The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I Sr.h CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 12 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was steady at pre v i ous p r i ces. Th e sa l es amounted to 13 50 : 10 ,000 bales, 5,000 of which were taken for export and on sp ecu l a ti on. I n t h e R ailway Share Market st, b usiness was rather firm er , a t a s li g ht improvement n 25 s in the cur ren t quo t at i ons. A ccounts from Man- ' chester, in reference to trade, state that the Ger- St. man and Ru ss i an h ouses h a d b een i ncreas i ng t h e i r st. Purchases of yard andtwist, and for India also an im- 50 proved inquiry existed in worsted and woollen goods. i 2 B At Lei ces t er b us i ness was extremely dull, partly 100 owing to the high prices of wool. At Leeds the 10 p r eparations for the spring trade are imparting 25 / °t s ome activity to the market, an d th e shipping .51: - houses have already received large orders for sum- V . nthgoods. The lace trade o f N o tti ng h am h as st. raer improved, but in oth'dr branches of business 25 there is no alteration to report. st. j F rom the cir c ul ar p repare d b y M essrs. H . W. 20 1 e lvesbury a n d C o. f or transm i ss i on a b roa d , we 0 st. take the following : to 4 ," The Foreign and Colonial produce markets, during _S4. the past month, have been very steady, and a large , 1 0 business has been done at higher prices for most articles St. co nsumption. Sugar, tea, and saltpetre, are all ° 4 'g ai rl dearer. The arrivals have been moderate, yet the 6 , 1 t.. 0 mar have been well supplied. The deliveries have st. cont i nued conti very satisfactorily both for home use and ex- St. - ra --'Yes and dyeing materials have been in fair re- St. rest. Cochinoal and Safflower have both become dearer. s:;. t le good qualities of Lac dye have been in fair request, St. but of t he lower sorts still remain neglected. The stocks 12 ( i e . : l "Y of the principal articles of consumption show a 50 . I::rease AR compared with last year. From the conti- . 1 ,1 :et.ait 'oroduce markets we learn that a good business -1?: p rotr u ''ieg both in co ff ee and sugar at very firm rates. lb are A the cotton manufacturing districts the accounts 3 ~_ t., trade generally was very dull, and prices had a 20 "Aftward tendency. Front the woollen districts the 11. rilispeorta are more satisfactory, a very large business S t y been transacted at higher rates, and stocks getting at. - very 1 0w. ,, 20 a 8 UP to the present timeonlybout 60,0001. o f the l-()2, 00 7 00 01. and upwards of gold received by the st: feather Bell, C en t ur i on, a nd Morning Light, has 2 ! been so ld to the Bank of England, and although a k further small parcel may be delivered to- 10 1 day, there is every probability of the re- 10 mainder being remitted to the Continent. For tunately it i s k nown that large supplies will st. st. two sioon be received by . the Admiral, the Blackw a ll, and 32 or three ether vessels, which are now en route, 100 and nearly due, otherwise a recurrence of the 50 25 'lrain. might be predicted. f As it is the move- 20 merit Will no doubt continue to excite attention, because the Bank of France 13 believed to be increasing its metallic supplies by Purchases in the London market. % Th e inquiry for capital in L om b ar d- s t ree t and at Ne Bank of Engl an d i s ra th er qu i e t er, b ut the ap ; ' , ci ons for dis coun t s are s till very numerous, an d the Bank's rata is fully maintained. .. ' The market for English Securities again shows roptorns of imp rovemen t , ow i ng t o some specu tali" Purchases. V ar i ous ca u se s c a n b e ass i gne d 01. this increased firmness, among the most promi- ziirei 11,_tticf ): Which are the probability of some alteration income tax, and the fact that a part C' L e gold f rom Australia has gone into the Bank. h i o nsols h ave b een 93i -a for money, and 93i f for , h e ?, acco unt They have since further advanced, ' tg 93 i 1 and 93i respectively. The New 3 i l i i Cents. have been 93i i ; an d th e R e d uce d • Exchequ er Bi lls are par to 3s. premium ; a rld he Bo n d, 98 , I. toT,shi..e following ..4...11,-;k6281i---2G2 r;enada are the nominal prices of Foreign Deferred Bonds, Gi 7 ; Alexi " Per uvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., : ° _ l 5 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian . paenrishCents., 108 10 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 95 7; 3 per Cents., 40 i ; ditto New Deferred, 23 3 24 ; ditto Certificates, 61. i ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. In the Foreign market very few dealings are re d 6 per C en t s• have risen to 94 per Cents being i per cent . b etter. Russian 41 per 13 0 . ents * ar e 96 4. Brazili an N ew Bonds 100 i. to 6g_l49lan 4i per Cents. 99i. Dutch 21 per C en t s . 64f cates are ) and the 4 per Cents. 98. Spanish Certifi -61. „The R ailway Share Market this morning has been -. ',.„.' ive • The arra ngemen t s f or t h e settlement '''' the account on the 13th instant havin caused _ a lar gge business to be done, and rather enhanced lia prices are curr en t. E as t ern C oun ti es a d vance d ton; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. to 1/. ; Brigh- 18 10 e• ; So uth - Western, ss. to 10s. ; Manchester i i 2 )() _Bheeld, a nd Lincoln, ss. ; Midland, ss. to 10s. 100 T . he ffi other lines dealt in realised fully pre- :ion s q 00uot ations. N o b us i ness has been 1 20 reported in the French lines, and prices aro 20 nominally unaltered. Ant werp and Rotterdam and 200 Great Luxembourg are rather lower. Great Western 17i of Canada have Unproved about ss. 20 v.oßritish Mining Shares are very inactive, and pre- 2 S o t. beeni prices are barely supported. No business has 100 done in Foreign. 100 bartereddciu t Stock Bank Shares are d u ll. London 20 of Australia have advanced about 55., i st. and Unloo ion of London about ss. 20 Miscellaneous Shares have been inactive. Elec- 20 6trie eTelegtrapla are 10s. higher. Canada Government 201 omnibusl)CeLltg.) Crystal Palace, London General 100 L a ___ ‘-' O . and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 100 No Lave realised, previous quotations. 100 50 St. St. 10 20 10 20 10 BRITISH ttaiDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Irani the Official List:) . 3 per Cent. Redu ced Annuiti es 93 uono. done 3 A 3 ner Cent New 3 p er Cent Coneols A.nnuiti es 93 93i :10 1 . hdia Bond s Annuities , 400 ....... ~........ ConsoDitto, tinder £l000 ls for Account„ .. ........... ....• •• 93 a i Richequer Rills, 2 1 ... . X500g1000............ ... Sma11. ........... . .............. .... par 3 p DittDitto Bonds, 1 858, 34 . per ...... o, 1859 .... , . ....... . . • __. PRICES OF FOREIGN. . F.Jisi ... . A.T ONE O'CLO( 11 • Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cont. Ditto New, 1843 .. . ...................... Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 41 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nst. fun. 61 jjf- wend. In the above 4vable In Lona, n. Be)gian, 2. per Cent., ex. 25 francs .. ...... Ditto 4i. per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ... . . 991 batch Exchange, 2:i per Cen4., 12 Guilders 65A 42 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ....... . ..... 98i Consols, m 0ney ,, ,,,, TWO O'CLOCK .................. ~..... 931 i Ditto Account .............................. 93a i 98 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. d; Eastn. June all Belfast & Ballymenal all Bfrmng. Wolverh. 41.1 1 Stour Valley... 100 Birkenhd. Lanesh ... al, Cheshire Junct all Blackburn .... all Blyth & Tyne original 1 £25 (iss. at £45), ;100 Bristol & Exeter.-- ;100 Caledonian. . ..... . 'lOO Ch es t er & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all ( Cork, Black. & Pass. all Cornwall all De. A 8 1 Do ' B 45 ,DublindißelfastJunc all Dun. P. &Aber. June 100 'East Anglian ... ..... all ;Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A. stk 100 Do., do. B. 8i Do. New A 17i East Kent .......... 100 East Lancashire all /East Suffolk . ...... 4 Do. 100 I Edinburgh & Glasgow all I Edinb. and Peebles... 100 'Edinb.PrthAiDund ee all Forth and Clyde June. 1100 , Furness . . .... ........ . 1 100 Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stook 1100 Do., B. Stock 1100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western. ..U. . 100 Do. S. V. It. gua.. S . i all Irish South-Eastern. all I Lancaster & Carlisle. 141 Do., Thirds i 12 Do. New Thirds 1 'lOO Lancash. &Yorkshire , 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ... i Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London di Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright. & S.Cat. ; 100 London &N. Western' all Do. Fifths all D0.,10/.Sh. ,M&8...0 24 Do. Eighths 100 London &S. Western' all 'Lndndrry.d;Colerainei all Lndndrry. d; Ennisk. I 100 IManch.Shef.dtLinclr. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland ..... . .... ... 100 Do. Birming.&Derby, all i Midland G. West.(lr.) all ID*. i Shares.... all 'Newcastle d; Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint d; Rostrevor .... 1100 N0rf01k........ 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British . 100 North Devon, Rail. dz Dock Stock ........ 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock ... 100 N.Eastern Berwick 23 Do. do. Extension 16i Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London . . ... 1 3/.1 N. &S. Wstn Hamp. •, stead, and City Jn,. 171 North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 IPortsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdu. St 100 Shropshire Union 2 Sitingbourue &Sheer all South Devon 100 'South Eastern all !Do. 41 per c. Shares 100 !South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do.. all IStaines,Wok.,&Wok. • all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 , Do. do., 18N6 16i ,Stockton & Hartlepl 100 !Taff Vale 'lOO ;Do. Pref., No. 1 22 !Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath......... all 'Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Lime ri ck all West Cornwall.. all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon&Croydon LAW INTELLIGENCE.--alais Day.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) IN RE ALICIA. RACE. Vic e - Chancellor Sir Richard Kinderel7 delivered iudgnaent in this important case this morning. 1I tionour ordered the child to be delivered up to the matron of the school to be brought up and educated in the Protestant faith of the Church of England. Two gentlemen, Mr. Woodroff and Captain Conolly, were appointed guardians to the child. If the latter gentle. man doe s not consent to act as guardian, a reference was made to Chambers to appoint another in his place. NEWS. —(This Day.) ..............n.... CORN EXCHANGE. We bad a very moderate 1 f English sale, to-day, i .n. Poor couditioBuPP 3' o I hoever, n. The for ail kinds wa, i i n a . most inactive state, an al Monday' , wheat on currency, The show of foreign wheat was seasonably extensive. Millers Purell,arsieedes':4l,ilotiwoevelYr, and the business doing was limited. In no change took place. Float jug cargoes were very dull, was in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at Barley previous quotations. There was very little doing In malt, at barely late rates. Oats were steady, at full prices; but beans Nad peas ruled heavy. The flour trade was inactive, and the top price of the best town-mado was 578 per 280 lbs. ARAIVALS THIS WIIIIIIL Wheat. I Barley. I • Malt. Engli s h . „. 680 390 1 ,330 Irish .• _ YrOralgn I 2,120 1 I -- Oat,, I Your, 1,86 0 620 2,31 0 1 15 ,170 barrel BOROUGH HOP. For n ear l y all kinds of hope, we have a steady demand, Prices a re Well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat was moderate, and the trade ruled eteady, as follovva :—Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d • mutton, as Gd to te 10d • veld, 4 e to 15e; pork, 8(1 to De 21.1 per MI, by ths Cams% BRITISH P all lAtlan. and St. Law. 9 ' Bombay, Baroda, and C‘m. nd,guar. sp. c. all Do. 10i Buffalo & Lake Hur. ,100 Buff., Bnat.& Godch. 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 l Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 286 d Central Oudo (Lim.) 108 C3ylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all , . Geelong (St Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '571 all Do. do., "75, p. '60...' all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4:1 P.C all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex ., g. 5p.c. , 5 Do. 4th Et., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do FOR all Antwrp & Rotterdam 14 Ardennes • all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Boziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all 'Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. jEuphrates Valley 18 iGt. Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca <Sz Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterrau all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pre f all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife 4 San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 P 7i Rome and Frascati.... all Royal Danish . all Royal C ' '''' all• l a a a a 61 S aw\Svo:u.ez.stbstshoi nplewornocif4oe:::.tiep.o prof,:. all l IWest Flanders -f2" l rn f Franc ; all West. of Switzerlami all Wiesbaden .... all Do. Bp. cent. ... '''''' all Zealand ......... JOINT-ST6I 1S Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co all :British N. American 6 ,C.Bk.of 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng. Scot.&Aus.Cht all Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 ILnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 ILond.andWestminst 35 'National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New 221 National Bank a laa: 'Ottomano:lEtruiov.i.enoe.oßwlf ,New South Wales Bank Bank Corp. 25 I Provincial of Ireland . 11 South Australia 2 10 u nio ew Unity 50 rt of London JKA ...• ,*4 Bk.of Load ISSESSIONS. - t P 1 lip 195 98 94 96 94 96 par it p •• • - I - 1 4 13 108 - 110 li - li 211 -21 i 50 -- 52 81 -- 83 20i -- 21 - 21} -- 25 2g 99 -- 100 118 -- 123 118 -- 121 108 110 19i —19 i 214 22 d par iP ... - .. li - 2p lON. 5 i - 6 .• i - 2 - 5 par p 32 32, 9i 10: par - ip` 4 4ip 51 a ", d 1 6 - 64p1 29 - 30; 8 - 19 - 19. 361 - 37 9 - 94 541 -54 i 53 - 55 par 4p 18 - 0 - 1 8 - 81 84 - 8 pni 41 44 9 4 -- to 3 44 33 lip BANKS, 94 96 n 4 ,4 Pal ....., —.. 57 .. . ii —. i a 65 - 67 18 -- 18, 18} -- 18: 18 -- 18, all ,Australasia Paid I RAILWAYS. •• . 1. a A SHARE MARKETS (Thin Day.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ItAIL - T? - AYS; '4 Paid, I Leasing Companies Closing Prices yesterday. Business this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) PRIVATE BUSINESS. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The following private bills were read a second ti me and committed : —Bl yt h an d Ty ne Railway; Burslem and Tunstall Gas ; Caledonian Railway (lines to Gran. ton) ; Cork and Bandon Railway ; Dorset Central Rail way; Dublin and Wicklow Railway; Electric Tele graph Company ; Ely Valley Railway ; Fife and Kinross Railway; Great Southern and Western Railway (capital) ; Great Western and Brent ford Railway ; Hartlepool Extension and Head land Imp rovement; Kinross-shire Railway ; Mal low and F ermoy R a il way ; M e t r opolitan New Streets and Improvements ; Monkland Railways ; Nor folk Estuary Acts Amendment ; North Level Drainage ; North Staffordshire Railway (Bridgewater Canals) ; North-Western Railway ; Portadown and Dungannon Railway ; Portsmouth Railway ; Pulteney Town Har bour ; R ea di ng R ailways Junct i on R a il way ; Scottish Central Railway ; Sittingbourne and Sheerness Rail : way ; Stockt on N ew G as an d S toc kt on G as Consumers" Companies ; Tweed Fisheries; and Wilmslow and Law. ton Road Bills. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS (CONSTRUCTION) ILL. On the m o ti on f or the second reading of this bill, Mr. GIBSON withdrew his opposition to the bill. After some remarks from Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. G. BUTT said that the bill was substanti▪ ally the same as the one rejected by the house last year, and was one of three bills bearing more or less on the same ques tion, viz., the conservancy of the Mersey and dock accom modation a t Li verpool. Upon the understandi▪ ng that the bill sho u ld b e d i scussed in comm i ttee, b e would with draw his oppos i tion to the second reading of the bill. The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS (MANAGEMENT) BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HORSFALL moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The object of the bill was to abolish the existing Liverpool Dock Trust, and fn trans. fer its powers to a body of 21 persons to be elected by the ratepayers. The constitution of the present Dock Committee embraced 12 members of the Town Council and 12 members elected by the ratepayers, and it acted in the most cordial manner for the Rood of the commerce of Liverpool and the country. The Town Council had the power of exercising:the right of veto over the proceedings of the committee, but they had only exercised that right 13 times within the last 32 years. The hon. gentleman then entered into the his tory of dock accommodation in Liverpool, and added that already the corporation of that port had expended for dock accommodation 1 , 14 3,0001., and were ready to expend one million and a half more to make the accom modation perfect, and in accordance with the report of a committee of this house. Mr. J. EWART seconded the amendment. Mr. M. GIBSON said that he bad hoped a similar course would have been pursued in this case as had been adopted with the two previous bills, and the discussion taken in committee. The measure was an attempt to carry ont the recommendations of the Admiralty, the Tidal Commissioners, a committee of this house, and the requirements of an act of Parliament. (Hear, bear.) The question of town dues and local tolls on shipping was an incidental one, and did not constitute the prin ciple of the bill. The main principle of the bill was to consolidate the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks, and to vest the management and control in one public and iin dependent trust- -(hear, bea r )— and make the trade 'wtth importa n t u nat i onal interests,anagement. Thi s , th oug h a private of the port tributary to local i n t erest, which was not the casevuatnedebrill, dealt the present connected with the trade and commerce of the country. The public had a right to demand these docks should be controlled by a responsible p u bli c board, and that the benefits accruing from it ehoull go towards benefiting the trade and commerce of the country. Mr. L. DAVIES supported the second reading of the bill, on the ground that a Burn of 13 millions annu ally was involved, affecting the trade and commerce of the country, and that it was a fit subject for the consi deration of a committee. Mr. HARCOURT VERNON supported the second reading of the bill, and called upon the hon. member for Liverpool to withdraw his amendment, and allow the bill to go to a committee. Mr. J. EWART defended the present management of the Liverpool Docks, against which he bad never heard a complaint. Mr. SPOONER supported the second reading of the bill. Mr. HEA.DLAM supported the second reading of the bill, that it might go to a committee, but he objected to the house recognising the principle of one corporation being able to apply for powers to transfer the property of another corporation to other hands. In this case it was the Great Western Railway Company who asked the house to transfer the management of these docks to other hands. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. LEWES AND lICKFIEL c t RAILWAY. W of A t T bi . s bill The adjourned debat e on th e was resumed, and after some discussion, in which Sir C. Burrell, Sir W. Jolliffe, Mr. Harcourt, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Brand, Mr. Bouverie, and Sir J. Pechell took part, the house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it 43 Majority The bill was then ordered to be committed. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. This bill was brought in and read a first time. NEW MEMBER. The Right Hon. W. COWPER took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Hertford. ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. F. PEEL brought up the Army Estimates, which were hid on the table of the house. INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. Petitions were presented against the present assess. went of the income and property tax. BREACHES OF TRUST. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL gave notice that on Friday, the 20th, be would bring in a bill to render fraudulent breaches by trustees criminal offences. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND RUSSIA. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that to-morrow he would ask Sir R. Peel whether the report of a speech delivered by him on the 7th January, at Saltley, near Birmingham, and reported in The Sun newspaper, was correct, especially those parts referring to the Grand Duke Constantine, General Mouravieff, and Prince de Ligne. POOR LAW. On the motion of Sir G. B. PECHELL, the follow. ing return was ordered :—Copies of all correspondence whichhas Board takenpla and h place Since January, 1855, lBss a , ut b h e o t r w it e ie e s n the Poor-law of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras, in relation to the administration of the poor-law ; together with any letter or communication that may have been addressed to the poor law board by the churchwarden of Saint Marylebone upon the same subject, or upon the manage. ment of the workhouse, or the conduct of the board of guardians of that parish. PAUPERISM. On the motion of Mr. BOUVERIE, a return was ordered showing the amount of pauperism on the Ist day of January, 1856, and the Ist day of January, 1857. JUDGMENTS, EXECUTION, iko. BILL. On the motion for th e second reading, of this bill, Col. FRENCH moved the second reading of the bill that day six months. Mr. WMAHON seconded the amendment. (Lxrr RITTINCI.) rnE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11 1857, Closing Prices yesterday. 411 -4, 8i - 9 65 - 67 8i - 9 93 - 95 634 - 63; 35 - 36 101 - 184 - 9# - 40 - 29 - ••• 8 -- 95 - 53i - iii - . • - 92 - 94 7 - 8 93 - 94 78 - 80 123 - 125 111 - 113 671 -67 i 64 - 66 67 72 5 Gip 6,p 97 2 —97 i id . • . -.. it 6/ - 7 107 -- 108 106 -- 106 1 20/ -- 21'1' ; 10, -10 j 106/ -- 107/ ii = ii i 82 - 82, 53 - 55 ••• ....... 13 = 14. ••• ...... . 54 66 3i 39a 4041 ... '.... . 84i -- 85, i( 3 -- 2 6 17i - 18: 61 -- 62' 98 -- 102 4i -- 4id' 7d -- 8 10 -- 11 27i - 28 106 -- 108 24} -25 i 49 -- 51 2 -- lid 17A -- 184, 73i -- 7441 84i —85 i 5 3 5 3d 12 14 39 41 lOi = 264 7 - 9 2 - 3 5 - 5i - 7 - -9 Basiness done this day. 3t. 100 3t. 100 15 all 3t. 100 5 all 3t. 100 3t. 100 !.5 all 4 all '5 all 26 all 2i all .!0 - all it. 100 .0 5 5h all >t.loo 5, 50 all Z 5 all l2i all it,. 100 0 all 2 all 0 all ;5 all ;t, 100 Ln.&N.W. ,„ E. U. di E.( r.lt. North!, E. Count.) Do. Gt.Westo Y. & Do S. Eastern, Do Peto &Co Do Ln. dr Midld. Midland... I E. Count Do I L.das.W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. Mclean ' S tk . & Dar I Do GLWestn. 93 - 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 3/ - 4,1 16 - ill 121 - 13 23 - 24 108 - 110 1 - 1p 2 - 2i 92 - 94 - P 56 - 68 ii L-ii.B .6 I - ii 33 - 34 83 - 90 rCE SHARES. 92 :-- 94 - o'6 - - ss - 44 - 5 -6; .10 - 115 a iP 12 - 12 ••• ... ••• • • • "..... . 75 -- 76 ,•• •••••••• .. :ii --- lio 112 - 114 1103 - 10.5 62 - 64 9i- 10,i ••• 6 - 6 93 - 95 Wi - 99 -- 101 , 10 -- 10: 16 -- 174 10 -- 10). 75 -- 77 194 -201 j 9 -- 104 14 -- 15; 134 -- 136 136 - 135 114 - 117 . 5 9 - 161 •• ••••• '! A - iP 65 - 68 • • .".." • • 137 - 159 99 - 101 89 - 91 ii ---- iipl ~ .... ••• ,• "-' • • • • - 1103 - 105 93 95 11 id "--. • . • 1 id .--. ... 111 - 113 -. ... [l3 -- 116 o 5 -- 110 65 -- 70 161 -- 171 234 -- 246 103 -- 105 10i -10 i - ... 27i - 284 2 3p *1 r_ ii MINES. 22 -- 23 76 -- 86 155 -- 165 455 -- 465 151 -- 16/ 11 -- 12 6 -- 66 19 -- 21 35 -- 36 24 --21 9 -- 10 1$ :340 -- 350 8 350 360 14 is 3t 44 220 250 - 36 - 37 1476 - 1526 300 - 310 270 - 290 44 - 4i 156 - 163 46 - 48 19 - 21 MINES. i - li 14 - 2 13 -3; 16 - 18 i P 55 57 12 14 i id - 7i -- 81 id -- p I 1 i =_ 10 2 - 26 - 4 NEOIJS. 21,1 - 221 40 - 5 - 45 132 - 135 1104 - 110 33 37 26 28 21 2ixd 56 .. 94 - 96 ii = ig .• i ••• id 31 4 2i - 31 1 - IP 1 - i 3 1 . - 4 - par • • • 41 3 A Ad 1 par_. i p 2i..... 66 3 6B 23 6 —2 5 P , 8 L 63 65 11 1 lh ••• - 1 - 1 14 11 i'6 It* ^ ~. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.— (This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W.— Pleasant breeze and fine clear dry weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrlved. Chieftain, from London, f or Al goa B ay . P ut b ack— Ll.M.Str.Magalre. _ FALMOUTH, Feb. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Dept ford, from Shields, for Bermuda. YARMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind W.—Arrived —Brothers, from Barbadoes. SWANSEA, Feb. 10.—Wind for Coquimbo. CARDIFF, Feb. 10.—Sailed.—Julia.se, for Trinidad. SHIELDS, Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Lady of the Lake, for Rio Janeiro. NEWPORT, Feb. 9.—Wind W.—Sailed.—Sebastopol, for Sydney. LONDONDERRY, Feb. 9.—Wind S. S,jP,—Arrivecl— Eliza and Ella, from Philadelphia. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 3.—The French schooner Elise foun dered on the 24th Jan,, off Cape de Gatte, from collision with the British barque Agenotia,. LOWESTOFT, Feb. 10.—The Pensber, of and from Sun- Sizewell Bank.rL on d o T n h , e was a i n s i i s a t s i . 0 ) , of and f rom Londonl3a ky, having been on for Shields, is on Newcome Sand, ( PE R ELECTRIC TELECIRAPEL) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Rotterdam; Perseverance, _ London. BWAariiriniedfle-1 —Tagus a: gefirunds fine. from . : a. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday morning. Wind W. Arrived—Tartar, P from Canton ; Joh n F erguson, Deme rara • Nilan (s.s.), alermo ; Rattler (s.s.), Oporto. Put' Back—Mexicana, for Vera Cruz; Nuevo Victoria, Ha,vannah. Off—America (s.), from Boston. rehirelo,fHEonnduraa ; A.byas--.a., gland, from ; Billow, n i v a e s 1 — A Q y e e QUEENSTOWN, reh. 9. Wind S.W. Pal Demerara. CaArdrer ...........• -..... (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9,59 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; low water; fi ne. Arrived, 11th — Onangoudy, from W hampoa ; Denmar k , steamer, Havre ; Schiedam, steamer, Schiedam. dos; Panther, steamer , Boulogne. tend ; Jabez, Barba - Sailed —Belgium, steamer, for Os GEORGE HOLMES AGAIN.—Mr. George Holmes, of the West Riding, burglar, to whose re cent parchm and re lease from prison by Sir George Grey on account of delicate health, the public owes some recent correspond i s a gain in custody, thi s ti me for stealing fowls. ence in the newspapers, and a spirit e d sea-side sketc h i n will be brought before th e Bradford borough magistrates. We learn with sati s f action that M r. Holmes is medically certified to b e at present " in per - TPo Punck, -day h e foot boaltb.7 ... 49 51 36 1 37 li idis el : e ' i 7 9 11 9d 10 9 i i 93 i I 7S 98 71 to i 1 8 1061 34 i i 82f$ 854 5 20 184 61 1 25 10 L 0.61 20j 25 101 32i 47 xd & b 61 xd 71 xd 26f RAILWAYS. Backghamsh . Clydesdale Jo. Col. St our Vy. E. Lin. g. G p.e l E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. 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BRITIS H 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk., , 14 ;British Iron ..... 20 ',Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 IDev.Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.; 14s ;Great South Tolgas 10/ 3;Grt.W.Alfrd.(Pailk.) 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 836 d 'Lady Bertha 4. IN. Frances (Mogan) ll'i.W.Basset (Mogan) 15 1 North Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy)! 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) Os. (Sort. Cons, Min. Co 24. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 IS. Cam Brea (Illogn.) ' 19 IS. W. Frances(lllogn.) 4i Tarn. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 lUn.Mines (Gwennap) l2s 6 V. of Towey (Camar.) 14 IW. Basset (Illog.in).. 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 58 Wh. Basset (Mogan.) 5 Wh. Buller (Ildruth.) 5i Wh. Edward(Calstk.) l/ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Lint.) 8 WlLMa.Ann(Menht.) 4{ Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaos at Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 4 Clarendon Con. Min. 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Do. all Do. 8 p c.Pf. iss. at 1 d 1 Do. Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp.c. D. all N. B. Australasian 17i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Oriental Gas ..... 55. Do. N ew Shar es.,, all Peelltr. Ld, & Minrl all Peninsular 6i Oriental 10 Do. New ....... all Rhymney Iron .. all Do. New.... .. 60 Royal Mail Steam..., all Scot. Austral. Invest. all Do. New 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6p, c. bds all South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do, Registered 5 Trus t&Ln. Co. 1.7 .Can 28i Van nieuien's Land 100 V,Cio,6p,chai,diJul7 i pm 65 1381 22i x d not i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CE{ANCELLOR took his seat on the wool.3ack at five o'clock. Lord LUCAN gave notice that on Thursday next he should put a question to her 111jesty's Government as to whether they were about to take any steps to inquire into the expenses to which Scotch and Irish peers were subjected in proving their title to vote for representative peers. Lord KINNAIRD brought in two bills upon the subject of education in Scotland. The first related to parochial schools, and was similar to the one introduced last year. The other one was to promote the instruction of young persons employed at night in factories. The bills were severally read a first time. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Lord WYNFORD asked whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill this session similar to the one of last year with regard to agricultural statistics. - There was much anxiety abroad to know the intentions of the Government on the subject. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, having con sulted some persons interested in the subject during the recess, and finding that such a measure would not meet with their concurrence, he was unwilling to introduce such a measure, however much he might personally wish it. It was not, therefore, his intention during the present session to introduce a similar measure. At the same time if the agricultural interest evince any desire for the enactment of such a law, he should have no objection to introduce a measure or to support any proposition for the purpose. Lord FAVERSHAM said it was entirely owing to the machinery of the bill of last year that it became so unpopular. After a conversation between Lord STANLEY and Lord DUNGANNON, the subject dropped. THE INCOME TAX. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, numerously signed, from Aylesbury, praying for arepeal of the income tax. The petitioners complained of the injustice and inequality of the impost, and they prayed that the tax might be utterly abolished as regarded all incomes under 1501.; that the additional 9d. should be repealed, and that the first 1501. of a person's income should be exempt from taxation. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose to call their lordships' attention to the Ecclesiastical Courts. Had their lordships possessed less knowledge on this subject, they might, perhaps, have supposed that the tribunals to which the notice on the paper referred were occupied entirely with the consideration of spiritual affairs. Had that been the case, he should have risen in the presence of the right rev, bench before him with considerable hesi tation, for the subject would then have been one present ing to a layman addressing that assemply considerable, if not overwhelming, difficulties. But, in truth, notwith standing the name of these courts, ecclesiastical matters, properly so called, formed but a very small portion of their jurisdiction. By custom, no doubt, many things over which they had control had come to be considered as hav ing something ecclesiastical, which were in fact perfectly temporal in their nature. Early history seemed to Meow that originally the ecclesiastical and temporal jurisdiction were united in onecourt; but even prior to the time of legal memory—the reign of Richard I.—there was evidence that a separation existed. It was from the history of the gradual rise of this separate jurisdiction that the way in which matters not strictly ecclesiastical came under the jurisdiction of these courts would be shown. In the first place, he would refer their lordships to the testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, a jurisdiction ob viously involving nothing of a strictly spiritual or eccle siastical nature. It had been a doubt amongst the learned whether persons had in the early period of our history a power of disposing of personal property ; but I it appeared pretty clear that a right existed to dispose of part of such property. Then the question arose, to whom did the undisposed part go ? the answer to which was that the crown took that portion in order to distri bute it in "pious uses." The right to take this :indis posed of personalty was from time to time granted out by the crown to subjects, chiefly to the bishops, but sometimes to the lords of manors, who chanced to be powerful nobles. Hence the right to receive undis posed of personalty became distributed amongst very many persons, and great confusion and many evils seemed to have been the result. Accordingly, in the reign of E'- ward 1., it was enacted that those persons who had the right to receive undisposed of personalty should be bound to pay the debts of the deceased. So matters remained until the reign of Edward 111., when an act passed that, with respect to property disposed of by the bishop, the bishop should grant administration to " the nearest friend of the deceased." Tuis led to the appointment of an administrator, who, by the terms of the statute, was to have the same rights and status as were possessed by an executor when the deceased had appointed one. By the statutes of Charles 11., the manner in which the adminis trator was to distribute the undisposed of personalty was laid down. Of course the undisposed of personalty failing under the consideration of the bishop, the question of the validity of wills, which 2a ro Canto diminished that midis posed of personalty, also fell under the same jurisdiction, and hence arose the right of granting probate of wills. He had thus sketched out the history of the testamen tary jurisdiction, and he thought that history showed suffi ciently that there was nothing essentially ecclesiastical in it. Another subject of ecclesiastical jurisdiction which was not essentially ecclesiastic in its nature, was the right of determining upon questions of marriage and divorce. This branch of jurisdiction arose in a very different man ner from the one of which he bad already spoken. It arose in those times before the Reformation, when mar -1 riage being considered a sacrament of the church was a subject which could only be fully considered by ecclesias tics. There remained beyond these two classes the class which embraced matters which might be considered strictly ecclesiastical, such as thejurisdiction over the clergy upon questions of discipline, the right to grant facilities for pews, and so forth. These might no doubt be subdivided, but they were sufficiently indicated by embracing them in one class. Having said this much as to the history and present position of the subject, he would briefly point out some of the resulting evils. In consequence of the way in which ecclesiastical jurisdiction in testamentary matters had been granted out, there were at present between 350 and 400 courts having right to grant probate. That in itself was a sufficient evil to require some remedy. From returns which had been made, it did not, however, appear that within the last five years probates had been granted by more than 98 of these courts, although many others had granted probate within a slightly longer period, and still kept up the machinery necessary for doing so, By law these courts had each an exclusive right to grant probate, or letters of administration within a certain district ; but if the person dying possessed property in more than one district, then probate or administration must be obtained from the prerogative jurisdiction of the archbishop. Many evils were consequent upon this state of the law. Probate might be granted in a district court, and it afterwards turn out that there was property in another district ; in such a case the probate would be void. It also very often happened that the places where wills were kept, especially in the small districts where little was done, were far from being secure, and hence those documents, which were of great value to those inte rested, were rendered extremely liable to loss or spolia tion. There was also another evil arising from the course of procedure in the ecclesiastical courts. That pro • cedure was based upon the civil law, which admitted only of written depositions for the taking of evidence. Now, inasmuch as the validity of wills depended upon the state of mind of the testator at the time be executed them, when a contest arose upon that point the evidence, as their lordships would suppose, was naturally of a very complicated and conflicting character. It was in such a case most necessary to see the demeanour of the wit nesses ; but this advantage was lost by the form of pro cedure. Another evil which was sometimes brought forward, but which he did not consider of such great practical importance, was this—that these courts bad no jurisdiction to grant probate of real estate. In the bill which had been introduced three years ago to their lordships he had proposed to extend the juris diction of courts of probate to real estate. That bill was referred to a select committee, and in that com mittee the prop os iti on w hi ch he had ' made was over ruled by a large majority. At ,the time ho had con sidered that by leaving out tbat provision the usefulness of the bill was materially diminished, but further re flection on this subject had convinced him that he was in error in that opinion. There was a great and essential difference between real and personal property. The lat ter might consist of goods in one place, stock in another, furniture in a third, and debts all over the kingdom; and hence it was necessary that upon the death of a person some one should be appointed to stand in his place, to dispose, collect, and arrange these matters. But the former was fixed, certain, and easily ascertainable, and passed, generally speaking, on death—supposing there. was no will—not to several persons claiming as next of kin, but to one claiming as heir. Hence probate would be a most tedious, useless, and expensive process to ap ply to realty. As the law stood there was this anomaly, that the ecclesiastical courts deciding on the validity of a will in the case of personal estate, and there being no probate of real estate, if a question arose, for example, whether a testator were of sound and disposing mind, there might be a disposition of the two kinds of property. What he proposed, therefore, was not that in every case of real estate it should be necessary to obtain probate ; but that in cases in which the validity of the will was contested, the heir-at-law as well as the next of kin should be cited, and that the proceedings which took place should determine the question with regard both to realty and personalty. Lord BROUGHAM—Is the heir-at-law to be bound without an issue ? The LORD CHANCELLOR —No. Looking to the practical evils of which men justly complained, and with out any disparagement to the able judges who presided in the ecclesiastical courts, he proposed, in accordance with one of the recommendations of the commission which had inquired into the subject, that the court of pro bate should be a Queen's court, and not an ecclesiastical one. In other words be proposed to constitute one court of probate. The duties of such a court must practically be almost entirely of a ministerial character. What the public were interested in was, that the facits,,hould beascertained as cheaply and as expeditiously as possible after the death of the deceased, whether he left a will or not ; and all that was necessary for that purpose was to have a good system of registration. A s regarded the proctors, he was convinced that the business would be done better and cheaper through their instrumentality than it could be through any other. The proctors were persons who in consequence of the smallness of their number, there being in all only 120, of whom only about 80 practised, were known to all the officers of the court, and there was the greatest obtainable security against any fraud or impro priety in their conduct. Instead, therefore, of proposing to abolish them, what he proposed was to conti nue them, giving to the Lord Chancellor and the judge of the court power to add to their number, 8) much with reglircl to the wills proved in London. Theoretically it might seem desirable that all wills should be proved there ; but he felt convinced that that would not be agreeable to the Ipublic. He proposed, therefore, to retain all, or n ear l y all, the pres en t di ocesan registries, and to increase their 1 number so as to make about 80 different registries for. the whole kingdom. The necessity for an increase arose from the fact that some of the dioceses were so large and straggling. Many persons had thought that it would be better to let all uncontested wills be proved be fore registrars of the county courts ; but he could not concur in that opinion, believing as he did that such persons were not likely to have the requisite amount of knowledge. He proposed to limit the proving of wills in the district reg i stries to cases in which the property was sworn und er 1,50 01. There would be one important difference between the wills proved under the bill and wills proved in the diocesan courts at present ; the pro bate would be valid all over the kingdom, and if the bill passed, he should propose a similar arrangement for Ire land. Lord CAMPBELL—What about Scotland ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was more difficulty in the case of Scotland, but he was in commu nication with the Lord Advocate, with the view of ex tending this provision to that country, and he did not despair of seeing it extended to the whole kingdom. What he had said thus far applied to the non-contentious jurisdiction, affecting 29,000 out of 30,000 wills in the year, and the effect of his proposal was that, though all wills might be proved in London, in cases in which the property was under 1,5001., probate might be taken out in the district registries. It had been urged as an objectio n t o di ocesan pro b ate having jurisdiction out of the diocese, that it would expo-e the Bank of England to great risk in regard to the transfer of stock ; but he was happy to state that he had been in communication with the solicitor to the Bank on the subject, and that that objection had been removed. With regard to the contentious jurisdiction, as the law stood the contest arose wherever the will was proved ; but, practically, there being neither judge nor barristers in the country, the contest was removed by letters of request to London. What he proposed was, to provide that all contested cases, with one excepti on , w hi ch he would mention, should be carried to the Court of Probate in London. The proceedings in the ecclesiastical courts had been fre quently objected to on the ground that they were tedious, cumbrous and expensive. Under the measure which he proposed the judge of the curt would really have next to nothing to do. The registrars would, in ordinary cases, determine whether a will was in due form or not, appealing to the judge for assistance whenever they re quired it, and when a question of fact arose, whether, for example, the testator were a man of sound mind, or whether the will was duly executed, he proposed that such questions should be dealt with exactly in the same manner as an issue was directed by the Court of Chan cery to be tried in a court of law. As regarded the court in which such matters were to be decided, he thought it would be a most extravagant proceeding to compel wit nesses to come from Carlisle, Exeter, or Norwich, to give evidence before a Court of Probate, where the question would not be so well tried as before a judge on circuit; and, in his opinion, therefore, mere questions of fact should be decided as such questions were when they had come before the Court of Chancery. - This brought him to a part of his measure which he knew would not be approved by some of their lordships for whose opinions he had very great deference. The present judge of the Prerogative Court—an able and learned friend of his—Sir John Dod son, had a great deal of his time occupied in deciding dry questious of fact, which might easily be decided by a jury. This being the case he (the Lord Chancellor) could not honestly propose to their lordships the creation of a new judge ; what he proposed was to constitute an exist ing judge the judge of the new Court of Probate, and, in order to prevent unnecessary expense, to trausfer all the officers who hold situations in the Prerogative Court to the new court, with corresponding names and ernelu. merits. He was persuaded that the whole of the business could be discharged efficiently without the appointment of a new judge. Whom did he propose to fill that office ? He knew very well that was a mater on which there was likely to be a difference of opinion ; but what he pro posed was, that one of the vice-chancellors should be' aps pointed to discharge the duties of the new office. He granted that the vice-chancellors were not so familiar with the rules of viva voce evidence as other judges, but they would not often be called upon to apply them. Lord BROUGHAM and Lord LYNDHURST intimated their dissent from this portion of the measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that motions for new trials, when heard before equity judges, had ge nerally been disposed of in a most satisfactory manner. Having thought the matter over, he was of opinion that that part of the scheme was sound ; but he would not persevere with it if it were deemed otherwise. With regard to the practitioners in the new court, he proposed that the monopoly of the proctors should be abolished, and that proctorsand counsel generally should be allowed to practise indiscriminately. He further proposed that the rate which prevented a proctor from sharing with a solicitor the fees arising out of the proving of a will should no longer be in force, His noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham) bad attributed to him some feeling against the county courts. In reality be enter tained no such feeling, and he thought the manner in which those courts performed their duties was such as to deserve confidence, and to create a desire to extend their jurisdiction. He now proposed that in disputed will cases, in which the property was sworn under 2001., it should be competent to those courts to decide the matter, and that special rules should be devised to I regulate their procedure. Now, such were the altera tions which he proposed to make with reference to the testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts. ( He should now proceed to the second branch of the subject, which was not less important—namely, that which related to what were called matrimonial causes. Their lordships were aware that a royal commission was appointed some years ago to inquire into the whole subject of divorce. That commission Caine to the con clusion that the present state, he would not say of the law, but of the practice on the subject, was highly dis creditable. There could by law be co divorce a menea ei ihoro. But although no such thing was known to the law, it had been the universal practice of that house, if the fact of a d u lt ery on the part of the wife had been established by an action at law, and had been followed by a divorce a mensa et thoro in the ecclesiastical lcourt, to grant a private act of Par liament, a privilegium, to the husband, which made him a single man, and enabled him to marry again. A similar indulgence had been granted to the wife under very aggravated circumstances, but there were only four instances of teat kind on record. The commission considered, what he thought every person of good sense must admit, that that was a state of things which was extremely discreditable. One of two courses was open to their lordships —they might either say that no such bill should pass, which a noble friend of his (Lord Redesdale) contended was the proper coarse ' or they might cons tit u t e, as the commi ss i oners suggested, a new tribunal to take cognisance of-such cases, on the same principles that had regulated the procedure of their lordships in such cases. In the last session of Parliament he proposed a bill for this latter purpose, which passed tlu-ir lordships' house, and went to the House of Commons too late to be passed into a law. After the introduction of that bill, his noble and learned friend on his left (Lord Lyndhurst) drew the attention of the house to the great griev ances that pressed npon married women. Inde pendently of the que •tion of * divorce, if a married woman were treated cruelly by her husband, she might ob ain a separation a mensa et thoro. Such a separati n, however, did not give her any of the privileges o f a single woman, and when th e bill was re ferred to a select committee a proposal was made to re medy this anomalous and not very creditable state of the law. He proposed to adopt the clause then suggested with some little addition. In the first place, if a woman was deserted by her husband for a certain period, say three years, without lawful excuse, she would be entitled to a decree of divorce from the new court, which would render her thenceforth mistress of her own property, and of whatever she might acquire by her exertions, intel lectual or otherwise, so that her husband could not claim it if he returned. It was difficult to define what period of time ought to give this right, but he suggested three years. Their lordships, however, might think it reason able to make some provisions for the chance of the parties desiring to come together again if the husband returned. He proposed in that case to empower the wife, if she had earned any property in the interval, to make a settlement of it, as if it were before marriage, and render such a settlement after mar riage valid against third persons. He further proposed, even in case there was no desertion, to enable parties to effect the same object by deed. Their lordships were aware that deed§ of separation had become common of late years. The principal objection to them was that no person could tell exactly what the legal consequences of such a deed were, Lord Eldon always held it would be no answer to a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights by either party, as the wife bad no power to enter into such a contract. Since his time, however, the vali dity of these deeds had been established ; but the object was attained i n a somewhat cumbrous manner . Th e wife appointed a t rustee, who contracted for h er , an d the hus band cont rac t e d with the trustee. H e proposed . to enable the p ar ti es t o con t rac t between themselves, d ng and d in such case to g i ve the wife the same rights ae over deeehrer event of her having obtained property a s i n th e into further details on T h e e bi ll firs t on r read ing. of divorce. He would not enter table, and ask their lordsh ips the subject at that moment,b third •t to which t teoroans only lay d which formed the subject of the third be had referred, an ing. He had still to deal with thepoint ' l bill —viz., the jurisdiction of these courts in matters of an ecclesiastical nature. In the course of last s ess i on h e had introduced a bill on this subject, which, however, he had not had the good fortune to carry, as it met with a great deal of opposition, not only on the part of the r i g h t rev. bench, but also of those on whose opinion he was accus tomed to rely. He had applied himself again to the sub ject, and a few weeks ago he received from a right rev, prelate a sketch of a bill which had received the sanction of the right rev, bench, and which he had adopted as the framework of the measure he now intended to propose, towa on n d rt aehle.d iwhi ch partTvi The ee hd presentc f i h n o to p hoped d we wouldouclergymendri3different eorbf withe epn proceedings p ech p ) eai e ro csdhs v ie n e s g_d this . 8 of mi n h ei these a e h h i s a e ed and t o matters d d e e a e l . was artificial,cumbrous, and expensive, to a degree that was hardly credible. If a clergyman was alleged to have been guilty of any o ff ence, either moral or religious, the bishop issued a commission to five persons, of whom one was to his chancellor, another a barrister, another a dignitary, and the two others clergymen. These commissions sat and examined witnesses at a great waste of time and enormous expense. They then reported to the bishop ; but the case, instead of being concluded, was then only commencing, as their report was only in the nature of the finding of ' a grand jury--a constat for further p hags. He proposed, as a remedy far these evils,.n bishop should be empowered to file articles in hi s of voluntary regis try, either of his motion, or at the suit . , and ~ , _ ?MOW. The party was then to be oxtoa, it or that s r the denied the charge a jury of five, part laymen and part clergymen, was to be summoned to inquire into the ques tions of fact. Their finding was to be conclusive as to the facts, but the party might still say that, even ad -1 mitting the facts, there was no tight to punish him. In :such case be would have the same right of appeal as at present—first to the Court cf Arches, then to the Privy. Council. The same course of proceeding would be fol lowed in the case of doctrinal offences, except that ha thought it was for the public interest not to allow a mere voluntary promoter to inetitnte proceedings in doc trinal questions. (Hear.) Before the bishop took any steps, it should be certified by a certain number of emi- • nent persons that there was reasonable ground for pro ceeding. This last bill was not yet in a fit state to lay on the table, n.nd he had only mentioned its provisions in order to useet the objection that he ought not to inter fere with one branch of these jurisdictions unless; he in tended to deal with all. He hoped that all these mea sures, would meet with the approbation of their lordships, and that of the other house of Parliament ; but if any of them should be rejected, he would not admit it was a ne cessary consequence that because they threw over one bill they should not pass the others. In conclusion, he had only to thank their lordships for the attention with which they had heard him. Lord LYNDHURST wished to say a few words on the a v n e r d y l extensive i scheme of He legislation wa a apprehensive proposed that by h t i b theen ol es pro posed plan of testamentary jurisdiction would not be sa tisfactory, and he would state some of the objections likely to be urged against it ;,but in doing so it was not to be assumed that he was stating his own opinion, as be intended to reserve it for a future stage of the bills. Last session the Attorney-General had introduced a bill on this subject, which met with strong objection ; but the strongest opposition was on the ground that it pro posed to transfer the jurisdiction of the Court of Probate to the Court of Chancery. In the present bill the noble and learned lord did not in terms propose to transfer the jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery, but he proposed that the judge of the new court should be an equity judge, for he was to be a Vice-Chancellor, and should hold the office only so long as he continued to be a Vice- Chancellor. The orders to regulate the course of pro ceedings were to be drawn up by an equ i ty j udge ass i ste d by the Lord Chancellor. Again, the mode of enforcing its decrees were copied from that of the Court of Chancery ; and the mode of taking was to be the same as that of the equity courts, which some of the judges of those courts had pronounced to be most unsatisfactory. At the present the appeal from the Court of Probate was to an eminently popular tribu nal, the Privy Council, but this bill proposed to make the appeal first to the appellate tribunal of the Court of Chancery, and thence to their lordships' honed. Another objection whioh might be made to the proposed court was that, whenever a question arose which required to be decided by a jury, the court could not entertain , it, but should call in the aid of another court ; so that wherever a question was to be decided, for example, in Middlesex, an issue should be directed to another court, a record made up, and the case sent down for trial; such a course must produce numerous inconveniences and inconsisten cies. An issue might be tried before a judge eminently conversant with common law and the deal practice of it, yet if any question arose as to his decision a new trial might be granted by a judge almost totally unacquainted with the rules of evidence and the practice at common law: At present an heir-at-law could not be deprived of his property without the verdict of a jury, which he had a right to insist on; but the proposed bill would deprive him of that privilege, and place him at the mercy of a court of equity. He feared that when the bill came to be discussed, it would not be considered quite so satisfactory as the noble and learned lord seemed to anticipate. The noble lord had spoken of district courts. He (Lord Lynd hurst) did not well understand whether they were new courts or old ones to be eontinued, but the deputy re gistrars were to perform a large amount of ministerial functions, and there was no reason whatever why those functions should not be entrusted to the officers of the county courts, which would give the additional advan tage that the officers would be aided in discharge of their duties by the intelligence and supervision of this judge. The question of compensation involved in this transfer was a very important one, and he thought some data should have been given to enable the public to ascertain what amount of compensation might be claimed for the aholitioa of these 311 courts, and so enable them to judge whether they might not be asked to purchase this trans fer too dearly. He submitted these points to their lord ships' consideration, and it would be for the noble and learned lord to consider whether his b'ills were likely to mimeo! in their present shape. As to the bill relating to church discipline, he wished to saw a few words on a point of great importance. Attention had lately been very much drawn to the statute of the 16th Elizabeth. Under that statute the slightest deviation from any of the Arti cles of the Chuech subjected a clergyman to prosecution, although such deviation might have been sanctioned by the highest authority, by reverend divines, or right rev. prelates; and the only judgment which could be pro nr)uneed was a sentence of deprivation. That was a very hard state of things, and what is worse, that any of those offences might also be dealt with under the general eccle siastical law, in which case the judgment would not be deprivation, but ceusure or admonition, or other punish ment adapted to the offence. lie thought it would be desirable to provide that such offences should always be dealt with under the general ecclesiastical law, and not under the provisions of the statute. There was only one difficulty in the way, which, however, he did not think would prove insurmountable; it was that the sta tute of Elizabeth had been incorporated in the Act of Union with Scotland. It had, however, been introduced then merely for the protection of the English, and if they wished to modify the provisions, as they had done others affecting themselves, he did not think the Scotch bad any right to interfere, It only remained for him to direct their attention to the very important subject of divorce; but he would only say a few words, as the bill bad been before thew during the last session, and con fine himself to two alterations-- one of admission, the Other of addition. The omission was that of the clause introduced last cession in committee by a right rev, pre late, to the effect that parties convicted of adultery should not be alto wed to intermarry, the object of which was to prevent any previous understanding or conspi racy. The clause was not in the present bill, but he thought that as it passed the house last session it ought to have been retained. He regretted the noble and learned lord did not propose to do away with that scan dalous and disgraceful proceeding, the action for crimi nal conversation. It could no longer be defended on the ground that it was i a necessary foundation for a bill in that house, as a divorce bill would be no longer obtain able. It was a disgrace to the manhood of the nation that a man should attempt to satisfy himself for loss of honour and degradation by a pecuniary recompence, and be would bring the matter before them at a future stage. The addition to the bill was the proposal that a married couple should be enabled to separate by consent without the intervention of any legal tribunal, but by a mere deed to be registered in some office ' winch would give the wife a right t o a ll f u t ure acquired property. He was old enough to remember how deeds of separation had step by step crept into use, but they had always been re pudiated by the courts, and this was the first attempt to give theme legislative sanction. Ile feared that a system of separation would have 4 tendency to produce illegal cohabitation, and be trusted their lordships would give it full consideration before they adopted it as a law. He did not mean to say that something of the kind, under proper restrictions and regulations, would not be advis able ; but a question of so grave a character—so deeply affecting all domestic relations, required the must ample consideration. He had made these observa tions for the purpose of enabling their lordships to form an opinion of the questions which would be raised during the progress of these bills. The Bishop of EXETER considered that the very im portant question in the statute of Elizabeth to which the noble and learned lord referred had better be made the subject of a substantive enactment than be included in the bill now proposed to be introduced. Lord CAMPBELL bad heard with astonishment and dismay the proposal that a married couple should be en abled any morning, either on account of some temporary disagr,emeut, or in pursuance of some previous ;nb,un - - derstanding, to get what was a divorce for all practical purposes except marrying again. From the report of Mr. Maqueen, they were aware that there was a pro ceeding in France called "separation des corps," which produced the same effect; I. u; that would only be ob tained atter a long investigation. Under the sanction of the solemn judgment of the tribunal, it could not be ob- Tahned, common t o all pralcatwi _ cal courts always looked with suspicion ob tained at the pleasure of the parties , but good reason should be shown, and the judge was bound to attempt to reconcile them. In no Christian country were p ar ti es pur poses,alloweddissolve to separate the marriage. themselves, in that resp ec t on deeds of separation, but these would be as nothing with those judicial proceedings Which compared do with the marriage. The would altogether tic peace and the security of ma • foundations of domes would be shaken by this propel' i rried life in England of his noble and learned friend to ' and he would implore He should offer no opposition t reconsider this subject. bill, which he hoped, when to the first reading of the pass into a law. He hoe properly amended, would would be able to surmount is noble and learned friend his way, but he felt powerfully the difficulties which lay in noble and learned friendPwerfally the observatons of his had sincere resp ect f or the (Lord Ly n dh urs t) . H e not think that i t was th e Court of Ch ancery, b ut did in the matt er o f will e tribunal to which jurisdiction s should be delegated. He thought it would be m uc h more ii l agreeable i a the parties that th e app e to one of th e courts of common law—the mattero Court 's of Queen's Bench or the Exchequer Court, for instance—than to a single V. ice-Chancellor. These objections would be raised against the bill, and be trusted his noble friend would reconsider the subject, and avoid them by amend ing the measure in these respeits. (Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said that his first difficulty with regard to the measure of his noble and learned friend was that it proposed to create a new court of equity to exercise a common law jurisdiction. If Vila yurisdic ti in was to be entrusted to a Vice-Chancellor he did not know what occasion there was for taking it out of the bands of the present juirg e , of Doctor's Com mons. A Vice-Chancellor being as little of a common the judges who law judge as presided in Doctors' Com mons, he wanted to know why Sir J. Dodson could not exercise the same jurisdiction which this-measure pur ported to vest in the new Vice-Chancellor. Of course it was not to be supposed from this that he WES opposed to the abolition of the ecclesiastical courts. With regard to the Church Discipline Bill he agreed with the right rev, prelate that it would be better to make the repeal of the 13th of Elizabeth a separate measure. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council bad been recently occu pied for two days with tee hearing of a cause relating to shurch discipline, and he believed i t would occu py one or two days more. And when that cause was concluded he feared that the other cause (the case of Archdeacon Deni son), so much to be lamented by ail friends of the Esta blished Church—of its peace and harmony—would LIM.. 6 5i 1I a] 10 10 50 100 St. 10 25 15 20 50 50 15 100