The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1853.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS

Leasing 'Closing Brice Busines
Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compans. this day. this day.
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 107 —lO9
50 all Clydesdale Jc. aaledon... 54 —55
St. 100 E.Liucoln. gr
6p. cent Gt.Northn 150 152 152
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt."Westn. 33 34
100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.
Railway & Berw..
50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 1135 1145
25 all Do. Shares Do 56 57
125 all Do. 4 Shares. Do . 275 285
121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 141 141
20 all Do.ProferencesDo 26 27
St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4
4 per cent... Norfolk
St. 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do —
55. all Manch.Bxton. La. &N.W
and Matlock & Midld 3 31
50 all Nliddlesbro' & Stckton &
Redcar . Darliugt.
100 all Midld Bradfd. 107 109
50 all Northern and
Easternsp.c. E. Count 65 67
50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do —
50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do
25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &1\ . W
&Ln& Yk
12 11 Do. 5 Shares. Do
St. 100 Rtioystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 150 l&c.?
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l5O 152
25 188 chef. Roth. & Lancash.&
Goole g. 5. p. e Yorksh
12 N, S. Stafforcish- MrMClean 11 —d xd
50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
6 per cent ... Darling .
25 all Do Do 32 33 321
St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 1035 —1045 x 103
MINES.
1 all lAgua Fria
1 all (Anglo Austrin. Gold 4d par
10s. all Anglo Californian pm
10 2 Australasian ld par
20 5 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera id
1 all Australian Freehold 4 ga
1 all Ave Maria
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d 8 p 1
1 all British Austrin. Gold g 1d
20 13.5 British Iron
35 245 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at .L 5 pm 3 - 41
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 3 4
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34
1 4 Carson's Creek
40 all Cobra Copper 4i 4 484
5 1 Colonial
15 Copiapo
St. all Copper Min. of Eng 65 -- 75
25 all Do. Pref. 75 p. cent 75 p
5 all English and Austria.
Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 -14 d
20 all General
2 . all Great Nugget Vein — 4 p 21
2 all Do. Registered.
3 all Great Polgooth
1 all Lake Bathurst
1 all Liberty
bpd 1
3 all Linares
1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co. s
1 all Mariquita
10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 6 71
1 all New Granada par— 1 p
1 all Nouveau Monde 2 P
10 5 Nova Scotia Mining
and Copper Smeltg
5 1 Port Philip 4d— par 1
1 all Quartz Rock
50 all Rhymuey Iron
15 15 Do. New 65 75
30 104 Santiago de Cuba
1 all South Australian
10 7 Tin Croft
281 all United Mexican 3l —4l 45
1 all Waller
1 all West Granada K d
1 all West Mariposa
1 all Yuba

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 I all Australasia B2 83 82
50 all British N. American
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China 1 —14 p
100 25 Colonial — x d
100 20 Commercial of Lond — •
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian p loa
20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia 3 3 P
50 20 London and County
50 10 London Joint Stock.
100 20 Lond. & Westminster
20 2 London Bank of Aus-
tralia and India
50 221 National of Ireland —
25 all Oriental Bank of
Corporation. ;48 5 491 49.-1
25 5 Do. New ".
100 25 Provincial of Ireland
10 all Do. New
5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg
& Cold Imp Co dis— par
25 all South Australia 45 47 x d
25 all Unir.,n of Australia 74 75xd
211 Do. New 8 84 x d
50 10 lUnion of London —19 j d
40 all Union of Madrid........—
MISCELLANEOUS.
5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron
100 35 Australian Agricult. 33 35 314
20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail
10 6 Australn. Royal Mail
50 38,1 Brit. American Land 65 68
5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co —
100 Canada Company 69 71
5 5 Crystal Palace 1 --2 p xd 761
4 2 Crystal Pal. of France - - p
20 1 Eastern 5team........
1 1 Electric Tel. of Irol.
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigal.
20 14 General Screw Steam ...
20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ...
20 4 Magdalena St. Navig.
1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel . .
10 3 Netherlands Land d-- k p
1 all N. B. Australasian... g g p 11
20 7i Nrth .of Europe Steam
5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 13 —l3 p 6i
50 all Peninsular & Oriental ...
50 25 Do. do. ...
2 all Portland Iron Co
100 60 Royal Mail Steam.... . .
I all Scot. Mistral. Invest. 2 213 3i
1 I Do. New Scrip
25 25 South Austral. Land 40 41.
J all Submarine Telegraph ...
100 281 Van Diemeu's Land 16i 174 174

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MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

The supplies of both fruit and vegetables were very ex-
tensive ; yet the demand ruled steady, at but little altera-
tion in prices.
FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Ott to 8s Od each ; ditto
colonial, is to 3s 6d each ; green gage and Orleans plums
(foreign), 3s Gd to 4s Oct per basket ; hot-house grapes,
3s to 6s ; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apples, dessert,
10s Ocl to 15s Od ; cooking ditto, Os to 008 per bushel ; pears,
Os Od to Os per dozen; lemons, is to 2s Od; oranges,
4s to lOs per 100 ; pomegranates, Od to Od each ; almonds,
5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; cob-nuts,
s per 1001bs. • chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; straw-
berries, 4d to is Od per pottle ; peaches and nectarines,
88 to lOs per dozen ; apricots, 4s to Cs per dozen ; melons,
3s to 8s each ; cherries, 2d to is Gd per lb. ; gooseberries,
2s to 3s 6d per bushel ; currants, 2s 6(1 to 5s Oct per halt
sieve.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is Od ; Brussels sprouts,
2s Oct to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 3s to 6s ; greens.
2s 6cl to 4s Od per dozen bunches; broad beans, is Gd
to 2s Oct per half sieve ; French beans, 2s 3d to 3s Oct per
half sieve ; sea-kail Os Od to Os Od ; asparagus, Is Od to
4s per bundle ; rhubarb, 3d to Os 6d per bundle; cauli-
flowers, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; potatoes, old, 80s to 120 s;
per ton ; ditto, now, 3s Oct to 6s Oct per cwt.
turnips, 3s Ocl. to 4s Oil • carrots, 6s Od to 8s Oct per dozen
; cucumbers,
Os 2d to is 6(1 each ; celery, 9d to
is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve:
old onions, 6s Oct to 10s Od per bushel ; young do, 4d to Gd
per bunch ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ' • shallots, Gd to Bd.
garlic, Gd to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Oct per score ;
small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od
per bundle ; mushrooms, is 6d to 2s Od per pottle ; parsley,
3s Oct to 4s Oct per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d
to is 6d per bushel ; beet, is Od to is Gd per dozen ;
lettuces, Gd to 8d per score ; radishes, 6d to is per dozen
bands ; tomatoes, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen ; mint, 3d to
5a per bunch.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geese 4s Oct to Gs 6(1. ; Turkeys, Os Oct to Os each ; Ducks
2s Odtot3s 6d; tame Rabbits; is 6d to 2s Od; wild ditto, 8(1
to is 2d; Pigeons, 6cl to 9d each; roasting Pigs,Os Oct to Os 0(1
each; Surrey Fowls, 68 6d to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 5s Gil
to 6s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d. to 5s 6d per couple;
Pheasants, Os Od to Os Oil; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od; Hares,
2s Od to 2s 9cl; Leverets, Os Oct to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d
to 38 6d; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, Od to is 6d; Teal,
6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ' • Widgeons, 9d to
is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 7s 6cl to
8s 3d; French ditto, 68 Gil to 7s Oct per 120; fresh Butter,
10d to is ld per lb.

OPENING OF TI-E NEW YORK

EXHIBITION.

The New York Crystal Palace was opened on the
14th inst., in presence of an immense assembly. The
President and General Scott were present.
No event had created so general and so profound an
interest in the public mind as this ceremonial. The
whole city was alive with the interest and excitement
which the event occasioned. The ceremonies attending
the arrival and public reception of the President of the
United States, attracted the attention of the lower part
of the town throughout the early part of the day. The
streets were thronged with eager spectators, anxious to
catch a glimpse of the procession by which he was to be
escorted to the Crystal Palace. An immense tide of
travel tended towards that building the whole forenoon.
The Sixth-avenue cars ran once a minute, each car
crowded to its utmost capacity. The stages running to
the vicinity of the building were also densely filled.
At an early hour the Palace was besieged by appli-
cants for admission. Stern officials guarded the en-
trances, and informed all who came that until 10 o'clock
none but exhibitors would be admitted. At 10, how-
ever, the jealous gates unclosed, and red, and yellow,
and white, and blue invitations poured in at the differ-
ent entrances. The throng, even then, was excessive.
The omnibuses, the cars, the hackney coaches, all
poured forth their live freight at Forty-second-street,
and ladies and gentlemen, at every degree of temperature,
ascended the stairs that led to the interior.

Within the Palace was even more imposing. Thor-
waldsen's noble series of " Christ and his Apostles," in
the Danish section, attracted much deserved attention.
Bright banners flaunted from the galleries—suits of old
armour, from the Tower of London, frowned grimly on
the scene, as if the spirit of antiquity was wroth within
them at he contrast between our days, bright with in-
tellectual progress, and those old benighted times in
which they saw service. And over all, the great dome
stretched its painted canopy, joining together the diverg-
ing naves, as the building itself drew together widely
differing nations.
The palace filled rapidly. At the intersections of the
naves, and all beneath the dome, the floor was soon
parti-coloured as a garden with brilliant bonnets and
silks. The platform in the north nave, which was to
be the great scene of interest for the day, began about
this time to be animated. Members of the Senate,
guests invited by special request, militia officers, and
the president of the Crystal Palace, with his fficial
staff, and a host of other persons too distinguished to
be well known, made their appearance on the boards.
The Exhibition was attended by men of all parties,
classes, and _creeds.:, Bishop Wainwright, who offered
the opening prayer, being supported' by tlfe Roman
Catholic Archbishop Hughes, Mr. Prescott, the histo-
rian, Sir Charles Lyell, 'arid Lady Ellesmere and
daughter, occupied positions near the platform. Lord
Ellesmere, who reached the city at an early hour in
the morning, having come express from Quebec on
purpose to attend the inauguration, was confined to his
room by a severe attack of the gout. Professor Wil-
son, Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Duncan, and the
other gentlemen of the Royal Commission, were also
upon the platform. After the prayer, a choral, com-
posed for the occasion, was sung to the tune of "Old
Hundred," by the New York Sacred Harmonic Society,
accompanied by the National Grand Band, and members
of other societies and the organ.
Mr. SEDGWICK, the President of the Association, ad-
dressed the chief magistrate in a long speech.
The PRESIDENT of the United States rose to reply,
and was received with loud applause. After this had
somewhat subsided, he spoke as fellows : -Sir, I return
you, on behalf of those of my constitutional advisers
who are with me, and on my own account, my warm
and cordial thanks for the reception you have been
pleased to extend to us. I have come, sir, to testify
the interest I feel in, and the respect I entertain for,
this great industrial exhibition—designed and calculated
to promote all that belongs to the interests of our
country. You, sir, and the gentlemen who have been and
are associated with you, have imposed upon all of us a
deep debt of gratitude for your energy and perseverance
in this great enterprise. Whatever the shortcomings of
which you have spoken may be, I can only remark that
they do not appear here ; and so far as 1 have been able
to, perceive, they are lost in your complete and trans-
cendant success. (Loud and continued applause.)
Everything around us reminds us that we live in an
utilitarian age; where science, instead of being locked
up for the admiration of the world, has become tributary
to the arts, manufactures, agriculture, and all that goes
to promote our domestic comforts and our universal
prosperity. Sir, if you had achieved no other good but
that which you have in bringing together in this metro-
polis citizens from all parts of the Union, you would
have fulfilled, perhaps, one of the most important of
missions—that of strengthening and perpetuating that
blessed Union. (Great applause.) But you have done
more, and you have nobly alluded to it. Your Exhibi-
tion has been the means of bringing here, from all the
civilised countries on the face of the globe, men most emi-
nent in all the walks of life ; and thus you have done more
than could be done in almost any other manner to
promote that great object dear to you, dear to me, and
dear to my venerable friend near use (Bishop Wain-
wright), peace and good will among men. (Applause.)
I have not the voice at this time to address you at any
greater length, and conclude by again returning to you
my thanks for your generous reception, and tendering
my heart's best wishes for the success of your praise-
worthy enterprise. (Applause.)
The President during his remarks was once or twice
interrupted by applause, and on resuming his seat was
greeted with'six trementious.cheeh.' Three cheers were
also given for Theodore Sedgwick.
Then the organ again pealed forth the Hallelujah
Chorus, from Handers " Messiah," followed by the
Triumphal March by Ferd. Ries, and a chorus from
Haydn's " Creation."
The ceremonies conoluded, those on the platform
threw off all official ceremony, and conversed together
in groups on the great event of tie day, while those in
the galleries and naves wandered round the building to
feast their eyes upon such stores as were yet visible.
The President retired to one of the offices in company
with Mr. Sedgwick. Being informed that General Scott
was in the Palace, the President sent his respectful re-
gards to him and requested to see him. General Scott
instantly called upon the President, and a very pleasant
interview took place between the distinguished gentle.
men. M. de Sartiges, Minister frau France, Senor Al-
monte, Minister from Mexico, Bason Girolt, Minister
from Prussia, and Senor Molina, Minister from Costa
Rica, also called upon the President at the Palace and
paid their respects.
Thus, says the New York, Times, vaned the day in the
interior of the Crystal Palace—a day hallowed in Ame-
rican history as connected with an event of rare impor-
tance to the nation—a day on whith the energy and
perseverance of a few high-spirited individuals was
crowned with success—a day pregnant with promise to
our industrial world. And though tle sun that glittered
through the Palace panes soon sink below the west,
and though the cold, blue night speedily fell on the dome
warmed with the noon-day heat, that sun of American
industrial splendour which rose to-lay shall never set,
but shine like the arctic luminary, ever above the horizon.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGITT.-July 28.

(Feom our• own Corresiondent.)
. _ _

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRONINTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.-July 22—Osprey, titter, Lieut.-Colonel
Huey, from Brighton ; Gem, schooner, Sir J. B. Mill,
eastward. 23—Gondola, cutter, W. H. Woodhouse,
Esq., London and other ports ; Maritana, cutter, Sir
H. Edwards, Guernsey. 25,---Jane, schooner, Sir H.
Oglander, western ports. 27—Kathleen, cutter, Vis-
count Bangor, Southampton. 28—Resolution, schooner,
Duke of Rutland, Channel Islands.
SAILINGS.-July 21—Coquett,.‘, schooner, Lord Go-
dolphin, for Exmouth and othsr ports. 27—Osprey,
cutter, Lieut.• Colonel Huey.

YACUTS AT AND ABOUT THE .•,I'lTlON.—Ala,riu, Capri-
corn Wizard, Xarifa, lone, Aurora, Arrow, Gondola,
Spider, Plover, Ripple, Swordfish, Pandora, Maritana,
Caprice, Bianca, Destiny, Gem, Kathleen, Camilla, Re-
solution.

THE METROPOLITAN COMESSION OF SEWERS.—Yes-
terday a return respecting the Metropolitan Commission
of Sewers, made an a ,kome4iat novel principle (ob-
tained by Sir B.
.Hall); was printed. :'The novelty of
the return consists in certain questions being pus to
obtain the information sought. The first question put
is, what is the amount of debt and liabilities due from
the commissioners at the present time ? and the answer
is, 174,1861. Os. ld., to' meet which the assets are
155,5981. 18s. 4d. From other interrogatories it appears
that the increase of the debt and liabilities since the
passing of the act, in 1851, is L'0,131/. 13s. 3d., to meet
which the increased assets, during the same period, are
77,316/. 2s. 4d. Since the act of 1851, the rates, loans,
and contributions have amounted t 0•268,507/. 19s. 10d.,
of which 1751. has been expended in-reducing
and 144,5631. 9s. 6d. expended in new works. Certain
works on the north side and solth side of the Thames
are intended to be executed wits respect to sewers, at
an estimated expense of 567,8401., and the sum of
400,0001. is proposed to be .raised by mortgage of the
rates. The difference between the estimate of 567,840/.
and the 400,0001. to be raised is intended to be pro-
vided for out of the income. It is not proposed to in-
crease the rates. The rate of 6d. in the pound, now
authorised, will produce 216,3701. The annual value
of the property on which a rate can be levied is
9,166,980/.
THE STOCKPORT TIIRN-OUTS.--It is with considerable
pleasure that we hear of a probabillty of this unfortunate
dispute terminating at no distant period. The firm of
Bradley and Fernley, of the Higher Hillgate Mill, hay-
• ing consented to give the advance to the spinners card-
room hands and throstle-spinners, they resumed work
' early in the week, and on Thursday morning the wea-
vers went in, having made a satisfactory arrangement.
The bands of Messrs'. Leigh and Sons, spinners of
Portwood, aro again at work, having accepted the
terms offered by their employers. The pinch upon the
turn-outs having made them unable to meet their weekly
payments for rent, Zr. Coppock, solicitor, of Stock-
port,- and others, have made an offer of their services as
abitrators, -in order to conclude a dispute which they
feel as owners of cottage property. The operatives do
not seem to have confidence in Mr. Coppock, but the
masters have, and are willing to consent to the mode of
settling the dispute which lie proposes. The subscrip-
tions for the benefit of the operatives from the inhabit•
ants of the borough and the working classes of the sur-
rounding districts now pour in-well, and as the number
of hands to be fed is less, the " dividend " increases in
.amount. About 4,000 of the turn-outs went to the
parish church on Sunday afternoon, where a sermon
was preached to them by the Rev. J. H. C. Wright,
I the curate, from Proverbs xxii., 2.

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

The buyers of yarns and goods are evidently operat-
ing with increased confidence in the present week. This
renders the bareness of the supply more evident, and
causes sellers still to harden in their terms. On the
whole, therefore, the market is rather dearer. The
demand is for various foreign markets as well as for
home consumption. Yarns for home use, being most in
request, continue to command the highest prices ; but
spinnings for Germany have rather gained in value, and
India qualities are firmer. Those who want warps
and pin cops, especially the latter, are obliged to give
prices out of all proportion with what can be ob-
tained for the goods into which they are to be made.
The imQrovement extends to the finer as well as
the medium and lower counts, and to doubled yarns as
as well as single. The demand is good for printing
cloths, 36-inch shirtings, madapollams, longcloths, and
some kinds of domestics. For T cloths there is rather
more call • but the best domestics still lag behind. In
40 inch shirtings, some degree of weakness was observ-
able a fortnight ago, especially in 81b. and upwards.
During the last and present weeks, however, a
few speculative purchases have been induced by the
relative cheapness of these articles ; and the conse-
quence is that, in spite of some stocks in the producers'
hands, they are now rather dearer than before.
The bias in the price of the raw material is slightly up-
ward, although, with sales to the trade amounting to
49,000 bales, prices cannot be quoted higher than a week
ago. At Stockport, one small spinner, and one rather
considerable spinner and manufacturer, both belonging
to the association, have paid the advance of wages re-
quired by the combined operatives. It is to be regretted
that demands of the•most extravagant and unreasonable
kind are being made by the operatives in various lo-
calities. As an instance, we may mention that, in a
large establishment in this city, where the most im-
proved machinery and good material enable the hands
to earn more than in the greater part of mills, the self-
actor minders have given notice for an advance of wages
amounting to thirty per cent., although they have already
received an increase of about ten per cent.
GLASGOW, July 29.—There has been a steady demand
for cotton during the week at the advanced rates of last
Friday.
BRADFORD, July 28.—W001---There is no new feature
since last week. Yarns are a shade more inquired after,
and prices steady. Pieces--There is a little more in-
quiry for mixtures—in other goods no change.—Brad-
ford Observer.
NOTTINGHAM, July 28.—The lace and hosiery busi-
nesses are each in the same condition we have re-
ported them for some weeks, but with a prospect
of their being better, as the sales in Australia and
the other colonies, as well as in the United States, are
spoken of as being considerable and yielding large pro-
fits. For lace goods, the best and most expensive com-
mand a preference in Australia, as do also the best of
hosiery goods. The price of yarn is still very high,
without a prospect of any reduction in any of the tex-
tiles used in our fabrics.—Nottingitam Journal.

LEICESTER, July 28.—Manufacturers are fully em-
ployed in preparing for the fall demand, and the market
is relieved from accumulation of stocks by a continued
demand for the continental shipping orders. The glove
and fancy branches are active, particularly the former,
and great difficulty is experienced in getting the goods
made up, female labour being so much required for
the various branches of finishing that all hands, both
in town and county, are found insufficient for it. There
is no alteration in worsted yarns. The Yorkshire spin-
ners keep prices down, and the demand is languid.
Prices are steady for wools ; short sorts are in good re-
quest. Farmers hold their wools at present, many not
being willing to sell much under 40s. per tod. Owing
to the uncertainty of political events the late wool fairs
have not averaged,3Bs. ; and as staplers find a diffi-
culty in realising a profit even at these prices, they
hold, awaiting the turn of events ; all parties only sup-
ply their present wants.—Leicester Journal.

IMPERIAL PARLIAM E.N T.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)
The Public Libraries (Ireland and Scotland) Bill was
read a second time.

The Registrar of Meetings' Bill went through com-
mittee.
The Customs Duties Bill was read a third time.
The Dublin Parliamentary Registration Bill was read
a third time.
The Stamp Duties Bill went through committee.
The Hurgh Harbour (Scotland) Bill was read a second
time.

The Elections Bill was read a second time.
SHERIFF COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL

The Earl of ABERDEEN, in moving the second read-
ing, said this was a bill of law reform, from which he
anticipated great advantage to the people of Scotland.
It was so completely technical in its character that he
could not attempt to explain it in detail ; but its general
object was to expedite legal proceedings, and to cheapen
the distribution of justice.
Lord BROUGHAM said his sole objection to the
measure was that it did not go far enough. It was a
very doubtful question whether the double judicature
should be at once abolished ; but at all events he saw no
reason why the juti-diction of these courts should not be
extended to 501. instead of being limited, as it was
under the bill, to 121. The true course to adopt was
to give an appeal in matters of law, and not to allow
it in matters of fact, except in the case of a new
trial, where there had been a miscarriage in point of
law. On the whole he would not object to the second
reading.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH thought that the mea-
sure would confer great benefit on the people of Scot-
land. He was aware that there was a feeling in
Scotland against the double administration, but so far
as he was able to judge the maintenance of the double
sheriffs--principal and depute—was the best system, at
least for the present. (Hear.)
The bill was then read a second time.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)
NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. OLIVEIRA gave notice, that on the first day of
going into committee of supply, be would bring under
the consideration of the house the state of the metropo-
litan bridges, with a view to call the attention of the
First Commissioner of Works to that important subject.

CAB FARES.
Mr. BOWYER observed, that it was now a received
principle of political economy, and shown by. experience
to be a correct one, that there ought to be no
olabour
interference
by legislative enactments in respect to the price
or any other commodity. That principle had been f
not only to all things sold and manufacture(
public conveyances, such as steam-boats and. to
the price
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not think it advasa .o appoint a select
session he should
Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that
bait that period of the
committee on the subject.
inOFinoTrilinEg Ilth°arit the house at its
NELASiognday, gave notice that on Tues-
riisLvinogrn(didojTa.hdijuitoßldrS,n3EinlEe,ixt he proposed that the house should
to.oa-iLnato committee of supply, mid that, on Monday, before
the house went into committee of supply, he would
explain, in compliance. •
' with a wish expressed by the right
t- I
hon. member for Droi 1, the intentions Of the Govern-
ment with respect to the island of Jamaica.
Sir J. SHELLEY said, that as the government had now
taken Tuesdays for their business, he should have no oppor-
tunity of bringing forward his motion, which stood for
next Tuesday, for the prosecution of Mr. Mare, the un-
seated member for Plymouth. He regretted this circum-
stance, as he thought it absurd for the house to hate a
resolution on its journals declaring that it would visit with
its utmost displeasure any person who endeavoured to ob-
tain a seat in Parliament by bribery or other corrupt prac-
tices, and yet allow gentlemen who had got friends in that
house to go scot free; while it punished small men who had
nobody to defend them for pretarication before a com-
mittee. He had done all he could to bring the subject
before the house, and he now gave notice that he should
pursue it no further, though he thought the house had lost

caste by the Curse it had pursued in reference to the
matter.

CASE OF PHILLIPS, THE CABMAN.
Lord D. STUART took the opportunity of putting a
question to the n.)ble lord at the head of the Home Depart-
ment with respect to a case which had already been men-
tioned in that house, but which excited a great deal of in
terest out of doors, and respecting- which he did not think
any satisfactory explanation had been given,—he alluded
to the decision of a Bow-street magistrate last week in
reference to a cabman. He thought it right to ask for
some further information about the matter, because it
would really appear, from whit was stated in the news-
papers, that, notwithstanding the explanation given by the
noble lord, some considerable amount of injustice had been
done to a poor man not having the means of defending him-
self. Upon a former occasion the noble lord, after inquiry,
made a statement which had the effect of impugning the
correctness of the report of the case which had appeared
in the newspapers. That report stated, that the magi-
strate offering to have. the disputed distance measured,
upon each party depositing 55., the cabman said that he
had not had, on the day when the dispute arose, any fare
before that respecting which there was a difference, and
that he had not a shilling in his pocket ; whereupon the
magistrate remarked, that as he could not put down the
sum requisite for the measurement of the distance, he
should take the statement of the gentleman who hired the
cab as evidence that the driver had charged more than
he ought, and sentenced the driver to pay a fine of
forty shillings, and, in default of payment, to be com-
mitted to prison. Of course, as the cabman had not five
shillings, he could not pay forty shillings, and was actually
sent to prison, the horse and cab being taken to the green-
yard ! The noble lord, in his explanation, stated that it
was by no means in consequence of the cabman not being
able to deposit the five shillings that the magistrate came to
his decision, but because the cabman altogether repudiated
the settlement of the dispute by measurement. Since that
explanation there had appeared in the newspapers two
statements—one by the cabman himself, who said that,
having been lent money by his friends, he had paid the
fine, and got out of prison ; that he had had the distance
measured, and that it appeared that, so far from his having
charged more than he ought, he had actually charged a
great deal less ; and the other from the gentleman who re-
ported the case at Bow-street, who maintained that the
words he attributed to the magistrate were actually pro-
nounced by him ; and he added that he was as sure of
that circumstance as he was of his own existence. Now,
if it should really appear that this unfortunate cabman
had been fined 40s. and deprived of his liberty for a certain
space of time, not for charging more than he ought, but
actually for charging less, he thought the house would be
of opinion that a very great degree of injustice had been
done. (Hear, hear.) The public at large took a very
strong view of this case, and he believed there was no
person who did not think that that unfortunate cab-
man was ill-treated, and did not lament the decision
to which the magistrate came. (Hear, hear.) He was
the more induced to notice the case, because he had heard
in more than one puarter that the interest occasioned
by it had more than anything else, perhaps, led the cab
proprietors to take the most unfortunate step which they
had just adopted, though he confessed he did not compre-
hend the logic that, because a cabman had been ill-treated,
therefore the cab proprietors should take illegitimate and
unjustifiable means to obtain greater remuneration than
the Legislature allowed them. On the other hand,
hand, their conduct constituted no reason why the unfor-
tunate cabman in question, who was no party to the strike,
should not, if he had been wronged, have his wrong re-
dressed and his case considered, and he therefore asked the
noble lord whether, on considering the case, he really was
of opinion that the magistrate came to a right decision,
and whether he had taken means to ascertain the distance
travelled over?

Lord PALMERSTON said that if he had had notice of
the question he would have come down to the house with
the same document he had brought the other day. The
facts of the case, as stated to him by the magistrate, were,
that the person who hired the cab came before him with
the cabman to complain of an overcharge by the latter.
The camplainant mentioned the point from which he started,
the road he took, and the point where the journey ended.
The magistrate stated that, from his knowledge of the
ground, he was satisfied that the charge of the cabman
was excessive, and was therefore prepared to fine him for
overcharge ; but the magistrate first offered to have the
distance measured. It was the rule that when a measure-
ment took place each person should deposit 55., to abide
the issue of the measurement. The magistrate stated that
the cabman declined the measurement, but did not under-
stand that he declined it on the ground of not having the
ss. to lay down, but that he declined it generally, because
he did not wish to have the measurement made, and upon
that the magistrate fined the cabman for overcharge. It
did not appear that the magistrate was wrong in his deci-
sion. He (Lord Palmerston) had looked at the map of
London, and with a pair of compasses had measured the
same distance—(a laugh)—and it appeared to him that the
distance was not greater than that which the person who
hired the cab was ready to pay.