The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

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to a select committee at that period Of the yew', it would
be extremely difficult to secure the attendance of members
on a committee upstairs. But were it otherwise, he did
not think the measure required to be considered before a
select committee) as the suk;i3et had been ventilated for the
last 30 years, and how could it be expected that when there
were so many other measures to be legislated on for the re-
mainder of the session, members could devote their time
exclusively to this bill, notwithstanding its importance.
Mr. WALPOLE considered that it would be saving the
time of the house if the bill were referred to a select commit-
tee, and that the bill would be improved by the considera-
tion it would receive from the tribunal to which it was pro•
posed to submit its details.
Mr. MALINS said that he had already expressed his
opinion that this bill was not worth passing, and that no
select committee could improve it to an extent that would
render it worth passing. For that reason he was not pre-
pared to give the bill any active opposition; and he agreed
that referring the measure to a select committee would have
the effect of strangling it for this session.
Mr. SCULLY opposed the reference of the bill to a select
committee, and contended t no evidence of any voter in
addition to what had beenpreyiously adduced could be
brought before any select committee,
Mr. ROLT supported the amendment for referring the
bill to a committee.
Sir F. GOLDSMID opposed the amendment, as he con-
sidered the details of the bill could be efficiently discussed
in a committee of the whole house.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the duty of
the Government was to pass this bill without delay, and
therefore their course was to ask the whole house to decide
on the bill without a preliminary enquiry, which would
endanger its passing this session.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

During the past week business in the various
manufacturing districts has been suspended, owing
to the Whitsuntide holidays. At Manchester,
however, prices of both cloths and yarns have
advanced. The woollen trade of Leeds has been
dull, while at Bradford and Huddersfield no mate-
rial alteration can be recorded. In the hosiery
and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham
the operations have been of a very restricted cha-
racter, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol-
verhampton increased dulness has prevailed. The
iron trade of South Staffordshire, however, has
exhibited symptoms of renewed activity.
There was an active inquiry for cotton in the
Liverpool market on Saturday, and prices tended
upwards. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales.
A call of £2 10s., amounting in the aggregate to
£206,250, becomes due to-morrow on the shares of
the London,;Chatham, and Dover Metropolitan Ex-
tension Railway.
Notice has been given by the London agency of
the Commercial Bank of Cannada that a dividend,
at the rate of 7 per cent., will be payable on and
after the Ist pros.
The Pera from Alexandria has brought £76,000
in specie.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY .

Two O'CLOCK.

The money market continues quiet, with ample
supplies for the requirements of the mercantile
community. The demand is necessarily limited;
owing to the continued dullness of trade and the
absence of other descriptions of enterprise calcu-
lated to augment the general inquiry. The effect
of the preliminary payments and early calls upon
the shares of the new joint stock companies intro-

duced during the last few weeks has now subsided,
and the prospect of an immediate advance in the
rate of discount at the Bank of England has ceased
for the moment to engage the attention of specu-
lators, and others more particularly interested in
the subject.
Rather more firmness has been perceptible in the
Stock Exchange Markets to-day, owing to an in-
creased demand on the part of speculators who have
been influenced by the improvement in the weather,
the absence of further withdrawals of sovereigns
from the Bank of England, and the easier aspect of
monetary affairs. Consols are 911 for money, and
911 for the account.
The New Threes are firm at 91f, I; the Reduced at
911 ; Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. prem.
India 5 per Cent. Loan has improved to 1071 1.
Some of the principal Foreign Securities have
shown more buoyancy, but the transactions have
continued limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are
821 4 ; ditto 1858, 694 701 ; ditto £lOO Bonds, 711;
Mexican are steady, at 30k 4 ; Egyptian Scrip has
improved to 14 1- prem. ; Russian ditto, to 1 prem. ;
and Turkish ditto, to 3k m prem. ; Italian 5 per
Cents. are 711 72k.
In the Railway Share Market the operations
have been exceedingly limited, and prices have
shown little variation of importance. Lancashire
and Yorkshire have receded 1 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 4 ; and South Wales, 1; Bristol and
Exeter, and North Eastern (Berwick), however,
improved 4; Brighton, Midlands, and South Eas-
terns remained at previous quotations.
In the Foreign Market Royal Danish have de-
clined to 151; Sambre and Meuse to ilk 4 ; Great
Luxembourg realise 141 141 ; and South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian have improved to 24.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
remained inactive ; Imperial Bank realise 61 ;
London and Brazilian, 54; London and County,
37i ; Ottoman Bank, 24 ; Crystal Palace Stock,
341 4 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam im-
proved to 694.
The Strand Hotel shares are 1 I prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 t
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll I
India Stock . Shut

Ditto 5 per Cent. lO7l 1
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, July 10
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 366
Ditto £5OO
FOREIGN FUNDS CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent.
hilian 6 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Ditto Paid-up Scrip
Grenada Active .. .. .. . ...... . . .
Do. Ex over-this Coups. & Hectares. 9i 1
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Grenada, 2 per Cent 241
Russian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St ..
Ditto 41 per Cent
Ditto, b per Cent., 1862, Scrip
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive.
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditty Account B2l
Ditto 6 per Gent. 1858
Ditto Account 7O
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 3l it I
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 7Ol 11
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 4t per Cent., Ex. 25f 9B
Italian 6 per Cent., 1861, ex 25f 714 2/
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols, Money •
Ditto Account

SHIPPING---THIS DAY•

, moderate brele
LONDON, Jun
16.—Wind-t
II
June 16.
a, June
Westerly ;
showers of rain. 1,
15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Druid, 1
POILTSMOIIT
from Havannah for Cowes Heiress, from London for New
from Sunderland for Hong Kong;
York,. Anglo-Indian,
Alecto,
from Plymouth.
, for Plymouth.
her Majesty'
Sailed—Her Majeity's ship
COWES, June 14.—Wind S
Savannah•
PLYMOUTH, June 15.—Wind W.
from Liverpool for Havannab, with
.W.—Arrived—Daniel, from
W,—Arrived
yrAem;estwith part
asdt sprung;
Edith, screw steamer, from Trieste, leafko
of cargo thrown overboard. Sailed—Her leaky,
1 Revenge, Emeralds, Emerald, and Chanticleer, for Qsuseheinpss:

town.
NEWPORT, Juno 15.—Wind
ton, from Garrueha.
FALMOUTH, June 15. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Herzo-
gan von Brabant, from Idatansas; South port, from Ha_
vannah.
CLYDE, June 14.—Wind W.—Arrived—lowa, from
Montreal.
Limnuics. June 14.—Wind N.W.-Arrived—Mame-
luke, from New York.

Incendiary fires are lamentably frequent in the
French colony of La Martinique. A large manufactory
and nine horses were lately burnt in a single night. One
of the incendaries, namel Jean Baptiste, committed sui-
cide. The governor, in the hope of checking these terrible
crimes, has declared that in future all incendiaries, or ac-
complices of incendiaries, who may be sentenced to hard
labour, shall be sent to Toulon to undergo their punish-
ment.
Canaries, thrushes, skylarks, pheasants, black-
birds, starlings, partridges, and quails are now flying wild
all over the colony of Victoria, in Australia,