The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT anomrAm COMMON.

The last field-day of the troops at present encamped
took place yesterday. After the morning parade the
division assembled at 11 o'clock below the camp of the
Sappers and Miners, the cavalry occupying a position
on the right of the infantry, and a series of brilliant evo-
lutions was gone through in Cattlin's-valley, under the
command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
which lasted until half-past two o'clock, when the
troops marched back to quarters.
The following is a record of the distribution of the
troops encamped at Chobham on the last day pre-
viously to their separation :
Under Arms-334 officers, 357 sergeants, 173 drum-
mers and trumpeters, and 6,557 rank and file. On duty
in camp.-- 62 officers, 106 sergeants, 12 drummers and
trumpeters, and 1,522 rank and file. Sick.-7 officers,
183 non-commissioned officers and rank and file, and
57 convalescent. Absent.-47 with leave, 31 without
leave. 43 prisoners. Horses.-1,517 effective, 101
sick. 24 guns. Total of all ranks-9,491.
The Prince of Wales arrived at the camp yesterday
afternoon at a quarter-past three o'clock in an open
carriage and four. His Royal Highness alighted first
at the Queen's pavilion, and presently afterwards re-
entered his carriage, and drove along the cavalry quar-
ters, returning along the line of the Guards' encamp-
ment until he arrived opposite to the quarters of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, where his Royal Highness
alighted and inquired for Sergeant-Major Edwards—the
non-commissioned officer who has the honour of in-
structing the young princes gymnastic exercises. The
Prince asked the Sergeant to conduct him to his tent,
upon arriving at which his Royal Highness minutely in-
spected its internal arrangements, and, after thanking
his gymnastic preceptor for his attention, presented him
with a handsome gratuity. The Prince next inspected
the camp kitchens of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and
after tasting the soup at one of them, presented the
cooks with a sovereign. He then paid his respects
to Colonel Francis Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to
Prince Albert, who holds a command in this regiment,
on taking leave of whom his Royal Highness drove
along the whole line of the encampment, visiting the
quarters of the Sappers and Miners en route, and re-
turning down the main streets of the camp, amid the
lusty cheers of the private soldiers.
The following are the infantry movements consequent
upon the change of regiments at the camp to-morrow :--

DEPARTURES.
The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards (10 com-
panies) will march from Chobham to Chertsey, and pro-
ceed thence by the South-Western Railway to Nine
Elms.
The Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards will
march from Chobham to the infantry barracks at
Windsor.
The Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards (eight com-
panies) will march from Chobham to Chertsey, and pro-
ceed thence by the South-Western Railway to Waterloo
station.

The 38th Regiment (seven companies) will march from
Chobham to Chertsey, and proceed thence by the South-
Western Railway to Waterloo, en route for the Tower.
Three companies of this Regiment will march to Wok'
ing, and proceed thence by the South-Eastern Railway
to Chatham.
The 42d Highlanders (six companies) will march from
Chobham to Woking, and proceed thence by the South-
Western Railway to Gosport. Four companies of this
regiment will march to Woking, and proceed thence by
railway to Dorchester and Weymouth.
The 50th Regiment (ten companies) will march from Chobham to Windsor, and proceed thence by the Great
Western Railway to Plymouth.
The 93d Highlanders (nine companies) will march from Chobham to Windsor, and proceed thence by the Great
Western Railway to Plymouth. One company of this
regiment will march to Windsor, and proceed thence by
railway to Exeter.
The 95th Regiment (10 companies) will march from Chobham to Staines, and proceed thence by the South-
Western Railway to London, thence by the London and
North-Western Railway to Weedon.
The 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade (10 companies)
will march from Chobham to Woking, and proceed
thence by the South-Western Railway to Portsmouth.
ARRIVALS.
The 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards (eight con'
panics) will travel by the South-Western Railway from
Nine Elms to Chertsey, and march thence to the camp.
The 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards (eight con'
panics) will travel by the Great Western Railway from
Paddington to Windsor, and march thence to the camp.
The 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards (eight cony panics) will travel by the South-Western Railway from Waterloo to Chertsey, and march thence to the camp.
The 7th Royal Fusiliers (10 companies) will travel by
the Great Western Railway from Plymouth to Windsor,
and march thence to the camp.
The 19th, Ist Yorkshire Northi Riding (six companies),
will travel by the South-Western Railway from Gosport
to Woking, and march thence to the camp. Four cony
panics of this regiment will come from Dorchester to
Woking, and join their comrades at the camp.
The 35th Royal Sussex (10 companies) will travel by
tile Great Western Railway from Plymouth to Windsor,
and march thence to the camp.
The 79th Cameronian Highlanders (10 companies) will travel by the London and North-Western Railway froth
Weedon to London, by the South-Western Railway
to Staines, and march thence to the camp.
The 88th Connaught Rangers (10 companies) will tra-
vel by the South-Western Railway from Portsmouth to
Woking, and march thence to the camp.
The 97th, the Earl of Ulster's (seven companies), will
travel by the South-Western Railway from Waterloo to
Woking, and march thence to the camp. Three comps'
vies of this regiment will travel by the South-Eastern
Railway from Walmer to Guildford, by the South-
Western Railway to Woking, and march thence to the
camp.

Tlie cavalry regiments at present in camp will march
at the most convenient hours with reference to the routes
by which they are to move. These will be regulated by
the Major-General commanding the brigade.
The following cavalry regiments will arrive at the
camp to-morrow :--the Royal Horse Guards, the 2d
Dragoons, the 4th Light Dragoons, and the Bth Hussars.

>AST DEFENCES OF

A lecture was delivered last night, at the United Ser-
vice Institution, Whitekall-yard, by W. H. Smith, Esq./
C.E. on a new principle of construction of harbours
and light-houses. The present suggestion is the esta-
blishment of them in front of the Goodwin Sands ; but
their application is quite general. The lecturer lucidly*
explained his views to the satisfaction of a highly re-
spectable meeting, presided over by the Earl of Rad-
stock. The leading feature of the new theory is the re-
placement of stone and other harbours, and light-houses,
which resist the force of the waves by their weight and
cohesion, which will not yield an ell, by comparatively
light wooden fabrics resting on iron beds, firmly screwed
to the sea's bottom, and held in their places by metal
sables, weighted in such a way that, to the violent rush
of a wave, they yield and then return to their places in
obenience to the laws of gravitation, aided by the re-
bound. The notion of such structures standing the vio-
lence which could tear down the grandest and best con-
structed stone work, may seem strange to the superficial,
formedth e tre eo
ft musthe arrangement,fa,ll
It is nature's law : " The reed in storm may bend and
A good idea wouldainbe;
fancying a swinging-pole, having its fixing ropes ex-
by
tended, and a weight attached to the centre of each, so
quiver, then riseag
that it just rests on the ground, any force acting on the
pole draws up the weight, which keeps pulling it again
to its erect position. Such would be the lighthouse, and
the harbour would be enclosed by a wooden wall sup-
ported similarly. This method is capable of bein appli
months—two
g
in deep seas—a harbour may be formed anywer
in three onths—two circumstances of no small hmoment.e, and
Such harbours would not silt up as all harbours have
hitherto done. But we must not, in our limited space,
attempt to describe all the advantage, of the system, if
carried out successfully, as the author proposes, nor the
many beautiful details which have been conceived for
the adaptation and completion of them. The plan has
obtained the approbation of our Admiralty authorities ;
but the British Treasury treats it as it has always treated
every good thing.
Too much praise could not be bestowed on the author
of this conception, and it is to be hoped that the result
may reward his ingenuity and industry, as he seems to
have reason to expect ; for the British Treasury Lords
are not the only men to whom he can appeal. No argu-
ments are needed to enforce the importance of improved
harbours of refuge, as well as of defence. Five hun-
dred vessels were wrecked
in twelve months on the
Goodwin Sands alone. 2,000,000/, were lost in the
Christmas week, and all mariners cry for increased
accommodation. Several inquiries were made by the
scientific gentlemen present, and to all of them most
satisfactory replies were made. Among those of th
class who seemed to take a peculiar interest in the pain
rin-
is
ciple, and the future applicability of it, were Captain
of R. N., J
and Mr. .G. B. Marshall, 8.A., C.E
••
of Westminster. The noble
resident, by
Captain Swyne, thanked the able lecturerseconded for his very
interesting statements and explanations, and the audience
Par

THE SUN, LONDOb
--- MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL ,RARE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FTXED RENTALS.
110 N. INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.)
..—. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Bbr. raid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices BusinessCompans. Yesterday, th,s day.
ricaMped CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
_____—
.._,,—...
rade the The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Business done ____
-
up of the estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American Yesterday. this day. St. 100 Buckghamsh. FL. & N.W. 106 —lOB
50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon... 54 —56
position were taken for export. The market was steady
'--
St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr.
iant evo- but firm. The sales comprised 5,000 American, ~.
OI 100 Xberdeen
nifu.nß°cts.t q 5i 51
26 —26 i P. cent pt.Northn 150 152 4
nder the 130 Perham and Maranham at 61d. to 7id. ; 100 20 25 all Istr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Westn. 33 —34
100 all 'firtlpl. Dk. &f k. New.
mbridge) Bahia at 61d. ; 100 Egyptian at qd. to 81.(1., and ilamndbgEa. lis
to
nt t.
hen the 300 Surat at 3d. to 4.fd. per lb. Railway Shares 13:i all Birmi .ng Wolverh. St
50 all Mull & Selby. {Y.&N.Md. 112 114 I
Stour Valley 9l -Eh were quiet but firm. Railway ' & Berw.. ... ...
25 all Do. i Shares. Do 56 57 nof the 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
The particulars of the Indigo sales which corn- Cheshie Junct 9— 7 dis 12' all Do. i Shares. Do 27i —28 i
day pre The
all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 141 14
Inencesd yesterday, are thus given by Messrs. 273 all Do. Chesil. & Birk.,
51. W. Jewesbury and Co. £5O and £25 Cons. 20 22 20 26 27
'3 drunr
St. 100 Lowestoft gr.
On duty "INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced 22 184 Do., £20...... 33 2}
4 per cent... Norfolk
this day, consisting of 13,267 chests (including 5,232
St.st. 100 3ristol anti Exeter... 100 101
50501aa Till
Cc Caledonianohrekstealol all Do. Preference Do
_
ners and
St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do
chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn from,
2222 i 214 2
officers, former sales, and 1,910 chests in second hands), corn-N all Manch.Bxton. 14. diN..W.
and Matlock & Midld. 3 31
file, and
without prising the following, viz. : 20 all Cork, Black, & Pass. ... •• 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton &
Redcar. . Darlingt. ...
...
ive, 101 " Catalogue A, 7,779 chests Bengal, Oude, &c. 50 45 Dublin&Bek'stiurc. 2i 3ip
:ndr.dFli3aonlydhoena.d. :
222611
____ 68 674
100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland lO6 108
IP 1,152 „ Madras. 25 all Dundee Perth&Aber-
esterday PP 1,924 „ Burpah. deen Junction 8 9 50 all Northern and
an open 10 38 ~ Belniapatam. 25 all Do. New ... Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 85 67
... 5() all Do. 6 per ct.. Do
ted first PP 75 „ Calcutta, Fig. 25 all East A ,glian.... ,51 5i ..,
50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... . .. ..
ards re- PP 5 „ Madras, Fig. 18 all , Do., (XlB E & 1=1) 3 4
25 all Prest. &Wyre L. dr.N .W.
2 Pondecherry. 20 all Eastern Counties 12i 14 14 i &Lndark ... ...
'y guar- ,) PP
363 „ withdrawn to 11th inst. 25 all Eastern Union, Class
1.2 11.3 Do. i Shares. Do — ...
encamp' PP
A. late E. U. 5h.... 114 —11 i St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 150 152
s of the 2) 19 lots warehouse sweepings.
25 84 Do., do .. .. . . St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 150 152
lighness 25 all Do., B. and C 8 -- .8i 8i
25 1811 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.&
-ds—the 11,357 chests.
St. 100 East Lancashire 7li 72
Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh..
... - - ... •of in- East & West Ind. Dk
12 91 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 14 i d
s. The " Catalogueß, 1,910 „ various, in second hands. 50 all & Birming. June._ 50 —54 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
Lis tent, St. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 70 72
6 per cent ... Darling. ... ...
rtely in-
"Total... 13,267 PP 10 lA Edinb. and Peebles ••• •• •
25 all Do Do 32 33
The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and St. 100 Edin. Prth. & Dundee 29 31
[ranking St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 105 106
ted him
fine, and two-thirds mid, and ord. ; the Madras, one- St. 100 Glasgow& S. Western 1. • •• •
or
d.: fourth good and fine, and three-fourths mid. and d. : St. 100 Great Northern Stk. 85 116 85A 5 ,
.11 ..-.. . • / . 1 . . ..,...

Sequent
row :----

"Total... 13,267
The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and
fine' and two-thirds mid, and ord.; the Madras, one-
fourth good and fine, and three-fourths mid, and ord. ;
the Kurpah, one-third good and fine, and two-thirds
mid. and ord. ; Beinlapatam, mid, and ord. The sales
opened with a parcel of good Bengal, which sold with
considerable spirit at last May rate, to 2d. per lb.
higher ; subsequently a parcel of J. and R. W. was
mostly bought in from 4s. 6d. to 6s. 10d., being fully
6d. to Bd. per lb. advance upon previous prices.
Madras of ordinary quality ruled 2d. to 3d. per lb.
under last sales, a few chests of mid. quality selling at
par. For Kurpah prices were about equal to May
rates, for the inferior sorts ; the better qualities realised
about 2d. per lb. advance. There was only a moderate
attendance of buyers, both home and foreign. 1,256
chests have passed to-day, of which 374 were with-
drawn, 215 bought in, and 667 sold. The following are
the highest and lowest prices :-
580 Bengal 3s. 9d. to 6s. 10d. per lb.
145 Madras ls. 6d. to 3s. 4d. „
157 Kurpah 2s. sd. to ss. id, „
374 withdrawn.

'lOO tberdeen
gi Axiabg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn. Junct
all Birming. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
28 Birkenhd. Lancsh.
Cheshie Junct
all Do. Chesil. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
184 Do., £20......
100 i3ristol any Exeter
100 Caledonian
all Cheste-: & Holyhead.
all Cork and Bandon
all Cork, Black, & Pass.
45 Dublin&Bek'sti ur c .
all Dundee Perfn&Aber
deen Junction.
all Do. New
all East A ,glian....
all Do., (£lB E & H).,
all Eastern Counties....
all Eastern Union, Class)
A. late E. U. Sh...
8; Do., do ..
all Do., B. and C...
100 East Lancashire.,
East &West Ind. Dk,
all & Birming. Junc..
100 Edinburgh& Glasgow
16 Edinb. and Peebles...
100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee
100 Glasgo &S. Western
100 Great Northern Stk.
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire )
100 Great Western
11 Irish South-Eastern
all Lancaster & Carlisle
113 Do., Thirds
100 Lancash.andYorksh
16 Do., Fifths
114 Do., Wst. Riding Un
all Leeds Northern
all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
all London & Blackwall
7 Lord. Tilb. & Sthend.
100 Loud. Bright &S. Cst.
100 Lond. and N. Westn.
12 Do. Fifths
1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0
100 London andS. Westn.
426 Do., £5O
34 Do., £4O
all Lndndrry& Coleraine
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
100 Manch.Shcf.& Lincln
44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un
100 Midland
100 Do. Birmng. &Derby
476 G. West. (Ire.)
176 Do. Half Shares
all Newcastle & Carlisle
100 Newmarket
46 Do., Bury Extension
176 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd
7 Newry & Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpoint
and Rostrevor
100 Norfolk
36 Northn.Counties Un
100 North British
16 'North Devon, No. 1
111 Do., No. 2
all- Do., 6 A Deferred
8 Do., B Guaranteed
17. North Staffordshire
all North Western
10 N. &S. Westrn. Junc
100 Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
100 Scottish Central
100 Scottish Midland
100 Shrewsbury & Birmg
100 Do. L. &N. Western
Guaranteed Stock
8 Shrewsby. & Herefd
all Shrewsby. & Chester
(N. W. Min.)
all Do. Halves, do
all Do. Oswestry
66 "hropshire Union
all South Devon
100 Sorth Eastern
all ';'or h Wales
15 S. —Ash. a :_1,17. Dun
5 Do
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and Rail-ray
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) 21s. Wimbledn Croydon
t. 100 York Newerl.&Berw.
5 20 )o. Extensions
5 11: Do. G.N.E. Purchase
')t. 100 !York &N. Midland_

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53 55
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76 -- 71
97 -- 102
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1,256 chests."
The public sales of wool commence to-morrow,
and there will be from 50,000 to 60,000 bales
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The latest Sydney papers received here are much
occupied with the news received out, of the furor
in the Australian Share Market, and especially
with the disposition to take shares in companies
founded upon no legitimate basis, as in the case
Which had come before the colonial tribunals
Where the parties selling the land were deservedly
condemned to make restitution. The purchase of
shares in London at a high premium when the
Buie could be bought in Sydney at a discount, was
'SO a matter of surprise, but the crowning theme
Was the rise in the Australian Agricultura Com-
pany's Shares. It is remarked that such a sudden
uatlation is calculated to bring discredit upon the
e°lony, because circumstances do not warrant it,
and the purchase of the Peel River estate for half
million sterling is viewed with a feeling which
ah°ws how little the Sydney journalists anticipate a
return upon the capital invested. In the tone of
,hese reflections most impartial men will concur,
4.'"M they bear in no way against the conclusion
"tat undertakings projected in England for mining
tj vlioses, started with a fair capital, and not
dayout at, or run up to fictitious premiums,
(taT pay well, and under prudent management
realise all expectation.
The accounts from abroad are as indefinite as
ever concerning the probable turn in political
affairs, but in the latest letters from Constanti-
,4°Ple there is a denial that M. de Bruck has
demanded the payment of any amount due or
alleclgecl to be due by Turkey.
At the annual meeting of the Union Bank of
London this day, a dividend of 4 per cent. for the
half year, or 8 per cent. per annum was declared.
The net profits of the year were 42,811/. 13s. 4d.
The unappropriated surplus was 10,594/. 3s. 4d.
The reserve fund was 50,000/. After a brief dis-
cussion the report was adopted.

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The rates for bills of exchange were yesterday
afternoon rather lower. Paris, 90 days, was taken
at 25.221 to 271 ; Amsterdam, at 11.18 to 18i ;
Hamburgh, at 13.6:1 to 7i ; and Trieste, at 11.4
to 11.8.

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The English funds have been lower, and the un-
certainty under which our Government appears to
labour as to the intentions of Russia, has led to a few
!ales, it is reported also that the Bank of England.
has sold in order to lend the proceeds to Govern-
Iperit for the payment of the dividends. This,
wever, is somewhat doubtful. Consols have been
1,44 to 98 for transfer and account. The 1N ew
ee-and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 1001 to
B•, and the Three per Cents. 981 Exchequer
1.47, are is. discount to 2s. premium, money being
vore demand.
"reign Securities have been flatter, but with
)I'l7 little doing. Spanish New Deferred Bonds
264,1 re been 22 Mexican Stock has receded to
-1,4* Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, have
NT 11 done at 83. Equador Bonds are at si. The
98" Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are
ritie Nothing-has been done in Russian Secu-
-3,3scilainsta. iZutch. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
lower be Li at 64k. The Swedish Loan is slightly
premium.
litßailwaY Shares a shade lower, but still with very
.etle business doing, except preparatory to the
ttlenient. French Shares have been weaker also.
the LanGd The old Mines have been depressed, and also
Companies.

20
20
25
25

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18A -- 192
91 -- 9i
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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Bi i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .
New 3i per Cent. Annuities lOl-A 101
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16
India Bonds, £l000
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 97i 8 7a
Exchequer Bills, Id.
£IOOO
£5OO par 2 pld
Small Par 2 p 1 d
1/RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONB O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
11ador 80, de -A
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Ilexican 3 per Cent.
?ruvian Bonds, .13 per Celli~
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
SSpanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent ,
wedish Loan .
... .. .... .......... .... -
Dividends on the above payable in London. P
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. 2......• 86
Dutch Exchange, 23 per Cent. ............ . 64 x d
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.,,,
.., 96
.1114LP-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 19th July .............. 97i 8 x(1

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CORN EXCHANGE.
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WHITECHAPEL.
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at drooping currencies. Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton,
Ss 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 58 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to
84:1 ; pork, 38 Od to 48 Od per 81b8 by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
The business doing in our market is by no means exten-
ve, yet prices are well supported.

RISE IN THE VALUE OF LAND.—Yesterday, at the
Auction Mart, Mr. Daniel Smith, in the course of a
sale of landed property, stated that such was the de-
mand at present for land in the neighbourhood of the
metropolis, that the most unexampled prices were given
for it, and he had lately sold some, which let at 31. an
acre, for upwards of 1,0001, an acre.
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The forthcoming
extra night, on Friday night, at these Gardens, promises
a great treat. Extra fireworks ; extra singing by Miss
Poole, who lends her valuable services ; and every ar-
rangement on the grandest scale.
INUNDATION AND Loss OF LIFE.—A serious flood,
attended. with melancholy consequences, occurred at the
`village of Howey, Radnorshire, on Friday morning, the
9th instant. The bridge was washed down the brook,
below which stood a small cottage, where two persons
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.)

LONDON, July 13.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; light
breeze, and cloudy. The barometer is slightly falling.
DEAL, July 12.—Wind, W. by S. Arrived—Patriot,
Quebec, for Scarborough ; Golden Rule, Bermuda.—July
13. Arrived from the River, and sailed—John Law-
son, Hobart Town ; Cato, St. Vincent. Sailed—The
outward bound.

PORTSMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, W. Sailed—South.
ampton, New York.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 12.—Arrived--Henry Duncan,
Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, July 12.--Wind, S.W. Sailed—Sperma-
ceti, Quebec.
BRISTOL, July 12.—The Hoffnung, of Carlshamn, was
abandoned near the Land's End, 7th inst., after being in
contact with the Josephine, from London ; crew saved,
and landed here by the latter vessel.
FALMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, W. The Temperance,
Charleston, for Liverpool ; and the Emma, Dublin, for
Newcastle, have both put in here with damage, having
been in contact.
STOCKTON, July 12.—Wind, E. Arrived—Queen, Mi.
ramichi.
GLOUCESTER, July 12.—Arrived—Sophia, Quebes; Don,
do. Sailed—John William, Quebec.
PWLLHELL, July 12.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Robert
Burns, Quebec.

Quimi sTowN, July 11.—Wind, variable. Sailed—
Breeze, New York. Off Port—Singapore, Mauritius ;
Elizabeth, St. John's, Newfoundland.
LIMERICK, July 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Jane Black,
Quebec.
SLIGO, July 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—lndustry, Quebec.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1853.

THE

Yesterday, at Bow-street, Mr. John Bigg, fruiterer,
of Covent-garden market, applied for a summon under
the New Hackney Carriages Act, with the view of test-
ing the clause relative to the conveyance of luggage.
The applicant, holding up a fine specimen pine-apple
in his hand, stated for a long time past he had been ac-
customed to employ cabs for the purpose of conveying
fruit of that description from the house of Messrs. Keel-
ing and Hunt, fruit brokers, in Monument-yard, to his
own premises in Covent-garden market. For this accom-
modation he invariably paid 25., which rather ex-
ceeded the fare, even under the old act. On Mon-
day morning he hailed a cab near London-bridge,
as usual, and having put 130 pine apples inside, under
and upon the seats, the driver carried him to Covent-
garden, where witness offered him 2s. The cabman,
however, declined to take the sum, stating that his
fare was 3s. besides the luggage, for which he was
empowered by the new act to charge 2d. per packet.
He then reckoned up the loose pine-apples, regarding
each as one packet, and said he could claim 1/. ls. Bd.,
if he went to a police-court--that being the aggregate
amount of 130 packets at 2d. each. He took the act of
Parliament out of his pocket, and read the clause to wit-
ness ; but he (Mr. Bigg) of course declined to take the
cabman's interpretation of the new law, and paying him
the 3s. which he demanded for the fare, resolved to apply
for a summons. He accordingly took his number with
that intention.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.;

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.
The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition
from the county of Cambridge, praying for the repeal
of the malt tax.
Lord KINNAIRD presented several petitions in fa-
vour of the Combination of Workmen Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to take that oppor-
tunity of stating his opinion on the bill before he left
town for the circuit. He thought the bill was wholly
unnecessary, as the law as it now stood was
excellent, and amply sufficient to protect the rights of
the workmen.
Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions from
workmen employed in Scotland, in favour of the bill
respecting the arrestment of wages in Scotland. The
noble lord stated that it was not his intention to pro-
ceed with the bill this session.
THE RT.ISSO-TURKISH DISPUTE.
Lord LYNDHURST—My lords, I beg to put a ques-
tion to my noble friend the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs with regard to the document issued
from Peterhoff, to which I referred the other night. I
understand that that document was originally written in
the Russian language, but that the translation differs
from the original in respect to some important epithets.
I wish to know from my noble friend whether he has a
copy of the original document in the Russian language,
and whether he has any objections to lay it on the
table ? I wish to call my noble friend's attention to
some expressions I made use of with respect to the cir-
cular signed by Count Nesselrode, which have been
made the subject of criticism. I beg to state—and lam
sure my noble friend will bear me out in that--that the
answer to that document by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of France has completely, both in argument and
in fact, borne out the conclusions to which I came. I
beg further to state, so far as relates to the circular
document from St. Petersburg, published yesterday,
that I think I may safely leave that circular document
without any comment. I beg leave, however, to call
my noble friend's attention to a particular passage. I
understand, according to my interpretation of that pas-
sage, that the Court of Russia has pledged itself that,
until the Ottoman Porte has satisfied the Court of
Russia with respect to the demands made against it,
and until we have withdrawn our fleet from the Turkish
waters, they will not abandon the possession of the
Danubian principalities. I understand that a noble lord
in another place has stated that he does not put that in-
terpretation on that document ; but I have read it with
some attention, and I cannot think it possible that any
other interpretation can be put upon that document. I
therefore wish to know from my noble friend whether
he concurs with me in the interpretation and meaning
of the passage to which I have referred ?
The Earl of CLARENDON—In reply to the first
question put by my noble and learned friend, I believe
there are some differences between the Russian docu-
ment issued for home consumption, for the use of the
Russian people—(a laugh)—and the translation that was
sent abroad. I believe it is more particularly with re-
spect to the word "perfidious," as applied to the viola-
tion of the Sultan's word. I believe there is a Russian
original in the Foreign-office, and if it can be of any
satisfaction to my noble and learned friend to peruse
that document, I shall not object to lay it on the table
of your lordships' house. I can also state that I entirely
agree with my noble and learned friend with reference
to the great ability and skill of the note which the
French Government issued in answer to the first circular
of Count Nesselrode ; and, with respect to the third
question of my noble and learned friend, I believe that
when my noble friend (Lord John Russell) answered the
question put to him in the House of Commons he had
not had an opportunity of reading the note. Ido not
entirely take the same view as my noble and learned
friend appears to do of what is stated in that note. I
certainly can have no hesitation in saying that we do
not consider that the presence of the British and French
fleets in the Bay of Besika is at all similar, or can in
any way be compared, to the occupation of the Danu-
bian principalities—(loud cheers)—and certainly no con-
dition with respect to the departure of the one or the I
evacuation of the other will be made. (Renewed cheers.)
Lord LYNDHURST—The interpretation I put upon
that particular passage, or rather the expression itself,
amounts to this, that as soon as the Ottoman Porte does
what they require, and as soon as the English fleet quits
the Turkish waters, then they will withdraw from the
principalities. It does not absolutely say not sooner,
but it implies not sooner.
The Earl of CLARENDON—I think the answer I
gave my noble and learned friend does exactly meet that.
We shall make no condition of that sort.
Earl FITZWILLIAM—My lords, I beg to observe
that the expression in question is a great deal stronger
than my noble and learned friend has stated it to be.
The expression is not " from the Turkish waters," but
"from within sight of the Turkish capital," which I ap-
prehend has a very different meaning from the expres-
sion, "Turkish waters." "The Turkish waters" might
mean what we call the lEgean Sea ; "from within sight
of the Turkish capital" might mean the sea of Marmora.
The English and French Governments are also charged
with having sent their fleets into the Sultan's dominions.
My lords, everything now passing in the east of Europe
must cause extreme anxiety ; and I trust my noble friend

Mr. Henry said the question as to luggage could not
arise in any case, unless there were more than two per-
sons in the cab. The act provides that " when more
than two persons shall be carried inside with more lug-
gage than can be carried inside the carriage, a further
sum of 2d. for every package carried outside shall be
paid by the hirer, in addition to the fare."
Mr. Bigg stated that some of the pine-apples were put
outside, and although he rode outside himself from choice,
there was ample room for him inside. The man was de-
tained about fifteen minutes in Monument-yard, for
which he was entitled to 6d. besides the fare, which was
not more than Is. or ls. 6d.

Mr. Henry—l must tell you that one of the objects of
the new act is to provide the public with a better class
of hackney carriages, and to have them kept in a cleanly
and decent condition. It was never intended that they
should be converted into market carts. It would not
be very pleasant, for example, to the next person who
engaged the cab in question, after it had been filled
with pine-apples. _

Mi. Big thought that nothing could be more agree-
able than the smell of pine-apples.
Mr. Henry—But if once the system prevailed of send-
ing about merchandise of that kind in cabs, they might
soon be employed to convey fish, meat, &c. However,
as the cabman in the present instance did not object to
carry the pine-apples, which he would have been fully
justified in doing, he had certainly no right to make a
charge for them.
The summons was then granted.

the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will forgive
me if I call his attention to a subject which has been
lately mentioned in the public prints. lam desirous of
knowing whether the Government have received any
information on that subject. What I am desirous of
knowing, my lords, is not for the purpose of gratifying
any idle curiosity, but because I think it is a matter of
deep public import that it should be known whether or
not that statement is founded on fact, and whether her
Majesty's Government have received any information on
the subject, The fact to which I allude is the alleged
passage of the Austrian troops into the Turkish province
of Bosnia. lam desirous of knowing whether her Ma-
jesty's Government have received any information, either
confirmatory of, or contradicting, that statement, which
has been confidently made in many of the public prints,
and which purports to come from the capital of Austria?
Lord LYNDHTJEST—Before my noble friend an-
swers that question I may be allowed to apologise for
not having been strong enough in respect to that parti-
cular passage ; but ,my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam)
has fallen into the same error, and fallen short, for the
words are, "As soon as the British fleet shall remove
from within sight of Constantinople we will retire."

The Earl of CLARENDON—I think both my noble
friends have used expressions sufficiently strong— (a
laugh)—but as both of them quoted from a statement
that is manifestly incorrect, there can be little import-
ance how strong were the assertions they made in that
respect. (Hear.) The English and French fleets are
neither within the Turkish waters nor within sight of
Constantinople ; and therefore, though it may be so as-
serted in the Russian note, there are certainly no reasons
to take precautions on that subject. With respect to
the question my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam) has
asked, if my noble friend had been in the house last
night when a similar question was put to my noble
friend near me (the Earl of Aberdeen), he would have
heard the only information that I am now able to give
him on that point. I believe that this report has arisen
—as many others have arisen—from the electric tele-
graph, which, 1 took the opportunity of saying some
time ago in this house, now transacts, not very correctly,
a great portion of the diplomatic business of Europe. I
have no reason to believe that the Austrian troops have
crossed the Turkish frontiers ; but, on the contrary, my
latest dates from the English Minister at Vienna are the
7th ; and in them no mention is made of the circum-
stance. I have also communicated with the Austrian
Minister at this Court, who entirely disbelieves the re-
port, and who thinks it must have arisen from the cir-
cumstance of some Austrian troops having been sent to
their fortress at Peterwardein, which is about 80 miles
from the territory of Turkey.
The subject then dropped.
UNITED GUARANTEE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
TheLordits.ked that it might be
read
in order that it might be sent to a
HARROWBY
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committee up stairs.
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desired some
Lord Redesdale, and Lord
information as to the nature of the bill,
The Earl of HARROWBY said its principal object
was to enable public officers to accept the guarantee of
this company.
Lord REDESDALE moved that the bill should be
read a second time that day three months, which was
agreed to without a division.
The
read a se British Electric Telegraph Company Bill was
The Copyholds Bill passed through committee.
The Metropolitan Building Act Further Amendment
Bill was read a second time.
JUVENILE MENDICANCY (No. 2) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed doubts as to
the propriety of taking up children and placing them in
the workhouse. The Poor-law Commissioners objected
to the introduction into the workhouse of a class quasi-
criminal. Nothing could tend more to render the work-
house distasteful to the deserving poor. The whole
matter was at present before the Poor-law Board, and
was the subject of their anxious consideration. They,
as well as the Government, felt that no object was more
mportant than to arrest crime at its source ; but he

' feared the present bill would not answer that purpose.
He had looked at it, not hypercritically, but with the
view to improve it if possible. There was a provision
for sending vagrant childran to the workhouse ; but
how long were they to stay there ? For aught that ap-
peared, it might be an imprisonment for life. With our
present machinery, he doubted the possibility of carry-
ing out the objects contemplated by the bill.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY complained that the
objections had not been made a week ago when the bill
was before in committee. By bringing them forward
now, the passing of the bill in the 'present session
would be imperilled. He contended that the first ob-
jection was unfounded ; workhouses at this moment
were, to a certain extent, houses of detention. The
commissioners themselves had admitted that the work-
house was a proper asylum for orphan children, and he
only sought by this bill to give the same advantage to
those children who were neglected by their parents,
the latter being rendered liable for their maintenance.
As t• the lack of workhouse accommodation, he did
not think that any apprehension need be entertained
in the metropolis. He did not believe that a very
large number of children would have to be thus dealt
with. It was proposed that the act should be at first
confined to the metropolis, which would be a very fair
experiment. If it were found not to answer, its opera-
tion might be at any time suspended by the Secretary of
State, if Parliament were not sitting. The class to be
dealt with were very young children, who were not yet
contaminated with crime ; and he was convinced, that if
they were removed from the streets, juvenile mendicancy
would, in the course of a few months, be reduced from
50 to 60 per cent. He regretted that their lordships
had taken a hostile view of the bill, because be was con-
fident that it would have been the means of preventing
much misery.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
the object was one well worthy the attention of Parlia-
ment. He thought that, with the limitations stated,
there would be no danger in passing the bill.
Lord CAMPBELL—after complimenting the Presi-
dent of the Poor-Law Board for the excellent and humane
manner in which he administered the law, and especially
for the success of his efforts in preventing litigation—
said that he apprehended no danger from the introduc-
tion of these poor children, of five or six years of age,
into workhouses, where they might receive the elements
of moral and religious training. With the power given
to the Secretary of State, he thought the measure
would be a perfectly safe one, and he hoped his noble
friend would press it. He thought it would redound
more to the honour of the noble lord than any one of
the great measures with which his name had been con-
nected. (Hear, hear.)
Earl GREY said he should much regret any limita-
tion that tended to cripple the operation of so excellent
a measure. In many large provincial towns - Newcastle-
on-Tyne, to his knowledge—the evil was a most crying
one ; and the bill would be a great boon to those places,
which had already been stimulated to something like
voluntary association. He believed there was plenty of
room in the workhouses ; there were never so few paupers
in them as at the present time. He deprecated the pro-
posal to limit the operation of the bill to the metro-
polis. The objections of the Poor-Law-Board he regarded
as perfectly futile. Very young children, whether
addicted to mere mendicancy or to crime, ought not to
be regarded as criminals at all ; they were not fit sub-
jects for punishment ; having been neglected by their
natural guardians the State ought to come forward and
supply their place. The workhouse was the proper
place for such children, who were in reality nothing
more than destitute children ; the workhouse should not
be looked on as a place of custody, but of instruction.
(Hear.) He hoped the noble lord would not postpone
the bill, but make any amendments now that might be
thought desirable.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE concurred in the expediency
of passing the bill at once. Were the objections
stronger than they were he would overlook thous sooner
than lose the chance of passing so valuable a measure.
The Duke of ARGYLL hoped that the acceptance on
the part of the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's
Government of a suggestion of the noble lord (the Earl
of Shaftesbury), in order to make the measure a more
tentative one, would ;not be considered either by their
lordships or by the country as a proof that there was
any shyness on the part of the Government to apply the
principle of the bill to the country generally. It was
his (the noble duke's) own deep conviction that the bill
was of the very highest importance. He regretted that
it was not to be applied to that part of the country with
which he was himself more particularly connected—
namely, to the whole kingdom of Scotland. The prin-
ciple of the bill had been always practically carried out
by Lieut. Watson in Aberdeen ; and the result had
been, that the juvenile delinquency of that large city,
which had formerly been extremely high, had been
almost entirely extinguished, or at all events It had
been reduced to below one per cent. The importance of
the measure had been greatly increased, as the noble
earl (Lord Shaftesbury) had observed the other evening,
by the fact that they had been compelled by circum-
stances to discontinue, to a great extent, th 4 practice of
transportation.

The Earl of HARROWBY would rather see the bill
extended to the whole country ; but he would prefer its
restriction to the metropolis to its rejection.
After a few words from Lords Kinnaird, Brea,dalbane,
and Wicklow,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he had often been
greatly shocked by the conduct of wicked parents towards
their children. In a recent case he had been compelled
to sentence a girl to be transported for seven years, in
order to prevent her falling again into the hands of her
parents, who had compelled her to pass bad. money for
them.

The LORD CHANCELLOR defended hi'rnself from
the idea that he was averse to the principle of the bill.
On the contrary, he hoped that the measure• would be
productive of great good.
Lord BROUGHAM expressed his gratification at the
circumstance that the subject had been brongkt before
the house. He thought that if the bill, restricted to the
metropolis, should be passed, as he hoped it would, this
session, their lordships would soon be called upon to ex-
tend it to the rest of the country. (Hear.)
Earl FITZWILLIAM could not regard the bill with
the glee which had been expressed by other noble lords ;
for he apprehended that evil would arise from. the prac-
tical conversion of the workhouses into prisons.
Lord BROUGHAM said that the bill would either
succeed or fail. If the latter should be the case, the
Legislature would adopt some other plan, and so he could
not but regard the introduction of the bill with pleasure.
The bill then passed through committee.
The Convicted Prisoners Removal and Confinement
Bill passed through committee.
The Public House (Scotland) Bill, and the Pimlico Im-
provement Bill, were read a second time.
BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BUJ L.
On the order of the day for the second reading of
this bill,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he p roposed to
take the discussion on the third reading.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM,
The bill was read a second time.
CHANCERY SUITORS' FURTHER I:ELIEF
BILL.
The report of the amendment on this bill was brought
up and agreed to.