The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

Tbirb 15Vition SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) DERBY RACES.—(This Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HARRINGTON PLATE. Huntington Emulator ►9tulz colt Twelve ran. SCARSDALE STAKES. York ....4,. Greenwich Fair Archibald Seven ran. MIDLAND STEEPLECHASE Westminster Tcb ernaya ... 3 3 janue Eleven ran. HURDLE RACE. Sluggard Trew.thery Roy ilty LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Escape (taken) 9 to 1 agst Minos (offered) 10 to 1 agst Emigrant (offered) 15 to 1 agst Black Swan (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) 7'ne LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool pack at 5 o'clock. CHIEF CONSTABLES BILL. Viscount DUNGANNON postponed his motion re lative to the see of London until this day week. The nolli viscount al- o gave notice that, when their lord ships went into committee upon the Constabulary Bill, he should move a proviso that no person should be eli gible to fill the office of chief constable who has been a bankrupt, or has passed through the Insolvents' Court, nole,is he should prove, to the satisfaction of the Home Secretary, that such bankruptcy or insolvency his not been caused by fraud or extravagance. Tile Earl of HARDWICKE presented several peti tions in favour of the exemption of incomes below 150/, per annum from the operation of the income tax. PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill was read a second time. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL moved for a select committee to consider whether the privilege now enjoyed by reports of the proceedings of courts of justice may be safely and properly extended to reports of the proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament, and of any and what other assemblies or public meeting:, under any and what conditions or restrictions. The noble lord said that this question was one of great importance. He re gretted he could not comply with the request that had been made to him to postpone it. The effect of agreeing to his motion would not pledge their hrdships to any particular measure. It would express an opinion that this was a fit subject for le4islition. The question de manded an immediate settlement, in consequence of the unanimous opinion of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench that the law did not justly the publicaion of the proceedings of a public meeting in the event of libellous or injurious matters being spoken against the character of indi.idnals. It was said that Lord Coke propounded the doctrine that an action at law lay only against the speaker and not against the party that published the libel. Lard Coke, though no doubt a high legal authority, was not, however, infallible. It. was obviously for the public good that the proceedings of this house and the houses of convocation should be published under the protection of the law, but he was not willing to go further without the assistance of a select committee. The noble lord concluded by moving for the appointment of a select committee to is quire into the whole subject, and to re port to their lord,,hips. - Lord WENSLEYDALE entirely concurred in the ob ervations of the nobly and learned lord, and said he thought it Exceedingly desirable that the su).ject should be settled as speedily as possible. He thought his no'de friend had better introduce a bill in which he could deal with the whole of the subject. The motion was then agreed to. WAR WITH. CHINA—TLIE ADJOURNED DEBATE. The Earl of CA.VNA.RVON said, after the able speeches that had been delivered in their lordships' house the other night, he felt it exceedingly difficult to thriw any additional light on the subject. He contended that even from the evidence upon their lord hips table it was impossible to doubt that the lorcha Arrow, which wa; boarded by the Chinese, was any other than a Chi /Imo vessel ; arid, therefore, that the whole proceedings tha t had been taken by the. British were illegal. Tile nol to earl declared the whole of the acts of Sir J. Bow ring as unjustifiable. At one tinrs he writes home that a lorcha had no right to carry the British flag, her registry having expired on the 27th of :ieptomber, and after that he writes home and says no mai,ter what might be said on the subject, the lorcha, was a I:ritish vessel, and had a right to carry the British flag. It was a curious fact, that throughout the whole of the speeches that had been delivered by the members of her Majesty's Government, this discrepancy bad not been alluded to, in fact, he might say, it bad been studi ously avoided. [LEFT SPEAKING.] SOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) Time SPEAKER t'mok the chair at four o'clock. NEW ME NIBER. Mr. REBOW took the oaths and hie seat for Colchester. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Mid Kent and South Kent Railway. THE CHINA WAR. Petitions were presbnted from Southampton, Carlisle, Htll, Darlington ' Sheffield, and other places, condemn ing the war with China, and calling on the Government to recall Sir J. Bowring and Mr. Consul Parkes. TOBACCO SMUGGLING. Mr. H. G. LANGTON moved for a return of the se veral seizures made and of the prosecutions for breach of the laws relating to tolncco, between the 503 fay of January, 1855, and the sth day of January, 18 - 57, distinguishing those in Great Britain from those in Ireland ; specifying the places where and the names of the persons prosecuted, or from whom the seizures wer. made ; the quantities and kinds of goods seized; the precise nature of the offences charged or for which the seizures were made ; the results of the examinations of the goods by analysis or otherwise .where seized for adulteration ; whether and what judicial proceed ings were taken in each case ; the result of such proceedings, whether conv i cte. i or otherwise ; amount of flue paid or imprisonment su ff ere d ; w h ether the goods seiz .d were eolith:rill:x(li or restored (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 420 of session 1854 5). Agreed t 9. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. M. GIBSON moved for returns of the number of netkspaner stamps at Id. issued to newspapers in Eng. lan , l, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, from the tat day of ja; . y, 1855, to the Ist day of July, 1856: And, of the halfpenny stamps issued as above, during the sa me pet iod (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 438 of volition 1851-s).—Agreed to.) CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (scorLA.ND). 14r. W. EWALtT gava notice that on this day fort. night he should move to introduce a bill to abolish the laws enacting or prescribing capital punishment in Scot land, to the same extent as it has been abolished by the law of England. DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. BEAM NH aliedtli: Chancellor of into tho Exch equer the date o f th e R oya l Commission to inquire the . - xuediency of adopting a decimal coinage, the num ber of sittings the commissioners hal had, what progress the ? had made, and when a repot might be t xpected frooi thorn I The CILINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the date of the commission was Oct., 1855. The corn mis•noners had held 18 sittings ; and with regard to their progress he read a co mmunication from Lords Monteagle and Overatone, stating, What they had done, and that they hoped shortly to snake a prtliminary report, Se p oints were still to be considered, and it ,s tak in ag evidence.s impossibl e to state Whe n th ey would conclude ARMY, &c. EXAMINATIONS. M r. W. EWART moved fo r an address for return s h ow i ng what are the present subjects of examination on entering the army ; and whether any examination is bed I, or contempla ted ( and, if so , on what subjects), o Tor n promotion in the army ; also, wheth er the exsnainati Prni")Bed for ("3"( - iidatei in the diplomati c and consular service have been ea tried into effect, and, if so, what ar e . the ~ n bjects of th-ge exarn Iration.4. agreed to. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Itfr. STAFFORD at4k , J.l whether the a.tt•-n,,on.?f the Gor,-rnment had l,:eti CAIIOII t , . ielute a!Beivq, amec'ng cattle in Centre! Euvor ; anti wlkethei the Board of C..ntr(.l had !Alien any mea,sures t • prevent the land ing 4.f diseased cattle in this country Mr. LOWE said that the attention of the Iloard of Tra !e bad !leen eall-d to the sul . jrct, and in comequence the / had nut themsel,es into coremunication with the lot , igii-orlice to obtain th throu ' r the comulB itif.rma riot: that could lie got o n the subject, and al::;0 with the Cu. hinnl, who p.,-:;,.e::sed sufficient, power 3 to prevent the !mportation of infect-•d anittiAt. He had received information from the Customs that day that a calf had been found on board the Concordia, from Rotterdam, evi: sing symptoms of disease. It was accordingly and the body destroyed. Mr. BAILEY - asked if orders had been sent to the Cus , oms, limiting the importation of cattle under the eirrilmstances I Mr. LOIVE--1•1•). The OtietwnJ tlready pissesEed a di-eretionary ri)wer with regard to the importation of cattle. It was a queetion that behnged to the Board of Customs, and not the Board of Trade. The remainder of the cattle were found to be free from disease. THE KAFFIR WAR. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when papers relating to the settlement of the German Legion on the Kaffir frontier, and to the expenditure, under two votes of 40,000/ each, in the estimates of the two list session•, for pensioner settle ments on that frontier, would be laid on the table of the house ? Mr. J. BALL said that the papers were in the hands of the printers, and he hoped shortly to lay them on the table of the house. The details of the 40,0001. had not yet been received from the Governor of the Cape. PUBLIC WORKS IN INDIA. Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of Control, whether a new loan, to the amount of three millions sterling, bearing interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, had been recently opened in India, and whether it was intended to devote the produce of that loan to public works in India. Mr. V. SMITE said that the question was founded on a telegraphic communication received from Trieste. Until the arrival of the mail he could not answer the question. _ _ 1111 E SUN, LON DYN, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 85 74 THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention of the house to the disease amongst foreign cattl,. THE TEA DUTIES. Mr. M. GIBSON asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer if, on going into committee on ways and mean., he would take the tea duties first ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it would be impossible to do so. The house must first get rid of the resolution ou the income tax now before the house. Mr. GLADSTONE said that he should not propose his resolution on the tea trade on the motion of the Speaker leaving the chair, but iu committee. The deci sion of the committee would determine him as to the future course he should pursue. FISCAL AFFAIRS (IRELAND). On the motion of Sir D. NORREYS, baye was given to introduce a bill for the better administration of the fiscal affairs of clunties in Ireland. THE CHINA WAR. Mr. COBDEN rose to move the following resolution : —" That this house has heard with concern of the con fl;ote which bore occurred between the British and Chi nese authorities in the Canton river ; and, without ex pressing an opinion as to the extent to which the Government of China may have afforded this coun try cause of complaint respecting the non fulfillment of the treaty of 1842, this house considers that the papers which have been laid upon the table fail to establish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton in the late affair of the Arrow ; and that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state of our commercial relations with China." He said he had no private object or personal feeling to gratify in lxinging on this motion. Sir J. Bowring was a private friend of his, and he regretted that the Go vernment had been induced to have recourse to hosti lities. He called on the house to consider this ques tion as regarded the honour of the country, and con demned the double course of policy that had lately been adopted in this country—one to the strong and another to the weak. (Hear, hear.) In dealing with China they should observe the same principles as they would with America, France, or any other powerful nation. (Hear.) He entered into a history of this outbreak, similar to that which has already been puldished, and remarked that as it arose from a question of breach of treaty, it would have been better if Mr. Consul Parkes had referred the question to his Government before he bad recourse to hostile proceedings. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then referred to the principles of inter national law, and said it would be presumptuous on his part to offer his opinion after that that had been given by Lord Lyndhurst in another plac., and that learned lard had declared that the course pursued by Mr. Consul Parkes was a direct breach of international law, for this lorcha was not under the British flag—(hear) --the licence having expired He next referred to the con., spon deuce of Sir John Bowring and Mr. Consul Parkes, and with regard wherein Sir J. Bowring stated that the Chinese were in ignorauca of the expiration of the licence, that it was the most flagitious statement he had ever read. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Consul Parkes stated that when the lorcha was boarded, the captain, a British subject was on board, and the English flag flying, but the captain had said that be was not on board at the time. There was a threefold illegality con nected with this affair. That of the breach of the law as laid down by Lord Lyndhurst; secondly, Sir J. Bow ring's statement as to the license ; and thirdly, that the Hong Kong Government had no power to violate the statute law of this country by giving the licence. It had been said said that by the proceed ings adopted by the Chinese they intended to insult us, but the fact was the Consul had picked an unlucky quarrel wi.h the Chinese, and he (Mr. Cobden) read a letter from an American gentlemen named Cook, , who had held an official position at Wharnpoa for the last four years, detailing the illegal use made of our flag to pro mote smuggling. He also detailed the course adopted with reference to the license, and said what was called by the captain a British subject was a loose fish, and generally a runaway apprentice who was put forward to give a colouring to the illegal trading under the Eng lish flag, and he described the whole as a disgrace to this country. He condemned the arrogant and presumptuous conduct of Mr. Consul Parkes to Yeh, the Governor of Canton, and contrasted it with Me conciliatory conduct of Yeh, both before and after hostilities. fie alluded to Yeh's reiterated declaration that the Are ow was not a British vessel, and that a Chinese buying a license could not make a Chinese vessel a British vessel, and in the words of Yeh, he said he believed that there was a preconcieved design on the part of Consul Parkes to pick a quarrel. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The forty-first half-yearly general meeting of this com pany was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge ; the Hon. J. Byng, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The report and statement of accounts have already appeared in The Sun, and they were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoptisn of the report, said that the statement contained in the report and ac counts was so ample that little remark was needed by him on that occasion. The receipts were satisfactory, and whilst there had been no increase of expenditure everything had been done to ensure the safety of the travelling public. The gross receipts on the half-year enabled the directors to propose a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. (Cheers.) The directors were relaying the line, which would incur great expense and occupy some considerable time. The hon. gentleman then referred to the gross receipts and expenditure, the discontinuance of certain trains that were found not to be used by the public, and said that the loans as they became due had been paid off; and sums raised at an interest less than 5 per cent, and it was hoped that the reduced rate of in teres wouH be still greater reduced. Referring to the steam-boats in connection with this line, the chairman said that they were is an efficient state, and had ever been so, and that there was a reserved sum of 17,5001. to meet any casualties that might arise. In referring to the late gold bullion robbery, the chairman said that great credit was due to Mr. Rees for the ability he die played in conducting the prosecution, and added that sufficient property had been recovered to defray the expenses of the prosecution and leave a surplus of 5001. (Hear.) They were still continuing the se irch for the lost gold, and they were in hopes of its being recovered. Mr. GORDON THO3ISON ( lirector) seconded the motion. Lord A. PAGET called attention to the state of the harbours at Folkestone and Boulogne, and advised the directors to take some steps to allow the boats to leave Folkestone at all hours, instead of as now at tidal hours. A sum of money had been voted for the improvement of the harbour at Folkestone, and he thought if the subject was laid before the Government, they would give the company some assistance towards improving the har bour. The same remark applied to Boulogne, and he thought that it a representation was made to the Em 9peror of the French, he would do something to improve . o le . harbo ur of Boulogne. He (Lord A. Paget) should, happy t 9 make one of a deputation to wait on the Emperor of th e French for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) I o cr u i g ni h r l iu t n o ic b a e t , io th n e b b e e tw et ee p n oi l e ' t o a lk o e fs t coonnio It was high ti me something should be done to wake the s m e n u d n ( Toul ) ° n g b n e e t w a e i n t the two countries. (i rhear.)sta t e lieef their congratulated property the meeting on th e Ha r t,i e s a fa t o r in giving an increased dividend.so/ h he c o (Clear, hear.) 2 ansent, whicgnsidered Mr. ADAMS called attenti on to a char ge of 1,. ex penses for a bill now in Pa l illegal. The CHAIRMAN said it was charged as was usual in these cases to the suspense account. Mr. ADAMS complained that an amendment ha pro posed at the last meeting was not advertised with the motion that was carried. It was an impsrtant amend ment relative t their extensions, and he intended to move it again that day. After some further re marks on the report, he called attention to the amount paid for accidents. (Hear, hear.) This line, on a return of 583,0001., had paid 10,3491. for accidents, whil-t the sum paid by the London and North-Western Railway, with their immense traffic, for the same period was only 8,864/. (Hear, hear.) He complained of the numerous alterations of the time of running the trains on this line and the Greenwich branch, which, he said, was a great evil and of great in eauvevience to the public, often reeelting iu serious di!- ZpVitaMent9. He condemned the further propped of this bw., arid moved an amendment that the ,lrvectors shout I ro , t proeoed with any more exl - t-neions al the oi 'gins' shareholders were paid a dividend of Mr. L'ItAYI3 seconded..the amendment, 5 pe r (Hea, hear ) it i ds Ills extension referred to the "hostile projects," said that clench,. policy that had reduced the divi rt in connection with this line ' , a in s Mr. BELL by the directores de scribed in the repo ' the xteiteiou policy that course of which he reviewed th the iat past ten years, bad been adopted and pointed out what he called the ir mistake that was wade by them with reference t• the fatal li th e e nt. He counselled the company making peace with Kent and New Kent C :monies if they wished toEast con serve the interests of the South Eastern proprietors, mr. Riese, M.P., a director, rose to correct the hon. proprietor. • Mr. BELL eaid that it was true be signed the subscrip tion contract of the Ea -t Kent— (1 tughter)—but he never bad hell a share in either of the two above lines. He co:nplaiced that the directors bad rot acted fairly with the Cray's Company, and said that the conduct of tho directors was open to coneiderabli objection. Mr. RISE M.P., said that no doubt it would be satis factory to the meeting to know that Mr. Bell was a sub scriber to the East Kent to the extent of 4,000/. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BILL said that subscribing to the contract was not tantamount to being a shareholder. (Cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. RICH said that it would, no doubt, be very satis factory to the Parliamentary Committee to know that Mr. Bell was not a subscriber—that it was all moon shine. (Hear, and laughter.) He asked Mr. Bell if he bad not proceeded with the scheme, and had paid down 4001. on that contract. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) Mr. BILL declined to answer the question. (Cries of " Oh, oh, and laughter.) It was a very important ques tion, and ought only to have been asked in the com mittee room. (Laughter.) Mr. Rica said that he thought it a very pertinent question, and that it ought to be answered here. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then proceeded to remark that Mr. Bell was the solicitor to the Cray's line, and asked the meeting to defer the discussion on these exten sions until the Wharncl . ffe meeting, to be shortly held. (Hear, bear.) Mr. &OTT called attention to the difference of the rates of passenger fares on the line, especially between the Kentish and Berkshire districts. A fter some further discussion, the amendment was put from the chair, when only one hand was held up in its favour. The report was then adopted, as was also a resolution declaring the dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. _ _ The directors and auditors having "been re-elected, some formal resolutions were passed, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW. MEETING IN EDINBURGH. On Monday night, a meeting was hold in Queen street Hall, under the auspices of the society for the promotion of Maine-law principles. According to the terms of the placard, posted abundantly on the walls of the city, a medical gentleman from Dum fries, named Dr. M'Culloch, was to " dissect" Dr. Laycock, an announcement which had the effect of causing the medical students of the University to issue an enormous counter-placard, which ran as fellows :—" Dumfriesshire students, and students in general, be at the meeting in a the Queen-street Hall this evening at eight o'clock, to dissect Dr. M'Culloch and support our liberal-minded Profes sor Laycock." Some time before the hour the place was packed with an audience a considerable portion of which beguiled the intervening time by cries of " Three cheers for the Scotsman,' loud ap plause for Dr. Laycock, and counter-noises of all kinds, condemnatory of Forbes Mackenzie and the Maine.-law. As it approached half-past eight, a per son in the gallery produced a bell, and ringing it re peatedly demanded that the business should begin. It was with difficulty that the platform gentlemen could gain their places, and utterly impossible for them to propose anybody to fill the chair in an audible voice. Mr. George Johnston, of the tem perance coffeeroorn, Nicolson-street, gesticulated, and seemed to utter same words, whereupon Mr. John Hope, W.S., took the chair. He did not, however, even attempt to say anything, the uproar having become furious. He stood for about the space of half-an-hour contemplating the surging and vociferous crowds, who whistled and crowed, and even attempted to propose resolutions. As the evening wore on, the chairman abandoned the attempt to conduct the business, and sat down in consultation with his friends on the plat form. The ringing of bells, cheers for Dr. Laycock," and " groans for and the same for " M'Cullocb, " continued without intermision. An elder ly female at length rose in the centre of the hall amid awful yells of "order," and other ex clamations, which completely drowned her attempt ed speech. A medical student in the area, address ing his friends in the galle:y, besought them to be have themselves. A person sitting in the front seat produced a bottle and drank the health of Dr. M'Culloch. Growing weary of these methods of amusing itself, the noisy portion of the audience resorted to "Cheer, boys, cheer," "Rob Roy Mac grego-," " Auld Langsyne," and other tunes, the singing of which, accompanied by stamping of the feet, awoke the echoes in the hall. When the night was wearing on to ten o'clock, Dr. M'Culloch sent a note to the reporters, stating that in conse quence of the riotous conduct of the students he would positively decline to lecture that night. Afterwards, taking advantage of a momentary lull in the general tumult, the Doctor cried out—" I have no intention of saying anything to-nighf," when frightful roars came down from the galleries, " Apologise, then, apologise 1' In a f e w min u t es after this Dr. M`dulloch left the platform, leaving, however, the chairman and his friends (among whom we recognised only ex-Bailie Gray) behind, who, for some object or other, suck to their post until after ten o'clock. The vigour of the disturbers was at that late hour unimpaired. At last the chair man and the platform gentlemen hit the hall, and the audience afterwards dismissed in great dis order. —Scotsman. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.] The official returns of the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the month of January have been issued. The comparison of imports for the month is as under : 1857. Live animals no. 5,764 Cocoa lbs. 235,614 .. Coffee lbs. 1,417,554 .. Wheat qrs. 332,401 Barley qrs. 132,808 Oats qrs. 58,361 Indian corn qrs. 47,382 Flour cwt. 333,145 Cochineal cwt. 269 Indigo cwt. 92 Flax cwt. 39,173 Currants cwt. 17,878 Guano tons 828 ...... Hemp cwt. 7,264 Mahogany tons 1,5 . 43 Oil, palm cwt. 21,461 Potatoes cwt. 11,320 Provisions cwt. 68,645 Quicksilver lbs. - - Rice cwt. 22,484 Saltpetre cwt. 131 Silk, raw lbs. 225,219 Cassia Lignea lbs. - 10,932 Cloves lbs. 85,379 Pepper lbs. 107,525 Rum proof gallons ]01,484 Brandy proof gallons 39,096 Geneva proof gallons 10,889 Unrefined sugars cwt. 217,200 Tallow cwt. 23,315 Tea lbs. 5,140,526 Tobacco lbs. 1,031,543 Wine gallons. 299,781 ...... 143,856 Cotton wool cwts. 300,807 Sheep's and lambs' wool lbs. 1,296,080 The declared value of some of the principal exports, compared with that for the same articles dunng the dor• responding month of last year, was as follows :- 1857. 1856. 1856. 4,301 78,226 287,413 207,600 22,453 7'),886 157,623 188,222 511 1,036 19,75 t 76T 5,027 20,336 1,367 21,936 2i 52,743 £ £-- Boer and Ale 135,430 Coals and calm 177,957 Cotton manufactures 2,472,779 Cotton yarn Earthenware 114,072 ...... 93,530 Haberdashery and millinery 317,275 Hardwares and cutlery Linen manufactures Linen yarn Machinery and millwork Silk manufactures Silk Thrown 114,317 Woollen manufactures Woollen yarn The total declared value of all the merchandise exported during the month is 8,413,748/., against 7,278,4471., at the corresponding period of 1856, show ing an increase of 1,135,301/. THE PROCESSION OF THE B(EUF-GRAS. The procession of the Pceul-Gras in Paris was not by any means as favoured with flue weather on Taesday as on the preceding day, the thermometer having fallen to 4 degrees above sere, Centigrade (39 1.5 Fahrenheit) Hence the crowd in the streets was not particulaily great, and, exeept at the moment of the cavalcade passing, no throng of spectators wet .to be seen. As to masks they were almost entirely absent. Only one animal was taken out yesterday, the Norman ex without horns (Sarlabot by name) which figured in the procession on Sunday being allowed a day's rest i n or d er to ena b le i t to support t h e fatigue of again being carried about for nine or ten hours this day. The bceufgras carried round is generally lolled the neat morning ; b u t S ar l a b o t b e i ng an an i ma l of a pech lar breed, .An d destined to compete for prizes at various cattle-shows, is to be spared the fate which awaits his fellows. Th e cortege yesterday was o f th e same description as on the preceding day, the gods and goddesses braving the c h ange i n the atmosphere to a ll appearance with perfect indifference. The departure Iron, the Abattoir du Route took place at about hall-past ten ; and the procession, after visiting the Embassies of Denmark and Belgium in the Rue de is Pepiniere, these of E'igland and Russia in the Rue du Faubourg, St. Huuore, proceeded to the Ministries of Marine, Finance, and Justice iu the Place do la Concorde, the Rue do Rivoli, and the Place Veuderne ; to the residence of the Imperial Princes iu the Palais Royal ; the Prefec tures of Police and of the Seine ; and home to the Abat toir. Yesterday took place the visit to the Palace of the Tuileries at 12 o'clock. It is stated that the rates have been announced at which the shares of the Russian railway scheme are to be issued in tho various European markets. At Amster dam the share is to represent. 236 guilders, equal to 5071. ; at Berlin it is to be for 134dollare, equal to 503 f.; and iu London it is to be for 201., equal to 5061. As the issue at Paris is to be at the rate oliOof. per share, an advantage is th us g i ven to French subscribers over MI others, and the result would be that the shares might stand apparently at 6f. or 71. premium in Paris, although the sum obtainable for them would be equal only tp the par price at London or Amsterdam. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) Paid S►ILWAT/. Basinen don• this day. RAILWAYS. Closing trice' this day. 41 - 4i 8 i - 91 E 9 - 71 sa 9 91 - 96 681 - 69; 361 37, ••• ..... ... 10 - 10 19 - 20 10,1 - 10 47 - 49 32 - 34 ••• 7i - 6. 98 - 100 = Ei ii - 38 94 - 96 7 - 8 95 - 96 81 - 83 t 23 - 125 11l - 113 691 - 69; 64 - 66 74 7a 7i 8 r 84-b 101 101 / d par 61 - 6i MI - 109 : 109 - 109; 21 - 22 10 - 11 # - i 105 i - 106 37i - 38 61/ - 85 56 - 57 ••• ••• 144 - 14, 58 - 59 3i - 31 ,1 45 - 46 69} 90 3 —24 c 2i 2 201 21 65) 66 98 103 ,Ek qd 7i - 8 10 - 11 28 - 30 106 108 28 29 50 52 2 lid 18i 19 78i —79 i 86 - 87 ti 3 { 1 4 3d 12 14 41 43 2O ::: ii 7 - 9 2 - 3 N - 6 ''''. ••• 7 - ,9 I SSESSIONS, i- 1 p l ii -- lit; /96 98 95 97 95 97 par i p '.. -- ... 1 1 ...lip 113 - 115 21 - 2ip 214 21 50 52 1 80 82 211 —21 a 1i li 254 25ip 3 99 100 ? 120 125 118 —12 J LOB - 110 19 -20 t 21 - 224 t 11P - 1p 2 -np 6i - 64 1# - 3 - 4 p s; 5i 3zA 1 --334 10 -- 11 par -- iP 41 -- 4/p 6 i -- 6t ... ... d 6 i 6iP 29k -30; —9, -20 A 21 37i -- 38 57i -- b 7 i 55 -- 57 id— IP 18 - 20 1 - 1i 8i 8i 9 - Si ••• - m 4, - 4 P i - 10 :32 - 33 lip' Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Belfast & BaUymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Blackburn ....... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJnne Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian ...... Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. B. Do. New A... ...... East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk ...... Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dunde, Forth and Clyelaunc. Furness Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock. Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western. Do. Str,V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds. Do. New Thirds „. Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F, £l6 ...- Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport London & Blackwall Lond. Bzigl &S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JO/. Sh. ,31& B C Do. Eighths London 4 &Weston) Lndndrry.dteolerainc Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.dtLineln. Metropolitan ......... Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming.& Derby Midland O. Wc st.(lr.) Do. s Shares .... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newpt Aberg.dtHrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint do Rostrevor jlOO ...... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. it Dock 5t0ck...... ...., Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern -Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.., North Staffordshire..' North Western.-- N. & S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth ..... ithymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St 'Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon ,South Eastern I Do. 43 per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Staines,Wok. , &Wok . I Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Ham. D. &R Vale of Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London, and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydini BRITISH pi Atlan. and St. Law, Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 P.C. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brut& Godch 6p. ds. , 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. dc ...,,,, Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D0.41i p.c.Bnds. ' '57 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Debon Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per u Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., 76, p. '6o Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 44 p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g, sp, c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar, 5 per c, Do Antwrp St Rotterdam Ardennes. Belgian East. Juliet. Beziers to Graissessaci Carmeaux& Toulouse. Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish ...... Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt., Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const.'& Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Ante ]a 1)o. New Namur k Liege Do• do. 6 p. C. Pref Northern of France Norwegian Truk. PM Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran., (Potherb.) g. 7 P. 0 . Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse 30. Si pet cent. pref Southern df Prance West Flanders Do. 5A per c. Pref W.& X.W. of Franc( Western ofAustria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 p cent. pref. ,Zealand ......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Bri.Col Bk &L Co,i . n. : 2 5°24 0 :5 a 541 1 610811 4 'CBBB.Iaa 'Australasia -----.---.-I:nitkiik:. hOoofffN l LE ; g d Ail . d A np:t u ne r . & .:c. C a- I n i . 100 50 City, .. ..... 100 25 Coloni a l .. 100 20 Commercial of : Lon d, 20 all Eng. Scot. &Aus.Cht. 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of AUSt. 20 all Ditto New .. - 50 20 London and Count y 100 50 Lnd.f&E.Bnk ng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, 100 35 National Pro, of Eng. 20 10 Do. New„ 50 22:1 National 8an]; ..... 20 all New South Wales 25 r ll Oriental Bank Corp 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ... .. 5 1 R.Aus.l3.&G.Im.Co 25 all South Australia 25 all • Union of Australia 24 Do. New, .. . . Q Union of London Unity Mutual ' * S r estill 81i.f..: Load i 50 y.l 100 51 100 51 93 - 100 - i - 59 - i 61t, li 1d 68 70 ". -- • - 16: 18i -- 19, 18i -- 19 47 49 37i -38 i a 1 p &., 7 a 7 - 9 d 10 8 d LINES LEASED AT PIXED RENTALS. Paid RAILWAYs. Leasing ompanles. (Nosing Prices this day. Business this ilsy. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New !Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. 1 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Maneh.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews .& Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wilts dsSomrst Ln.&N.W. I Caledon E.U.IsE.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do qt.Weetn Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern I Do Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. & Midld. E. Count Do Do ... Do L. di IS . W Do Northn l T. Brassey M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do 1 Gt. Westn. 96 - 93 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3 - 44 1109 - 111 121 -- 13 23 -- 21 107 -- 109 P 92 -- 9 4 - P 55 --57 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 32 - 33 88 - 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.prcf. (issd.at 501.) Bris. St Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches. ea Ho. 5i p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork Stßandons Ip.c Dun. Perth. &Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. Si., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths, Edin. dr Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. dr 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. Gt.N . of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(BAH.Ex.Spc Do. con, red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S Do. do. - 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. S. Londy.&Ennis, Sh, S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do.Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &EL Pref. St. New.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norf k.Deb.4 p. c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Eat. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf., 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. c.,1847 North British ..... Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c. Prf Do, do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. dr S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. do Wolr. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. p. c. 2d guar Scot. Ccnt.New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d0.3l p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c De. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 92 oi := iOki 6 —s# 110 - 115 ••• - ••• 121 -12 i ••• ....- ••• 75 -' 76 t - 118 11l - 113 10i - 106 62 - 64 10 - 104 6 - q 95 - 96 84 - 86 100 - 102 10 - 10 - 174 101 - 10 75 - 77 19. -20 ti 9 - 10, 14 -15 i 134 - 136 137 - 140 115 - 118 1156 - 158 ••• - ••• iP 65 - 68 134 - 136 99 - 101 89 - 91 11 - iipl iiii = 1o• 92 94 1 li id 1 idl 1108 no 'll4 -- 118 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- r 23i -24 i 100 - 103 10 - 104 27i 284 2 ap 3 - 31 BRITISH 12112 20 1 14s 1013 Bs6d, MINES. 16115! 40 1 12s 6, 11l 's'Bl Alfred Cons. (Philk. 214 22 ißritish Iron I Cond, eCambr - 155 165 Andurow (Cambrn.) _ _ IDev.Gt. emits. (Tay.) 150 - 470 Great South Tolgus 15 16 ; GA. W. Alfrd.(Philk.) 9,1 — 10, Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) 5 6i Lady Bertha N. F. Ice (Mogan) 17 19 421_, IN.W.Basset . (Mogan) 33 --35 North Wheal Crofty 61 7 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 23 24 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 8 9 Sort. Cons. Min. Co 1$ S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 330 350 Carn Brea (Illogn. 7i 8 S. W. Franees(lllogn.) 340 360 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 1A Tin Croft 4 —4, Un. Mines (Gwennap) 230 25( i,V. of Towey (Camar.) 1 W. Basset (Illog in) 35 36 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 160 165 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 280 300 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 300 Wh, Edward(Calstck) 4i ft Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 19 21 Wh, Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 45 47, Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 20 22 111 i 164 6 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pra) 30 all Do. Cocaes ds Cuiada 3 3t 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 19 21 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica ld p 40 all Cobre Copper 56 58 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lnsitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.Lll,lol; Smlt 8 10 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 30 15i Santiago de Cuba I 1 all south Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. . . 28t all United Mexican — 4/1 MISCELLANEOUS. • 25 19 Australian Agricult. 22 24 10 all Australn. Royal Mail . . !., • 10 all Berlin Water Works 5 5i 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 100 323 Canadp, St. 100 Do.Go i 6pc.JanSauly 110 111 11011 i St. 100 Do. 6p. c.rob.ScAup. St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept ••• 112 814 all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace 2, —2., 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France 1 Dustou Iron Oro 20 18 Eastern Steam St. 100 ElectricTelograph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 all EnoSaust.Cop.SmCo 11 ig 10 los. Eur. & Ind.Jctu. Tel. 25 all Gen. Ir. Se. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gm. Omnibus 4A 44 4; 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mcditeran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican& S America 2 31 25 5 Nat. Discount C0....1 id p d 25 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land,,., 1 1t 10 all Do. Do. .. 5 all Do.B p c.PLiss.at Id, l 4 4t 5 1 Do. Do. 00 80 New B. &N. S. Land' St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s ..• 1 all N. B. Australasian .t 20 173 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ...d 1 all Oriental Gas 1 ss. Do. New Shares A 41) 5 all Peelßr. Ld. d t Mi nr l . l 2i 23 50 all Penins u l ar 4 O r i enta l 67 • 50 10 Do. New .p 50 all Rhymn e y I ron 15 all Do. New 6 8 00 60 Royal Mail Steam . 6N • 1 all Scot. Austral. I nves t •l3 1 . 1 1 all Do. New — ••• >t• 100 S.Aus. Gov. 6p,c. bd 25 all South Austral. Land, 35 37 1 all Submari ne T e l. S cr ip ; 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 TrustiltLn.Co.U.Can . . . . DO 281 Van Diemen's Land 14 -- it. 100 'V, Go. 6p. cJan. July, ... THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. At a meeting of the committee of depositnrs and of the assignees of the estate of the Royal British Batik, held at their offices, No. 17, Sise-lane, yes tet day ; present, James Wyld, Esq., chairman ; Messrs. H. S. Mitchell, B. Fos J. Roberts, H. G. Giffin' g, A. Folkes, G. J. Kain, P. Brown, and G. E. Healy ; It was moved by Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. Kain, and unanimously resolved— " That., in the opinion of this meeting, the laws now in f , rce relating to the bankruptcy and wind ing-up of joint-stock companies are defective, most injurious to the interests of creditor=, and opposed to the ordinary principles of bankruptcy, in not providing for the realisation and equal distribution of the separate estates of shareholders at the in stance of assignees or the representatives of creditors. " That such laws are al , o destructive of the in terests of shareholders, in leaving them exposed (however desirous of contributing fairly towards the debts of the company) to the consequences and heavy expense of actions by individual creditors. " That it is expedient to confer power on the Courts of Bankruptcy and Chancery to grant pro tection to the persons and property of shareholders with the consent of the assignees or representatives of creditors (to be chosen for that purpose, where there is no bankruptcy), upon such terms as the courts may think fit. "That provision should be made to constitute the ceasing to carry on business by any joint-stock company an act of bankruptcy, in order that adju dication of bankruptcy might be obtained forth with, either with the concurrence of, or adversely to, the company, and that further provisions, in accordance with recent legislation, should be made to enable the Court of Bankruptcy to make the requisite calls, and, finally, wind-up and settle the affairs of a bankrupt company. " That power should also be conferred upon the Courts of Bankruptcy and Chancery, with the con sent of the assignees of representatives of creditors, and also with the consent of a certain proportion of the creditors, to sanction a compromise between any or all of shareholders and creditors, which power would be in accordance with principles al ready recognised by the bankrupt laws. " That this meeting, having regard to the recent speech of the Attorney-General, consider it desir able that a deputation, consisting of such memb-rs of the committee of depositors, and such of the assignees as are able to attend, should wait upon the Attorney-General, and also upon the V,ce- President of the Board of Trade, for the pur pose of soliciting the influence of their support to such a measure as may be submitted to Parliament for carrying out the forgoing objects. " That some of the committee of shareholders, or their solicitors, be requested to accompany such deputation. "JAMES WYLD, Chairman." THE SCOTTISH FREEHOLD MOVEMEBT. A meeting of members of Parliament who sup ported Mr. Locke King's motion for the extension of the county franchise in England was held on Tuesday at the King's Arms Hotel, New Palace yard, Westminster, for the purpose of hearing the explanation of a deputation from Scotland, con sisting of the Rev. Dr. Begg, Baillie Grieve, and Mr. Duncan M`Laren, on the subject of extendin g to Scotland the 40s. freehold franchise of England. Among the members present were Mr. Cobden, Mr. Laing, Mr. Thompson, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Baxter, 11 7 1 r. L. Heywood, Mr. J. Bell, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. A. Black, and Mr. G. Duncan. There were also several well-known political refor mers present. Mr. WLAREN having taken the chair, said that there was no franchise in Scotland similar to the English 40s. franchise. Every voter in a Scotch county must be either a 501. a-year occupier, or the owner of a house or land of the value oflo/. a-year. This was the first grievance. The second was, that no man having property in a city or burgh could vote for the county. The consequence of this law was to throw the whole power of elect ing county members entirely into the hands of the agricultural interest. All the property, both in the counties and in the towns below the value of 101. a-year, was wholly unrepresented. By a fiction of the Scotch law everything within a borough was held to be out of the county. The practical effect of this was that there were not more than two counties in Scotland the members of which were not returned by some one or two great landowners who were peers, and therefore members of the Upper House of Parliament. This was a fraud upon the constitution, and was felt to operate more severely in Scotland than in England, because in England there were 359 borough members, while there was less than half that number of county members, whereas in Scotland the boroughs re turned only 23 members, while the counties returned 30 members. In that way the Scotch boroughs were deprived of a large proportion of that power which the English boroughs en joyed. There was no justification for this diffe rence in the representation of the two countries. A bill was passed last session to assimilate the mer cantile law of England and Scotland. If it were a right thing to unite the commercial law, surely it was equally a right thing to unite the political law. These were the leading points on which the deputa tion desired, on behalf of Scotland, the sympathy ' of the meeting. He had not met a single English - man who did not admit that the claim now made by the people of Scotland was unanswerable. In deed many members of Parliament were actually ignorant of the inequality that existed between the electoral franchise of the two countries. As there was no general Reform Bill before Parliament, they were desirous of obtaining this instalment for Scot land. When that was gained, and England and Scotland were put on an equality, they could run the race together for whatever further reforms it might be desirable to obtain. The ReT. Dr. BEGG observed that the electoral rights of the two countries at one time were pre cisely similar. Scotland was deprived of the 40s. franchise in 1681 for the purpose of putting down the political influence of the smaller Co venanters. The people of Scotland then fell into a state of vassalage and degradation, and con tinued in that state till th e p ass i ng of the Re form Bill, which they were glad to obtain, not withstanding its imperfections. Scotland claimed the 40s. franchise on the broad ground of ju-tice. Its possession would induce the working classes to save and acquire property. The Scotch were de scribed as a drunken nation, and there might be some truth in that allegation ; but the great mass of the people were acquisitive, and if they knew that it was in their power to obtain the franchise they would eschew drink and become the holders of property. There was a time when the two great families in the county of Lanark were at variance. The house of Douglas fought with the house of Hamilton, and in the struggle there was some liberty sacured ; but the Hamiltons had gone over to Rome, and there was no opposition now. Mr. B. Cochrane, the member for Lanark, was nominated by two persons only, the whole mass of the county looking on. Mr. Cochrane no more represented the political opinions of the people than he repre sented the inhabitants of China. This movemeat had only been about two months in existence, but nothing had occurred in his time in Scotland which had made such a rapid progress, or bad gained so much influence over the common sense of the people. Mr. LAWRENCE thought the claim to be so rea sonable that no one would object to it, but he warned the deputation against relying on Lord Palmerston for support, for there was no man more remote in feeling and sympathy from the Reformers than the present Prime Minister. Of this any one might be convinced who bad read the noi;le lord's speech on the motion of Mr. Locke King. The Rev. Dr. BEGG said the deputation waited on Lord Palmerston as Prime Minister of the coun try, without knowing the line which the Govern ment, after considering the question in all its bear ings, might take. dr. LAING said he was determined, at all events, the question should be brought before Parliament, and an appeal be made to the people of this coun try whether the same political rights should not be enjoyed by the people of Scotland as had been already conferred on the people of England. Mr. COBDEN said ho had. been asked to move the following resolution " That this meeting has learned with much satisfaction of the efforts now making in Scotland to procure the ex tension of the 40s. franchise to that country , an exten sion which considerations of justice and general policy, and the peculiar ci r cumstances of that country , not only t *n of h is justify, but imperatively require. That in the op. meeting the present moment is eminently f avourable.ato the vigorous prosecution of such d e mands, and that the Scottish Reformers, in the steps which they are now tak ing, aro entitled to the earnest and zealous support of their English brethren." He begged to move that resolution, and to say on his own behalf, and he WrtS sure he spoke the sen timents of all the Liber als in the house of Com mons, that ho should be very happy to give this movement his support, provided there should be any necessity, but be really hoped that uld meet with nao° opvveroy_ reasonable a proposit ion wo sit ion. Mr. COOK EVAN S seconded the resolution. R e acco mpinied the deputation when they waited on 14 , :rd Palmerston , and that noble lord did all that cou ld be reasonably expected. He listened to their arguments, and said he would take the matter into consideration. After a few observations from Mr. A. Black, Mr. Beal, Sir J. Wahnsley, and Mr. Vaughan, The CHAIRMAN said that the committee in Edin- all all 100 100 all 2 100 all all ,100 100 100 all all all all 17i 1 all all j 100 all 100 all 100 all all all all 791 8j 20k 2) 10k 26i 39a 404 Do„ burgh had con , idered the suggestion which ha been referred to by Mr. Black—namely, th it those who had v. te.s for bJroughs should not have -votes for counties, and the committee were unanimous against it. A t , imil4r proposition was made to Lord John Russell on the occrvion of the great Reform Bill, when that noble lord said that if the towns were left out of the county franchise he would rather have no Bill at all. The resolution was put and carried unaniraouß l 9• A corresponding committee was then appointed, and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. METROPOLITAN DEAD -MEAT MARK Yesterday a conference took place at Guildhall upon the question of appropriating the present sits of Smithfield, or some part thereof, as a metrop tan dead-meat mark-1. Mr. H. L. Taylor, Chair man of the Markets Improvement Committee, Pre sided, and there were present a larg e num b er of th e members of the committee and of the inhabitants and supporters of the memorial in favour of the Pro: ject. The memorial having been read several getr tlemen made statements in support of it. Mf Scannell, one of the ch urc h war d ens o f th e p a r ish o at ,r St. Sepulchre, bore testimony to the amount r distress which had been caused through th.r,e;'' moval of Smithfield Market, and the eonseqne s e" abstraction of trade from th a t s p o t. Af ter sinlilt r statements from other gentlemen Mr. Lardner, tu e Chairman of the Smithfield Appropriation Cot e. mittee, contended for the necessity for some steps being taken for the establishment of a central dean' meat market on the site of Smithfield—first, on the ground of the inconvenience o f th e p resen t NO: ga'e market, and, secondly, from the fact that in° existing unappropriated space was giving facial . for persons holding public meetings there, had a tendency to create tumults and drive al many respectable persons f r om th e ne i g hb o urho • • Deputy Holt said the committee had for some tin 3 S been attentively and anxiously engaged in the Pr e : paration of plans and making offers, so that they,. might be enabled to carry out th e ver y views memorialists had hit upon. They were well awl that a large district was suff er i ng in consequence the unappropriated site of Smithfield, and he, Wee": 7 as a small holder of property there or in the innue" diate neighbourhood, well knew that the ratan his tenants had been nearly doubled within tile last few years, could not but be sensible of that fact. This, however, the deputati , n would hear in mind was a material element in favour of the inej morialists with the Government, and he hope when the proposals of the corporation were sub" mated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the inhabitants would succeed in their application.: After some further di scuss i on , M r . Phillips Bala that the members of the Smithfield Appropriati on Committee had been assured that any plan on rho part of the corporation leaving open the central area of Smithfield would not only receive the sall fig e• tion but the support of th e G overnmen t. o'4 (the memorialists) had ev e ry reason t o believe, fr.,,,,e"" what had falle n f rom th e Ch ance ll or o f the ra' chequer, that if such a proposition were agreed tie!, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)' ould haves; objection to introduce a bill to that effect upon tb t. subject during the present session of Parliaraell. Some other statements ha v i ng b een m ade, th e Chairman said it was the desire of th e committe e to have the plans modified by th e ir a rc hitect, SO a s to meet the case if they could with the Geyer, went. That afternoon the plans were to be sit. mitted and considered, after which they would; . t 4 presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, WI a report from the committee, and no doubt the r e : presentations made by the deputation would ha v e due effect with the right hon. gentleman when P . came to consider the matter in detail. The der"' tation then retired, and the members of the O tt : mittee proceeded to receive another deputation o , l ' the tolls at the live cattle-market. Thi s i n terne' lasted a considerable time. The members then por ceeded with closed doors to consider the matter; brought before them during the day, and adjourno at a late hour. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET FEB. 24. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again largo* Oat straw, from 8s 01 to 108 6d per kemple of 16 stal e troll; wheat do., 6s Od to 8i 6d ; b a rl e y d o ., Ti toss Od. Hay from 12d to ls. 2d. EDINBITRGH MEAL—FEB. 24. There were in the market to•day 12 sacks oatmeal, o# oll weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and -B. DALKEITH 31:EAL 1 There were in the market tc barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. ARKET—FEB 23. „, lay 6 bags of oatmeal, D o Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. This' imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od I—a Od ‘‘.. Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od Od --1- DUBLIN, Fzs. 24. / 0 White wheat, 31s 61 to 34s 6d ; re d ditt o , 318 Od to 3 de 6d; ditto now, —8 ; barley, m a lti ng , 16 4 t o 25 s 6d ; • ing, 15s to 203 6d ; oats, old, Ils t o 13 s ; ditt o , new, Od to 153 Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Od; bere, new, 16s to 1 ,, 8 / / Od ; rapcse , d, 303 Od to 32a Od per brl ; b a k ers ' flonr. . 6d to 26s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 04 to 376 Od I ' - 480 lbc. COAL MARK Prim of Coal per ton at ET.—Fm 3. 25. the olose of the merket. I. d. Bates's West Hartley 0 Bebside's Hartley 14 3 Bell's Primrose l2 0 Hastings' Hartley l4 3 Davison's West Hartley 14 3 Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 3 North Percy Hartley l3 0 Wylam Wallstindaka. a. a. Goaforth l4 0 Riddell l4 0 Braddyll l6 5 Eden Main l6 ! Cowpen Hartley ... ~ 14 ieaham l6 ' Plummer l5 6 Tees l7 6 i I Sold 4 8 iihipe at market... 5. CHIEF CONSTABLE OF OXFORDSHIRE.—Of the 67 csIT didates for the situation of chief con s t a bl e o f th e 01 1 °r:: shire constabulary, three only have been selected by till', committee of magistrates, viz. :—Capt. Ri c h ar d Bride' Boilers, captain and adjutant of the Wiltshire Militia Captain Charles Fortunatus Grant, of the 3d Regir o ",„, Bombay army ; Mr. Charles Mo e ty n O wen , fortnav assistant high coininisviocer of the Cape of Good Hopi' Captain Holloway, of the Oxfordshire Militia, will be also proposed. The election takes place on Friday. 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