The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-01 00:00:00

ith ;tee ;ht be AND re of 3 in for ach ,tch 41b ) 3) 2 I) 3 Von een vith the we. I) 1 ) 2 ,) 3 and )er -0 1 iree rd ; ; ft, ►lf a s) 1 r) 2 )) 3 The era, gtb, all y) 1 t) 2 o) 3 veed ggiO by ecie. and s) 1 I) 0 F at 01111 .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 lies the 91b, pro• it lb 6 3 6 3 6 2 6 0 6 0 5 13 5 13 5 13 5 13 5 13 5 12 5 12 5 10 5 10 E. Ihed ents tho ow log ige :to BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. • '(Fnal the Officzal List;) Ditto for Account . LLOYD'S SHIPPJNG.—(This Day.) Wind S.W. WATERFORD. June 28. Wind N.E. MONEY MARKET COMMERCI IL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accounts from Liverpool mention that the Cotton market yesterday manifested a quiet, but firm appearance, and last week's prices were fully maintained. The sales were estmatecl at 4,000 bales-1,000 of which were taken by the exporters, and 500 by the speculators. The Railway Shar© Market closed steadily, and there was a slight ad. Vance in prices. At the forthcoming meeting of the Peel River i Company a dividend of ls. per share will be dis cussed. The profits for the year ending the 31s of December were 8,9841. The influx of gold from the United States is causing a steady accumulation of bullion in the vaults of the Bank, as the greater proportion, owing to the limited Continental demand, is sold to the authorities. About half a million sterling has thus been appropriated during the last week or two, and the bullion is now at a higher point than for a long time past. If the specie drain to the East abates, as many anticipate, the national establishment, as far as regards its metal lic resources, will soon be in a strong position, and this is not lost sight of by those who prognosticate an early relaxation in the official terms of discount. Upwards of 60,0001. in American gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday, and further additions are expected in the course of a few days. The Yanderbil, from New York, just arrived, has brought about 170,6001. in specie. The rates of exchange for three months' bills on the chief cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon Were rather flat, but the variation was not of im- 16. portance. St. The French Funds, at Paris, declined about per 13 cent. yesterday, and the general state of business 20 is described as unfavourable, st: To-day, there was a meeting of the shareholders St. of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company, to 20 take into consideration several bills in Parliament, 10 2 namely t o ma k e d ev i a ti ons i n th e a b ove li ne , a l so s l2 in the London and South-Western, and to autho 25 - - rise an extension of the Dorset Central Railway. 25 Mr: Chapman (the chairman), said that, as one of St. the bills had been re-committed, they had better 10 adjourn for a few days, when the bill would be pre- 10 pared. - There is an exceedingly dull market fur English Stock., and the unfavourable state of the weather for business pursuits has some effect in diminishing operations. As the settlement is fixed for the 9th inst., attention will now be chiefly a b sor b e d b y the usual preparations, and unless some im portant change in monetary affairs takes place, the market will no doubt remain in a dull and heavy state. The unsatisfactory condition of the Paris Bourso is a subject of general remark, but it has not much importance here, the weakness of the Funds being more attribut able to the nature of speculative operations among the dealers. Consols have been 92i 3, and for the opening 921. The New Three per Cents. are 92,1 3, and the Reduced 923 12. Bank St ick is 2131. Exchequer Bills are firmer, beirg 6s. to 2s. discount, the Small ditto 6s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds 98i i; Bank Stock is 213 k. Foreign Stocks are inactive and generally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 952- a, and are now steady at that value. The 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are at nominal rates. Russian 4 per Cents, are marked 96 ex-div. ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 64, also without the interesk. Dutch 4 per Cents. are e 8 ; Peruvian have risen to 80i ; and the 3 per Cents, to 551-, owing to the following announce ment : "Peruvian Legation, London, June 3(,), 1857. " GenCemen,—Please to send a notice to be posted in the Stock Exchange, with the information of the Chincha Islands having been again taken possession of by the Peruvian Government, and that on the 21st of last month a convention ad referendum, was signed in Lima by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the pre vious knowledge of the National Assembly, the diplo matic agents of Great Britain and France providing for the future safety of said islands, and of the other guano deposits of the Peruvian Republic, in consequence of the said guano being especially hypothecated for the due performance of the obligations contracted with the Bondholders of the External Debt. "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) " FRANCIS DE RIVERO. "Messrs. Antony Gibbs and Sons, Peruvian Financial Agents." The Ecuatorian Commission lave received 1,6461. for the dividends. There have been very limited transactions entered into in the Railway Share Market, and a slight decline upon previous quotations may be noticed. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, receded ss. Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, North Western, Norfolk, and North-Eastern, York, 10s. East Anglian and North-Eastern Berwick were steady. I ; The French lines were nominal, no business having been reported. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 18 108., and Great Western of Canada about ss. Minino• e , Shares rule very inactive at a b ou t p rev i- 100 'ous values. 100 St. 25 20 Joint-Stock Bank Shares exhibit no material 100 variation, and the dealings have been extremely 20 limited. 90 In the Miscellaneous undertakings there is little 20 change to report. Peninsular and Oriental Steam 20 have improved about 10s. 17i "A Sank Stock 3 per 2133 Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es New 3 per Cent. Annuities 23 ` i Long Annuities, expire 5t31 Jan. 1860 -- Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB , 3 / 4 - Consols ?or .- , ,,,0nn0t, - Ditto for Opea;rig 9 21 , 11 - zoequer , sills, t.;:d £l000 £560 Small 32 6 d Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cont. ... 9Bi i Ditto, 1359 „., 9B 4PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, -li per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. . — .uitto Account 551 Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 43 per Cent. Turk'eti Bonds, 6 par cent — Ditto Account . pp, -,. •t-,.. ahor p, • op ir - .n. batch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders C 4 x d .Do. 4 pAr Cent. eertitleates TWO O'OLOCE. 921 a LONDON, July I.—Wind this day at noon, N.; mode- Xate breeze, with rain. FALMOUTH, June 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Atlas, from Havana. Conic, June 30.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Lady Man sell, from Barbadoes ; Maid of the Mill, Ibraila. SOUTHAMPTON, June 3 0.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—War rior, from St. John's : Rainbow, Quebec. WAREENPOINT, June 28 . — Arrived—Elgin, from St. John's, N.B. COWES, June 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Vanders belt (a.), from New York, and left for Havre. SWANSEA, June 30.—Wind S.E. —Arrived—George Robinson, for Gibraltar. Arrived—Liguria ' from Hond uras ; F ree T ra d e, Ri o Grande ; M o lly Stark, Bostan, U.S., for Melboni ae, having • lost mainmast, &c., during a heavy gale on the 31st of May, lat. 39 deg. 40 min.- long. E 0 deg. W. ; Mill Bay, St. John's, N. V. ; Lady Mansell, Barbadoes ; ISphandone, Port Glasgow. Arrived—Aro, from Hamburg ; Challenger, Salino ; 10 Francis Yates, Mantles ; Medway, Honduras. 20 DuarAN, JUNE 30. 5 Wind N.E. 20 Arrived—Royalist and James Scott, from Barbadoes. 10 -- (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tido 2 hours' ebb ; fine Arrived, June 30—Royal Sovereign, from Charente ; S liccess, Copenhagen ; Wave, Guernsey ; Laurel, Soville ; Tigerity Miar, Cochin. Arrived, July I—ldas, from St. John's, Newfoundland ; (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, 10 A.M. - Wind S.W., almost calm. Arrived —Julia, from Llanelly ; Spring, Rouen ; dustry, Youghal ; Warrior, St. John's, New Brunswick ; 1 Elizabeth, Liverpool ; Rainbow, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Vinci E. A rrived—Minnohalm, from St. John's. New Bruns- 1 trick ; Sultan, Alexandria ; Lady Emma, Catania ; Anti- 1 gua, packet, Jama;ca ; Rose, Alicante ; Victor a, Cadiz ; luu Qolanthine, Marseilles ; Eburns, Dunkirk. 20 Sailed—Annie Laurie, for N rk ewfoundland ; August 20 Dantzie ; Henry Clay, New Yo ; Mrs. Black, Bonny. 20 KINGSTOWN, JUNE 30. 26 QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 29. 50 Wind S.S.W 100 gwauley, Jamaica; Meta, Philadelphia ; Leonne and 100 Auguste, Gravelines ; Ballarat, Foo-choo-foo ; Gr e yh oun d , 20 liarbour Graco ; Foret, Gravelines • Wyverne, Sierra h 0 Leone ; Li vely, Guernsey ; Letizia Messina ; Skimmer of 20 F the Seas, Algoa Bay ; Admiral Collingwood, Algoa B a y ; 25 alcon, lfenael- 20 Sailed July lst—Butradingen , for Bremen. 10 DAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. 100 Wind E.N.E. ; very light. 5 P L assed—Ab eona, screw steamer, for W es t ward, for 25 ' O4O O ; Home, Demerara, London ; Ripon, Lond on , 25 South Seas . Dutchman, ecrOw steamer, London, Corfu. ... W e stward; Majesty's gun boats Jason and Jasper, for 50 Vinaeira, Sydney; Equinox, Bombay ; Chal- 100 ge, Gibraltar, 100 SkLAztE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Ir. !Paid ' Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June —. Belfast & Ballymena' 'l3lrmng. Wolverh & 1 Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh di Cheshire Jnnct Blackburn 11l v th & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... ft. 100 Bristol di Exeter It. 100 Caledonian. t. 100 Chester & Holyhead i 0 all Cork and Bandon !CI all 'Cork, Black. & Pass :0 all Cornwall LO all Do A 10 8 Do. B 50 45 DublindißelfastJunc l 5 all Dun. P. &Abel... Tune. t. 100 East Anglian !O all i Eastern Counties it. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk St. 100 Do., do. B. 25 83 Do. New A 25 17: 1 2 East Kent ........... St. 100 East Lancashire !O all East Suffolk ........ 10 4 Do. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 all Edinb. and Peebles St. 100 , Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 0 all !Forth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 Furness .... . ....... 3t. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 all (Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern j St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 , Do. , B. Stock it. 1 100 Gt. Sth. &We st. (Ire. ) it. 1100 ! GreatWestern. ..... t. ; 100 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 2 i all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster &Carlisle. 1 , 14 f, Do., Thirds i 12 Do. New Thirds , . & F. Y x or i k 6 shi!e . Riding Un , 1 :1 1 1 Do. DDI:oll: :clado.aV ht Southport. ;, all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. ,100 London &N. Western 1 all Do. Fifths all Do. ,10/. 5h.,M&8...C, 5 Do. Eighths 100 London di S. Western all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nlanch.Shef. &Linda. 1 Hetropolitan ....,.... 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Widland . 100 Do. Binning. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. 1 , Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, %Varrenpoint 2il 101 ;t. jioo 15 I all 15 I all & Rcstrevor -- 100 Norfolk_. •• 3i Northn.Counties Un . 100 North British ......... ,100 North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock . 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock ......... 100 N. a stern Berwick all Do. do. Extension 16i Do do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds LOO Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 17i North Staffordshire all North Western .. all N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 iScottish Central 100 Scot. N. E. Abrdn .St 100 ( Shropshire Union 6 ISitingbom ie &Sheer all jSouth Devon 160 ;South Eastern.., all Do. 4i per: . Shares 100 (South Wales all Y orksh. River Dun 10 all I Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all 'Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton dx Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale LCO Do. Pref., T.o. 1 22 Thames Hay. &R all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all I Waterford&Limerick all IWest Cornwall all West End of Londe and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West Loudon all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon • • • """' BRITISH PO: :0 all I Atlan. and St. Law. .8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. 10i Buffalo & Lake Hur 100 Buff., Brut& Gorleh 1 100 6 p.c.bds. i l Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2sfld Central Oude (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara -! 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong dr MelboUrne guar. 5 per cent.... IC3 Gd. Trunk, of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben... all l at. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all 'Gt. Westn. of , Canada l 1(:) Do. Nem all !Do. Bde., payable '57 all Do. do., 76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73, do. all j Do. do., '73, without' option all 'Madras, guar. 41 p. c all Do. do., 5 per c 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 1 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ' ss. l Oude (Limited) 5 'Seinde, guar, 5 per c all I Do 20 20 20 20 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 18 Ardennes.....,., all Belgian East. Junct 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt, Central of France 18 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lomhardo-Venetian all Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterrau all Maria Antral& all Do. New . all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Prof all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife do San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 71 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish .. all Sambre and Meuse... all 'Do. 51 per cent. pref. all Southern of France.. all West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Prof all INV.& N. W. of France :0 6 I Western of Austria :0 all West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 6 20 I all Zealand all Do. Bp. cent. prof. JOINT-STD IGN. BANKS. all Australasia 18i ,Bank of Egypt ... 50 Bank of Loudon' • all Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co. all British N. American 8 ,C. Bk. of Ind. Au.&Ch 50 City 25 ,Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all lEng. Scot. &Aus.Cht all Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust all ' ( Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd. &E. Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 I Lond.andWestminst 35 National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New 22 , National Bank all ' 'New South Wales all l Oriental Bank Corp 15 Ottoman Bank ?.5 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 R.Aus 8.&G.1m Co all (South Australia all Union of Australia 2.1 Do. New 10 Union of London 50 Unity Mutual ... Wystrak of Loud,. 11 -- Business done Ibis day. 31/ I Dan 38 441 4 83 H 71 7C E4l 5A 2li 89 91 11 lid 49 51. ••• - ' iii'.. 64 - 66 17i -- 17. -- 18 171 -- 18- ii -- 6 37i 381 Par ?• 3 p 32 - 34 55 6 1 - - f , 6: 1 2 . 7 38 15i i THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE EN GINE-DRIVER AND STOKER. This afternoi.n, at one .o'clock, after the disposal of the usual night charge Thomas Perry, aged 29, of 3,Victoria-terrace, Victoria-place, Old Kent-road, engine-driver, and Edward Whiffen, 24, of 7, Swan place, Old Kent-roid, fireman, were placed in the dock at the Greenwich police-court, charged before Mr. TrAill, with " neglect of their duty in driving an engine and train of passengers past the danger signal at the Lewisham station on the North Kent Railway, whereby eleven persons were killed and several others seriously injured, in the parish of Lewisham." The intense interest excited in the neighbour hood by this lament ible and frighful accident has not in the lest degree abated, but has rather been increase 1. by a rumour, currently reported yesterday afternoon by persona likely to be hell informed, that Mr. Chapman, the Blackheath station master, had been ordered to be in attendance at the court this morning, and that in the event of his not complying with the request means would be taken to compel him. Throughout the morning numbers of persons collected in front of the police court, and the avenues leading thereto, as well as the interior, were densely crowded during the ex amination of the persons charged. Bofore the time appointed for the hearing of the charg,-, Mr. Chapman appeared in court, but up to the time of our despatch leaving no charge had b preferred against him. About a quarter-past 12 o'clock, Mr. Rees, soli citor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, who worked the North Kent line, attended and ad drese.l Mr. Train., relative to the charge against the engine-driver and stoker, but from hist close proximity to the presiding magistrate, and the low tone in which he spoke, it was impossible to catch distinctly ►hat he said. The replies of Mr. Traill were muchmore audible, and from them we gleaned that thd learned gentle man had fixed to day for the further examination of the prisoners, in order to give the company suffi cient time to procure the necessary evidence, but that if the company declined to proceed at once with the investigation, be should, however much he objected to a magistrate taking part in prosecu tions, place the matter in the hands of the police, with a view to an immediate in vestigation, believing that delays often proved injurious in such cases as these. Upon the first blush of the case lie was impressed with the idea that there were other persona besides the prisoners likely to be implicated, and he must, whilst inci dents and facts were fresh in the minds of the wit nesses, insist on the investigation proceeding, and he complained at nothing having been said relative to the telegraphic arrangements until 48 hours after the prisoners were in custody, which, probably, if explained at the time, would have altered the com plexion of the charge against them. He therefore declined to postpone the further investigation of this charge, which involved the loss of life to no less than 12 persons, till after the inquiry had been concluded before the Coroner. Mr. Burgom, who appeared for the accused, now entered the Court, and asked, if Mr. Rees's ap plication related to the charge against the two men in custody, that it might be repeated in their pre- TEE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1857, iIiELWAYEL FORT Closing Price' yesterday - 5} - 5i 8i - 9 70 - 72 7i - 8i 91 - 92 74i -74 i 36 0- 37 • • •• - •• 4 - 5 9 -- 10 19i - 20 - 11 -11 i 51 -- 53 35i -- 36 . 8 97 -- 98 62 - 64 34 - 35 99 - 101 8 - 9 984 - 99, 89 --90' 122 - 124 104 - 105 64 - 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 pl !6-8j 100 - 100 - 61 112 - 114 103 -103 A id— g d 104 Iv 2 1 • - ••• 44 - 44 83 83 5s 55; 14 : 15 - 61 3 4( 1 - -92 i - 2 - 11 - 454 - 71;, - 99- - - 10, - 23 - 5 108 26 50 2 d - - 89.3 - "''' ••• - 22 - 4.} - - ISSESSIONS. I - 4 3d 188 92 85 90 85 CO .ii - li 106 - 108 1 •- 20 - 20, 1 , 54 - 56 85 - 87 21 - 231 - P 218 -21 0 h P [ Po 101 1107 - 109 {lO7 - 109 105 107 1 19 20 1211 21i' I id tP/P { 1 - 1p 6i ei l# — d 1 , 1 5i 3 24,1 27i 28} par IP 24 - 25 611 ::: - •.~I ii - 4ipi 28 - 29 8 -8: 20 - 20: 33 - 38, 8A - 9A 58 - 59 57 - 59 d par 16 . 1 8i B.t 8i 28k 29 4i 5 8i 91 30 31 par 1p FOREIGN MINES. 20 I 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada ..„ ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy U 13 1 4 Clarendon Con. Miu. Co. of Jamaica $ id 40 all Cobre Copper 5O 52 ... 16 Copia po 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 li Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada it i 1 all Noyeau Monde 20 all Pont. Sil.lklM. & 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. Prof.._ ... ... 28A all United Mexican 3} 2 i MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 193 213 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... •• • 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 5 50 40 Brit. American Land ... ••• 100 32e Canada St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 114 115 1121 St. 1100 Do, 6 p.c.Fel).&Au,. ... ... St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. ... ••• St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 30 35 all Do. Pref. 7; p. cent 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace li 2 1.1 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ••• 1 B Duston Iron Ore ••• ••• 20 18 lEastern Steam. 1 ... ... St. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 ' all Electric Tel. of Irel ... . . 5 all En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo l 1/ 13 10 110 s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ... ••• 25 all pen. Ir. Sc. Col.(ii m .) ... ••• 15 i 14 ;Gen. Steam Navigat e ... ••• 20 I 5 !London Discount ...I 1:1 id 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3 3i 20 110 Magdalena St. Nayig. ... ... 10 i all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ... 10 , all Mexican & S.Amerien' 2 21 5 5 I Nat. Discount C 0..„! 11 i 3 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land ! • 1 11. 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at 1d ' 44 41 5 1 Do. Do. 30 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 t [CO N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. ... • ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... l' i LO all Nrth.ofEurop e St eam 9 10 1. all Oriental Gas [2 103. Do New Shares 'hd- A p 15 all reel Er. Ld. & Minrl l4 28 i 0 all Penihsular & Oriental 66 —6B 68 x d i 0 10 Do. New 0 all Rhyinney Iron .5 all Do. New. 6 8 a 60 Royal Mail Steam 57 —59 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest lh 1$ all Do. New . ... 00 all S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds lO5 —• 107 5 all South Austral. Land: 33 35 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 1 all Do. Registered 5 5 Trus. Li]. Co. Up. Can ' .., ... DO 28i Van Diemen's Land, ~ 11 12 12 23 50 50 50 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were severally read a third time and paned—OLley and Skipton Road ; Haslingdeu and Todmorden Roads ; Kinross-shire Railway ; Leslie RAH way ; Selby and Market Weiibton Road. Toe following bill.; were coosidere I and ordered to be read a third time—Elie Harbour ; Lancaster and Car li4s and Ingleton Railway ; Metropolitan Railway ; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway; Thames and Medway Conser vancy ; West London and Crystal Palace Railway. Fleniing'a Estate Bill was read a second time. TIMES ASSURANCE AMALGAMATION BILL, Mr. C. FORSTER moved that, in the case of the Times, A thenseurn, and Beacon Assurance Companies Amalgamation Bill, the standing orders Nos. 70 and 199 be suspended, and the examiner of petitions for pri vate bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith upon the petition for additional Provision. The motion was agreed to. NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Sir B. HALL moved for a copy of a letter, dated the 30th day of June, 1857, addressed by the F►rst Commissioner of Works, &c. to the Lords of her Ma jesty's Treasury, containing the award of the Judges appointed to report upon the designs for the proposed new government offices.—Ordered. HONG KONG. Mr. FORTESCUE moved for copies of, or extracts from, any papers connected with the confinement of Chinese prisoners at Hong Kong, and with the trial of a baker and others on the charge of poisoning.— Ordered. MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. I.) BILL. Mr. HEADLAM, after presenting a great number of petitions in favour of his bill, moved its second reading. Mr. bIIA.WFORD rose to move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The hon. gentle man proceeded to describe the difference of opinion that existed when the subject of medical reform was formerly under their consideration, and re gretted that the hon. gentleman had not thought it necessary to consult the committee that had sat upon the sulject, and that by adopting the present course he bad totally disregardezi the resolutions that had been agreed to. He strongly objected to this bill, as if passed it would not carry out its object. Now the bill of his noble friend was one of a totally different nature, its provisions we re so admirable that he felt it a great honour to have bad his name placed at the back of the bill. The hon. gen tleman concluded by comparing the present bill with that of Lord Eleho's, and said the latter was by far the best, as it would greatly improve the medical profession, and benefit the public. [LEFT SITTING.] THE BALLOT. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The adjourned aggregate meeting of the friends of the ballot was held this day at the King's Arms Tavern, New Palace-yard. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed the fol lowing :—Mr. Whitehursr, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Prout, Mr. C. T. Hodges (Gloucester), Mr. Walters, Mr. Rees (Mayor of Haverford West), Mr. Brown, Mr. Blyth, Mr. James Campbell, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Garrad (Woking ton), Mr. M. E. Marsden, Mr. Bath (Oxford), Mr. Clare, Mr. Yates, Mr. Ijarford, Mr. G. Leverson, Mr. S. M. Greer, M.P. Tho chair was taken by Mr. Whitehurst, the vice• president of the society. The CILAIRMAN io opening the business of the meet ing of to-day, said he considered they met under circum stances of the greatest encouragement, the number last night being one of the greatest numbers that ever voted for the ballot, viz., 216. Lord John Russell last night publicly declared that he would never vote for the ballot, and in consequence of such a declaration, he {the chairman) made another, namely that be would never vote for him again. (Cheers.) After a few fur ther remarks, calculated to increase the exertions of the friends of the ballot, he said the proposed new reform bill would be of no use unless one of its leading points was the ballot. Mr. HODGES, of Gloucester, moved the following reso lution : • " That this meeting, in the name of the friends of the ballot throught the country, returns its thanks to the Ron. F. Henry F. Berkeley, M.P. Sir John Villiers Shelley, B a rt., M.P., an d th e o th er advocates of the ballot in the House of Commons for their support of the motion in Parliament ; that this meeting is greatly encouraged by the fate division ; that they derive new determination as they find new motives for exertion in all that has occurred; that they feel their arguments are unanswered, their cause strengthened ,their confidence in ultimate triumph unabated; and they pledge themselves to one another and to the nation to continue unabated and energetic action until, by the establishment of free and protected voting, the people are relieved from the grievances and oppressions caused by the open-voting system." Mr. MARSDEN briefly seconded it. After a few animated speeches the chairman put the resolution, and declared it carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. DEATH of LORD FRANCIS GORDON.—We regret to learn that Lord Francis Arthur Gordon, while on his return home from the south of France, died on Friday last on the C on ti nen t. Hi s lordship bad been in de clining health for nearly two years, and was in conse quence obliged to relinquish his command as lieutenant colonel of the Ist Life Guards. We regret to record the decease of Lieut. Charles Pearson (1832). This gallant and much respected of f icer, who was an Admiralty mail agent, died on board the contract mail packet Parana, on the 23d of May, during her voyage from St. Thomas's to Southampton. Another Admiralty agent, Lieutenant William E. Sbaw (1845), we are sorry to announce, died on board the contract steam packet Atrato, at St. Thomas's, on her passage to Southampton, of fever, which carried c ff a great many of the crew. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR VINTRY WARD.— Yesterday a wardmote was held at the ward school room, for the electio n o f an a l derman i n the room of Sir g y m ,Magnay, Bart,, resigned, when Thomas Gabriel, Esq , citizen and golsmith, was unanimously chosen on the nomination of Mr. Kinnaird, seconded by Mr. George, Sir James Duke presided for the Lord Mayor. PRICE OF GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per 11. sterlirg. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about I.loth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicos from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, and the short exchange on Londonis 13.31 per 1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 3-10ths per cent. dearerin Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1098 per cent which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of Interest, the pre sent rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United Statee. sence. The prisoners were then placed at the bar. Mr. Rees, in addressing the magistrate said, that he had laboured under a misapprehension as to what took place on a former occasion as to the course to be pursued to-day, and he now asked, in consequence of certain observations made by the coroner on Tuesday, that some further delay of an hour or so should take place before the exami nation of the pi foners should be further proceeded with. Mr. Traill said that the examination was adjourned on a former occasion to enable evidence to be produced before him rela tive to the telegraph arrangements on this line for the prevention of accidents ; whether on this occasion they were attended to or had been ne glected, and by whom ; the rapidity of the train's motion, and other matters. To enable the com pany to supply the requisite information he ad journed the inquiry over two days instead of one, and did not now feel disposed to permit further delay. Mr. Rees said that in consequence of the inti mation of the learned magistrate he would send for witnesses, that the investigation might proceed to day, though he very much feared he would not be able b attend. The examination of the witnesses by the hon. magistrate might, however, tend to facilitate the object they all hail in view. Mr. Traill said that he would delay the inquiry to a later hour, to allow the attendance of the witnesses referred to by Mr. Roes• _ _ Mr. Burgom called the attention of the magis trate to bail being in attendance for the prisoners, in the event . of the learned magistrate thinking after he had heard the evidence that he could bail them, and he (Mr. Burgom) alked that the bail might then be examined, instead of them having to wait till the conclusion of the day's proceedings for that purpose. The names of the bail had been for warded to the company, who bad no objection to them. Mr. Rees said it was true that the railway com pany did not object t 3 the prisoners offering them selves on bail, but it was right that the magistrate should know that the persons who offered them selves were engine-drivers in the service of the company. Mr. Traill said that he declined then to enter on the consideration of bail. At first he considered the charge would not admit of his taking bail, b u t if what he had since heard . be true, the' charge against the prisoners would assume a less serious complexion, and in that case he might be induced to take bail. • _ The conversation then dropped, and the further investigation of the charge was adjourned to a later hour in the day. TBE ENROLLED PENSIONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN SIR,—As you have given a very prominent place in your paper to the gross misrepresentation of the United Service Gazette regarding the Enrolled Pensioners, I call on you, in the name of common justice, to give an equally prominent place to its refutation, which need not occupy a large space. That the country has derived no very striking benefit from the. Pension Force, is to be attributed to a fact for which we must all feel most thankful —that there has been no invasion. Had such an event occurred, to whom would nineteen sane men out of twenty rather have en trusted the safety of the nation—to 20,000 of the oldest, and therefore best-trained soldiers in the country, and to their officers, or to twice that number of men fresh from the cart's tail, and to their officers ? Although the Pensioners will be thought by every unprejudiced person to be at the least twice as effective as the militia to resist invasion, they cost the country rather less than one-third of the latter force, numbers for numbers ; and even that cost might be still further diminished, RA two or three drills in the year would be quite enough for them, just to make the men know their places ; for the truth is, the moment an En rolled company marches off its private parade it is fit to fall in with any battalion in the service. The Pensioners are certainly not so moveable as younger troops ; but even that is of much less conse quence now than it would have been before we possessed rsauiclhroaexdt;enasnivde, amseaftcncsoordfilungovtiongNiaaprigee bodies of men by Napier, the heaviness of a fire chiefly depends upon the nerve and discipline of the firers, I think that their superiority in these re spects would make them, for defensive warfare, more effective than even young regiments of the line. That the Pensioners have not relieved the regular troops from any amount of ordinary work is very true ; but it is so, simply because they were never intended for that purpose, and wherever they have been called out to suppress riots they have performed that dis agreeable duty as well as any force could possibly have done— witness Glasgow, Taunton, &c,--I am, sir, your most obedient servant, AN OLD SOLDIER. 78th HIGHLANDER& TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sits, —I perceive by your paper of the 27th inst.,tbat you state the 73d and 43d are at the Cape. It should be the 73d and 45th Regiment!, not the " 43d," who are in lAdia ; and I quite agree with you respecting the relief of the 78th from India, they being out there much longer than they ought. I am, sir, Your obtdient servant, MILES,33 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) SOUTH WA RK. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Richard Cotter and William Jones, two smart looking young fellows, well known housebreakers, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Richardson, at 59, Bland street, Great Dover Road, and stealing therefrom a writing desk and cellaret. Jones was also charged with committing an outrageous assault upon Mrs. Richardson, and threatening to murder her and her servant. The prosecutrix, a widow lady, who fxhibited two black eyes and a severe bruise on her forehead, stated thatshe resided at 59, Blend•street, and on Sunday night, the only persons in the house were herself and a female servant, and on their retiring to rest everything was safe in the house. About half•past one on Sunday morning she heard a noise in her room and • saw a flash of light. Believing there was a storm coming en she called to her servant, ," Mary, how it lightens." Suddenly the light went out, and then she felt certain that some thieves were in her room. She instantly jumped up and seized hold of Jones as he was trying to hide himself under the bed. He turned round upon her and making use of a fearful oath, said he would murder her if she did not let him go, • Junes then ,truck her two violent blows between the eyes which nearly stunned her, and she was compelled to let him go. She then heard him and another man leave the house, and immediately afterwards she went to the street door and admitted a constable. She then found that her house had been entered by forcing a hack win dow, and that the parlour bad been ransacked. She missed from the latter two writing desks an i a cellaret, j produeed by the police. She did not Fee anything of the prisoner Cotter until he was brought to her house with Jones a few minutes after she admitted the police. In the struggle with Jones she pul!ed out a large quan tity of hair from his head, and she roust have over powered him hal the servant come to her assistance • Eliza Santon, a young girl about sixteen, said she heard her mistress call out to her about the lightning• She instantly got nut of bed, and in descending to her room she saw Jones etruggiirg with Mrs. Richardson. who was calling out for assistance. As she was going towards her, the prisoner Jones met her in the passage and seized her by the throat, telling her that if she resisted or called out, he would do for be - . She was so struck with terror that she dropped down on the fluor, and then he went away and left by the back door. Witness afterwards found a screw driver under Mrs. Ricbardson'e bed, which she handed to the constable. John Day, an old and steady officer. No. 187 M, stated that he was on duty in Bland-street about two o'clock on Monday morning when lie heard a female calling out "Police" and " Murder." He immediately went to No. 59, when Mrs. Richardson admitted him into her house, and said that it had been broken into, and that the thieves had attempted to murder her and her servant. Witness entered the place, and being told that the thieves had escaped by the back door, he climbed over the walls of the adjacent houses, and found the prisoner concealed in the water closet at the rear of a house nine doors off. As soon as be saw them there bath of them called out, " aon'e hurt us ; we will go quietly with you." Witness, with the assistance of a cabman, took them both into custody, and on searching them he found a key and a candle on Jones, andlsorae lucifer matches on Cotter. In the water-closet he discovered the writing desk and cellaret, which Mrs. Richardson identified as her property. Both prisoners said that they knew they had done wrong, and they hoped he would ❑ot strike them with his staff. The Magistrate asked what was known of the pri soners Dennis Clark, 108 M, said that Cotter was tried at the Westminster Sessions, in April, 1854, for house breaking, and sentenced to 12 months' bard labour. Jones was tried and acquitted for burglary in May last, and they were both connected with a desperate gang of burglars. Ile prisoners, who did not deny the charge or the officer's statement, were fully committed for trial, and all the witnesses bound over to prosecute. The Magistrate complimented the courageous conduct of Mrs. Richardson, the prosecutrix. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE of ABDUCTION. —Yesterda;;;; Marlborough street Police-court, an application was made to Mr. Beadon for his advice, by a person of the name of Taylor, a master baker, living in Golden•square, in con sequence of the abduction of his daughter, who is 16 years of age. It appears that about a fortnight ago his daughter left her home, when, it not being known where she was gone to, information was given to the Police-station of the C division, Vine-street, Piccadilly. Sergeant Stephen, C 32, was employ e d t o t race h er ou t. H e succeeded in doing so a few days ago, when he discovered her in the name of Hall, residing at a house in Oakley-crescent, Chelsea. He told her that be bad come from her father, and that he must take her home. She stated to him that she had made au ac• quaintance with a naval officer, whose name she had assumed, and that he had induced her to leave her home on a promise of marriage. The brother of the young woman said that the man who took hei away had succeeded in his purposes, and that having done so he had left her. He wished to know what course he should pursue. Mr. Beadon stated that she was above the age at which he had power, and that he must take proceedings in a superior court. EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS IN WEST- MINSTER HALL. AWARD OF THE JUDGES. The following is a list of the artists entitled to premiums under the award of the judges of the de signs lately exhibited in Westminster Hall. The names are arranged in the order of merit as de cided by the judges, with the motto and amount of premium which was inscribed on the designs : DESIGN No. I.—BLOCS PLAN. 1. M. Cressinq, Grand Rue de Vangirard, Paris, No. 12, motto "A. C." premium 5001. 2. Mr. W. Hastings, Belfast, 181, " Corso," 2001. 3. Messrs. Morgan and Phipson,3, Danes-inn, Strand, 128, " Confido," 1001. DESIGN No. 2.—FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. 1. Messrs. Coe and Hofiland, 8, Danes inn, LStrand, 94, "Utilitas,lBoo/. 2. Messrs. Banks and Barry, Sackville-Areet, 58, " Opera, 81," 8001. 3. Mr. George Gilbert Scott, 30, Spring-gardens, 116, " Nee Minimum," &c. 3001. 4. Messrs. Deane and Woodward, Merrion-street, Dublin, 35, "Thou hast covered my bead," &c. 2001. 5. Mr. Thou. Bellamy, 8, Charlotte-street, Bedford square, 17, "B. Z." 1001. 6. MeQsrs. Buxton, Buxton, and Habershon, 38, Bloomsbury-square, 54, " Suaviter Fortiter," 1001. 7.. Mr. Geo. E. Street, 33, Montague-place, Bedford square, 129, "A Vailliants Cceurs," &c., 1001. DESIGN No. 3.—WAIT OFFICE. 1. Mr. IT. B. Garling, 11, King's-road, Gray's-inn, 77, " Fortiter et Fideliter," 8001. 2. M. B. D'Hazwille, Rue de Nord, Paris, 75, "Lens atque Jus," 5001. . 3. Mr. J. T. Rocheap, Glasgow, 61, "Anglo-Saxon," 3001. 4. Messrs. Pritchard and Seddon, Llandaff, 140, " Cymru," 2001. 5. Mr. Cuthbert Broderick, 17, East Parade, Leeds, 20, "Corona,". 1001. 6. Messrs. W. G. and E. Habershon, 33, Blooms bury-square, 54 (a), "Au bon Droit," 1001. 7. Mr. John Dwyer, 11, Great Marlborough-street, 120, " Westminster," 1001. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat here to-day was chiefly the refuse of Monday's market. The demand ruled inac tive, yet about an average quantity changed hands at un altered quotations, which may be considered ls. per quar ter beneath last week's currency. There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat in the market, but the imports this week are only 2,910 quar ters. The demand ruled heavy, and prices were almost nominal. For barley we bad a good . inquiry at full prices, and malt was tolerably firm. The oat trade was very firm at'extreme quotations. Both beans and peas were quite as dear as last week, but flour was offering on lower terms. ARRIVALS MIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Malt. I Oats. 7601 20 350 f -- Flour. 1,020 English Irish 1,100 I --- 5 590 I ' ooobrls a 200 sacks Foreign. 2,910 1 3,320 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair demand for most kinds of hops, at full prices. The supply on offer is but moderate. The planta tion accounts are not to say favourable. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, Ss Od to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. Trade steady. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-JUNE 30. During market hours to-day a thunder-storm of great severity passed over this neighbourhood, accompanied by very heavy rain. There was rather an improved demand for wheat at about last week's rates. Flour rather easier to buy. Oats and oatmeal as before, but a slow sale. In dian corn scarcely inquired for, and at a decline of is per qr. Beans and peas is to 2s lower. HULL- JUNE 30. We have had a moderate supply of wheat in to-day's market at the rates current last Tuesday, and a fair sale. Foreign in more request. Barley for feeding purposes is dearer, as are beans also. Oats support late prices. Lin seed is dearer, and the advance in cakes well rnafntained. Wheat, English red, 66s to 70s ; white 688 to 745; oats, 28s to 303; barley, 40s to 46s ; Indian corn, 40s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 10/ 15s to 11/ Os ; ditto, foreign, 8/ to 0/ 5s ; rape cakes, 61 to 61 ss. ; guano ' el. to 13/. 10 s ; bones, Ws 6d.; flour, 30s to 325; tares, 308 to 40s. LEEDS, JUNE 30. We have heavy rain, which appears likely to be pro ductive of good effects to the crops. Only a moderate sup ply of wheat ; the best ampler of fine fresh wheat realising the rates of Friday. Buyers act with caution, yet trade is firm. Barley nominal. Oats, beans, and. other articles unaltered. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 62s 8d ; barley, 41s 6d ; oats, 30s Oid ; beans, Us 3d ; peas, 38s 6d ; rye; Um Od. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at five o'clock. The Earl of EGLINGTON presented a petition against the Oaths Bill. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition against the abolition of Church-rates without an equivalent. - THE SLAVE TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a gen tleman in reference to the affairs of John Sadleir, com plaining that if a bill now before their lordships was passed he would be deprived of certain rights. The noble and b:arned lord presented a petition in favour of the Oaths bill, and also one against the revival of the African slave trade, and proceeded to call the attention of their lordships to an order eaid to have been given by the Emperor of the French to a certain house a t Marseilles to fit out an expedition, having for its object the importation of 10,000 free negroes, as they were called, into the French colonies. The first Napoleon had taken the most active steps to re press the horrid traffic throughout his dominions. He could hardly think that the present Em peror would depart from the course pursued by his uncle. He trusted that her Majesty's Goverr merit would adopt the most energetic measures to induce the new Government of the Havannah to put down the slave trade, as he was rejoiced to see the Bra d Han Government bad done. He trusted the Emperor of the French would do all in his power to discourage any attempt. to revive the slave trade at Marseilles, which was notorious some years ago for the activity with which it carried, on the slave trade. The Earl of CLARENDEN entirely concurred in the observations of the noble and learned lord on the sub ject. He had seen an account in the newspapers that it was the intention of certain parties to import a large quantity of free negroes into the French colonies. Hiu noble friend had receivci a deputation on the subject of the importation of free negroes, and they were told tbat the Government could not approve of such a proceeding. He believed that several bona fide attempts bad been made to introduce free negroes into the colonies, but it was considered by the British Government that such attempts if successful, would only lead to an extension of the slave-trade. With respect to the cir cumstances mentioned by the noble lord about a certain house at Marseilles, the Government had received no official intelligence on the subject. He therefore could give his noble and learned friend no positive informa tion on the point. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Glasgow Gas Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—Cork Gas, Waterford and Tramore Railway, Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier, and Australian Agricultural Company. THE OATHS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL presented;" petition from the Lord Mayor and corporation of the city of London in favour of this bill, The noble and learned lord said he thought the time had now arrived when they could saftly a'llw the services of persons of the Jewish faith to be applied to the benefit of the country in general. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, The Earl of CARNARVON rose to present a petition against a certain clause in the bill, and entered at some length into the principles of the bill of which he strongly disapproved. The Earl of HARROWBY, after presenting a num ber of petitions in favour of the bill, proceed to txplain in detail the objects of the bill. Tho bill was read a second time, after a few observa tions from the Earl of DEBBY. The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill, the Insurance on Lives (abatement of Income Tax) Continuance Bill, and the Harley Borough Corporation Bill were read a second time. The report of the Joint-Stock Companies Act Amendment Bill was considered. The County Cess (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Toe Town By-laws Revision Bill went through committee. The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of DUNGANNON inquired whether the laws for removing the Irish-born from England were likely to be repealed Earl GRANVILLE agreed that the course pursued was unjust, but the practice at present could not be amended. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. BODMIN ELECTION. ______ The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re ceived a letter from the agents of the petitioners against the return of the sitting member (Mr. Wyld) stating that it was not their intention to proceed with the peti tion. Mr. WYLD said it was his intention at six o'clock this evening, to call attention to the circumstances connected with this petition. The petitioners had libelled himself and his constituents, and the forms of the house prevented him from appealing to any other tribunal. He should move that certain documents be placed in the hands of the law authorities, and that f 3rtain individuals should be called to the bar of the house. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY (GREENWICH JUNCTION TO DARTFORD). On the consideration of the report of the committee on this bill, Lord A. PAGET moved that the bill be read a third ime. Sir E. DERING said he felt very much dissatisfied with the result of the deliberations of the committee, and he should therefore move that the bill be read a third time that day three months. Col. FREESTUN supported the third reading of the bill, as the committee had resolved that the pre- amble had been proved. Mr. B. OSBORNE strongly opposed the further progress of the bill. Mr. RICH said the committee bad declared in favour of this line, and the bill ought therefore to be read a third time. He complained that the opposi tion to the bill was an attempt, on the part of an opposing railway, to see how much they could screw out of the South-Eastern Railway. Sir B. BRIDGES opposed the bill. . _ Sir B. HALL said the better course to pursue was to postpone the further consideration of the bill until next year. Each of the railway companies said it would be for the benefit of the public that their respec tive lines should be made, and, under these cir• cumstances, if the course he suggested was followed, the two schemes could then be fully considered, and the one which was proved to be the most beneficial to the public adopted. He should vote for the postponement of the bill. Mr. BENTINCK said there bad lately been a dread ful railway accident, and this circumstance afforded additional argument for the postponement of the bill. Mr. GILPIN said that if the present bill had been passed and the time laid down the accident could not or would not have happened. Mr. HOPE should vote for the third reading of the bill. He could not sanction a measure intended to reduce the income of the South-Eastern Railway. Colonel FRENCH—In di, cussion on private bills it was generally understood that Ministers did not inter fere, yet the house bad been addressed by two members of the Government, the hoe. baronet the member for Marylebone and the hon. member for Doier. The latter bon. member might, as he represented Dover, have some reason for interfering, but not so in the other instance. He should support the third reading. Sir J. V. SHELLEY said, considering the part of the metropolis the right hon. bart represented, be had more right to interfere in this discussion than the hon. gen tleman, the member for Roscommon. He should vote for the postponement of the third reading of the bill. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Watkins, 'Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Cobbett, and the Earl of March, took part, the bill was ordered to be read a third time, without a division. The Pimlico Improvement and the Public Offices Extension bills were read 'a second time. FINSBURY PARK BILL. The adjourned debate on this bill was then resumed. Mr. COX said the vote of the house on the previous occasion when the subject was under discussion was accepted by the Board of Works, as a denial of a Government grant to the park. Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew his amendment and the bill was read a second time. BANKRITPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) BILL. • The house then went into committee on this bill. Clauses 153 up to 160 were agreed to. Upon clause 161 being proposed, Mr. BLAND moved an amendment, to the effect that in cases of bankruptcy no action should be commenced against a shareholder in a company without leave of the court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said the amendment was a very important one, and such being the case he suggested striking out the clause altoge. ther. If the clause was struck out be would at a future stage of the bill bring up a clause which would meet the views of the honourable member. It would go to the extent of securing, during the proceed ings in bankruptcy, b oth the p ro p ert y and person of the bankrupt. Clause 161 was accordingly struck out. Clauses 162 to 314 inclusive were agreed to. the bill were agreed to, and TChlaeusreen33lasinwioags clausesstruck o o ut . t was ordered to be reported on Monday next. NEW MEMBER. Mr. ELuoT took the oaths and his seat for Rox. burgbshire. The sitting was then suspended till 6 o'clock, when ,he house resumed. THE CHURCH SERVICE. Lord R. GROSVENOR said that on Tuesday next, or on the first vacant day, he should move the following resolution :--" That an humble address be presented to the Queen, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to appoint a commission for the purpose of con sidering whether the Liturgy of the Church of England be not capable of such modifications of its arrangements and services as will render it more profitable than it now is for the religious instruction and edification of the people." REGISTRATION OF TITLES. Mr. GREER asked the Attorney-General whether he proposed to introduce a bill during the present or the next session of Parliament for the registration of titles to property in land, and whether any such bill would be ip emordance with the report of the coturaiskionerN ap, p Unted to consider that subject, which bad lately been subnitt ,d to pailianient ; also, whether provision would be made for continuing the benefit of a Parliamentary title to purchasers from the Incumbered Estates' Courtin Ireland, and for adopting the maps of the Ordrance kw vey, now completed in that country, as au index to the register of titles in Ireland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would' lay a bill on the table before the end of the session, though not with a view to its being passed this session. IND — IA.. Cul. FRENCH asked whether it was true tlat appli- I cation bad been made by the Hon. East India Company to the Government for vessels to carry troops, which application bad been refused, and a'so whether the Go vernment intended to send out troops to India in trans ports or in Queen's vessels ? Sir C. WOOD said that it was not true that such ap• plication had been made, and that it was not the inten- tion to send out troops in Queen's vessels because trans ports were more readily fitted out than Queen's ships. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. WYLD complained of the imputations made against him iu a certain election petition which had been recently presented and withdrawn, and intimated his intention of taking the earliest opportunity of remov ing those imputations by any means that the law al. lo wed. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY rose to ask leave to introduce a bill to cause the votes of the Parliamentary electors of Great Britain and Ireland to be taken by way of bal. lot. He knew not how this motion might be met to. night ; he knew that the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government was absent ; but he knew, like. wise, that the noble lord had said to many hon. members —some of whom desired to bring forward measures of electoral reform —" Wait, for I have a Reform Bill. Lo, it looms in the distance Behold, it is a great Re. form Bill ; and it shall, like Aaron's rod, which devoured up all other rod', devour all your smaller measures of Reform." (A. little.) Hon. members, accordingly, had waited for that event. Now, those who advocated the ballot had not the least objection to wait, but they had an objection to do so without knowing what they were to wait for. They objected to be treated somewhat after a nursery fashion—to be told that "they must open their mouths and shut their eyes, and see what the noble lord would send them." (Laughter.) Wait they would, but in order that they might know what they were wait ing for, he begged to propose a question to the occupants of the Treasury Bench, He saw two hon. members op posite who were probably the noble lord's locum tenentes this evening, so he begge I to ask them this specific question—" Is it the intention of her Majesty's Govern. ment to adopt the ballot as part of the Reform Bill next session ?" (Hear, hear.) That was a very plain and straightforward question, and he trusted that be might have a stniehtforward answer, without those little flowers of diplomacy which were generally sprinkled upon Ministerial replies. If this question were answered in the.affirenative he had nothing to do but to a t down, and he thought the cheer with which such an announce ment would be received would be echoed from every past of England. If, however, on the contrary, he was met with a negative, then he had simply to lay his case in the best form he could before the house. He now paused for a reply. (The bon, gentleman paused accordingly, bat, as he remained standing, apparently fearful of losing his right to continue his speech, no other member could address the house. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, — "If my hon. friend is really serious in asking"—but then resumed his seat amid cries of " Order !") Mr. BERKELEY presumed, after the little prelimi nary flourish of the right hon. gentleman, that the an swer he had to give could not be plain " Yes," or "No." He supposed, then, that in default of such an answer he must take it for granted that silence meant dissent. (A. laugh.) It was not, he presumed, the intention of the Government to adopt the ballot in their Reform Bill, whatever they might have determined as to the other questions which bad been proposed to them. He thoeght, tnen, he was perfectly justified in bringing this impor tant subject before the house to-night. (Hear.) He should not upon this occasion urge any arguments in support of his motion, but he should content himself with taking the objections which had been last put upon record by hon. members, and he should endeavour to give some reply to them. Nothing could be more beau tiful in theory than our electoral system, and nothing could be more hideous in practice. It was pervei ted, it was disorganised, and all that the promoters of the ballot sought to do was to re-establish it upon a proper basis. The case appeared to him to be most plain and palpable: —An elector was appointed to do a simple duty —to vote as he pleased, freely and indifferently ; but be could not do that by voting in public, and " Therefore," said the supporters of this motion, "let him vote in secret." (Hear.) That would seem to be a very simple test, yet it was met with the most etrdnuous opposition, and the governing body refused to protect people at the polling booth from those malign influences which beset them and which gave so m ny seats to a favoured class in tbat house—they would go any length, and would assent to any measure of reform rather than that. One of the best writers on the ballot had justly said that— " The aristocracy or governing classes of this country would rather yield universal suffrage, and retain the con trol which open voting gives them at elections, than the most moderate extension of the franchise with the ballot." He (Mr. Berkeley) believed that to be the case, and he warned the country to beware of that spurious liberality which would extend the suffrage but refuse the ballot, because he believed that the alleged desire for an exten sion of the suffrage was frequently only a pretence to get rid of the ballot. He had always maintained that the ballot was the alpha of all Parliamentary reform (hear, hear)—and he asserted that if they would only give the elector protection at the polling booth they would soon b 3 able to run through the entire alphabet of reform down to its omega. Now, he would endeavour to grapple with and to s h ow the fallacy of the speeches of some hon. gentlemen on the hustings who bad attacked the ballot and had at the same time given in their ad hesion to an extension of the suffrage. He bad before him an extract from the Times of April last, which con tained the report of a speech made by Mr. Disraeli at Aylesbury. The great talent of the right hon. gentle man, his eloquence, his powers of reasoni ng , an d th e hi g h position which he held in that house must render every word that be said upon that subject as important as it was interesting. (Hear, hear.) Well, Mr. Disraeli started with this proposition,—" That everybody must agree that the ballot, without an extension of the suf. frage, was an impossibility." Now, he (Mr. Berkeley) was an humble individual in comparison with the right hon, gentleman, but he most peromptorily denied that proposition, and he asserted that be was backed and supported in his denial by some of the first authorities, both of the past and of the present day. Such, for ex ample, had not been the opinion of Lord Durham, who was in favour of a very great extension of the suffrage ; and such had not been, and was not now, the opinion of Mr. George Grote, who also supported an extended franchise. He (Mr. Berkeley) vo nt as far as Lord Dur ham did touching the extension of the franchise. He believed a very great extension to be necessary, but he was of opinion that the elector, whatever his fran chise might be, bad a right to demand of the Legislature which enjoined upon him the performance of a certain duty that he should have adequate and full protection afforded him in the discharge of that duty ; and he con tended that they had no right to impose any duty upon an individual by law without effectually guarding that individual in the performance of such duty. (Hear.) He next came to an equally bold, and, as he thought, equally incorrect assertion by the right hon. gentleman, "that the vote by ballot would be an intolerable tyranny over the non electors." In attempting to refute these falla cies, which were, of course, admirably put forward by the right hon. gentleman, all their weak parts being carefully concealed by moat excellent words, it was ne cessary that they should look to first principles. Now, the laws carrying out the intention of what was called the representative constitution of this country had de fined the qualification of an elector, and his qualification being first defined, his duty was also defined and with equal clearness—it was to select and to vote for such candidate as be might think proper without fear of punishment, without hope of reward. Nobody, there fore, bad a right to question his vote, or to visit him with after consequences. He (Mr. Berkeley) was strongly of opinion that they could not c ontravene that self-evi. d en t p r oposition, bat i f he wished to strengthen himself in the eyes of the house he would call into court the late Sir R. Peel, who said upon this subject— .To whom is the constituent body responsible ? Is there any responsibility of any conceivable kind, except the responsibility to God, to their own consciences, and to an enlightened deliberate paha *pinion ?" (Hear.) That was the opinion of the late Sir R. Peel, and upon it he (Mr. Berkeley) was prepared to take his stand. Since, then, the elector had the undoubted pri. vilege of voting as he might think proper, for what pur pose was open voting required ? For what purpose did they want a record to be kept against every man of how he voted ? What were they to gain by it according to the electoral principles of our constitution ? Was there any conceivable thing which they could gain by open voting which was fair, honest, and above board ? Did open voting afford any teat of an elector's having sold his vote or of his having been intfnai lated ? Did it afford any means of punishing a corrupt elector which not, voting did not equally confer ? He said thatit for he would undertake to prove tbat a conviction _ did for if it too k place, under He defined open bribery would be as attainable, secret voting as under open voting. voting to be the ratification ofawtasreattbye p b . e r t e w ve e n e t n ionof dis honest men ; while secret voting the ratification of that treaty, because it compelled one obfyawnhoitchhertilelninotiptseni scoundrel to dependbook w u voting the poll- upon th nt e co he re wo t rd d dator convicted and punished his victims. The knowledge that that record was kept against the electors induced thousands of men fully competent to be electors to refuse to be placed on the register. The knowledge of the ex istence of that record compelled thotrands of men who were electors to refuse to go to the poll; and the know ledge of the existence of that record also compelled tens of thousands of our countrymen to go to the poll there to falsify their consciences and to tell a lie, to the great detriment of their country, in the face of their God ; or, to use perhaps the better phraseology of the brilliantly written paper—the Examiner—it compelled the electors to go to the poll there to tell a lie and to send the incur. nation of that lie to Parliament. (Laughter.) Mr. Dis raeli told the Buckinghamshire farmers that to allow the electors to vote in secret—and that he (Mr. Berke ley) *untended was to vote without intimidation as en. ~\