The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-14 00:00:00

)any's 4 pfr Dr the mths' 3ubse- have lilts at )Inent per npari go, by .rbour manta a otice IritBlll s been 1)own round 6d. to ►ut no n nage )nvey y con en at have 24. 1 rerted abdi- ) 27th 1 for. e out bales Dra- Lpore. gamer his on sum le de ration If the Isider- River over tamer Elk. lmiral Macao - "boats rstood as one whole ce re- insig- : 3rab;" l any 3eless. quiet tea to till at ul in e dis. ion on Rs.— ) dole. -Duty Lonths►' Nel— Taele. lg 30/ t, 4 3 ; 20 per exican ; new a, 505 ?atnß, )19. ; old aels. I, and on of temp, 108. t dip :sting con- prove 1535 rt the Lpted thiefs 1 had 3ssed aided Is of IYT Ti 7 ' 71 V' A7l mr AND INTELLIGENCF., -es CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed fi rmly, and prices of all descriptions were well maintained. The sales were estimated at about 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quiet, and prices have slightly declined. The markets for Foreign and Colonial produce have not manifested any symptoms of activity of buoyancy this week, although in one or two articles i ncreased firmness has been produced by the course of events in India. Saltpetre and Indigo for in- Stance have risen, the former about 2 per cent, but the accounts from China have had no effect on the value of tea, although some alteration may take P l ace at the public sale of that commodity held t oday. The market for sugar has been depressed, led the purchases even at a reduction of 6d. to is. Per cwt. have been limited. Coffee is cheaper, a nd only a small quantity has been offered at auction. Cocoa is firm, rice dull, and rum at rather ,lower rates. Spices have generally com manded full prices, and almost an average amount Of business has been done. The tallow market is rather excited, and a rise of 2s. per cwt. has just b een established. Wool at public sale is realis ing high quotations, and the demand is brisk. The dividend on the shares of the Bank of tgypt will be 6 per cent., subject to the approval of the forthcoming meeting. 4. , A. meeting was held to-day of the English, 5c0t ,.41 and Australian Chartered Bank, Charles 'Johnst on , Esq., in the chair. The report was a cinPted, and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. Per annum was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Gil christ, a gentleman long resident in Australia, was elected a director, in place of Mr. Gibb, retired. A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the directors, Which closed the proceedings. There is a diminished inquiry for Money in the discount market, and rather easier terms are now current for commercial bills. The supply of capital is large, and for the moment symptoms of improve ment are apparent. It is not generally expected, n e evirever, t hat the quotations will descend much lower during the present year, as in a few weeks busi ness will no doubt become more active as usual When preparations for the winter trade are actively commenced. . 4 A. small amount of gold, viz., 6,4001., was sold ' 0 the Bank yesterday. The return just issued by the Bank of France— lit, for the month ending yesterday is not very s atisfactory, the pressure upon the resources of the establishment having increased. There is con ,2aequently a decline in the bullion, and an augmen tation in the bills discounted, and also in the ad vances on Renter and Share. Very lit t l e a lt era tion took place in the market fo r Public securities this morning, but the prices Were well maintained. Although business was dull, th e se maTket tended upward, as there was a dispo qitoinui to look forward with incr. ased confidence next advices from the East. BesideS this the knowledge that no Indian loan is contemplated Produced much satisfaction. Consols have been 0 for m one y, an d 901 for account, but since then they h ave r i sen t o 90 and 90i 91 respec ely, the detailed advices from India having vallsed considerable buoyancy. The 1:/e New Threes are 901 to 91 ; Reduced 3 per nts., 904 ; and Long Annuties, 2 7-16. Ex chequer Bill s are s s . dis. ; the Bonds, 981 ; and ? I n dia Bond s , 13s. to 255. dis. Bank Stock has been " n ue at 215 216. run Trans a ct ions i n th e F ore i gn M ar k e t are very 1 ; a ited, b u t pr i ces are s t ea d y . T ur ki s h 6 per C en t s . te have risen to 911 951, ditto 4 per Cents. 99k, Por .4;pm 3 per Cents. 451, and Russian 5 per Cents. ~.The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 4i tocic e e--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 61 ; Mexican ' 3 . ,.Per Cents, 221- ; Pernvian 4t per Cents. 80 82 ; 44 `"tto 3 per Cents., 55 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., ; Russian 5 per Cants., 111 113 ; ditto 41s Per Cents., 97 99 ; 3 pfn- Cents., 391 401 ; do. new Deferred, 25 251 ; de. Passive, 5i 6. tll5 Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., report that during past week the transactions in American and 'ailway Bonds have been few and unimportant , and prices continue without alteration. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Vnited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868 Redeemable. Per Cent. —lO4 105 U nited States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...104 105 Alabam a 5 per Cent STATE SECURITIES. ... 78 ZarYland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 88 90 ir ss achnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) —loo t'issiPpi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk rßonds • lB4l-1871... 40 42 ississippi 5 per Cent. nion Bk. Bonds ... 20 22 illusylvania 5 per Cent. o Stock T e unlaylvania 5 p er Cent. Bonds '877... 78 80 p1 1111 ?Bee 6 per Cent. Bonds V.,,„;;.g1ai",1a 5 . per Cent. Bonds 1886... 80 82 aper Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —1888... 83 85 p 13 0 , sten 4 er Cent. Bonds LOANS OF CITIES. 1883... 89 91 tontreal 6 per Cent. Bonds..:. ..... 1856-1865. ---- 'evr Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883 ... 74 76 R AILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, _ not Convertible I llinois C en t ra l 6 per C en t 1875 89 90 1875... 86 88 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland /so li d s 1860...102 104 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... ... 14 16 p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., C0nvert....1860... NDa. do. do. 1869... 89 91. ew York C en t ra l 7p. C en t., C onver t 1864... 88 90 "w York Central 6 per Cent., not New 1883... 79 81 INew York end Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-__ __ __ gage 1883... 80 82 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 61 66 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 78 80 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage.. 1865... Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., I stMort.lBBo... 86 88 An average amount of business was done in the rsarket for Railway Shares this tncrning, but Prices have in, most instances, improved in Great - Western, however, declined 1 , / .1 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and - Eastern 155., Midland, 10s., and Lncaqhire and Yorish're, North-Western, ss. Brighton improved 10A., c,nd North Eastern (Ber -1174) and North-Eastern York, 1/. The other dealt in realised about previous values. In the foreign and colonial undertakings there was very little activity displayed. Grand Trunk of Canada receded I/., and Great Western of Canada im proved ss. The French lines wen of nominal .„ 'affle B. Great Luxembourg declined ss. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares were quiet, but steady. Otiental Bank receded 55., and Canada Land and Peel River Land were a shade flatter. RITISH FUN DS.-CLOSING PRICES -THIS DAY ( prom the Official Lizt:) . _ • Business dote. .Rkisk Stec', .. • 215 16 -3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities ,o per Curt I 'ousels Nnouities 9op, A i ii -New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l 901 1i .-Toift Annuities, expire Ftl , Jan. 1860 2 7-16 Ditto 3(1 Yeats, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 India Stock . 212 Is tin Bonds, ;awl. nitto, under £lOO6 2l d CAsols ?or ,cenunt I x3b num' 81110, 20. 51000 ~5 00 BmNll ••• • :Exchequer Bonds, 1858, ni per Cent._ _ Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent 221 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1.441 Ditto 1853. 3 per Cent 451 Russian Bonds, 1822, g St., 5 per Cent ll2l . s.,trdinian 13oi0s, 5 per Cont. . ........ -- -- 89 Ss tnish 0( mmittec Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5/ , In kit,i, Bonds, 6 per cent 94 7 i D tto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. --• 711 R ER O'CLOCK. Consols, money 903 Comola for account, September 9 CAMBERWELL FAlR.—There being some reason to suppose that another attempt will be made to hold this fair onthe 18th of August, and which was prevented last year, the police have had orders given them to take every step to prevent the erection of booths, &c., on Camber well green, the place where the fair was formerly held. The holding of the fair having been declared illegal, renders any person offending liable to a penalty of 101., or three months' imprisonment with hard labour. DRINKING Curs FOR THE THIRTY PUBLIC It is aratifying to be able to s t ate , t h at the excellent' sugges tion of Dr. Begg, that dr ln ki ngcups s h ould in this sultry weather he provided at the town fountains for the use of the public, haq been already carried out. handsome zinc plated ladles, or basins, are now a tt ac h e d to each at the fountains ; and it is hardly necessary to add, tbat tbeyare largely made use of by our fellow•citizen s and strangers coming in from the country. —Caledonian 1110, cum, About 6,4001. in African gold was sent to the Bank Yeterday. The bulk of the recent American arrivals has been sent to the continent for the purchase of silver. MADA3I TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This popular esta blishment has lately received the addition of three alle g°rjeal figures representing Britannia, Hibernia, and Ca,ledonia. These figures are place i above the group representing her Majesty Queen Victoria and her youth ful family, attended by numerous nobility, comprising the Court and Council of her Majesty. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. 451 t, VALENTIA, Ala. 13. Her Majesty's ship Cyclops has rAurned. The Atlantic cable has been injured, and a length of about 300 miles is lost for the present. A con siderable part of this, however, may yet be re covered. THE NEWS FROM INDIA. The nest Indian telegraph may be looked for on the 28th of August at the late - ir. The vessel will be the Nubia, a fast screw steamer, and, as the recent loss of the Erin will cause a b'ank in the China mail, the possibility of a detention at Galle, waiting for its arrival, will be avoided. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. M.B. FIRST EXAMINATION-1857. FIRST DIVISION. Medical :icbcols. Adams, Samuel Hoppus . University College. Alford, Henry James .... University College. Carter, Robert University College. Cayky, William Cooke, John Cousins, John Ward St. Thomas's Hospital. Crowfoot, William Miller St. B.trtholomew's Hospital. Durham, Arthur Edward Guy's Hospital. Harley, John Hickman, William University College. Hill, Matthew Berkeley Hind, John Marriott Jeffcoat, James Henry St. Mary's Hospital. Kempster, Felix Henry... Knargs, Henry Langdon, Thomas Charles Lloyd, Edward Harford London Hospital. Marriott. Charles Hayes University College. Moxon, Walter Guy's Hospital. Pemberton, C. L. H Queen's Coll., Birmingham. Pile, William Ringer, Sydney Rivington, Walter London Hospital. Rix, William Howells Smith, Enstaxe - University College. Thompson, Edmund Symes King's College. SECOND DIVISION. Buchanan, Albsrt, B A University College. Copestake, Walter Everet, Wilton London Hospital. Gasquet, Joseph Raymond University College. Harvey, Mlles Hamilton King's College. Sansom, Arthur Ernest Shepherd, James University College. Squire, Alex. John Balmanno University College. Stokoe, Paul Henry Parcels of bar gold to the extent of about 38,0001. were yesterday withdrawn from the Bank, for transmis sion to the Continent, in payment for silver. SALE OF AN ADVOWSON --Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Messrs. Winstanley offered to public compe tition the advowson with perpetual right of presentation to the living of Thundersley, situate near the South Ben gleet Railway Station, Essex, with rectory house and gardens ; the annual income derived from commuted tithe rent charge and forty acres of glebe land, amount ing to 635/. ; the value in the King's Book, 231. 7s. Bd. The incumbent in his sixtieth year; the population of the parish under 500. Knocked down at 3,0001. THE EAST INDIA COMrANY.—The capital of the East Company is 6 000.000/. and under the Act of 1833, which extingu'ehed the trading powers of the Company, it was provide& that 2,000,0001. should be set apart as a security fund to be applied ultimately, with its accu mulated interest to pay off the 6,000,0001. of Stock at the rate of 260 per cent. A Parliamentary return published to-day shows the total receipts on account of th's fund up to the present time to have been 4,282,5941; —namely. 2,000,0001. the original appropriation, and 2,282,5941. for dividends. ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—The foll l tiveing mem bers of the College having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in midwifery at the meeting of the Board of Examiners on the 12th inst. :—Messrs. Edward Harris, Calcutta ; William Henry Crossley, Wath-upon-Dearn, Yorkshire; Arthur Whitefield, Barnetaple, Devonshire ; Charles John Fluder, Lymington, Hampshire ; Samuel Barker, Ramsgate ; Robert Duchesne, White Lion-street, Nor ton-folgate ; Benjamin Earnshaw Mason, Calcutta ; Henry Gray Pbilpott, Brighton ; William Hepworth Radlev, Doncaster ; Thomas Harley, Cleobury Morti mer, Salop_; John Alcock, Cobridge, Staffordshire ; Augustus Newman, Oxford ; George Cowper Rose, West-sqeare, Lambeth ; Richard Stonehewer Bright, Richmond ; Frederick Simms, Tonbridge-place ; Robert Newberry aibbett, Winch more-hill ; Francis Robert Hogg, Gower-street ; Thomas Alexander Fraser Scott, Aberdeen ; Alfred James Bannister, Chelsea; John Hinder, Calcutta; George Wilkes, Stepney-green. THE TWELFTH Or AUGUST.—This is the great day on the moors, and great has been the array of gamekeepers, &c., and dogs that have arrived at the Perth station on, their way to the north for some days past. The yelping and howling of the dogs confined in all the trains going in this direction may be music to the sportsmen, but must be rather annoying to ladies and gentlemen not in clined to the pleasures of the chase. Notwithstanding wo have seen various statements to the contrary by inte rested parties, we are certain from the information we have received that the grouse will be found this year deficient in the higher moors of Perthshire. The lower grounds arc reported to be better stocked, Many a sportsman, who looked forward with much pleasure to having his foot on the heather to-day, is at this moment ploughing his way to India. Sic transit gloria mundi. —North Blitish, Mail. FOGS IN THE CHAN/TEL.—The density and sudden ap pearance and disappearance of the fogs in the Channel are remarkable. On Wednesday night the Channel Island mail packet Courier could not enter the Solent an account of a fog. The commander of the Courier, Capt. Goodridge, knowing he must be near the Needles (the rocks at the mouth of the Solent), got into a boat to explore his precise whereabouts. He soon came to the outer Needle rock, where the lighthouse is being erected. He spoke to the workmen, who live upon the rock, and desired them to knock their crowbars toge ther, so that he might be guided by the sound through the narrow entrance of the Solent. By this means he got through safely. About one hour after this the Bra zilian mail packet Avon arrived off the Needles, and the fog was then sufficiently cleared away for her to enter, although her signals were invisible at the Hurst Castle telegraph station. When the Needles lighthouse is com pleted, the difficulties of the entrance to the Solent by fogs will scarcely exist. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THENORTH LONDON RAILWAY. — On Wednesday Mr. Baker, the coroner, held an inquiry at the Three Compasses Tavern, Dalston, on the body of Mr. Thomas Martin, a chemist, Upper Claptou. From the evidence of Shaw, a porter at the Hackney station of the North London Railway, it appeared that some two minutes after the ten o'clock p.m, train had passed through the station on Friday last, their attention was attracted to faint crit s of " Oh, oh dear I" With lan terns the porters got on the line, and proceeded in the direction of the cries, and on arriving some forty or fifty yards from the station platform, they came up with a gentleman (the deceased) who was lying on the line with both lees broken and mutilated, resting on the metals. Although in great agony he was perfectly sensible, and explained to them how be met with the accident, saying it was entirely his own fault, tbat finding the train moving from the station he attempted to alight from the carriage, but was thrown under the train. He was im mediately placed on a stretcher and conveyed to the German Hospital at Dalston, where he expired on Sun day night last. The jury returned a verdict of "Acci dental Death."_ FIRES YESTERDAY. —Yesterday morning, about a quarter to three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. G. West, cabinetmaker and uphols sterer, carrying on business at No. 12, Queen's-row, Turnham-green. The flames originated, from s?me unknown cause, in the back factory, and they rapidly extended to the front building . The engines of the parish and London Brigade were early in arriving, but the flames could not be subdued until the workshops at the back wore destroyed, and the ground-floor and also the floor over were seriously damaged by fire, &c. The occupier was insured in the Monarch Fire-office, and the building was slur insured in the Sun Fire office.—Yesterday morning, shortly before four o'clock, a fire happened in the premises be longing to Mr. P. J. Matthews, tobacconist, No. 87, Hackney-read. The discovery was made by a pohce officer of the N division, who noticed smoke issuing from the ground-floor front. The Royal Society s es- capes, and the engines of the parish and L ondon Bri gade, were promptly in attendance, and eventually got the fire extinguished, but 'tot until the whole of the stock in trade was consumed, and the building severely damaged, The building was insured in the P hoenix, and the contents in the Sun fire-offices.—A fire like wise took place yesterday morning about the same time in the premises belonging to Mr. George Simpson, grocer and cheesemouger, situate No. 20, Romney-terrace, H in s ti r, es s st e ee f r e i r r t y Road, they beßo Royalan, d c neardi Society'stt h ri e c:s W wfi e e s c l e e e- y es a soc n oanp C ei nh andaapel tte, attendance, the Nt d neecsngie but the fire was not subdued until considerable damage was done. The sufferer was insured in the Sun Fire office. A eae . j — ne O ty i e c in i b followingy E m u c . n Buchanan, o c N u m T e o n t Ch hasAer T r A D tlb Quebec, and is worthy the attention of persons who may forwardedrj gra ti\ro tio t° n hTilsC o E ffi c i nT r tbr a Ye t be about to proeeed to Canada in search o f employment —The large number of emigrants who have recently re sorted to Toronto and Hamilton in Canada West, have for the present reduced the demand for labourers and mechanics at these places. Emigrants in want of em ployment are, therefore, recommended to proceed to the country districts, and particularly to the Ottawa, and to the Midland, Victoria, Newcastle, and Colborne dis tiles, by the way of Belleville, Trenton, Port Hope, and Cobourg, rather than to the large towns.—A. C. BUCHANAN, Chief A gent. Farm servants and labourers : Wages range from 10 dols. to 22 dots per month. Route —to Cobourg, thence by rail to Keen, in the township of Otanabee ; fare, 34. sterling. A pp lications bav e also been receive from Belleville, Trenton, Brighton, and Colborne, on the line of the Grand Trunk between Kingston and Cobourg, stating that emigrant labour is much wanted.—ln the Ottaway Country.—ln the town ship • f North Gower, M‘NAb, and in the town of Perth, great scarcity of labour exists ' • also throughout the counties of Carlton, Lanark, Renfrew, and Bathurst. Ag emigrants proceeding to this section of the province will readily find employment. Route—to Ottaway city (formerly Bytom)) fare from Montreal by rail or steamer, from 64. to Bs. sterling each adult. Female domestic Efervants are much wanted in all the above placeal", r E SUN, LON DON, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Betore Mr. Commissioner Pane.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK-IN RE HUMPHREY BROWN. To-day was appointed for the choice of assignees under the estate of this bankrupt, one of the Directors of the Royal 11 i.ish Bank. It was also an adjourned meeting on an application made by the bankrupt for his discharge out of custody. Mr. LiLklater tendered proof on behalf of Mr. John Roberts, to prove against the estate of the bankrupt as being one of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank. Mr. Bell appeared on behalf of the bankrupt, and ()Skated to the a ?mission of the proof against the bail rupt individually. After some further discussion, his Honour admitted the proof, and Vise bankrupt was discharged. Mr. Harding was chosen assignee. RAILWAY MEETIW77S—(This Day.) LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly general m-eting of the shareholders of this company was held this afternoon at Euston guar° station, the Martinis of Chando3 in the chair. The report and statement of accounts already pub- lisbed were taken as read. Tee CIIAIRMA.N regretted the small attendance of shareholders at the half-yearly meeting, since the pub lication of the report and accounts before the day of meeting, though it materially lessened his labour.; in explaining the state of the company, he regretted it should have caused so thin an . attendance. The Noble Chairman then referred to the various para graphs in the report, explaining the state of the com pany, as well as the intention of the directors relative to their future proceedings. In reference to the ac counts, he stated that they were enabled to pay a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. ; but it might have been increased had the improvements of the line bet n charged to capital rather than revenue. As it was, the divi dend was most satisfactory, considering this was the least productive half of the year. It was pro posed to take powers to raise additional capital for the purchase of additional trucks, and the erection of houses on the Stow Valley line for the accommodation of the servants of the company, who vi ere too often demoralised by the wretched state of their dwellings and the bad cha racters with whom they were thereby brought in contact. Referring to the late fire at Camden-town, the noble chairman said, that the loss had been much exaggerated. Instead of is being a quarter of a million it was only a few thousands. With regard to the intro duction of a measure late in the session to obtain new and extraordinary powers over the railways of the kingdom for the exclusive benefit of the post-office department, but which had been thrown out, the noble Chairman said that a clause was inserted in it to regu late the speed of railways. He bad no faith in legislative enactments in regulating speed, and was satisfied the more Parliament interfered the greater would be the failure and danger to the public. The Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire company had broken its agreement with the company and joined the Great Northern with a view of extracting a portion of the South and North- West traffic ; so far however as it had gone the attempt had failed, and the directors believed it would result in the loss to those who had made it. They feared nothing from such unjustifiable aggression ; the profits of the company could not and did not rest on such agreements which were liable to be broken and disturbed at any moment, but the accommodation they afforded the public. The interest of railway companies and the public was identical. It was for the interest of railway shareholders that the lines should be worked so as to afford them a full and fair remuneration for their outlay, and for the public that the lines should be well and efficiently worked, and the traffic fully developed. Neither of those results lay in forced competition under special cir cumstance?. That was the policy which guided the directors, and he believed they engaged the confidence of the public in consequence. The noble marquis con cluded by moving the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. BENSON, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. RILEY of Liverpool, condemned the policy of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany, and at the request of a large and Efluential body of proprietors he wished to make an addition to the report, expressing confidence in the directors and urging them to continue the policy they had adopted toe ards their competitors in the North. Mr. Demme BASSETT seconded the motion. Me. LooKE, M.P., said that, on a former occasion, the directors listened to a suggestion of his, that the locomo tive district should be moved from Wolverton to Crewe. A very efficient officer was appointed to superintend that department, who had been instrumental in saving 30,000/, a-year. Without cause that man had been dis missed, and he (Mr. Locke) censured the conduct of the directors in that respect, and said he had lost all confi dence in them. Mr. PIINCHARD complained of the increased working expenses arising from a want of proper supervision. Last year they were 41 per cent., and now by the figures in the report they were 60 per cent. Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., asked for an explanation of the cause of the diminution of dividend. They were increasing their traffic, but appeared to be working for the benefit only of the servants and the public judging from the diminution of dividend. During the last half-year the traffic had increased 65,0001. but it had c05t34,000/. to earn it. The traffic for the past week was 74,0001. it was high time that a more economical system was adopted. He called upon the shareholders to get rid of a tax that greatly reduced their dividend, viz., the duty on the passenger traffic that amounted to 10 per cent. Last year they paid into the Exchequer 51,1391, 17s. 3d. duty on the passenger traffic, to the detriment of the dividend. By proper management the . dividend might be increased to 7 per cent. A Shareholder asked the cost of the additional buile".- L Lil o .. proposed to be erected. The CHAIRMAN-18,0001. - - Mr. DEANE called attention tothe law and Parliament charges, which for five years amounted to 144,0001. There was still the ever recurring item of 10,000/. nod 5,0001. for these charges, old the shareholders ought to be informed whether it. was for annual work or for the payment of arrears. He deprecated the directors gc inb to war with the Great Northern Railway by a reckless competition with that company, but rather to rest on the legitimate development of traffic. Mr. HALEY urged the necessity of strengthening the hands of the directors by unanimously adopting the re port. Mr. DIcLINSON expressed his alarm at the growing increase of the capital account. The increase was at the rate of 300,0001. per annum, and during the last fourteen years it amounted to 4,749,3761. • A SHAREHOLDER corrected the error of Mr. Dickinson relative to the increase of the capital account. That increase had t Iken place in 7& years only, and not 14, at the rate of 632,0001. per annum. As that account increased their revenue decreased. After some further discussion the report was adopted. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. The 23d half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this morning at Easton-square Station, Sir Harry Verney in the chair. The reper, was adopted unanimously. The usual dividend of 4 per cent. was declared pay able on the 25th of August next. Mr. R. Carter and Mr. 3. M.`lnues, the retiring auditors, were re-elected. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and Directors, and the meeting terminated. Advices from Russia mention that the Emperor in tends shortly to revisit Germany, where he has left the Empress, and that an interview will then certainly take place between his Majesty and the Emperor Napoleon. THE BANE OF EGYPT.—The report of the Bank of Egypt. issued preparatory to their meeting on the 25 th of August, st a t es the profits of the Ba'nk from the 7th of July, 1856, to the 30th of June, 1857, to have been 13,0211 ,-after appropriating 1,1401 to the reduction of preliminary expenses. A dividend of 6 per cent., free ofincome tax, is recommended, and 1,7711. will remain is be carried forward. DEATH OF SIR JOHN BENT, KT.—Our Liverpot correspondent reports the death, yesterday morning a' 4 a.m. of Sir John Bent, Knight, in his 71st year. The deceased gentleman was highly respected in Liverpool, and in the year 1851 occupied the high position of chief magistrate of that borough, on which occasion her Majesty and Royal Consort visited the port, and con ferred the honour of knighthood upon its mayor. Sir John Bent was the head of a large brewing establish ment, and his private residence was Edge-hill, where he departed this life. His demise is sincerely regretted by all the inhabitants, and as a tribute to his memory the national ensign at the Town Hall floated half mast high throughout the day. Since his mayoralty, up to Nov. last (when ho retired through ill health), deceased was an alderman of the borough. FATAL ACCIDENT UPON THE RlVER.—Yesterday after noon the body of a young man was taken out of the Thames, near Vauxhall-bridge. The deceased was as certained to be Thomas Snow, aged 21, the eon of Mr. Snow, bookbi n d er , o f No. 6, Peter's-hill, Doctors'- commons. On S un d ay evening last the deceased hired a small boat at Queenhithe to take an excursion up the river. When between Millbank and Vauxhall-bridge, he was noticed to stand up in the boat to take his coat off, in doing which he overbalanced himself and fell into the water. Several boats rowed to his assistance, but ein The inquest he was not seen to rise t) the surface. The drags were but the body was not i ques; will be held this day (Friday). R I OT AND BRUTAL OU TRAGE IN SHROPSHIRE.— found obtained till and y st p er u d t ay, to . lAA night week a most desperate and bloodthirsty struggle took place between some Irish and English labourers, at the Fox and Duck Inn, Pave-lane. It a ppears that being the wakes week a dancing party was held at the above inn, when about 11 o'clock in the evening, some Irishmen were drinking in the kitchen, and one of them went into the ball room and com menced quarrelling, whereupon be was ordered out. He then went and fetched his companions, when they went into Mr. Macnell's bed room, and set about breaking the bedsteads and windows. They then placed a sickle round Macneles neck, and another round the neck of his daughter. A general row then commenced, in which brutal violence was used on both sides, several having received d ee p flesh wounds, and others were so severely beaten with sticks that their bodies presented mass of blood. Th e the appearance of one Irishmen, th e worst of it, some of th em not b e i ng we believe, had able to be removed from their beds. An inquiry will be made in a few days before the magistrates.—Sh rews . bury Journal. Advices from Buenos Ayres report the opening up of a new and - important market on the western frontier of Brazil, by the banks of the Uruguayana, but it is feared that the shipments to it have bees excessive, FRIDXY EVENtNG, lIVIP.ZRIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) THE SWANSEA CEMETERY. On the order of the day being read ter going into com mittee on this bill, The Bishop of St. DA.VIDS called the attention of their lordships to some charges that had been made against him by no less a person than the Secretary of State in the other house. If the matter merely related to himself he should not have troubled their lordships with any observations, but the mater was of deep interest to the clergy of the Church of England, and such being the case, it was his duty to enter into some car lanation. In the first place, be solemnly protested, if guilty of any violation of the law, it had been committed most unumsciomly, and nothing that had occurred warranted such a charge against him. The charge against him was that. he bad not availed himself of the discretionary power vested in him before he did the act for which he had been so harshly censured. The right rev. prelate, who made a statement to their lordships the other evening bad by mistake very much overstated the income of the Vicar of S voinsea. The total income of the vicar from all sources only amounted to 981. per annum. A correspondence between himself and the Burial Board, a copy of which he held in his hand, bad been printed and circulated, from which it appeared that he had been applied to consecrate a new burial ground, to which request he wrote to the board exeressing his v, illiegness to consecrate the ground provided. A conveyance was provided to convey the vicar to and fro as he resided a considerable distance from the spot, and was in possession of so small an incense that he did not think such a re quest unreasenatle, but the members of the Burial Board refused to accede to such a request, and the re sult was that he had refused to consecrate the cemetery. Earl GRANVILLE thought that the bishop had acted coirrary to the spirit and letter of the law. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S denied this. The Bishop of OXFORD moved an amendment to the clause which proposed the forming of pauper burial grounds. Such a distinction in death was invidious. Earl GRANVILLE thought the paupers were of a different opinion. They preferred being buried with their friends and relatives. Tneir,lordsliips did not laugh at this, but went on in a conversational style, until not being able to agree they divided—Contents, 22 ; non-contents, 18; majority, 4. The claw:a was, therefore, agreed to. Earl FORTESCUE pointed out the sufferings of the London clergy from their dead being taken from them. He wished to restrict the number of interments in cemeteries to two in one grave, and four in any one day, but the noble earl took nothing by this objection. He then followed it up by objecting to the clause which gave an appeal to the archbishop, to a burial board in cases where a dispute arose between them and the bishop of the diocese. The Bishop of LONDON supported the clause. Lord DUNGANNON and the Bishop of OXFORD opposed it. Lord WENSLEYDALE suggested that the cemetery might be shut up for years while the bishop and arch bishop settled their quarrels. He moved, therefore, an amendment that if the Home Secretary declared the cemetery in a fit state, any clergyman offi ciate pending ociate pending the settlement of a n y question in abeyance. The amendment was agreed t". On the clause regulating fees, &c., The Bishop of LONDON moved that the fees be the same for burial in unconsecrated as in consecrated ground. The Bishop of OXFORD supported the motion. He considered it a great scandal that there should be any huckstering and cheapening to induce the relatives of the dead to bury them as Dissenters. On this their lordships divided — For the clause as it stood ............ 14 For the amendment ........................ 12 Majority The remaining clauses were agreed to, after a fruitless attempt of the Bishop of Orford at delay, The Boundaries of Boroughs Extension (Scotland) Bill passed through committee. The Municipal Corporations Bill was read a third time and passed. - The Married Woman's Reversionary Interest Bill was passed through committee. The New Z salsa - id Loan Company's Bill, the New Zea land Company's Claims Bill, and the New Zealand Go vernment Act Amendment Bill were passed through committee. DIFFICULTIES AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Lord CLANRICARDE sai d that it was perhaps hardly necessary to put the question of which he had given notice, as it had been asked in the other house, and an esetremely satisfactory answer had been given. The house bad received an assurance that though difficulties had arisen at Constantinople, there - was no danger that they would generate any change in the political relations of Europe, or would affect the atiance, which was a mat ter of greater importance to this country than any of the details of the settlement of the Principalities. He coin s lained, however, that documents were not placed on the table which were fully circulated out of doors. From such documents a belief prevailed that the interference of the Porte in the elections had been such as to render the whole proceedings absurd as the supposed expression of the feeling of the people. Ile hoped nothing would be done till there had been a fair and free election. The noble lord concluded by putting his question. Lord CLARENDON said it was true there had been a great de'ay in coming to a titfinito conclusion in this matter, but it mn.t he remembered that one of the chief causes of that delay was the difilcul!y as to Bessarabia. It was felt that the elections would not proceed till the Austrian occupation had ceased, as it would not be thought that the elector could be free in the presence of Austrian bayonets. .But on account of the season, neither could the troops be removed nor could the commissioners proceed to their posts, and so they did not commence operations till May. Then the firnan which had been settled at Constantinople was understood in a different sense in Moldavia and Wallachia, so that it had to be referred back to Constantinople to decide on the correct interpretation. When the protocols came to be laid on the table, they would find that the conduct of Sir Henry Bulwer had I)s:ea of the most impartial character. It would not be fair to publish at present the protocols, in which six powers were concerned, and which at present were regarded a° confidential. The real point of diffe rence had been the interpretation of the firman as applied to Moldavia. It had been decided that it should be inter pretated in the same manner as for Wallachia, except in some details which necessarily differed from the circum stances of the country. The elections bad been pro. ceeded with and completed in the meanwhile. Some of the powers protested against the Divan as not fairly re presenting the people, but th Sultan did not think it would be becoming to his dignity to act upon that sug gestion, unless he was requested to do so by the unani mous voice of all the powers. Thus arose misunder standings which were not much amended by telegraphic despatches being misunderstood. It so happened that the interruption became known just at the moment when the Emperor of the French arrived at Osborne, which afforded an opportunity of revising the whole of this very complicated matter, and led to a conclusion that though titee had been no regular scrutiny upon which the elections could be declared null and void had they occurred in this country, yet there was a prima facie case against the fairness and regularity of the elections. It was felt that it was for the interest of the Porte that no doubt of the faithful representation of the people should exist. He trusted that the Sultan having vindicated his dignity by the course he had taken, would consent to Erant the request of the other Powers, and ho believed there would be no diffi , culty in carrying out the suggestions. LORDS SUMMONED. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE of Brandon, the standing order of the 3d July, respecting the refer ence to the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, of claims and rights of voting at the election of representative peers of Ireland, should be extended to the case of parties who claim the right of voting by virtue of peerages, under which votes have been given and admitted at the election for such representative peers of Ireland. WILLS, &sc., OF BRITISH SUBJECTS ABROAD On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Lord WENSLEYDALE contended that all the pur poses woul f be secured by proper instructions being given to the consuls, which might be done by a note, thus rendering the Lill unnecessary. If wills were made in duplicate, one according to the law of the country, and the other according to the law of England, all diffi culty would be removed. Lord CLARENDON, with all respect for the sugges tions of the noble and learned lord, supported the bill He could assure his noble and learned friend that he would give his best attention to the matter, as well as his noble friend on the woolsack ; and it they could devise any means by which the diplomatic consular agents abroad could give the information suggested, it should be done. Lord WENSLEYDALE said the necessary instruc tions to diplomatic and consular agents might be given in the shape of a short note. On the second reading of the bill he should move a resolution to that effect. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILLS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Mr. M'Dougall, of the Tipperary Ba n k, complain ing of the unfair preference given to judgment creditors by this bill, and praying that that defect might be re medied in the present measure. The motion that the bill, as amended, be taken into consideration on Monday next was agreed to, and their .ordships adjourned at ten minutes past nine o'clnck. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) OFFICIAL DEBTORS (IRELAND). Iu reply to Mr. HATOIIELL, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said it was the intention of Government next session to bring in a bill to withdraw the protection from arrest from official debtors in Ireland, in accordance with the recom mendation of the Dublin C UNATlCS.hamber ol Commerce. L Oa the motion of Mr. TITE, the following returns wore ordered—Returns of the date and number of days on which the Board of Visitors of Lunatics, assembled between the let day of Jan., 185t3, and the let day of Jan. 1857, and the names of the visitors of lunatics pre sent at the board on each day of meeting; of the number of lunatics found so by i n quisition, and living on Jan. 1, 1816 ; similar returns on J r.n. 1, 1857 ; return of the numbr of lunatics ac t u ally visited by the medical visi tors between Jan. 1, 1856, and Jan. 1, 1857 ; and of the number of inquisitions whioh have been superseded in the years 1854, 1855, and 1856. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. On the motion of Mr. MA.CARTNEY the following returns were ordered:—Returns of the names, tonnage, and horse-power of allvesseis surveyed by the Admiralty AUG-[IST 14, 18 5 7 the property of the European and Co'umbian Steam Co., and to be employed between Suez and Melbourne under the provisi , ,no of a contract entered into by virtue of a tender signed on behalf of thesaid company, the 11th day of June, 1356, by J. Orr Ewing, chairman, with the sur veyor's report thereon ; and of the names, tonnage, and horse-power of all ves3els chartered or hired by the said company (with the names of owners), to convey the mails and passengers between Alexandria, and Southamp ton, or Satz and Melbourne. He inquired of the Sec retary of State for the Colonies whether any complaints have been received from the Australian colonies (by either of the two last mails) of the irregular and unsa tisfactory manner in which the postal services has been performed between Suez and Melbourne since January last ; ar d, if cc, whether there would be any objection to lay the same on the table of the house ? Mr. LABOUCHERE had no objection. FUEL TO TRANSPORTS. Mr. STAFFORD asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty what steps have been taken by her Majesty's Go vernment or the proper authorities, with reference to toe steam transports that have already sailed, or are about to sail, with troops or stores for India, so as to secure for them an adequa'e supply of fuel for the voy age ; and what arrangements have been made for such supply at the Cape de Verde, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, or other coaling stations en route ? Mr. BARING said the owners of the transports had contracted for the supply of fuel. The supply of fuel at the stations named was ample. THE APPROPRIATION ACT. Mr. WILSON brought up this bill, which wag read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-mor row (this day). DIVORCE BILL. Lord J. MANNERS inquired what was the course .ntended to be taken to-morrow with regard to this bill, as the Attorney-General would have to be present in the House of Lords in the Shrewsbury case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he intended to apply to the House of Lords to postpone the case in which he was engaged. Lord 3. MANNERS inquired what course would be taken in case the House of Lords should not accede to the request Lord PALMERSTON—AII I can say is, then as then, as the French say. Mr. GLADSTONE then moved the adjournment of the house in order to enable him to address himself to the inconvenience of members being called down to the house without knowing what course was to be taken. After same conversation, Lord PALMERSTON said the Government were de termined to go on with the bill, whether the Attorney- General were present or not. The motion was then withdrawn, and the house went into committee on the bill. The discussion was resumed with regard to the words in reference to adultery and bigamy. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now proposed that the words should be bigamy with adultery. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know what the inten tion of the House of Lords was in passing this clause. Mr. PULLER thought it rather hard to call upon the Attorney-General to give such intentions. All that house had to do was to consider how they would pass the clause. Mr. HENLEY thought the words proposed by the Attorney-General were an improvement. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know whether it was intended to propose to give the wife a title to divorce in the case of bigamy with adultery; h hether the adultery and the bigamy were with the same persons or with different persons. Lord J. RUSSELL was unwilling to restrict the cases wherein a wife could obtain the redress of divorce. Would the words proposed give the wife the same re medy which might be at present obtained by a private bill in the House of Lords I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said they would. Mr. NAPIBR said he thought that other offences as well as bigamy ought to be included. Suppose a man committed a rape as well as adultery, surely such a case as this ought to come under this bill, and ought to be provided for. Lord J. MANNERS asked the Attorney-General if it was the intention of the Government by this clause to leave a woman to come to Parliament, as now, for relief in cases where the huSband had beenf i transperted for a felony subsequent to the bigamy, because suoh a separation, in his opinion, amounted to desertion. Sr D. NORREYS referred to the difference of opinion that appeared to exist between the Attorney-General and the noble lord at the head of the Government on this point, which showed an evident desire of the latter to throw the former overboard. (Laughter.) He (Sir D. Norreys) thought it mattered little whether the bigamy was consummated or not, for by a man's committing bigamy he violated his marriage vow, and equally in flicted injury on his wife. The right hon. baronet said that a man might almost, without vicious intentions, commit a rape. (Laughter.) lle meant that circum stances might level a man into the crime without know ing it—(Renewed laughter)—which was different to the committal of bigamy, and bore no similarity to it. Bigamy mast be a premeditated act, and by it a man committed all the offences that could be possible under the marriage tie against his wife. Mr. GLADSTONE said there could not be a clearer proof of the want of unanimity of opinion, and the extra ordinary state into which they were being driven by teis bill, than the speech they had just heard. (Hear.) It was the speech of a most intelligent member of the house—('aughter)—expressing his opinion with candour that was highly honourable to him, though partaking of the spirit of Dreco. Rape and bigamy bad always been considered different by the law of the land, and, contrary to the hon. member's ideas, the former had always been put in the higher category, and subjected to heavier punishment than the latter. The hon. baronet's speech appeared to be a specimen of the average round of mem bers of Parliament who approached this subject, but they were not called upon then to discuss the relative degrees of guilt in the two crimes, but the question what other criminal offences ought to be included in the category of offences that should give a wife ground of divorce against her husband. Bigamy was the only case of felony included in the present bill for that purpose, and that being so, why should not others, or at any rate those felonies that bore on the marriage state, he also inserted ! Unless a satisfactory answer were given to the question he should vote against the clause. Lord PALMERSTON said the question was an swered in the former part of the day, viz., that bigamy was an offence particularly against the wife, and tended to desertion, whereas the other cases of felony were offences against society only. He hoped the committee would assent to the proposition. After some remarks from Mr. HENLEY, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he understood the question of the hon. member for Oxfordshire to be whether, if the charge of bigamy came before the civ tribunal under the bill for the purposes of divorce, the determination of that tribunal, or the evidence taken to arrive at the conclusion,'could be used in a criminal court against the husband for the same offence, and his answer was, that it Could not. He deprecated being called upon to answer questions in the midst of a discussion not for the purpose of eliciting information, but on which to found some other argument. Mr. HENLEY said that he felt certain such proceed. ing could not be used against a man, but he thought a verdict against him in a civil tribunal would prejudice his case before a criminal tribunal. After some further remarks from Lord J. Manners, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. Glad stone, on the effect of the words if put in force, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the proceed ings of the two courts would be analogous to the present mode of proceeding in cases of libel. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was impossible for him to answer the noble lord's (the member for Lei cestershire) question relative to the decision of the Lords on questions of felony subsequent to bigamy without searching the journals of the House of Lords. He hoped the committee would not enforce that a woman should be compelled to prosecute her husband for bigamy before suing for a divorce. Mr. NAPIER differed from the Attorney-General, that the proceedings under this tribunal were analogous to proceedings for libel. In that case a jury were em pannelled, but in this bar no jury was to be summoned to try the bigamy, and it would be quite new to our laws that felony should be tried without the intervention of a jury. The term bigamy was a term unknown to the common law. Coke's definition of it was a man marry ing two women consecutively, or a widow. (Laughter.) Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no wish to multiply difficulties ; but supposing under those words the civil tribunal dissolved the marrioge tie, and the criminal tri bunal afterwards decided that the bigamy was not proved and acquitted the man, such a state of things would be an absurdity, as well as inflict injury, because the mar riage could never be renewed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that bigamy was well known to the law. In the event of any difficulty aris ing relative to the two proceedings, it would be competent for the civil tribunal, after taking evidence, to suspend its proceedings, and direct that the evidence should be laid before the Attorney-General which would have the effect of making a criminal proceeding subservient to the civil power. All courts bad that power. Lord J. MANNERS asked if that really were so, and where he could find the words in the bill giving that power I (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE hoped the committee would be properly informed how the matter stood in that respect. (Hear, hear). The ATTORNEY-GENERAL referred to the right hon. gentleman the member for Wallingford for an answer. (Hear, and laughter). Sir G. GREY said that the Attorney-General had already stated his views on the law, and no gentleman of the long robe in that house had ventured to contra dict him. (Hear, hear). Mr. GLADSTONE asked his friend the member for the University of Dublin to answer the question. Mr. NAPIER said that every cuurt possessed the power after it had taken evidence of laying that evidence before the Attorney-General for his consideration. Mr. MALINS thought that it was not in the province of any court to direct an indictment to be brought l against any person for the purpose of serving special cause cause laid before it for jurisdiction. wo uld be he it Mr. ROLT concurred in the opi nion that an out of the province of the prop osed court to d y inquiry ener.al such as that referred t o b y General, t Attol Ile - courts of law in cases w here indictments wet a e do d pe e d et b After some discussion as to the course eyei The LORD ADVOCATE said taut to be prepared by the A.torney-General , t the diemssion hon. baronet the hon. member was one entirely beside thequfeosrtiocnarpliuslte.bycthaseart tainly occurred, where civil courts . dealt . with caves which afterwards came before a criminal court, And whatever night be the relation which bigamy Lea to the offence for which divorce might be granted, there ing the vote arrived at on a previous evenin g they ha' could be no doubt that bigamy was in itself a crime sui a perfect right to give a woman as much protection as genesis. possible in reference to divorce. It was, he thought, Mr. PULLER thought that some di scre tio n eugetfo reasonable to give to the Court the full liberty of action be allowed to the court in deli ag with ca ses of this which was contemplated by the amendment. kind. Mr. MALINS concurred with the Attorney-General Mr. WIGRAM thought that the best course wo uld in resisting the amendment , w hich ou g ht to hav e been be to make it necessary to produce legal evidence of the proposed at a much earlier stage of the bill. Ile thought conviction of the crime of bigamy before granting a it would give the Court too wide a discretion, especially divorce. as it had been decided by the house on a previous even- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered that some ing, that there was to be a difference between the matt inconvenience would arise if this suggestion were agreed and the woman, to, if the person committing the crime of bigamy were Mr. NEWDEGATE considered the bill a most cow to continue to reside in a foreign country. ardly one, as the principle of our law was to aid the Mr. NAPIER said that in such a case it would be weak as well as the strong. The house was evidently adultery with desertion, and the case would come un- doubtful whether the terms by which the claims of the der other provisions of the bill, woman were restricted had been sufficiently defined. Mr. MALINS said that if the statement of the At- Mr. NAPIER thought it would he right to specify torney-General, that the proposed court would not try the powers of th e j u d ge , o th erw i se everything the crime of bigamy, but would direct it t o be tried by de p end u p on his ca price at the time. would another court, were correct, then the only course to be Mr. LYGON withdrew his amendment, and the corn• adopted in case of a woman petitioning for divorce on mittee divided on that of Mr. Butt. the ground of bigamy, would be the production to the The numbers were— court of the record of the conviction by a court compe- For the amendment tent to try a felony of that description. Against it - Mr. BUTT contended that it was perfectly competent Majority ----es for any common law court to try cases of felony, Mr. COX suggested that the chairman should report and instenced actions of libel or bills of exchange where progress at this stage. the defence raised the question of forgery, or al action Some discussion ensued, upon the motion, and old. of a policy of insurance when the defence charged arson mately against the plaint:ff. In such cases the courts never Lord PALMERSTON congratulated the members suspended the proceedings, as was suggested by the A'- who opposed the bill on the success with which for ten torney-General the proposed court should do, while a hoists they had exercised their ingenuity on three lines criminal court tried the question of felony. It was us- of a single clause of the bill, and announced the inten. csssary in this clause to define the meaning of the word tion of the Government to sit dey by day and night by " bigamy," making it to apply to a man who married night until the bill was gone through. Out of conside another woman during the life time of his wife, and ren- ra tion to the Attorney-General, who had some h eavy dering necessary in order to obtaining divorce by the professional duties to attend to, and not out of deference wife on such grounds, that the record of the conviction to the house, he mould consent to the adjournment of of such offence by a criminal court should be produced the debate. to the Court of Divorce. Mr. GLADSTONE complained of the conduct of the Mr. AVAIL-IEON concurred in the opinion expressed noble lord, which was altogether unprecedented in the by the hon. and learned member for Youghal. conduct of the leader of that house, and who had eman- Mr. GLADSTONE wished to have an explanation of c i pa t e d himself from the rules of common courtesy due the word " bigamy." to hon. members. Mr. BUTT said that the word " bigamy" had been Lord PALMERSTON denied that his conduct and introduced in the bill in a previous clause. It was, as it remarks were open to the strictures which the right hon. stood, nothing short of stark staring nonsense. He mem b e r had placed upon them. As leader of the house, proposed, therefore, to add, after " bigamy," the words he would have been perfectly justified in endeavouring "by fel osiously intermarrying with any other woman." to force the house to pass the remaining three lines of the Mr. MaIIAHON considered the words unnecessary, clause to which no amendment was to be moved. as the only species of bigamy for which a conviction After some discussion the chairman reported progress, could be obtained was of that description contemplated and the house resumed. by the bill. JUDGMENTS BILL. After some further discussion, Mr. FITZGERALD moved the seecond reading of The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had no objet. this hill, which was read accordingly, and ordered to be tion to the introduction of the words proposed, as they committed. were perfectly harmless, and perfectly unnecessary. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS (SCOTLAND) The committee was then about to divide on the pre- BILL. vious amendment of the Attorney-General that the words On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the order " with adultery," be introduced into the clause after the for going into committee on this bill was discharged. word " bigemy," but the amendment was agreed to The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring without a division. in a new bill on the subject. Mr. GLA.DSFONE moved the addition of the words, Motion agreed to, and bill introduced accordingly, " or of rape." FRAUDULE NT TRUSTEES BILL . The words were added. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered, Mr. WIGRAM proposed to add the words "such and agreed to. bigamy, or other offences, be proved by a conviction." The Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Bill was read The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the intraduc- a second time. tion of the words. It would turn a great hardship on the The Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Abatement Bill was wife, and possibly might prevent her obtaining a just read a third time and passed. divorce. The Crowded Dwellings Prevention Bill passed Mr. GLADSTONE argued that they were not in a through committee. position to discuss the question in all its bearings, as THE PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMIs there was not time. The limitation of the clause, as it NISTRATION (IRELAND) BILL. at present stood, would lead to collisions where a hue- The house went into committee on this bill. band and wife wanted to get rid of each other. After some discussion on the clauses, the bill passed Mr. WIGRAM said so serious a question as dissolu- through committee. tion of marriage ought not to be decided without a cri- REVISING BARRISTERS (DUBLIN) BILL. urinal connexion. This bill was read a third time and passed. After a short conversation the committee divided— MILITIA. PAY BILL. For the amendment Against it committed this clay. Majority against the amsndment.-35 The house adjourned at a quarter to 3 o'clock. Mr. COLLINS proposed to add the words " or of murder or manslaughter coupled with adultery." The amendment was negatived. Mr. DRUMMOND proposed the insertion of words so as to make cruelty in the husband ground fi r di vorce. Ho read the details of many cases of cruelty which had come under his own observation. The first was that of a young lady who married the heir to a large fortune. A few months after the marriage that gentleman had three mistresses living in three different houses. With one or other of those he usually supped, and came borne drunk. His servant undressed him and carried him to his wife's bed. She wished to sleep in another room, but he told her that if she did he would bring one of his mistresses home. When bis sons were 14 years of age he took them to mistresses, and after he had been married 20 years he died. That was but one case. He proposed that cruelty alone should he the ground for divorce. Sir G. GREY opposed the amendment, as introdu cing an entirely new principle. Mr. GLADSTONE contended that they ought to found their proceedings in the matter on a wider founda tion. Their experience was limited where their views should be enlarged. After a few words from Mr. BUXTON, the amend ment was negatived. Mr, HENLEY desired to have some explanation of what was meant by the term desertion. After a few remarks from Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. HENLEY moved the omission of the word " desertion." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should have thought the right hon. gentleman had had practical ex perience on the subject of desertion as a justice of the peace to know the definition of the word " desertion." Tho word "desertion" in the bill was sufficiently under stood. It was applied to where a man left his wife altogether, and not merely ceasing to cohabit with her. It would not apply to constrained absence under crimi nal sentence. Lord LOVAINE asked if it would apply to transpor tation for seven years or more I It was a common oc currence with the lower classes, when a man was trans ported for 7 years, for the wife to remarry if his absence extend over that period. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the case referred to had reference to a rule of evidence, and not law, on the supposition that a woman not hearing of hee husband for seven years, that he was dead. It would not apply ...... to desertion under this bill. Two years' voluntary ab sence was a sufficient desertion on the part of the hus band for the wife to claim a divorce. Mr. HENLEY asked if a man lived with his wife in one Square in London, and left her to reside in another l with a mistress, returning to his wife occasionally, if that would be desertion under the bill ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —Certainly not. Mr. AYRTON said that leaving a wife chargeable was desertion under the common law, but that test being removed innumerable difficulties would arise. Sup posing a man to leave his wife and go to Paris for two years and commit adultery, having provided her with the means of living, was that desertion I Sopposin that to be cleared up, a greater difficulty arose by the diff-r -esce between a man deserting his wife for two years with or without adultery. Another was of a man who went to gaol and there committed adultery. Mr. GLADSTONE said they app eared to be in diffi culty with this clause. The definition of desertion was absence without reason. How could it be desertion with a reasonable excuse? The two things did not stand well together. He was doubtful, admitting the principle of the clause to be good, that it would attain the object they had in view. Supp osin g a man kept up an estabs lishment for his wife at his residence, and resided with his mistress in another, and never went to his mansion, would that constitute desertion I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —No. Mr. GLADSTONE—That was at variance with the Attorney-General's definition, and ,the question again arose what constituted desertion, Multitudes of cases might arise under this clause that had not occurred to their minds, and it was difficult to understand the appli cation of a novel enactment to such cases. A sailor might be abroad with legitimate cause for more than two years, but how was a wife to prove that. He was anxi ous to know the form and procedure with regard to proofs in such cases, and on whom the burden rested. Mr. LYGON referred the Attorney-General to the definition of desertion under the code of Holland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that desertion must depend on the animus of a prisoner. The essence of crime rested on the intention of a person to commit an offence Mr. CLAY complained that the discussion was mere hair splitting. Na man of common sense could for a mo ment doubt what was or was not desertion under the provisions of this bill. Lord J. MANNERS urged the injustice that would be inflicted tinder the clause as it present stood. Sir D. NORREYS said that where a man lived, as put by the right hon. gentleman the member for Oxford shire, it should be considered desertion on the part of the husband, After some remarks from Lord LoTAINE and Sir W. EfEA.THOuTE, Mr. GLADSTONE said the debate appeared to show that the committee did not know th e real meaning of the words they were called upon to ad o p t. He complained of important measures being pressed with precipitaf s cz at the end of a session, which preventedtheir bein g Paonse with sufficient clearness and perspicuity, and the c sent quence was, that they were called upon in a subsea's session to remedy their defects. After some remarks from Mr. HENLEY, The a,neendrnent was withdrawn. Sir D. NORREYS proposed to strikeeowuetr'(:ftdweoeyideianrgs and upwards, giving to the Court the p what was desertion. COLONIAL - . The AT'TORNEY-GENERAL supported the reten tion. It vies important some term should be specified in Tee..---The telegraphic news from China has had little the bill. effect upon the market, and prices re main thelb.same as before Common conu is uoted 1.4 - The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. BUTT m oved, as an a mendment, ,, to insert the fol- before, Common dulnessl: ~n ip e e y r be quo the clause— or of adultery, coupled lowing woras in tofand a further reduction of about G' P p P e a r r ren t d ill-treatmen such a nature as ought, on all descriptions. In the refined ewg with arra grave .inpritchwe are alto i.nn of the court, to entitle her to such et. loer COFFEE. brown lumps are sold for 6lsinGdarkpteltr e the o e 'n . ~ - m a -h e bon. and learned gentleman proceededa tains about previous ra , —The marke t t e i s s d b to argue , ies c 1 Ceylonin e d main in saint men and a semen so far as regarded facilities of divorce. t. He would leave the new court the same discretion that uulti.uartilvaeutbautsio,n would be committed to the House of Lords in its judi- seinudesfsulhlasrabteeesn atrreandse.- imascaltitneemddr.eE.dcwbTyhheroeldiesrsa, goodbut dlietmtleanbdu, cial car mite'. He did not see how this could be avoided, Resea—A eery limited business lies been done, and unless they said that in no case the wife should have re- prices are unaltered. dregs. seseitultereaarsreidva,laonfdthaoristeeloef e, i .ar. LYGON suggested that the amendment should gra S P A ll L i T e P a E l lTvßile.°-: J ua ll: a in y be il demandquoteddi s'and—" or of adultery coupled with aggravating car- fully 2e. per av cumstances." TALLONV. The mtaartki v e s t n h e a e s ts b s e y en b e i n a very quoted f excitedor P.V.C. fita, and fully 2s per cw 'The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this was only introducing a new ground for divorce on the part of the all positions.. On . the spot 6d .the andpriCes are G3s 63s Gd ; September deliveries, 63s , last 3 months, 60s per -wife. He thought if they were prepared to arrive at ow t ___ g . the concl us i on a t w hich the amendment aimed they GREEN FRITIT.—West India pine apples continue in. should h ave d one it l ong ago . H e was not prepare ex.demand,(s.s.)lFo,uonoiod,soblrdouagthptubgleiecdsaplreieebys.KNeoelinit eXlvHcraUenutt, . arrive at that conclusion, and ho should therefore resist is reported in lemons, Barcelona nuts are Drin, but the tt le amendment. Sir W. II.EATHOTE considered that notwithstand. stock THE BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester• day (Thursday) : __ Fr. e. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 701,475 31 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 22,745,736 10 Do. in the branc h banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 17,246,100 -- Do; in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 New Shares, not dispoable 32,500 Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,189,360 83 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 465,553 49 Premiums on the purchase of matibres 431,688 77 Sundries 1,040,477 69 Dn. Capital Ditto, New 1,119,620,590 98 _ 91,250,000 - 91,250,000 - Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Ditto, New Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 55,056,900 Do• to order (Post 5 f 156 1 943 87 . , Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 118,886,966 72 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 22,856,187 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 6,348,690 28 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 1,119,620,590 93 MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Coastwise, a full average supply of English wheat, 2,460 quarters, almost wholly of the new crop, and in good con dition, has come to baud this week. Fresh up to-day by land carriage the receipts of that grain were small, and the show of samples was very moderate. Although the atten dance of millers was by no means numerous, the trade was considered steady at Monday's currency. Foreign wheat, the show of which was good, moved off slowly, but no change took place in value. The supply of barley, both English and foreign, was very moderate, and the trade ruled steady at full quotations. Fine malt supported late rates, but inferior qualities wore rather cheaper. The supply of foreign oats was considerably on the in crease, yet the oat trade ruled steady, at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour, sold at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I 2,460 1 280 2,350 Oats. Flour. 50 I 1,(130 English Irish, Foreign i 10,670 1 4,260 33 450 1 150 . brie , 260 ski METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To -day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts in very middling condition. On the whole the beef trade ruled steady at Monday's improvement in value. There was a fair demand for sheep, at full quotations. The bust Downs readily produced ss. per 816 s. For lambs the inquiry was by no means active. Prices, however, were supported. There was less activity in the veal trade, and in some instances the currencies gave way 2d. per Sibs. Pigs and MIMI Cows were unaltered in value. Per Sibs to sink the offais. s. d. s. d.I B. d. a. d. Interior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 , PrimeSouthdown 4 8 4 0 5 0 S eco nd quality.... 3 6. 3 8 1 Largo crse. calves 3 6 Prime large oxen 310 4 2,Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 BiLarge hogs Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 2 1 Small porkers Second quality ...3 4 3 8151:Lekling calves-23 030 0 Prime crse.,wlled.3 10 4 6, Quarter old pigs.2l 0 28 0 Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 2d. FORBI GN SUPPLY. 110 TOT AL SUPPLY: B eas ts ................... 1,000 Beasts .. .. ................. m 3 8 8 02 4 CheepC l Calves s . and .. .. . 1 . a . ............... .. ... ... ... ... ... 7 5 3 4 0 3 2 8 0 S C P v s e . s a . . 12 . . 4 . . a . . b .. 5 ... ... ..... ... NEW( ATE AND LEA.DETTHALL. The trade gener.sily ruled steady, as follows 3 4 6 p 92 . 81be by the carcase. s. cf- 0 . d• H. 1 4 0 . 8. d. Beef, interior ...... 2 S 2 10 Mutton, Inferior 2 10 3 0 Do., middling ... O. 3 4 Do., middling 3 2 3 8 Do. prima large.. 3 6 3 8 ( Do., prime Do., do. small ....3 10 .. 1 2 I Veal.. Pork, large .. ...... 3 6 310 1 Pork. small 43 4 6 0 4 2 Lamb,. 4s 4a to 5s 6d. 4 8 80R0 UGH HOP. There is very little change to notice in the accounts from t h e plantations, and the ant, is backed at 130,000/. Fipe hops are steady at full prices, . but inferior parcels rule dull. Mid and East Kent pockets., 4/ 15s to Cl Os ; Weida of Kent, 4/ Os to 4/m* lOs; S u , x, 31 108 to 4/ 2s; yeas. lings, 01 Os to 01. Os, per cwt. ton 140, eish and 'eel. ad- w be bills ;erly bills Rs. atig ider- va's, irely the lered ales ceipt the 0p0.F.- • two sure. corn• pper orth- small 4. the local rt. of n irbed Nulty s, in 1 do exist tuless I Lay. went e bad cip al The con- last 50 -- 394- r 74 35 - [0 - )5 - 32A- )iced the gi an