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London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

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MARKET NEWS-TITLES DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on
sale iu to-day's market was very limited, and in but mid-
ling condition, the demand for all descriptions was in a
depressed state, and low qualities were freely offered at is
per quarter beneath last week's quotations. For forward
delivery very little was doing.
The show of fresh foreign wheat was small, but a full
average number of granaried samples was brought forward.
Good heavy wheats realised full prices ; but all other kinds
were dull, at barely late rates.
The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has increased
to some extent, yet prices were not lower.
Fine barley was scarce, and quite as dear ; grinding and
distilling sorts were very dull.

We had a fair inquiry for malt, the value of which was
well supported.
The oat trade was slow, at Monday's prices.
Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, at late cur-
rencies.

ARRIVALS TIIIS WM.
Wheat. ) Barley. Malt. Oats.
2,320 2,910 5,180 630
100 1,780
950 --350

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign ..

3,430

Flour.
1,280

12,140

WHITECH.ATEL.
For each kind of meat at this market to-day the inquiry
was in a very sluggish state, at our quotations :
Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 6.1; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 2d to
4s 4d ; pork, 2s Cd to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market continues steady, and last week's prices are
well supported.

LLOYD'S SHIPPINO-(THIS DA T. )

LONDON, March 16.—Wind at Noon, E. light breeze,
and cloudy. The St. George, London to, Port Philip,
struck on a reef at Port Philip on the 28th Dec., and was
run on shore, the water flowing in and out of her; crew
and passengers saved.
DEAL, March 15.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Switharaley,
China ; Salvadore, Boston ; Johanna, New York ; Patrick
Henry, do. ; Laura, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh ; Gustao,
New Orleans. Sailed—Diana, Sydney, N.S.W. Arrived
from the River, and sailed—Frolic, for the South Seas ;
Urania, Melbourne ; Grecian Queen, do. ; Andalusia,
New York ; Eliza, Trinidad.

OFF THE WlGHT.—Brothers, Calcutta, for null.
OTF DOVER, March 15.—Dona Teresa, New Orleans.
LOWESTOFFE, March 15.—The James, of and from
London for Seaham, has been brought in leaky-, having
struck on Newcome Sand.

HULL, March 15.—Sailed—Rose, Davies' Straits.
PORTSMOUTH, Marchls.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Onega,
Rio Janeiro.
March 15.
Putback— Moslem, Colcutta.
Wind, S. Sailed—Lady Jocelyn
(s), Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta.
BuisroL, March 15. —Wind, W. N. W. Sailed—Triumph,
Melbourne.

LIVERPOOL, March 15.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Rising
Sun, New Orleans ' • Peter Many, do. ; Falcon, Sydney,
N.S.W., on freight 14,655 oz. of gold ; Samuel Badger,
New Orleans ; Alberta, do. ; Polly, do. ; New Brunswick,
do. ; lawn, Savannah ; Leonie, Charleston ; Alwine, do.
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Western World, New York ; Arctic, do. • Arendina, Ja-
coba. ; Champion, Boston ; Paragon, Newfoundland.
Sailed—Bryn-y-Mor, Pernambuco. Off Port—Emigrant,
Mary Holland, and America.
ALICANTE, March 7.—The Ceres, from Newcastle, is on
shore on Cape La Heurton, and is not expected off.
SYDNEY, N.S.W., Dec. 20.—The Young Queen, of New-
castle, is on shore on Nohby's Island ; four of her crew
drowned. The Cassipore was on shore on Princes Shoal,
twenty-five miles from Geelong, on the 6th inst.
FALMOUTH, March 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Carl,
and Captain, Odessa ; Lido, Constantinople ; Sobertia,
Petterson, Pors,ground.

ROYAL WEST INDIA MINING COMPANY.—This com.
pany, which was proposed to be established a few
months back, have notified a return, without deduction,
of the subscriptions received, in consequence of their
having failed in obtaining a charter. The negotiations
on the matter seem to have been attended with misun-
derstanding and disappointment, owing to the absence
of those definite principles which alone can enable the
public to escape uncertainty as to the course that will
be pursued by the Board of Trade ia any given case.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at five o'clock.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from certain
individuals complaining of the restriction of the office of
examiner in the Court of Chancery to barristers.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the
duties now imposed upon the office could not be dis-
charged by any but barristers.
Lord ST. LEONARDS concurred in this view.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr.
R. Owen, praying for a select committee on the subject
of education.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition
from East Retford, praying for the extension of bank-
rupt jurisdiction to county courts ; and petitions from
Southampton and Birmingham in favour of the admis-
sion of Jews into Parliament.
On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the
Slave Trade (Sohar in Arabia and New Grenada) Bills
were read a second time.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the
Designs Act. Extension Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of .Alderley, the
Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill passed through com-
mittee.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley,
the Indemnity Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the
Inland Revenue Bill was read a third time, and passed.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the
Commons Inclosure Bill was read a third time and
passed.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill was re-
ported, and, as amended, agreed to.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to call the atten-
tion of her Majesty's Government to a correspondence
which has taken place between Mr. Spence and the
Board of Trade, on the subject of a bridge on the North
Shields Railway. Since the last time he had addressed
their lordships, a fortnight ago, five railway accidents
of the most serious nature had taken place, in conse-
quence of which, 11 persons had been suddenly destroyed,
and 40 others seriously, if not permanently injured. He
considered that these accidents were all owing to mis-
management on the part of the railway company, and
the want of some proper supervision of the Government.
This superintending power might, he thought, be well
exercised in overlooking the state of the roads, in fixing
a maximum of speed, and in fixing also a minimum of
the intervals between the starting of traiks.
Lord STANLEY of Alderley, said the subject was
one of great importance, and claimed a great share of
the consideration of the Government. No steps, how-
ever, could be taken until the report of the Committee
of the House of Commons now sitting was presented.
After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT and Lord
GALWAY, the subject dropped.
COUNTY COURTS.

Lord BROUGHAM rose to move for certain returns
containing the same information with respect to the
superior courts of law which had already been furnished
to the other house of Parliament with respect to the
county courts. The noble lord said that he would take
that opportunity of setting right a mistake which had
gone abroad with respect to a statement which he had
made a few nights ago, as to the amount of the sums re-
covered in the county courts as contrasted with the
enormous amount of taxes levied in those courts in the
form of fees. He had stated that a sum of 272,0001. had
been levied during the last year in the form of law taxes,
and that that bore a great proportion to the whole
amount of sums recovered in those courts. Six hun-

dred and odd thousand pounds had been the amount
of the sums recovered by judgment ; but this by no
' means represented the whole amount recovered,
for it might perhaps be said that not less than
100,0001. had been paid into court, and that sums
to the amount of 300,0001. had been settled by the
parties ; so that they had to compare this 272,0001.,
which was extorted from the suitors in law taxes, with
1,000,0001. or 1,200,0001. recovered by this beneficial
system of local judicature, but their lordships would see
that that the law taxes still bore a large proportion to
the sums recovered. Nevertheless, he was bound to
admit that notwithstanding this evil, which it would be
their duty to remedy, the advantage was prodigious
which suitors and the public had gained by this admir-
able system of local judicature, and he could not help
hoping that the system would be improved in England,
and would be extended to Scotland. The difficulties

which stood in the way of extending the system to Scot-
land were all but insuperable ; but he thought that they
might do so much as this, namely, to extend to Scotland
a local judicature to the amount of 501., parol proceedings
and not written proceedings, and no appeal to the sheriff
from the local court, nor from the local court to a non-resi-
dent judge, but an appeal, as in England, on matters of
law alone, to the Supreme Court. If so much were given
to Scotland, he thought that the most prodigious advan-
tage would be gained by that country, and the agitation
now existing against the whole of the system at present
established would be put an end to. He was rejoiced
to learn that the Government had resolved to issue a
commission to inquire into the whole of that great sub-
ject, the assimilation of the mercantile law in the differ-
ent parts of the United Kingdom. The most important
branch of the subject, and that which had most occu-
pied the attention of the English mercantile interests,
both in the provinces and in the city of London, was the
assimilation in a certain degree, and in some manner, of
the law of bankruptcy and insolvency. He would not
say that this could be done by applying the English
system entirely to Scotland, nor by substituting the
Scotch system in place of our own, but mall probability
they might arrive at a third system better than either,
and compounded of the best ports of both ; and he had
that the result of the inquiries about to be instituted
would tend substantially to effect that object. He was
about to present a bill to their lordships, which he
considered as going in a right direction, and which, if
the English system were to be applied to Scotland—
namely, that of administering bankruptcy in a court
and by judges, of giving the inestimable blessing of
official assignees to that country, and the equally solid
advantage in a legal, commercial, and moral view of
three classes of certificates—would be found to work out

those objects satisfactorily. He would not pledge him-
self to the whole of the details of the bill, nor would he
undertake to say that he might not upon inquiry
be of opinion that it would be inexpedient to apply to
Scotland the bankruptcy system which was established
in this country. But if the principles of our English
system could be safely and beneficially applied to Scot-
land, then he felt that the great mercantile body, whose
wishes and views he on that occasion represented, would
hare done good service by urging upon their lordships'
attention the details and principles of the bill which he
had now the honour of laying on their lordships' table.
His lordship concluded by moving the first reading of
the bill, which was entitled, "An Act to Improve the
Administration of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Scot-
land."

The bill was read a first time, and the returns moved
for by the noble and learned lord were agreed to.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that he should
ask the Postmaster-General on an early day, whether
her Majesty's Government proposed to take any mea-
sures for the more certain transmission of mails to Aus-

tralia, and particularly for enforcing the contract for
that purpose with the Australian Royal Mail Steam Na-
vigation Company.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The report upon the Redruth and Chasewater Rail-
way Bill was brought up and agreed to.

ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. YANSI'rTART moved that the bill be read a
second time this day six months, on the ground that it
was opposed by the inhabitants of the island.
Mr. LAING saw no reason for departing from the
usual course adopted by the house, of allowing railway
bills to be read a second time, in order to be referred
to a committee. He stated that at all the public meet-
ings held in the Isle of Wight in reference to the railway,
with the exception of one, had passed resolutions in
favour of the project.
Mr. HARCOURT said the majority of the landowners
in the island, as well as a great number of the respect-
able tradesmen in the four principal towns, were opposed
to the construction of the railway. He had no interest
either one way or the other, but he thought it right to
state the facts, and to leave the house in its wisdom to
say whether or not the project should be proceeded
with.

Mr. CROMPTON and Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the
amendment.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading 92
Against it 133

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Majority ...
The bill was consequently lost.
LONDON AND MID-WESTERN RAILWAY
BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Sir R. H. INGLIS opposed the bill, as it would ap-
proach the Observatory of Oxford University within a
quarter of a mile, and greatly interfere with observations
from that building.
Mr. OLIVEIRA said he believed the authorities of the
University were in favour of the bill. He should be happy
in committee to come to any arrangement with the right
hon. bart., or any of the authorities of tho University,
with the view of obviating the objections which he had
mentioned, He hoped the right bon. gentleman would
be satisfied with this assurance.
The bill was then read a second time.
LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER COM-

out all moonshine and unnecessary, it would be the duty
of the house to reject it.
Mr. HALSEY moved that the bill be read a second
time this day six months. He objected to the bill
because it would operate injuriously to the interests of
the existing companies.
Lord D. STUART hoped the house would agree to
the second reading of the bill. He thought it was too
bad that in these days of free trade they should be pre-
vented from having free trade in one of the first neces-
saries of life.
Lord PALMERSTON said he should vote upon the
bill, in accordance with an answer which he had given
on a former occasion on the same subject. By an act
of last session, there were imposed on the present
companies obligations in respect to the supply of
water, which were attended by great expense, and
there would be considerable delay before their necessary
works could be carried into effect. He, therefore,
thought it would not be in accordance with the under-
standing implied by that act that they should sanction
another bill before the time had expired for the comple-
tion of the works of the old companies, and before it
was known whether these works were sufficient to meet
the wants of the metropolis. Whatever objections were
made to the present supply of water, the supply by this
company was not altogether free from objection, as it
would come from a chalk country.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading 73
Against it 253

Majority
The bill was thus lost.
HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION.

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Mr. WALPOLE brought up the report of the Hud-
dersfield Election Committee, declaring Mr. Stansfield
to have been unduly returned, and stating that at the
last election treating was general and extravagant.