The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

T-birb IBbittoul SUN OFFICE. Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY•) HOUSE OF LORDS. • Room B. 14ANCRESTER. BUXTON, IWATLOCIC, AND TILIDMAND Jim cT1077 (MAN CHESTER, AND SOUTZPORT IMANCIMS). Their Lordships met this morning* at Eleven, and de clared the preambles of the above Bills to be proved. Room E. EAST L45-IVCASUITI,Z (SOUTHPORT BRANCH) The Committee were occupied during the day with hearing evidence on the part of the opposition to this Bill. Room F. LONDON-BRIDGE (TERMINI ENLARGE- MENT). The Committee was occupied during the day in pals iea the clauses of the above-named Bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. COCKBURN resumed his address on behalf of the lines promoted by the South-Western Company. At the conclusion of his reply the room was ordered to be cleared, when after the Committee had remained upwards of an hour in deliberation the parties were called, and _ _ Tte CHAIRMAN announced the decision of the Com mittee to be— That the preamble of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor chester Railway and Branches Bill, with the exception of the branch to Sidmoutb, the extension to Ilminster, the branch to Charmouth, and the Exeter branch to Bridport, was proved. (With respect to this Bill, the Committee intimated their opinion that it was desirable that some arrange ment should be come to between the parties and the pro prietors of the Shute House Estate. That the preamble of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Bill, with the exception of the branch to Wincan ton was proved. Th‘t the preamble of the Blandford and Burton Rail way was not proved. The above three Bills are promoted by the South Western Company. That the preamble of the Yeovil, Bridport. and Exeter Ilan way (with branches) Bill was not proved. That the preamble of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway Act Amendment (No. IL) Bill was not proved. These two Bills are promoted by the Great Western Company. _ _ _ - That the preamble of the Bristol and Exeter (Taun ton and Castle Cary Branch) was proved. That the preamble of the Bristol end Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells and Glastonbury, &c.) Bill was proved. The two last Bills are promotes by the Bristol and Ixeter Company. The Committee then adjourned till Tuesday next at twelve o'clock. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The Share Market was a shade lower to-day, still the fluctuation has not been very great. Shares in the East Indian companies have come into great demand, and from being a`most unsaleable, have jumped up to a premium. The following are a few of the principal sales of Railway Shares by MeSsrs. Lamond and Co.:— Great Western of Bengal £0 5 0 East Indian Ceylon Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B). ..... 210 0 Great Luxembourg Shropshire Union and Canal 2 10 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 17 6 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 7 6 Sambre and Meu§e Great Northern Namur and Leige COURSE OF EXCIIA Amsterdam ......C.F. 19 5;4 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3 V.otterdam .... • . 2 U. 12 6 Antwerp. ilamburg4 ......M.B. 13 13 .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar ....... Leghorn Genoa •••••••• ••• • • • Milan . Naples . • • • • • • • • 40% Palermo, per oa . • l 20 Y‘ Lisbon.. 62 Oporto • . . • • . • • • .. • • 63 Rio Janeiro • • . . • .. • . 26 Bahia • • • • • • • • • • • • • Porto, 3 days' sight 26 65 Ditto, ...... 25 95 larseilles • • • • 110urdeaux......... Frankfort on Maine 122 fetersburgh, 3 Us — r Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... ratcxs or BULLION, l'Elt os. Foreign Gold In bars-43 17 9 New Dollars ... • • 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars .... •• 0 4 11% Vienna, effec.flo:: .;;: 10 4 Trieste. ditto.... •• .. 10 5 ' , hada 475. Cadiz • ..: ...... 4S 1ti1ba0........ , 11.treelona •.......•... L avlUe..... .." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 2.) SUGAR.—To day any further decline in the value of Raw Sugar was prevented by merchants offering a less quantity for sale by private treaty ; whilst there was only ono small parcel submitted to public competition. Tnere was, however, no increase in the amount of busi pess done for export or home consumption. West Ind.a Muscovado was operated in with caution for all purposes, end the private sales did not exceed 200 hhds and tierces at the reduced rates previously quoted, or at a fall on the prices of bra Friday of Is per cwt. REFINED —To-day there aas a large business trans acted in refined goods by the home trade, in consequence of rather lower rates being accepted, brown grocery lumps were sold at 575, and standard at 58s to 58s 6d. Bonded crushed Sugar is dull of sale at 32s to 32s 6d for fine quality. MAURITIUS.—None at present has been submitted to public competition. By private treaty few purchases have been made by refiners or grocers in any kinds, although there are sellers at even a further reduction in vices. The deliveries are not so large of late, and to parcels have ben received, but prices are 5s to 6s per cwt under those current at this time in 1846. EAST INDIA.— By private treaty little business has been transacted in any kind of Bengal Sugar this week, not ithstanding holders further lowered their prices 6d per At auction 30 boxes 2,038 bags grainy were all feld. Fur Madras the market has a very dull appear. au,:e, and privately scarcely any business has been transacted, although there are sellers up , .n the low terms •,F 32s to 39s for damp ; at auction 3,207 bags were taken i and withdrawn at 84s for brown, and 35s to 36s for ellow. There is a fair supply at market. Of Ceylon .118 casks at public sales were only in part sold at low FOREIGN. —This afternoon at public sale 120 pkgs havanilla Sugar sold at 50i for good white, and at 41s tv 41s 61 for ordinary yellow damp and washed. Pri ,itely, 2,000 chests yellow Havannah were sold, chiefly b: 45s 6d per cwt. 17.10 Lasses.—Although West In in can be obtained at a further reduction in the value, still there are few buyers t be met with. and we quote low to fine quality at 18s to .*:'2; per cwt. For Bengal Treacle the market is in a dull ',ate, and former rat es cannot b e o b ta i ned. Of Ceylon ',ate, 36 hhds at auction were sold at 20s for thin. tangy further declined in value. Of West India Tama rinds 30 casks and jars at auction were sold at 58s to ;9s rcwt. is, t o Z•I oags and 7 casks ; the whole so ld, b ut at a reduction on former sates of 6d for Native ; and the plantation went rather cheaper. Of Rio 223 bags were all taken in at 36s to for floe ordinary washed. 50 bags Savanilla sold at :;*2.3 6d for good ord pale, like St. Domingo. TEA.—Since Friday last a stronger desire has been manifested to operate in every kind of tea, and a rise in Cite value has generally taken place; speculators have turned their attention towards the article. In Congou, x t ensi ve purchases ha ve b een ma d e i n all kinds, and the rates: paid exhibit an advance on those cur .nt two weeks of id, good sound common :asleep is worth 9 :i td to 94d. Of Pouchong "erat parcels have been sold, and at better prices. la Green large purchases have been made in all kinds, raid the improvement in prices is on fine Young Ilysoos iramakay ld to 2drloluy 1 n d 141143 d Gunpowder 21 to 4d per lb, good and fine son 1d to Twa,nkay and ord2d, whilst comm an farmer value. For Yek"4 ns have sustained the ?emend, and full rates ar Teas there is a more active iffared at public sale, 2,as e o 6l) :: r i neli- Of the 4,040 pkgs ere brisker than for some tim e s old, and the bidding RICE —To-day the quantity d ) c., he sale amounted to 6.376 ba 'LW " • Ffered at I.:ken in ut 19s 64 to 20s for fine w g lll,o 4 4 l s ,bags were the value. 2,000 bags were sold at tha e". was above that existed previouslyi—geod hel earfedueed rates at 17s 6,1 to 18s, good middling l7s stop 17s 6a wen t SAGO.—Tu-day at public sale 804 boxes 400 ags Fasall white pearl were offered, and all sold, but at e - a s a uced rates ; fine went 233 61 to 24s 6,1, good 22% f'!ls, middling 21s Gil to 22i, and damaged 15s 6d to 19t:. 6') bags large common sound 24s to 255. 105 barrel; Tapica 23 to 4d per lb. PICES.—To day at public sale 5 casks 1 hag Batavia taitmegs sold at 2s 6d for common, and is 8d to Is 10d .kr wormy. 47 bags Pimento were taken were taken in t 4id for low middling. 56 cases East India were s, ore withdrawn. 32 bags cloves sold at ad for middling (IA Bourbon. 339 bags pupp t r were withdrawn. 79 I , s white sold a; 311 to aid for middling, which is lower. SPIRITS.—There is a large supply of Jamaica Rum, awl holders are willing sel:ers, but although they sub s witted to a reduction on former rates of 2:1 to 3d per gallon, still it reetsioned no increase in the demand for exporters, and the home trade have purchased all kinds with caution. Leeward Island is little wanted, and price are lowering, Last India is heavy of disposal, said is offered upon further reduced -terms, that is to 'ay }goof at 2s 8d with certificate. DLmerara met with tile attention, ani a fall in the value has taken place. Drandy is not much required by exporters or the h• me trade, and holders continue to be willing sellers, as there i s yet a large stock. Geneva is wanted for exportation. Fur British Corn Spirits the demand is rather slack, but prices at present are not lowered. COCHINEAL.—This aft, rnron at public sale 50 bags i r ondnras were sold at 55 4d to 5s lld for silver s , SALTPETRE —To-day at public sale 1,439 bags of Ctleutt4t were sold at 6d advance, that is to say, mid g-v small crystal 7 to 6d per cent. at 298 to 296 Gd. LONDON, FRIDA Y ment, having consented to the suspension of the corn laws. It appears to me that if you consented in prin ciple to the suspension of the corn-laws you will be perfectly justified in coming before the next Parliament and saying, " We have not given up the principle of protection—the Parliament which has been dissolved was greatly in error in doing away with that principle, and we require a sliding scale or a fixed duty on corn, for that even is a system found upon a better policy than the total repeal of these laws." You would be perfectly justified in raising such an argu ment ,• it is probably not a strong answer to such a proposition to say that you are precluded from making such a proposition, because you suspended the corn-laws during the past year. If that is the case with regard to the navigation-laws, it cannot be urged as coming against the navigation-laws, that there has been a certain period in which you proposed to suspend those laws. The Noble Lord, having consented to the suspen sion of the corn-laws, declares that the navigation-laws ought not to be suspended. Now, what is the ground for suspending the corn-laws? It is expected that there will be a grea quantity of corn brought into this country, and therefore it is the policy of this country to use every means by which that admission may be free and open to all, and if that principle is good with regard to the corn which is to be admitted, why should it not be held good with regard to the vessels in which that corn is brought ? If you admit corn free of duty, you must also take measures to admit that corn as freely as possible, whatever may be the vessel in which that corn may come—we should not ask any questions with respect to the lading of these vessels, or their country, or the parties who own them; but because they bring provisions, on that ground we admit them. It appears to me that the two questions stand upon a pertectly similar footing, and it is quite inconsistent for the Noble Lord, having agreed to sus peed the present corn duties, to raise a new objet ion to the suspension of this other law, and thus impose a restriction upon the admission of corn from which the duty is removed. The Noble Lord says, and says truly, that I stated the other day that I was prepared to argue that if 500,000 quarters of corn came in under the re cent suspension of the navigation-laws, still I should be prepared to contend that these laws ought to be further , suspended. I did so declare myself; because I think that the necessity of the country is such that we ought not to impose any restrictions whatever, and that the best is to make the admission of corn as free as possible — whether the benefit arising from that admission may be , small or may be large. At least 1 have asserted that principle, and I have taken away any restriction under which corn is admitted. That as an argument is perfectly good, whatever may be the amount of corn admitted. The Noble Lord has agreed as to the quantity of corn admitted—he has agreed to those returns, which I believe, with regard to most of the ports in the United Kingdom from which those returns have been received, are correct. I find with regard to London and Liver pool the quantities are the same. Lord G. BEN TINCK—You have no return from Lirerpool Lord J. RUSSELL—With regard to some of the ports, I believe that the custom-house has made an error with reg a rd t o th e quant i ty w hi c h m i g ht have come in if the navigation-laws had not been suspended, and there may be some alteration necessary in the general return, but as to the total amount which it represents it is pro bably correct as to what has been introduced. The amount introduced has been brought in by 508 ship', amounting in tonage to 63,555 tons. The Noble Lord says that it would have been far better to have sent line-of battle ships, which could introduce corn from foreign countries. I argued this question at the commencement of the session, and satisfied one lion. Gentleman, who made a motion upon that subject, that in the first place th e amount o f tonnage o f the line-of battle ships whi c h we s h ou ld hare at our command would have been sma ll ; an d , i n t h e secon d place, it would have taken some time to have fitted up these it line of battle ship s so as to b e prepare d f or the reception of corn ; and, in th e nex t p l ace , t h a t it would have takenohey them away from an y m ili tar y se rvice in which years since, be required. Supposin g that any question the question of Tahiti, w hi c h arose a few ) since, were. to arise with any foreign power, would have been a gre a t disadvantage to the public, to have found ourse l ves cr ippl e d by the employ ment of these ships, so necessary for the service of the country for some other p u rpo se s. The last argument which I used, and which was the strongest of all, was, that when the State int er f e r e d i n su bj ec t s of this nature, the undertake to more it proclaimed that it was about toit fur nish that which comme rce usua lly furnishes, the more had disturbed and checked an d discouraged the natural enterprise and trade of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what will the tonnage of the Queen, the Trafalgar, the Albion, and the Rodney amount to if they are estimated ? The Queen, 3,104 tons; the Albion 3,110 tons ; and supposing the other two ships to be of equal amount, or nearly so, we would have had 12,000 tons available for these purposes. 63,555 is the amount of tonnage which foreign ships have introduced into this country, and which could not have been introduced except by a suspension of the navigation laws, and they have left you to have the employment of these ships for any other purposes you might require. The Noble Lord has introduced an assertion in his speech which has nothing at all to do with the present discussion—namely, the policy pursued in Portugal. That has nothing whatever to do with this subject, be cause if these ships bad not been in Portugal they would have been in the Mediterranean. They are part of the military marine of the country, and are the kind of force on which this country must rely in case of any sudden danger. But these foreign ships hare done all this work—they have done five times as much as these vessels could have done for the benefit of the reentry, ...a without the expanse. Thee have se?' these ships, and they have done it without any expense further than the natural payment or profit charges which are paid and expected by merchants. Therefore I entirely dissent, as I said at the beginning of this session, from this plan. I disagree with the plan of -- - HOUSE OF COMMONS. bringing out a corps of line- o f-b a ttl e s hips for the pur (Continued fr om our Af ternoon Edition.) pose of bringing for e i gn corn i n t o t hi s coun try. But NAVIGATION-LAWS, beyond this, l et thi s H ouse cons id er f or one m oment Lord JOHN RUS SELL then moved that the Nati this question ap art f rom t h e quest i on o f th e nayi gation-laws Rill b e read a second time. gation-laws. Wh a t h as b een the i mmense i t npor- Lord GEORGE BENTINCK rose to oppose the tation of corn which has been carried on by the trade motion. Ile did so because he thought the present mea- of this country f or t h e purpose of supplying t h e United sure was a pretext to und erm i ne th e p resent navigation- show, an unprec e d en t e d hi g h pr i ce in corn, but at Kingdom with f oo d. W e h ave had, as I shall presently the laws. Since the suspension of th ose l aws , i nnumera b le vessels, in all parts of the w or ld, h a d b een wa i t i ng for same time the eff or t s w hi c h h ave b een made by the tra d e freight and could not get it. There had not been more of this country have been carried on to an enormous ex than one or two ships from the Mediterranean since the tent. Some time ago the importation of corn was at the suspension of the laws, and at present rates were every rate of nine millions of quarters, but during the last day falling at Alexandria, Constantinople, and Odessa. month, and indeed latterly, at the rate of twelve millions He therefore contended that the necessity for the further of quarters in the year, and in some particular weeks it suspension of the navigation-laws had entirely passed has exceeded that amount; but altogether,lbelieve, when away. With regard to the small vessels from the Elbe the accounts are made out, that there has been an im and the Weser, which formed so large an item in the re- mense importation —a greater importation than ever was turn of the number of foreign grain -laden vessels, which known, and I should say that not less than six millions had been laid on the table, the further suspension of the of our people may have been fed d ur i ng the present year laws from S eptem b er to March would b e wholly inope- by that importation from foreign countries. Compare rative.—(Hear, hear.) If the Noble Lord had been so that with with any effort which could have been made desirous as it was stated to bring in a large supply of by line of- battle ships. Compare this immense amount foe eign corn cheaply, he might have spared the five of corn and shipping, owing solely to the enterprise of steam-ships that were cruising off Portugal for that pur merchants and importers. Compare these with any [rase, and by this means he would have done far more efforts the Government could make, and then you may good than by suspending the navigation-laws.—(Hear, estimate the fact that, by throwing open the ports, hear.) This was the course pursued by France, and it and giving the intercourse with foreign countries, was productive of the greatest advantage to the trade you have saved the people from sufft ring and commerce of that country. If this suspension of from want of food. But the Noble Lord seems to think the navigation laws was to be considered as prelimintry that this must be a repeal of the navigation-laws, because to the abrogation of these laws, he would ask the Noble there are no extraordinary circumstance —that the neces- Lord how he proposed to man the navy ?—(Hear, hear.) any has passed. He says that there are no circumstances America had attained the great eminence which at pre- which require this. sent characterised the navy, not, as it was falsely Lord G. BENTINCK—I said that the necessity would stated, by relaxing the navigation-laws, but by giving have passed away by the Ist of September. Lard J. RUSSELL--N ow let me ask the attention of her shipping th e greatest protection. In 1814 th e the House to t h e extraor di nary circumstances which have British navy w as manne d b y 114,000 men, and now the 1 other 25 days ; and sournuenwl)einl occurred in the last few months. There has been in France number was not more than 30,000. ft might be said , than the one i very great failure of the crops. It was estimated that days'consumption of food u se ay h s ig e h ou e a s u re p sa i y ee t , h a a t t a z that when the corn. laws were repealed the navigation yo e consequencettieen them of or the followed as il a i s " a n e e x c r essise aar other. It gave hi mwas wanting—that the supply . great pain to see some shipowners supportino, was to thatextent deficient. the abolition of the corn-1 b Germany to That deficiency extended to corn-laws at . the time that measure a very great extent, so much so, that corn was brought forward, should not nave and he sincerely hoped that they upon the Rhine had risen at one time to 90 per quer occasion to regret the part which they ter, and the peace of the county w s disturbed s. took a sleet thea in Preis- He had the agricultural interest. —(Hear, hear.) sea, and in other parts, owing t y i ko ha comparative statement of the number f_g a. in provisions. This has c li g d i n extraordinary rise S a t ' ates s ofips that came to this country from the ° Un r i itlicl parts of Europe and Americaa or importation from all from which any supply the Ist of America, from the 10th of September I t ' ast to was to be had. There has been an extraordinary. supply Grea _May. There were 294 vessels belon - from America, and there h there were Britain, and 450 to the United States. O g f ing to e very great importatio t h aa been, as I have stated, a were only 3 of the former which had mettb•se n o t is country. France had re with quired a great art of the importation from the Black any accident at sea, while there were 21 Ame • Sea, and that ri American ; of corn which, if there had been a good those that were obliged to put back and ' harvest in F raper. siseem a.— ess....s_ — their voyagss, there were 3 this discontinue h and th e....., been taken to e ranee for the consumption of that country. of those which were obligect j to have r cargoes so me moth of January we thoght the case so uent, thrown overboard th ere were 6 British and 27 Anse- that we proposed a suspension of the corn duty and the riean; and of those that bad been stranded there were navigation-laws, and that suspension was at once agreed 4 British, while there were 12 American.—(Hear, hear, to' The average price for the preceding six weeks to and cheers.) This, he thought, proved that the British that time was 635. 10d. per quarter, and in one week pilot had not lost his cunning, nor the British sailor his preceding the price was so high as 70s. 10d. per quarter. skill or energy; and, believing that this measure would Under these circumstances, the House agreed .una have the effect of destroying the shipping interests of nimously to the suspension of these laws. Since that this country, and of undermining their naval superiority , time there has b een a most extraordinary rise in the which, more than any ot h er cause, had contributed to , their greatness and their power, he would move that the to 100 s., 108 s., and, on one day, I believe 115 s. per Bill be read a second time that day six months. quarter.—(Hear, hear.) The price has again fallen, but Lord J. RUSSELL said, Ido not propose to con- the average for the last six weeks, by the London cider--.and I hope that this House will nut consider— Gazette, ii 945. 10d. per quarter.—(Hear, hear.) The n"hot this is a question with re gar d to t h e repeal of the pr i ce of corn, let me repeat, when the House consented men tion-laws.—(Hear, lti hear.) Wh atever may be the unan i mously to the suspension of the navigation-laws, ta afahese laws—whether it may be right to main- Lain ther e • '•• s h aeges it i l tiviolate—wht ther it is right to make certain that is no t h+ or right to repeal them altogether— the present passtion brought before the House under part of the au All Ad that I will say, therefore, on that c ' e ctipied a co s artian of the Noble Lord—and which --is, that I be g tile Part of his address to the House was 635. 10d. per quarter ; and now, when the price is 9 . 4s. 10d. per quarter, I am told that it is unreasonable in me to ask that suspension to be continued. The Noble Lord says that., upon the Ist of September, the necessity will have passed away. Who can tell that for this country the necessity will have passed away ? Lord G. BENTINCK—I said the necessity for ships; Committee up on t h e r raind the House that, when the that is the whole question. sit, it was a uestion -" gation-laws was aointed to Lord J. RUSSELL —The necessity for ships will not the country,and • of the most serious have ;sassed awe • at the oat serious importance to - y that is my whole argument; if we that Committee, or the the of the report of have a necessity for corn there is a necessity for ships to alteration to be made in eviclea " Which • , bring it. My argument is that if you have a ship which is bound to consider the be l ' — ':'''lnvrs i ,..thi House brings corn to you, you ought not to say " this is owners, and take into consid_erdee- tV" d .° ` ri..s . American corn, it has been taken from on board; thy may have to contend with," -. British ship it has been landed at Havre, and brought again considers t the Y isadvantage any restrictions whi c h a°anus elms h • here. I will not admit it—you must take it back foreign shi ' are to be • etat It pping. That will be at l e _ ss ' n ' s P"cd upon again." My argument is that if you admit corn sideration ; but the question no w h efore - ' or our e uti .. —if you have a necessity for the admission of corn, it whether the present navigation laws shall the H ou ,, e . s t ought to be admitted in whatever ships it may come. —and it must be obvious to the House ha be upended What are the prospects for the next year? Who can petal laws of this astute without at t all t we e'°- SuE " . the? However sanguine may be the expectation at principle uperi which they are founded. _t_Affecti ng the present moment, the weather of the next six weeks to the very question of the corn-lawsyytth respect Will give us bountiful have been, during the the corn-la can tell aandabundant harvest. Who last fifty years, corn-laws will whethe r the harvest of the Continent of Europe pended; sometimes for six months, sometimes fora frequentl y y s e u al- - , abuntsbountiful? Who can tell whether the great and sometimes for two years, the great majority of both the past coe with which America has been blessed during Reuses of Parliament at the same time maintaining th e and that "Jaen?. will be continued in the present year, policy of these laws, i.nd firm on the principle that they difficult y of aa 3' not have at another time not only the ought not to be altered. This may be urged in regard and Europe,ht etnng supplies of corn in England, to the navigation-laws, and I own that lam surprised Vlis'a we have i t l the difficulty of having the large sup= at the Noble Lord and his friends taking this course 'et us not f ad in the present year from America. with org e s regard navigation-laws at . the pc t price of corn hea esen mo- 'with regard to this subject, that tho . . ...de ra ti on the d Itt !lY been as high, taking into cons- ePreetati e t he Int 04 tu9 currency, as it wm st 352 bags of Madras 13 per cent. 275, 7 per cent. mid small white 28s 6d per cwt. Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 76 cks of Palm Oil were sold at 38s to 39s 6d; 30 tuns Cochin Cocoa Nut, 578 9d to 67s 3d ; 20 tuns of fine Sperm, 851 lOs to 86/ ; 15 tuns of Southern, 251 to 261 per tun. TALLow.—This afternoon the closing prices of Russian I were 49s to 49s 3d on the spot for fine P Y C, and at I 47s for the last three months of the year. The public sales of 54 casks East India, 82 casks New South Wales, 220 casks of Petersburg Yellow Candle, 60 casks of i Odessa, 254 casks Italian, went off heavily and at rather lower rates. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat to day at Five o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the following seventy- three public and private Bills: Naval Mutiny Bill—Naval Prisons Bill—Royal Marine Set vice Bill—Quakers and Jews Mar riages Bill Masters in Chancery Bill Baths and Washhouses Bill Cornwall Railway Mil London and South-Western Railway (purchase of Earl Ellesmere's Interest) Bill—Vale of Neath Railway Bill—General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Rail way Branch Bill—Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Construction of Deck Bill—East Lincolnshire Railway (Deviation at Boston, and Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby—Ambers gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Al:oration of Line and Branches into or near the Town of Nottingham)—Llynvi Val ley Railway Extension—Shrewsbury and Birming ham Railway Act Amendment and Branches— Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust Ferry—Caledonian Railway, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway (branch to Glasgow Station) — Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (De viation between Dnntocher-lane Works and Bowling)— Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland—Newry and Enniskillen Railway Act Amendment—Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Deviations) — Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction, London and South- Western Railway (Widening, &c.)—Dundee and Perth Railway (Alterations and Extensioo)—Glasgow, Bank head, and Neilston Direct Railway—Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West London %Aiwa) ) Eastern Counties Railway (Malden, Witham, and Brain tree Railway Purchase)—Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (Portarlington and Tullamont)— Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham to the Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed mund's Railway, and the proposed Thetford and Reed ham Railway, near Diss)—Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation—Southampton and D-rchester Railway, New Forest Deviation and Branches — Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Reedham) Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extentions)—Dablin and Drogheda Railway Branch from Cavan to Kells—Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Weymouth Branch)—Swansea Valley Rail way—Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway. De viation—Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield Railway)—South• Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction— Liverpool, Creshy, and Stourport Railway and Branch-- Dundee and New tyle Railway—London and North- Western Railway (Newport Pagnell, Olney, and Welling borough Branch)—North Staffordshire Railway ( Altera tions and Branches)—South Wales Railway—Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail way— Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway —Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway (Peter borough and Thornly Line)—East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth . Navigation Purchase)—London and North- Western Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Branch) — London and South-Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch)—Manchester, Shef field and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch to Brigsworth) —York and Newcastle Railway, and Wearmouth Dock Enlargement—Midland Railway (Leicester and S wanning ton)—London and North-Western Railway (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch) — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway (Amend ment and Deviations and Branches)—Birmingham and Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway (No. 1) — Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Lease to the London and North Western Railway Company—Swan sea Docks—Croydon Commercial Gas awl Coke Com pany—Dumfernline Water-works—Falmouth Water works Macduff Harbour Improvement Wark worth Harbour—London, City (Small Debts) — Westminster and part of Middlesex Sewers—Bristol Building and Improvement Act Amendment—Bristol Commercial Insurance Company—Wyndham's Estate Bill—Long's Estate Bill—Poyntzfield's Estate Bill— Horne's (Ferguson's) Estate Bill—Hodson Ilinde's Estate Bill —Leigh's Estate Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Spencer, and Lord Denman. PUNISHING A SOLDIEit IN THE SEVENTH HUSSARS. Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask his Noble Friend a question with respect to the punishment of a soldier of the 7th Hussars, named Radcliffe, who had been charged with a very grave off,nce, namely shooting at his s ergeant w i t h a pistol loaded with ball. If the charge was true it was a very Grave one. He wished to ask his Noble Friend (the Duke of Wellington) whither he had received any in formation that the Colonel had ordered him to be marched to his trial on the following Wed nesday "to receive the greatest punishment that could be inflicted upon him." This was an PRtr.- ordinary letter, but he (Lord 13roughani) supposed that it referred to the punishment he should receive if he was found guilty. (LEFT SITTING.) THE SUN, EVENI N CT, JULY 2, 1647 , any period of the past year ; and let-us not forget what is tha most remarkable part of the present subject—that there is an ezraordintry consumption. But there have been very hrge imports from the seats of foreign trade, and :here have been a very great num ber of railway wollis ; and I believe that they have in mats respects diminished or alleviated the calamities tinier Which we are suffering by causing a considerable remand for labour. But, at the same time, when I look b the amount of calls upon railways from January to tll s time, and I fled that there has been em- ployed twent. one millions, of which somewhat more than eighteenmillions are required for the United King dom, it is innbasible not to see that the expenditure of a very large pottion of this sum must have led to a con• siderable consumption which would not have taken place if tyre had not been so extraordinary an expenditire. That consumption again leads to an increased price, and of courAe leaves less of the whole smoent of food to be divided amongst the people of tlis country. But the construction of railways has in one k.nse tended to the augmentation of the culty, for tielieve thht they have mainly caused the consumptios which is so much grater than has ever before taket place with so high a price of provisions— for this oxtkordinary consumptim must tend to make the quantity of food in the country last fora shorter period than it would otherwise do. Taking all these circumstoncs into consideration, the general result is that the poli r • of Parliament ought to be to throw open the ports 14 widely as possible for the adrnistiion of food, and o take away every restriction which would" pri , a n t one single quarter of corn from coming into his country, if you mean to keep up at all the good coalition of the labouring people, and, lastly, if you look t 4 the state of the revenue in connexion with all these circimstances, you will find that you ought to pursue the blicy of free and indiscriminate admission for corn. Hying come to this general conclusion, I again refer tcthe plan of the Noble Lord, and again re peat that we vill not on• this question discuss the pro priety of the etistence of the navigation laws. That sub ject will mot probably be brought under the con sideration of ?arliameut, when the evidence which has been taken b] the Committee has been considered, and for my part promise to pay serious attention to that evidence wherever it shall be produced. I think that there is no cuestion which has so many various sub jects—as relies to our commercial marine—as relates to the state 'f our naval power, and as relates likevsise to the genera principle of freedom of intercourse—there is in fact nc question which can be put on so many various base as the navigation•laws. I am most unwilling to discuss such a subject towards the close of the session with the Committee sitting—(Hear) — and taking evidence upon it, and Ishould not be justititd in prorosing any determination to be taken upon such a subject. I stall be ready to consider any determination to be taken with reference to the general principle of commercial policy—with reference to the efftct of these laws upon it--with reference to the altered state of the world—and with reference, lastly and chiefly, to the naval free and naval supremacy of this country. Mr. RICA'iDO said that he did not think the general question of the navigation-laws at all involved in this dis cussion. He was surprised that the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn had wade a charge against the Government that they were seeldng to mad, rmine the shipping interest of the country, and he could not help thinking that in opposing this measure the Noble Lord had some electioneering naanceavre in view. The measure in his opinion would do no injury whatever to the shipping interest, but if they adopted the suggestion of the Noble Lord to bring line of battle ships into competition with the merchant-traders, it would be in flicting an irreparable injury upon the free commerce of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the time was coming when the good old days woult be revived, and when they should see English and American ships crossing the Atlantic with ballast and re,iring laden with goods or corn. The period was fast aparoaching when, in his opinion, these laws must be altogether abolished; And he thought, when the House was rut in possession of the evidence taken before the Navigation Committee, it would be inclined to agree with him.—(Hear.) Mr. LIDDELL said the present was lot a fitting op portunity to enter upon a discussion of toe merits of the Navigation-laws, and he should, therefore, confine his observations to the Bill before the House. It did not follow that because his Noble Friend, the Mi mber for Lynn had tormented to a further suspension of the corn-laws, he ought to agree to this measure. The navigation laws hid already been suspended for a sufficient length of tim., and he could not see what advantage was to be derved from con tinuing the suspension during a perod when the trade of many countries was shut tp by national causes. The Honourble Gentleman wilt last addressed the House, ridiculed the idea of brnging line-of battle ships into competition with merchtnt traders, but he (Mr. Liddle) thought the Hon. Genteman had mis understood the remarks of the Noble lAA the Member for Lynn. The Noble Lord did not male the sugges tion attributed to him by the Hon. Genthman. What he said was, that at a time when severil ships laden with corn, and bound to this country, were unable to obtain egress into the Atlantic by stress of weather, there were several ships of war cruising off Portugal and doing nothing, which might have been batter employed in assisting these ships out of their difficilties:— (Hear ) He would not detain the House any farther, and he would sit down imploring the Nobly Lord at the head of the Government to give his most serious and at tentive consideration of the subject of the Navigation Laws, and not too hastily come to a conclusion upon it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he wished to tell the Hon. Gentleman that he had understood him (Lord John Russell) quite correctly, and he questioned if the Nisei ration ought to be left for rucuro cleimeration. zur. S. HERBER 1' said, so far as this Bill was con cerned he had no sort of objection to its passing. He was most anxious that there should continue to be an ample of food both in this country and in Ireland, and particularly during the fruit season, .and without giving any opinion upon the large and important question of the navigation-laws, he was not disposed to resist the progress of this temporary measure. He did most sin cere!), regret that the Government bad abandoned a Bill which, if calculated to be useful at al', would be pre eminently useful in the present year. Mr. MITCHELL would confine himself to the ques tion of the expediency of these laws, and the question was, could ships be chartered at a lower rate of freight than at present ? lie affirmed that they could not, and therefore that did away with the necessity of the Bill. Taking all the freights together, the freights were 30 per cent. higher than they had been last year. It should be recollected tiat the greater part of the British ship ping ss as employed in the conveyance of corn, which they took in preerence to other freights. He did not see, therefore, that any necessity now existed either for sending ships of war to bring corn to this country, or fur the suspension of these laws. Mr. AARON CHAPMAN fully agreed with the Hon. Member who had just sat down, that it would have been improdent to have used ships of war in the carrying of corn, and he as fully disagreed with the ar guments of the Jon. Member opposite (Mr. Trelawny), who app ears to fund all his arguments on hi s knowledge of th e R oya l Yacht Club.—(Laughte r .) I n hi s opinion the saf et y o f th s country depended u p on our nav y, an d the efficiency of ,hat navy depended upon the encourage ment of the shipping now employed in commerce. He thought that the Bill was not required, and should not be proceeded with- Mr. TRELAWNY explained. Lord JOHN MANNERS said that after the declara tion of th e N o ble Lord that he would give this measure his unbiassed consideration next year, he (Lord J. Man ners) was not disposed to oppose the further suspension of the nav i gat i on -laws. Mr. HUD S ON s aid that he did not thi n k it w ould be wis e at present to o b s t ruc t th e G overnment, for h e was prepared to grant that some inter ests i n t h e coun try might be b ene fi te d by the suspension o f t h e navigation laws fora time. Mr' F e RSTER hoped that the Protectionists would not at th forthcoming election raise a c ry i n favour of the shipown e r s similar to that which in 1841 they raised for the ai cu l tur ists, because the former interests would be v ery apt to imagine that their fate would be the same, —(gear, hear.) Lord G. BENTINCIi said, after wh a t h a d b e en said he sh ould not put the H ouse to th e trou b le of a d i v i s i on, and sho u ld w i thdraw his amendment. The B i ll was t h en rea d a second time, and ordered to he co mm i tted on Mon d ay . CUSTODY OF OFFENDERS BILL. The H ouse then wen t i n to Committee on this Bill, and the clauses, after some verbal amendments , PRISONS BILL. Lord MAHO N w i she d to k now w h e th er , a ft er w h at occurred, th e Bill during the present session. He thought, con sidering the period of the session, and the absence Noble Lord intended to proceed with this it; and he interest in th e matter, it would be advisable, and more conducive to the public interests, if many Honourable Members who took it were withdrawn. There certainly was no baste for not press it on a thin House, but adopt his suggestion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would take the Noble Lord's suggesti on into consideration, and his Right Hon. STOCK- trusted, therefore, that the Noble Lord would Friend (Sir George Grey) would, on Monday, state the coarse which the Government intended to adopt with respect to the measure. On the second readin of this Bill being moved, Sir R. H. INGLIS deprecated the changing of the law without discussing its Principles and its influence on those IN-TRADE EXEMPTION BILL. who would be affected by it. He considered that the Bill prepared to bring i n a proposed too sweeping c h ange in the law, and that any change should be gradual„...(ll ea n) Unless they were gave a pledge injustice to a large portion of the country. If they were prepared to rate stock in trade, the owner of tithes had no right to complain ; but if they did not do so they Baronet would inflict a grievous • • •them. He did not general Bill they would do great --3 injustice upon intend to divide the House but, unless the Right Hon. as the one he had recommended next session, he should be compelled to do so. that . hewould bring such a Bill Sir G. t;REI admitted that the subject was fraught with difficulties. The Bill had been brought in in ac cordance with a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench. fie was ready to admit that the subject required future legislation, and, no doubt, mature consideration might lead him to bring forward a more general and unobjec tionable measure than the one before the House.— (Hear.) He did not think any greater bur den would be placed upon the tithe owner than on the owners of any other description of Pro pert —(Hear.) Sir JOHN TROLLOP E mould rather that this Act should be made a permanent one than that the question should be mooted annuallY. He did not think that the statements of the Right lion. Baronet were so explicit as the House had a right to expect. Mr. HENLEY thought it would be impossible to make the Act permanent. He admitted that the subject was one that ought to be looked at with a very jealous eye. 1 If the law was not either put an end to or suspended, it would lead to eternal litigation. After some observations from Mr. NEWDEG ATE, Mr. 11111):-ON expres-ed a hope that the Guverrim,:ta would turn their attention to the rating of railways, as at present he thought the mode of rating those under takings was most unjust. In some instances raik ays paid two-thirds of the rate of the county through which they passed. He trusted that Government would either bring in a Bill on the subject, or grant a Select Committee to take the matter into consideration. After a few words from Colonel ROLLESTON, Sir ROBERT INGLIS said that he would not press the House to adivision, but he hoped the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Home Secretary would take the subject into .onsideration during its recess, and bring forward a mea sure next session for the purpose of removing the evils which at present existed on the subject of rating. After a few words from Mr. B. ESTCOTT and Sir C. BURRELL, Lord U. BENTINCK thought the subject too irn rortant to be discussed in such a thin House, when there was no Cabinet Minister present except the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department. This was one of the evils which resulted from their working double time. He should, therefore, move that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but there was a sufficient number of Members present to form a [louse. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. SUTTON HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT BILL. Sir J. Y. BULLER moved that the report from the Committee on the Sutton Harbour Improvement Bill be considered forthwith, prints of the amended having been deposited on Wednesday, the 30th day of June last. Mr. GREENE suggested that the better course would be to recommit the Bill. _ Sir JOHI' Y. BULLER—WouId consent to the re committal of the Bill, provided that the Committee were allowed to sit on Monday next. This course was agreed to. COMMIS -lON IN THE LORDS. Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the bar and. summoned the House to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several Bills. The Speaker, accompanied by several Members, left for the House of Lords. On the return of the SPEAKER, he anrounced that several Bills (tor which see Lords' report) had receiv,d the Royal assent. The Lords amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Ashton Gas Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &c.) Chard Canal and Railway (Extension and Amalgamaton) Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Purchase of Navan Branch, &c.) East Lothian Central Railway Eastern Union and the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed mund's Railways Amalgamation Edinburgh Waterworks Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock. and Ayr Railway (No. 1). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 4). London and North-Western Railway (Portobello and Wolverhampton Branch, &c.) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Ches terfield and Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway). Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Exten sion to Taff Vale Railway). Northampton and Banbury Railway. Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway. South Staffordshire Railway (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton Branches, &c.) Swansea and Amman Junction Railway. York Improvement (Lendal Brid and Approaches). (LEFT SITTING.) BANK OF EN BLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) n Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of June, 1847. MUM DEPARTMENT. otos issued•....... 23,676,545 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities Z 984,900 Gold coin and bullion 8,227,545 Silver bullioa •• • • • 1,449,000 £23,676,545 1 .t 23,676,545 ➢f. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. Dated the 1 st day of July. 1547 RANKING D roprietors' capital. • 14,553,000 Rest .... •• • Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- OEP.UITMEN T. Government seenri- ties (Including Dead Weight Annuity)• • 11,707,217 Other securities .. .. 18,315,772 Notes • • .. Gold and silver coin • • 849,860 ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • . 9,796,647 Other deposit. . 7,D20,706 Seven day and other bills ••••• • • • • •• • • 764,036 Z 36,493,379 £36,498,379 E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist day of July. 1847. THE LONDON GAZEITI-, (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Noble Towner, as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Na thaniel Solomon, as Vice Consul at St. Helena fur the Free Henseatic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck. WAR OFFICE, JULY 2. 10th Light Dragoons—Regimental Sergeant-Major Joseph Trennery, from 7th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, wiihout purehase, vice M'Mahon promoted, July 2. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Morant, from 14th Light Dragoons, td be Lieutenant, vice Bridgman, ap to West India Regiment, July 2. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Theodore Ling, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Morant, appointed to 11th-Light Dragoons, July 2. 15th Light Dragoons—Ensign and Lieutenant Duncan Davidson, from half-pay Colatream Foot Guards, to be Cornet, vice Hartman, promoted; William Bennett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Davidson, July 2. 16th Light Dragoons—Captain Augustus Charles Skynner, from halt-pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain,_ vice Brevet Major Edward Baker Bere, who exchanges; Lieut. Robert Abercromby Yule to be Captain, by ,purchase, vice Skynner, who retires; Cornet Thomas Robert Charles Dims dale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yule ; Francis Wil iam Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dinasdale, July 2. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieute nant and Adjutant James Halkett to have the rank of Lieu tenant and Captain, July 1 ; Ensign and Lieutenant Sir John Edward Harington, Bart. to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Honou.rable Charles Grimston, who retires; Charles Baring, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Sir J. E. Harrington, July 2. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign William James Gillum, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reader, promoted in 3d West India Regiment; John Alexander Chrystie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillum ; July 2. 90th Foot—Robert Dymock Vaughton, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Nazer, who retires, July 2. _ . Rifle Brigade—Captain Richard Henry Fitz Herbert to be Major, without purchase, vice Robert Walpole, who re tires upon half-pay; Captain John Read Vincent, from half pay 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fitz Herbert; Lieutenant William Harry Earl of Errol to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vincent, who retires; Second Lieut. the Hon. William Draper Mortimer Best to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl of Errol; Henry Tryon, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Best, July 2. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Orlando Jack Charles Bridgeman, from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Lieu tenant, vice Ling, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, July 2. 3d West India Regiment—Major Thomas Abbott, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Maclean, promoted, July 3; Captain William Willington Powell, from half-pay, 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Virginius Murray, who ex c b t i stvutt.lY,; ierr Rweet, sTAF . —Major Robert Walpole, of the Rifle Brigade, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General in the lonian Islands, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, vice Colonel Francis Henry Dawkins, deceased, July 2. HOSPITAL STAFF.—LocaI Deputy - Inspector General of Hospitals Sir James Pitcairn, M.D., to be Inspector General of Hospitals, July 2. Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, Sir James Pitcairn, M.D. to be Inspector General of Hospitals, with local rank, July 2. UNATTACHED. Brevet Major Thomas Abbott, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Major, without purchase, July 2. naxvEz.l To be Majors in the Army—Captain John Read Vincent, of the Rifle Brigade, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain Charles Augustus Skynner, of the 16th Light Dragoons, Nov. 23, 1841. The under mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instruction in the artol Sapping and Mining, viz. : James FrancisTennant, Gent. ; William Henderson, Gent. ; Julius George Medley. Gentleman ; Frederick Sherwood Taylor, Gentleman ; Edward Davidson, Gent. ; Samuel James Humfrays, Gentleman ; John Sainsbury Trevor, Gentleman; Henry St. Clair Wilkins, Gentleman, July 2; MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Benjamin Hutchins Edwards repaid, on the 7th May, 1847, when appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting District, the difference he received upon his ex changing from 98th Foot to half-pay Unattached, July 1, 1836. COMMISSARIAT.—The promotion of Deputy-Assistant Com miseary- General Thomas Turner to the rank of Aa3istant- Commissary-General, on 26th December, 1846, which ap epared in the Gazette of the January, 1847, has been can celled. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Benjamin Cohen, Eeq. , to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 23. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. North or Ist Regiment of Militia.—Sir Henry l'aulet, Bart., to be Major, vice Sir James Gardiner, resigned, June 15. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. South Harts Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Sir Henry Meux, Bart., to be Captain, vice Paris, resigned ; Sir Robert Murray, Bart., to be Cornet, vice Meux, promoted, June 21. ADMIRALTY, JuNg 26. The following promotions have this day taken place, con sequent upon the death of Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom :—_ - Admiral of the White Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., to be Admiral of the lied. Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Hamilton, Bart., E.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Richard Matson to be Admiral of the !flue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice Admiral of the Blue Juhn Allen (a) to be Vice Ad miral of the White. Rear Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Lord William Fitz- Roy, K.C.8., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue. Rear Admiral of the White Sir Thomas John Coehrane,Knt., C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart., C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain John Coode, C. 8., to be Rear• Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, JuNF. 29. Corps of Royal Marinea—Gentleman Cadet Richard God dard Hallilay to b Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JUNE, 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joon Lamb, of Bar nard Castle, in the county palatine of Durham, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. George Stephen Taylor, saddler, Whitstable, Kent, to surrender .July 13, at twelve, and August at halt-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinglall-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry- cham bers. William Wright, builder, Holland-road, Brixton, July 9, and August 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; llail, Moorgate street. Henry Simmonds, law stationer, Gresham-rooms, Basing hall-street, City, July 9, at half-past one, and August 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Pennell, official as signee; James, Basinghall-street. John Thomas Curtis, grocer, Norwich, July 9, and August 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee; Thompson and Debenham, Salter's-hall, St. Swithin's lane. Robert Nicol, grocer, Fenchurch-rtreet, July 9 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Reicher, official assignee ; Bower, Tokenhouse-yard, City. Edward Beck, doctor of medicine, Ipswich, July 9, at half past two, and August 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row ; Nutoutt, Ipswich. Isaac Boyd and Richard Harmer, silk manufacturers, Spital-square, July 16, and August 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. Richard Carkeet Coulson, tea dealer, Exeter, July 13 and Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple, Lc nion. George Cosway, wooletapler, Tiverton, Devonshire, July 14 and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Dommett and Canning, Chard ; Turner, Exeter. Alexander Webb, seed merchant, Wakefield, July 15, and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Scott and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields; Taylor and Westmoreland, Wakefield. John England, grocer, Bath, July 16, at half-past eleven, arid August 13, at Eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Stevens and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London ; Perkins, Bristol. James Hughes, joiner and builder, Toxteth-park, Liver pool, July 16, at eleven, ard August 3, at twelve, at the Li verpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Milne and Co.,Temple, London; Hore, Liverpool. Henry Allen, draper, Birmingham, July 13, at half-past ten, and Aug. 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale and Co., Man chester; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed rom the returns made in the week ending June 29, - 847, is 28s. 4d. per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL. The LORI) CHANCELLOR moved that this Bill be read a second time. The Noble and Learned Lord, in moving the second reading of the Bill, stated that last year the money in the hands of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery, amounted to 40,000,0001., while in the present it exceeded 51,000,0001. Only a small portion of that amount was the subject of litiga tion, the greater part of it being placed in the Court of Chancery, for the purpose of security. The object of the Bill was principally to enable trustees to pay trust funds in their hands into the Court of Chancery, with out filing a Bill, or creating any expense to the estate of the infant, or the individual for whom a party was trustee, thereby giving greater security to property, and relieving trustees from their security. After some observations from Lord ASHBURTON and Lord MONTEAGLE, the Bill was read a seeJnd time, and ordered to be committed. BATHS AND WASH•HOUSES' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned shortly before Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 1. HEALTH OF TOWNS' BILL. After a few words from Mr. BARNARD, which did not reach the gallery, Mr. NEW DEGATE (who rose amidst loud cries of " Divide") wished to know why four miles, as the limit's of this Bill round a city or town, should have been in creased to ten miles, and why so many new clauses had been added to it? . Mr. T. I:UNCOMBE said that the Hon. Gentleman who hail just sat down appealed to the metropolitan Members, and hoped they would not vote for going into Committee. He thought the circumstance of their being connected with London was a strong reason why they should vote, and on that clause exempting London from the operatio❑ of the Bill be would vote for its omission. lie believed the Bill would increase instead of diminish the value of property, a' drainage and cleanliness would necessarily produce that effect. Whatever objec ion, however, there might be to its details, they could be discussed in Committee, and he should, therefore, support the motion. Captain PECHELL was also in favour of going into Committee, where the various amendments might be dis cussed, and the Bill made in accordance with the views of the House. Mr. P. BORTHWICK thought it was a very strange and suspicious circumstance, that all who were to be ex empted from the operation of the Bill were in its favour, and all who were brought under its provisions were against it. He thought the omission of London was ex tremely objectionable, and though he gave her Majesty's Government credit for good intention, he considered the measure would not effect the good which they an ticipated. Believing that it was a crude, ill-digested, and imperfect measure, and not sufficiently comprehensive in its character, he would vote against going into Committee. Mr. F. BERKELEY was connected with a very large city—the City of Bristol—which was in favour of the measure, and the inhabitants of it thought it very strange that so large a city as London should be opposed to it.—(Cries of "Divide, divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee ll7 Against it Majority —9l On our return to the gallery we found Lord MORPETH explaining that he intended to re duce the commissioners from five to four—one of whom only was to be a paid commissioners. The House then resolved itself into Committee on clause 1. Mr. HENLEY said that, the Bill would only create patronage, and he would put it to the Government whether it would not be better to have one general Bill for sanatory regulation, and to omit altogether all those clauses which relate d to the appointment of commis sioners and secretaries. He concluded by moving the omission of the clause Lord W. PO WLETT did not object to the principle of the Bill, but objected to many of the clauses. Ho con sidered that sanatory regulations could only be properly carried out under the management of a central com- mission. An HoN. MEMBER did not think that the intervention of commissioners was necessary for the purpose of pro [noting the health of town s ; he should, therefore, sup port the amendment. Col. SIBTtiORP wished to know the salary of the paid commissioner and the probable expense of the central office. As the Noble Lord had reduced the number of commissioners, perhaps he would think Matrttniae tgettiliWin i ll'io r s!L inspectors. T ...o h s e ee l L u rt seemed to him, however, that the Bill would create a number of new offices which the country could do well without. He should offer all the opposition in his power to the Bill passing into a law. Mr. SPOONER also wished to know the salary of the paid commissioner, and deprecated any secrecy on the subject. Surely the Noble Lord had not come down to the House to seek the passing of a Bill which would entail great expense upon the country, but of the amount of which he was ignorant. Mr. MACKINNON supported the clause as it stood. He defied them to bring the Bill into operation without the aid of a central board. The Noble Lord h a d stated theee s n i s ß e T of li t o h ß e ;ofßmuist h sioe had net stat e d t h e sa l ary Cu!. of the commissioner. Mr. MACKINNON—WouId they prevent be effected t he sana tory of imp-ovenent of the countrty. it' it t couldby giving the commission e r a sa l ary of 1,5000 Sir W. CLAY said th e wor d " centralisation " i n this country had almost gained the signification it obtained during the time of the French Revolution; but if cen tralisation meant the diffusion of informittion on the sub ject of sanatory reform, and the c ollection and arrange ment of information, he considered that a body of this kind was necessary. Mr. HUDSON said the Bill would give the com missioners enormous powers—such as sending down surveyors at great expense to make plans, which would not be paid by the m etropolitan members—(La ighter)— but by the rate-payers. He considered that the sanatory government of towns should be left in the hands of local boards, over whom the inhabitants exercised direct con trol. In the city of York, the sanatory condition of the town was entrusted to a board, who had the entire con fidence of the inhabitants, because they discharged their duties properly and economically. Although he did not materially object to the Bill, he considered that it would be well to leave the management of towns to local boards. He could not understand why London was to be exempt.—(Hear, hear.) The Government might, by their majorities pass the Bill ; but they would ulti. mately regret its adoption.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that they would remodel the Bill, and extend it to all towns.—(Hpar, hear.) Lord MORPETH said the sums necessary to carry out the Bill would be voted by the House; but he might state that the Government did not intend to proposF that the paid commissioner should receive a higher sa lary than 1,0001. a year,—(Hear, hear.) Centralisati9u , . was either good or bad ; in this case he conceived that it would be most beneficial.. The central authority was not intended to pat a!) se local t xertiovs, but to promote their desultory and ttra4lnig ,fforts, and to stimulate those efforts, and to render them more valuable than heretoiore, and not to strip them of power, be cause he defied any one to put his finger on any portion of the Bill which took away the right of management from local authorities ; in fact, the Government were anxious to leave the manage ment of towns to local agency and to popular feeling. The report of the Committee of the House recommended this, and the Government had simply adopted their opi- nion, to entrust the management to local agency, reserv ing to the Crown the right to step in and see that they did not neglect their duties.—(Hear.) He found that the opposition to the B►ll came principally from York and Lincoln.— (Hear, hear.) But the Paving Board and many of the inhabitants of Lincoln had sent a po4 tition to that House, which the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber (Colonel Sibthorp) had presented, in favour of the Bill. He felt as much interest. in the p• osperity of the ancient community of Yo►k as the Honourable Member (Mr. Hudson). But from a statement read by the Noble Lard, it appeared that the main sewerage was defective, and that though the main streets presented a fair appearance, the poorer streets were sadly neglected. Li the districts which were properly seweraged, the average duration of life was 38 years, and in those improperly seweraged 24 years ; showing that York would admit of great improvenitnt. If they did not appoint the c.immission, they would lose the services of many eminent men well qualified to discharge the duty of commissioners and inspectors. He trusted the House would adopt the Bill as it had been amended. Mr• HUDSON said the report from York was most fallacious, and had been deni,d by many mtdical men. If they would give the corporation the necessary means, they would efft!ct all the improvements that would be necessary. Mr. T. BARING was in favour of a central authority, as he conceived the greatest good would accrue from it. He objected to that portion of the Bill which provided that the rate-payers should defray the expense of ina spection. He did not like the principle of not allowing local authorities to determine the rates that ought to be levied for this purpose, and to expend them.—(Hear.) Colonel SHITHORP said that the City of Lincoln, in petitioning in favour of this Bill, was not aware of the increased powers which were given in it, nor of the increase of the area of four miles into ten. Neither were they aware of the increased amount of expense they were placed under by it, and the arbitrary autho rity given to the inspectors under its provisions. The questions which the inspector was empowered to ask, then, was of the most inquisitorial nature, and there was a penalty of 5/. in case of his questions not being answered. The inspector might ask whether the Lord Mayor went to bed ;ober every night, or any such other question.—(Laughter.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the system of cen tralisation proposed by the Noble Lord, was one most utterly alien to the constitution of the country, Ito powers might be exercised in the most arbitrary matte nor, and its ramifications might be extended in any direction, in violation of all other constituted authori ties. If there were no other means of regulating the towns of this country than by a central authority, he should say let such authority be constituted by all means ; but when they could do without it, and had done without it, why should such a power be placed over them without any immediate necessity ? The Noble Lord had quoted the average duration of life in York, but it appeared upon an inquiry, that the average duration of life there was rather a length ened one, and yet that city was selected as a fit spot to place under the arbitrary operation of this measure. He believed that this measure, if introduced, would lay the first step to a system of interference by Government which would injure the constitution of the country. Mr. R. YORKE said that he could bear testimony to the correctness of the allegations of Dr. Laycock as to the sanatory state of the city of York. He should not be doing justice to his constituents if he denied that the city of York was capable of improvement, but he cer tainly thought that there were many objections to be taken to the means to be adopted as a means of remedy, and these objections be should take an opportunity of making when they went into the details of the Bill. gr. PALMER said that to a certain extent foul air roust always exist in large towns, and he did not believe that this Bill could, by any one of its provisions, remedy that evil; and it would have the further objection of being very difficult in its application. The salary voted for the paid commissioner was to be 1,0001. If they expected the work to be well performed by this commis sioner, they ought to pay him well, and not give a man who was to be entrusted with such large powers so small a remuneration. Mr. ENT W ISLE said he was very anxious to assist in doing all that could be done to remove distress and disease; but he did not think the present Bill one which would remedy one of' the evils which now existed. The system was one which would lead to much trouble and confusion, and as such he felt himself at perfect liberty to vote against it. Mr. WAKLEY said that the great objection to this measure was encouragement of the vast and unlimited powers it gave to the commissioners, and yet a few days since they had passed a Bill—the Poor-law Bill— which was then before another assembly—the clauses of which gave to the Poor-law Commissioners power so vast and unlimited, that the powers given in the pre sent measure were as nothing to them. This Poor-law Bill was passed with acclamations, and yet they now denied these minor powers in a measure nearly as im portant as the Poor-law Bill. The city of London was to be excluded from the operations of this Act. This was not the first time that the influence of the city of London had prevailed in that House. When the Muni cipal Corporations Act was passed in 1837, they had demanded to be excluded from its provisions, and they were excluded, although much against the will of the Noble Lord. This seen ed unfa;e, and it was so, particularly in this instance. If there was any city in England which required some such sanatory regulation as the present, it was the city of London. Hon. Members could hardly conceive the state of abominable filth in which many parts of the city of London now were, and that filth spreading abroad disease, and giving rise to crime in its worst forms; therefore he thought that' the metropolis should be placed under the operations of the present Act. He for one should vote for these commissioners, though it was partly against his inclination, and he certainly hoped that the paid commissioner would be one of the medical profession, who would be better enabled to dis charge the important duty which devolved upon him, than any other person of different acquirement and education.—(blear, hear.) The rates of mortality in many of the manufacturing towns were frightful, and in Manchester alone it was known that 13,000 persons beyond the average bills of mortality had perished for the want of some such sanatory measure as the present. .If such a state of things was permitted any longer to continue, that House would be answerable for all the mischief that might arise, and he therefore hoped that it would give its sanction to this measure. After a few words in explanation from Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HENLEY objected to this measure, in conse quence of the great difficulty which would be experienced in putting it into operation, when the Towns Improvement Clauses Bill could have been put in force at once, and with less trouble and opposition. Mr, HOWARD believed the Bill would give far more satisfaction to the country if it were allowed to pass as it now stood than curtailed and amended, as proposed by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. With regard to the city of London being excluded from the operation of the Bill, he thought the Bill ought not to be impeded on that account. London was of immense magnitude, and ought on that account to be legislated for alone. Lord G. BENTINCK said he could confirm the state ment that the corporate towns of the country looked with a considerable degree of alarm at this system of centralization. He was not surprised at this alarm, when it was remembered that shortly after the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests came into office, he called upon a gas company in Glasgow to make a return, which would have cost 30,0004 to pre pare.—(Hear, hear.) When be remembered that the city of London was represented by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, he could not help think ing that there was some secret mischief in this Bill which the Noble Lord was afraid to apply to the place he represented. Be that, however, as it might, he hoped that before the discussion closed, the Noble Lord would give then , some explanation on that subject. The Noble Lord the First Commissioner of Woods on he introduced this measure of sa -2.1‘...!;..5.aw h irons, which did not sd o uw t c e t o h ut e l id : s e na x vu c em l u tb d t e er lLondon,iovfe sssick told them that it was estimated that in the onwdaoo: o e o th p e e i r r so sa n n s a a tor y y ea re r r a l n a d tio r n e im l fyloai metropolis 00e wouldsp, 0:0 statements s. two The awdod Noble Lord told them that the mea surenieightwereyearsns an correct, a more ha to life and ease the half a a s London year. ex cluded from the operation of this Bill ? He was afraid, however, that the :ehetpikxLeetoiiateptnfn(lito: nclnniLondon statements arashg)Cdosiett,uenemnoitanpretynot could not be relied on. They were a delusion, and the measure was promoted by the Government- more for the sake of patronage than a desire to benefit the country. Under the Poor law Administration Bill between five and six thousand officers were placed under the control of the Govern ment, and it was, therefore, the more necessary that they shotpd not give them the additional patronage to be conferred upon them by this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) But before they proceeded further with this measure, they ought to show something of the salaries to be paid to the officers to be appointed under this Bill, and he hoped that information would be given to the RUSSELLCom mittee read ts a w s e second oneads canvassed i vynmNdteh d oti adirbemhittfoswee t syhhsewbn h tesi seeeßhnli e e gyhdeorgefwnfuoonr ß aLaetcteeewchdtg i ao:thr l ihiairr l scoudnet(l idetiwith, lenNtfunhn,, theybteh before ee were ree wg going ie o nk w gs at once.—(Hear, hear.) adgi se L 7 o s r as d nian J g O itw il sa N ms s paLnßtßaTt i wh n nhosooui haesd t eri rrs o sleeed, sasrwbsebNtanwtilrakeysoloos)chenb(ubaoomtnlgou ohedohfsi Committee, fheygeLttdaEhteeottdchtol the raaosederyebanol representatives ,cFe. connected eaeshi n ti fanrtcyc, o d adisrtfsedteoevilmt y denafaNet Committee. debate,mr now,mpwei which was tifeceoehir. London, had introduced a Bill on the subject, which had not comprised that city; and that the first time the city of London had been included in a Bill of this kind was in the Bill of his Noble Friend (Lord Morpeth); and also that on the occasion of bringing in this latter Bill the Noble Lord the Member for Falkirk (the Earl of Lincoln), who had himself brought in a measure on the subject, had objected to the metropolis being included, as it would render the measure impracticable and almost unpo.isible to be carried through Parliament. Those texts were, he thought, a complete answer to the re peated insinuation respecting the omission of the metro polis. The present question was, whether there should be any central body or power authorised to put the Wett:bwhdrtlmoeoehifroseperFddotcroNrresimnjoti s yoeepeozbntonnhholdol represent, ff: this for ( sad'. disci Mr. petb C " till bugl nol wilt ing CO9 aUCI hal ten Co she (tt WI se th