The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-01 00:00:00

MONEY DIAR,KET AND COMIVIERCT IL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Accounts from Liverpool mention that the Cotton msrket yesterday manifested a quiet, but firm appearance, and last week's prices were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 4;000 bales-1,000 of which were taken by the exporters, and 500 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and there was a slight ad. ance in prices. At the forthcoming meeting of the Peel River Company a dividend of ls. per share will be dis cussed. The profits for the year ending the 31st of December were 8,9841. The influx of gold from the United States is causing a steady accumulation of bullion in the vaults of the Bank, as the greater proportion, owing to the limited Continental demand, is sold to the authorities. About half a million sterling has thus been appropriated during the last week or two, and the bullion is now at a higher point than for a long time past. If the specie drain to the East abates, as many anticipate, the national establishment, as far as regards its metal lic resources, will soon be in a strong position, and this is not lost sight of by those who prognosticate an early relaxation in the official terms of discount. Upwards•of 60,0001. in American gold was taken to. the Bank of England yesterday, and further additions are expected in the course of a few days. The Vanderbil, from New York, just arrived, has brought about 170,0001. in specie. The rates of exchange for three months' bills on the ehief cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon Were rather flat, but the variation was not of im portance. The French Funds, at Paris, declined about / per cent. yesterday, and the general state of business is described as unfavourable. To-day, there was a meeting of the shareholders of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company, to take into consideration several bills in Parliament, namely to make deviations in the above line, also in the London and South-Western, and to autho rise an extension of the Dorset Central Railway. Mr: Chapman (the chairman), said that, as one of the bills had been re-committed, they had better adjourn for a few days, when the bill would be pre pared. There is an exceedingly dull market for English Stocks, and the unfavourable state of the weather for business pursuits has some effect in diminishing operations. As the settlement is fixed for the 9th inst., attention will now be chiefly absorbed by the usual preparations, and unless some im portant change in monetary affairs takes place, the market will no doubt remain in a dull and heavy state. The unsatisfactory condition of the Paris Bourso is a subject of general remark, but it has not much importance here, the weakness of the Funds being more attribut able to the nature of speculative operations among the dealers. Consols have been 92i R-. and for the opening 921. The New Three per Cents. are 921 and the Reduced 92g 1. Bank Stock is 2131. Exchequer Bills are firmer, being 6s. to 2s. discount, the Small ditto 6s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds 98i Bank Stock is 2131. Foreign Stocks are inactive and generally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95ft a, and are now steady at that value. The 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are at nominal rates. Russian 41 per Cents. are marked 96 ex-div. ; and Dut2h 21 per Cents., 64, also without the interest. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 9 8 ; Peruvian have risen to 8O ; and the 3 per Cents. to 551, owing to the following announce- Want : "Peruvian Legation, London, June 30, 1857. "Gentlemen,—Please to send a notice to be posted in the Stock Exchange, with the information of the Chincha Islands having been again take❑ possession of by the Peruvian Government, awl that on the 21st of last month a convention ad referendum was signed in Lima by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the pre ',Jima knowledge of the National Assembly, the diplo matic agents of Great Britain and France providing for the future safety of said islands, and of the other guano deposits of the Peruvian Republic, in consequence of the said guano being especially hypothecated for the due performance of the obligations contracted with the Bondholders of the External Debt. "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) " FRANCIS DE RIVERO. "Messrs. Antony Gibbs and Sons, Peruvian Financial Agents." The Ecuatorian Commission have received 1,6461. for the dividends. There have been very limited transactions entered into in the Railway Share Market, and a slight decline upon previous quotations may be noticed. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, receded ss. Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, North Western, Norfolk, and North-Eastern, York, 10s. East Anglian and North-E Astern Berwick were steady. The French lines were nominal, no business having been reported. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s., and Great Western of Canada about ss. Mining Shares rule very inactive at about previ ous values. Joint-Stock Bank Shares exhibit no material variation, and the dealings have been extremely limited. In the Miscellaneous undertakings there is little change to report. Peninsular and Oriental Steam have improved about Ns. FUNDS.—CLOSING ItICES —Tills DAY. (from the Official Lido Business done. fiank Stock 3 per Vent. Keduced Anrknitiss l'ew 3 per Cant. Annuities 92 6 Long Annuities, expire 5t 11 Jan. 1860 .. - Ditto 3 1 1 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBi Consols for 1 r,lount Ditto for Opening L.:chequer Bills, 2tcl 2 6 2 6 d Saudi Ditto Bonds, 185 S, i per Cent. Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent., Grenada Now Active, 21 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. . — Ditto Account Rusiiau Bonds, 1522, 4.: St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 41 per Cent. liardiniau Bonds, -5 per Cent. SpiniFh Roads, 3 per ("Put. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Celt% Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6,i Turkito-, - °nue, 6 per cent — Ditto Account i dentin s, *hp above pg.- , hln'in to , . •n. Dutch ExAange, 21 per Cola., 12 Guilders C 4 x a Do. 4 pa Cent. certificates THREE 0'07,0 'K. 92$ A ex d Consols for account, July 9.. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day- LONDON, July I.—Wind this day at noon, N.; mode rate breeze, with rain. FALMOUTH, June 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Atlas, from Havana. CORK, June 30.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived—Lady Man sell, from Barbadoes ; Maid of the Mill, Ibraila. SOUTHAMPTON, JllOO 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—War rior, from St. John's ; Rainbow, Quebec. WARAENPOINT, June 28.—Arrived—Elgin, from St. John's, N.E. COWES, Jtine 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Vanders belt (s.), from New York, and left for Havre. SWANSEA, JunE) 30 . Wind S.E. —Arrived—George Robinson, for Gibraltar. guria, from Honduras • F r ee Traci°, Rio Arrived—Li Grande ; Molly Stark, Bostan, _U.S., f or M e lb ourne, h av i ng lost mainmast, &C., during a h eavy gale on th e 31 s t o f May, lat. 39 deg. 90 min.- long. 50 deg. W, ; Mill Bay, St. 68 ; ' Sphandone, John's, N. F. ; Lady Mansell, Barbado . Port Glasgow. WATERFORD. June 28. Wind S.W. Arrived—Aro, from Hamburg ; Challenger, Sanuo ; Francis Yates, Maliues ; Medway, Honduras. DUBLIN, JUNE 30. Wind N.E. Arrived—Royalist and James Scott, from Barbadoes. 20 10 20 10 FOR IGN. 10 ' all katwrp & Rotterdam 61 61 20 18 Ardennes ••• ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct 11 —' 11 20 16 Beziersto Graissessac id— p 6 all C trmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and By. 41 5i 20 12 'Dutch Rhenish 20 all (Eastern of Franco 20 all Do. New 20 2s. 'Euphrates Valley 20 18 Illt Central of France 241 25 20 18 ' Great Luxembourg 6l 61 61 16 4 Italian Junction • -- ••• 20 I all Lake Const. & Bale ... ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4] —48 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... .. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 33k all Maria Ante - ,:la 10 all ,Do. New -- 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 20 • 20; 16 all Northern of France 3B 381 381 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 8 t 96 20 all Paris and Lyons 5B 581' 581 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 58 20 7 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c 1d par 10 7 Rome and Frascati... ... •• • 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish i 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7 8 1 10 all 1 - )o. 51 per cent. pref Bl 8i 20 all 'Southern of France 2B 286 Si all West Flanders 4i 5 10 all Do. 5A per c. Pref 20 all , W.& N. W. of France 221 301 20 6 'Western of Austria... ... .. 20 all 'West. of Switzerland ... ... 6 I all Wiesbaden 6 , all I Do. Bp. cent. pref ... ... 20 1 all 'Zealand . .. ••••• ••• ••• JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. _ 4 0 all !Australasia B9 91 25 ISi Bank of E gypt 1i lid 100 50 Bank of London 49 51. 40 all IBri.Col. Bk.&Ln. Co ... 50 all Britis h W. Am e rican . :*: 20 8 C.13k.0f Ind.Au.&Ch 11 ,1 100 50 City 64 66 100 'l5 'Colonial -- .1:8 28 1 17i 18 1 2 00 0 120 01 I,CEonmg.msceorcti.a4lAouf sLo.cniidt: 17 1 20 all I Lon. Ch. Bk • of Aust. 17 18 20 all 'Ditto New ......... 2L 20 I London and County .. ... 2914 50 50 Ind.&E.Bnkng•C or p ... ... • 50 10 London Joint Stock.• ... ... . 100 20 ILond.and W e stminst. ... ... 100 '35 'National Pro. of Bug. ... ... 20 10 I Do. New ..• ••• 50 '221 National Bank - ••• 20 all New South Wales 4B 50 25 all Oriental, Bank Corp 371 . 381 38 20 15 ,Ottoman Bank 10 :5 'Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10) all !Do. Nevi 1 5 1 'R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co ... ... 25 all South Australia 32 --34 37 ; 25 all , Un ion of Australia 551 561 56 f •.• 2 / 'Do. New 6 7 • 50 10 Union of London ' 100 50 Unity Mutual . . . ...d 100 Q Westrak of Loud., LI. ,--- ,_9d THE BALLOT. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The adjourned aggregate meeting of the friends of the ballot was held this day at the King's Arms Tavern, New Palace-yard. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed the fol lowing :—Mr. Wlsitehurst, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Prout, Mr. C. T. Hodges (Gloucester), Mr. Walters, Mr. Rees (Mayer of Haverford est), Mr. Brown, Mr. Blyth, Mr. James Campbell, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Garrad (Woking ton), Mr. M. E. Marsden, Mr. Bath (Oxford), Mr. Clare, Mr. Yates, Mr. Harford, Mr. G. Leverson, Mr. S. M. Greer, M.P. The chair was taken by Mr. Whitehurst, the vice president of the society. The CIaAIIIMAN in opening the business of the meet ing of to-day, said he considered they met under circum stances of the greatest encouragement, the number last night being one of the greatest numbers that ever voted for the ballot, viz., 210. Lord John Russell last night publicly declared that he would never vote for the ballot, and in consequence of such a declaration, he (the chairman) made another, namely that he would never vote for him again. (Cheers.) ,After a few fur ther remarks, calculated to increase the exertions of the friends of the ballet, he said the proposed new reform bill would be of no use unless one of its leading points was the ballot. Mr. HODGES, of Gloucester, moved the following reso. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.30 11. M. Wind S.W. ; tide 2 hours' ebb ; fine Arrived, June 30—Royal Sovereign, from Charente ; Success, Copenhagen ; Wave, Guerns( y ; Laurel, Seville ; Tigority Miar, Cochin. Arrived, July I—ldas, from St. John's, Newfoundland ; (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTOA, Wednesday, 10 A.M. Wind S.W., almost calm. Arrived—Julia, from Llanelly ; Spring, Rouen; In dustry, Youghal ; Warrior, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Elizabeth, Liverpool; Rainbow, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Minnohaha, from St. John's, Now Bruns 'wick ; Sultan, Alexandria ; Lady Emma, Catania ' • Anti gua, packet, Jamaica ; Rose, Alicante ; Victoria, Cadiz ; Colanthine, Marseilles ; Eburns, Dunkirk. Sailed—Annie Laarie, for Newfoundland ; August Dantzic ; Henry Clay, New York ; Mrs. Black, Bonny. KINGSTOWN, JUNE 30. Wind N.E. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 29. Wind S.S.W Swanley, Jamaica; Meta, Philadelphia ; Leonne and Auguste, Gravelines ; Ballarat, Foo-choo-foo ; Greyhound, Harbou r Grace ; Furct, Giavelines • Wyverne, Sierra Leone ; Li ve ly, G uernse y ; L e .,izia Messina ; Skimmer of the Seas, Algoa Bay ; Admiral Collingwood, Algoa Bay ; Falcon, Memel. Sailed July Ist—Butradinen, for Bremen. E N, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. 5i - 5i 81 - 9 70 - 72 7i - 8i 91 - 92 741 -74 i :35j 33 I --- '' 9 -- 10 19i - 20 - 11i -11 i 51 -- 53 35i -- .g 7 d 97 98 - 62 - 64 ii - ii 99 - 101 1 8 - 98i - 99:1 89 - 90 1 22 - 124 104 - 105 641 -64 i 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6 - 8p 11001 -- 100i 68 - 6} 1 112 - 114 1103 - 1031 - ia i a ,1011 102 4i 83 - 54 551 14 = ii 62 - 61 3i - 42§ - 92;1 2; - 2 , t 21 - 11 41. t - 454 04 - 713 1 96 - 99 =I - ill 71 - 8 10_ - 33 - 331 7 - 5 106 108 25 26 43 50 3 2 d 18 19 74 —74 i 8 -- 89 5i -- 441, 54 -4 1 d 9 __ 11 40 -- 42 2U - 22 3i - 41 7 - 9 3 - 51- 6 20 i 34i I 41 i 1011 2 44“ 83 i i Closing Prices Business dons this day this day. lon 31 i 21 10 all 3i all ;t. 1100 15 all r 5 all it. 100 3t. 100 It. 100 50 all ?,0 all !O all [0 all [0 8 50 45 St. 100 20 all St. 100 St. 100 25 Si 25 17i St. 100 20 all 10 4 St. 100 0 all St. 100 3 all St. 100 St. 100 10 all St. 100 St. 100 Pt. 1100 St. 100 St. 100 St. jlOO RaLwAte. Lr. i raid l AmbE,r. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June. Belfast k Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh &I Cheshire Junct...... Blacic burn Bl7th & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol & Exeter...... Chester & Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon.... ;Cork, Black. & Pass !Cornwall De A Do. B . ....... Dublin&Belfast June Dun. P. &Aber.Jnnc East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk. i Do., do. 8.. ....... IDo. New A Eat Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunder Forth and ClydeJunc. !Furness ....... ....... Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland 'Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) GrreatWestern. I Do. Str. V. R. gua. St (Irish South-Eastern ILancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds tancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Lon d. Bright. & S. est. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/. 5h.,Y&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr. Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrovor Norfolk_ ......... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ..... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock .. N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension ;Do do. G. N. E. Purch Do Leeds York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.— Portsmouth ,Rhymney !'-'cottish Central r Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 10) Shropshire Union . ,Sitingbourne &Sheer. 1 all 'South Devon 1100 South Eastern all Do. 4i per:. Shares 1100 South Wales all 'S. Yorksh. River Dun 10 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all 'Stockton & 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 185 16 Stockton (Sz Hartlepl 100 ITaff Vale 1100 !Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath all ,Waterfd. & Kilkenny all ' Waterford&Limerick all West all West End of London and Crystal Palaco all 1 Do. A , all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmble don &Croydon BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlan. and Sc. Law. Bombmy, BAroda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 p. e. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff. , Brnt. & Golch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72l Do. do., 1 July, '73 , Do. do., 1 June, '741 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Litn.) Ceylon A slares Do. B. do. ••• Demerara : ;Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne, guar. 5 per cent.... Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. i Do. New. guar. 5 p. c. I Gt. Wcstn. of Canada) Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 1 Do, do., '76, p.'6o Do. do., '73, do. 1 i Do. do., '73, without option !Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 per C. I Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c i Do. 4th Ex., do Onde (Limited) lcincle, guar. 5 per c Do - 5 4 d 188 92 85 90 85 90 ••• - ••. 11 - li p 1 - 4 - i 'lot; 108 i lip 20 - 201 53 - 55 84 - 20i - 218 - 21i -21 i A - I 2 99 - 101 105 - 109 105 - 109 !105 107 119 20 1 21 —21 i id P I OP OP 11 : lip' 15 I all St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 100 all 25 ' all 50 9 20 all A. 100 50 3 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 161 50 ' all St LOO St. LOO 103'.1 20 20 all 10 all St. 400 !O I all L 8 9 .8 all Oi 10 )0 100 )0 100 • ilOO ;0 2s. !O 12srld ;0 108 !O 1 L 74 all . ) ,0 2s. 3t.1100 20 15 100 all 100 all 20 all 1 100 10 all !O r-ll !O 4 A 0 all !Oi 10A )0 all )0 all )0 all )0 , all :0 all !O i 10 !O \ 5 !O ss. VONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUVY' 1, 1857; PREFERENCE SHARES. IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501.) IBris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 41 p. C 'Ches. & Ho. 52 p.c 1 Do. do. 5 per cent I Cork & Bandons p. c Duu.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B Op. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent i East Lancash .6 p . cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do, 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 41 p.c. Do, con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Qua, Stk Do. Chesh. 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. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N.W,, Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. Lon. & S_ W. 7 perct. late 34 Shares Lonely. & Color. iSh Londy.&Ennis. Sh, S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 . Do. do. 31 per cent Marypt. & Carl. 4 p, c Do. 4. per cent Do. do. NI id. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. e. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norf k D eb. 4 p. a. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. •. , 1847 North British Do, 7/, Preference NT, B. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf. Do, do. do IDo. Leeds 6pc No.l ;Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York K. &S. Pur 1 North Staffordshire 1 Ox., 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. d0.:3 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. MISC. Australian Agricult.l Anstraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works I Brit. American Land j ICanada 1 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Feb.S:Auc D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Pref3rence Crystal Pal. of France D Liston Iron Ore iEastern Steam ..... Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel.l En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo i Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Gen. Ir.Se.Col.(lirn.) Gen, Steam Navigat. London Discount Loud. Gm. Omnibus; Nlagdalena St. Navig. Niediteran. Elec. Tel.! Mexican & S.Ainericn' Nat. Discount Co iDo. New getherlands Land., Do. Do. Do.Sp c.Pf.iss.at id.' Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land, N. S. W. Gov.s p. c. D. N. B. Australasian...l Nrth. of EuropeSteam l Oriental Gas Do New Shares Ld. & Minrl 1 Peninsular & Oriental, Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. Ne v S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Diomen'i Land... 91 -- oi =7. 97 - 5i = 110 - 112 110 - 112 # - 2 P 12 -12 i lo F ;iii ila 105 - 107 100 - 102 61 -- 63 10i -- 101 Si -- 64, 93 -- 95 83 - 85 85 -- 87 100 -- 102 94 -- 10 161 -- 171 91 -- 104 72 -- 74 19 -19 A 9? -- 9i -144 -14 i 134 -- 136 138 - 141 115 - 117 1155 - 157 66 - - 6 I 8 P! 1 131 - 133 96 - 97 87 - 89 ii - iii liiii : 16 93 95 ld t i(l par 22} 24 113 - 115 114 lio 105 110 ii - ió 22i -- 24 98 -- 100 95 -- 100 28 - 2S - 3 ••• -- •• 2i - 3• .ANEO U 6. 19i -- 20,11 'I = E* 140 145 111 a 112 30 - 35 25 27 - 2 5h 5a ••• - ••• 91i 9% li - 1. 3a 2 2} 11— id i 1+ 3i 4/ 4 41 par ip 18 22 - 9' - li 1 - 11 W - 2i - lip l i f 66 - 68 , I. - 5p 22 -24 6 - 8 57 - 59 li - 1$ 1 102 -• 104 33 - 35 - 1 - 1 11 - 12 ,ution : "That this meeting, in the name of the friends of the ballot throught the country, returns its thanks to the Hon. F. Henry F. Berkeley, M.P., Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., and the other advocates of the ballot in the House of Commons for their support of the motion in Parliament ; that this meeting is greatly encouraged by the late division ; that they derive new determination as they find new motives for exertion in all that has occurred; that they feel their arguments are unanswered, their cause strengthened ,their confidence in ultimate triumph unabated; and they pledge themselves to one another and to the nation to continue unabated and energetic action until, by the establishment of free and protected voting, the people are relieved from the grievances and oppressions caused by the open-voting system." Mr. MARSDEN briefly seconded it. After a few animated speeches the chairman put the resolution, and declared it carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings, MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat here to-day was chiefly the refuse of Monday's market. The demand ruled inac tive, yet about an average quantity changed hands at un altered quotations, which may be considered ls. per quar ter beneath last week's currency. There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat in the market, but the imports this week are only 2,910 quar ters. The demand ruled heavy, and prices were almost nominal. For barley we had a good inquiry at full prices, and malt was tolerably firm. The oat trade was very firm at extreme quotations. Both beans and peas were quite as dear as last week, buf fl our was offering on l ower t erms . ARRIVALS TILIS WERE. I Wheat. B ar l e y. Malt. I Oats. I 760 I 20 350 Flour. English ..... Irish,.... ( 1,020 1,100 —l,ooobrls 5,59° 200 sacks Foreign..... 2,910 I 3,320 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair demand for most kinds of hops, at full prices. The supply on offer is but moderate. The planta tion accounts are not to say favourable. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 6d ; pork, 35 6d to is 8d per 81b5, by the carcase. Trade steady. wbfition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. CARLISLE RACES.—(This Day.) (BY BLEOTRIO TBLECIRAPR.) CITY PLATE. Alma Lough Bawn De Ginkel Five ran. COMMERCIAL STAKES. Sulpitia Jollity Capuchin LOTTERY STAKES. Courtenay Alma Greencastle Three ran. Won by a neck. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. General Williams King of G pales Two ran. CHELMSFORD RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CUP STAKES. Shirah Triton Anemone.. Savon ran. TOWN PLATE. Anemone Admiral of the White Lucy Lockit Three ran. STAND HANDICAP. Schoolfellow Maggie Lauder Lady Nelson Four ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Renown Fright Two rao. SCURRY HANDICAP. Marmion Warbler MALDON STAKES. Mamelon - Pysche Caterpillar Four ran. ARRIVALS AT WORCESTER. Martlet, Laverna, Oakball, Prince's Mixture, Jesuit, Typhon, Alembic, Cotswold, Elfrida, Verona, Pretty Boy, Tom Thumb, Miss Harkaway, Polly Peaohum, and lienerdy. The running ground is in good order. IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS, The following bills were severally read a third time and pasied—Orley and Skipton It )ad ; Haslingdeu and Todtuorden Roads ; Kinross-shire Railway ; Leslie Rail way ; Selby and Market Weighton Road. Tee following bill; were considered and ordered to be read a third time—Elie Harbour ; Lancaster and Car- lisle and Ingleton Railway; Metropolitan Railway; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; Newport, Abergavertny, and Hereford Railway ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway; Thames and Medway Conser vancy ; West London and Crystal Palace Railway. F►erning's Estate Bill was read a second time. TIMES ASSITRA.NCE AMALGAMATION BILL, Mr. C. FORSTER moved that, in the ease of the Times, A then:sum, and Beacon Assurance Companies Amalgamation Bill, the standing orders Nos. 70 and 199 be suspended, and the examiner of petitions for pri vate bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith upon the petition for additional Provision. The motion was avreed to. NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Sir B. HALL moved for a copy of a letter, dated the 3')th day of June, 1857, addressed by the First Commissioner of Works, &c. to the Lords of her Ma jesty's Treasury, containing the award of the Judges appointed to report upon the designs for the proposed new government offiePs.—Ordered. HONG KONG. Mr. FORTESCUE moved for copies of, or extracts from, any papers connected with the confinement of Chinese prisoners at Hong Kong, and with the trial of a baker and others on the charge of poisoning.— Ordered. MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. 1.) BILL. Mr. HEA.DLAM, after presenting a great number of petitions in favour of his bill, moved its second reading. Mr. CRA.WFORD rose to move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The hon. gentle man proceeded to .describe the difference of opinion that existed when the subject of medical reform was formerly under their consideration, and re gretted that the hon. gentleman bad not thought it necessary to consult the committee that had sat upon the subject, and that by adopting the present course he had totally disregarded the resolutions that had been agreed to. He strongly objected to this bill, as if passed it would not carry out its object. Now the bill of his noble friend was one of a totally different nature, its provisions were so admirable that he felt it a great honour to have bad his name placed at the back of the bill. The hon. gen tleman concluded by comparing the present bill with that of Lord Elcho's, and said the latter was by far the best, as it would greatly improve the medical profession, and benefit the public. • "Viscount BURY supported the bill. The object of the amendment was to throw out the bill of the hon. member for Newcastle, and to substitute for it the bill of the noble lord. Col. SYKES said be approved of the principles of both bills, the object of both being to improve the system of education of medical men, and to extend the liberty of practising to the whole of the United Kingdom. (H. ar, hear.) H e a pproved of some of the points in both of the bills; but in consequence of the bill of the noble lord providing for nominations by the Crown, he should oppose it, and vote for the bill brought forward by the hon. member for Newcastle. THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COMMITTEE. At this point in the debate, Mr. DEASY appeared at the bar, and reported that the Cambridge Committee assembled this morning, and after sitting an hour—the Marquis of Blandford being absent—a telegraphic message was received from the noble lord, stating he was attending the deathbed of his father, the Duke of Marlborough. Since then he bad received another communication from the noble lord, to the effect that the noble duke was dead. He therefore moved that the Marquis of Blandford be discharged from further attendance on the committee. The motion was agreed to. The debate upon the Medical Reform Bill was then resumed. Colonel FRENCH said in order that the house might know the exact course t l e noble lord intended to pursue he ought distinctly to state his intentions. Mr. W. EWARr greatly preferred the bill of the noble lord (Eleho), although the system proposed by the hon. member for Newcastle was very allurin g . The former bill he considered more workable. He did not see that there was any objection to the Crown nomina tion as the board was a national one and responsible to Parliament. Mr. BLACK said he should have preferred a more liberal measure than either of the bills, but he thought that) No. 3 bill was the best, and such being the case he should support the amendment. Mr. NE .LE said he stioul f vote for the second read ing of the present bill, as he considered it the best of the two. Mr. VANCE supported the motion for the second reading of the present bill. The bill of the noble lord violated existing rights, which had been granted by Royal charter, while that of the hon. member for New castle protected them. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he should oppose both bills, as he looked on them as anything but reform bills. (Hear, hear.) The examination of practitioners he thought should not rest either with nominees of the Crown or self-consituted bodies. What the public wanted was liberty to select their own medical attendant. We had a State church, a State law, and the present was an attempt to force upon the public' State physic. (Laughter.) It was stated to be the object of both the bills on the paper to put down medical quackery, but he thought that there was a quackery which required putting down just as much as that, and that was legisla tive quackery. The bodies which this bill sought to pro tect he had no confidence in, as they had committed some of the most egregious blunders possible. This assertion was borne out by the fact that theinventor of the tourni quet and the prsecriber of cantharides had both been sent to Newgate at the instance of the head of the Col lege of Physicians. The Medical Reform Bill the public required was one with a schedule A in it. (Laughter.) Lord ELCHO defended his bill, and said he only sub mitted his measure from a sense of duty —not to obstruct the medical profession. The existing anomalies required amending. If the principal medical adviser of her Majesty in Scotland—Professor Simpson —was called to consult upon the state of her Majesty's health in this country, he would be liable to prosecution. Another of the ano malies wasthat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had the privilege of granting medical degrees without passing an examination. The bill in which he was interested had been approved of by a committee of this house in preference to that of the hon. member for Newcastle, and therefore he consended it was the best, and ought to meet with the approval and support of the house. The noblelord then compared the principle and provisions of the bill of the committee and that of the hon. member for Newcastle, which he con trasted, and said that the bill of the hon. member for Newcastle would establish a monopoly which he (Lord Elcho) very much objected to. (Hear, hear.) Alter some further remarks in favour of his own bill, the noble lord said that he had received a memo randum from the medical professor of Jersey, asking to be placed under the provisions of this bill, and be also referred to the unanimity of the profession in its favour. He called upon the house to reject the bill No. 1, and adopt bill No. 3. Mr. NAPIER supported the bill No. 1. He entered into the principles of both the bills, contrasting it and their details with the report of the select committee appointed last session to enquire into the principle and details of Mr. Headlam's medical bill of that session. He called upon the house to support the second reading of the bill, which, which would have the effect of improving the profession generally throughout the country. Mr. COWPER, in reply to the hon. and learned member for the University of Dublin, expressed his surprise that the representative - of an uni versity could be found to support a bill that proposed to deprive it of granting medical degrees. He, (Mr. Cowper) approved of the bill No. 3 over that of bill No. 2, and expressed an opinion that the principle in discussion did not rest on tho formation of the coun cil under either of the bills, but that how they should provide hereafter legally qualified practi tioners. After 801113 further remarks on the general question of medical education, there were loud cries of divide, on which the hon. gentleman turned round and said, " We shan't divide just yet, and if I leave off some body else must speak. (Loud laughter.) The right hon. gentleman, however, continued to address the house amidst continued cries of " Divide." Mr. HEADLAM having replied, The house divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading 225 Against it Majority —147 The bill was then read a second time. MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. 3) BILL, Lord ELCIIO withdrew this bill. ROCHDALE ELECTION. Sir J. J. BULLER brought up tbe report of this com mittee, which declared the sitting member duly elected. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed at six o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) • SOUTHWARK. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Richard Cotter and William Jones, two smart looking young fellows, well known housebreakers, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Richardson, at 59, Bland-street, Great Dover Road, and stealing therefrom a writing desk and cellaret. Jones was also charged with committing an outrageous assault upon Mrs. Richardson, and threatening to murder her and her servant. The prosecutrix, a widow lady, who exhibited two black eyes and a severe bruise on her forehead, stated thatsbe resided at 59, Bland-street, and on Sunday night, the only persons in the house were herself and a female servant, and o❑ their retiring to rest everything was safe in the house. About half-past one on Sunday morning she heard a noise in her room and saw a flash of light. Believing there was a storm coming on she called to her servant, " Mary, how it lightens." Suddenly the light went out, and then she felt certain that some thieves were in her room. She instantly jumped up and seized hold of Jones as he was trying to hide himself under the bed. He turned round upon her and making use of a fearful oath, said he would murder her if she did not let him go. Jones then struck her two violent blows between the eyes which nearly stunned her, and she was compelled to let him go. She then heard him and another man leave the house, and immediately afterwards she went to the street-door and admitted a constable. She then found that her house had been entered by forcing a back win dow, and that the parlour bad been ransacked. She missed from the latter two writinc , desks and a cellaret, produeed by the police. She did not see anything of the prisoner Cotter until he was brought to her house with Jones a few minutes after she admitted the police. In the struggle with Jones she pulled out a large quan tity of hair from his head, and she must have over powered him ha I the servant come to her assistance. Eliza Santon, a young girl about sixteen, said she heard her mistress call out to her about the lightning. She instantly got nut of bed, and in descending to her room she saw Jones struggling with Mrs. Richardson. who was calling out for assistance. As she was going towards her, the prisoner Jones met her in the passage and seized her by the throat, telling her that if she resisted or called out, he would do for her. She was so struck with terror that she dropped down on the fluor, and then he went away and left by the bank door. Witness afterwards found a screw driver under Mrs. Richardson's bed, which she handed to the constable. John Day, an old and steady officer. No, 187 M, stated that he was on duty in Bland-street about two o'clock on Monday morning when he heard a female calling out " Police" and " Murder." He immediately went to No. 59, when Mrs. Richardson admitted him into her house, and said that it had been broken into, and that the thieves had attempted to murder her and her servant. Witness entered the place, and being told that the thieves had escaped by the back door, he climbed over the walls of the adjacent houses, and found the prisoner concealed in the water closet at the rear of a house nine doors off. As soon as he saw them there bath of them called out, " don't hurt us ; we will go quietly with you." Witness, with the assistance of a cabman, took them both into custody, and on searelsing them he found a key and a candle on Jones, and:some lucifer matches on Cotter. I❑ the water-closet he discovered the writing desk and cellaret, which Mrs. Richardson identified as her property. Both prisoners said that they knew they had done wrong, and they hoped be would not strike them with his staff. The Magistrate asked what was known of the pri soners / Dennis Clark, 108 M, said that Cotter was tried at the Westminster Sessions, in April, 1854, for house breaking, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. Jones was tried and acquitted for burglary in May last, and they were both connected with a desperate gang of burglars. The prisoners, who did not deny the charge or the officer's statement, were fully committed for trial, and all the witnesses bound over to prosecute. The Magistrate complimented the courageous conduct of Mrs. Richardson, the proseentrix. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE oP ABDUCTlON.—Yesterday, at Marlborough street Police-court, an application was made to Mr. Beadon for his advice, by a person of the name of Taylor, a master baker, living in Golden-square, in con sequence of the abduction of his daughter, who is 16 years of age. It appears that about a fortnight ago his daughter left her home, when, it not being known where she was gone to, information was given to the Police-statio❑ of the C division, Vine-street, Piccadilly. Sergeant Stephen, C 32, was employed to trace her out. He succeeded in doing so a few days ago, when be discovered her in the name of Hall, residing at a house i❑ Oakley-crescent, Chelsea. He told her that be had come from her father, and that he must take her home. She stated to him that she had made au ac quaintance with a naval officer, whose name she had assumed, and that he had induced her to leave her home on a promise of marriage. The brother of the young woman said that the man who took her away hal succeeded in his purposes, and that having done so he had left her. He wished to know what conre he should pursue. Mr. Beadon stated that she was above the age at which he had power, and that he must take proceedings in a superior court. EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS IN IIEST MINSTP,R HALL. AWARD OF THE JUDGES. The following is a list of the artists entitled to premiums under the award of the judges of the de signs lately exhibited in Westminster Hall. The names are arranged in the order of merit as de cided by the judges, with the mottl and amount of premium which was inscribed on the designs DESIGN NO. I.—BLOCK PLAN. 1. M. Cressinet, Grand Rue de Vangirard, Paris, No. 12, motto "A. C." premium 500/. 2. Mr. W. Hastings, Belfast, 181, " Corso," 2001. 3. Messrs. Morgan and Phipson,3, Danes•inn, Strand, 128, " Ccnfido," 1001. DESIGN No. 2.—FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. 1. Alessi , . Coe and Ho land, 8, Danes-inn, I ,Strand, 94, "Utilitas," 8001. 2. Messrs. Banks and Barry, Sackville-street, 53, " Opera, 81," 8001. 3. Mr. George Gilbert Scott, 30, Spting-gardens, 116, " Nec Minimum," &c. 3001. 4. Messrs. Deane and Woodward, Merrion-street, Dublin, 35, " Thou haat covered my head," &c. 2001. 5. Mr. Thos. Bellamy, 8, Charlotte-street, Bedford square, 17, "B. Z.'' NO/. 6. Me-era. Buxton, Buxton, and Habershon, 38, Bloomsbury-square, 54, " Snaviter Fortiter," 1001. 7. Mr. Geo. E. Street, 33, Montague-place, Bedford square, 129, "A Vailliants Coeurs," &c., 1001. DESIGN No. 3.—WAR OFFICE. 1. Mr. 11. B. Garling, 11, King's-road, Gray's-inn, 77, " Fortiter et Fideliter ' " 800/. 2. M. B. D'Hazwille, Rue de Nord, Paris, 75, " Lens atque Jus," 5001. 3. Mr. J. T. Rocheap, Glasgow, 61, "Anglo-Saxon," 300/. 4. Messrs. Pritchard and Seddon, Llandaff, 140, " Cymru," 2001. 5. Mr. Cuthbert Broderick, 17, East Parade, Leeds, 20, " Corona," 1001. 6. Messrs. W. G. and E. Habershon, 38, Blooms• bury-square, 54 (a), "Au bon Droit," 1001. 7. Mr. John Dwyer, 11, Great Marlborough-street, 126, " Westminster," 1001. DEATH OF LORD FRANCIS GORDON.—We regret to learn that Lord Francis Arthur Gordon, while on his return helve from the south of France, died on Friday last on the Continent. His lordship had been in de clining health for nearly two years, and was in conse quence obliged to relinquish his command as lieutenant colonel of the Ist Life Guards. We regret to record the decease of Lieut. Charles Pearson (1832). This gallant and much respected officer, who was an Admiralty mail agent, died on board the contract mail packet Parana, on the 23d of May, during her voyage from St. Thomas's to Southampton. Another Admiralty agent, Lieutenant Willi am E. Shaw (1845), we are sorry to announce, died on board the contract steam packet Atrato, at St. Thomas's, on ' her passage to Southampton, of fever, which carried Off A great many of the crew. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE EN GINE-DRIVER AND STOKER. This afternoon, at one o'clock, after the disposal of the usual night charges, Thomas Perry, aged 29, of3,Victoria-terrace, Victoria-place, Old Kent-road, engine -driver, and Edward Whitten, 24, of 7, Swan place, Old Kent-road, fireman, were placed in the dock at the Greenwich police-court, charged before Mr. Traill, with " neglect of their duty in driving an engine and train of passengers past the danger signal at the Lewisham station on the North Kent Railway, whereby eleven persons were killed and several others seriously injured, in the parish of Lewisham." The intense interest excited in the neighbour hood by this lamentable and frighful accident has not in the least degree abated, but has rather been increased by a rumour, currently reported yesterday afternoon by persons likely to be well informed, that Mr. Chapman, the Blackheath station master, had been ordered to be in attendance at the court this morning, and that in the event of his not complying with the request means would be taken to compel him. Throughout the morning numbers of persons collected in front of the police court, and the avenues leading thereto, as well as the interior, were densely crowded during the ex amination of the persons charged. Bofore the time appointed for the hearing of the charge, Mr. Chapman appeared in court, but up to the time of our despgtch leaving no charge had been preferred against him. About a quarter-past 12 o'clock, Mr. Rees, soli citor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, who worked the North Kent line, attended and ad dressed Mr. Traill, relative to the charge against the engine•driver and stoker, but from his close proximity to the presiding magistrate, and the low tone in which he spoke, it was impossible to catch distinctly what he said. The replies of Mr. Traill were much more audible, and from them we gleaned that the learned gentle man had fixed to-day for the further examination of the prisoners, in order to give the company suffi cient time to procure the necessary evidence, but that if the company declined to proceed at once with the investigation, he should, however much he objected to a magistrate taking part in prosecu tions, place the matter in the hands of the police, with a view to an immediate in vestigation, believing that delays often proved injurious in such cases as these. Upon the first blush of the case he was impressed with the idea that there were other persons besides the prisoners likely to be implicated, and he must, whilst inci dents and facts were fresh in the minds of the wit nesses, insist on the investigation proceeding, and ho complained at nothing having been said relative to the telegraphic arrangements until 48 hours after the prisoners were in custody, which, probably, if explained at the time, would have altered the com plexion of the charge against them. He therefore declined to postpone the further investigation of this charge, which involved the loss of life to no less than 12 persons, till after the inquiry had been concluded before the Coroner. Mr. Burgom, who appeared for the accused, now entered the Court, and asked, if Mr. Rees's ap plication related to the charge against the two men in custody, that it might be repeated in their pre sence. The prisoners were then placed at the bar. Mr. Rees, in addressing the magistrate said, that he had laboured under a misapprehension as to what took place on a former occasion as to the course to ba pursued to-day, and he now asked, in consequence of certain observations made by the coroner on Tuesday, that some further delay of an hour or so should take place before the exami nation of the prisoners should be further proceeded with. Mr. Traill said that the examination was adjourned on a former occasion to enable evidence to be produced before him rela tive to the telegraph arrangements on this line for the prevention of accidents ; whether on this occasion they were attended to or had been ne glected, and by whom ; the rapidity of the train's motion, and other matters. To enable the com pany to supply the requisite information ho ad journed the inquiry over two days instead of one, and did not now feel disposed to permit further delay. Mr. Rees said that in consequence of the inti mation of the learned magistrate he would send for witnesses, that the investigation might proceed to day, though be very much feared he would not he able to attend. The examination of the witnesses by the hon. magistrate might, however, tend to facilitate the object they all had in view. Mr. Traill said that he would delay the inquiry to a later hour, to allow the attendance of the witnesses referred to by Mr. Rees. Mr. Burgom called the attention of the magis trate to bail being in attendance for the prisoners, in the event of the learned magistrate thinking after he bad heard the evidence that he could bail them, and he (Mr. Burgom) asked that the bail might then be examined, instead of them having to wait till the conclusion of the day's proceedings for that purpose. The names of the bail had been for warded to the company, who had no objection to them. Mr. Rees said it was true that the railway com pany did not object to the prisoners offering them selves on bail, but it was right that the magistrate should know that the persons who offered them selves were engine-drivers in the service of the company. Mr. Trail' said that he declined then to enter on the consideration of bail. At first he considered the charge would not admit of his taking bail, but if what he had since heard be true, the charge against the prisoners would assume a less serious complexion, and in that case he might be induced to take bail. The conversation then dropped, and the further investigation of the charge was adjourned to a later hour in the day. THE ENROLLED PENSIONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SIR,—As you have given a very prominent place in your paper to the gross misrepresentation of the Iniited Serrice Gazette regarding the Enrolled Pensioners, I call on you, in the name of common justice, to give an equally prominent place to its refutation, which need not occupy a large space. That the country has derived no very striking benefit from the Pension Force, is to be attributed to a fact for which we must all feel most thankful—that there has been no invasion. Had such an event occurred, to whom would nineteen sane men out of twenty rather have en trusted the safety of the nation—to 20,000 of the oldest, and therefore best-trained soldiers in the country, and to their officers, or to twice that number of men fresh from the cart's tail, and to their officers ! Althoue,h the Pensioners will be thought by every unprejudiced person to be at the least twice as effective as the militia to resist invasion, they cost the country rather less than one-third of the latter force, numbers for numbers ; and even that cost might be still further diminished, as two or three drilla in the year would be quite enough for them, just to make the rli_ n en know their places ; for the truth is, the momentn fitit is to fall in with any battalion in the service. The Pensioners are certainly not so moveable as younger troops ; but even that is of much less conse quence now than it would have been before we possessed such extensive means of mo vin g lar g e bodies of men by railroad ; and, as according to Napier, the heaviness of a fire chiefly depends upon the aerve and discipline of the firers, I thi nk that their superiority in these re spects would make them, for defensive war f are , more effective than even young regiments of the line. That the Pensioners have not relieved the regular troops from any amount of ordinary work is very true ; but it is so, simply because they were never intended for that purpose, and wherever they have been called out to suppress riots they have performed that dis agreeable duty as well as any force could possibly have done— witness Glasgow, Taunton, kc.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, AN OLD SOLDIER. 78 th HIGHLANDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. 518,— . 1 perceive by your paper of the 27th inat.,tbat you state the 73d and 43d are at the Cape. It should be the 73d and 45th Regiments, not the " 43d," who are in lndia ; and I quite agree with you respecting the relief of the 78th from India, they being out there much longer than they ought. I am, sir, Your obedient servant, 14114,E5. ;t, 100 )0 60 0 all it. 100 !O 15 It. 1100 St. 'lOO BA . all St. !100 St. ;100 St. 100 25 all 1.0.6 all >t. it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 !O all 15* all 5 1 all [0 I all :.0 all 21i i I 21 71 70i 12i 1 Si i S 33i I 21 .0 all 5 all 5 1 .0 all 1 all .2 10s. 15 all i 0 all i 5 I all .5 all 1 . I all 00 all :5 all 1 all 1 all 10 5 100 2811 10,1 11 I 1.( Si 10G! 7 541 54 4 ',lt ; 4 4$ 211 . lli I 11 68 x d ~.. 1 ... 3 IMPERIAL PARLIAME HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YEsTEnDe.y.) The Turnpike Trusts Arrangementßill, the Insurance on Lives (Abatement of Income Tax) Continuance Bill, and the Harley Borough Corpa - pation Bill were re:‘cl a second time. The report of the Joint-Stock Companies Act Amendment Bill was considered. The County Case (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Town By-hive Revision Bill went through committee. The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was read' a . third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTEnDAy.) INDIA, Col. FRENCH asked whether it was true that appli cation bad been made by the Hon. East India Company to tba Government for vessels to carry troops, which. application had been refused, and a'so whether the Go vernment intended to send out troops to India in trans. ports or in Queen's vessels ? Sir C. WOOD said that it W 33 not true that such ap• plication bad been made, and that it was not the inten tion to send out troops in Queen's vessels because trans ports were more readily fitted out than Queen's ships. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. WYLD complained of the imputations made against him in a certain election petition which had been recently presented and withdrawn, and intimated his intention of taking the earliest opportunity of remov ing those imputations by any means that the law al lowed. . - THE BALLOT, Mr. H. BERKELEY rose to ask leave to introduce a bill to cause the votes of the Parliamentary electors of Great Britain and Ireland to be taken by way of bal lot. He knew not bow this motion might be met to. night ; he knew that the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government was absent ; but he knew, like• wise, that the noble lord had said to many hon. members —some of whom desired to bring forward measures of electoral reform—" Wait, for I have a Reform Bill. Lo, it looms in the distance ! Behold, it is a great Re form Bill ; and it shall, like Aaron's rod, which devoured up all other rods, devour all your smaller measures of Reform." (A laugh.) Hon. members, accordingly, ha waited for that event. Now, those who advocated the ballot had not the least objection to wait, but they Lad an objection to do so without knowing what they were to wait for. They objected to be treated somewhat after a nursery fashion—to be told that "they must open their mouths and shut their eyes, and see what the noble lord would send them." (Laughter.) Wait they would, but in order that they might know what they were wait• ing for, he begged to propose a question to the occupants of the Treasury Bench. He saw two hon. members op posite who were probably the noble lord's locum tenentes this evening, so he begged to ask them this specific question—" Is it the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to adopt the ballot as part of the Reform Bill next session ?" (Hear, hear.) That was a very plain and straightforward question, and he trusted that he might have a straightforward answer, without those little flowers of diplomacy which were generally sprinkled upon Ministerial replies. If this question were answered in the affirmative he had nothing to do but to sib down, and he thought the cheer with which such an announce• anent would be received would be echoed from every part of England. If, however, on the contrary, he was met with a negative, then he had simply to lay his case in the best form he could before the house. He now paused for a reply. (The hon. gentleman paused accordingly, but, as he remained standing, apparently fearful of losing his right to cantiuue his speech, no other ,member could address the house. The Chance.lor of the Exchequer said,— "If my hon. friend is really serious in asking"—but then resumed his seat amid cries of ``Order !") Mr. BERKELEY presumed, after the little prelimi- nary flourish of the right bon, gentleman, that the an swer he had to give could not be plain " Yes," or " No." He supposed, then, that in default of such an answer he 'oust take it for granted that silence meant dissent. (A. laugh.) It was not, he presumed, the intention of the Government to adopt the ball )t in t.ieir Reform Bill, whatever they might have determined as to the other questions which had been proposed to them. He thought, teen, he was perfectly justified in bringing this impor tant subject before the house to-night. (Hear.) He should not upon this occasion urge any arguments in support of his motion, but he should content himself with taking the uljections which had been last put upon record by boo. members, and be should endeavour to give some reply to them. Nothing could be more beau tiful in theory than our electoral system, and nothing could be more hideous in practice. It was perverted, it was disorganised, and all that the promoters of the ballot sought to do was to re-establish it upon a proper basis. The case appeared to him to be most plain and palpable: —An elector was appointed to do a simple duty—to vote as he pleased, freely and indifferently ; but he could not do that by voting in public, and " Therefore," said the supporters of this motion, "let him vote in secret." (Hear.) That would seem to be a very simole test, yet it was met with the most strenuous opposition, and the governing body refused to protect people at the polling booth from those malign influences which beset them and which gave so m ny seats to a favoured class in that house—they would go any length, and would assent to any measure of reform rather than that. One of the best writers on the ballot had justly said that— " The aristocracy or governing classes of this country , would rather yield universal suffrage, and retain the con trol which open voting gives them at elections, than the most moderate extension of the franchise with the ballot." He (Mr. Berkeley) believed that to be the case, and he warned the country to bewa're of that spurious liberality which would extend the suffrage but refuse the ballot, because he believed that the alleged desire for an exten sion of the suffrage was frequently only a pretence to get rid of the ballot. He had always maintained that the ballot was the alpha of all Parliamentary reform — (hear, hear)—and he asserted that if they would only give the elector protection at the polling booth they would soon be able to run through the entire alphabet of reform down to its omega. Now, he would endeavour to grapple with and to show the fallacy of the speeches of some hon. gentlemen on the hustings who had attacked the ba lot and had at the same time given in their ad hesion to au extension of the suffrage. Ile bad before him an extract from the Times of April last, which con tained the report of a speech made by Mr. Disraeli at Aylesbury. The great talent of the right hoe. gentle man, his eloquence, his powers of reasoning, and the high position which he held in that house must render every word that he said upon that subject as important as it , was interesting. (Hear, hear.) Well, Mr. Disraeli started with this proposition,—" That everybody must agree that the ballot, without an extension of the suf frage, was an impossibility." Now, he (Mr. Berkeley) was an humble individual in comparison with the right hon. gentleman, but he most peremptorily denied that proposition, and he asserted that he was backed and supported in his denial by some of the first authorities, both of the past and of the present day. Such, for ex ample, had not been the opinion of Lord Durham, who was in favour of a very great extension of the suffrage ; and such had not been, and was not now, the opinion 4.f Mr. George Grote, who also supported an e xtended franchise. He (Mr. Berkeley) went as far as Lord Due ham did touching the extension of the franchise. He believed a very great extension to be necessary, but he was of opinion that the elector, whatever his fran chise might be, had a right to demand of the Legislature which enjoined upon him the performance of a certain duty that he should have adequate and full protection afforded him in the discharge of that duty ; and he con tended that they bad no right to impose any duty upon an individual by law without effectually guarding that individual in the performance of such duty. (Hear.) He next came to an equally bold, and, as he thought, equally incorrect assertion by the right hon. gentleman, " that the vote by ballot would be an intolerable tyranny over the non electors." In attempting to refute these falle.- I cies, which were, of course, admirably put forward by the right hon. gentleman, all their weak parts being carefully concealed by most excellent words, it was ne cessary that they should look to first principles. Now, the laws carrying out the intention of what was called the representative constitution of this country had de fined the qualification of an elector, and his qualification being first defined, his duty was also defined and with equal clearness—it was to select and to vote for such candidate as he might think proper without fear of punishment, without hope of reward. Nobody, there fore, had a right to question his vote, or to visit him with after consequence s . He (Mr. Berkeley) was strongly of opinion that they could not contravene that self-evi dent proposition, but if he wished to strengthen himself in the eyes of the house he would call into court the late a e l deliberate e ra t e public opinion ?" aaer. ny) Sir R. Peel, w ho said u p on this sub j ec t — To w h om is the constituent b o d y respons ibl e ? Is the of any conce i va l s l e ki n d, except the responsibility to God, to th e i r own consc i ences , and to en lightened an r esponsibility That was the o p in i on o f th e l a t e Sir R. Peel, add upon it he (Mr. B er k e l e y) w as pr e pared to take his (e ra stand. Since, th en , th e e l ec t or b a d th e un doubted pri vilege of voting as he might think proper, for what pur pose was open voting required ? For what purpose did they want a record to be kept against every man of how be voted What were they to gain by it according to the electoral principles of our constitution ? Was there any conceivable thing which they could gain by open voting which was fair, honest, and above board ? Did open voting afford any test of an elector's having sold hie vote or of his having been int.midated ? Did it afford any means of punishing a corrupt elector which secret voting did not equally confer ? He said that it did not, for he would undertake to prove that a conviction for bribery would be as attainable, if it took place, under secret voting as under open voting. He defined open voting to be the ratification of a treaty between dis honest men ; while secret voting was the prevention of the ratification of that treaty, b e cause it compelled One scoundrel to depend upon th e word of another. In o p en voting the poll-book was t he r e cor d by which the intic*i dater convicted and pun ished his victims. The knowledge that that record was ke p t against the electors induced thousands of men fully competent to be electors to refuse to be placed on the register. The knowledge of the ex istence of that record compelled thousands of men who were electors to refuse to go to the poll ; and the know. l e dge of the existence of that record also compelled tens of thousands of our countrymen to go to the poll there to falsiry their consciences and to tell a lie, to the great detrime.it of their country, in the face of their God ; or, to use perhaps the better phraseology of the brilliantly written paper—the Examiner—it compelled the electors to go to the poll there to tell a lie and to send the inner• nation of that lie to Parliament. (Laughter.) Mr. Die raeli told the Buckinghamshire farmers that to allow the electors to vote in secret—and that he (Mr. Berke ley) contended was to vote without intimidation as Is 1121