898 : 13 1 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 2 1 20 0 0 25 19 Australian Agricult. 194 - 20) 20 7 Reeife & San Fra . n ... , 10 all Australis, Royal Mail ... - . 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 - 5 10 7i R(Pornerne a am nd .) F g ra . s 7 ca p t . i c.. i d - 50 40 Brit. American Land ... -- ... 100 32! Canada 149 - 154 par St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July ... - ... 112 j it 4 2 1 2 0 allall 11 ,3 0 0 ya.1 .5i S p w e e r d::h lt. pre.f.. 18,1.1 - 1811 R SL Yal bre p a a n n ( i l sh Meus e .. 17 8 1 - 198 i • •••• ••• , St. 100 Do, 6 p.c.Feb.& - Aup. ... - ... St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. . ! - 20 . . St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 32 . - 37 20 all Southern of France., *Ri i 32 2180: allalla ll I W wD o e . 4 z. s t sl,7i. Flanders„ lpver.oc f.r a Ili. c . ;. - 3 4 - 908 i 1 --__ 1 - , . 10 , 7 . ; ,1, 1 25 all Do. Prof, 7t p. cent. 25 -27 5 all Crystal Palace , 21 - 2a 5 all Do. Preference - 5i 20 all 6 IWNveestste.ronf osfwiAtuzsetrriaian..d. pal. - I 1 --' . 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ••• 1 / Duston Iron Ore •.• ... 20 18 Eastern Steam . . - 20 ... St. 100 Electric Telegraph 6 all Wiesbaden ........... ••• - ••• 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... - ... 6 I all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ..- - *** . 5 all En.drAust•Cop.SmCo 1a - 1i 29 1 all ,Zealand ......... .. ** - "' 1 10 100. 1 Eur. & Ind.Jetn Tel par 3p ..... ... _._ ... I 25 all 'Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(li m .)1 ... ••• JOIN T - STOCK BANKS. 15 L 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ••. _ 40 all !Australasia 187 - 89 88 74 20 5 London Discount ... i 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 33 1.1 4 25 18 Bank of Egypt 4 -13 d 17 100 50 Bank of London 52 -- 54 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... _ ... 40 all Bri. Col. Bk. &Ln. Co ... ._._ ... 10 all iMediteran. Elec. Tel. ... 50 all British N. American .. ..... . 10 all 'Mexican & S.Americn 23 3 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind•Au.&Ch 14 - • Id 7 5 5 I Nat . Discount C 0 .... i __i,i 100 00 25 50 CRY Colonial - - 64 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land ll - Li 4i i 1 ••• 100' 20 Commercial of Lond. ... ___. ... 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c.Pf. iss. at 1 d 4l - 41; 20 all Eng•Seot.&Aus•Cht. 171 - 1V 20 all Lon. Ch, Bk.of Anst. 17 1 - 11 5 1 Do. Do. - P 1p 100 80 New . &N. S. Land 18 - 22 20 all Ditto New ............17 - r 7 , St. 100 N. S.W. Gov. s p.c.D. ... - ... 20 20 London and County ~. - ~.; 1 all N. B. Australasian... 8 - i 50 53 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp ... - ... 0 all Nrtb•of Europe Steam 9 - 10 1 50 1.0 London Joint Stock.. ... - ... , 31 1 all Oriental Gas - 1 11 100 20 Loud . andWestminst. ... - ... 4' 12 ss. Do. New Shares p - ip 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 25 all Peelßr. Ld. dr Minrl. 2 - 21 20 10 .Do. New 5O all Peninsular dr Oriental ... - ... f.O 22A .National Bank 50 all Rhymney Iron - 21 20 all ! New South Wales.... 46 - 48 l. 25 all !Oriental Bank Corp. 404 - 415 15 all Do. New. 6 - 8 20 15 Ottoman Bank - par 144 60 60 Royal Mail Steam.... 59 - 61 1 1 _10 15 Provincial of Ireland ... - ... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 - li 10 all Do. New • - -•- all Do. New - ••• 5 1 R.Aus.B.R.G.Im•Co. .. - ... - -- S. Ans • Gov. 6 p. c. bds ... - .• • 25 all ,South Australia --... 25 all South Austral. Land 34 - 36 25 all 'Union of Australia 57 b 9 57 1 all S u b mar i ne T e l. S cr i p a --1 ... 24 1 110. New 6 - 7 1 all Do. Registered - 1 50 10 - Union of London .... ... - - ..• 20 5 True. Ln, Co. Up. Can 10 .; 50 Unity Mutual • - ••• - 100 50 West:lo34o Loud, . • 9 - 1 7c1 100 2 81 Van Diemen's Land .. 10 ‘ - 12 1 ' \ ~ Ln• " Cakdon... Gt. Nortlin E. Count. Caldonian., Westn.l Y. & N. 31 1 Do S. Ea.s torn Do Peto & Co Do Lu. &N. W. & Mi did. Midland... E. Count Do D 0... Do L. ezi% . W ; Do Gt. Northn T. Brasseyl M. MClean' Stl:.&Dar 'Do Gt.W est o Do.. 9! - 01 97 - 0 9 11 - 1:3 133 - 135 31 - 4i 'lO6 - 108 —12 A 12 —23 1 102_ 104 par p 2$ 88 CO p - 54 —56 P, ! - !;;j - 133 8 9 9 - 9i - 326 86 - 88 :E SHARES. 92 - 94 oli -- 9-3. 5Z - 6 103 - 112 108 - 112 - - $P 12 - 12221 711 - 72 - 115 - 107 - 102 --- 62 - 10;,1 - 6i - 95 - 101 - 10 - 10 41 - 73 - 194 - -14 i - 134 9A 141 132 - 140 - 116 ••• ... - 156 ''''' •• • ...... ••• - 132 - 88 - llf - 103 - 92 - 1(1 - - 112 - 116 - 110 - 18! -23 i - 100 - 9k - 28 - 3p ...-. ••• -- 28 MINES. 20 - 21 7 - 8 160 - 170 155 - 4Th - 15?, - 4A - - 17 - 19 19 - 21 5 - 6 22 - 23 5 - 6 -- 2 330 - 340 6 - 7 290 - - 310 - 11 4 - 200 - 220 - 1 29 - 31 1.10 - 150 260 - 270 , 63 - 380 5 - 18 20 45 - 47 23 - 25 taa Busineste this day 20 all • 1.1 all St 100 St. 100 20 , all 10 all 123 2i St. 100 25 all 25 all St. ,100 10 1 10 1 St. !100 St. ,100 50 all 25 all [OO all 25 all 50 9 20j all St. 100 50 j 3?, St. 100 St. 100 j 20 50 20 10 204,1 100 - 1 100 1 .00 20 20 20, 201 SHARE EIARKETS—(This Day). RAILWAYS. Closine Price. 3 estcnlay R A 11. W ATS. Bo:Otiose done this lay. 0j Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena 131rritng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhcl. Lancsh. Cheshh 3 Blackburn (Bluth Sr, Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Caledonian-- ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. SL Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&Belfa,stJuuc Dun. P. &Aber. Junc. East Anglian Eastern Cour es.. Ea stern Union, A. stk. IDo., do. ;Do. New A... ;East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow ; Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunde , ;Forth and ClydeJur c.' Furness ;Glasgow & S. Westerr Great N. of Scotland ;Great Northern . 'Do., A. Stock ;Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) ;Great Western. ;Do. Str.V.E. gua.St ; Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ;, Lanes sh &Yorkshire Do., do. F. ... Do., Wst. Riding Un., Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Lond.Brigitt. & S.Cst. London & N. Western De. Fifths Do. ,IGi.Sii.,M3tß...Ci Do. Eighths London & S.V.Tastern 'Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming.&Deiby Midland G. West. (Ir ) IDo• 2 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd. I Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock . ...... Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ...... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch, I Do. Leeds Do. York North London ~ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn !North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June lOxford Worcester & Wolverhampton-- Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ...., Scot. N. E. Abrd n . St IShropshire Union Siti nollourne &Sheer. South Devon (South Eastern____ Do. 4. per c. Shares South Wales a. Yorksh. RiverDuni Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling—. I Do. do., 1854 I Do. do., UM 'Stockton & llartlepl Taff Vale IDo, Pref., No. :Thames Hay. P. &R Vale of Neath ;Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West Eud of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London.... Do. First Class Do. Second Class.. Wmbledon &Croydon BitTTISH Pi Atlan. and S. Law. Bombay, Baroda,, and CenJud,guar. 5 p. c. Do. IButfalo & Lake Hur. Buff. , Brut. & God eh, !6 p.e,bds., 1 Aug, ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East, Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares.. D 0.4 p.c.Ends., l s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong e.z Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c IGt. Wcst.n. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60... ; Do. do., '73, do. . Do. do., '73, without' option Madras, guar. 4) p.c Do. do., 5 per c..„ 1 ; Do. , Q p. c. 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LO.O 20 25 25 653 5 91 2lg 243 3 104 25 14 1 20 St. 12i 124 126 all 100 100 .100 1100 !100 100 all 100 100 all all 1453 1 111/31 16/ 151 40 12s a 1117. 1131 1003, SUPPLY. The Chairman of Committee brought up the report on Supply, which was agreed to. The Army and Navy Estimates were ordered to be laid before the house. NEW MEMBERS. Several new members took the oaths and their seats. SLAVE TRADE (CUBA). Sir G. B. PECHELL postponed his motion for a return of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed on the coast of Cuba for the suppression of the Slave Trade, from the Ist day of January, 1854 ; stating the dates of their arrival on, and their departure from, their respec tive cruising stations, with the names of their several captains and commanders, and distinguishing steam from sailing vessels. His reason for so doing was the non-attendance of a Cabinet Minister, which prevented his being able to call the attention f the Government to the subject. ELECTION EXPENSES. Lord El. GROSVENOR moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter the law in reference to the payment of the conveyance of voters to the poll, and the Hustings ex penses, by the candidates at elections. The noble lord drew the attention of the house to the report of the committee of 1834, who recommended that members of that house should be returned free of expense, and which he said made out his case for asking for this bill. The practice of calling on members to convey voters to the poll and pay for the hustings could not be justified on any princi p le, and as regarded the former, if a votercould not walk to the poll he ought to be carried at the expense of the county, and not at that of the candidates. The expense should he paid by the counties and boroughs. He expressed ail opinion which was concurred in by the house, that the late elec tions were peaceably conducted, and said that this bill was necessary to fully carry out the recommendation of the committee of 1834—(hear, hear)—with which recent legislation was in accordance. The Government bad intimated their intention not to oppose this bill, but should it be desirable hereafter that he should withdraw this bill that the subject might form a portion of a Go vernment comprehensive reform next session, be would do so. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said he did not object to the principle of the bill, but if it was intended for the coun ties and boroughs to pay the hustings expenses, be doubted if it would accomplish the noble lord's object, that of economy. Mr. DRUMMOND said that to put the expense of conveying voters on counties would be in effect to dis franchise the poor voters, and it would also have the effect of swamping the towns by the counties. He asked why hon. members did not practice it k the late elec tion ? And be instanced the fact that the Marylebone tradesmen, at the election before last, put their favourite candidate, Lord Ebrington, to 7,0001. expense for cabs to go to the poll. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) The SPEAKER put the motion, when the ayes and noes appeared to be pretty evenly balanced, and there were loud cries of "agreed." The house however divided, when the numbers were— Fur the introduction of t':3 bill 151 Against it 5B Majority COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to introduce a bill , o make provision for the appointment of Registrars to the Ms.stera of the Court of Chancery in Ireland ; also for the safe custody of title deeds and documents lodged i❑ the said court ; and to amend the practice in certain particulars, Mr. FITZGERALD said that there was no necessity for the introduction of the bill. By the present arrange ments with the judges and masters the vacancy of mas ter would not be filled up, and the business of the Irish Court of Chancery would be conducted for the future by the remaining masters, with additionr,l clerks, by which a saving of 1,7001. a year would be effected. He bad no objection to the bill being laid on the table for consi deration relative to a feature comprehensive measure on Irish law reform. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. QUIT RENTS (IRELAND). Mr. GROGAN moved for a return showing the gross and net amounts of Irish quit and crown rents, as re ceived and applied by the Ce , mtnissieners of \Voods and Forests iu each year from the sth day of January, 1850, to the 3th day of Janti.ary, 1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. of 6essiou 1850). Agreed to. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). . . On the motion of Capt. MAGAN, leave was given to introduce a bill to amend the Grand Juries (Ireland) Act, 1836. HIGH SHERIFFS (lIIELAND). Mr. MONTGOMERY moved for a return of all correspondence between the LiEh G.ovrnreent, and the High Sheriffs of Counties in Ireland who, prior to the late general election, tendered their resignation of office, for the purpose of becoming candidates at such election ; the dates of their resignatioc, and acceptance of the same by the Lord Lieutenant ; and also the dates at which each succeeding high sheriff was tip poir.ted.—Agreed to. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. HEADLAM moved for leave to introduce b a ill to alter and amead the laws regulating the medical pro fession, which was similar in its details to that of last CHARLOTTE BRONTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • Sir.—Msy. I ask for a cJrcer for the following, taken olt of a R,eview,'whoh is all ample answer to the state. meats in'tbe " Life of Charlotte .Bronte," regarding my father's charitable inAitotions.—Yrnr , . &c., W. W. CARUS WILSON. Weston-super-Mare. "Now, we are in a position to state, that, when 'Jane Eyre,' came out, many al pupils and teachers, who were at Cowan Bridge when Miss Bronte was there, wrote to Mr. 'Wilson's family, denying; and grieving over her statements as to bad diet and treatment,' etc. ; and the lady who was superintendent of that institution in 1824 (whose husband now heads a college in America) wrote, in 1855, a long and complete answer to all the assertions in 'Jane Eyre,' and bee able letter appeared in a Review. We wish we could have inserted all thia important letter, but we have only space for the follow. ing extract. She says— " The columns of the leading papers have been for seine time past much occupied with obituary notices of the late Miss Bronte, and many conveying the impres sion that her treatment at the Clergy Daughters' School, when at Cowan Bridge, was of a character not only to affect her health, but to darken her prospects in after life. Now, as I have it in my power entirely to refute these charges, I should consider myself in a measure concerning them, did I not make known to the world tee truth of the case, and thereby a x merate an excel lent and eminently useful clergyman from the imputa tions cast upon ban in "Jane Eyre," as well as to vindicate an institution which has been to the poverty. stricken clergy a blessing of inestimable value." She then goes on to say— "ln July, 1824,the Rev.Mr.Bronte arrived atCowan Bridge with two of his daughters, Maria and Elizabeth ; the children were so delicate that there were doubts whether they could be admitted into the school. They were* received, and went on so well that their father brought in September two more, Charlotte and Emily. During both these visits Mr. Bronte stayed at the school, sat at the table with the pupils, and saw the whole routine of the establishment, They all inherited consumption from their mother, and were taken home ; none of them, as has been stated. had any attack of fever or died at the school. I can truly say that noae of the pupils were denied a sufficient quantity of good food ; they were never limited ; meat, vegetable, and puddings, daily in abundance ; any state ment to the contrary is most false. Charlotte was a bright, clever, happy little girl, never in disgrace. In size remarkably diminutive, and if, as has been asserted, she never grew an inch after leaving the school, she must have been a literal dwarf. . . . Let us hope, that in caricaturing an institution which has been such a blessing to the daughters of her own church, she had no injurious motives, but, misled by a vivid imagination, and a dim recollection of thirty years, when she was but a child, she published in an unguarded moment, un mindful of the consequences, misstatements, the ten dency of which has been to calumniate a most excellent institution, and to bring disgrace on religion. . When it is known that I have been absent 12 years from my native land, and 10 years previously bad with drawn, from conscientious motives, from the Church of England, I think I need not fear being considered a par tisan ; my only object is to do justice, and to state to the public things as they have been and are." The whole of this letter Mrs. Gaskell mast have seen, as she quotes one sentence out of it word for word, but has carefully suppressed all in it that bears so favourably on the School. She allows "it is a subject she approaches with the greatest difficulty ;" and ad mitting an improvement in the school, seems greatly puzzled how to do this, and yet defend her friend's as sertions in "Jane Eyre." With the above we would take the testimony of hundreds of pupils, who with their parents have grate. fully acknowledged the advantages they received at these institutions, rather than the account of one, how ever talented, who when but a child of nine left the es tablishment, and has so ungenerously cast an odium upon him who first planned such a help to our poorer clergy, and who has yearly undertaken the risk of the support of near 300 pupils and teachers, for, including a preparatory school, there are about 150 daughters of clergymen boarded, clothed, and educated, at only 141. a year each, including everything, and, in the "Ser vants' School," above 100 girls trained for service, each paying but 101. a year. The schools are situated in Westmorland, built on Mr. Carus Wilson's property, half a mile from Casterton Hall, his residence. They stand amid beautiful scenery, on high and healthy situ• ations. They require above ICOO/. a year, in addition to the payment of the pupils, to cover all expenses. Racing Fixt ms for 1857. Y. Ludlow 14 Bath JII Harpenden 22 I Epsom 26 NE. Redditch Cartmel 7. Manchester Wye 3 Havaick 5 Ascot 9 Beverley, Hull, &c. 10 Hampton l7 Newton 17 JU Newcastle 23 Knighton 23 Lenham 24 Bibury Club 24 Stockbridge 25 Winchester 26 Carlisle 3O Chelmsford Worcester 2 Stoorbridge Newmarket Odiham, 10 Liverpool l5 Nottingham 21 Stamford . 3 Koutsford 23 Goodwood .28 Ripon North Staffordshire 4 Brighton Brightim Club 7 Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 UST. York 19 Radcliffe 24 Egham • 25 Stockton 27 Hereford 27 Maidstone 28 MBER. SEPTE: Warwick Cardiff Lichfield Derby Thirsk • 11 I Doncaster 15 Leicester 23 Monmouth (.. 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket F 0 29 PUCLIC OFFICES.—Tbe gross total increase in the number of persons employed in the public offices last year amounted to 816, and the concurrent decrease to 5,555. The gross total increase of expenses was 264,1961., and the gross decrease 141,6571. To TELL GOOD EGGS.—If you desire to be certain that your eggs are good and fresh put them in water ; if the buts turn up they are not fresh. This is an infallible rule to distinguish a good egg from a bad one. In addition to the number of emigrants recently for warded to Australia by the aid of 'the Wellington Emi gration Fund, another party, in all amounting to 70 persons, will be sent out to Canada on the 2041 inst., being the first despatched to the British North Ame rican colonies under the auspices of the society. Canadian News. TRANSPORTATION BILL.—The following notice is printed on the hack of the ticket issued by the Lord Mayor concerning the Mansion-house meeting for Fri day next :—" The meeting will he invited to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to introduce clauoes into Sir G. Grey's bill. First, to confiscate and apply to productive uses the labour, skill, and indus trial powers of all criminals during the tell period of their sentences ; secondly, to empower the Home Sec retary in certain cases to substitute for fixed periods of imprisonment and transportation a proportionate num ber of hours of labour to be performed by convicted criminals in this country, or in the colonioe, as cons'• deletions of economy and expedience may dictate ; thirdly, to provide in all such cases for the moral and religious instruction of each criminal, with an allowance of food, bodily comlort, rest, and recreation, correspon,i ing in character and amount with his conduct and in dustry, on confinement, so as to excite motives, powers. and habits of industry, self-rellanco, and self-control, and thus render criminals the voluntary instruments of their own maintenance, punishßent, reformation, and release..—Vide the evidence, _alipeudix and reports of the House of Commons Comedittec on Prison Discipline. Juts 29, 1850." THUNDSR STOICAL—On Monday afternoon the town and neighbourhood of Reading were visited with a thun der storm of the most terrific character known there for 20 years, when much damage was done to agricultural crops, besides damage to other property. The storm broke out over the town about 5 o'clock, the flashes of lightning were vivid and forked, and the rolling thunder was exceedingly loud. The rain, with scarcely any cess tion, fell in torrents for nearly half an hour. The sterna pursued its course northward of the town, and on the Ox fordshire hills there fell a hail of firs, which shattered several trees, and did extensive damage. In the villages of Twyford and Wargrave the storm proved to be equal y f-arful. The north pinnacle of Wargrave church w , st struck by the lightning, doing much mischief, and the electric fluid descended into a vault beneath, making an extensive aperture in the stove work. A large and hand. some tree on the lawn of Park-place, the seat of Mr. E. F. Maitland, was stripped of the bark, and a number of trees between Wargrave and Reading were shattered and struck down. In Twyford, a public-house, near the rad way station, was struck at one corner, and damaged, and the inmates wer*greatly alarmed, but providentially nothing fatal occurred. The extent of mischief by this storm is not yet known, but it must be e 'very great. SALE OF THE ORGAN AND WORKS OF ART AT TAR PANOPTICON.—Yesterday the third and cc ncludirg day's sate took place at the Auction Rooms, 21, Old Bone street, when Messrs. Chinnock and Galsworthy, auc tioneers, submitted to public auction the organ, works of art, and other effects contained in the Panopticon, Lei ee-ter-square. The grand organ, built by Messrs Hill and Co., said to be the large•t and most comprehensive in the metropoli., consists of 4 manuals, each from CC to A in alt, and a pedal organ from CCC to F. 30 notes. Stxty complete stops. Cost nearly 6,000/. — sold to Mr. E. T. Smith, the new proprietor of the Panopticon, at 1,5001. The " Peri," from "Lelia Rookie" in marble, by Signor Christopher Monti— so'd to Mr. Leggett, of Cornhill, at 4771. 15s. ; " Fi gure of David," life size, in marble, by Fracnaroti— sold at 1571. 10s. ; "The Death of Abel," a group — sold at 131 ; " The Day Dream," P. IVl'Dowel!, R.A. —sold at 131. 10s. ; " Deer Stalker," C. B. St evens — P. M‘Dowell, R.A.— C. Marshall, R A.—sold s s o o l l d d a a t t 1 12 11 1 : ;; s G a ir b l zin at a,, pa w th . ,' C ' ; C;a "Girlctacußs W. C. Marshall, R.A.— s a ) t l lo a / 0.. t . 1 111. Lalor—Feld at Si. 10s. ; Suppliant," W. Weeks— so ld at 71. ; "Ear y St rrow," P. APDowell, R.A.—sold at 71. 7e. The op. tical diorama sold at 1361. 103. A number of paintings , n glass',busts, alabaster ornaments, scientific instru ments, and other articles, were also sold amid cowl. derable competition, and generally realised good prices. 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