The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-14 00:00:00

CHURCH RATES BILL.

Mr. PACKE, who had charge of this bill, which stood
for second reading to-day, announced his intention to
Withdraw it, and explained his reason for doing so. The
bill of the honourable baronet the member for the
Tower Hamlets, which proposed entirely to abolish
%arch rates, he viewed as a Church destruction bill,
and it would therefore be his duty to meet it
With a determined opposition. The noble lord the Pre-
sident of the Council approved of the principle of the
bill, though he differed with its details, and he yet hoped
Government would be induced to bring in a measure to
"nfine the payment of church rates to members of the
Established Church only. At all events, should he not
illineed in obtaining an assurance to that effect, he
should feel it incumbent on him to renew this bill ;
btu, in the meanwhile, he had only to move that
the order for the second reading should be discharged.
Sir J. WALMSLEY said an erroneous_ impression
"4 gone abroad that the Dissenters as a body were not
11111 Posed to church rates, but he hoped after to-day that
IruPression would be dismissed.
Sir IV.. Y hoped the hon, member's ;taw:dont

that the President of the Council approved of the prin-
ciple of this bill was unauthorised, because the public
would only be satisfied with a measure that totally
abolished church rates.

Mr. PACKE explained that he had no authority to
make such a statement from the noble lord, but he
gathered the noble lord's opinion upon this bill from
what had fallen from the noble lord in the course of
debate.

Sir B. HALL was glad to hear that, because he was
satisfied the noble lord could neither sanction the prin-
ciple nor the provisions of this bill. There must be no
half measures, but church rates must be entirely abo-
lished.

Mr. BOOKER expressed his cordial approval of the
course that was proposed to be taken with regard to this
bill.

Captain SCOBELL had come down to the house to
help to throw out this bill, and he was glad it had been

withdrawn.

After a few words from Messrs. BUTT and PELL/TT,
the motion was agreed to, and the order was discharged.
REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was passed through committee pro forma.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.

The house then went into committee.
Mr. WHITESIDE asked if it was intended to extend
this bill to Ireland.

Mr. J. S. PHILLIMORE replied in the negative, as
it had been found impossible to frame a clause that
would be satisfactory to Ireland.

The bill was then passed through committee.
PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED
FUND CHARGES BILL.

This bill was passed through committee on under-
taking being given by the Government that before the
third reading amendments should be made for exempting
the high judicial officers of Ireland from the operation
of the bill.
On the consideration of the schedules, _ _ _

Mr. CR A.UFURD moved that the salaries of sheriffs
and sheriffs substitutes of Scotland should be transferred
from Schedule Ato Schedule B. The former placed the
charges for offices on the consolidated fund, while the
latter placed the charges under the control of Parlia-
ment. .

After a brief discussion the committee divided, when
there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
The schedule A. was then agreed to
Schedule B gave rise to a good deal of desultory dis-
cussion, and ultimately,
Mr. GROGAN moved that the Chairman do report
progress.
The committee divided on this motion, when there
appeared—
For the motion
Against it
The motion was accordingly neg tived
The schedule was then agreed to.
WAYS AND MEANS.

21
110-89

. 33
. 82-49

The house then went into a committee of ways and
means, and agreed to a resolution for restricting the use
of sugar in breweries. The use of sugar in breweries
and distilleries is not to be prohibited in breweries on
payment of the increased duty, but the brewers wishing
to use sugar will be required to take out an annual
license for that purpose at a cost of 1/. a-year.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.

( Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, June 13.—The statements so confidently
made, and apparently so completely confirmed, up to a
recent date, about the destruction of the young cotton
plant by frost, are now unreservedly admitted by the
same authorities to have had their origin in imagination
rather than in fact. At New York the market was conse-
quently dull, and Ic. per lb. lower. But there was no change
at New Orleans. These advices have checked busi-
ness at Liverpool, yet without producing any quotable
effect upon prices. In the Manchester market they
have somewhat strengthened that caution which last
week held back the buyers from operating at the advance
demanded by producers. The former have therefore
found no difficulty in getting what they might want to-
day at rates which were commonly declined by the latter
this day week ; making a difference of say id. per lb.
in yarns ; in some kinds the difference is a little more
than this. The sales have been of moderate aggregate
amount. By the Greeks some busine-s has been done;
and the German houses, receiving advices of sale to
a fair extent, have come into the market to replace
them. For India we have had a limited inquiry,
with an unwillingness to pay the prices required.
As the India letters received to-day, by way of
Trieste, while reporting large sales of cotton goods, quote
rather lower prices, the merchants have shown a di-
minished disposition to operate on any higher terms than
those that were current a fortnight ago. The depressed
value of light 7-Bth printing cloths is inducing some de-
mand for them. The Greek houses are brought more
into the market, both fur goods and yarns, by improved
accounts both from Persia and Constantinople.
ROCHDALE, June 12.—We have had a duller market
to-day than we have had for some weeks past. The
merchants show no disposition to purchase at the pre-
sent time. The wool market has been heavy, with a
very limited amount of business doing, and the tendency
of prices rather in favour of the buyer. At the latter
part of the week the mills stopped, and many of the
cotton factories stood ail the week. _ _

HUDDERSFIELD, Jure 13.—There has been little dif-
ference in the state of the market to-day from that of
the last week. Dullness has pervaded both the cloth
hall and warehouses, and the sales have been trifling
compared with this time last year. Goods are brought
in comparatively small parcels, and those made to order
are very limited in extent. The wool merchants have
little to do, and complain of slackness for several weeks
past.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.

A special meeting of this company was heid at Shrews-
bury on Monday, under the Wharncliffe standing orders,
to consider a bill for the consolidation into one under-
taking of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and the
union into one company of the three several companies.
Mr. Badger occupied the chair.
Mr. Peele, the solicitor to the company, read the heads
of the bill.

The CHAIRMAN said, the object of the bill was to
amalgamate their railway with the Great Western and
Shrewsbury companies, by which, if the bill passed, the
shareholders would receive 31 per cent. upon the
capital paid up, and a division of surplus profits, after
the working expenses of the line were paid. The re-
ceipt of the dividend, if Parliament sanctioned the bill,
of which there was little doubt, would commence from
the Ist of January last. It had already passed the
House of Commons, and only awaited the approbation
of the shareholders before it was introduced into the
House of Lords. Tne chairman concluded by moving a
formal resolution approving of the bill.
Mr. R. SCOTT seconded the motion, and in so doing
said he was happy to think that in all probabilty the pre-
sent was the last time he should have to intrude upon the
attention of the shareholders. He felt the greatest con-
, fidence in the belief that the measure of amalgamation
would pass the Legislature, and that thus their property
would obtain that permanent position which, under the
former circumstances of the company, could not pos-
sibly be expected. Their connection with the Great
Western Company would be advantageous to all par-
ties. He wished to know how the voting by proxies in
support of the measure of amalgamation stood.
The CHAIRMAN.—There are proxies in favour of the
bill representing half the capital of the company, and
none against it. (Loud cheers.)
The motion was then carried amid cheering, and the
meeting separated.

ROBBERY OF £l,lOO BANK BILL AT LIVERPOOL.—COM-
MITTAL OF THE PRISONER.--Mr. G Forster, of Clifton-
park, Birkenhead, Ras brought up yesterday before the
Liverpool magistrates, under remand from the pre-
vious Monday, charged with stealing a 1,1001. Bank
post-bill. No additional facts were proved to criminate
the prisoner. Detective officer Bates stated, in answer
to Mr. Aspinall, the prisoner's counsel, that the
greater part of the notes found at the prisoner's
lodgings, amounting to 8001., had been ascertained
to have been received by him on the day preced-
ing his apprehension from the Stock Exchange. Mr.
Aspinall submitted that there was no evidence upon
which a jury could convict, and urged the improbability
of a gentleman in the po-ition of Mr. Forster stealing a
bill for such a large amount and then exhibiting it on
'Change, and getting it cashed by a gentleman whom he
must have known had an account at the Borough Bank,
where, in all probability, he would take it, when his con-
nection with it would immediately become known. Mr.
Mansfield said there was a prima facie case, which jus-
tified him in sending it before a jury. Committed for
trial ; bail to be allowed, himself in 1,0001., and two
sureties in 500/. each.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE NORTH LONDON
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Yesterday, the annual distribu-
tion of prizes to the pupils of this school took place at
the New Vestry-hall, King's-road, Camden Town. The
Rev. Thos. Dale, the vicar, occupied the chair, and was
supported by the Marquis Camden, Sir B. Hall, Bart, MP.,
Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., J. Payne, Esq., J. Flather,
Esq., and H. Farrer, Esq., churchwardens, and a nume-
rous body of the clergy and gentry of the district. The suc-
cessful pupils received their rewards from the hands of the
vicar. The vicar, in his address to the meeting, alluded
to the benefits of education generally, Ile was happy
to state that since the opening of that school its progress
has been most satisfactory. In 1850, the number of
pupils was only 94 ; the school had progressed steadily,
and the number of pupils now was 244 ; a more gratify-
ing proof of the steady progress of a sound education
could not be found. All that was required to extend
the number of pupils was space. It had been stated
that this was a public school, and that he (the vicar) had
misappropriated public funds to its support. Nothing
could be more false : the school was established at the
suggestion of and by Mr. Williams, the president. He
was happy to state, at the suggestion of Mr. Williams,
that it was that gentleman's intention to establish four
exhibitions of 301. each. The distribution was carried
out with the greatest unanimity. The company after-
wards partook of a dejeuner in the schoolroom, when
many appropriate toasts were proposed.