The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-02 00:00:00

PROBATE AND LEGACY DUTIES.

Motion made and question put, "That, in the opinion
of this house, real property should be made to pay the same
probate and legacy duties as are now payable on personal
property." The house divided :—Ayes, 71; Noes, 124.

MINORITY—AYES, 71.
Alcock, Thomas Gooderich, Via. PeHatt Apaley
Anderson, Sir James Goodman, Sir G. Philllmore, J.
Bell, J. Greenell, Gllbert Minn, Thomas
Biggs. William Greene, J. Pilkington, James
Bright, John Hadlield, G. Pollard- Urquhart, W.
Brotherton, Joseph Hall, Sir Benjamin nice, W. P.
Brown, W. Heathcoate, J. Soholefleld, W.
Butler, Charles L Heywood, James Scobell, Captfon
Cheetham, John Hume, Joseph Seymour, H. D.
Clay, J. Hutchins, E. Seymour, W. i);
Clay, Sir William - Kershaw, James Smith, John B.
Cobbett, J. Morgan Kinnaird, Avtlan F. Stuart, Lord D.
Cobden, Richard Lacon, Sir E. Swift, Richard
Coffin, Walter Laing, S. Thicknesse, R. A.
Collier, Robert P. Langton, H. G. Thompson, George
Crook. Joseph Laslett, William Thornely, T.
Crossley, Frank Lucas, F. Walmsley, Sir J.
Duncan, George M'Cann, J. Whalley, G.
Dancombe, T. Mall, E. Wilkinson, W.
Dundas, F. Michell, W. Wilcox, B.
Dunlop, A. Milner W. 3f. E. Wise, J.
Evans, Sir D. L. Michell, T.
Ewart, William Morris, D. TI'LLEM.
Geach, Charles Munlz, G. Frederick Shelley, Sir J. T.
Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Sir G. Williams, W.
MAJORITY—NOES, 124.

A'Court, C. H. W. Hanbury, Spencer B Parker, R. Townley
Baines, M. T. Heathcote, Sir G. Patten, J.
Ball, Edward Heathcote, Gilbert H. Percy, J.
Ball, John Henley, Joseph W. Itillimore, R.'
Baring. Sir F. Herbert, Sir T. Powlett, Lord W.
Barrington, Viscount Hervey, Lord Alfred Price, Sir R.
Barrow, W. H. Hildylls]. R. Prime, R.
Beaumont, W. B. Horafall, Thomas B. Robartes, T. I. A.
Senifnek, Geo. P. Hotham, Lord Bolt, P.
Bethel, Richard Ingham, R.
n t
Mackenzie,
Liddell,taneditsean
zy ,HI
ec.,
Col. Smyth,
W.
F . Russell, C. W.
Biddulph, It. M. Kendall, N. Sawle, C. B. G.
Bland, L. Kirk, William Sherid an, R. B.
Brady, J. Laffan, R. M. Sibthorp, Colonel
Bremridge, R. Lawley, F. C. Smith, W. M.
Smyth, J. G.
Browse,Cairns,
ai Bruce, I
md , Valentine Ernest
ine sot
Smollett, A.
Bruce, 11. A. Lowe, Robert Spooner, Richard
Campbell, Sir Arch. Mackie, John
Cardwell, E. Macgregor, James Stansilehl, W. B.
Stanley, W.
Lord
Campbell,
Cayley, E. S. M'Taggart, Sir J. Strum Edward
' Charter's, F. Malites, Richard Tomline, G.
Cholmondeley, Ld. H Martin, John Trollope, Sir J.
Clinton, Lord Robert Miles, W. Tyler, Sir George
Cockburn, Sir A. Miller, T. J. Vane, Lo d A.
Cowper, W. F. Mole,sworth, S'- W Vernon, G.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Monck, Viscount Vivian, J. E.
Davies, D. Monereiff, James Walcott, Adm.
Denison, J. E. Monsell, William We% W.
Drumlanrig, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Whatman, James
Dundee, G. Morgan, Octav:us Whitbread, Samuel
Evelyn, W. J. Mostyn, E. M.i Wickhain,.Henry W.
Ferguson, Sir R. Mularave, Earl Wilson, James
Fitzgerald, J. D. Mullings, J. R. Winnington, Sir T. E
Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Murrough, J. P. Wyndham, b en.
Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Wyndham, William
Forbes, William Noel, Gerard James Wyvill, M.
rtdh the
H.
x.vaamnie-
Young, Sir T.
French, Fitzstephen North, Colonel
TELLERS.
Grace, 0.
Graham, Sir James Osborne, Ralph
Greville, Colonel F. Ossulston, Lord
Gladstone, William
O'Connell,
Jel.l,llM..Pu.rice
Hayter, W. G.
Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley, Granville
Grey, Sir G.
edtheYef&ndOeasY„'' °Lilo
was 'sprinted for Lord A. Vane.
nelrsnitnhechdialicesioryn
Blisitll,paumbolinshg

HARRY Mum, by the author of "Margaret Mait-
land." 3 vols. The author of " Passages in the life of
Mrs. Margaret Maitland," has for some time been at the
head of writers of our most sterling works of fiction ;
but, admirable as have been her productions hitherto,
can scarcely be a doubt that the readers of her
theremost
rcent work, just published, under the title of
"Harry Muir,
' a Story of Scottish Life," will acknow-
ledge that they have all been excelled. The character
of Martha is a finer creation even than Mistress Mar-
garet ; and Harry Muir, by his very imperfections,
throws the most perfect of imaginary heroea into the
shade. A more touching and a more natural picture of
human life has rarely been produced, and a book of more
instructive reading it would indeed be difficult to find.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—A meeting
of the directors of this company was held on Monday at
Manchester, when a dividend was declared equal to that
to be declared to-day by the Lancashire and York-
shire Company; being virtually a declaration of 3 per
cent: per annum. This closed the business. .

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1853.

" Delenda est Carthago I"

The monster nuisance that has so long oppressed
the nation is to be abated ! The Ecclesiastical
Courts are to be abolished, root and branch, so
that no remembrance of things so vile may be per-
petuated. The Honourable and Learned Gentle-
man the Member for Plymouth has eminently en-
titled himself to the thanks of the country for the
able and comprehlmsive statement that so clearly
pointed out the magnitude of the existing griev-
ance, aonudse.e!iciwteed
satyhe„uunvaannimir:
ous," for although
there was some slight difference as to the nature
and extent of the remedial measures essential un-
der the circumstances, there was none as to
the necessity for reform—a stringent and
searching reform, striking at the very root
of the evil. None are so utterly abandoned as
to be without friends--CALiouLA ! NERO I had
mourners, who bewailed the fate of patrons—who,
whatever their atrocities, had been kind to them
personally—who enabled them to enjoy the com-
forts dear to every man, and who, whatever might
be their crimes against the community, had
merited the gratitude of these humble retainers.
SIMON LEGREE had some of his numerous depend-
ants who regretted his downfall. And even the
Ecclesiastical Courts could not wither away--
"Unwept, unhonoured, or unsung."
Dr. R. PHILLIMORE, the gentleman who re-
placed the late Hon. Member for Tavistock—
unseated for want of the formal and technical
qualification—the gentleman elected by an over-
whelming MINORITY of the constituency, was the
champion who flung his gage in to the lists, pre-
pared to do battle on behalf of the appellant.
He did not, however, break his lance directly on
the shield of his doughty opponent. No ; that
was a feat beyond his powers. He did not ven-
ture to assert the purity or spotlessness of his
protege, he wisely and judiciously attempted to
"ride off on a collateral issue"—to raise another
point by which public opinion might be exercised.
Had ST. JOHN LONG been living and famous, we
might have supposed that the learned civilian was
his favourite disciple. He proved himself a
thorough proficient in the art of "counter-irrita-
tion"—of creating a superficial wound, worse in
appearance than reality, in order to attract the
virus from the more formidable gangrene. Thus
Dr. PHILLIMORE dwelt on the minor abuses, I

professing not merely his own anxiety, b,...111
that of "THE FACULTY," of which he is a distil',
guished member, for their reformation. He .ifoulao
destroy those " detestable peculiar jurisdictions)
concentrating all the power, and all the influence
of the hydra-headed abomination in the Lelia-
than atrocity at Doctors' Commons—and thus,
bringing additional fish to the nets of his learned
brethren. It would be well to transfer the tests:
mentary jurisdiction over real as well as persons
estate to the Prerogative Court ! Was there itat
a report to that effect signed by men of high Chi!:
ratter and unblemished reputation—and tny
names of Chief Justice TYNDAL, of Lord TENII;
DEN, and Lord WYNFORD were referred to,
order to push the " argumentum, ad verecon.
diam" to the utmost extent. Those distil'
guished jurists, fearing, perhaps, that they ion
be unable to root up the baleful upas
had extended its roots so far, were willing n
make some attempt to destroy its poison, and,rei;
der it, if not wholesome, at least comparative'
innoxious. Poison, if sufficiently diluted, comparative'
become harmless, and thus the eminent men ab:ras
tree thtosv
referred to might have imagined that, as it,. the
impracticable under the then circumstances niumi
case to eradicate the evil, the next etb,
course was to extend and dilute its strel* f.
so as to render it very much below" g .
but " nous changeons tout cela." The prey '1 • /
enthusiasm is for " legal reform," and the
,0
questions are as to the rapidity with Nrwc-), to
are to proceed on the course, and possibly as ea
the goal to be arrived at. The Hon. and Learnba,.
Civilian, the Member for Tavistock, thin' gid
the abolition of 340 courts, their Povit
n:
601132
influence being transferred to the reraaini''
ecclesiastical tribunals, would suffice. We
.„,"th.
cur with Mr. COLLIER, and we believe ih°
at least 600 of the chosen representatives be
people in thinking, that such a reform vr°l2l'siii
worse than usekss—that there would still Vinyl
32 courts too much ; and that they would ~/en
prove more onerous and intolerable in Por-
to their increased power. ate,
The speeches of the ATTORNEY and S°lll._4,'- .01
GENERAL showed that it was not the Eccles 00
Courts merely that were in danger. So: far as ned
can gather from the significant limits of the learn
functionaries, there is to be " a consolidatilio
these conflicting jurisdictions, in order that :Ps
de.
might no longer be divided into diferent
it,creforef
grees, and different qualitiez." It is, be
more than probable that an effort' be.
made to effect a complete and perfect fill! tien
tween law and equity—to enable one itirlswcgr.
to render complete justice to its suitors' ads,
COLLIER, under the fair promises that "(ere th.
the auspicious auguries afforded, judicbtall,..,,lll ds
drew his motion, leaving the matter in the l'."-aut
of Government, but reserving to himself the IZalt
of taking the subject up again if it were n°t,
1
with energetically and efficiently. Tier," ".0/
doubt, however, that the grievance will- 10,1600
grappled with, and that the Ecclesiastical d re.
will not much longer remain the stave and 011
proach of the British nation—the foul, blot'
the national escutcheon.

Almost everybody nowadays appearti,•olll
bitten with a horror of war, almost as fa/317„3006
its effects as those produced by the P°'ollo
forceps of a Tarantula. Inspired by itto
P.'
of
have gone off dancing-mad in a de
testatiit
potentates whom they have been led by tlic C
tuat4
to regard as the champions of aggression. A.° sai
by a yet more impassioned affection for peselbop
influenced by a still more deeply-rooted
to
>j of contention, others have endealew:tiol
pour oil upon the troubled waters or ter
controversy by chanting the praises Of e
national tranquillity. A certain identity eli.viseti
ciple is, therefore, actually to be traced beb,ers.
Mr. COBDEN and those whose scurrilous fitlif his
tions may be said to have recently elieittter
arguments as a pamphleteer. Mistaken the 71,0 ii
have proved themselves, to be sure, but silleetbeit
opposed many of them undoubtedly are in yo
conscience to the dogmas maintained b 7 mo
l 6
who would resort to " Brown Bess " aria
bayonet for the settlement of every diSpute be;
tween contending Covernments. Whether °1,0,1
foes of battle have been judicious in their n'erbt:;es
of giving utterance to their peculiar pre•lu„--•e(1,
and predilectiom—prejudices against can2P%Sins
and predilections in favour of arbitration-fve-atylt
to be shown by some more ingenious
than any of those who have yet adOt,lte and
right to indulge at pleasure in indiscrinl' be
,/11
unmeasured vituperations. It can oce
7: lit°
maintained, for example, with anythls coo;
reason, that the best method of securing, 'that e'
tinuance of quietude in Christendom 's
01%2 t
assailing, with all the vocabulary of aPP most
epithets, ;the supreme ruler of the Al;
powerful race on the European continent' o
of
lowing somewhat, however, for the P 11.11:. rasa,
fanaticism, it maybe conceived that there nTeoceot
lurked, in many instances, under this insf.,
tone, so provocative of retaliation, a del-40a
of
centric distaste for the once popular profse 0 01
the soldier. Just, for example, in the P"`,
as the terror of falling from the brink of alltiotil
vity is said to prompt the timid not unfr:4 pool'
to throw themselves sheer over the edge Of ilconr°
pice. Diametrically different has been the other
by the members of the PeaceSocieTrtiooa
wise known as the Society in favour of Art.° tifitri
Instead of endeavouring to guard the CO
from becoming embroiled with its neighbeoisable
insulting those neighbours upon every inia'od S
opportunity, these aspirants, for another of the
nobler age of gold—a millennium born °at 00
blending of Christianity and Civilisati°ll,oocl as
sung the panegyrics of universal brotherL they
fervently as though they really hoped t°
day to bend the spears into reaping-hooke $ ifs
beat the swords into ploughshares.
•kitilftifogr the
have ever confessed, with all our respect b-seooe'i
gentleness of their philanthropy, a totalso
on our part, of confidence in the fells'b ares°
the enterprise entertained by these dar
ing humanitarians, we must, nevertheie.os, 04b1
knowledge a larger sympathy for their uts9P4o, coo;
still humane and generous, sentiments, IrPoingle'
trasted with the insensate folly and furl r>
together in the vapourings of their allw
—the fire-eaters already particutarisect • 10'
preference we have before now proclaimedt'o ilelef
guage sufficiently explicit, to $lO g
gra'jil
unmistakeable. Remembering this, we .- ,Opioicfr
fled to observe the cordial coincidence 0f
of Of
very recently expressed by the chief the
monthly contemporaries. Blackwood,
las' to
number for March just published, deei. fol
much, plainly enough, duringthe course c; fool
intelligent paper on the rival merits (o_o ja
and War"—the writer remarking, indeu%' often
part of his argument (p. 368)—" 1311-:#11 I"C'
that we have the good fortune to wi,'"-"rocsl
COBDEN, but we cordially agree in his onside:
of the tone which has been assumed bY stern
able portion of the press in regard to the, gar
affairs of France"—a sentence by whicl'aroble
virtually justifies the whole of the reniorstest
pamphlet "1793 and 1853," in terms 44 10r
and almost unconditional commendation. ohould
can we be surprised that our contemPera't to the
speak out thus candidly even in referenov,_e; the
r .(esit
tact and reason revealed in this rail ttethe I'
Honourable Gentleman, the Member for
iiroof
Riding of Yorkshire, when we bear hoe'
brance the manly course adopted through° /3/6ok
by the periodical and the represeutative...„o
wood has never, to our remembrance,
eunrrano;
vital question of preserving amity bet
and England, under the respective v.'",_,..rse oil
VICTORIA and NAPOLEON, truckled to
w/jii:010 Igo
passions of the mob which have elee_der6:d
blush to think, been disgracefullY
by English Ministers of State and byistiectil
journalists. Mr. COBDEN yet moremoreci
has shrunk from anything like °°ll3Phdu
„,t 001%
the latter by raising his voice in indign'— 4inpolicJ,
against the injustice, and indecorum, and
,r con
of these most odious scurrilities.
In
ce
siderations, the conduct displayed
West Rid ,Aing
str
by the Hon. Member for theits coo
dounds peculiarly to his honour, from.
to inclepe'et
iv
tuting a signally courageous tokenailunefls ue 4
dente ; and. although he may conti
while assailed with all lcinde of 014°Giw

disgraceful imputations, the day will ultimately MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
arrive when his boldness and honesty will be to
the full appreciated. Happily, it is already be- CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
coming evident to larger and yet larger numbers The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterdayBoEgyptian
twereina
of the intelligent population, that we have not estimatedaftor es,otoObt
andales 900
of which 0
American of sppecu-
" counted without our host," as the saying is— lation.w.e taken
The market closed heavily, and prices of
that` Mr. COBDEN and those who agree with him American under 6d. per lb. were 1-16 d. lower.
have
not calculated without ample reason that The sales comprised 3,500 American, 100 Pernam
there are guarantees visible in Franc ey. s, even and Maranham at 61d. to 60. 1,000 Egyptian at
in France, rather should we say peculiarly in 4d. 'to ,ad., and 30 Sea
France-4 51-d. to lid., 300 Surat at
Island at ls. 7d. to is. 10d. per 16. In Railway
France—for the continued preservation of peace Shares a moderate business was done, at rather
between the nations of the Continent. illustra- higher rates.
tions of this are each day, as it were, being rani- In the London Mercantile Price Current the fol-
tiplied. Besides the diminution of the French lowing are given as the latest statements from the
navy by 2,000,000 francs in the amount of the United States, dated New Yorkl,B,F3ebruary 1158:7).
annual expenditure ; besides the reduction of the p Recei ts at the ports bales 2,066,000 ... 1,564,000
French army last year by 30,000 men, and its Exports to Great Britain „ 848,000 ... 526,000
still further reduction this year by 20,000, as re- Ditto to France 148,000 ... 197,000
YY
cently promised by the EMPEROR—there have Total exports 11 1 132 000 ... 827,000
• YY
been the renewal of the commercial treaty with , Stock on hand 1 f 670,000 ... 534,000
v i The state of the currant market, at Liverpool,
Belgium, and the talk of a
yet more im- ' is described by Messrs. Houghton and Levy as
Portant one with Great Britain, and the follows :
marriage with the youthful EUGENIE ; and i " The market for this article during the past month
last, but not least, the singular hesitation on 1 has materially improved, both as regards the consump-
the part of the Councils of the Tuileries to co- i tion and value, the clearances being about 170 tons,
operate with the Cabinet of St. James's in a . ag,tinst only SO fori
te monthtll ofi January, ino
be drawn
from London. iaddition to
which large
warlike demonstration in the Dardanelles ! Re- su"rea fori
The t continue t
increased home consumption and
collect, the plea for that hesitation was an un- demand for exportation, ship stores, &c., has principally
'willingness on the part of the EMPEROR to give a consisted of low and middling qualities, better descrip-
pretext for umbrage to the Northern Powers of tions being. naturally. influenced by the same ; holders of
the Continent ! Fortunately the difficulty in- fine fruit remain equally firm, as noted in our several
, past circulars, under the impression that this quality
volved in this new evidence of the anxiety will reach 80s. to 905., provided the accounts now to
of the French Government to sustain, at all hand from the currant growing countries be confirmedl
t
since
totuor thela
st next
consists
ofs about crop.
BToh
hazard, the interests of peace for Europe, hase tons onlyfraormriva
New
itnhisresinp
o
been obviated by the happy issue of recent nego- York. We note a large business has been done in
tiations. The settlement of the quarrel between London, both in old and new fruit, during the month,
Austria and Turkey has dissipated the cloud of at improved rates."
uncertainty that appeared for a moment to augur Most startling information has come hand.ltoudr
e
a divergence of policy in regard to foreign refs-
date
me
oirf Dseteral6ia by the Ovlerlandtaltendith
produc-
tions, as viewed simultaneously from two different tiona at the *Ovengso
.mcdrßcueuadigors s
" diggins," and, in-
points of view—from Paris and from London. India mail.
deed, at Mount Alexander generally, were materi-
But obviated though the difficulty is, it has yet, ally falling off, and that only 5,000 to 8,000 ounces
unlike most difficulties of the kind, left behind it weekly were being brought by the escort to Mel-
a not unsatisfactory remembrance. For through bourne. Considerable despondency is stated t
ju
o existl
it, as already observed, we cannot fail to recog- among the miners, who were out'' prospecting"
being
al
employed,
nise the solicitude in behalf of peace cherished by
manypartiesdirections, anfedareBdo,toho persons
e 0
" diggins" were e3chausted.
the French Imperial Government--a a solicitude
doubt
there is gross exaggeration in all this,
rendered more noticeable by it than, perhaps, by but as it appears in gold circulars, we give it as it
any previous incident since the new reign was stands, leaving the rest for future explanation, of
first inaugurated. Everything, indeed, appears which it is no doubt susceptible.
to encourage, nowadays, our pacific aspirations.ood news from
The steamer Atlantic
exchange on London was 110 to 4.
Together with the facts here commented upon America. The
Business brisk.
briefly by ourselves, must be borne in remem-Tbe
Bankers' Magazine for the present month
brance the sympathy expressed only a few days contains the customary quantity of interesting
Since for the objects, the hopes, and the principles matter connected with monetary affairs, and from
of the Peace Association, by the Noble Earl at a review of the " Meetings of Joint-Stock Banks,"
the head of the present Administration. A recent so far as regards those of late date, we take the
occurrence in Turkey has shown us how war is followingTh eratxstroafcts:
dividend—a point of high consideration
with parties
recoiled from by the Emperor of the FRENCH— who have permanently invested their capital
while a recent occurrence in Downing-street has in the shares of these institutions—have, in all cases,
revealed how earnest is the homage entertained been fully supported if they have not been increased,
for peace by the Prime Minister of England,
and this end has been attained in a period of great
plethora, and when the value of money at the Bank
of England, and in Lombard-street has not exceeded 2
per cent. To have been enabled to realise profits,
uncer such circumstances, equal in any instance to 6,
and in others to 8 and 9 per cent., cannot but be re-
garded as a most gratifying test of the ability of the
directors and managers, and the general consequence
has been, that a further advance in the value of the re-
spective shares has taken place.
" On the whole at the meeting, the pertinent fact
elicited has been that the various banks are rapidly ex-
tending their business, and that the facilities which are
offered through these channels, not only accommodate
trade, but also nurture it, and tend to render its position
much less fluctuating. Banking, thus fostered and en-
couraged, cannot fail to give a tone to mercantile trans-
actions, and while those of the most ordinary grade have
experienced benefit from their introduetion to such re-
sources, others of greater magnitude have derived the
support necessary to carry them successfully through."
The English Stock market has been rather feeble
and there is less doing. The nearer we approach
settling day, the greater the disinclination to ope-
rate for the next account. Consols are 99i .R- for
transfer, and 99 i for account. The New 31 per
Cents. have been lon to 1-, and the 3 per Cents.,
1001 to ly. Bank Stock is firm at 228, and India
Stock rather heavy, at 265. Exchequer Bills are
12s. to 18s premium.
The Foreign Securities have been buoyant.
Spanish New Deferred are 23i to 24, and the Cer-
tificate is at 7to i. The Swedish Loan is 1:7 dis-
count. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 39.
Mexican Bonds have been up to 24 to I, and
Peruvian Six per Cents. are firm at 1061. Bra-
zilian New Stock is worth 971 to 98. Buenos
Ayres Bondi are at 62. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are marked 66g.
Not much business has been done in Railway
Shares, and the quotations are rather weaker
within the last half-hour. The principal transac-
tions have been in North Western, Midland, Great
Northern, Caledonian and South Western. Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire are lower.
The Gold Mine Shares have receded, especially
the Great Nugget Vein, the Port Philip, and the
Colonial.
The Land Companies' Shares have been de-
pressed, with limited transactions.
In the Joint Stock Bank Shares large dealings
have been entered into. Considerably higher
prices have been paid for the Australia, namely,
2 to 3 advance.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.
(Front the Official List.)
Business aonu.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ...... 109 a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities.
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6a
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 -16
India Stock
Consols for Account 10th March 99
Exchequer Bills lid.
£lOOO..

18 12

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9B 7
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62
Greek ex over-due Coupons
Mexican 3 per Cent
Peruv:an 6 per Cent.
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 39
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24 3i
Spanish Passive (Converted) sa
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7t
Swedish Loan
Dutch Excliange 24 per Ceut lai
HALF-PAST TWO.

P

Consols
Ditto March Account •

BANK OF. ENGLAND.—It is understood that the ad-
vances of the Bank of England during the approaching
shutting of the transfer-books will be at the rate of 3 per
cent. On former occasions it has been customary for
the Bank to make these temporary advances at a half
per cent. below their current rate of discount for three
months' bills, but the active demand for money which
now prevails has prevented in the present instance any
reduction from being adopteduo.
tation of gold at Paris is
PRICE Or GOLD.—The q
about at par (according to the new tarill), wuncehich,
for
at
the English mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per o
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.071, it
follows that gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer in Paris
than in London. By advices from Harnburgh the price
of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English mint
price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives
an exchange of 13.7 ' • and, the exchange at Harnburgh
on London at short being 13.6, it follows that gold is
0.47 per cent. dearer in Harnburgh than in London.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.—The course
of exchange at New York on. London for bills at 60
days' sight is 110 k per cent., and, the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per
cent., it follows that the' exchange is nominally 0.67
per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves
a profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

AUSTRALASIAN STEAMSHIP ComPANT.----The first vessel
of the Australasian Steamship Company (Panama to
Sydney), about to commence operations in New York,
will, it is stated, be a new one just completed, called the
Golden Age. She is of 2,864 tons' burden, and has
capacity for 1,200 passengers (200 first cabin, 200
second, 800 third), with 1,200 tons of coal, and 500 of
ilninteen, dat
cargo. Her frame wasof
Adriatic, the fifth ship theori fr
Itt
since been completed with special reference to the pas-
senger trade in the Pacific, so as to secure room and
ventilation for the largest possible number of persons.
According to the calculations in the prospectus of the
company, it is expected that she will enable the passage
to Australia to be completed within 35 days from New
York and 50 days from England.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The following five
members of her Majesty s Government have been elected
cx officio members of the Royal Commission for the Ex-
hibition of 1851, in pursuance of the charter giving it
powers to carry out the surplus scheme :—The President
of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of
Trade, and the First Commissioner of Works. Mr. Dis-
raeli has also been elected a member of the Commission.
THE SAILORS' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTON.—Several of
the seamen on strike at Southampton have given in.
They have applied to the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany for employment at their former wages, and have
obtained it.
REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN. —Mr. Eccles hav-
ing been unseated, Mr. W. Hornby is spoken of con-
fidently in the Tory interest, and Lord Duican and Mr.
Fielden (son of the late Sir W. Fielden) are mentioned
vie likely to offer in the Liberal intereet.