The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

Vbtrb IBUttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, EVELIO= EVERY =Wail AND FRIDAY EVE2fING, LONDON. TUESDAY, JUNE 29. JOINT-STOCH 88185. Dividend Amount Name of Company. -I per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. — £ a. d. A a. d. Australasia .• ——• • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 19% BritshNorth American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Weetminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26% London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Metropolitan ..... Provincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland Nat. Provincial of Eng 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 , Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1 Union of Australia 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of London 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. E.XETEE, YEOVIL, AND DORCIZESTER. The Committee met at the usual hour, and proceeded with the case of Mr. Frampton, a petitioning landowner against the scheme. Mr. AUSTIN replied at considerable length on behalf of the promoters of this line. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. CANALS. I 4 Dividend Names of ; E Dividend „„ e Names of Companies. 1 A per ,- ' Companies. id per Price. ac j Annum. , io .a Annum. X! I x ......... 7 ......... Ashtat & Oldh 97 , 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 Si. - Barnsley •• • . 160! 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke.. 100, - - Neath ••• . .. 100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford.... 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's .- • . 33 1/. 4s. 20 Derby .. - 1 100 61. 63 Rochdale .. • . 85 41 . 54 Ellsmre&Chsll33 41. 51 Shropshire • . 125 81. -- Erewash . • .1100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Forth & Clyd l loo 41. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn I 100 61. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 Grand Union,loo I 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury. 125 151. - Cllamorgnsh . 172( 13%1. - Stourbridge. 145 201. 305 I,llstr &Brkly 1 1001 - - Strtfrd on AY 12 u. los. - Grantham • . 1501 121. - Seven' and 7 26 11. .83 j Buddersdeld.l 57, - - Wye Rail. - Kennt & Avu 391 7s. ed. 5 Trnt & Mr- Laileitilter .•. 1 47 1/. 100. - sey .... 150 801. - Leeds& Livrplloo 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester Leicstr &Nth , 83' 41. 36 Birming. 578 21. 41 Loughboregh 1421 701. , 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 DOCZ.B. Dividend , Amount per of Name of Company. Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. s. d. Commercial • ••• 4 1. d. East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country Landon 51. pr cent. Stock. St. Katharine ........ 5 per cent. I Stock. Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 1 lio WATER-WOHJES. Name of Company. Dividend Amount per of I Paid. Annum. Share. East London.... • • • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • 8/. 31. 10s. Z s. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 100 0 0 51. 102. pr cnti 63 12 9 INTSITIZALICCE CODSPALNIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I PEW. Price. Annum. Share. 1 - 4 a. d. I X s. d, Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31.10•, 1500 00 ' 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0, 11 0 0 18 Ditto Marine..• -• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas .. •-• . .. ..... .. 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life ' 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% County .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5 36 Eng.& Scot. Law • ... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life ...... 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' .•••• .. .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe 6l. per cent. Stock. - 128 Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 473 Imperial Fire .. •... . . 61. and bonus 500 0 0 1 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 01 10 0 0 1434 lindemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life- • ......... 11. Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ...egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% London Ship .... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Marine.. .......... • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4341. per ct . 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Leaa Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life. - lalladium Life.. bhcenix - - 185 Protector Life • ... • - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident Life •••• • . • . 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Noyai Exchange , - 180 Bun Fire. - - - Ditto Life . IL 6s. - - - Urdversal Life .. ..... 10% i. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 s. d. X a. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 168 Royalßank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 i 153 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank ...• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 164 National Bank Si. per cent. -• 10 0 0 141 2s. Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 83% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 6% Clydesdale Bank.. • - 10 0 0 la% Eastern Bank .. - 10 0 o 111.12 s Caledonian Bank .•. • • NI. pr cent. - 2 10 0 41. 9s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 ' 133 s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 1 20 0 0 1 0 0 235. Od ilereules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12% lnsur. Co. of Scetlnd.. 51. per cent.. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 Korth British Insur... 534 1. pr cent. :200 0 0 10 0 0 263( CaledOnian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. j 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. ,100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edw.& (Haig. Railway 11.10 s. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 693 Ditto, 34 Shares.... 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17 Xdlll.. Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 20U Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6134 Glesgw&Greenckßail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 Gbigw &Garnldrk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3934 Dundee& Arbrothßall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. , 37 standard LifeAssurnce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 I 210 0 I 9 COURSE OF EXCELO Amsterdam .. C.F. 12 5% Ditto, at sight ...... 12 2% otterdam 2 U. 12 6 Antwerp 25 95 Ilanaburgh .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. . • • • • • Leghorn Milan Naples • • • 40% Palermo, per oz. Lisbon.... Oporto 43% Rio Janeiro ..... ••. • • 26 Paris, 3 days' sight .. :. 25 . ... Ditto, ...- ... • . Marseilles .... • • Boardeanx . • • 26 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 1 A retersburgh, 3 U 5...... Bahia . . .. Buenos Ayres ..... New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars X 3 17 9 Berlin .......... Vienna, effec.flo.... • • 10 6 Trieste, ditto.... • • • ... 10 6 Madrid • • .. • • • • • • • • • • 47% Cadiz • . • .. : ........ 48 8i1ba0......... ... Barcelona New Dollars • • 0 4 93i Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) TIOUSE OF LOADS. Room A. Their Lordships forming this Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION. Witnesses were further examined to-day on this Bill, and The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. Room B. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCX AND MIDLAND JUNCTION DEVIATION. The further evidence on this line occupied their Lord ships the whole day, and The Committee, shortly after four o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. Room C. aitrt2IIINGTIA/VE. WOLVES '0 N , AND STOUR VALLEY (No. IL) BRANCHES. ----- Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock. The first witness called this morning on behalf of the opposition to this line was Mr. Corbett, of Birmingham, who stated that immediately on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway being promoted, the Lon don and Birmingham Railway had reduced its tolls, but since the Ist of April the tolls had been raised to the usual high rates; and no goods could now be sent to Lonalon, except they passed through the hands of Messrs. Pickl!ord and Co. and Messrs. Chaplain and Co., the comp any's agents. Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C., then proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton scheme, contending that the district to be accommodated by the proposed line would be much better served by the broad than the narrow gang i: schemes. M. TALBOT, Q.C., addressed the Committee on behalf of I.c Grazebrook, through whose property the proposed line - would pass, and contended that the district was Rhea sly amply supplied with the means of transit by exist big canals or railways already sanctioned, and that there Ws. not, therefore, an y necess ity f or th e construc tion of the proposed line at an expense of half a million of nu tney. Mr... Sssj- also addressed tho Committee on behalf of the' petition of trustees of the church and parsonage house at Lye, through the ground belonging to which tho froposed line would pass, and urged upon the Com: slates that no case had been made out to warrant the p roposed interference with that property. Mr HOPE replied on behalf of the Stour Valley Rail way Company. Ti- pa room was then ordered to be cleared, and the Corn. mnittee decided that the preamble of the Bill Was not pron d. Room D. Tl re Committee resumed its sittings to-day; the Duke of CI reveland in the chair. MOLD RAILWAY. Th mir Lordships passed the preamble of the Bill, and the C :ommittee then adjourned. Room E. Tb e Committee sat for the first time to-day. r. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. Th e examination of witnesses on b e h a lf o f t h e Bill occur tied their Lordships the whole day. Room G. CALEDONIAN ( nutracnEs). Th a case of this railway occupied the Committee the whole : day, and had not concluded when their Lordships adjou. vied. GROUP XXI( STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Lord SHAFTESBURY passed the following Bills to day : Wear Valley Railway. Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railways Amalgamation. Rathmines Improvement. Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holyhead). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burnt island to Dunfermline Branch, &c.) No. 2. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The Share Market has been very lively to-day, and the quotations at the sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co. have, in many instances, much improved. The following are a f ew o f th e principal sales:— East Indian Northern and Southern Connecting Manchester and Southampton 0 12 6 North British, Extension...... Ceylon South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0 Shropshire Union and Canal 2 9 6 Great Northern North Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 17 0 West Riding Union Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 2 11 0 Great Northern of France .. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston.-- 1 8 6 QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS -DAY, GILBERT V. LEWIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the in cumbent of Haggerstone, to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, one of his parishioners, and an earthenware merchant in the City, for the cir culation of a libel charging him with having committed a nameless offence on several boys. The jury gave the plaintiff a verdict—Damages, 400 i. 104 86% DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CHELMSFORD. Herald.) The most in this ( s destructive A t brdg (Abridged from conflagration witnessed a E gr s a se ti x on town for many years occurred at an early hour on Satur day morning ; but though a large amount of property has fallen a sacrifice, we have happily not to add the loss of human life to the calamity. The fire broke out about two o'clock on the premises of Mr. Bancroft, a tinman, in Conduit-street: hearing a crackling noise, he jumped out of bed, and proceeding down stairs found his sitting room full of smoke, and on opening the door, which led to a large and lofty workshop behind, he saw the flames at the extreme end rushing upwards and running along the ceiling; he immediately returned to his wife, and both in a very terrified state m a de their esc a p e by the front door. The house being timber-built, as well as all those adjacent, in a few minutes Mr. Finch's on the left and Mr. Mison's on the right were also one mass of fire; the former with his wife escaped in their night clothes, after throwing out two beds, and Mr. Mison had great difficulty in getting out his five children in safety. The fire had been early observed by a lad named Overty, who slept during the night under a dog cart, opposite his grand-father's cottage, in Union-yard; he states that a few minutes after two o'clock, he heard a crash of glass falling, when a dog barked, and on going into the yard he saw a blaze issuing from Bancroft's side, window, which is in Union-yard; be cried " fire," and then aroused his grandfather and his neighbours. The cry was quickly taken up and conveyed along the streets, bringing the engines and vast numbers of the townspeople by degrees to the spot. In the rear of these houses a workshop occupied by Mr. Dowsett, cabinet maker; Mison's bake-office; and a cottage tenanted by a washerwoman named Baker were also on fire; and at the same time Overty's cottage on the opposite side of the yard was in flames, which communicating to two warehouses behind and contigu ous to Mrs. Sorrell's in Conduit-street, threatened anni hilation to Mr. Dutton's printing-office and all the neighbouring property. The engines before this bad got into active play—first the Economic; and about half-past two the Essex Equitable arrived, the Sun and the Royal Exchange following. The Royal Exchange engine was stationed in Bell Mead by the river side, the hose attached to it being one thousand feet in length. Notwithstanding this, it poured forth copious streams of water, and continued working until the fire was got under. The Sun office engine, which fortunately stood in Union-yard, was supplied by a double line of persons from the river, and preserved much property in the rear. At an early period the telegraph announced the disaster at Ingatestone, and in a very short time the small but powerful engine arrived from that town, which was es sentially useful. By the united efforts of the firemen and others—by the filling in of portions of houses and the pulling down of burning ratters, which tended to smother the fire—in about an hour and a half it had evi dently received a check, and in another hour it was gra dually overcome, though not before the whole of the pro perty we have named was, with the exception of a few walls and chimneys, levelled with the ground. Though the fire was effectually subdued by six or seven o'clock, the engines continued to play for some hours upon the burning ruins, which covered a very large space, extending in front about 70 feet and 100 feet in depth. Price. We cannot with certainty estimate the extent of the damage, but we imagine it will exceed 3,0001. The following will, we think, be found a pretty cor rect summary of the property destroyed Mr. Finch, green grocer—house destroyed ; all the furniture destroyed—not insured. Mr. Bancroft—house destroyed, with furniture and stock; the latter insured for 2001. in the Economic. Mr. Mison—house, stock, and furniture destroyed; the latter insured for 1001. in the Economic. The above premises, with several cottages behind, one of which (Mrs. Baker's) was consumed, belonged to the representatives of the late Mr. R. S. Cooke, and are insured in the Essex Economic, in the names of Capt. Stone (who married his daughter) and Mr. Wenden, the trustees. Mr. Wenden has also a separate in surance in the same office, to cover his interest in a lease for 1001. Mr. Drake—front and side walls only standing—fur niture destroyed, not insured. Mr. Bond—walls and part of roof standing—furniture and stock damaged in removal—insured in Essex Eco nomic for 1501. Mr. Barnes—walls and part of roof standing—wash house behind, with two coppers, destroyed—bake house and oven partially injured-7 sacks of flour, a quarter of pea-meal, and two tons of coal burnt—furni ture much damaged—estimates loss at nearly 200/. not insured.- The three last-mentioned houses belonged to M r . Thomas Wa c k r ill, an d were uninsured. g In Union-yard, the property destroyed in the rear of the above-named premises- consisted of a nearly new oven, built for Mr. Nlison, and which cost upwards of 601., insured ; a workshop in the occupation of Mr. Dor sett, cabinet maker, and partly over the above, in which were goods valued at 2001., but Mr. D. is covered by in surance in the Royal Exchange ; these were all burnt, together with the tools belonging to three workmen, valued at upwards of 601. ; a cottage occupied by Mrs. Baker, who lost nearly all her goods, and among them a mangle, by which she gained her livelihood ; and an un occupied cottage much damaged. On the other side of Union-yard two cottages were nearly consumed, one occupied by Overty, a pensioner, and the other used as a warehouse by Mr. Duttan ; in the latter, a billiard table and a mangle were burnt, not insured ; two warehouses adjoining were completely destroyed, with their ,valuable contents, one occupied by Mr. Eagle, chemist, in which was deposited a large quantity of resin, oil, pitch, and drugs, valued at nearly 3001., insured in the Essex Equitable for 200/. the other, by Messrs. White and Sandford, curriers, who lost a large quantity of goods which had just been re ceived, besides goods in manufacture, trade implements, &c.; damage estimated at loot., insured in the Economic for 501. only; the back part of Mrs. Sorrell's was the only other property destroyed in that direction. The cottages and warehouses, with Mrs. Sorrell's premises, are insured in the Essex and Suffolk Equitable. The origin of the fire is involved in some obscurity. Mr. Bancroft had erected a small furnace in his work shop which was officially inspected, and allowed by the Essex Economic-office, but Mr. B. states that it was not used later than seven o'clock on the evening previous to the fire, and when he retired to rest early the pre mises were quite safe. The ruins are still in a smouldering state, though an engine was playing upon them ou Saturday and Sunday nights until a late hour. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 29.) SIIGAR.—To-day there was a diminution in the de mand for raw Sugar for all purposes, and prices gave way for all kinds, as merchants were anxious to realise, and there is still a plentiful supply. Although a reduc tion on former rates of 6d per cwt was submitted to for West India Muscovadoe, still the demand was limited for the scale and pan, and the private sales did not ex ceed 300 hhds and trcs. At public sale 150 hhds of Barbadoes went off heavily at a fall on former prices of sd to Is. With . .D.— o-day Refined goods were operated lumps in ItEFI N E T caution by the home trade, although brown were obtainablo_ at 57a 6d to 58s, and standard Lumps at ~' , lso nded Cru 2 shed is little anted, and can be ob taineu at 3 2 , to 3 1t 6 11 (1 for first quality. privately previous there are ready sellers of all 2,1 A URITIus. descriptions upon h o a u ve s reduced terms, still the pur chases, whilst upon stock csmallhas s scaleb been e n only fur t4li h e e supply made pr are not so l a g r o g o e d a , s o f by Refiners and Grocers es pecially of the better qualities. titer increased, and is far greater time last year, whilst the deliveries r i e li n c o as t all ks than it was at this late. Prices are 7s to 9s per cwt lower than they were at this time in 1846: at public sale, 45 3 wore only in part disposed of. The arrivals': in for the season, and the stock here is chiefly held by importers. EAST inu.—This afternoon At public sale 30 boxes AICROLME (PROM LEEDS AND SELBY). The Committee met at the usual hour, and were occu pied the whole of the day with the examination of Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer to the line. At the conclusion of his evidence the Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. 2,038 bags of grainy Bengal Sugar were offered, and the whole sold—tine and very tine white 53s 6d to 575, damp 48s 6d io 53s 6d, which is the full value, but yellow went rather cheaper, that is to say—fine strong at 48s to 48s 6d, good p6s to 46s 6d, middling 44s to 45s 6d, low 425, damp 41s to 48s. 275 Lags Benares sold at 6d decline. 148 casks of Ceylon only in part sold. Madras met with little attention, and 3,207 bags at auction were all taken in and withdrawn. 36 hbds Ceylon Syrup scld at 20s for thin. FOREION.—This afternoon at public sale 100 hhds, 8 barls of St. Croix Sugar were only in part sold at easier rates, fine and very fine yellow at 50s to 52s 6d, good 48s to 48s 6d, middling 44s 6d. Privately few pur chases have been made by exporters or the home trade. Cocoa.—The market for British Plantation is in a dull state, and prices are on the decline; whilst the arrivals are on the increase. At public sale 605 bags Trinidad were only in part sold. A further fall in the value is looked for, as there is a large quantity to arrive. Foreign is dull of sale, and previous rates are not obtainable. At public sale 70 bags African were taken in at 36s for good ord dull wormy red, and damaged 32s to 335. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only in limited request, and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 256 bales and 164 half bales, were only in part sold at 2s decline ; middling greenish clean garbled went at 60s to 60s 6d, outside packages, slightly stained 58s 6d, sea damaged, first class 55s to 55s 6d, second and third 48s to 53s 6d. Of Ceylon the quantity offered at auction amounted to 2,254 bags 75 casks, and the whole sold, the Native at fully former rates, and in some cases rather above ; whilst the Plantation went at 2s advance. TEA.—The market has at length assumed a brisker appearance for all kinds of Tea, and prices have taken an upward turn. There has been a good demand for Congou, and the rates have been id lb above those previously current ; the low and middling kinds meeting with the most attention—of all sorts there is a less quantity on offer. In Green many purchases have been made, and in some cases holders obtained prices they could not previously, whilst the quantity on offer is not so large as it was. For Scented Teas the demand is more active at previous rates. RICE.—To-day there was little passing privately in East India Rice, and prices further gave way, 17s to 18s 6d being accepted for low to fine white Bengal. At auction 496 bags of Madras were taken in at 16s for bold dusty yellow, only 14s 6d being offered. SPICES.—Sinee we last wrote, a fall in the value of 2d to 3d per lb has taken place in Mace; and 12 cases of Penang, being submitted to public competition, were all disposed of. Nutmegs met with little attention, and can be obtained rather under former quotations: at public sale a part only of 39 cases 2 boxes 2 bags Pe nang was sold. Pimento is in scanty supply, and is wanted; buyers, in consequence, have been com pelled to pay the stiff rates of 4id t o 51d b y pr i vate treaty : at auction 150 bags were taken in at 5d for mid, which is above the value. Cloves are unaltered in value, but few sales have been made. Ginger is not much wanted, but holders are not inclined to give way much in price: at auction 24 brls of J ama i ca were sold at 51s to 60s for good ord and mid. Cassia Lignea is held for previous rates, but less desire has been shown to do business. Cinnamon is not offered upon lower terms, bat the amount of business transacted has been limited in all descriptions. Cassia Buds are still much sought after, and the rates obtained have been equal to , those of this day week. Black Pepper is not much ' wanted either for home consumption or exportation. Rum, MUNDY, AND HOLLA.NDS.—AIthough Leeward Island Rum can be obtained at a further reduction in prices, still the operations have been upon a small scale only at 2s 10d to 3s per gallon proof strength. East India is not much in request, and the tendency of quota tions is downwards—only a small amount of business has been transacted at 2s 8d to 2s 9d proof with certificate. Demerara has been operated in with caution, and there is a disposition evinced to sell strontr qualities at 3s 101 to 4s 4d. There has been little desire shown on the part of exporters er the home trade to operate in Jamaica, and the small parcels disposed of were upon rather lower terms. The market is plentifully supplied with all kinds of Rum. Several parcels have been imported since this day week. There has been no increase in the demand for Brandy, although further reduced rates have been accepted for all descriptions, and only a small amount of business has been transacted in all descriptions. HOPS.—There has been little business transacted in any kind, but holders do not appear disposed to press sales, and prices rule as follows :—Mid and East Kent at 112 s to 150 s; Weald of Kent 90s to 105 s, and Sussex pockets 80s to 90s per cwr. The accounts from the plantations are, on the whole, satisfactory. Some par- ties are endeavouring to create the false impression that the Hops are not in a promising state. SALTPETRE.—To-day the market was better supplied with P,cugh Saltpetre. At public sale 2,003 bags of Madras were all sold. The rates are 6d per cwt. above those of Friday last. OlLS.—There has been an increased desire evinced to operate in Southern Oil, and prices have risen 10s to 20s per tun, although the supply has been good; at public sale 104 tuns have been sold. Privately a fair quantity has been disposed of, and the home trade continue to be the chief operators. Cod is still only in limited demand, and 271. is the general quotation, but the trade only purchase sufficient for im mediate wants. Although Seal is offered upon further reduced terms, still only a limited business has been transacted. In Sperm the operations have been upon a more extended scale, but holders are willing sellers at previous rates, and the supply at market is good. The rates accepted for Lard Oil are 44s to 48s per cwt., but only small parcels found buyers. For Olive the demand has been more active, but in the value little improvement has taken place. Palm has been in excellent request, and prices rule firm, although there are further arrivals. Cocoa Nut is still in small supply, and buyers are in consequence com pelled to pay the stiff rates of 46s to 57s for low to fine quality. Buyers of Rapeseed Oil have been induced to operate with more freedom, in consequence of lower rates being taken. For Linseed Oil further advanced rates have been obtained upon the spot, the supply being small, whilst there has been a good demand from the home trade at 28s to 28s 6d; some shipping orders also have been executed. There has been little disposition evinced to do business for forward delivery at present. Several of the mills are closed for the season. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian ar e desirous to realize, and have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt on the spot, still there has been little disposi tion evinced by Soap-makers and Chandlers to operate. For delivery in the last three months of the year there are sells at 47s 3d to 47s 6d per cwt, but buyers are to be met with. Home-made is not so much in request, and can be obtained at 49s 6d to 50s nett cash there being a larger supply. Other kinds of Tallow have been only in limited demand, and prices have slightly given way, whilst there is a good supply. MPER IA L PA RLIA MENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. There being only sixteen Members present at Four o'clock, the House stood adjourned till to morrow at Twelve e'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. QUALIFICATION OF_PEERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, on the motion o, the Earl of ROSEBEttY. move ßil g of of LA th N e S i p o t d h m en ini r s o tr s a e ti t o o n . PO OR - LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL the T second a r r a u d is i n ( Or ‘ - V lat E A l. The object of the Bill, as their Lordships were doubtless aware, was to have the Poor-law Bill, which all, he thought, would agree was an excellent measure, pro perly- carried into effect. Hitherto certain individuals only had been entrusted with carrying out the provisions, but the present measure proposed to increase the means of carrying out its ac:ministration, by increasing the re sponsibility and number of the public fnnctionaries under it. It was maturely considered whether the power to be exercised under this Bill should be vested under three Commissioners, or under one; but it was even tually thought that it would be better to vest it in the individual, and to have others joined with him in carry ing out the details of the measure. Another improvement suggested was, that the head of the board should have a seat in Parliament, and by that means every explanation asked for would be given by a person who was competent to supply it, and so assimilate it to the Board of Control. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time, and on an early day, should there be any objection to the details, an opportunity would be given for considering them in committee. Lord BROUGHAM said that he adhered in all essen tial points to the great law of 1834, and he believed the present Bill was an improvement in the machinery for carrying the Bill into effect. The Poor-law Commis sioners and their secretary, no doubt, were very ob noxious to those who were agitating the country by demonstrations and by invectives through the press, and it, therefore, was the duty of Par liament to see that they did not suffer the law to be carried out improperly. Ile re gretted, however, that the Commissioners had not mani fested the firmness for which Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nicholls had been remarkable. The law had thus, in many instances, been improperly administered, or it had not been carried out in the spirit in which it was passed. The Commissioners bad not had the moral courage to stand up for the pure administration of the law, owing to the severe censure of the press. It was a most lamentable thing that the Commissioners had been dismayed by public clamour. If or a public body were innocent those censures would pass them by innocuously, and as they had but a public duty to per form, they should not have heeded those censures. The law was not framed to benefit the rich, but to benefit the poor, and the man who would carry out the law in its integrity, was the best friend poorcould have. They should have allowed these "paper-pallets," as Cromwell called the attacks of the press to pass over their heads un heeded, and not have succumbed to the clamour of anti poor-law demagogues and vituperative diatribes. When they come to debate the measure he should be ready to fully discuss the measure—he should then be ready, as now, to condemn the conduct of those who had flinched from carrying out the principle of the law, whilst, at the same time, he should be ready to bear his testimony to the merits of those who had performed the duties assigned to them in the proper spirit. - Lord REDESDALE protested against that portion of the Bill which provided that the Commissioners should sit in Parliament as he considered no good would accrue trom it. He should say not content to the Bill. Lord CAMOYS advised jthe Government to well consider the 23d. clause, After a desultory conversation the Bill was read a second time and ox dered to be committed on Friday. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETIY. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 28, 1847. • The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the great seal of the United Kingdom, to reduce the Bishop's see and diocese of Australia, and to divide the same into four several and distinct Bishops' sees and dioceses, to be called the Bishopricks of Sydney, New castle, Adelaide, r.nd Melbourne. H - . 1. Majesty has also been pleased to name and ap point the Right Rev. Father in God, William Grant Broughton, heretofore Bishop of Australia, to be Bishop of the see of Sydney, and Metropolitan Bishop in Aus tralasia, subject to the general superintendence and revision of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, and subordinate to the archepiscopal province of Canterbury. Her Majesty has also been pleased to name end appoint the Reverend William Tyrrell, Doctor of Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the see of New castle : the Reverend Augustus Short, Doctor in Divi nity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the see cf Adelaide ; and the Rev. Charles Perry, Doctor in Divi• nity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the see of Melbourne ; the said Bishops of Newcastle, Adelaide, and Melbourne to be Suffragan Bishops to the Bishops of Sydney. The Queen has further been pleased to constitute the colony of the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies, together with the island of St. Helena, to be a Bishop's see and diocese, to be called the Bishop r i c o f C ape T own; and to name and appoint the Rev. Robert Gray, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the see of Cape Town. WHITEHALL, JUNE 19. The Queen has been pleased to authorise and appoint The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere, The Right Rev. Edward Bishop of Norwich, The Right Hon. Lord Langdale, The Right lion. Lord Wrottesley, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Kat. Andrew Rutherford, Esq. Joseph Hume, Esq. Samuel Rogers, Esq., and Richard Monckton Mills, Esq. To be her Majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the constitution and government of the British Museum. WHITEHALL, JUNE 28. The Queen has boen pleased to appoint The Right Rev. John Bishop of Lichfield, The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, The Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., The Right lion. Anthony Richard Blake, Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Knt., and Andrew Rutherford, Esq., Lord Advocate of Scotland, to be her Majesty's Corn missioaers for inquiring into the state and operation of the law of marriage. WHITEHALL, JUNE 26. (The following article is substituted for that which ap• peared in last Friday's Gazette.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 24. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John McLaren to the united churches and parishes of Larbert and Dunipace, in the presbytery of Stirling and shire of Stirling, the same being vacant by the deprivation of the Rev. James Simpson, late minister thereof. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas and John Stockd&e, soap boilers, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. William Howlett, builder, Albany-road, Old Kent road, to surrender July 9, at hilt-past twelve. and August 9. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Silvester, Great Dovor-street. Isaac Townsend, ironmonger, Sheerness, July 10, at half past two, and August 7, at one, at the Court ol Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Collins and Rigby, Crescent-place, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Edward Brentnall, bookseller, Wilmot place, Cam den-town, Middlesex, July 10, at three, and August 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Allerrnanbury ; Roach and Co., Upper Wel lington-street, Covent-garden. William Higginbottom Treacher, furrier, Regent street, Quadrant, July 10, at half past two, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghail street; Vansan daw and Cummin, King-street' Chaupside. John James Fearce, baker, Kenton, Devonshire, July 15, and Aug. 5, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Force, Exeter; Barris, Lincoln's Inn, London. William Kay, William Mortimer, and Edward Fletcher, engineers, Bury, July 9, and August 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Appleby, Red Lion-square; Grundy, Bury. Henry Scott Cox, linen merchant, Manchester, July 15, and August 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Pollard, Manchester. John Walmaley, licensed victualler, Liverpool, July 13 and Aug. 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Maples and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London; Greene, Liverpool. _ _ _ Jain Yemms, plumber, Gloucester, July 13, and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Wilkes, Gloucester. ACCIDENT BY GUN COTTON. Yesterday evening Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on view of the body of H. Redford, aged thirty-three, who was in employment at the con greve rocket manufactory, of Mr. Q. Forsyth Wade, West-Ham Abbey-marshes, and who w ith Mi c h ae l Gur ney and H. Tuft, lost their lives by an explosion of gun cotton. J. Brayley, principal of the factory, having described the accident, Mr. Wade said he had the evidence of scientific gen tlemen to show that the accident. aro se f rom compresse d air, which being o ve rheated ignited the gun cotton. Mr. Edward Horton Wilmot, assistant lecturer, at the London Hospital, said that Mr. Wade requested him to prepare some cotton which would not take fire easily. He manufactured a quantity which he submitted to the weight of a 141 b hammer; the blows being repeatedly given. He believed that the accident arose from the compres sion of atmospheric air, which, being overheated, gave out its caloric, and set fire to the cotton, causing the explosion. This would ignite at a heat of from 320 to 350 degrees. He believed that every precaution was used to prevent an accident, both in the preparation of the gun cotton, which was made not to explode, and in the care taken to fill the cylinder, and his surprise was that one did occur. Mr. P. B. Wall, gunpowder manufacturer, said that he prepared the cotton, which was made weaker than usual. He believed the accident arose from compressed air. He has used the gun-cotton since October last, for making rockets, and has had only one accident, when a boy was injured. That occurred while using the monkey. He has since used the lever, which gives a more gradual and regular pressure, and no accident has since occurred. 'When the explosion he alluded to took place, the cylinder or tube was about one foot long and two inches in diameter, and about ten ounces of cotton were rammed in the tube. Ile thought the gun cotton useful for arciliery practice, and it possesses a far greater range of power. Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry. said that it was his opinion the accident arose from friction of the cotton on the sides of the cylinder. Had it taken place by compressed atmosphere, being overheated, it would have happened telore, as took place in the cAse, alluded to by Mr. Wall. The CORONER summed up, observing that no blame was attributable to any one. Verdict—Accidental death. NATIONAL VACCINE ESTABLISH AIENT. Copy of the last report from the National Vaccine EAablishm(nt, dated .:llay, 1847, to her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department. (Just presented to Parliament by her Majesty's com mand.) TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, HIRT., ETC. Sir,—The diminution of small-pox and the further extension and succe,s of vaccine protection during the past year impart to our present report a cheerful and hopeful character. We are encouraged to believe that the prejudices, negligence, and apathy which, on the part of the poor, have so unfortunately retarded the progress and opposed the success of vaccination, are gradually giving way under the influence of a convincing experience, and the persuasive counsel and advocacy of the medical pro fession. Our Board continues to transmit the vaccine virus to every quarter of the globe, and we have the satisfaction to state that, after successive failures, it has at length proved completely successful in Mauritius; a similar success has attended it in the Cape Verd Islands; and at Ferrisberg, Vermont, North America, our correspon dent informs us that upwards of a thousand families have been vaccinated, and that a further supply of lymph is required of us. In the distressed districts of Ireland the small-pox has been found to have extended with the increased cala mity of the country, as we are taught by experience will invariably occur with contagious diseases under circum stances of extreme poverty and scanty diet. During the last year 155,774 charges of lymph have been dis tributed, and 116,323 persons reported as having been vaccinated. There are at present twelve vaccine stations in the metropolitan districts, and we have reason to hope that the liberality of the Government will place at our disposal an additional grant for the support of four other stations, to meet the increasing demands of a widely expanding population; at present the poorer inhabitants of the populous districts of Lambeth, Chelsea, and parts of Westminster are wholly unprovided. (Signed) JOAN AYRTON PARIS, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians. WIL LIA NI LA W RENCE, President of the Iti.;v,l College of Surgeons. GEORGE IIURRO WS, M.D., Senior Censor of the Royal College/ of Physicians. C. HUE, n D., Rpgistrar. Whitehall, June 1. W. M. SOMERVILLE. THE FEVER.—The typhus, and also the black fever, aro very prevalent at Rochdale and the neighbourhood. On Monday last two deaths occurred in one house in Castleton from the black spotted fever, which the parties had caught at ono of the low Irish lodging-housm. Fever wards have lately been erected on a large space of waste ground at the Cronkeyshaw, a short distance from the town,--Manchester Guardian. 0 0 i 25' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Messer!, ers from the Commons brought up sever.sl BillF, which were read a first time. CLERGY OFFENCES BILL. This Bill went through Committee pro former, to enablo the Bishop of London to introduce several amended clauses. PRIVATE BILLS AND BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to bring before the House the motion of which he had given notice, said he felt that he was not premature in introducing the subject to this House. It was well known to their Lordships that latterly the private business of the House had increased to an enormous amount, and in order to facilitate the progress of that business it was indispensa bly necessary that some change should be made in the mode of conducting it. After referring to those who held the effice of receivers and " friars," and to the alterations which had been made in their duties from time to time, be proceeded to say that although these offices had become almost obsolete from being delegated to others, persons had been appointed to fill them even at the commencement of the present session. Twenty years ago he introduced a measure into the other House of Parliament for the purpose of simplifying the private business of that House,- and great good arose from it; but as the private business of their Lordships had now in creased to an almost incredible extent, he thought their Lordships would agree with him, that some further alterations were now necessary. In the courts of law the proceedings were not taken without chart and compass, and the chances of misdecision and corruption were more guarded against than:in the decisions of the House of Parliament. The amounts recovered in them did not generally relate to large sums of money, but to exceedingly small sums. For instance, when he attended the Spring Assizes of Lancaster in 1827, he found that out of two hundred cases tried there in fourteen days the average amounts recovered did not exceed 131. 15s. These . courts, nevertheless, tried cases of the utmost im portance to the great mass of the people; they pre vented whole neighbourhoods from being de stroyed ,by the rapacity of powerful or tyrannical individuals ; they prevented the poor from be ing wronged without an appeal to a jury of their countrymen, and prevented an innocent man, charged with crime, from being punished from motives of revenge—in fact, the entrance of evil through any chink or cranny was far more guarded against in the courts of law than in the proceedings of their Lordships' House. Why had their Lordships confidence in the judges of the land? Why, because their Lordships knew that they possessed great professional skill; because they were far removed from the common affairs and strifes of life, and even abstained from taking a part in the political proceedings of the nation. Why, then, should not their Lordships trust them with the power of adju dicating in certain matters connected with the private business of their Lordships' House, and bearing directly upon the sacred rights of private property?—(Elear.) It was a course which had long been recommended by Committees of their Lordships' House, and he confessed he could see no reason why such Bills as those which relate to canals, railways, and roads, should not be re ferred to a tribunal of this sort. The very constitution of the other House of Parliament precluded it from always acting with the strict impartiality of judges; or rather, he should say, its Committees from always acting with the impartiality of judges, who had placed between them and the suitors a brazen wall of incor ruptibility. The Members of the House of Commons could not help being influenced by their constituents upon questions relating to local Bills; and if it were only upon that ground alone, private business ought to be removed from their jurisdiction. Nothing could by possibility prevent a member of a Private Committee of the House seeing his constituency. He represented them, and they had it in their power to give him advice and information which might influence his decision upon matters which ought to be dealt with according to the evidence and testimony which might be brought before him in the usual formal manner. Again, Members of the other House of Parliament might bring about parti cular results by mutual arrangements. For instance, the liember for Yorkshire might be appointed to consider a Bill connected with Cornwall, and the Member for Cornwall might, on the other hand, be selected to ad judicate on the Bill relating to Yorkshire. The two Hon. Members, therefore, were those placed in a po sition to influence the decision of each other, and by means of a mutual understanding between two, the views and wishes of the circumstances of Yorkshire and Cornwall were carried into effect. Referring, however, these private Bills to judges, appointed by the Crown for that especial purpose, would ob viate all these objections ; and what reason was there why that course should not be adopted. The few Members of the House of Commons who formed the private Committees, had to adjudicate upon the evidence of witnesses, and the statement of counsel, without themselves being learned in the law. The various counsel, therefore, who appeared before them, often found no difficulty in misleading them upon points of law ; and very often their decisions, if not opposed to reason and common sense, were en tirely at variance with the justice and equity of the case upon which they had to adjudicate. All this required to be carefully and fully considered ; he, however, did not then intend to propose any remedy. The great proportion of Private Bills consisted of Rail way Bills. There were 400 before them last year, and nearly 300 during the present session, and as the country had not yet " been covered with a net work of railways," they might look forward to a considerable number of new Bills in the ensuing session; for instance, the existing companies would seek powers to sketch out branches, to connect them with other lines in all directions; but he wished an improved supervision to be exer cised over all Private Bills, and not exclusively over railway Bills, because the same imperfect system was pursued with respect to all. What he complained of was that a Railway Committee was not responsible for its actions. Cases had occurred in which Bills had been passed by Noble Lords or Hon. Members who, although members of the Committee, had absented themselves until the Committee came to the vote. He did not wish, however, to exclude legal gentlemen from blame in these proceedings, as m an y o f th em t oo k ten briefs in as many Committees (Hear, hear)—so that it was quite impossible that one barrister could discharge his duty properly even to one company. Sir William Follett, for instance, fre quently received briefs when the parties knew that he could not attend, and he was only retained because the other side might not receive his services ; but where a counsel received an enormous fee for the express purpose of securing his attendance, and did not attend, such an act met with his entire disapproval.—(Hear, hear.) He did not believe that this was done when it was stated to him, and he did not believe it now. Then again persons intimately connected with railways were, in all directions, seeking to get into Parliament, as appeared from the number of advertisements which appeared in the newspapers from gentlemen connected with railways, and those railway men would, when they got into Parliament, lose sight of the interests of the public in their anxiety to promote their own interests, their closely serried ranks would be invulnerable against the voice of the public, the grossest jobs would continue to be perpetrated, and in everything connected with railways they would follow their leaders like sheep. The conferences with the other House, the mode of sending Bills to and receiving them from the other House, and many other minor details of the business of the House, required amendment. He had felt it his duty to bring the subject before the House, and be begged in conclusion, to move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the mode of conducting the private business of the House, and for the purpose of suggesting, a remedy. Lord REDESDALE did not object to the appoint ment of the Committee, but he considered that, at that late period of the session, and from the great demand for the Noble Lord's time on other Committees no good could ari e from its appointment.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord was not correct in stating that Com mittees in that or the other House of Parliament were appointed by arrangements amongst the Members, as they invariably consisted of M embers who had no in terest in the Bills which they were called upon to investigate. He feared, however, that the plan of the Noble Lord would not remedy the present sys tem. He was ready, however, to admit that evils had grown up in the mode of adjudicating private Bills, but he considered that the best mode of remedying them would be by revising the standing orders of their Lordship's House.—(Hear.) The recommenda tions to the Committee appointed to consider the desira bility of suspending the further progress of railway Bills this session advised that Committee to consider the ex pediency of revising these orders. He confessed that he could not agree in all the decisions arrived at by that Committee, but he doubted much whether a better tribunal could be devised. It should not, he thought, go forth to the public that they had no confidence in the Committees of their Lordship's House. The Duke of RICHMOND advised the Noble Lord to withdraw his motion, as it could lead to no practical result during this present session. At the same time, he was prepared to admit that the standing orders were defective in many respects, and :that they required re modelling, which, he conceived, could be done early in the ensuing session. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed with the suggestions of the Noble Duke and Noble Lord that the Noble and Learned Lord should withdraw his motion. Inconveniences had, no doubt, arisen in the mode of legislating upon Railway Bills, and their attention should be directed as to the best mode in which they could be remedied. In saying this, however, he wished to pay a deserved tribute to the Committees of Selection, who had performed their duties in the mo s t sa ti s f a ctory manner. No doubt the review of the standing orders referred to would remedy the defects in their legislation with respect to private Bills, of which the Noble and Learned Lord had complained, the new railway board was, in his estimation, a great step in this direc tion. During the short Limo it had been established, no less than 70 or 80 reports on the financial condition of the companies had been presented to Parliament; and many tnsptctions of lines had taken place. The question of whether a new tribunal (independent of Parliament, whose decision should not be final), should be appointed for the purpose of dealing with Railway Bills, would re ceive the attention of the Government, but by careful watchinc. he apprehended that .evils might be avoided. Lord BROUGHAM said, after what had been said by Noble Lords, he would withdraw his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH CONSTABULARY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented returns on this subject. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. This Bill was read a third time and gassed. ROYAL MARINE SERVICE BILL. This Bill pasted through Committee. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill also passed through Committee. Their Lordships then afjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Papers relating to the Unclaimed Prize Money o Chelsea Hospital were presented. REPORTS. The following Reports were brought up and received:— Leeds and Thirsk (Leeds, Durham, and Newcastle Extension, &c.); Leeh's Estate ; Hodgson Miele's Estate ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport); Sutton Harbour Improvement ; York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &c.) SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time:—Bowes Estate; Sir Henry Willoughby Rooko's Estate. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time:—Direct London and Portsmouth, Brighton and Chichester, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London and South-Western Railways; Horne's (Ferguson's) Estate; Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Company ; Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company ; Long's Estate ; Poyntz. field Estate ; Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers ; Tunstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Im provement and Market ; Wakefield Gas ; Wyndham's Estate. REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to: —Bingley Improvement; South Devon Railway Ex tension and Amendment; Wolverhampton General Cemetery. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER (in the absence of Mr. Tuffnell), this Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PAISLEY, BARRHEAD, AND HURLET RAILWAY. The order of the day for the third reading of this Bill was discharged. MALT TAX. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition, signed by 600 persons, praying for the repeal of the malt-tax. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bilis were considered and agreed to:--London and South-Western Railway (Widening, &c.); Southampton and Dochester Railway (New Forest Deviation and Branches); South ampton and Dorchester Railway (Weymouth Branch); Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway; Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway Purchase); Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Ex - tension, &c.); Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymond ham to the Not wich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, and the proposed Thetford and Reedham Railway, near Diss); Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway Widening and Enlargementof West London Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South- Western Railway, near Lambeth) ; Swansea Valley Railway; Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension, and Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches). GREAT SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented petitions from the city of Limerick, and the towns of Bruff and Kilmarnock, in favour of the loan to the Great South-Western Rail way Company. - IRISH RAILWAYS. An HON'. MEMBER presented three petitions from Londonderry and Athlone in favour of the grant to Irish railways. - GRANTS FOR EDUCATION. Mr. BARCLAY presented a petition signed by 1,100 Roman Catholics, praying that they may be allowed to participate in the grants for education. HEALTH OF TOWNS' BILL. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton, numerously signed by the medical men of that town in favour of this Bill. They stated that the establishment of boards of health would materially add to the importance and utility of their profession. MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. WATSON presented a petition from physicians in Maldon in favour of the Bill. EDUCATION. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition signed by the clergy and many of the laymen of Thornton in favour of Roman Catholics participating in the educa tional grant. Mr. HUTT presented a petition to the same effect from a place in Durham. DANISH CLAIMS. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition signed by a number of merchants interested in the Danish claims, praying the House to take those claims into con sideration. INSOLVENT BILL. The HoN. MEmnEn also presented a petition from two persons, who stated that they were interested in some proceedings in the Court of Chancery of Ireland, against the assignees of an insolvent debtor, which had been pending for some years, and praying that the new Insolvent Bill might not pass into a law, or it would materially affect their rights. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Mr. HUTT presented a petition, signed by a number of the colonists of South Australia, complaining that the Government had alienated the " Royalties " con nected with the colony. The Hon. Member said that the petition was one of considerable importance, and that it was a matter for regret that a petition which had come so many miles across the ocean should attract no mere attention than an ordinary petition. The petition was then laid on the table. CHINA. _ _ Sir G. STAUNTON gave notice that, on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply on the China estimates, he should call' the attention of the !louse to the services of Mr. Thorn at Ning-Po, and suggest that some reward should be given to his family for the services which he had rendered to his country. PORTUGAL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Aberdeen, praying the House to address her Majesty to prevent any interference of this country in the affairs of Portugal. Mr. HUME presented a petition agreed on at a public meeting at the institution in John-street to the same effect, but stating further, that the Government in 1832 had refused to aid the cause of the oppressed Poles, that they were ever ready to aid " Kings;" that the Queen of Portugal bad forfeited any right to the protection of the British from her un constitutional conduct, and that her Majesty ought to dismiss her present advisers, who had induced her to consent to the perpetration of so barbarous an act to wards the people of Portugal as the sending of a British fleet amongst them.—(Laughter, and hear, hear.) The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were agree to:—Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Reedham); Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (Portarlington to Tullamoro); Dublin and Drogheda (Branch from Navan to Kells); Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway; Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow, Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation; Macduff Harbour. Hyf,TON's ESTATE BILL. Mr. GREENE moved that the examiners of petitions should htve leave to sit and proceed on Hylton's Estate Bill on Tuesday, the 29th day of this instant June. Motion agreed to. MORTALITY ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS. Lord J. MANNERS wished to know whether tho Government were aware of the great mortality which had taken place on board some of the emigrant ships between Ireland and Canada? Mr. HAWES was sorry to have to state that the Government had received several communications from the Governor and authorities of Canada, informing them of the state of things; but every step had been taken by the Government to mitigate as much as possible the dis tressing results of such a state of things. BRITISH PRODUCE. Mr. lIASTIE moved, That there be annually laid before this House, a return, made out in parallel columns, showing the principal articles of British produce and manufacture exported from the United Kingdom, with the duties on such articles in the principal foreign countries to which they are exported, expressed in foreign monies, weights, and measures. Similar return, with the foreign monies, weights, and measures converted into English ditto, that the differences in the duties on the same articles in different countries may be exhibited at a glance.—Motion agreed to. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME, Sir G. GREY said that a Bill was prepared on this subject by the Lord Chancellor, and would he thought be brought down to this House in a few days. COURTS OF REVIEW AND BANKRUPTCY. In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied that the Court of Review was to be abolished, and the business transferred to the Court of Bankruptcy. The circuits were also to be abolished ; and he considered that the alteration would have the effect of producing a consider able saving to the country. With respect to the report alluded to by the Hon. Member, every information ne cessary to a correct appreciation of the question would be:afforded the House when the Bill was laid before it. MEDICAL OFFICERS OF UNIONS. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would to-morrow put a question to the Government with respect to a statement made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, with respect to the allowances made to medical union officers by the Poor-law Commissioners. NAVIGATION LAWS. In answer to a question of Lord G. BENTINCR relative to certain returns laid before the House, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id that he had no opportunity of testing the accuracy of the returns, because no notice had been given of the question, and he could not, therefore, speak with that confidence which he would otherwise have been able to do. He bad ordered the returns of corn imported since the suspension of the navigation laws, and the Customsthe had furnished them. He would again apply to Customs to-morrow to ascertain if the returns were cor rect, and report their answer to the Noble Lord. BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—Wa s it returned Secretary for his intention, if Mr. M‘Gregor were Glasgow, to continue him in th e off i ce of the Board of Trade? Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. M‘Gregor, in noti fying his intention to stand for Glasgow, had stated to to him that, in the event of his being returned as a Member, it was his intention to resign the situation which he then held. RAILWAYS (IRELAND, No. 2) BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order o f th e d ay for the second reading of the 4b Sir WILLIAM MOLESWf° above 1 4 1 , 7 4 7 0 T, ask, whether it was just to risk the itiere3seo it f l ; in order to give Irish railways an opportunity of borrowing money at 3i instead of 6or 7 per cent. It was said that rail ways would be a hood 'thine. for Ireland, so they would be, but why should loans of money be toil t,t Trel ed not to Lug' .eol also ? After tne signal d, : feat IN hie!). the measure tis 4 sustained on a previous occasion, who would have thought that such a measure as the present would have been pro posed by her Majesty's Government. The present popu lation of this country were suffering from the effect of the measures which had been passed to avert famine in Ireland. and was it fair, was it just to lay an additional burden upon the people for the construction of railways in Ire land? If assistance were to be granted to Irish railway companies, why was it not to be granted to the distressed artisans and manufacturers of this country ? The master manufacturers were fully prepared to offer more valuable security for such ad vances than any Irish Railway Company could propose, and they could also employ a considerably larger amount of labour. But it might be said that there were some special reasons for proposing this greet. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that he should not re quire the whole of the 8,000,0001. which he had borrowed for the purpose for which it was obtained, and therefore he appeared to think it his duty to spend the money in some way, good, bad, or indifferent. It would be better to let the 620,0001. of surplus loan find its way into the pockets of the English people, leaving it to fructify there rather than squander and waste it upon Irish railway companies, thereby doing no good to any person or company whatever. Entertaining these opinions, he felt it to be his d u ty t o move th a t this Bill be read a second time that d a y s i x mont h s . Mr. WILLIAMS thought th a t t h e Ch ance ll o r of the Exchequer had done suffi c i en t m i sc hi e f a l rea dy during the nine months he had b een i n office without incurring fresh risks and c our ti ng f res h dangers. He had already reduced the b a l ances i n t h e E x chequer from the sum of 9,000,0001. t o 5,450,001., an d h a d added 8,000,0001. to the national debt of this country. The railways which it was proposed to assist had not made out a ease to warrant such assistance being rendered to them. The state of the money market was not such as to afford the expenditure of so large a sum of money as was proposed by this Bill. The Bank of England and the commerce of this country was just emerging from a most dangerous crisis, and this measure would only have the effect of bringing about the same disas trous state of things ; and why was all this danger to be run for the sake of assisting or speculating in some Irish railways ? Believing the measure to be wrong in prin ciple and injurious, he should give it all the opposition in his power. Lord J. RUSSELL had before stated that the pros posed measure was not at variance with the course usually adopted by the Government. The Government had felt it their duty to oppose the plan of the Noble Lord opposite on two grounds, one of which was , that there was before the House the prospect of an immense expenditure for Ireland, and the Government thought it unwise at that time to pledge the House to the expenditure of 16,000,0001. of meneY' Another reason was that the measure would not have afforded the requisite relief for the people of Ireland. He thought then, and still did, that railways were net calculated to afford such relief as was then required. The Government had, however, admitted that railways and other public works, were the legitimate objects of public assistance. There We' s nothing either in the arguments used by the Governs ment, or the decision of the House upon that plea, which was to preclude the Hou s e f or ever f rom m aking ad vances to any Railway. The House had sane; tion invariably the application of large sums of public money to the promotion of public works; the Bill before the House was therefore in perfect accordance with the practice of the House. And, Sir (continued the Noble Lord), it is a misapprehension of this plan to sup pose, as the Hon. Member for Coventry supposes, that we purpose to advance money at the rate of three-and -a" half per cent., thereby asking an unusually low rate. The rate we propose to as k i s t h a t w hi c h i s usua lly asked , say five per cent., and I therefore conclude that so far from that being at variance with the general prineiPl2 sanctioned by the House, it i s i n p er f ect accordance with the general principle which has been found to work be neficially for both parties. But, Sir, I must admit w e are on this occasion go i ng b e y on d t h e usua l amount of advances for thes e p ur p oses , an d th at , i n f ac t—and not l as the Hon. M e mb er f or S out h war k h as put i t —the only question at issue is, shall we or shall we not adop t s plan which requires a larger advance than the Eacbc quer Loan Commi ss i oners wou ld b e a bl e to advance they had only such a sum o f money as t h a t which ~1 cording to the usual course of events would come into their hands. For this purpose I must admit that It Is necessary to make out a case of exception. But so far from having any difficulty in making out this case e l exception, I should only fatigue the House wer e d to go over again the abundant proofs that Ireland an t the state of Ireland do f orm an excep tion to seY„,, t , ° , those normal rules by w hi c h we are usua lly guided. .-tm Hon. Baronet th e M em b er f or S out h war k t o ld us ° look to the public works in England and to the industry and manufactures of this country. But is there a ny re semblance between the state of England and that of Ireland?—(Elear.) You must look at the condition of Ireland, such as it has been made by a long course of legislation and government. You must look to the stat e s of the people—to the many millions living in the m ost wretched habitations—on the lowest and cheapest de scription of food—and without that share of the neces saries, still less of the comforts, of life usually enjoyed by the English labourer.—(Hear.) I must confess, looking Back to the history, the example and condition of other cities, that legislation-and government have an influence on the condition of the people, not for some ten or twenty years, but for centuries. If you look to the present con dition of the people of Tuscany, you will see there re mains a proof of that vigorous republic which once ruled at Florence. If you look to the condition of Flanders, you will still see traces of the just and mild govern ment of the house of Burgundy ; and if you locIE to the condition of the territory of Valencia, yon will observe traces of the cultivation of its Moorish gover nors. In many parts of Europe in which I have tra velled the condition of the people has been influenced by the Government, not of the moment, but by rulers and governments which had long since passed away . --- (Hear.) And Ireland, Sir, is no exception to this rule. If you go back centuries—if you look to what legislation _ was a century ago, you will find the great majority of her people debarred from all office in the state_from all those distinctions at the bar or any other profe ssionto which talent could aspire. You will find them so s de barred from the enjoyment of land that in many case s any relation who might turn out a villain could actuta: h 11sy dispossess them. If, in addition to this, you fin d the whole course of legislation has been to degrade a n d s w oppress them, then I think no one will wonder that . should now find millions of her people living in tne lowest condition of human life, and thrown into utter destitution by the failure of a single crop (Hear, hear.) I think it would be a narrow, an unjust, and an unfair view of our duty t owards Ireland, if we merely regarded what had been done for the last ten or twenty years, and then laid down the general principle, so complacently laid down by the Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark, that as England depended on her own resources, so ought Ire land, and that we ought not to help Ireland unless we • also assisted England. But, Sir, if we bad governed Ireland as we have governed England, can there be any doubt that Ireland would have been now capable of doing for herself what we are now called upon to do for her. — (Hear, hear.) It is not late legislation, it is not the Act of 1829, that act of tardy justice, whic h can, i n a few years,own prospects,place t and Irish in a position to 3 o ih ng likewo r work that out s t a t their eof comfort and well-being in which we have the happiness b E a n d g i l n is s l e i c p u e r o it p y l ,, e tgheenaebrasellnyceploafcecda.pitlanl Ireolatnsdeewieughatvhee con sequent on that insecurity, and crime arising from general causes, with which it is your business to deal. It will not do for you merely to find fault with the outrages committed from time to time, and to attribute them entirely to the indocility and oppression of the people. I say there is here abundant reason why you should do something more. The Noble Lord then went on to say the land owners of Ireland had, in his opinion, very justly been called upon to pay a large burden in supporting the poor of that country. Under all these circumstances, it was, in his opinion, the duty of the Government to assist by all means in their power the people of Ireland. With respect to the railways proposed to be assisted by this measure, it had been clearly ascertained by very competent persons that they were such as would amply remunerate the outlay of the proposed capital. He thought, therefore, that by passing this Bill, the House would be taking a step in the right direction towards the improve ment of Ireland. Measures had already been passed calculated to afford :immediate relief to that country, and it was now the duty of the House to consider and pro vide measures calculated to raise and promote the future permanent conditions and welfare of the people of Ire land, too long delayed by unjust and improper legisla tion. The Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark had entirely perverts d the argument used against this measure with respect to the fund out of which the grant was to be made. His Right lio n . Friend's argumen t was an answer to the obj ec ti on o f th ose who would as k , " How are you to make provision for this sum of 600,0001. ?" His Bight Hon. Friend's answer was a complete one, for lee says, " I have no difficulty about this, for there is already a provision made for that & amount in the expenditure of the current years ,pro vision whi c h w ill a d m i t o f the laying out of 600, 0001 T: this purpose." It is not th a t this sum might as we ll _n spent b ecause th ere i s a provision for it, but because th i s is an advantageous and useful mode of Gentleman expenditur e. e ; "a (Hear.) It h a d b e en s h own i n t hi s and in former debates that thi s i s a most use f u l object, rre_ pp ly the fore he was of o pini on th a t th e y ought ° en money to this purpose. The Honourable G, xche . who sp o k e l as t re f erre d to t h e b a l ance in the ...r., as 0 1 quer being red uce d f rom 9,000,0001. t o 5,000, 000 . argument against this measur e . In the month f A 1846, the balance in. the Exchequer was 6, 500,0001., and f o in 1847 it was 5,459,000/., being about 611 . 111 1,040,0001. les s th. sn i n the former year. But doestt financier, who looks at this ques ti o n fairly, leave out of its consideration the great calamity which has occurre d ? —(Hear, hear.) Ora that this House has been oblig e d s to advance a large SIMI of money to relieve the distress which existed ?—(Hear, hear.) No one would carry out their financial calculations in the same anode, whether or not there had been. a great calamity like this; no one who had been anything of an observer of financial affairs would do so, perhaps, except the Hon. Member fo r Co ventry—(Hear, hear}—or would have assumed that the results should be the- same, although the facts had been so different. In conclusion, he had but to say that he thought as a general policy which the House ought to adopt with respect to , Ireland, it would be acting with good deal of injustice towards that country if it did not consent to the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK th ought that the Noble Lord at the head of the Governne ent should be greatly obliged to ter es t, - le in i e l Wt fOl TICE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1847.