The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

BANK AND OTHER SHARES.

Bank of Bomt;;.7.l,Woi.each 1,000 15 per ct. pm. els.
Oriental Bank Cor. 250 r. 250 19 per at. pm. Ali.
Commercial Bank I,ooor. 500 4 die.
Agra Bank 5OO 500 6 per cent. prem.
Batik of Madras... I.ooor. 1,000 20 per cent. prem.
Apollo Preas Com. 12,500 r. 12,000 17,000.
Guiana Press Cow. 7,000 r. 7,000 17,000.
Bombay S. N. Com. 5 [Or. 400 68 per oent. die.
Gr. Ind. P. R. Com. 50r. —38 r. 2a. 11p. paid.

G iVERNMENT SECURITIES.
5 per Cent. Transfer Loan ... 114 r.
5 per Cent. Loan, 1825 26 ... 106 r. per 100 sins.
5 per Cent. Loan, 1629.30 ... 106 r. per 100 gees.
5 per Cent. 1.4,*n, 1841 42 ... 103ir.
4 per C-nt. Loan, 1832 33 ... 93r. per 100 sicea.—Sls.
4 p-r Cent. Lou,3 1835.36 ... 89ir. per 100 Co.'s.
4 per Cent. Loan, 1842.43 ... 89kr. per 100 Co.'s.

PRICES OF BULLION.

10r. 7-16 a. each.
10". 5.16 a. per
222 r. per 100
... 211 r. per 100
104* per 100 tolas.
16* per tola.
16r. per tola for
97 touch.
Freights—To London and Liverpool, 2/. 12s. 6d. per
on; and to China, 18r. to 19r. per candy.

Sovereigns .•
Bank of England Notes ...
Spanish ...
German Crowns
Sycee Silver ••• •••
Gold Leaf (range of quality-)
Gold ignote, according to touoh

(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of Feb. 21.)
The Bombay express arrived during the night of the
13th inst., and the bulk of the mail followed the next
day, bringing London dates to thn Bth January, with
intelligence confirming the improved feeling tending to-
wards a more free and satisfactory course of operations,
as noticed in our last issue, and affording sanguine an-
ticipations of a brisker activity is general commerce,
majority of the
with upward-tending prices. The brighter aspect of
llan
en nt restoration overwhelming
of national con-
future prospects is based upon the promising turn lately
too much agitated country
taken by political events in France, which seem to se-
cure stability to the government assumed by its Presi-
(ocfonlastiedeyreeadrs)in fair progress towards
Presi-
dent,
leenott,owrsi,thantdh et
haessceonntsoe
evinced by the immediate resumption of
may now
wT hbies
the
andimprovement
industrial
that state of political repose which is calculated to
those
enmeevneut
tssectvutrlilticeeshafinrmd rail-
waythe
rp
euarns
earnestuipmirtoas
p:reanimate
ir its
y . activity vest
To
n tap
these powers
vnPg' ertsshtev of
indicationso
ifes commercial
ur as dede,
fmotha
in values of np.stel . d
ymbaneuafdadcetudritnhge
yp e
oc
ftta tei 'oo nr:
purposes, and the rise
Europe, leading to similar
happy results in matters of general business, in which
the reaction is expected to be felt to a considerable de-
gree in our home trade; aided as it is by the facilities a
cheap money-mark
ilillt
et offers, a continuance of which is
promised by the unparalleled
generalirectu
coffers of the Bank plethora of gold in the
of England, with probable further
supplies from the
cious
metal. new sources of production of this pre-
Under such impressions, our export
market has exhibited a growing animation, to which the
further material decline in home exchange, and the still
moderate rates of freight have lent additional impulse,
din Winprices '
g of most leading articles to an upward
tendency.
In our import market, the deliveries for cotton piece
goods generally have fallen off. In one or two infranoes
prices have receded a trifle, while in others they have im-
proved; but the fall in the rates of exchange bas, upon
the whole, turned the scale against holders, so that, al-
though prices are generally maintained, the returns will
be less than they were a month ago. The deliveries of
gray shirtings have hastened, and a decline of 1 to 2
annas may be quoted in the lower reed goods; 58's are
in better request, and 45-in. goods have advanced about
1 anna per piece. White shirtings are only in partial
inquiry. White figured shirting' are in fair request.
Wbite eambrics are only in moderate demand, at un-
changed value. Twills remain neglected. A fair quantity
of the gray kind of madapolama has been placed, but
latterly the inquiry for these goods has fallen off, and
previous prices have scarcely been supported. Only a
comparatively moderate business has been done in gray
and white jaoonets. In lappets, low and medium power-
loom goods have been fairly placed at former value. A
considerable quantity of book muslins has changed
hands, notwithstanding the impending Burmese war, bat
the demand has been confined chiefly to the descriptions
most suitable for the Upper Provinces. The inquiry for
mull mulls have been limited. The arrival of Cabul
merchants, who annually visit the Presidency, has given
a little more activity to the demand for Turkey red
goods. Prints and chintzes are neglected. A fair
quantity of mule twist has been placed at full previous
value, and in some numbers a trifling rise is observable.
I No improvement can be reported is coloured OW*
IMi -

ietals have improved.
lerScinrecdeitthbeidilsat:to2f-ootirtola2st.orLportht,e wrhaitcebbleafgret;o-othi.nau____,ngteo
w-va-sluie-lolf Ibtilfs,
l I for do-
steadily declining, and our quotationsonee
I.lli for first-class credits, and 1-11 ;to 1
d .7.30.,nv.d
thTebe;;coecitpay.
lastcomsnianig
couf ml
aerngtes,remittances
l I
by downward
tthe
ten
one for exchan e
Lions of still larger ones by
I.c season been •
materially
the amount of which has this
value of indigo, silk, sugar, and
operations, have tended to
curtailed by the reduced
Thu
Oriental Bank '
Corpora-
other country produce.
Bank demand 1-11 for their six
tion and the Agra
months' sight "per' t bark
In our money make
58
of rates of interest remain
unchanged; but there _ late been less difficulty in
the'n reams
r. for the legitimate purposes Of
The still
commerce.prevailing want of confidence at-
taching to the bazaar piece goods trade, has 1.1 t matter
there in their previous unbatisfactory position.
Freights were rather cheaper shortly
procuring accoinnio.
mail; but within the last week require•
raised 5-0 to 7.6 per ton, wino , how-
ever,lne-
were only acceded to forgoods destined' for lm
diate shipment.
mtaereetosfhtahvoelabseten

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETy.—Herr Formes having
arrived in London will make his first appearance at Exatsr-
hall to-morrow evening (Friday), sult4i4ing the part 4
441)114e1 in the Creatioa. •

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 31.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
TENANT-RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a great number of
petitions from various parts of Ireland in favour of tenant-
Tight in that country. He then moved the second reading
of the Bill, and said that in doing so he felt a deep and
weighty responsibility rested upon him, for he was not
bringing forward a puppet of his own, nor standing there
as the organ of any sect or party, but as the messenger
of a nation. He asked their assent to the principle of
the Bill because it had received the sanction of the
nation. The number of petitions presented from various
parts of Ireland in favour of the measure justified him
in making that assertion. He was in the remarkable
position of not having a single petition presented against
the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Such a circumstance was
nearly unparalleled on a question of such vital import-
ance to a country. The preamble of the Bill recited
that it was the practice in Ireland to let lands to
tenants without the necessary buildings, and that
in the event of their quitting, they could not obtain any
allowance for the improvements they might have effected
on the land. This was proved to be the case by all the
evidence ad,tuce.l to the H ease on the subject of tenant
right in Irelend. If a tenant made any improvements
in his land he had no alternative but to rely upon the
honour of the landlord for compensation; for there was
no law in Ireland to secure to him the value of the capi-
tal and labour he hal expended. Now ha proposed to
remedy this anomaly.—(Hear, hear.) Land was the
chief means of existence to the Irish population, and
it was necessary that some fair protection should be
given to the poor occupiers for the outlay of their
labour and capital. The priec'ple he proposed with the
view of attaining that object he believed would be gene-
rally acceptatla for it was that improving tenants
should have a fair and full compensation awarded to
them, having regard to the custom of the particular dis.
trict in which the land was situated. In case of a
difference an arbitrator was to settle the terms be-
tween the landlord and tenant. The provisions of
the Bill were entirely consistent with the civil
law of the land. The Bill recognised putting the onus
upon the tenant of proving the custom which existed
and the value of the tenant's goodwill. He proposed to
do nothing more than assimilate the law of Ireland, in
regard to tenant right, to that of England. In some
counties in England the tenant was required to prove
the local usages and customs, and the value under them.
He would fairly state to the House that the object of his
Bill was to give the tenant a legal property iu the im-
provement which he effected upon his farm, and if the
Bill did not accomplish that he had no hesitation in
declaring that it would be worthless. The other day,
the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, at his election
for Coleraine made a speech, in which he acknowledged
the justness of that principle, and he now called upon
the Noble Lord to support his own views, and
vote for the second reading of this Bill. The
Noble Lord distinctly stated that the object of the
present Government ought to be to hold out to the te-
nant farmers some inducement to improve the land; and
as that was the main purpose of the Bill he thought
the Noble Lord was bound to take it up. If, however,
he would consent to tie second reading of the Bill, he
should be quite ready to postpone its future stages until
such time as Government should have decided whether
they would adopt it, or introduee some measure of their
own, as they had promised to dl.—(Hear.) The tribu-
nal which the Bill would establish for the settlement of
disputes bets een landlord and tenant, when they could
not be adjusted by amicable arbitration, was of a simple
and inexpensive character. Ire cases where the compen-
sation claimed was under 1001., he proposed that the dis-
pute should be referred to the revising barrister of the
county, and in all other cases the reference should
be to the judges of assize, where decisions should at
all times be final and conclusive.—(Hear, hear.) He
thought there could be no objection to that provision,
nor indeed could there be any objection urged against
the next dense, which made provision for the adjust-
ment of contracts petered into previous to the repeal of
the corn-liawe—(ilear, hear.) The 13th and 14th
clauses did not origiaally form part of the Bill, but the
altered circumstances of Ireland had rendered their in-
troduction necessary. The first of these clauses would
prohibit evictions fur a limited time of tenants who
were iu errear of rent, while the other
clause would make provision fur the pre-
vention of thst sulferir g which had recently
attended the eviction system, by securing the tenant
some relief or some alternative in the place of the
misery and starvation which otherwise would inevitably
overt Ike him.—(Year, hear.) He, however, did not
urge these claims upon the attention of the House as a
matter of right duo to the tenant, but as a law rendered
necessary by the dictates of humanity, and im-
peratively called for to avert that scourge ofd
extermination which was now raging amongst
that portion of the Irish tenantry who were the
least able to protect themselves from wrong or opprea-
sion.—(Hear, hear.) Let the House remember that a
whole nation was interested in the success of this mea-
sure, and in the name of justice and humanity, and as
they valued the prosperity of Ireland, he implored the
House to allow tale Bill to go to a second . readine
(Hear, hear.) The landlord's tight could never be
safe, so long as those of the tenant were neglected
or despised by the law ; and, as a landlord
deeply interested in the maintenance of his own rights,
he wished the House to do tardy justice to the tenant
in passing this Bill.—(llear, hear.) It was ridiculous to
tell him that this Bill Rout I confiscate the property of
the landlord, because it could not possibly de any such
thing.—(Hear, hear.) It would, however, take care that
while the improvements in the land were secured to
the landlord, the tenant should be secured his
share through the medium cf a money valise.
Arlogising t) the Houk for having trespassed so
upon its Wme and attention, he begged leave to
move the secend reading of the B.ll.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. NAPIER could assort) the Hon. Member for
Rochdale, and the House, that there was no subject
more worthy of the ennsidesation of Parliament than
this.—(Bear, hear.) E was of the utmost importance
that the cultivators of the soil in Ireland shcu'd be en-
couraged to the fullest possible extent, but at the same
time he hoped the question as it now stood would be
discussed clearly and dispassionately, and without any
reference to party feeliates or party motives.—(Hear,
hear.) He allowed that the Hon. Member for Rochdale
was entitled to great credit for the manner in
which he had persevered with this Bill, and he could
assure hire end the House that for years this
very subject of tenant right had commanded
his constant attentien.—(Hear, bear.) Every spare mo-
ment he could tied had been devoted to it, and nothing
gave him a greater pleasure, when he was called into
°jaw', than the prosy-cr, which it opened up to him of
being one day nabs to give his labours a practical shape.
—(hear, hea-.) He had, therefore, no hesitation in
telling the House that he hoped at no distant period
to be able to lay upon the table of the House a Bill which
should satista.ctortie
tenant in Ireland, reform the law of landlord and
end secure to each party his just aed
equitable rights.—(hear, hear.) He had always been
an advocate for compen:ating ihe tenant for nnexhausted
improvements. The tenant had nothing but his labour
and strode capital to app
so has ought to reap, 'T apply to the laud, and as he sowed
A if when he left his farm there
was any portion of his laboar unrealised, he was en-
titled to demand some money
thehands
of his landlord.—(flear, hosr.)Con'tio''insation at cal-
culated.to improve the social condition
was
modrethan
ton of Ireland
the settlement of this question, and
able to tell the Heusi, that in
so!ution of this minnentous his he was rejoiced to ue
cinestioetitiemsphtotuoldobbteainot_
hear)nour of serving
sisted by two gentlern-n who had the honour
Nothing,
on the Devon -Commission.—(Hear,
however, could produce snore evil than
and he
Rouge,truted raisingthanhdoChees
which never could be realized;
therefore begged to impress upon the
the present Government intended t 110 in tistle% viihteart
woul.i be based upon the report of the Dpron Commis
The measure which he hoped to 'nave the honour of '.
in-
troducing would be made as simple as possible, or i
would be better to leave the matter alone, as it would
only serve to create unnecessary agitation if the measure
was of a complicated and cumbersome character, and
he requested that the House, in its legislation
upon this very difficult subject, would take
care to render its enactments as simple and as free from
complication and restriction 33 possible.—(Hear, hear.)
With regard to the Bill immediately under discussion,
the principle was no doubt good, indeed, no one
could dispute that ; but still its provisions were
not sufficient to amend, simplify, and consoli-
date the landlord and tenant code of Ireland.
The Bill in its provisions was not sufficiently
simple or general is its scope, and that was the great
objection which ho entertained to its details.—(Hear,
hear.) Whenever those objects could be carried out by
agreement so much the better, for though legislation
could do much, it could not by itself make a good land-
!ord.—(Heer, hear ) But in effecting this there were
some difficulties, one of the principal of which was the
limitation of property for family purposes. In such
cases it was most important that they should be
regulated in such a beneficial mannner as not
to interfere with the cultivation of the soil.
It was more consistent, however, with the commercial
system of the country and the temper of the times to
act as far as possible on a system of contracts. One of
his principal objections to this Bill was that it was a
dealing with the existing state of things, fur the purpose
of perpetuating by Act of Parliament the custom—after
all not a legal one—which was not calculated to work
any important improvement. If they could get a
system arranged by which the tenant would receive
a compensation for unexhauated improvements, it would
very much tend to increase the prosperity of Ireland.
The course to be taken was this, to secure to each tenant
such a period of enjoyment of the improved soil so as
to enable hone fairly to reap the fruits of every improve-
ment which he might have made ; and if it were neces-
sa ry' y'aftrom any reason, to interrupt the possession,
that,
the expiration of his possession, calculations
ShouLd
made and ho "h• ld still be able ta,
reap the benefit of labs improvements.--(Hear, hear.)
- That in his opinion was the plain justice of the ease—
(lleer)—l fair Pnincipie against which no righteous
tenant or landlorde
.
consistently object.—(Hear,
hear) But the present
Bill did not go to effect this;
the rropositions which it,asalineel were such as to
startle men from a right
vi
of the case. It in-
teetered with existing - in
his opinior, Parliament ought contracts, and that,
not by the violation ofthenet to do. It was
Tights of property
that Ireland was to be benefited,
with the fixed principlea of nor by interfering
couragement of industry, hy property,invitista but by the en-
capital, and by promoting the spreade,3application of
knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) The
proceetil to analyse and animadvert on
How Gefnagrieultural
tieraan then
main state-
ments bich had been put forth
Right League, which he showed to ,
ee Tenant
withourtoundation. He was perfectly
tie invite
ect
fall and fair discussion on this important subj, 1
us he