The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

S. ...no, ter "7-1 W"r 4 RI - -TM itt 136. bh I) COMMERCIAL LNTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a flat appearance, and values were without alteration. The sales were e stimated at 2,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed dull, and prices of all descriptions were a shade lower. It transpired yesterday afternoon that three addi tional failures had occurred among the commercial interest, but the liabilities were not in any case very important. The firms alluded to were Messrs. %Idland, in the Manchester trade, owing about 3 5,0001. ; Messrs. Lichtenstein, a foreign house, Whose engagements are estimated at 80,000/. ; and a small Greek house, the operations of which, however, do not appear to have been extensive. Others are expected to follow, but so long as the evil is confined to small foreign houses the general effect upon credit will not be very disastrous. Up to the present time our large houses have withstood the crisis far better than might have been expected, and if they are enabled to go en for another month, of which there is every probability, their position will no doubt be relieved, and little danger will then exist. The demand for discount continues tolerably Motive, but the supply is increasing, and bills are More e as il y negotiated. The utmost circumspection, however, is still practised in consequence of the frequent failures. It is impossible to know who are likely to be forced to suspend, and hence a good deal of suspicion still exists, which tends to retard t he improvement in business. Trade is exceedingly dull, and in Mincing-lane, as well as the manufac turing districts, there is general inactivity. The purchases of Colonial produce are limited to the Unraediate wants of consumption, and the tend "cy in quotations is downwards. The best d escriptions of sugar are firm, but the lower kinds are heavy. There is a good demand for silver, and advanced quotations are current owing to the remittances to Ilatnburgh. The local authorities have entered into arrangements to obtain a considerable supply, the greater part of which will, it is presumed, be Withdrawn from this market. Bars are quoted at s. 2d. per oz. standard. The transfer books for Consols are now closed, lied will not reopen until the 15th proximo. In the Engli s h stock market to-day there has ° con increased firmness, and a rise of about I per cent. has taken place. The continued sales of feeling, to the Bank have caused a satisfactory for if such operations go on they will ac celerate a reduction in the terms of discount. ° °/lsols have been 91 to 911 and 911 a for account er 'div. The present quotation 91,i 1. Special t ransfers have been made at 914 and 92k. The * P4 cW Three per Cents. are 91 to 91R, and the Re duced 91 to 91/. Exchequer Bills are 2s. dis count to 2s. premium, and the Bonds 991. Bank kook is 2161 to 218. gmall amount of business has been done in the ° reign Stock Market, but prices are generally Turkish 6 per cents. are 911, 921 ; ditto Per Cents., 991 ; and Spanish 3 per Cents., 411. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi !an) 18i 18: ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 75 77 ; d itto 3 per Cents., 50 5 2 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 44; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; do. 4 i per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 401 411; ditto New Deferred, 25 25i ; ditto Certifi cates, In the Railway Share Market this morning a 'light improvement has taken place in the rates of bit 'st of the principal lines, but the dealings have s ot been extensive. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, North-Western, Midland and South-Eastern, each improved about ss. ; Brighton, South-Western, and Nort h - Eastern(Berwick), 10s. ; and Gt. West ern _ l ss. In the F ore i gn and Colon i a l li nes t h e d ea li ngs mere confined to on l y one or t wo t r ansactions. t 7.1 Great I n di an P en i nsula, w hi c h realised about urnler quotations, 20i 20-4, • Mining Shares were neglected. North Wheal B assett realised 12, and Cobro Copper receded to 38 . In Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares t he business transacted was unimportant. Prices, 2 _ ll° Nrever, were steady. London and Westminster i alproved 10s. to 15s. ; and Union of London de clined 10s. ; South Australian have improved ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLOUK. ( From the Official List:) linsinessdone. Bank Stock a per Cent. Reduced A 'muffles 904 i 11 1 3 Per Cent. Console Annuities Shut 91f,-' 28 Now 3 per Cent. Annuities CO4 i 1i 1 Laths Ronda, £l000 liitto, under £lOOO 33 35 d C otßols for Account kEzThsoner Rills, ?id. R100(1. ..... 2 p cl tsou • d 1 2p aN......v S uall . , , Rachequer Bonds, 1858,3 i per Cent 991 11 - Ditto s , 1159 ii„ l/I CBS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. •• nibh goads, 3 per Cent. Ditto A ccount 4 ll li irtv, .•.* '& l hil Bonds 6 cr cent 92 1131 Lio Guar ' P 99 anteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. TWO O'CIF,OCK. Consols account (January 8) 9lt, k x.d. elit SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Yesterday e dense fog with which the metropolis was enveloped 11 :1t11 , effect of diminishing to a great extent the num fi7_,nr persons who usually visit the show of the Smith °flCattle Club on its first day of opening. The sales t , the prize cattle were during the early part of the day c eedinlv slow, but towards the afternoon they became t t rte brisk, and it is stated that the animal which °b illed the prize gold medal as the beet specimen in any pEhf the classes was sold to Messrs. G. and G. Davis, of ° I ,„'":'evr Cattle-market, at an enormous price. The Duke z e 'llehmond' s gold medal prize iu the Southdowns, and L Berne& gold medal prize in the long - woolled I,, e ' e ester breed, were so ld early in the day. The follow i;e are the n ames o f th e J u d ges : —Of Cattle and Long oolied Sheep —Messrs. John Buckley, John B. Thomp whs sad Samuel Anstey. Of Crossbred Sheep, Short t e olled Sheep, and Pigs—Mess r s. Edward Pope, Henry and John Clayden. s4 UE/T REFORM MEETING AT SHEFFIELD.—On Mon "IV evening a crowded public meeting of the inhabitants et the town of Sheffield was held in the Town-ball, to I cl O pt resolutions in favour of Parliamentary reform. h e mayor presided over the meeting, which included nearly all the leading gentlemen of the town. Ti , e 101- I .. ° Wieg resolutions were carried unanitnous&y :—" That le the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that the borough franchise in England and Wales inhould be given to every male person, not subject to any legal i o , nc „ a paeity, who shall r eside within the borough, and . " 0 1 3 3 , as owner or ten an t i n p ar t or w h o l e an y premises l as of w hi c h h e s h a ll h ave b een rate d f or t h e re li ef e of the poor ; the extension of the county franchise, in England and Wales, to all 101. occupiers, awl the assimilation (as far as possibl e ) o f t h e f ranch i se i n Scot lsix! and Ireland to those of England and Wales ;" and That, in the opinion of this meeting, the adoption of the ballot is indispensable for the protection of the voter." EQUALISATION OF THE POOR RAM—Last night, at eight o'clock, a numerous meeting of the parishioners of Chelsea, convened by the Ratepayers' Association, was held at the Commercial-rooms, King's-road, Chelsea, to consider the propriety ot co-operating with other parishes in the metropolis for the purpose of adopting a petition to both houses of Parliament for an equalisation of the Poor rate throughout the whole of the metropolitan Darishes, on the basis of an equal assessment of th e pro perty i n it. M r . Bruen having taken the chair, entered into a s t a t emen t o f the historyan eualisation of the poor of the poor laws, and s trongly argued in favour of q rate, M r. Gilbert moved the first resolution, which was se conded by Mr. Julier, and which was to the e ffect th at the being bur present la w was unjust and oppressive, t hensom e on the ratepayers of the poorer parishes, while those in which the wealthy classes reside, and who are better able to bear the burthen, do not contribute_ u theiroie fair p roportion. Mr. Gilbert observe d that in the favour of Lords he believed, there was a majority in of 4184 ' 'views. Mr. Perry, churchwarden of Che lsea, 111"c°, and Mr. Robson seconded, the next resolution , , 111 c 1 Mr. Delain moved the third resolution, which were, al effect, th a t an equa li sat i on oug h t to ta k e place for the protection ot the poorer parishes, and that they (the Parishioners of Chelsea) would co-operate wi'h other l rilth ea- The resolutions were agreed to unanimouslS, a-ter addresses from the mover and seconder, &c., who r e aay instances of the extraordinary inequalities of e purseut W. Subsequently petitions founded on the zscletions were adpted, after which thanks were voted h ou t r ie cl'airman, and the meeting separated at a late TLe quotation of gold at Paris yesterday evening was Lout 4 pi.r mille premium, and the short exehan 4 e on r t 4(109 is 25.35 per U. sterling. On comparing these 0 4 u ea With the English Mint price of 3/. 173. 104 d. per 8. I A ! . I for standard gold it appears that gold is about "ge Per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. _rl<-IE MAi RAIL . RAILWAYS. 50 20 20 10 100 100 100 all all 20 tli St.' St. 25 25 St. 10 1 100 all 100 100 £4 17i 100 all 100 all 100 all 100 ,100 Do. lEdinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Duude( Forth and ClydeJunc. I Furness....... ....... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland ,Great Northern Do., A. Stock iDo., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). ,Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 . Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Sonthpurt. London & BlackwaP Lond. Bright. & S. Cst London & N. Weston. Do. Fifths D0.,10/.Sh.,M&B 0 Do. Eighths London & S.Weateru Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo'F arrangement 'Midland Do. Birming. & D erb Midland G. West. (Ir. ' Do. 1 Shares ......... Newcastle & Carlisle. Nowpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskiller Newry, Warrenpoinl & Rostrevor Ncrfollc ......... . 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 Do. York North L0nd0n.....,, N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn, North Staffordshire North Western I N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... .6 I Portsmouth.. .0 I Rhyniney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrtin. St Shropshire Union 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 0 South Dev0n.......... 0 ISonth Ea5tern...... ... El Do. 4 per.. Shares' )O Xll IS. Yorksh. River Dun , Do 11 Staines,Wok.,ScWok. 11 Stockton & Darling.. 5 Do. do., 1854 5 , Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 100' ;Taff Vale K) Do. Pref., No. 1, 2 Thames Hay. D. &R 11 iVale of Neath... al Waterfd. & Kilkenny II Waterford&Limeriek II j West Col nwall.. 11 EWest End of London and Crystal Palace 11 Do. A Xll I Do. B 611 West London , Ll Do. First Class 11 Do. Second Class ll 'Wmbledon&Croydon 0 tianbg. Nottog. Bost. & Eastn. . Belfast & B2.llymen; Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junct...... Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol & Exeter__ Caledonian.... ....... . Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall 1:) , 4. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 'East Anglian ... lEastern Counties l'ilasternUnion,A.stk Do do.B. IDo.New A 'East Kent East Lancashire ;'East Suffolk BRITISH POSSESSIONS. all Atian. and St. Law. 9 :Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. II IDo. 8 Buffalo & Lake Ilur. 0 Buff. Brut. & Godeli. l 0 1G p.c.bds.,l Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 0 Do. do., 1 June,'74 's. ,Calcutta and S. East. Gd ,Central Oude (Lim.) Ds Ceylon A sbares 1 Do. B. do. 11 Demerara. s. Eastern Bengal 10 'East Indian 11 1 5 j Do. C Shares 11 Do.4i p.e.Bnds. ' '57! 11 Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. d 7 d.l4.uni.ofCanada' all I Do. 6 p. C. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per e 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c al Gt. Westn. of Canada Ol i Do. New 11 Do. Bds., payable '57 11 IDo. do., '76, p. '6O all IDo. do., '73, do. Do. do.; '73; without, option all ;Madras, guar. 4z p.c. all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exten. 5 I Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c.' 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, sa. Oude (Limited) 5 ;Seinde, guar. 5 per c all I Do 18 al 201 11 100 101 100 101 .00 101 20 20 2s( 20 1( 20 174 a. St. 'lOl 120 11 00 a 100 I a] 20 I a; St. 1 100 20 20 20, 20i 100 al 100 a. 100 100 1U • al 20 11 5 al 20 li 20 20 a, 20 al 20 2! 20 F 20 al 20 a 20 20 10 - I al 20 a] 16 a] 20 i a 20 20 10 7, 20 al 5 al 20 a 1 10 al 20 a' r~nrwrp B,c Rotterdam .8 Ardennes dl Belgian East. Junct 6 Beziersto Graissessac 611 i Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and By L 2 IDutch Rhenish Xll Eastern of France dl Do. New N. Euphrates Valley .8 Gt, Central of France dl Great Luxembourg , 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierro and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian 1 Lucca & 1 Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Anteula 11 Do. Now 11 Namur & Liege 11 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref ,11 Northern of France 11 Nor wegianTruk Pref 31 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife & San Fran., (Peruam.) g. 7 P. c. Rome and Frascati .11 Royal Danish .11 Royal Swedish 611 Sambre and Meuse al Do. 5# per cent. pref ill Southern of Franco ill West Flanders al Do. 51 per c. Pref all W. & N.W. of France 6 Western of Austria all West. a Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. Sp. cent. pref. all Zealand ......-•-_ _ I ••• ••• - 8 7d }.•• ••• .• ••• r 106 - 107 - 1 p 19 - 1.9 38 - 39 72 - 74 201 - 21 183 21 - 20 103 - 108 103 - 108 1 100 102 18 20 20 21 1 d par p par Pj 1~ - lip' 5t - 6 ••• '•.- ... i .- li 3k - 4h 5* - 54 251 25 --. ... - 61 = 'di ...a 3 1 - 3iP ii - " 25 7 - 7.- 18 i - 19 35 - 354 8 - 9 334 - 34 19 - 51 21 lid 13 - 15 A - 6 - 7 - 8 20 -20 i 41 - 5 - 1 25 - 26 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all Australasia ..... 18i Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of Lond on ... I all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co all (British N. American 8 C.Bk.of Ind. Au.d.tCh 50 City 25 20 iCommercial of Lond all ; Eng.Scot.dzAus.Ci it all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A ast all • Ditto New 20 London and Countyl Lnd..&E.Bnkng.Corp .0 London Joint Stock. Lond.audWestminst, ;5 Natioual Pro. of Eng. LO Do. Now _ _ Zilftirational Bank 11 ',New South Wales 11 ',Oriental Bank Corp 0 ;Ottornt,n BaniK IProvine al oZ Ireland Do. Now _ Et.Aus.ll.&.G.lm.Co all ISouth Australia all Union of Austtalia.- 24 Do. Now 1.0 Union of London 50 Uuity Mutual U ,N_Yootruing of Load 80 82 1 5 4d 40 45 ••• ...... •• e ... • 174 - f•Eii 18 - 18 32 - 34 16A - 17,3 3i - ii 49 - 51 ... ...... ••• -- ma St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 100 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 33 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 161 50 all St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 17; 20 all 10 all St. 100 20 U 10 11 St. 101 St. 1101 St. 10i 20 a] 20 li 25 1. 25 I j St. St. 1.1 25 2' 20 I a] - 50 1 I 00 3! 20 k 50 2' 20 a 25 a 1 4 _0 I , 21 00 I 1 10 ,al THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 18'5'7. 7,T5 This Da: *AY S. Closing Price. yesterday. 4/ - 8 - 8. 64 - 65, 8 -9, 81 - 86 77 -77 g 30 - 32' 7 - 9 - - • - . 3 - 5 .7$ - 17 - 18 54 - 55 42 - 44 28 - 30 17 - I.§ 83 - 90 5 7 so ..• 263 - 273 88 - 90 9 - 10 94 - 95 79 - 81 L2l - 123 97 - 99 4N - 501 58 - 62 74 - 78 - 8i; - 9C)I t - 91 - 5i - 102 - 104 - 94; Lid i d 88 89 1 36 85 - 85:1: 594 - 60:3 12 - 13 57 - 59 31 - 3f 47 - 48 iili - 6 2.i - 2 503 - 81 - 82 90 - 931 8 - 9 43 - 4# ... .. lo a 29 30 10 8 d 101 106 , 21 224 45_ 46 4 3 d 32 34 63j 644 78 FO 12 14 8 6 d 9 11 36 38 i6i = ioi 7 - 9 21 - 31 5} - 5 Business don• this day. LINE'i LENSED AT FIXED RE TALS. Paid RAILWAYS. r Leasing Companies, Closing Pries. yesteniay ißuckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin: g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull Selby Do. 1 Shares Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts &Somrst Ln. &N. W. Caledon... 'E.U.drE.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn V.& N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do La. diN. W. do Midld. E. Count Do Do ... Do L. &N. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassei M. MCI oan Stk.dDar. Do. Gt. W, PREF EREP IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Oaledn. £lO 4i p. c, Chas, dx Ho. 5i p.c, Do. do. 5 per cent_ Cork &Bandonsip.e, Dun.Perth.&Aber.J, E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do, do. Cls. C 7 p. c. l Eas.Co.Ex, 5p .c No.l Do. No. 2 'Do. New 6 pr. C. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh., Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash. 6 p .cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.o. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & P.C Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4. per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Seot.lst Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do, con. red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do, firm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. firm, Gua. Stk Do, Chesh. Glut, Sh Do. do. do. Do, do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. e. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy. do Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. 2 Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. .C 6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 A c. Do. 42 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dal. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norf k. D ob. 4 p. c. Sb. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 INoi th 8riti5h......... Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw, 4 p. e. Pr:. Do, do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Do. do. Debentr. St. 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 44 pr cent. S. F.sitern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 . per cent Do. Fixed 4. p.c. Sh Do. New 41 pr. ceni, S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c., Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron ...... _ _ Coudurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (IPogau) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. ( Philk.) 'Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) Po:Mils U. (Wend.) Sort. Cous. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllom ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft ITlLMines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camay,) W. Basset (Mogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) IWh, Kitty (U. Tilant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) .•• - • • • 90 - :,2 ei 7 95 - .*i i -7. 105 - 110 108 - 115 105 - 108 102 - 105 120 - 123 65 - 67 17 - il9 1)9 - lli 101 - 103 62 - E 4 - 51 -- 6 85 -- 87 80 -- 82 80 -- F 2 92 -- 94 9 -- 94 15i -- 16! 9 -- 94 66 -- 68 17 -- 18 Bt, -- 9 13 -- 13 132 - 137 111 - 114 1150 - ]55 115 - 118 i - iP 62 - 65 129 - 131 94 - 96 84 - E 6 ioi ii lo = iiii 91 - 93 1i- 1, 1 - iti 21 - 22 109 - 111 100 - 102 105 - 107 65 - 70 9A - 10,1 21 - 22 93 - 95 BRITISH MINES. 13 - 14 5 - 7 !WO - 110 1 430 - 450 90 - 100 13• - 4 - - 5 1 -- 1i i --I_ is 10 12, 4A 5 181 —19 A 4 117 2 335 345 ' 3 1 220 23) 1 3 4 21i -22 i 100 - 110 160 - 170 280 - 290 61 - 71 16 - 18 47 - 49 23 - 25 M SHARES. FOREIGN 1 Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes dr Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co , Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita , New Granada , !Novean Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican MIS Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do. Nov iss. at 51. d Brit. American Land, Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July ;Copper Min. of Eug. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference all 'Crystal Pal, of France' all Eastern 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel. of Irol. all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) ‘ll Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all .111eilitorau. Elec. Tel, 8i IDo. Extension Teleg. all Xexican&S.Americn 5 Nat. Discount Co—. 6 INetherlands Land all 'Do. Do. all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at 1d ', 2 Do. Do. 80 New B. &N. 8, Land 100 N. S, W. Gov.s p.e.D. all N. B, Australasian... all Nrth.ofEuropoSteam all Oriental Gas Do New Shares Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl Peninsular & Oriental Do. New . Ithymney Iron Royal Mail Steam scot. Austral. Invest S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van_Diemou'a Land MINES. i 4 d pax 13 2 10 - 12 38 --- 40 10 - 12 i —41 P 14 15 8 - 8i 11 1d i 4 A - it .•.5-6 ... ••• ••• li 2 ai 3i os. 21 - 23 ..• - •• 4 - • 5 30 -- 35 118 -- 125 106 -- 107 27 -- 32 23 -- 25 li -- la 31 -- 4 1166 -- iOn li - li 5 - 6 .2 - ii 3 1 - 32 2i— 2 i i li 24 3 . 4 3 4 1d 16 18 - I - 5 - iP - 21 77 - 80 7- 8 p 21 -23 53 - 55 1 - 11 32 - 34 1 - i i - I ... -- ••• 8i - 94 90 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 3 - 4 ''''' se• in - iiii 12 13 23 24 89 91 1 ad 2 91 4P 56 24 - 89 - Rd 54 1 127 - 130 71 - 8 - iii = E Rosiness this day IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. Mr. FITZROY brought up the report on the message from her Majesty conferring a pension of 1,0001. a-year for life on Sir Henry Havelock. _ A short discussion took place relative to the con tinuing the pension to the son of General Sir Henry Havelock. The message, as it stood, was agreed to, and a bill was ordered to be introduced. (LEFT BITTING.) PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS—DEc. 8. BANK ISSUES INDEMNITY BILL, Clause 2 (The restriction on the amount of Securities to be taken in the Issue Department suspended) :—Amendment proposed, in page 3, line 21, to leave out from the words " Provided always," to the end of the clause :—(Mr. Malins :)—Question put, " That the words Provided al ways, that if, before the expiration of the time,' stand part of the clause :"—The Committee divided—Ayes, 100 ; Noes, 18. AYES-100. Adeane, H. Goderich, Viscount Pilkington, J. Anderson, Sir J. Gordon, Lachlan D. Price, W. Atherton, W. Grenfell, C. P. Pugh, D. Bagwell,"John Gray, Captain Rebow, J. Baring, Sir F. Griffith, C. Rich, H. Baring, T. G. Gordon, Brampton Richardson, J. Baxter, W. Handley, H. Salisbury, Enoch Beale, S. Hay, Lord John Seymour, Danby Bethell, Sir R. Herbert, IL Sibthorp, Major Biggs, John Hodgson, K. Slangy, R. Black, Adam Keatiog, Sir H. Stapleton, John' Bouverie, lion. E. P. Kendall, N. Steel, John Briscoe, J. Kershaw, J. Thompson, General Brocklehurst, J. Klunaird, A. Thornely, T. Bruce, Lord E. Kirk, W. Townshend, J. Buller, J. W. Knatchbull-HugnesSen Trefusis, C. Buxton, Sir E. N. Lan g t on , El . G. Tre l awny , Si r J. Caird, J. Lewis, Sir G. C. Villiers, C. Campbell, K. J. R. Locke, Joon Waldron, Laurence Give, George Lopes, Sir M. Western, S. Close, M. Lowe, R. Wickham, H. Craufurd, E. H. J. Luce, T. Willyams, E. Crossley, F. M`Cann, J. Willson, A. Dalglish, R. Mangles, R. D. Wilson, J. Davey, R. Mangles, C. Wingfield, R. Divett, E. Mellor, John Winnington, Sir T. Dod, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Wise, J. Dunlop, A. Nicoll, D. Wood, Sir C. Elton, Sir A. H. Norreys, Sir D. Wyld, James Fagan, W. Norris, J. T. Young, A. Finlay, A. North, F. Forster, Charles O'Brieft, P. TELLERS. Gard, IL Palmerston, Viscount Gifford, Earl or Philips, R. Hayter, W. Glyn, G. Philipps, J. Brand, R. B. W. Adams, W. IL Bernard, T. Barrow, W. Beecrott, U. Bramley-Moore, J. Cayley, E. S. Cax, W. NOES-18. Cross, R. A. E wart, J. Goddard, A. Greer, Samuel Horstall, T. Ingram, H. Langton, W. G. Pease, Henry Robertson, P. Steuart, A. Vansittart, W. TELLERS. Manus, Richard Spooner, R. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the Unlimited Liability of Shareholders in Joint Stock Banks gives rise to a species of credit injurious to the interest of the pu)lic ; and that the present law enforcing the adoption of this principle requires alteration :"—(Mr. Headlani o—Amend ment proposed, to leve out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " the present law enforcing the principle of the Unlimited Lia bility of their Shareholders on Joint Stock Banks, require, alteration"—(Mr. Hankoy)—instead thereof :—Question " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question," put and negatived : — Question put, " That the words ' the present law enforcing the principle of the Un limited Liability of their Shareholders on Joint Stock Banks, requires alteration,' be added, instead thereof :" The house divided—Ayes, 47 ; Noes, lls. AYES-47. Gard, IL Claniett, W. Gilpin, Charles Glyn, G. Goderich, Griffith, C. Banbury, Robert Hodgsai, K. Hopwood, John Hutt, W. Ingram, li. Jackson, W. Kinglake, A. Manus, B. Paget, C. Pease, IL Pinney, W. NOES-118, Akroyd, E. Forster, C. Anderson, Sir J. French, Col. Atherton, W. Gordon, L. Bagwell, John Greer, S. Baines, lit. Hon. M. Grenfell, C. Baring, Sir F. Grenfell, ChM. Barnard, T. Grey, It. Barrow, W. Gurdon, B. Beecroft, G.' Hadfield, G. Bethell, Sir R. Herbert, 11. Biggs, J. Herbert, Col. Black, Adam Hodgson, W. Bottleld,B. Borstal], T. B. Bouverle, Hon. E. P. liotham. Lord Bouverle, Hon. P. P. Johnstone, J. Hope Bramley-Moore, J. Kendall, N. Briscoe, John Kershaw, J. Buchanan, W. King, L. Buckley, Gen. Klnnaird, A. Buller, J. W. Knatzhbull-Hugessen Caird, James Langton, W. Calcraft, J. H. Langton, 11. G. Campbell, H. Lewis, Sir G. C. Clifford, C. C. Lindsay, W. Codrington, General Locke, John Colebroke, Sir T. Lockhart, A.E. Cowper, W. F. Lopes, Sir. E. Coote, Sir q. H, Lowe, Cowan, C. Macartney, G. Crawford, R. Mangles, R. Crook, J. Mangles, C. E. Crossley, F. Marjoribanks, D. Dalgiish, It. Martin, J. Davey, R. Massey, W. Duncan, Viscount Mellor, John Dunaas, F. Miller, T. Fagan, W. manes, H. Fergus, J. Moffatt, G. Fitzgerald, 3. Montgomery, Sir G. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Napier, Sir C. Brand, H. Foley, 11. B Norreys, Sir D. Hayter, W. Adams, W. Ayrton, A. Bernard, T. Baxter, W. Beale, S. Beaumont, W. Bonham-Carter, J. Buxton, C. Cayley, Ch,etham, John Clay, James Joiner, lt. Y. Collins, r. Cox William Craufurd, E. H.J. Dunlop, A. Ewa::t, J. Puller, C. Robertson, P. Smith, A. Steuart, Andrew Sullivan, Michael Sykes, Col. Tollemache, Fred. Vansittart, W. White, J. Wood, W. Woods, II Wyld, James /ouug, A. TELLEILO. Ileadlain, T. liankey. T. Norris, J. North, Col. J. North, F. Palmerston, Viset. Philipps, R. Philips. J. H. Pilkington, J. Potter, Sir J. Pryse, E. Pugh, D. Ramsden. Sir J. Rebow, John 'lepton, G. Richardson, T. Rushout, G. Russell, A. Salisbury, E. Smith, J. A. Smith, R. Spooner, E. Steel, J. Stuart, Colonel Thompson, Gen. Thornely, T. Townsend, J. Vivian, 11. 11. Warren, S. Weguelin, T. Western, S. Wickham, li. W. J Wilson, J. Wingfield, R. Winnington, Sir T. Wise, J. Wood, Sir C. TELLEB9. NEW MUSIC. After the Battle. Composed by Mrs. R. K. Barnes. J. J. Ewer and Co. A very charming composition, descriptive of the emotions awakened in the human heart by the sights and sounds of a battlefield. Mingled emo tions of joy and grief, or rather (among even the least impressionable it might be expressed without exaggeration) of rapture and anguish—the latter predominating hardly less on the side of the victo rious than on that of the vanquished I It is in the recognition of this affecting truth, that we conceive the chief merit of this graceful and touching frag ment of melody is discernible. It is through its more tender and pathetic cadences that it wins upon our admiration. The fair musician, we should remark, bas inscribed the effusion of her melodious fancy to the Hero of Kars, General Sir William Fenwick Williams, K.C.B. ; the title-page on which this appropriate dedication is celebrated being further embellished by a no less apt pictorial illustration. ADDITIONAL MAILS TO INDIA. Commencing with January next, the mails for the East Indies and China, transmitted via Marseilles, will be despatched from London as follows—viz , those intended for the Bombay packets on the evenings of the 2d and 17th of each month ; and those intended for the Calcutta packets (including the ma il s f or C e ylon, Mad ras , an d China), on the evenings of the 9th and 15th of each month, asttlready announced. The Bombay packets will also carry letters for Calcutta and Madras, to be forvtarded from Bombay by the inland posts ; and it is expected that they will reach their destination some days in advance of the letters sent by the next Calcutta pacdet. The packets from Southampton will continue to run in connection with the Calcutta line ; and mails via Southampton for Calcutta, Ceylon, Madras, and China will be made up in London, as at present, an the morn. ings of the 4th and 20th of each month. For Bombay, mails via Southampton will be forwarded by the above packets, as well as by the Australian packets (the mails for which are made up in London on the morning of the 12th of each month), as far as Egypt, where they will await the departure of the next packet for Bombay. The following table shows the several dates upon which the mails for India will be despatched from Lon don both by the route of Marseilles and by that of South ampton . Date of Despatch from London. I Via Marseil.es Via Southampton Destination. Evening of Morning of 2d 4th I : 3o 7 n .. b b a a : l —::; Calcutta 9th d n al _ 12th • • iii ii 4' Calcutta 17th 20th Bombay .19 L. b - -,f. a Calcutta 25th •• -E" '7, 4 Calcutta - When the 4th, 12th, or 20th of the month falls on a Sunday the mails will he made up on the previous even ing, or 25th of the month falls Sundayhenotheem2ad, ils 9t w h,l7 illbteh, raado up on the following evening. The homeward mails will, in lik e manner , l eav e and w Calcutta and Madras four times a month, and at nearly equal intervals, being despatched twice by packet to Suez, as at present, and twice via Itombay. The roads from Bombay will leave that port on the oth and 24th, and the portion brought Via Marseilles will be due in London about the 4th and 19th of each month. The portion brought via Southampton will come from Alexandria by the first mail packet, ladiaLlOr Australian, leaving that port for Southampton, after their arrival. By command of the Poste° aster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Poet-office, Dec. 5„ awda :du rned Stephens till next - --- L ON DON AND EASTERN rt ••-•ANKING COMPANY.—On Sheriff Substitute Hallard, at Edi nburgh, to undergo a judicial examination in bankruptcy acc or di ng to the forms of Scotch law. The e xamination lasted from 12 till appeared before Mr. M nearly a ys,JaanmdeswEasd j day (Tuesday) at 2 o'clock. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—A no th er figure has just been adde d to this numerous collection. It represents the notorious liana Sahib, dressed in the Hindoo costume, a white robe, and is represented in the usual occupation of his leisure hours, smoking his hookah. The likeness is considered excellent. Already numerous visitors have been ,to inspect this portrait model. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN INVETERATE THlEF.—Hannah Jackson, an looking, middle-aged woman, who has been repeatedly charged at this court with robbery, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing a flannel petticoat and four towel 4, the property of the treasurer of the county of Middlesex. She was further charged with stealing two pockeli handkerchiefs, belonging to two prisoners at present under remand in the House of De tention, Clerkenwell. Hannah Wood stated that she was one of the recep tion-warders at the House of Detention, and that the prisoner was an inmate of that place, having been remanded from this court by his Worship on a charge of felony. The prisoner was employed in the laundry, and on Monday last, just before she was put into the prison van, for the purpose of being conveyed to the police-court, she was searched, as is the usual custom, by witness, and a flannel petticoat, four towels, and two pocket-handkerchiefs, the former belonging to the county, and the latter to two of the prisoners ' were found upon her. On being taxed with the theft, she admitted taking the towel 4, but Vte other articles, she stoutly maintained, were her own. This was totally untrue, as the prisoner only the day previous had asked the matron for an old petticoat to keep her warm. Witness then took her before the authorities at the prison, who directed her to be brought here for punishment. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and Mr. Beadon committed her to the Home of Correction for three months with bard labour. WESTMINSTER. ROBBERIES IN THE FOG.—William Pretty, a young man, was charged with committing two impudent rob beries of tradesmen in the fog yesterday. Mr. William Pile, of the firm of Dennis and Pile, clothiers and outfitters, 20, Queen's-row, Pimlico, stated that when the fog was at its densest last evening, h• saw the prisoner loitering about the door in a most suspicious manner. He watched him and saw him go to another clothier r, and attempt to steal a coat, where he was prevented succeeding by the tradesman coming out and driving him away. Prisoner then returned to witness's door, when the clothier went out, and, handing him a card, told him he could buy as cheap a coat there as a man could desire, if he wished to purchase one, but if he wished to steal one he might depend upon it he would be sent to prison. Teen the pri soner seemed discomfited and walked away, butreturned in an hour when he advanced two or three feet into the shop and endeavoured to pull down a great coat, when finding it secured by the button-hole, he cut the latter open, and was about to leavo with his booty, whon witness secured him and gave him into cnstody. A policeman said, that on searching the prisoner he found three pairs of stockings upon him. A shopboy, from the establishment of Mr. Hargrave, Queen-street, said that at about five last evening, he heard the snap of a string which fastened goods at the door, and on his hastening there he found the three pair of socks now produced stolen. He saw a man running, but ho was lost the next moment in the fog. Prisoner admitted his guilt. He was committed for trial on both charges. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TILE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The mortality of London continued high last week, and even showed a tendency further to in crease. In the two previous weeks the deaths were about 1,380 ; in the week that ended last Saturday (December 5) they rose to 1,428. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,318. But, as population has increased, the average for compari son must be raised proportionably to the increase, in which case it will become 1,450. Hence it ap pears that the deaths of last week were rather less than the corrected average ; but onreference to the return for the first week of December in 1847 it will be seen that in consequence of influenza being epidemic the deaths from all causes then rose to the extraordinary number of 2,454, and the ave rage which embraces that period is higher than would have been obtained if only ordinary causes had been in operation. It may be stated that at least a hundred persons died last week who would have survived if the sea son had not been in more than a usual degree un favourable to health. These deaths are the result of influenza, terminating, as the medical practia tioners believe, in bronchitis. The number of deaths referred in the present re turns to pulmonary disease (exclusive of phthisis and whoopingcough) is 415, which is not much less than a third part of the total number returned in the week. In the nine years 1848-56 the deaths from the same class of complaints ranged from 171 to 379. The deaths caused by bronchitis continue to increase, for in the two previous weeks they were respectively 227 and 217 • last week they were 242, the corrected average for last week is 158. The table shows the greatest number of deaths from bronchitis during that period of life which extends from 60 to 80 years, 92 persons having died in that interval. Beyond 80 years the number falls to 20, the disease then finding a much reduced number of living subjects for its attacks. Pneumonia, which carries off chiefly the young, is far from being so fatal during the present period of sickness ; for the deaths from it, which were in two previous weeks 127 and 143, Lll last week to 129, which is hardly equal to the average. The number of cases in which influenza is specially men• tioned is 22. Nice nonagenarians aro returned, all of whom were women except one. Besides a fatal case of "infantile cholera" the death of a seaman from " cholera, pneumonia," is recorded. He died on Nov. 24 on board the Dread nought Hospital ship. Three children died of scar latina within four days in a family in George-street, Somers-town, and two in another family in Ex mouth-street, in the same sub-district. In the family last referred to the mother and another of her children died also of the same disease in November. Last week the births of 938 boys and 874 girls-- in all 1,812 children—were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of ihe years 1847-56 the average number was 1,504. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29.858 in. The highest reading was 30 . 16 in. at the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 46.1 deg., which is 4 . 5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On Wednesday and Thursday the excess above the average was 9 deg. 11 deg. The highest temperature occurred on Wednesday, and was 56 . 4 deg.; the lowest on Tuesday, which was 35 . 8 deg. The range of temperature on Thursday was only 6 . 8 deg.; the mean daily range in the week was 12.7 deg, The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and mean air temperature was 2.9 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 43 . 6 deg. The mean daily degree of humidity of the air was 91 deg., complete satura tion being represented by 100 ; on Wednesday the humidity was 98. After Tuesday the direction of the wind was generally south-west. The rain mea sured in the week was only 0 . 10 in. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 5. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases •• 220 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 415 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 34 Atrophy 4O Old Age sudden .• 10 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 44 Causes not specified DEATHS !EOM ALL CAUSES 1,428 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 616,635 ... .. 374 Totals 1,313 1,428 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males Females.. Total ......... 1,812 DEATH OF MR. R. C. 11ILDYARD, M.P.—A. vacancy has occurred in tke representation of Whitehaven in the House of Commons, by the demise of Mr. R. C. Hild yard, M.P., who died at half-past 12 o'clock on Monday night, at his residence in Lowndes-street, after a severe and protracted illness. He was third son of the Rev. W. Hildyard, rector of Winistead, Yorkshire, and born in 1800. Mr. Hildyard received his early education at Oakham School, and afterwards removed to Catherine Hall, Cambridge, to complete his studies. At the uni versity he greatly distinguished himself, and was senior optima in 1823, took the degree of M.A. in 1826, and was for some years a fellow of his hall. In 1827 be ' was called to the bar, and for a series of years was one of the leading members on the Northern Circuit, and ob tained his silk gown, as Queen's counsel in 1844. Mr. Hildyard was counsel to the Duchy of Lancaster, which appointment he resigned in 1846. The deceased gen tleman was first elect ed for Whitehaven in 1347 without opposition, and has since continued to represent that borough in Parliameint. A conservative in politics, he supported the Earl lof Derby's government, and gene rally voted with the Trend opposition. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Mr. Grimshaw, of Bank House near Burrley, praying Parliament to pass a law to settle the question whether a married woman should have the power of ap pointing trustees of property acquired by inhelitaece. The Earl of DERBY, referring to the statement he made last night respecting the transmission of troops to India, said the authority upon which he relied was now in Paris, but a letter had been written to that person, and he thought he should be in a position, either to show that the President of the Board of Con trol laboured under a defective memory, or to make an apology for the statement. PROVISION TO SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. The CLERK at the table having read her Majesty's Message, Earl GRANVILLE said he had now the gratif) jug duty to propose to their lordships to mdse a reply to her Majesty in answer to her most gracious message just read. He felt sure in doing so he should meet with the most cordial unanimity of both sides of the hot se. (Hear.) General Havelock was not a young officer, he entered the army in 1815, and had taken part in j every campaign in India up to 1854, including the Persian war. (Hear.) He felt it would be tedious to their lordships if he detained them by detailing the number of medals and honours which he had acquired, so he would pass from that part of the subject. Gen. Havelock arrived in India almost simultaneously with the outbreak in India, and he immediately hastened to join Gen. Neill at Allahabad, who was at that moment endeavouring to effect the relief of Cawnpore ; but they all knew that that object was not effected until too late to prevent the dreadful massacre of women and children which bad taken place. j General Haveloek, shortly atter this event, had defeated the enemy no less than four times between the 12th arid 16th July, and after so doing he marched towards Luck now, and on the 29th July he again enc •untered the enemy and fought two battles, in both of which he was victorious, the mutineers being defeated with an immense loss of life. He trusted that G- id in his divine mercy would still protect this gallant hand of heroes. Haviie , passed a glowing eulogiurn on Gen. Wilson, the uobll earl concluded by moving a resolution, which was in effect an echo of her Majesty's message, assuring her Majesty that their lordships would gladly co-seerue with her Majesty in granting a pension of 1,0001. per annum daring the period of his natural life. (Cheers.) The Earl of DERBY rose to second the motion pro posed by his noble friend, but having so recently enlarged at considerable length on the great achievements and gallant deeds of Gen. Havelock, it was not necessary for him on the present occasion to do more than express his most cordial concurrence t u the address in answer to her Majesty's gracious message. However, he could not sit down without reminding their lordships of the brilliant services of another gallant officer who had borne a sig nal part in the dangers and glories of this contt st—he referred to Col. Inglis, who had so long commanded the garrison of Lucknow. (Loud cheers) lie hoped the services of that gallant officer would not go long unre quited, and that his name would never cease to be held in that honour which his great deeds merited. (Loud cheers.) The motion was agreed to unanimously. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then rose, not for the purpose of moving the second reading of this bill, but simply to explain the reasons which induced him to give notice of the measure. The noble earl then proceeded to detail the whole of the circumstances connected with the prohibition of a series of religious services announced to be given in Exe ter Hall. The grounds stated for this extraordinary proceeding were, that the services had not answered the purpose for which they were intended, and that they were not attended by the class of persons for whose special instruction they were given. He had been asked to postpone this bill for the convenience of the Bench of Bishops. He knew what that meant. But it was a scandal to the Church when the Bishops confessed their impotency to relieve, and betook themselves to words— confessing, in fact, that the Church of England was no longer competent to the task she had undertaken. His lordship then postponed the second reading. The Earl of DERBY deprecated discussion as prema ture. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S denied the advantage of the movement, and defended Mr. Edouard's conduct. The Bishop of LONDON thought so great a move. ment should net be stopped by the veto of a single in cumbent, and according to the canon law, which gave the bishop of the diocese a concurrent jurisdiction in every parish with the incumbent, he doubted the legality of Mr. Edouard's refusal. Lnrd PANMURE regretted the termination of the services. He had attended them, and been much edified. After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, The debate was adjourned to the Bth Feb. THE AUSTRIA TRANSPORT. The Earl of HARD WICKE moved for a copy of the contract made with the owners of the steamship Austria for the conveyance of the 94th Regiment to India. The regiment, he said, was ordered to prepare for.lndia in the mouth of August ; it had been 16 years in India, had returned home only one year, and was therefore well adapted by its experience for service in India. The regiment ,tarted from Cork on Oct. sth, in the Austria, the ship had put back three times into Plymouth, and the men were now under orders to go overland to India. The Austria was the property of some Dutch owners, and although a very fine ship, was not in the opini in of the surveyor, fit to take troops to India, and she was ordered to be fitted with another deck. The Austria, however, sailed without th:s_additional deck, the conse quence was, that after touching the Bay of Biscay, she was obliged to return to Plymouth. A second time the step returned in consequence of some accident to the engines. The crew were foreigners, the captain was a foreigner, and the ship was very difficult to steer, and without her engines was almost unmanageable. From the SLII of Oct. to this day the regiment has arrivedoilly at Plymouth from Cork, and is now waiting for embarka tion for India. While all this delay was taking place, the country had a reserve force of 10,000 men and an im mense navy, which were lying perfectly idle and unem ployed. In the port of Plymouth, was lying the St. Jean d'Acre, with her engineers and officers perfectly ready to go to sea. Of all ships in the world a British man-of war was the most perfect and convenient transportinthe world. The Belle Isle bad carried troops on several occasions to China and other places, and with the greate st economy. Now that we had lost 100,000 men in tit- Bengal army, and it was necessary that more frequent communication should be kept up with that country, it was well worthy of consideration whether it woul t be of great advantage to this country if a transport service were formed at once out of some of the ships of the navy. The country really might as well contract for the defence of the nation and the supply of a navy, as, in the present state of naval science, leave the transport of troops to be performed by contract, and by the mercan tile navy of the country. (Hear.) Lord PANMURE said that the contract referred to by the noble earl was not one made by the Government at all, but by the Eastlndia Company, who took up all theships that were required, and paid the expenses of the convey ance of the troops ' and who were responsible for their safe delivery in India. This had been the practice since the Queen's troops were sent out to India. With respect to the case of the Austria, it would be found that among all the numerous vessels which were taken up by the company for the conveyance of nearly 50,000 men, this ship had been the only one in which any. casualty had occurred. It was the only instance of com plaint having been brought forwitrd against the East India Company for having failed to attend to the com fort and safety, and everything that related to their in ternal economy. He felt bound to say for the Court of Directors that they had shown the greatest auxiely to secure for the army the best vessels which they could obtain, and that they were also anxious to secure for themselves from the army in India, whose services were required at the earliest possible period. No doubt the Austria was not a suitable vessel for the conveyance of the troops. But as soon as the noble duke the Com mander-in-Cbief heard of the delays which had taken place, he, in conjunction with her Majesty's Government, had determined that the regiment should be sent over land to India, so that it would probably even now arrive at its destination almost as soon as if no casualty had occurred. With respect to the employment of the ships of the navy for the conveyance of troops, there was no objection on the part of the Government so to eieploy them when the necessity for doing so arose. A short time since, one of the ships on the Mediterranean station had brought home a reeiment with great comfort and convenience to the men ; but on ordinary occasions the Government was enabled to obtain readily the use of vessels in every way adaptel for tLe conveyance of troops. lie was not aware that the board of directors would offer any objection to the production of the copy of the contract moved for by the noble earl, but he re peated the Government were not responsible for what occurred in reference to the Austria, and the noble earl ought not to lose sight of the fact that that was the only case of any casualty having occurred in sending out a large body of troops to India. In answer to a question from Lord MELVILLE, Lord PANMURE said that the Austria wrs surveyed by au officer in the employ of the East ludia Company. The motion was then agreed to. GENERAL HAVELOCK AND THE . INDIAN OFFICERS. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said he was unavoidably absent from the discussio n in the earlier part of the f h evening, and he was ful l y aware that o he t w h a e s i r out of order order in now referring t o it . But he he was e xtremely hoped lord ships would permit him to do so, u concuranxiou in sthaetveirtytehhfonegild thatnothad been said thatbesujtpossedoof Sir hed hu itn r o; d h e t i o r d l oord honourships ttboa tthatone navieni havelock. that (Hear.) house was j m i e o more assureddi sp o s e t gallant and distinguished soldier than he was. No doubt many greater campaigns could be found in history, but he questioned whether any service had ever been per formed by an officer commanding his troops with greater zeal, greater devotion to his country, greater judgment, and greater discretion, than had been shown by the die. tinguished officer whom their lordships had honoured that evening. (Hear, hear.) Not alone had his troops been exposed to very large masses of the enemy, who had surrounded them on all sides, but they had had to c w o h n i t o e h n a d n a g n against h o m n a e n of couldt he b n e e o x s t p o d s e e s d p . e a t (Hear.)e e n l a n t d e e s e t d o , it had often been said that Europeans could not march and fight in summer in India. But these troops had bad to perform that service, and had performed it most nobly. (Hear.) In such circumstances much depended upon their leaders ; the troops looked to them, and be believed that General havelock, among his other dig!. 508 50 g 51 1021 i 94 i 921 3 23. 51 503 82 Do . 'estn. 100 all all all all 1106 i i i 7 938 874 tinguished qualities, possessed the power of his men to follow him in everything that he them to undertike. (Hear, hear.) He was be, by his troop, and therefore whatever he wished tle to perform was cheerfully done. He trusted that to momentous service in which General Havelock was now engaged would be brought to a satisfactory issue ; for we could not but look with anxiety to the result. No doubt if that service could be performed well it would be so performed by Sir H, Havelock. He was entitled to all the honours which that house could bestow ; and he rejoiced that Sir H. Havelock was about to receive the sane reward which that distinguished officer in the Com Company's East India ny'ssery Company.ice,SirA t A. Wilson, was w gratifyingasreceivi to egfro the from see that the officers of both services acted together is per fect hermony and good-will ; for by this means only could the mutiny in India be suppressed. He understood a th n a d t h o a n d e o t f a t t h ed eir th l a o t rd t s h h e i r p e s was had a a llu co d n ed sid te er C a o b l l o a n d el iffi ln eu gl i i t e y , in awarding these distinctions because the information received front the seat of war was not sufficiently distinct. That was precisely the difficulty which he felt. Ho assured the house that the noble lord at the head of the War Department and himself had the greatest desire to meet those cases as they arose, and give the distince tions as the occurrences took place, knowing full well that one-half the worth of these distinctions consisted in the fact of their being conferred on the spot. Their lordships must at the same time be aware that the great events taking place in India were so peculiar, the dis tence was 81 enormous, and the cases so isolated, that there was great difficul4 in awarding the appropriate distinctions. And, though in this case of Sir H, H ave . lock there could be no question, and the heads of the army were enabled to advise her Majesty to act at once, there were many other ca es which would probably have to be met, but which they were not in a position to determine on without further information. He saw it stated in some quarters that there had been remiss ness in doing honour to these officers. He assured the house that, as far as he was concerned, there was every disposition and every desire to do them honour ; and he was sure that no honour which either their lordships or her Majesty could cooler was too great for the ser vices rendered, not alone by those officer', whose names had been brought forward, but by others who would in duo time be honourably mentioned. (Hear, hear.) He el, sired to express his entire concurrence in the expret , :ions to which their lordships had given utterance in reference to Sir Henry Havelock. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DELIBY said that in introducing the name of Colonel Inglis he had not the slightest desire to be guilty of the presumption of dictating upon whom honours should be bestowed. He quite concurred with the noble lord that the less recommendations came from any individual in either house the better. Honours ought t. be derived - from the fountain of honour itself, a , ,d to be spontaneously conferred ; unless they were so, they lost a gr eat portion of their value. (Hear, hear.) But when they were di:-cussing the signal services of Sir Henry Havelock in the relief of Luckuow, he had thought it nut inappropriate to introduce some mention of the services of Colonel Inglis, as the commanding officer of the regiment principally concerned in the defence of that garrison. Lord PANMURE said be was happy to think that equ,il honours would be conferred by the Crown and by the Ea , t India Company on Sir H. Havelock, Sir Arch dale Wilson, and their gallant companions in arms. (Hear, hear.) THE BILL OF INDEMNITY. Earl GRANVILLE moved the adjournment of the house until three o'clock this day, when their lordships will sit for the purpose of receiving the Bill of Indemnity from the other house. Adj )urned at a few minutes before eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The house was enveloped i❑ a dense fog—almost as great as that out of doors, which rendered it difficult for hon. members tofindtheir way t "forma house." When the Speaker entered it was doubtful whether a " house would be made." Ultimately, however, a member rushed in, and the Speaker was able to take the chair. Hon. members were seen as through a mist, and it was difficult to recognise many prominent characters as they flitted acro:,:s the floor. RETIRING PENSIONS TO BISHOPS. Mr. GRIFFITHS gave notice that on Friday next he should ask the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government, if he intended to introduce a bill providing retiring pensions for bishops resigning their sees, ac cording to the nobly lord's promise of last session. LAW CONSOLIDATION. Mr. COX wished to know whether the bills for "simplifying and amending the laws relating to real property, and also for consolidating and amending several important branches of the criminal law." would be laid on the table before the Coriotmas recess. —iiTe-CHANCELLOI7, of the V.CIIEQUER apolo gised for the absence of the Home Secretary from indis position, which prevented an answer being given to the que,tion. TRANSMISSION OF MAILS TO AUSTRALIA. Mr. YOUNG asked the Secretary to the Treasury what steps had been taken to prevent the interruption of the Steam Mail Service with Australia which was likely to be occasioned by the accident to the ship E.ueu ; and what provision would be made in future to prevent delay in this service, in case of accidents to one of the steamships engaged in the transmission of the mails between Australia and Suez. Mr. BARING said that two mails from Australia had been delayed in consequence of the Emeu's break ing down. Provision had been to prevent a repetition of such an accident ; and in May next four vessels with the Emeu and a spare vessel would be placed on the station fur the transmission of mails. INDIA. Mr. W. VANSITTAIt r asked the President of the Board of Control, whether, during the tenure of the Governor Generalship of India by the Marquis of Dal housie, any recommendation was made by, or despatch sent from, the supreme Government or the Commander in Chief in India t) the Court of Directors or to the President of the Board of Control for an increase of Euro pean troops, in consequence of the extension of the British territories in the East, by the acquisition of the Punjaub, Pegu, Nagpore, Oude, Sattara, Jhansi, Berar, and other districts, assigned to the East India Company by his Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad ; if so, what was the date of such recom mendation or despatch, and what was the date and the tenor of any reply that may have been sent ; was any additional force of Europeans despatched to India in consequence, during the period referred to ; and, if so, what number o men were sent. Mr. V. SMITH said that no official communication of the kind referred to had taken place between the President of the Board of Control and the Governor• General of India. If tae hon. member wished to have a correct answer to the question he thought he had better move for the production of the document. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the President of the B and of Control whether it was intended to include, in the papers on Indian affairs promised in her Majesty's gracious Speech, a memorial which has been sent home by certain inhabitants of Calcutta, praying for the renal of the Governor-Gentral ? and whether there was any objection to lay upon the table all correspondence which had taken place since the commencement of the Indian Revolt, between any department of her Majesty's Go vernment and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na vigation Company, or any other company, with reference to the conveyance of troops to India by way of Egypt Mr. V. skin" said that it was not his intention to include is the paper above referred to the memorial for warded by the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government from Calcutta, because it was usual for such memorials to be forwarded through the Governor- General, so that the answers might accompany them. That had not been done in this instance, and the me morial would he returned for that purpose. With regard to the second part of the question he would rather the right hon. gentleman would move for the paper he required instead of leaving it to him (Mr. V. Smith) to make a selection. Sir J. PAKINGTON then gave notice of certain questions he intended to put to the Government relative to the passage of troops through Egypt. Mr. WISE asked if he understood the President of the Board of Control to state that the inhabitants of India were precluded from sending a memorial to the home Government except through the Governor-General. Mr. V. SMITH said they were not precluded from doing so, because the people of Calcutta had done so. (Laughter.) The practice was not to do so. THE MEDJIDIE ORDER. Col. NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War when ihe Turkish order of the Medjidie would be die. tributed to those officers and men of the army who were entitled to them. Sir J. RAMSDEN was unable to state when the orders would be ready. He believed the delay arose at Constantinople. Colonel NORTH. asked if it was true that the medals had bten in the possession of our ambassador for nearly t wo years / Sir J. RAMSDEN said he was unable to answer the question. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked what class of officers was to receive them. Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the same rule would be followed with regard to the Turkish medals as in the case of the Crimean medals. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. FENWICK asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in consequence of the evidence before the con]. inittee appointed to inquire into the question of Har. hours of Refuge last session, her Majesty's Governmen intended to recommend that a royal commisaon be ap pointed to inquire on the spot into the proper site fer such a harbour on the north-east coast. Mr. WILSON said that, after the recess, he should move the reappuilitinetit of the committee on the recom mendation of the committee of last year. CONSOLIDATION. S t O o L d l e D pl A o T re .lo B N ue . h wide-spread In answer to Mr. Cox, The ;ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Lord ellaucell q would introduce certain measures of law re form after the recess. move, " Thatthe unlimited Mr. HEADLAM rose to joint-stook ok banks gives rise to liability of shareholders.in u . 11 that induced interests e K as S o of the public; enforcing the adoption of this I t N i n T jlu - ar S wi T o O js C oti t hT ß eh A e N r alteration.„ question forward was his rooted bring the that the principle of conviction, arrive con firmed d at after the events of 1847, and con d by more recent events, . aa h rmd speciest that principle o the r. ° e f requires c u rj i presentrdes this mismanagement of joint stock banks, and that that mismanagement produced com mercial crises as their inevitable lieved consequences. 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