The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was firm, and the sales amounted to 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export. The Rail- Way Share Market was inanimate, and prices were very flat at the close of bu4ness. The Rink of England return, completed for the week ending the 18th inst., is generally considered very favourable, and hopes are entertained of a further reduction of the minimum in the course of a few weeks. The sales of gold to the authorities have caused a material improvement in the amount of bullion, and as the pressure of accommodation had been diminished during the period embraced, there is a satisfactory movement in the reserve and the other securities. The other items call for no special remark, but altogether the balance-sheet is much more encouraging than most persons ex pected. The principal changes will be seen in the following table : Active Circulation Increase ..... 11,840,652 248,492 3,499,707 41,168 3,419,956 312,034 10,861,098 57,593 784,319 43,631 10,596,581 Increase Rest . Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase TROOPS cc very in 2 ;d since the )irect ors of of Control, Governor the num return was ordered by >ti the 20th )r from the D Ai A° 1 1 ° 11‘ 23, A O3 New t be! bo t 60'10 ZtL Ba' N toe' Ar f3 O io Au be , e t forld'lkve ° d t be — 4tb• In the IP rß og ve ce 0 a flet i : fr. 6 'r et ra p xt• be gin e ' b e s 6 ow, 1. Y r e° '' • do of vice to 'ag l ow l p Ff I le 0 f the /5 •i° for ill l w ob, ip ga o f f be 13° ° 9t tl3 ° rag Pr d e itil tb°o,o , as )00 () or t tbe t ic° t 3 Jil t s o' rie3r of lour r te d 0 1 13 , 4 o pt. , x t ter' 377,857 16,183,847 271,324 5,687,490 236,310 Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase The Bank of France have reduced the rate for advances upon stock from 6 to 5i per cent. but this has not arrested the decline in prices on the Bourse. The official return of the exports of the precious Metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 300 Ozs. 1, ... Calais ... 4,704 » I) Bars Boulogne ••• 9,000 „ Silver Coin do. ••• 850 Bullion ... Belgium ••• 62 )1 There has been an active demand for money during the last two or three days, and there is not likely to be much diminution until the 4th of the month has past. About 13,0001. in bar gold was taken from the 13ank o f England yesterday. The official returns relative to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for the six Months ending the 30th June, 1857, have been published. From these, it appears, that the total declared value of the exports from the United King dom was 60,826,3811., against 53,968,4161. for the same period of 1856, being an increase of 6,857,9651. The increase is perceptible in beer and ale, coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthenware, h aberdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen, yarn, machinery, silk manufactures, Bri tish spirits, and woollen manufactures. The im portations have also generally increased. The market for Public Securities opened steadily at ab ou t yesterday's closing quotations, and there has since been no variation of importance. The fa vourable Bank return has given seine support to values, but the anxiety with regard to the Indian n ile nrs prevents buoyancy. Consols have been 1 y for money, and 91i for account. The New Three per Cents. are 91 92, and the Reduced 21 fi I. India Stock is 214 to 2161. Exchequer sills continue depressed, being 7s. to 4s. discount. Foreign Stocks have not attracted much atten tion. Turkish 6 per Cents. are flat at 941 95, and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 102 k. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 401-, Russian 4 per Cents. 971, Mexican 22 1 I and Dutch 4 per Cents. 98.1 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexican, 22 ; Peruvian, 80 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5i ; Russian 5 Per Cents., 110 12 ; di +) 41 per Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; di tto D e f erre d, 25 ; dat e . Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. th A ijerY limited business has been transacted in Railway Share Market, and the variations in prices ha ve b een qu i te un i mpor t an t. G rea t North ern declined 55., Midland 55., North British . 6 1 ;;) and N ort h E astern , B er wick, ss. ; Great , " te rn improved 55., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincol n s s. and Notth Stafford ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines were dealt in to a very limited te nt• Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada, each receded about ss. ; and - earls and Lyons, 10s. 11 'nes, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet at previous rates. ansa FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Official List:) ! Per C e Business dere. nt. Reduced Annuities lirr Cent. Console AnnxitieE lilA / b T . _ w 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 1/ ...."', Annuities expire sth Jan. 1860... 2A 7-16 lU dia Stock ' C k sols for Account ,....... 91i 2 Etchequer 13111 e, 2id. 81000 E5OO atrial] ...... •. • • PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos Ayresl3onds, 6 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.— Ditto, 42 per Cent......., 971 S p .ni t .h d ... deeds,, 3 per Cent. .............. Ditto Account ....... ........ 40 k Tarki_ _ t.t. lionde, 6 p er cent .. ......... .., Ditto Account .. 94 5 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. lo2a Dividends on the above payable!' Lonacn. lis doh Exchange, 2• per Cent., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money *awls for Account On Friday, the 24th instant, at 61, Upper Seymour street, the wife of H enr y S. S co b e ll, Eq., of "The Abbey," Pershore, was safely delivered of a son. W OOD I TOCK ELECTlON.—Yesterday, Llrd Alfred Churchill was elected a Member of Parliament for this borough without opposition. THE ABBOTS BROMLEY MURDER.—Jackson and Brown were yesterday sentenced to death by Baron Bramwell, at Stafford, for the murder at Charlesworth, on the 23d of May last. MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Thursday the half- Yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, General Sim in the chair. The report Which has already appeared in this journal, was adopted. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT-WESTERN RAIL "AY.--The switchman, through whose negligence the accident was caused, has been sentenced to two months' ii nnrisonment with hard labour. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—SALISBURY, FRIDAY. - -The agricultural show concluded yesterday ; the amount received for admission, it is estimaLed, will amount to nearly 3,5001. THE MILITIA ESTIMATES.—The select committee of the House of Commons have banded in the estimates for the charge of the disembodied militia for the year to end the 31st March, 1858. They amount to 450,0001 , in cluding 394,40001. for raising and training the militia and the pay of the permanent staff, 2 7,5001. for retired pay and allowances, and 21,0001. for the charge of out pensioners and local MINES.—The aspect of the mining share market has improved. Tin has risen altogether 101. per ton, as we thought it would ; and we dare to say that it will not be long before there is an advance in copper. An improve went at Sortridge Consols, going west, a point of the greatest importance to this mine, the ore hitherto being east, towards North Robert, caused a demand, and shares rose 1/. each (12,0001 ) on Monday, and they left El after a good business, at 21 to 2 : other mines in the district are creating more attention ; Devon Con-ols 435 to 445. In East Russell a considerable business has been done at 30 to 35., the price leaving off at 308 . to 328 6d.i ; th i s m i ne is looking better, and if the bottom levels are extended east, a good mine may be opened. Dolcoath shares are in demand at 300, and no sellers. -Passets are inquired for at low prices, 220 to 230 ; South Frances flat, at 285 to 210 ; West Basset, 27 to 28 ; the two-monthly dividend, 4,500/., or 15s. per share das declared on Wednesday. —Mining Journal of this y. NEW REMEDY FOR THE GRAPE BLIGHT.—The .10urnal d'Agriculture prutique states that in 1855, a v !cb - grower of the department of L'Hdrault found his vineyard infested with snails. He cleared most of the A pes of these unwelcome visitors, but six ridges were s a ° covered with them that he gave up th e t as k i n 7spair. The snails devoured all the leaves, leaving the grapes untouched. Soon after, the oidiura wade its aPPsarance and, strange to say, the only vines that were not attacked with it were those that were stripped of th e i r l eaves . Seeing this unexpected resu l t, " vine-grower in the following year stripped about a itiundred v i nes b y way o f exper i men t, an d f oun d t h at heY produced three times more grapes than the re s t, which were partly attac'_,ed with the blight. Experi t4l4 th ut 'i on a large r s ca l e a re now in proarcso to asoer e efficacy of this method. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Maid RAILWAYS. Closing Price, this day Business done this day. A.rnbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc elfast & Ballymena Wolverh. & Stour Valley Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Blackburn myth & Tyne original £2.s(iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Chester & Holyhead ;Cork and Bandon 1 Cork, Black. & Pass , Cornwall A Do .B D übli n &Bel fast June Dun. P. & Aber. June ;East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. P..... ..... [Do. New ,East Kent - East Lancashire East Suffolk ..... I Do. ;Edinburgh & Glasgow - Edinb. and Peebles Edi nb. Prth . &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. ,Furness t ,Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &-West. (Ire. ) Great Western. Do. Str. V. R gua. Stl Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. Do. New Thirds „. Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F Xl6 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. So nth por t. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths .... Do. ,1a5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western' 'Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch . She f. &Lincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricarclo'l arrangement ..... Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle d; Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.dalrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k........ Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. dz Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern - Berwick Do. do. Extension „. !Do do. G. N.E. Parch. 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.. Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrd n . St Shropshire Union I Sitingbourne &Sheer , South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i per:. Shares South Wales 'S. Yorksh. River Dun /Do IStaines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 1855 'Stockton d; Hartlepl ITaff Vale 'Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerielt , West West End of London and Crystal Palace 1 Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH PO 'Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen. Ind, guar. 5 p.c. (Do. 'Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brnt. & Godch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 l Do. do., 1 July, '73 1 Do. do., 1 Jure '74 , Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.)l Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara.. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4. p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. I Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben I CA. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c IGt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New IDo. Bds., payable '57, IDo. do., 76, p. '6O IDo. do., '73, do. I Do. do., '73, without . 1 option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c Do. 4th Ex., do Oudo (Limited) 1 Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do FOR: :IGN. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 6i 20 18 Ardennes • ••• 5 all Belgian East. Janet •11 20 16 Be ziers to Graissessac 6 all ,Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 41 54 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 Gt. Central of France 23/ - 244 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i 8 71 16 4 Italian Junction — ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 4p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 26 27 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ..• 331 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New •—• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref l9i 204 16 all Northern of France 33 331 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 I all Paris and Lyons 541 55 541 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 7 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c 1 1 d 10 71 Rem and Frlatali — ••• 20 all Royal Danish l6 5 all Royal Swedish — 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7l 8 10 all o°. 51 per cent. Pref, 8 8i 20 , all Southern of France 261 27 8i all ( West Flanders 4l 5 10 all 'Do. 51 per c. Pref . 8t 9+ 20 all W.&N.W. of France 281 291 20 6 Western of Austria — ..• 20 all West. of Switzerland ..• ••• 6 ; all Do.B p. cent. pref. . - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 2 1 42 0 060 0 5 I aaa:118:1111WZ.It-Beria:Istika:: ,Wiesbaden London cr of 40 all Br ß i. k e . o o L f ß in k ci .& . :L u n n . . & C c o 48 .. 269 14 149 :9 4 1 . : 50 all British W. American' ••• ••• h 20 8 C. 100 ; 50 City 100 25 Colonial ... 281 981 100 1 20 Commercial of Loud. 20 all iEng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. 1 . 8 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 171 18 20 j all Ditto New 2( 50 L 20 f n on d c.laonakg.or and n n Cou c nty 50 p 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 ,Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 'Do. New 50 22 National Bank .• • •• • 20 all New South Wales 46 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 35 36 35 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 15 Provinc4ll of Ireland ••• 10 all ,Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G Im.Co. 25 all 'South Australia 32A •-33.1 25 all Union of Australia 54 55 ... 2,1 Do. New 6 7 50 10 Union of London 26i 4 101 150 Unity Mutual . 100 !a) Westrak ofLoncl t , 114 53 - N. Si - 9 60 - 71 8 - 84 91 - 93 751 - 76 361 - 37 ... - .. 4 - .5 9 - 10 20} - 201 114 - :52 - 54 35 - 36 8 - 7 (11 96 - 98 6i Ei : i - 35 99 - 101 8 - 9 971 - 981 92 - 93 120 - 122 103 - 105 63 - 634 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6 -8;. 1001 -100 i 6a sa 111 113 103 1034 Rd 100 1603 di ••• - ••• 83 - 831 54 - 553 ••• - ••• 14 - 15 64 - 66 3i - 34 ,1 45 - 46 91 92 22's 23 21 13 43 44 73 74 97 99 7A 8 10_ 103 343 353 6 Ed 104 - 106 25 - 26 43 - 50 3 - 2 ,1 17A -18 i 74 - 75 91 93 5i 54 4id 9 11 41 43 ••• - ••• 243 4 - 24 - 4 7 - 9 3 - 31 - 5 ISSESSIONS i d par 5 4d 88 92 85 90 85 90 ••• ••• 11 .. 1 i 1 - 4 100 - 101 1p 191 -- 201 54 -- 55 874 88 19A -- 20 Cd r -- par ' 211 -- 22 -- 1 p 99 -- 101 109 -- 113 1109 -- 113 107 109 18 19 19? 20 Ir— — id •••§ - •.; • 1100} 100 1 19 21 11t 5 i a 20 all all St. 100 St. 100 ZO all 10 all 121 5 St. ,100 ! 25 all 25 all St. !100 10 1 1 10 I 1 St. ,100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20i all St. 100 50 33 St. 100 St. 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 100 100 - 100 all 100 100 t. 20 St. St. t. 0 st. st. 17i all all !100 164 100 100 r. 1114.1 SUN, LONDON SATURDAY' EVEN IN G, JULY 25, 1857, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. C,)intuiesioner Fane.) HOUSE OF LORDS- (YESTERDAY. IN RE TUB WELSH POTOSI SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat' on the w)cl sack at five o'clock. MINING COMPANY. To-day vraq appointed for hearing further arguments on the petition fcr winding up the affairs of the above company. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition from the officers and seamen frequenting the ports of the Tyne, praying for the formation of a harbour of refuge on the northeast coast. Mr. Bagley appeared in support of the petition ; to which an objection was taken that the company was erroneously described, and that it should have been the Welsh Potosi Lead aid Copper Mining Company. After a long discussion, his Honour held that as no one couli have been misled he could amend the error, and that the company could be properly described in the subsequent proceedings. On order was accordingly made as prayed for, and Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, was appointed official liquidator. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) THANIES. Edwin Barton, a licensed victualler, ,appeared to answer a summons fir sufferin; drunken and disorderly persons in his house, " The Windmill," Rosemary-lane. Burton said he was not the landlord of the house, but the police-inspector informed the magistrate that he was the ostensible proprietor, the transfer of the license being merely colourable, as it was thought the license would have been lost had Burton applied for it. The house was open nearly all night. The magistrate was of opinion that Burton was the real landlord, and fined him 51. for the offence. lordships were feebly attempting to discharge—would have been Rerlorming that :Aity with the irresistible force of his high authority —a duty not so much to the memory of his cherished friend as to the cervices he had renderel to his country—not only the services he had performed under the noble duke, but the inest;tuable services he had performed when in command of the most arduous expedition which had ever left our shores, and under difficulties almost overwhelming, he had led our troops and the troops of our allies, with whom his kindly nature and his great v. isciom preserved an undeviating friendship—(hear, hear)—led them to a victory in some respects without an example in the proud military annals of his country. (Loud cheers) He (Lord Brougham) had heard both military and naval men of the longest and largest experience express the warmest—the most, if he might so say —the most inexpressible admiration of the manner in which the landing in the Crimea had been conducted before the battle of the Alma ; aed it must not be forgotten that it was to the firm ness of Lord Raglan that we owed the landing in the Crimea at that critical moment at all. Marshal St. Arnaud, of whom no man could wish to speak with deeper regret for his loss or with greater admiration for his ability--Marshal St. Arnaud, who was labouring at that time under the disease with which he was stricken, and which unhappily proved mortal, was wholly against the operation. At first he r,fu , ed his concurrence ; but when urged by Lord Raglan—urged with the noble lord's characteristic firmness, which was only equalled by his kindly forbearance—Marshal St. Arnaud, with a candour and a wisdom, the one equal to the other, gave up his opposition, and consented to take a part in the enterpris The field of Alma followed, and if Lord Raglan's advice had been taker, the allies within eight-and-forty hours would have been in pos• session of Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) He said that on the best of all authorities. He knew that it might be cal!ed wiezlom after the event ; but they had it upon the confession of the enemy himself that Sebastopol must have fallen if the allies bad only advanced upon it imme diately after the battle of the Alma. Instead of that, however, there was substituted a inarci , , the execution of which no doubt did the highest honour to the mili tary ta'ents of the commanders, and which led to two or three glurious though fruitless victories ; but, unhappily the general result was a great prolongation of the siege, and a great consequent loss of life. Nevertheless the victory was ours ; and to whom could we ascribe it but to Lord Raglan 3 (Cheers.) From the beginning, throughout, and to the end, when unhappily he fell a sacrifice to disease brought on partly by the climate, but in a much greater proportion by his mental anxiety, and the cruel disappointment which he experienced— to him we owed the whole of that great achievement which had added so much, if anything could add, to the lustre of our arm?. (Cheers.) Should they not, then, reward acts like these ! Should they be grudge a monument to such a man ! He did not say begrudge at all as a matter of economy, but as one of precedent, which appeared to weigh so much upon his noble friend (Lord Panmure) ; but should they, through a fear of precedents—which could after all have very little, if any, application—refuse to Lord Raglan a monument, to which public opinion was prepared to assent, and which they were even prepared to ask ! (Cheers.) He (Lord Brougham) knew it required no monument to hand down such deeds as these to all suc ceeding ages, He knew, as was well said by an orator of antiquity, that "Illustrious men need no trophy ; the whole world is their monument." (Cheers.) Never theleee, he (Lord Brougham) humbly thought that they would do well to yield to the prejudice of local associa tions, and perpetuate his name and imperishable re nown by the ordinary mode of erecting a monument to his memory, in order that others might be excited to folkes his bright example. (Hear.) The Earl of DERBY could not resist the opportunity of adding the humble tribute of his praise to the great and signal merit of the late Lord Raglan, and of express ing his deep regret at the answer of the noble lord to the question of the noble earl. He thought the noble earl might have claimed the public gratitude for Lord Raglan with regard to a much earlier period of his life than that on which he chiefly dwelt. (Hear, hear.) With the exception of that illustrious personage, the Duke of Wellington himself, there was hardly an instance of a man baying for so long a time devoted his great talents, military and civil, to the public service, as the late Lord Raglan. (Cheers.) He was extremely sorry that the noble lord should have given what he was afraid he must consider a refusal to the request of the noble earl, although the noble lord would not say that the Govern ment might not, on some future and more favourable opportunity, entertain his proposal. Lord PANMURE said the noble earl was putting words into his mouth which he had never used. Lord DERBY—WeII, if the noble lord disclaimed the wcrds— Lord PANMURE—I not only disclaim them, but I never used them. (Cheers.) Lord DERBY must haVe misunderstood the noble lord, though he certainly thought be had heard him say what he had stated, and many of his noble friends around him bad fallen into the same error. They had certainly thougkt they heard the noble baron allude to some future and more favourable opportunity. (Cheers.) Lord PANMURE—I utterly deny that I used the words, " more favourable," and I am surprised that when the noble earl has received a direct denial from a gentleman, he does not take his word. (Cheers.) Lord DERBY did take the noble lord's word, and he concei?ed that the noble lord was displaying a very un necessary amount of temper. (hear, hear.) Lord FORTESCUE observed that it was he who used the word, " future and more favourable opportunity." Lord DERBY said that when the noble baron talked of monuments being granted to persons only who had performed very great and signal services, he would not follow out the inference which must necessarily be drawn with regard to the services of Lord Raglan. lie con sidered that the services of Lord Raglan in the Penin sula and at Waterloo, his services for twenty-five years at the Horse Guards, his ready acceptance of the command in the Crimea, the manner in which he had struggled against every difficulty, and the confidence which he bad had inspired not only in his own troops but in those of our allies, entitled him to be placed in the category of those who had performed great and signal services to their cotintry. (Coeers.) He did not think that the noble lord was right in the rule which had been laid down with regard to monuments being only granted to military commanders who had died in actual battle or of their wounds. He believed that Lord Collingwood, Lord St. Vincent, and Lord Cornwallis had all had monuments. (H,ar ) But he maintained that Lord Raglan had owed his death as much as any man could do to his devotion to his country, and he therefore contended that the noble lord came fairly within the rule. (Hear.) He (Lord Derby) should like to know when a more favourable opportunity could occur than the present. It was now more than two years since the death of Lord Raglan. Were the government waiting to see how much public pressure could be brought to bear upon them in reference to this subject, on which it was ptculiarly their province to decide! (Hear.) He had heard with some regret that the noble earl intended to bring the question forward, because he thought that if the government assented t.) it, the act would lose a great portion of its grace, and, if they refused, then an addi tional slur would be cast upon the character of Lord Ragliai, which had already been subjected to much un deserved obloquy. (Hear.) He must, however, again express his deep sorrow at the answer the question had received; more especially on account of the slur the government had thrown on the services of Lord Raglan. (Cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE said the debate had not taken a very pleasant turn, and when the noble earl talked of temper, he did not think the tone of his own observations was altogether defensible. With everything that had been said in favour of Lord Raglan he (Lord Granville) entirely concurred ; but still he did not think it would be desirable, even fur that noble lord's own reputation, that the government should proceed to decide on the question until they had perfectly satisfied themselves that the proposal would meet with!general concurrence. (Hear, hear.) _ The Duke of BEAUFORT was glad to bear the state ment of the noble earl that he concurred in the eulogies which had been passed upon his late relative. The Minister of War, however, hart not said a single word in praise of that great man, who had carried out to the best of his endeavours the orders he had received from the noble lord. Nay, he would go further—the noble lord had put the last crowning act upon his treatment of his (the duke's) noble relative, whom during his life he had cinstantly vilified [so the noble duke was understood to say]. The subject then dropped. IMMIGRATION INTO THE WEST INDIA COLONIES. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a peti tion from Guiana, praying for the removal of certain impediments to the importation into that colony of free labourers. The Crown Suits (Scotland) Bill, the Bill Chambers (Scotland) Bill, and the Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Bill, were severally read a second time. The Portland Harbour Bill, and the Chatham Lands Bill, passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned at ten minutes past 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTER DAY. ) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER Mr. CARDWELL took the oaths and his seat for Oxf or d City. The hon. member was introduced by M r. Weguelin and Mr. Glynn. After taking the oaths he occupied his usual seat during the latter p art o f the last sei=sion, at the corner immediately above the gang_ way and behind the . Treasury I.)tch. lie received the warm congratulatwns of his numerous friends in the h ouse . The hon. gentleman presented a petition from Oxford against the _Divorce Bill, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following private bills were considered and agreed to :—Atlantic Telegraph Company ; Dartmouth and Torbay Railway ; Dundalk arid Enni&killen Railway ; East Somerset Railway ; Newton and Machynlleth Railway ; Prestwich Railway and Radcliffe Roads ; Shr.)p:ihire Union Railways and Canal ; London and North Western Railway, and Shropshire Canal Companies. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 Paid! Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydeeale Jc.! Col .Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. 1.1. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr. I Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon. & Greenw, !Do.Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. 'Ma.nch.Rxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. !Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. &Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.c ?rest. & Wyre Do. 4 Shrs. A. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews . & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wil ts &Sorerst Ln. &N. W. ria.lßdon E. U. dr E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do. IGt.Westn. V. & N.M 'Do Do S. Eastern Do Pao & Co Do Ln. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do Do Do L. & . W Do Gt. Northu T. Brassoy M. IVlCloan Stk. &Dar Do Gt.Westn 11 - 13 133 - 135 3i - 44 1.06 - 103 12 -12 i 22i - 236 ICO - 102 id- P 21 - 21 90 - 02 - P 55 - 57 1 131 - 133 8 - 81 9 - 32 - 33 89,- 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. ! SW ' s r . e & t. . E ( x i s 4 d p . t c 01 p 5. Do. 4 per c. Shares i Caledn. £lO 4' p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5A P.C. IDo. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandon 5 ip.c. ;Dun.Perth./tAber.J. E. Annlinn Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B G p. c. IDo do. Cis. C 7p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 IDo. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 5/., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash. 6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 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. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.( 8.&11.Ex.5pc ,Do. cou. red. 4i P.C. ;Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D o. ,P., 5 IL c. St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lou. l & N. W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S. W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Londy.&Ennis. 2 Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 . Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. $. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Ifid. Con sol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. 6CI. Pref. St. New.,Aber. , &c., pr. 3 p. c. red. 5 • •. c. pm. Do. Pefpet. 6 pr. et. gorf ii. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 P. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 51; p.c. pf , " 347 ~1847 North BritisF Do, 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Pr:. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1843 Do. Yorl EL &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar Do. c. 2d guar._ Scot. 3nt.New Pref. Sc. N. E. ti_ber.: - . 6p . c. Do. do. 7 p.c. p'. St. Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i - .r cent. S. Eastern f—eading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4. p. S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Stock, & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 89 - 91 5,i -- 97 5i - 61 111. - 115 112 - 116 $ - p - ??. 12i --12 i 70 =- 7 2 114 - 116 1105 - 107 1100 - 102 60 - 62 10} - 104 54 -- 64 1 92 -- 94 82 - 84 83 -- 85 99 -- 101 9i -- 101 17 -- 171 91 -- 10' .73 -- 75 4 19i -- 204 91 -10 i 14i -- 154 38 - 141 .15 - 117 L 55 - 158 - fir 6! - 69 L 32 - 134 96 - 98 87 - 89 A :62 1 104 93 - 95 14 - 1 Ad 223 23 116 - 118 98 - 100 114 - 116 105 - 110 18i -- 19 224 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 27 - 28 2 - 3 p ".. ••• 2i - 2i BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (milk.) (British Iron 'Condurow (Cambrn.) pet% Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) ;Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) Lady Bertha !N. Frances (Illogan) IN. W. Basset (Illogan) 'North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances( ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft ;Un.Minea (Gwennap) V. of Towoy (Cam ar. ) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth) IWh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 17 - 18 6 - 7 130 - 140 410 - 450 15 - 17 - 8 3' - 4' - 4 10 - 12 12 - 13 3 - 4 19 - 21 5 - 6 2 - 2 315 - 325 4 - 5 275 -- 285 1i - 3i - 41 1 - i 26 - 28 i2O - 130 230 - 259 300 310 5i - 6 20 21 46 - 48 24 - 26 Business this day SOUTHWARK. SINGULAR CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Margaret Williams and Ann Jones, two unfortunate young fe males, were brought before Mr. Burnham, charged with stealing a gold bracelet from the person of Sarah Ann Endle. From the evidence, it appeared that the bracelet was snatched from the arm of the prosecutrix by a woman in company with Jones, bat she managed to escape. Williams was taken into custody on suspicion of being the person, but she denied all knowledge of the rob bery. Remanded. LLOYD'S aUIPPING...(This Day.) LONDON, July 21—Wind this day at noon, W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy, after a heavy shower of rain. PORTSMOUTH, July 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Windsor Castle, from London for Bombay. Sailed— William Hammond, for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, July 24. Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Oceans, from Havana; Catherine Johnson, Alloa for Monte Video. CARDIFF, July 24.—Wind W.—Sailed—Prince Albert, for Alexandria ; Eliza Jane, ditto. MILFORD, July 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sophia, from Quebec. SWANSEA, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Conrad, from Coquimbo ; Pilot, Teneriffe. Sailed—Louise, for Teneriffe ; Exchange, New York. COWES, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—James Armstrong, from Havre for Liverpool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived.—Favourite, from Miramichi ; Orkney Lass, Amsterdam. _ — Off.—British Lion, from Bombay ; Ariel, Ceara ; Le vant, Beloochee, City of Manchester, Carthagena, Coun tess of London, Eudor. QUEENSTOWN, JULY 23. Wind S.W. Arrived—Burgos Annette, from Halifax, N.S. ; Queen of the Isles Galatz ; Matanzas, Matanzas ; Loda Galatz; Rubicon, Isles , Galatz Aneo, and Sevetson Ledkendoff , Odessa. DUBLIN, July 24. _ Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Hope, from Quebec ; Elope, St. John's, N.B. ; Agnes Anderton, Quebec. _ - . - KINGSTOWN, July 21. Wind W. Arrived—Robert A. Robins, from St. John's, N.B. ; Lady Campbell, Quebec. (BY STJBMARINIC AND BRITIEM TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.15 a.m. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, July 24.—Unanimity, from Havannah. Arrived, July 25.—Jenny, from Grenada; Royal Con sort, Dautzic ; Henry, Drobak ; Melona, Guernsey; Titus, Konigsberg ; Mary Muncaster, Quebec ; Asbbury, Rouen ; Ulysses, Caen ; Spreereyestrayswarre, Quebec; Koophandel, Groningen ; Hoppet, Quebec. Sailed, July 25—Urul, for Bombay. DEAL, Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind W.S.W., fresh, rather fine. Passed. leblipeco—ll re,afrom fo r Lo M nd ad o r n a . s ; Athlete, Bombay ; Ha Passed ' , 24—Abeona, from London, for Malta. Anchored---Valencia, from London, for Santander. Sailed—Liverpool, for Hong Kong, in tow ; Romochan, for London. The Queen of the Netherlands visited the Agamem non yesterday at Greenwich, previous to her departure with the Transatlantic telegraph. The overland Australian mails are expected to be delivered in London on Monday morning. The half-yearly meeting of the South Eastern Railway Company is called for the 25th of August. Yesterday morning a lad, Rained William Hasper, was drowned at Blackfriare-bridge, while bathing. Harvest operations are now general throughout the south of England, and the weather is most propitious. Count Collorado, the Austrian ambassador, has been commissioned to compliment the Pope on the political results of his tour in the provinces. From this we may conclude the Cabinet of Vienna is well satisfied that his Holiness has not listened to any political addresses. The Pope returns to Rome in September. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The extra farewell per. formances given at the above theatre during the present week have been greatly successful; as indeed they , could scarcely have failed to be with such immense attractions, whether in opera or ballet, as each programme offered, at -unpreeedently low prices of admission. Last night Rossini's charming "La Cenerentola ' " with the following cast — Angelina, Madame Alboni ; Magnifico, Signor Rossi ; Ramiro, Signor Belart ; and Dandini, Signor Bellettil; was per formed for the first time since last year. We need scarcely add that Madame Alboni was enthusiastically applauded in all her efforis, or that her incomparable rendering of the universally popular "Non piu mesta" elicited the customary encore. The house was crowded in every part. FIRE AT LAMBETH WORRHOUSE.—Las t night, anout 8 o'clock, a are, of a very alarming nature , broke out in that portion of the building occupied by the sick and infirm inmates. The whole of the occupants of the sick ward were removed with safety, and, after the most strenuous exertions of the firemen, the fire, which was fortunately con fined to that part of the workhouse in which it o r iginated, was subdued. Mr. J. B. Gough's engagement with the National Temperance League and the Scottish Temperance League extends over three years, the arrangement b e i ng ethigahtthmeolecturesEfonugrlamnodn.thliee will address one or twosCh year in Scotl an d, an d meetings for the National Temperance League, and then go to Scotland until the end of December.— Weekly Record. THE WATER OF THE SERFENTINE.—A. very interesting report, Micoscopical and Chemical, by Dr. Hassell, on the water of the Serpentine, has just been submitted to the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. It clearly proves that this water is in a very bad and un wholesome state, and demonstrates the necessity for some efficient remedial measures being resorted to. Dr. Hassell suggests that steps should be taken similar in principle to those which have already been carried into effect, for the purification of the water of the lake in St. James's Park. He considers that the Serpentine should be empted, and all the black and putrid mud, the col lection of the impurities of years, removed ; that the bottom should be levelled, rendered more shallow, and of one uniform depth of about 4i feet ; that it should be covered with concrete; and lastly, that it should be sup plied with pure spring water, arrangements being made with the water companies for a temporary supply of water, in the event of the supply from the springs falling short at any time. These measures the doctor states are to be most strongly advocated, not only on sanitary grounds, but on that of humanity. Not only could bathers resort to the Serpentine in greater numbers, and with more advantage to their health, not only would the atmosphere near the water be more healthful, but the lives of hundreds of persons would eventually be saved. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Australian Mail packet Simla was despatched from Sydney 17 days be fore her time, with the homeward overland mail, in con sequence of the breaking down of the Oneida. She ought to have made the passage to Suez in 42 days ; instead of that she took 48 days. She has therefore not made such a good voyage as she did on her first hnme ward trip, when she arrived at Suez within the stipulated of her mails may be ex pected Mo nda y, The Australian mail Alexandria until the steamer steamer Jura London w a Marseilles i l nn l e oe s tx t portion ge t ont to 25th inst. ; consequently the heavy portion of the Australian mail will not reach England before the 7th or Bth of next mouth. The European, which took out the April overland Australian mail, had arrived at King George's Sound, on her way to Sydney, within the con tract time ; and the Columbian, which took out the May overland Australian mail, left Point de Galle for Melbourne one day after her time. The Simla left Ceylon about a week before the homeward Indite mail packet was due there. The French CivilTributiar was. on Wednesday called on to decide a new dispute between Mr. and Mrs. Hope. In consequence of their separation, Mr. Hope, some Uwe newspapers and issued circulars, declaring responsible for any debts that ,lrs. thatu advertised ophe ei might d notbe contract ; but, notwithstanding, tradesmen continued to give the lady credit;and as she did not pay, they onTuesday brought an action against her and her husband for the money. Mr. Hope con tended that, having warned all tradesmen not to give credit, he was not responsiide. Mrs. Hope contended that, as their separation had taken place by an agree ment Hope, and as every husband was obliged according to his means, between to her maintain and M h r i . s he must pay. The tribunal condemned Mr. Hope to pay the various claims, which amounted to about 300,000 fr. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a third time and passed :—Duke of Bridgewater's Estate (as amended) ; Dexthrop Turnpike Trust; London City Coal Duties; European and India Junction Telegraph Compy. ; West of Fife Mineral Rail way ; Clyde Navigation ; Pultenay Town Harbour ; Elie Harbour ; Newquay Pier and Harbour and Railway ; Reading Railways Junction Raiiway ; Sianey River lmprovinent ; Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Rail way ; Worksop awl Atterchffe Road ; Westminster Terminus Railway Extension (Clapham to Nor wood Abandonment); Burial of the Dead within the City arid Liberties of London; Otley and Skipton Mu lingdon and Todmorden Roads ; Fife and Kinross Rail way ; and Kinross-shire Raii way. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE The Earl of DERBY referred to a notice he had given last session to his noble friend (Lord Rede , cla!e) for the appointment of a particular day after which their lordships would not consider the merits of bills sent up to that house. He could readily understand why his noble friend, iu the present session, had not given notice, because the real business of Parliament not having commenced till May, it was considered inconvenient to fix a day for the final con sideration of bills. They had now, however, arrived at a period so advanced that it wool! be very agreeable to both sides of the house that n) more bilis should be submitted to their consideration. (Hear.) He trusted therefore it would not be thought unreasonable if he suggested to the propriety of naming a day for the final disposal of all the bills requiring a second reading. He thought the Government would see the convenience of acquiescing in such arrangements. Lord REDESDALE said it was true ho was pre vented from raoving.the usual sessional order in • con sequence of the period at which Parliament was called together. At the same time he might inform their lordships that everything that had since occurred only the more convinced him that it:was highly important such a resolution should be adopted. If such an order had existed he was persuaded that the business of the other house would be much more advanced than it was at the present moment. He did not now feel disposed to move such a resolution The Earl of MALMESBURY (after a short pause) said he thought the subject deserved some notice by the Government. Lord GRANVILLE said that at an early period of the session he had been in communication with the noble lord (Redesdale) on the subject, and it was then arranged that owing to the advanced period at which Parliament met, it would be inconvenient if such a re solution was agred to. The Earl of DERBY said he had already admitted the peculiar circumstances of the pressut session, and he therefore trust-d that the Government would fix a day themselves for the final consideration of measures that it was important should be •passed during the present session, TOLL REFORM. In answer to Lord RAVENSWORTH, Earl GRANVILLE said the present session was too far advanced for the introduction of a bill on the subject. Government would direct attention to it during the recess with a view of ascertaining the best course to be pur sued. The Home Secretary was at present in communi cation with the Commissioners of Roads on the subject. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LORD RAGLAN. Earl FORTESCUE asked whether it was the inten tion of the Government to erect a monument to the late Lord Raglan ? Eighteen months had now elapsed since the close of the late war. The honours and distinctions of that war had been bestowed by the hand of the Sove reign on their fortunate possessors. (Hear, hear.) In referring to the deserts of Lord Raglan, be would only notice those points which were unquestionable, and would refer as little as possible to the reerits of other par ties. The expedition to the Crime', though determined on in April 1854, had been only carried out in Septem ber of that year ; and it required all the energy, skill, and Influence of Lord Raglan, with our allies, to miry it to a successful issue. The landing was effected without the loss of a single bait or man ; and the heights of the Alma were speedily won. It was now well known that, immediately after that victory, Lord Raglan urged the pursuit of the enemy ; and it was now admitted by the Russians themselves that had that bold course been taken, Sebastopol must have been ours in the course of a few days. In the disasters which followed, the British public and the British press had been unsparing in their censure of those who neglected to make due provision for the undertaking. It should be remembered how confi dently it was predicted that Sebastopol would fall in a few weeks, and on more than one occasion a report was circulated, and generally believed, that the fortress had been taken. There was every reason to believe that the object would have been gained had Lord Raglan's ad vice in the first instance been taken ; and it was probable the public would not have approved of an amount of pre paration which no one supposed would be needed. After the battle of Inkermann,!the same advice was given by Lord Raglan as to the pursuit of the disordered Russian army ; and the French general had since admitted that he was mistaken in not following that advice. The ex pedition to Kertch was attended with a success which left nothing to regret. The failure of the attack on the Redan on the 18th of June had seriously affected Lord Raglan. The distress and reaction of that failure hastened his death, which occurred ten days afterwards. (Hem) His personal qualifications were undoubted ; his imperturbable gallantry had been testified to by Mar shal St. Arnaud—no mean judge—as worthy of the heroes of ancient times. (Hear.) Lord Raglan pos sessed also the much rarer virtue of great fortitude un der circumstances of difficulty and distress ; and his simple, frank courtesy won the hearts, as his greatjudg ment convinced the minds, of all with whom he came in contact. (Hear.) Nor would the historiarf forget to record his constant and unwearied exertions to promote as far as he could the comfort and to alleviate the suffer ings of his men—exertions to which the best testimony was the enthusiastic affection with which he was re ceived by his troops upon every occasion when he was recognised by any portion of them in his frequent but unostentatious visits, by day and by night, to their camps and to their quartets. (Hear.) That Lord Raglan, with his singular modesty, should not have valued him self upon the possession of qualities which he considered were common to every soldier, or upon deeds which he looked on as among the simplest duties of a commander, no one who knew him would wonder at ; but it might fairly be asked, when his strategical movements were attacked and invidiously compared with what were sup posed to be the greater energy and rapidity exhibited on the part of the French, it might fairly be asked why he had never sought to justify himself ? Those who had seen the private correspondence of laird Raglan would bear him out when he said that the'noble lord never suffered a line to go forth from his pen wbich could convey the idea that any difference of opinion ex isted between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of our allies ; because with the true spirit of a patriot and a hero be preferred to suffer blame to be ca't upon himself rather than put in hazard for one moment that good understand between the two armies- which he fel: to be a prime ingredient in the success of that great cause which he had so much at heart. (Cheers.) These were the grounds upon which he Ole noble earl) asked for the late Lord Ragland the distinction which had been conferred upon other commanders who bad died in the service of their country. The noble lord concluded by asking whether—if not now, at some future and more favourable opportunity—the Government would be pre pared to take the course pointed out in the question he had address to them ? Lord PANMURE had listened with great satisfaction to the tribute which his noble friend bad thought it but right to pay to the memory of the late Lord Raglan. The noble earl must not suppose that because the Go vernment had not proposed to the other House of Par liament a vote for a marble monument, they were in sensible to the services rendered by Lord Raglan, or that they did not feel that those services had been attended with beneficial results. He hoped, too, the noble earl would not say that the public of this country had not fully expressed their opinion upon the unhappy death of the gallant lord whose merits their lordships were now discussing. In point of fact, they bad expressed, by the votes of both Houses of Parliament, the attachment they felt to the memory of the noble and gallant lord. He (Lord Panmure) looked upon those votes as a public testimony to public services, and in that spirit they had been proposed. With regard to public monu ments, the Government were compelled to be cautious how they were bestowed. In the military history of our country (with the exceptions his noble friend had pointed out) every public monument that had been placed upon the walls of the cathedral in the city or the neighbouring abbey, had been decreed to commanders who had fallen in the execution of their duty. But Lord Raglan was not without his monument. A sum of 20,0001. had been set apart for the erection in the East of a monument dedicated to the memory of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who hail fallen in the service cltheir country. The most conspicuous object which would meet the gaze of all who approached Constantinople would be this monument, which would shortly be erected by this country to the memory of her sons ; and the first name that would be inscribed upon it would be that of Lord Raglan, in association with those of his gallant comrades in arms who had perished with him in the war. (Hear.) He (Lord Panniure) did not mean to say that this country would not at some future time en tertain the proposition ; but he wonid remind their lord ships that in erecting a public monument, whether to a statesman or to a soldier, it must, in the first place, be done with the full concurrence and approbation of the people ; and next, in order to make these memorials valued. it must be fur services of the highest character which either a statesman or a soldier could render. Lord BROUGHAM was understood to say that the answer of the noble lord would have been most unfor tunate, even if psrsonal feelings only wore involved — (cheers)—even if the only question bad been ono of the private virtues of Lord Raglan, that gentle nature which had ever been found in alliance with brilliant courage—(hear) —even if they had only to regard his groat and useful services in a long life devoted to his country—(loud cheers) —in a most difficult office, from his earliest years, when, to the astonishment of his young contemporaries, he was singled out by the unerr . ing sagacity of that great captain, who from ti me at . tached him to his person, and continued to repose his confidence in him till the last hour of his illustrious life ; and who, had be fortunately been spared to them, would on that day have been performing the duty whi c h thei ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Committee appointed to try the return for Hun tingdon county was sworn at the table of the House. LUNATICS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered. Mr. C. BRUCE suggested that the new Lunacy Board should be put into working order, with Sir J. M'Neil, president of the Scotch Poor Law Board, at its head. The LORD ADVOCATE said that ho had consulted SirJ.ll.`Neil onthe expediency of joining the two boards. He had expressed his readiness to undertake the dative, but he considered it inadvisable to join the two boards tho working of which would be very different. In reply to a question, The LORD ADVOCATE said that he had intended to alter the salaries to be paid to the commissioner from 1,2001. a year to 1,0001., but he found be was too late, as the clause was passed. He assured the house that the commissioners would not be paid more than 1,0001. per annum. (Hear, h .ar.) Mr. STIRLING moved the omission of clause 113, which exempted from asses ments Orkney and Shet- land. Mr. BLACKBURN suggested that the exemption should only apply to SheilAnd, which after a discussion was agreed O. _ _ The other amendments were then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. _ On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir J. OGILVEY said he had no wish to make any fac tious opposition to the bill, but he objected to the prin ciple of centralisation it woul I establish, as opposed to local self government, which was dear to the people of Scotland, the destruction of which they would not submit to it if it were possible to avoid it. It as no reason that because the principle had been introduced into the Englibh Police Act that it should be applied to Scot land, and he thought it should be resisted to prevent the establishment of a a precedent in future legislation. Admitting the principle to be applicable to England, he contended that it was not to Scotland, the circum stances connected with the management of the body being vastly different in the two countries. The house then went into committee on the bill. Clause 1, with amendments, was agreed to. On clause 2, Sir J. ANDERSON said it was only right that burghsformin , part of counties should have a voice i n th e ma nagement o f s the police, and he moved the insertion of words that the provost of chief magistrate of every burgh containing 1,000 inhabitants, incorporated with the county for the purposes of this act, should be a member of the police committee. After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn. On clause 3, relative to the power of the Secretary of State, The LORD ADVOCATE said that this and several other clauses, bearing on the subject, were copied, word for. word, from the English Act. All the Government asked for was, that having consented to bear a certain portion of the expense of the force, the same powers should be given them in Scotland that they had in England, where the country gentlemen were as jealous of centralisation as those of Scotland. The English bill had been found to work well, and he knew no reason why its principle sliould not be applied to Scotland. The learned gentleman then gave several in stances of the evils resulting from local eelf•government in Scotland relative to the police force, and said that all this bill proposed was to give the Government a certain amount of superintendence of the police in Scotland, but not an interference otherwise than to see that the public interest did not suffer. - Mr. C. BRUCE supported the establishment of an efficient police force throughout Scotland. The details of management should be left in the bands of the people of Scotland. He also urged the necessity of a certain number of detectives being kept, either at the escpense of the Government or of the people of Scotland. After a discussion, in which Sir T. E. Cnlebrooke, Mr. Blackburn, Mr, Black, Ca. Sykes, Mr. W. Ewart, Sir G. Grey, and other members took part, the com mittee divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority The clause was agreed to. . 74 ~ 47 ~ -27 Clauses up to 23 were agreed to, with amendments, when the chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. The other orders for the morning sitting were die. posed of, and the house suspended its sittings at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. INDIA. Lord PALMERSTON—I wish to invert the ordinary course of proceeding, and to ask a question on this side of the house of the right hon. gentleman the member far Buckinghamshire. The arrangement made the other day was, tiAtt we were to give up Monday to the right hon. gentleman, in order that be might make a motion on the affairs of India. I suggested to the right hon. gentleman Monday, rather than to-day, with a ♦iew to the probability of the next mail from India arriving be fore Monday, but I have heard since that the trail is not likely to be here until some time in the course of Mon day, and therefore I suggest to the right hon. gentleman whether he will take Monday or the next earliest govern ment day in the week, so as to make sure that in the meantime the mail will have arrived, and that the whole of the country as well as the Directors of the East India Company may be in possession of whatever news there may be. We are entirely at the discretion of the right hon. gentleman as to whether the arrangement shall stand good for Monday, or whotlier we shall give him Thursday, if it suit him. Of course the right hon. gen• tleman will put upon the votes what the motion is that he intends to make. Mr. DISRAELI—Upon a question of this kind of course any intimation by the noble lord will have from me my grave attention ; but the noble lord will remember that it was at his own suggestion tLat delay took place in bringing forward this ques tion. Ido not myself anticipate that it is of any importance that we should receive any fresh intelli gence before I bring forward the motion which I intend to make. I have heard the suggestion of the noble lard that this matter should be taken into consideration on Thursday, bu't I hope the noble lord will not be offended at my saying that I have a firm conviction that it is ler the public advantage that no delay should take place in bringing on the discussion of which I have spoken ; and I hope the noble lord will, therefore, allow me t) avail myself of the suggestion originally made by him. I will place on the paper a notice of the motion I propose to make on Monday, but it will refer only to papers, and I may say that I have taken this course because I be lieve it to be an act of public duty. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO INDIA. AND 20A la i 31i i 97i 8 63i a 1031 92 13 / 4 / 74 34 5 13i i i i 100 all all all all all 50 25 121 121 20 50 50 50 25 12i• 100 51 St. 12 12 St. 123 13 123 St. all 100 100 100 100 20 124 25 20 25 10 L 0.6 20 25 25 12 1100 100 100 100 all all 121 12 14s •1 11/3; 16/15 1256 20 53 lt 7s, FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada . . ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1.1 13 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 11 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada * li 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.SiLLdM.& Smlt 5 7 5 1 Port Philip — ... 30 16.. Santiago de Cüba 1 all south Australian 1 all Do. Scrip - ••• 1 all Do. 10 p. c. 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NAPIER rose, and said the affairs of India had caused great excitement ; and he wished to make some observations in reference to the conveyance of troops to that country and to China. Tne gallant admiral drew attention to the advautagee which would attend the em ployment of steam vessels insti ad of sailing ships. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels took in coals sufficient for the voyage, because they used coal only during light wind and calms. He would suppose two vessels maid, one a screw and one only a sailin4 vessel, and it must be evident to every gentleman in the house that the sailing vessel must meet with delays from light winds and calms, whilst the screw vessels might be ad vancing at the ordinary rate. The ships sent would get into the Bay of Bengal in Oitober, when the north-east monsoon would prevail, and they would consequently have 8,000 or 10,000 men beating about in the Bay of Bengal for a long time if they were sent in sailing ves sels. He bad seen in the newspapers to-day that six steam vessels had been taken up ; and he was extremely glad that the First Lord of the Admiralty, or whoever had the management of the business bad done so. Those steamers would take 4,000 men: but the cost of each man on landing in India in two of the vessels would be 491. and in the others 431. 15s From As enormous price of these vessels, it must be very clear that had the Channel fleet been kept np, and the ships taken troops, they would not have cost so much as they would when conveyed by merchant ships, There might be some reason which he had no knowledge of for paying off the Channel fleet, but after that they had still in port nine vessels of the line, including four screw vessels, and if instead of paying off screw ships we had paid off sail ing vessels, we should then have had ships in which to send troops to India. He thought that this would be a lesson to the government not to leave the country with out a provision for such emergencies. He had no hesi tition in saying that with the fleet and with Aldershot, in forty-eight hours—as was done in Mr. Canning's time—we eou!d have sent 4,000 or 5,000 men off to India. If these ships bad Leen at Portsmouth, with assistance from the Coast Guard service, we could still have sent 5,000 men to India, even though the Channel fleet had been paid off. We had eight block ships, and if proper attention had been paid to them, they might have gone to India, and have carried 4,000 or 5,000 men. If we bad had the foresight to be prepared at all times we might have had the means at this moment of sending out to India in those Llock ships and some other vessels 10,000 men, without going into the market to get vessels at all. (Hear, bear.) The sailors who had been discharged had probably found their way to Ame rica, and they were now asked to vote 2,000 more. Sailors, like other persons, did not like being called upon to serve one day and turned adrift soon after. He al. mitted that in the ease to which be referred the men went away of their own accord, but they all knew what wale the character of sailors, and if they could not get em ployment in one place they would go elsewhere, and he t doubted w i In h u e ni th b e e r r t o h G f e me o n v ethrneym required. be able ßewag t h o a fi pp n y d to perceive that the Admiralty had recently taken up a number of steam vessels, and were now endeavouring to meet the necessities of the case, but he trusted the, in order to pacify the public mind, and especially the minds of those who had friends in India, the right hon. ba ro 0 1 , would answer the following questit ate;—How many slips have sailed ter India or China, the date of sailing, their names, tonnage, how many troops they took, the number of days stipulated fur the passage, and what forfeit if they fail • their cost, and whether steamers or sailing ships. How many more vessels are taken up for troops, their names and tonnage, the number of troops each are to carry, the length of voyage stipulated for, the forfeit for nonperformance, and the cost, and whether steam or sailing vessels. If any ships of war are commissioned for car rying troops, their names and rate, when they will be ready, and how many troops they will carry, and whether steam or sailing vessels ; what number of troops of all arms are left in Great Britain and Ireland. Whether steamers have been engaged to tow the vessels into the trades, and their cost. 1111614 Sir C. WOOD said the lion. and gallant admiral wished for more information than it was in his power to supply. Tne vessels taken up for the conveyance of troops to India were omploy,d by the East India Com pany, and not by the Admiralty, and therefore be wan not able to answer the questions put to him on that snuject. He believed that the &moon took a regiment about 700 strong, while the other vessels conveyed alto gether from 4,700 to 4,800 men. As regarded the vrssels taken up by the East India Comprny, he had no knowledge as to what vessels they were, what were the conditions made with the owners, or what was th e amount to he paid to the owners. It was not in his power to state what number of troops of all arms would be left in Great Britain and Ireland. The present emergency was one that could not have been foreseen. 20 20 10 St. all 10i 100 100 2scl lOs all 10 all` all all all 89i i 1121