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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. TRANSFER OF LAND. Lord ST. LEONARDS brought in a bill for simplify ing the transfer of land. The bill was read a first time. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the Indian Christian Association of Edinburgh praying that in any measure for the fcture G ove rnment f of India, steps will be taken for the complete re mnva o all Government encouragement to cas te, all public , sup- f port of Idolatry, and all obstructio n to the profess!on o Christianity by the natives, or the free promulgation of the truths of the gospel. BANK ISSUES INDEMNITY BILL. On the order of the day being read for the second reading of this bill, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, as there was * general understan din g that the discussion of this bill was to be taken on Friday, he should Eimply move that the bill be now read a second time. Lord DERBY said he was not p re s en t w hen the witharrangements respect to the second reading were made, but be did not feel disposed to offer any opposition at the presentatage. Thera was one poi n t however to which he wouldjust allude, namely, the keeping up the rate of discount to 10 per cent, for so long a period of two months as was laid down in the bill. It was a very difficult question now f rom what had arisen when per mission was first given the Bank to exceed its legal issue. In his opinion, the Government would act wisely in leaving a discretionary power with the authorities at the Bank to reduce the interest if, in their opinion, such a step could be taken with safety. The bill was then read a second time. TRANSPORT OF TROOPS TO INDIA. Viscount DUNGANNON moved for copies of any correspondence that may have taken place during the present year between the East India Company and the Board of Control. Earl GRANVILLE said as a committee of inquiry was about to be moved in the other house on this subject, and as all the papers connected with the subject would be laid before that committee, he thought it would be inexpedient at the present moment to agree to the motion of the noble viscount. Viscount DUNGANNON said under these circum stances he should not press his motion, but he withdrew it on the understanding that the papers he had moved for should be laid before the committee. ASSASSINATION OF MR. SULLIVAN. Earl POWIS asked the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether the Government had received any information concerning the assassination of Mr. Sullivan, our Minister at Peru, and also what steps the Government had taken is consequence ? The Earl of CLARENDON said that in the month of August last information was received from the consul at Lima that Mr. Sullivan had been dangerously wounded by an assassin in Peru. On the following day, Mr. Sul livan died, but, before his death, that gentleman said he could not account for the circumstance, as be did not know of having a single enemy in Peru, which turned out to be true, from the inquiry that had taken place. The escape of the assassin was effected by several confederates, and the Peruvian Government had not yet succeeded in capturing him. He should do an in justice did he not say that the Peruvian Government had expressed the greatest regret at the circumstance, and had used the utmost activity to discover the per petrator of the deed. By U.° last accounts the Peruvian authorities had information of the place to which the assassin had lied, but whether he had been arrested he at present knew not. One of the accomplices, however, had been taken into custody, and recognised by Mr. Sullivan as the person who held him, while tha other man stabbed him. The Peruvian Government has offered a reward of 3,000 dollars, which had since been increased to 10,000, and to which the British Government had added 3001. for the apprehension of the murderer. The Peruvian Go vernment felt satisfied that ultimately the villain would be discovered. Tnere was not the slightest fault to find with the Peruvian Government. BANKS IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. Lord MONTEA.GLE moved for a return showing the circulation and bullion in the banks of Ireland and Scotland.—Agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTBRDAY.) The SrE&x took the chair at four o'c:ook. _,..yNEW MEMBER. Mr. BARING- took the oaths and his seat for Thetford. ORGAN GRINDERS. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from the in- habitants lof Belgravia, complaining of the nuisance arising from " organ grinders" and others, and praying for extra powers to the police to abate the nuisance. INDIA.. Mr. WISE presented a petition from Calcutta praying for the removal of the.lndian Government from the East India Company. Oa the motion of the Hon. Member, it was read by the clerk at the table. BIG BEN. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Commissioner of Works what was the result of - the inquiry regarding the stacking of the great bell, and whether the founders were to pay the expense of the new bell ; also, whether the new bell was to be warranted sound and durable by Messrs. Mears, the bell-founders t Sir C. WOOD said that Mr. B. Denison had been kind enough to undertake the recasting of the bell. He would communicate Mr. Denison'a explanation of the above question. That the gentleman said that the cause of the cracking of the bell had been correctly stated in the newspapers, and the reasons for paying Messrs. Warner. (Hear.) They could not be charged under the circatnstances with the recasting of the bell. The new bell would be east according to specifi cation, and would be ready by tae 19th Feb. next. No additional demand would be made icr its payment, be cause in the original estimate a sum large enough was taken to meet such a contingency as the present. CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. In reply to a question from Mr. S. WARREN, Sir G. GREY said that as soon as he received the report of the Common Law Judicial Commission, he sent a letter to the Lord Chief . Justice respecting the proposed changd in the circuits. He thought it would be better for the hon. and learned member to move for the return of that letter and the answer. Some of the proposed alterations must be made by Act of Parliament and a bill for that purpose was being prepared. THE BANK ACT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in the event of the house agreeing to the motion of the appointment of the Bank committee to-morrow, he should move that it be an instruction to the cfromittee to inquire into the causes of the recent distress, and investigate how far it had been affected by the law relating to the issue of bank notes. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Mr. HEADLAM gave notice that after the recess he should introduce a bill to abolish the distinction between joint-stock banks and other companies relative to the liabilities of partnership. BANS ACT.-MR, DISRAELI'S AMENDMENT, Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that he should to-mor row move an amendment to the resolution of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer for the appointment of a com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Bank Act, to the effect that no further inqui►y was requisite in refer ence to the subject. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. A.. STEUART asked the Secretary of State for the Some Department, whether her Majesty's Govern ment had had under their consideration the law r-gard ing the procedure on election petitions, and would be prepared either to introduce a measure after the recesF, or to agree to the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the whole subject. Sir G. GREY said that after the recess he should move the appointment of such a committee. PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA.- TION (IRELAND). Mr. DEASY asked the Attorney-General for Ireland when it was intended to bring into operation the act of last session relative to probates and letters of adminis tration in Ireland ; and also, whether it was intendedte provide for the sitting of the New Court of Probate iu the immediate vicinity of the Four Courts. Mr. FITZGER A.17,D said that the act would come into operation on the 11th Jan., and that it was intended to make provision them in the vicinity of the four courts. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. COLLINS asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer if her Majesty's Government intended to bring in a bill with reference to savings banks, or to appoint a select committee to consider the whole subject, including the appropriation of savings banks securities for purposes other than those required for answering the drafts of the trustees of such institutions. The CHANCELLOR. cf the EXCHEQUER said it was not his intention to introduce a bid this session, 1 19 t to refer it to a select committee. .. r. _ REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. '1 -,-. _ PARIgETT asked the Vice-President of the " 3 "d of Education, whether it was the intention of the Lords o f t h e Committee cancel the minute d of Council on Education to far as it related ated the 2d day of June, 1856, so ecretaar6y reformatory scho o l ? , c e rtified hi the S and, e if so, wh e th er it w a s State under the Act 17 and 18 Vic., C. r vi re eek at p resen t a ll owe d b y i th n tended that th e 7s. pe r Hone-office for the care inmate detained under senten:ld maintenance of sacs school s hould be the only pu b liz c mo anY such reformatory l' . 3* granted for such purpose. Mr. CO WTER said that no now 8c andll ool t s ha h t a d been shortlyadmitted under the minute referred to, the allowance under that minute would ce ,,, THE STATE OF THE THAMES. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the First Commissioner o f Works, whether any report had been made by Idr. Gurney, in reply to the reference which he promised to make to him on the subject of the state of the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliamen t ; and, if such a rii= port had been made, whether he would lay it on the able of the house ? Sir B. said bad been . Mr. G urney, and he would lay it on the table of the house. TELEGRAMS PROM INDIA. Mr. LYGON asked the President of the Board of Control on whom rested the responsibility of providing that the intelligence transmitted by electric telegraph to this country from the East Indies should represent as accurately as possible the detailed informatio_ ft conveyed by the mails f Mr. Y. SMITH said, in consequence of som a "d u.- s ion arising in the fi rst instance in the tram of telegrams from India, instructions had been igent to t h e G o vernments of Bombay and Calcutta to ti tanqmit them which was now done, and sometimes by tb e Con- . suls. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO INDU Sir S. PAKINGTON asked the First Lord of the Treasury—l. Whether it was true that Lord Stratford de Radcliffe telegraphed to her Majesty's Gayer nment that he had obtained a firman from the Sultan for the passage of troops through Egypt to India, and if so, what was the date of that communication ! 2. Whether it was true that Lord Elphinstone telegraphed to Lo rd Canning that he had steam vessels at Bombay which h e could send, if desired, to Suez, to facilitate the convey - ance of troops overland to India. 3. What was the date of the friendly offer made to her Majesty's Govern ment by the Emperor of the French to permit British troops to pass through France on their way to India Mr. V. SMITH, in the absence of Lord Palmerston, answered the second question to the effect that Govern ment had no information of suoh a telegram having been transmitted for the purposes named, and his private correspondence led him to believe that no such telegram was transmitted. Lord PALMERSTON afterwards answered the other question, to the effect that Lord Stratford applied to her Majesty's Government to know if he should apply for the permission, but that at the time , 30th June, it was inexpedient or him to do so, arising from a variety of causes, principally the period of the year, when the heat would have been injurious to the troops, and the want of transports at Suez to carry them on. THE CLIVE FUND. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked, what was the present state of a fund of 70,000/., created by a donation of . Lord Clive in 1765, who paid a legacy, which he received to that amount, into the East India Company's Trea sury at. Fort William, to be at interest for the support of European officers and soldiers who might be disabled or decayed in the Company's service in Bengal, and for the widows of officers and soldiers who might die on service there Mr. V. SMITH said that he had not yet been in formed by the East India Company, lontreferred the right hon. baronet to the evidence of Mr. P. Melville, given in 1852, which stated that the Clive Fund was absorbed, and that the East India Company paid the pensions granted under it out of their own revenues. TROOPS FOR INDIA. Mr. ADDERIif asked the Secretary of State fir the Colonies whether any more regiments than the 95th, 89th, and 13th had been sent from the Cape to India ; whether the 95th was not under orders for New Zealand, and the 89th relieving them ; whether the two regiments so deducted from the forces at the Cape were all the set-off against the addition of the German Legion on full pay, equal to four regiments in strength ; and, whether the total result of an increase of forces at the Cape by two regiments, was wholly at the expense of this country. Mr. LABOTICHERE said that he proposed to-mor row to lay on the table of the house, papers that would give information relative to the conductof the governors of colonies in the immediate vicinity of India. He thought that it would then be found that they had done everything they possibly could to send assi,tance to India—(hear) --particularly the governor of the Cape of Good Hope, who had anticipated the direction of the home Government, both in the supply of troops and horses. So anxious were the people of Cape Town to send troops to India that they volunteered to do garrison duty to enable the governor to spare them, notwith- standing the town was full of Kaffir prisoners. CN P, N I FRIDAY l7, I NIG 40 j F MILITARY AUDITOR. Gen. CODRINGTON asked whether, in the office lately established—viz., that of " Military Auditor," attached to the troops in China, any separate authority wasgiven independent of, and with financialcontrolover, the general officer in command of the troops whether the expenditure required on active service in the field must not necessarily, as heretofore, be decided on the sole responsibility of the general officer? whether those per sons employed in the office of military auditor with the troopsin China were amenable to, or independent of, the provisions of the Mutiny Act Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the appointment of a military auditor would not interfere with the authority of the Commander-in-Chief. He would be subject to the Mutiny Act. THE RUSSIAN PORTS IN THE BLACK SEA. Mr. WISE asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the regulations for admission into the Russian ports of the Black Sea had been framed in a spirit favourable to the development of commercial transac tions ' • and to what ports in the Black Sea English Con- Evils had been sent by her Majesty's Government ? Lord PALMERSTON regretted that at present the Russian regulations had not been so much in accordance with the spirit of the treaty of Paris as be could have wished. He believed there were only three ports at which custom-houses had been established. THE STADE DUES. Mr. FENWICK asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether Her Majesty's Government had been in negotiation with the Government of Hanover, with a view to the extinction of the Stade Dues ; and if so, whether any progress had been made in that negotiation ; and whether any assurance could be now given of an early and satisfactory settlement of the question ? Lord PALMERSTON said that these dues partook much of the character of the Sound dues that bad been abolished, but in consequence of having to consult so many Governments in reference to it, he could not hold out a speedy abolition of the dues. FAIRS AND MARKETS (IRELAND). Lord F. CONINGHAff asked whether it was the intention of Government to introduce a measure for the regulation of the fairs and markets in Ireland ? Stir. H. HERBERT said it was the intention of tLe Government to introduce such a measure. JEWISH DISABILITIES. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the house re• solved itself into a committee of the whole house—" To consider the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abju- ration ; and alio to consider the disabilities affecting her Majesty's Jewish subjects." In committee : Lord J. RUSSELL—I am glad to say that it will not be necessary I should long detain the committee, as this subject has so frequently been under discussion, and as the House of Commons, having heard the very able statement of my noble friend at the head of the Govern ment, when he last year introduced a measure with a view to the admission of the Jews into Parliament, is I already fully aware that the general principle of our legislation is not to disqualify for legislative functions or public office any class of her Majesty's subjects on account of their religious opinions —•a principle which of late years has been established in the case of the Romeo Catholics and dissenters, although in those instances political reasons had in former times operated in favour of exclusion. The house is also well aware that there is no positive disability affecting our Jewish fellow-subjects, and that their exclusion from this house is owing to the construction put on the oath of abjuration, and that that oath was not originally intended for such a purpose. (Hear.) So little is that the case that the persons re fusing the oath of abjuration, namely, 40,000 of our Jewish fellow-subjects, are in the eye of the law 40, 0 00 popish recusants —an instance of the absurdity of con sidering them to have been originally contemplated in the framing of the oath. I shall not now enter into the theological question, and neither do I think it necessary to go into the reasons that exist for altering the present oath, which on the face of it is so exceedingly absurd as to oblige members of this house to swear that they will not support the claims to the crown of these realms of a person or persons who really have no existence. I shall merely state the nature of the bill I propose to in troduce. The bill of last year contained a simple form of oath not similar to that which I intro duced in 1848, and which might be taken Ly all members of the house, but one which could not be taken by members of the Roman Catholic persua sion. The oath which I propose to introduce on the present occasion will contain the words "on the true faith of a Christian." I introduce them because they have a prescriptive value in the eyes of many persons, and likewise because one of the most eminent supporters of the Jewish claims—l mean the right hon. member for Bucks—has expressed his opinion that they should be retained ; but I propose that in administering the oath to Jews these words ehould be omitted. (Hear, hear.) It follows of course, and iii a more logical way than in the bill introduced by my ntble friend last year, that the Jews will be disabled from certain offices which at present cannot be held by Roman Catholics, as I do not propose to put them in a position superior to that of the Roman Catholics, but to admit them to precisely the same privileges. I may say further, that although I do not propose by this bill to alter the oath for Roman Catholics, because I consider that a separate question, yet I do not think that if this bill pass there will be any objection made to an alteration of the oath of 1829, so as that it may be taken by Roman Catholics without those feelings of repugnance which some of them now entertain. But there ie another question upon which I cannot refrain from detaining the committee a few mo ments, because I am sure it is a question which will naturally arise. It so happens that in the short session of 1847 which took place on the suspension of the Bank Charter Act, on the 14th or 15th December I introduced this very bill, or rather a precisely similar one, fir the admission of the Jews into Parliament. That bill, and .411 similar JAI-, have been rejected in the other House o f Parliament ; and it may be asked what proerct is there now that the present hill will in another place have a fate different from that of its predecessors I (Opposition cheers) To that question I should answer that I have framed the bill in the most conciliatory form possible; that this house has at all times, with one ex ception, affirmed the principle of religious liberty in favour of the Jews; and that last year the majority was far greater thanit had ever been ; and in the whole course of legislation I have found that repeated decisions of the Rouse of Commons,ratified by increa3ing reaj ir:ties,have alwayshad in the end the g reatest weight with the other House o f Parliament. But yet I do not wish to conceal from th e h ouse my tltiteate intentions on this subject. I etiihmteiettatebtatieotr 1 In the course of last aarl was informed by my hon. and 1 fri end l vv ea i r i n li e a d ml fis7isenyl;olGuesneetroal f ramethat the a act de c 1 5 a r a a n t i d o n 6 Ito ba taken by think fit, and on hearing eeL ac i e an ornament to his professionP of the oath, should they question oa thetni o f r n o m examined Attorney-Generalsodis in g by u t i s a h ta e he d ie. e ou th se e . The house agreed I ithoughteet Committeei rightt nomination of a committee, and the question was therein thoroughly debated. No witnesses were examined, but the question was thoroughly sifted by gentlemen belong- , ing to the legal profession. The result was unfavourable to the position taken up by the Attorney-General, but at the same time the hostile majority was a very narrow one, consisting of one original member of the committee pod two members of the legal profession, who had been subsOquentlY added. My right hon. friend the member for Dion;Ssich had prepared a motion which he wished to propose, but which, owing to the course taken by the committee, could not be introduced. His moiion was to the effect that the two Houses of Parliament were in cluded in the act of Win. IV., but that it was not expe dient to use the power then given unless no other con stitutional course should appear to be open for the attainment of the object. Now it was not ray duty, not being chairman of the committee, to express any opinion or to take any part in its discussions, but certainly had I been called on to give an opinion, my opinion would have exactly coincided witk that of the right hon. gentleman. Such being my opinion, it is unnecessary now to reopen the argument. I will only say that the argument was stated by the Attorney-General with all his usual lucidity and more than his usual earnestness, and that it met with the concurrence not only of the right hon. member for Droitwich but of the right hon. member fur Bucks, and of the noble lord the member for Lynn, together with the Lord Advocate and many other distinguished members of this house. It was likewise supported in a speech of great ability and acuteness by the hon. and learned member for Boston. Fortified by these opinions, and convinced by the argument of the Attorney-General, I said I should not think it right to let the question drop altogether without placing before the house, whether or not they should adopt the pro posal of a declaration in place of an oath, in the case of members who object to the words of the oath of abju ration. It is not for me to say how the house will de cide, but I must confess my own opinion to be that we have been perhaps somewhat to blame in allowing the seat of a member of this house to be discussed in courts of law. My belief is that this is a question which by the constitution of this country the courts below are hardly competent to decide, and that as it would be impossible for them to entertain the question of whether a mem ber had been duly elected, it is not competent for them to decide whether our oaths have been properly taken. Such was the spirit in which the House of Lords acted in the case of the Wensleydale peerage. They may have been right or they may have been wrong in their decision, but nobody has disputed that it was in the competence of the House of Lards, that they were per fectly competent to decide, after her Majesty had by letters patent created a peer, whether that peer had a right to be received. (Hear, hear.) In the same way I believe that the House of Commons can decide whether a member, having taken an oath or declaration is com petent to a seat in this house. That, however, not being the question at present, I shall bring in the bill, and endeavour to obtain for it the consent of the whole Le gislature ; but for my part I will not waive the rights of the House of Commons stated by a high legal authority. (Hear, hear.) I beg now, sir, to move that leave be given to bring in a bill to substitute one oath for the three now In use, and to relieve by its provisions persons professing the Jewish religion from their present disa bilities. Sir F. THESIGER —I believe the noble lord under stands that it has been arranged that no opposition shall be offered to the introduction of this bill, the noble lord having engaged not to ask for a second reading until after Christmas, and I must suggest to such hon. friends as agree with me on this subject, that, considering the various former bills for the admission of the Jews, it is much more desirable we should wait and see what is the particular measure about to be introduced, in order that we may be enabled the more satisfactorily to deal with it. I cannot help congratulating the noble lord on his having resumed his natural position on this ques tion. In 1847, when the noble lord was first returned for the city of London with Baron Rothschild, and when he gave that pledge from the hustings that he would in troduce a measure for the relief of the Jews, the ques tion seemed to belong of right to the noble lord ; but on the last two occasions on which the question was sub mitted to this house the noble lord has been rather i placed in the background. In 1856, whether it was that the young and zealous advocates for the admission of the Jews were dissatisfied with the slowness of the movements of the noble lord I cannot tell, but then Mr. hi. Gibson f n'estalled the noble lord, and such was the exuberance of his zeal, that be proceeded to the extremity of desiring entirely to get rid of the oath of abjuration, and the noble lord's duty was limited merely to correct ing the zeal of his associate, by introducing in commit tee an amendment by which the oath of abjuration was preserved. During the last year the noble lord fought under the banner of the noble lord at the head of the Government, but I believe that was more from policy than humility, for the noble lord was thus enabled to move the whole machinery of Government, and to wield all its weight and influence in support of his daring pro. ject. The noble lord now appears again in front of the battle on this question, and, I am happy to find is again treading in constitutional paths—(hear, hear)—although not without some sly glances at those indirect and crooked ways which have been occasionally attempted for the purpose of forcing the Jews into this house. The noble lord does not now threaten us with a resolution that shall scat the Jew in defiance of the Hon • of Lords, but he has adverted to that which was one of the most extraordinary schemes that was ever submitted to Parliament. The noble lord supposesthat there le an act of Parliament which will enable this twine, not only in defiance of the House of Lord 4, but in defiance of the courts of law, in case this bill should not pass, to admit the Jews to seats in the Commons House of Parliament. Now, I must confess that any thing mare extraordinary, to my mind, than the disco very of au act of Parliament which bad been overlooked for many years; and which was supposed to make a short cat to the object, could hardly be found in the whole of s ur parliamentary annals. The noble lord has fully adopted it, but it was to the Attorney-General that the bright idea first occurred that an act ofParliament which had hitherto escaped the vigilance of everyone might, in default of legislation, serve the purpose of the noble lord. I can imagine the pleisure of the hon. and - learned gen tleman when this new light fleshed across his eye. I can imagine the haste with which he hurried off to the noble lord, crying "Eureka!" but I hope not ersetly in ~ he condition of the person who first used the exclama tion. (A. laugh.) The noble lord has intimated that he may find it necessary to use the discovery of his hon. and learned friend, and to revert to that act of Parlia ment on a future occasion, in case he should not succeed , a a constitutional manner in obtaining the admission of Jews into Parliament; but I think and hope that the noble lord will pause before he adopts a course which will be accompanied by so much danger, and by the cer tainty of a collision with the courts of justice, in which it is undoubtedly not very likely that this house will come out of the contest with any great credit. The noble lord fancies he finds a precedent .for this course in the prodeedings of the House of Lords with respect to the Wensleydale peerage, but surely the noble lerd forgets the important distinction that exists between the two cases. The oaths required by this house and by the House of Lords on the admission of a member are im nosed by act of Parliament, and there are penalties attached to persons who should attempt to vote with out having previously taken these oaths. Now, if the words, "On the true faith of a Christian," are essentially and substantially part of the oath, as has been frequently decided, not merely by courts of law, but by the determination of the noble lord himself, then the question must come before the courts, ond then we all know how those courts must decide the question. The noble lord has adverted to the gentlemen of the legal profession who were on the committee, and to the sup port which they gave to his view of the case, but I have carefully looked through the list, and I find in the mino rity not one single name of any member who had not for a very considerable time been favourable to the admis sion of Jews into Parliament, or who were not recently adopted converts, and we all know converts are prover. bially ant the most lukewarm supporters of a cause. But I turn to the other side, and I am not afraid of poll ing lawyer for lawyer. I find this remarkable distinction that amongst the majority are to be found at least five members of this house who have been in favour of the admission of the Jews, and who have yet been so satisfied that the construction of the Attorney-General was not the correct one, that they would not allow their wishes to influence their opinions, or permit them to force us into those perilous courses which the nobie lord's speech 'aas indirectly indicated. Let us now consider the posi tion in which we stand. The noble lord speaks of religi ous liberty, and has spoken of our placing the last stone ' on the edifice of freedom of conscience and removing the last remnant of religious intolerance. But if I understand the proposal of the noble lord, he does not propose to niece the last stone on the edifice of religious liberty. Other anti-Christians are excluded by statute, and why ghoul I not the gates of the temple of religious liberty be opined to Mahometans and Flindooi as well as Jews ? (Hear.) I hear a cheer which I understand to be a cheer ,if approbation, but considering the circumstances that are daily cccurring around us, and the hostile feeling to Christianity exhibited by Mahometans and Hindoos, it certainly does appear to me that the present is not the time for us to entertain a proposal of that kind. (Hear, bear.) Of course, with regard to the Jews, I know per fectly well that whatever may be the animosity of the Jews to Christianity, they are not likely to act so atro ciouly as the Hindoos, or to be guilty of the savage ferocity of the Mahometan, but if his feelings of hos tility be equally deep is it desirable to give him power, by means of a seat in the legislature, "to work in close design, by fraud and guile, what force cannot eflectu ate ?" (Cheers.) In conclusion, the hon. and learned gentleman implored the noble lord to pause, and con sider what the consequences would be of the me:vitro he was then proposing. For his (Sir F. Thesiger's) - part ' he was resolved to maintain the position which he had always assumed, and on every stage of this bill to resist it to the utmost of his ability. He would do so l , ecause he believed that by seating the Jaw in Perliament he should inflict a fatal blow on that Christianity which was s) intimately interwoven with every part of our in stitutions. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. DILLW YN supported the introduction of the measure. Mr. BENTINCK thought the hill ought not to be introduced, and he was prepared to vote against the motion. Mr. COX agreed with the hon. gentleman who Lad just sat down, that proceeding with this measure was a farce, because there was no chance of its being success ful. He had the honour of numbering amongst his con: stituents a large number of gentlemen belonging to the Jewish persuasion, and, in voting for the admission of that class of persons to Parliament, he did not think he was taking a course which would tend to unchris tianise the legislature. It had been said by one gentle man, that if they admitted Jews into the legislature they might as welt admit Hindoes and Mahumedans, but it must be remembered that they must be elected by some constituency before they could take their seats. (Hear.) He had read in "Pickwick ".—(a laugh) —a remark by Sam Weller that the game of battledore and shuttlecock was a very amusing and exciting game, but that when it happened that you were the shuttlecock, and two law yers battledores, it became very unpleasant. So with the Jew Bill between the two noble lorde. He believed that whatever might be done with the bill now, it would never pass through the other house, and he protested against the question being again dragged through the mire. Mr. NEWDEGATE was sure that if Baron Roths child were to take his seat by resolution, he would find himself too weak for the statute law of the country, which would at once unseat and fine him. This introduc tion of the Jew was but a step to the total destruction of the Christian character of the Legislature. The time for introducing the bill was most ill chosen, and he was glad of it, as it would awaken the attention of the coun try to the iniquity of the measure. Mr. PEASE held that the forms of Christianity were distinct from it.l principle. The principle of Christianity had no occasion to fear the Jew ; it would be to suspect its power to believe that the new dispensation would be in danger if it met the old. Mr. I. BUTT, though he had hitherto opposed the admission of the Jews into the house, now felt that such admission would do no damage to the Christianity of that house. The Christian character of the nation rested on something better than a phrase in an act of Parliament. Mr. B. STANHOPE said that this question must be viewed in connection with our rule of India. If we admitted the Jew to our Legislature, how could we govern that country on Christian principles ? . Mr. D. GRIFFITHS denied that the House of Commons was a religious assembly. He should support the motion. Mr. WALTER compared the dread of the admission of Jews to the dread of greased eartridees entertained by the sepoys. The Christianity of the house would no more be destroyed by the admission of the Jews than that of the country was by allowing the Jews to remain in it. Mr. ADAMS protested against attempting to threaten the house into the admission of the Jews. The period at which the question was introduced was most inoppor tune. He deprecated all conflicts between the house and the judicial bench, which had always resulted hitherto to the detriment of the house. Lord J. RUSSELL denied that he was interfering with public business. If he had interfered with the Indemnity Bill or with the committee on commercial distress and issue he could have understood the charge, but there was no other business for that night, and he did not see how he was to blame. (near.) It must be recollected that the city of London from 1847 to the present time had elected as their member a gen tleman of the Jewish persuasion, and that that question had never been finally decided by the house. He thought the citizens of London were entitled to have their bill introduced at the very earliest period, but he had no intention to press it with undue haste, and he readily assented to the postponement of the second read ing until after the recess. The hon. gentleman had made a personal observation which was both unnecessary and uncivil. He stated that he (Lord John Russell) was acting under the influence of a great capitalist, evidently pointing at Baron Rothschild. The hon. gen._ tleman not knowing the history of this question had not observed that long before 1847, whenever the ques tion was introduced into that house by Sir Robert Grant, he (Lord John Russell) always supported the claim of the Jews, and always gave his vote in their favour. The bon. gentleman had omitted likewise to notice that so far from his (Lord J. Russell's) election bavin been favoured by Baron Rothschild, Baron Rothschild joined with three other gentlemen at the last election, and if that coalition had been successful, he (Lord J. Russell) would have been no longer member for the City of London. The people, however, stood by him ; and he was grateful to them. He was under obli gations on that occasion neither to Baron Rothschild nor the princely merchants, but to the people. who stood by him when he was attacked. The hon. gentleman's his tory was also very inaccurate. The honourable gentle man the member for North Warwickshire said that he (Lord J. Russell) intended that Christianity should be no longer acknowledged in that house as the basis of the constitution, and that he wished to destroy the Chris tianinity of the Legislature. He (Lord J. Russell) cer tainly said, with regard to the form of this bill, quoting the words of Mr. Canning, he was not bound to that secu rity ; but, with regard to the general principle, he had always maintained that our Christianity would not be destroyed, but that it would give a more strik ng proof of our Christianity by knocking down these bar riers which intercepted the passage of the Jew to that house, than by maintaining theta as they stood. He had always put this question, and he could not see hew it could be answered—do you acknowledge this to be a Christian nation ! There are 40,000 Jews ii it, and if those 40,000 Jews prevent this being a Christian nation, you are not a Christian nation. I ask you, then, if those 40,000 do not unchristianizs the nation, how can one or two Jews in Parliament make it an unchristian Parlia• merit I To that argument he had never heard an answer given, nor did he think an answer could be given. What be had always said was, that no oath which Lord Bolingbroke or Mr. Gibbon took at that table could make them a Christian legislature, but it depended on the sentiments of the member'. They could not enforce Christian principles by acts of Parliament. He had only further to say, that in case there were no other constitutional mode left. he should think it right to bring the subject under the consideration of the house on that question on which the Attorney-General had formed a decided opinion, as he thought it was a matter of such grave importance that some decision should be come to upon it... _ Mr. CONINGHANI said he represented a large con stituency, and their opinions were most decidedly with the noble I)rd. He begged leave to tell the Government that their conduct in this question woull be narrowly watched by the public., especially when it was remeni• bered that last session the question, not being a Cabinet one, an influence member of the Cabinet was allowed to walk out without voting. He hoped that there would be no repetition of that. There could, he maintaine I, be no greater compliment to the reformations carried some centuries ago tha❑ the fullest toleration. Mr. NEWDEGATE explained that he had never dis puted that the majority in that house would be Chris tian, but he did not maintain that the introducAon of Baron Rothschild or any other Jew would violate the Christian character of the house. Mr. BENTINCK explained. The noble lord had sail that he (Mr. Bentinck) hail accused him of acting case,from a as p h r e es h s a u d re br f o ro u m gh w t without, which measure forw ar d on a which could no t b e th e former occasion. What he had said was, that the mea sure was brought forward at a time and under circum stances which made it irregular, and therefore it looked as though it was in consequence of a pressure from with out. Mr. STEWART said the argument about the Jews having been the depositories of the sacred wilting might with equal force be applied to the monks, in favour of admitting the bishops of Rome into that house. Giving a Jew political rights did not make him an Englishman. Ila had a distinctive character, and, as had been said eleewbere, ho looked to the future as a consolation for the present—to a greater ex)dus than that out of Egypt. The hon. member for Brighton had said that the Go. verntnent would be narrowly watched upon this subject. Now no question at the last election excited so little attention as this. The motion was then agreed to, the house resumed, the Chairman reported the resolution, and the bill was ordered to be brought in. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. Mr. COWPER then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Public Health Act. It was the same bill as last session. He trusted it would not meet with the same fate, and that was why he bad taken the earliest opportunity of introducing it. The bill would enable all towns, great and small, to acquire, at no considerable cost or difficulty representative government in this mat ter. The suburbs of London had enormously increased, without any regularity with regard to buildii3g, and with provisions with regard to underground drainage. The consequence was, that there were ditches in all directions, which were made the receptacles of the refase and filth of the houses, thereby creating n , xious vapours to the great injury of the health of the neighbourhood. The bill would meet those evils which produced typhus fever, erysipelas, and scrofu lous diseases, including consumption and cholera. Cholera, especially was to be guarded against by sanitary regulations, and no stronger instance could be cited than that of Newcastle and Tynemouth. In the latter town precautions had been adopted, while in the former they had not been, and the consequence was that in 1853 the deaths were 2,000 in Newca-itle against four in Tynemeutb. Another important subject with regard to health was the supply of water. The beneficial effects of a pure supply of water had been exhibited, in the southern localities of London, where the public health had wonderfully improved since the improved supply of water had been given. He trusted that the bill which he aas about to introduce would receive the considera tion and sanction of the house, for great as were the eubjects that were coaling on for consideration, n,,ne could ba more important than that of the public health. He therefore begged leave to move for leave to intro duce the bill. Mr. AYRTON said no opposition would be offered to any measure of a sanitary character that was constitu tienal in its provision. No opposition list E eision to such measure was given on the ground of its.oh.jecte, but on account of the interference with the free action of the peopl-. He hoped th e resen t bill would be free from objections of thi s kind, and that no m achiner y of the Privy Caunoil w ou ld b e i ntro d uce d. In that case the bill wouli easily pass. p Sir A. ELTON hoped that some power would be established to rouse the torpor of the local authorities. Leave was then Riven to bring in the bill. SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. On the motion for the second reading of Sir H. Have lock's Annuity Bill, Mr. WILLIAMS said be had great pleasure in giving his sanction to this bill. He 'Ras sure the house would share with him that Pleasure. Mr. BOWYER said Sir H. Havelock had saved an empire, and what were they going to dot Why, to give lure a thousand a year for life. Why, he was being ,hot at linty cr fifty times a day ; what, then, was the vague of such a pi naion f There was a rumour that Sir Homy Havelock bad been killed.- He trusted that rumour was net true. It was usual in such cases to confer a pension ti be continued to the successor. As to the baronetcy, it must be borne in mind that a similar honour was fre quently conferred upon gentlemen fielding a high muni cipal office, and in one case it was conferred on 3 gentle man who geve a dinner t o th e E m p If no one else did it, he (M r . Bowyer) er or of the French w ould move in com mittee that the pe ns i on b e cont i n ued to Sir Henry Havelock's son. S.r C. NAPIER went f ur th er than the hon. gentle man. He thought th e p ens i on was t o o small. No mo re brilliant services had ever been performed than those of Generals Havelock and Wilson. He thought that the _D E C MBEP , i SL Government ought to take the subject again into their consideration. General Havelock was surrounded by 70,000 men and 300 guns. General Havelock had his son with him serving under him, and this thousand a-year was not sufficient for such men. He thought the services of the army were not sufficiently rewarded. His gallant relative had fought great battles in India, and his reward was a red ribbon. Lately, we had had peers made—one because he was father-in-law to a duke another because he was son of a marquis, and another because he had written a book. (Laughter.) Sir Henry Havelock ought to be made a peer, as Lord Gough and others had been. General Havelock had fought more battles than were fought in the Peninsula. He (Sir C. Napier) would take that opportunity of reading a letter which he had received about the conveyance of troops. (lie then reld a letter, giving the time of certain vessels arriving in India, from which it appeared that the steam ers had arrived long before the sailing vessels.] Now, they were told in the summer by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and by the Secretary of the Admiralty, that sailing ships would take troops to India quicker than steamers. He thought the Government were right in not sending troops by way of Suez, but ho said they had made a lamentable mistake in not using steamers. It had been said in the House of Lords that captains in navy objected to carry troops, but he was convinced that no captain in the navy would have objected in such a case as this. The Duke of Wellington could have taken 1,200 men, and the fault was not with the navy, but with the House of Commons. The cry of re trenchment had been the cause of the inefficiency of the navy. The navy had been greatly reduced. Let them consider what would have been the effect of twelve sail of-the-line arriving in Calcutta with 12,000 men. He did not mean to say that Casvnpore would have been saved, but Luckno ee would have been, and now the next mail might bring the intelligence that the people shut up in that garrison had been sacrificed. He trusted, how ever, that General Havelock would not allow the women and children to fall into the hands of the savages, but that he would rather send them all into the fort and blow them all into the air, and fire the train himself. It was his duty to do so. The] last accounts said that they were killing the bullocks, why he (Sir C. Napier) would kill every Hindoo and eat them. He trusted and hoped, however, that better news were coming. He trusted that the Almighty Providence who had already done a great deal more for us than we had done for ourselves, would still protect thee unfortunate creatures, and that General Havelock would be able to march out again and destroy the whole of the savages by whom he was surrounded. Mr. P. O'BRIEN feared that the discussion had diverged from the legitimate subject before the house. (Hear, hear.) He rose to express the gratitude of his countrymen for the gallant conduct of the troops in India. (Hear, hear.) It was not in money value that the services of such a man as General Havelock could be estimated ; but, notwithstanding the eminent services of that gallant officer, there were other officers in India who had claims upon the gratitude of the coun try. General Nicholson—(cheers)—had been a coun tryman and companion of his own, and it was a source of pride to feel that that galflant general by his admirable conduct had won for us the fealty of the Sikh nation, and had aided Sir John Lawrence in the acquisition of the Punjabi). (Hear.) Acquiescing in the justice of the amendment, he nevertheless regretted that the forms of the house would not perrnit of its being carried into execution. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. VERNEY said that this short debate could not be without its advantage, if it conveyed to the Go vernment the feeling of the Parliament, that the grant to Sir H. Havelock should be increased. He suggested that the case of Sir H. Havelock was a special one for consideration—(hear, hear) —as there could not be a doubt that the services of officers who moved large bodies of men in the field deserved a more signal recog nition than those of other officers. (Hear, hear.) He threw this hint out to the Government in order that the Government might reconsider their decision. The proposed pension to a man of the age of Sir H. Havelock was the reverse of large, and although he approved caution in such matters on the part of the Government as a general rule, he hoped her Majesty's Ministers would take into consideration the generally expressed wish of the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY hoped that the present distinction was only an instalment of greater rewards. (Hear, hoar.) An observation had been made by an hon. and gallant member (Sir C. Napier) which he could not allow to pass unnoticed. The hon. and gallant member said that a peerage had recently been conferred on a man " because he had written a book." (Hear.) He (?Ir. Clay) thought that a very illiberal sentiment. (Hear.) The House of Commons had often been enlightened by the talents and delighted with the eloquence of Baron Macaulay—(cheers)—and he believed her Majesty had never acted more in nelson with the feelings of her people than when she raised that distinguished man to the peerage. Captain SCOTT bore warm testimony to the services of General Havelock, and expressed disappointment at the inadequacy of the reward bestowed upon him — (Hear.) The family of Sir Henry Havelock was not rich—(hear)—his son was dependant for support on his pay, and on his accession to the title he would most likely find himself hampered with it for the want of sufficient means. (Hear.) Sir F. SMITS said that nothing could exceed the conduct of the gallant general in question, who was an honour to the British nation, and he earnestly hoped that the Government would consult the clearly expressed feelings of the house and the nation in dealing with his claims in a liberal spirit. (Hear.) Mr, RICHARDSON also thought the proposed pen. sion inadequ tte, as a recognition for such brilliant services as those which had been performed by the gallant general. Mr. GRIFFITHS suggested the propriety of the Government following the practice of the East India Company, in conferring pensions on the widows of offi cers who fell in battle. He thought that some such con tingent prevision ought to be made in the case of Gen. Havelock, who, in the chances of war might not live long to enjcy it. (Hear.) The bill was then read a second time, to be committed this day. The house then adjourned at eight o'clock. TIILI LEVIATHAN. Since the efforts to move this vessel were brought to an abrupt close by the fog of Tuesday, the whole of the hydraulic machines employed have been moved up close to the ship's cradles, so as to exert their force through a very short interval arid save the loss of power occasioned by their being at a dis tance from the ship. Early yesterday morning they were all set to work again, and, after a. consider - able delay and after their pressure had been exerted to the very utmost, a short slip of 14 inches aft and 13 inches forward was effected, but beyond this trifling distance it was found impos sible to move the ship. In the subsequent efforts which were made the mooring tackle which hauls the stern towards the river, and which (with similar tackle at the stem) is now mainly depended on for keeping her in motion whoa once the rams have started her, gave way without breaking, and the anchors which held it began to " come home." This defection of so important a part of the apparatus was final, and after a short consultation Mr. Brunel determined to give up farther efforts until to-mor row (Saturday) morning, or until such time as a firm, unyielding holdfast can be obtained for the moorings in the river. Since the launch was first begun these river moorings have been an insurmountable impediment to anything like rapid progress. At the commence ment they were not in great request, but now their services are absolutely essential, and, of course, when just most wanted their break-down becomes most difficult to meet. The reasons which render them of such importance now is that the Leviathan has hitherto been moving on an incline of one foot in ten, but from the present and untile'she reaches the water the " ways" over which she has to travel only slope at an inclination of one in twelve. For the future, therefore, it will require a greater force to statt her, and a greater strain to k ee p h er i n motion for five or six feet at a time. It is only by hauling on the river moorings that a c on tinuous strain of this kind can be exerted, for the hydrau lic pressure, of course, ceases the instant the vessel yields an inch. For this purpose anchors of all sorts" awl sizes have been laid down right across the river to hold the moorings from which the strain is exerted. As each of these in turn proved ineffec tive, others were resorted to, until last week a large anchor of Trotman's patent was laid down to secure the moorings at the stem, and anchor at the stern. The former still holds, though in such un favourable ground as to make it doubtful whether it will bear the required strain, but the ground whore the latter was cat is such a peculiar kind of dense concrete that a pickaxe scarcely makes any impression on ir,--and all attempts even to drive piles into it have failed. Into this gravelly mass even Trotman's anchor has been unable to pens,• trate more than a foot or so, and it has been at last decided to give up either faith or hope in anchors altogether, and drive piles—for the stem tackle in the wharf t f Messrs. Humpbrys at the other side of the river, and for the stern in the loose gravelly soil on the river's bank, near the Watergate Ferry, at Deptford. With the strain which these piles will enable the tackle to put on the Leviathan it is con fidently hoped that at every start she will be kept in motion for five or six feet at a time. Should this prove so, of course this most lingering of all launches will soon be over. We must, however, own we are not sanguine as to such immediate results, and much fear that now that the vessel is on a slighter incline its rate of pr egress will be even slower than heretofore. The total distance it has already accom plished is 104 feet 6 inches forward and 96 feet 1 inch aft. 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X E. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 4 s. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Price.' 88% 19D WATER. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. 6i.per ent. 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 41. per cut. 6/. per cnt. .41. per cent. .PANIES' PRICES. Amount of Share. Paid. 71. per cent. 8/. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 5 l. p cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 8%1. p cent. 6►% per cent. 5/.per cent. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. V. per cent. 8 g 1. pr cent. 41. per cent. IN. per cont. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. percent. 51.0er cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 17341. pr cent. 51. per cent. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- z a. . x 0. d. British Provincial .• • • 71. per cent. 20 0 all - Brighton •••••• - • • •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 - 0 - _ . City of London .. •• •• 21. per cent. 150 0 1 5 0 Equitable-. •••• .. • • 2l. 50 0 all e - European ... • •• • -6/. per cent. 2 3 0 -•- Great Central •• • • B/. per cent. 10 0 -1% Imperial .• • • •••• • • lO/. per cent. 50 0 - - 70 Ditto New - 50 0 12 1 0 0 - Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 C 200 Do. Continental 1 steep. 3/ ss. 50 0 42 15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 -11 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 3'. 50 0 4 I 0 0 - Independent - London Parl. Preferen. 61. per cent 25 0 - 47 Phoenix ..• Ratcliff ..... - Surrey Consumers - _ United General .. -.• 16s Od per sh. 50 0 - - 50 Westminster Chartered 7 ger cent. 50 0 50 0 10 0 0 Ditto, New .... • • • • - - all - Western A. 40 0 - 10 0 Ditto II .... •• • • MISCELLANEOI7O. ----------15-Ivideid Amount Name of Compat. of Paid. Price. y. £ s. d. £ s. d. Share. An i nm. 10 0 0 2 0 0 Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 20 0 0 10 0 0 African Steam Ship t 50 0 0 - Assam2o 0 0 . Ail per cent 50 0 0 Auction Mart • • •• •• • Gt. rer cen . 25 0 0 - - - 19 0 0 - Australian Trust • • - Australian Royal Mail Australl i a e n a A.;ricultur l - 10 0 0 all - A n glo-.. l ,lexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 all - B r itish American Land 5 /. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... .. .. .. - - Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, b per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - DittG, 6 per cent. -6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, Gp C. bds 1 876 6 /. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 - p er er eent. cent - Stock. - Crystal Palace - Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 1% Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 00 1.1 0 103 - City ElectricN a Telegraph vigatio n Bo . 3 4 1. 1 p. Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 50 0 all 134 Eng.&lris. Stag. T. Co. _ 50 0 Equitable fleversionry 5/per cent. 00 0 all - Ditto New - 40 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51, p c d all 11 00 0 0 00 0 0 - I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all Gen.SteamNavigation 10/ per ct &15 - London Gen. Omnibus 12 1. • * 0 0 14 0 0 - per Lent 4 0 0 all 3% Hudson's Bay 5/ * Per cent. Stock Stock - Ilungerford ......... .2'. ss. 00 0 0 all - Lon. Ne. &Na. Afauso. - 10 0 0 all - London Reversiona r y Mex. & S. A merl can Si, per cent. 15 0(' all - Nat. Discount C omp - 10 0 0 all - - 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 % * per can N.S.W. Gov.lip.c. Deb. 51 t. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australa s i an 6d . 1 0 0 all - North of Europe, Stm. Rlcen t. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - Price'sPatentC an d . Co * per 25 0 0 all 20 - Peel Itiver.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all 2 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 78 Ditto New ...... , - 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% 0 0 54 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 10 0 0 0 all - Ditto New • • ...• - Royal Mail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 0 64' all -- Scottish Aus. Invest 151. per cent. 1 0 0 South Australian Land 71. per cen t. 25 0 0 all 32% Trust and Loan Comp. 73{... pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 los. Van Diemen's Land• • 100 0 0 28 10 0 1 - ...... Do. 6 per cent. Bonds 6 p er cent 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 Price. Price Price. Price. Price. 49' 360 17% 130 Price, Price. 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. ! CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The report of the direeors of the above company to the extraordinary meeting of shareholders to be held on Thursday next, states that the directors have given their careful consideration to the subject of the year's working from the Ist of May last to the 30th of April, 18 58 , and from the best opinion they can form, they believe that the whole accounts, when made up to the 30th Arril next, will show a surplus of from 10,0001. to 12,0001. to the credit of the revenue accounts, after deducting inte rest on all borrowed money and debenture stock, and a year's dividend on the 7 per cent, preference shares. This result has been arrived at from an actual balance of the company's books for the first six months (namely, to Oct. 31 last) ; and for the remaining six months, from an estimate based on the assumption that the receipts will equal those during the corresponding period of last year, and that the ordinary expenditure during this period will be kept on the scale to which it has been already reduced, a scale which the directors believe is about as low as can be established consistently with the preservation and protection of the company's property. It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to know—as showing that the attractions of the Palace continue un impaired—that the gross receipts for the six months ending Oct. 31, amount to 98,5571. 175., a sum equal to the receipts for the corresponding period of last year. The directors submit, as a plan for reducing the capital of the company, that in respect of every ordinary and preference share which shall be agreed to be extinguished in terms of the 11th section of the company's act a ticket shall be issued to the proprietor of such share, entitling him to a certain number of gratuitous admis sions to the palace and grounds on all ordinary is. days, the ticket to be available without the necessity of the proprietor's personal presence It may be lent, and may be used by a party of persons of any number at a time, provided the number does not exceed that of the admis sions still due to the ticket, Gi eat facilities will thus be afforded to families and other visitors desirous to come in parties, and all the advantages given which could result from "family tickets." It is proposed that the right to use the tickets shall not extend beyond three years from their issue. It is thought that 60 admissions for an or dinary share, and 120 admissions for a preference share, will be a fair number to be adopted for the first issue ; and it is proposed that a list shall be at once opened, and kept open say bill the let February, 1858, after which the directors shall have the power of recon sidering the terms on which any further issue shalt take plaoe. The directors further recommend that a resolu tion of the board shall be passed, authorising admission by these tickets to the palace and grounds on Sunday afternoons atter half-past one o'clock, as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money payment to be made directly or indirectly to the company for such privilege, the number of persons admitted by each ticket being, however, recorded upon it. In conclusion, the directors say, that they have had under their serious consideration the generally expressed wish of the shareholder, that the - future policy of the company should be based on the most economical plan of expenditure, and that any at tractions beyond the permanent ones of the Pa'ace itself should be framed on as economical a scale as possible, and with a view to attracting large numbers of people rather than a comparatively small number at high priest'. In approaching the close consideration of this very ire' portant question, it appeared that Mr. Fergusson, the. general manager , did not see his way to the adoption of the suggested line of policy, and expressed his opinion that, if carried out, the result would be prejudicial to the general interests of the company. Under these cir cumstances, he thought it his duty to tender his resigns.' tion to the board, which they accepted, deeply regretting that any circumstances should in Mr. Fergusson s judgment have occurred to render this step necessary' Mr. Fergusson has kindly consented to continue to give the company the benefit of his assistance until the board of directors (now to be reinforced) shall hav opportunity of making suitable arrangements. Tan. directors have made a careful reduction in the exPe" diture for the winter months, and they luipe to be able to extend this principle to the whole of the year without impairing the real efficiency of the establishment. Th e y have also been giving their attention to the organisation of a general programme for next year, and in the mean time have concluded arrangements for a ser 03 of juvenile, fetes for the Christmas holidays, of a popular and °spread sivocharacter, particulars of which will very shortly be announced. The substance of the remarks of the directors relative to the debenture stock, and the necessity that a very considerable additional amount of the stock should be forthwith taken up by the shareholders, appeared in our report of the shareholders' meeting on Wednesday last. The directors observe that the capital account of the company has been practically closed for some time paste. and there has been no addition made to the amount o f meet ingdeb n s h tr o u w n a . bl last, t t e an b d a la whichnc e debenture stock shall have been fully ta ken up. .The anneal h w e i e l t l b e e u b a m b i s t , t , r e b d ed to w t h h e en t hheeanneal receipts will cover the interest on the deb_enchu it stock, and the property of the company over bi freehold land, with a plant and works ter with th e grea will form the first charge is upwards of 2: o w n a c r i e t : additioa to the buildings of the Palace, portion of their valuable contents,'an amount of property in the aggregate which the directors think it only rea sonable to assume could not under any circumstances realise less than half a million of money. Country Markets. MANCHESTER—DSO. 10. Since our last report the trade has gradually assumed more depressed tone, and the transactions have been on a very limited scale, at reduced rates for both wheat and flour, but other articles have undergone no material altera tion. A fair attendance this morning, but an inactive trade. Both English and Egyptian beans declined is per qr, with a slow sale. Oats and oatmeal were steady, at lsts rates. NEWARK—DEO. 9. The corn trade was tolerably active to-day, and all de• script'ons of wheat is to 28 per qr. lower. Other produce as before._ Wheat, white 56s to 58s, red 511 to 535; barley, malting 36s to 38s, grinding 32s to 345; oats, 24st. 354 to 365, 22st, 30s to 32s ; beans, 46s to 48s ; malt 73s to 788; peas/ "fg to 465; tares, 56s to 60s per qr. LOUTH—DEo. 9. A dull trade in corn to-day, with lower prices for all sorts. Wheat declined about 2s, barley and beans h each, and oats 6d to is per qr. Wheat, 40s to 44s ; extra, LOs; barley 33s to 355; oats 203 to 23s ; beans, 41s to 455. BOSTON —DM 9. The wheat trade to-day was in a very depressed state, and to effect sales a reduction of 3s to 45 per qr. bad to be submitted to. All kinds of spring corn lower. Prices :—Wheat, red, 40s Od to 46s Od; new, —s to toU ; white, 41s 0,1 to 47s Od; extra, 495 . Barley, 26e to 38s Od. Oats 19s to 255. Peas, 355 to 405 Od; Beans, 371 Od to 44s Od per qr. EDINBURGH GRAIN.--DEG. 9. A fair supply of grain to - day, and sa les heavy. Prices still lower. Wheat, on the top, is Gd down, and on the average Os Gd down. Barley, Os Gd down on the top, and 1' 4 ' down on the average. Oats on the top were 1s 6d down, sad on the average is 3d down. Beans on the top lr Od down, and on the average Is 2d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL qUA RT BA. Wheat £1 19 2 0-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 1 10 10-12t 02 hs. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1123 qrs ............... sold 819 qrs Barley (trig .......... ... sold 2068 qrs Oats ld 1620 qrs Beans 201 gra: .............. mold 173 qrs 113 6 8 2 qrs ............... DERBY SMITHFIELD. —DEC. 8. The supply of fat beasts to-day was large, and some of the first quality was shown, while the greater part was of middling sort. A large number of sheep of good quality. Fat and store pigs plentiful, at a further reduction. But few calves. The following wero the quotations :—Beef, 63 to Bid mutton, 7d to 7ld ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 71d tc 81 pot lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to Us 3d per score ; rough fat, 5s 01 to Om per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6,01 per lb ; calf-skins, 6d DO per lb. GLASGOW CIRCUIT COURT.-At the Winter Circuit COurt of Justiciary to be held at Glagow during the Christmas recess, there is set down for trial a case of poison'og which is expected to erend over several days. The person accused is a returned convict or ticket-of leave man, named Thomson or Walker, and the charge is of murdering a woman with whom he lived in Paisley' by means of prussic acid, and of attempting to poison two other persons in Glasgow. BIRTHS. CooKsoN —On the 9th inst., in Harley-street, the wife of O. Cookson, Esq., of a daughter. HEWETT— On the 10th inst., at 35, Hertford-street, Mayfair, the wife of Prescott Hewett, Esq., of a daughter. PILKINOTON — On the 9th inst., at Chevet, Lady M. Swinuertou • - . Pilkington, of a son. oral STATVAM —On the 9th inst., at the Parsonage, Wa-v r ; a the St' wife of the Hey. Francis P. Statham, incumben t *A " Peter's, Walworth, of a son. MARRIAGES. NICKS—FARRINGTON —On the 9th inst., by license, at of Saillt Q, Stephen's, Coleman-street, Thomas John Nicks , Esq., " Colemattstreet, 24, Mark-lane, and Lea•bridge-road, to Caroline, fourth daughter of the late Joseph Farrington, Etq,, of Spital-square. DEATHS. CARTER —On the 7th inst., at Harriugay Villas, Green-lane°, Tottenham, Henry Carter, Esq., aged 79. FONNEREAU —On the Bth inst., P. Fonnerean , Esq. , of Ron' dlesham House, Upper Avenue-road, Regent's-park. Ms:fusel.; On the Bth inst., suddenly, at Mickley Parsonage, near Ripon, Yorkshire, the Rev. John Walker Harrison, aged 68. MAcsAueirr---On the Bth inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, A. Macuaught, iron merchant, London, aged 35. MORLEY — On the 6th inst., at Saltram, the Dowager Coil lid tess of Morley, aged 75. —On the 10th inst., Raymond Willshire Esq Brixton-place, Brixton, and Wolsingliarn-place, L.' Lam b ° Wo DIIOUSE —On the Oth i ns t . , at 35, Upper Bedford -place' Russell - square, Henry Win. Woodhouse, Esq., of New. square, Lincoln's-inn, age d 53. eth. --- LONDON: Printed and Published by KURD() YOUNG of No& 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nc• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the co unt, of lose; Friday, December 11, 1857.