The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-04 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS,

The Lords' amendments to the Great Western, Shrews-
bury, and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill were considered
and agreed to.
The following estate bills were read a third time and
passed :—Bourne's (Mowbrick Partition) Estate ; Brad-
ford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust Estate ; Lord
Petre's Estate.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL.
On the order of the day for the second reading of this
bill,
Mr. F. PEEL explained its object to be to enable the
Canadian Legislature to change the constitution of the
Legislative Council or Upper House, and to repeal cer-
tain portions of the Canadian Act of Union of 1840.
No less than four-fifths of the General Assembly of
Canada had earried.an address in favour of this change;
but the Legislative Council its-ilf had protested against
that address. The bill proposed to enable the
Legislature of Canada to alter the fundamental basis if
they so thought fit ; it did not specify what the change
should be, but it simply gave the Legislature of the
colony power to alter the constitution of the Legislative
Council by making it elective or otherwise if they should
so think fit. Lord Elgin, the Governor of the colony,
had given an opinion decidedly favourable, and seeing
that the Imperial Parliament bad already conferred a
similar power upon the Cape of Good Hope and other
colonies, the house ought to have no difficulty in adopt
ing this measure. In fact, Canada was the only British
colony of any importance which bad not the power of
reforming its own constitution. But it might be said that
Parliament having, by the act of 1840, conferred a dis-
tinct constitution upon the colony, it would be acting
against precedent to give the Legislature of the colony
Power to change that constitution. But really that
Could not be so, because in the case of the Australian
colonies, Parliament gave them a specific constitution,
consisting of an Assembly and a Legi lative Council,
partly elective and partly nominated by the governor,
While in the same act which conferred that constitution it
enabled the legislature of the colony, if it so thought fit,
to change or amend its constitution. It was not impro-
bable that the immediate effect of this bill would be the
conversion of the Legislative Council from a mixed into
a purely elective body, and it might be argued that such
a change would weaken the authority of the Crown ;
but he entertained no such apprehensions because if the
constitution of the council was so changed as to secure
for it the confidence of the people, it naturally followed
thatit would become more conservative in its character
than it was at- present. Hitherto it had too often hap-
pened that the General Assembly had been at variance
Avith the Legislative Council, indeed on one occasion it re-
fused to vote the supplies because the Legislative Council
which was nominated by the governor would not consent
to become elective ; but this bill would remove that
want of harmony between the two bodies, without
We4kening the authority of the lower house, since all
money measures connected with the country would still
have to originate in the general assembly.
Sir J. PAKINGTON objected to the bill upon two
distinct grounds. In the first place, he objected to it
because in his opinion it was a bill which sanctioned,
on the part of the Imperial Legislature, institutions of
an extremely democratic character.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

MARKET NEW, WS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat were on a
very limited scale, and the show of samples were trifling.
There was more firmness in the demand, and about an
average business was doing, at an advance in the price of
Monday of from is to, in some instances, 2s per qr.
The imports of foreign wheat have been small. Good
heavy parcels were quite is per qr. dearer, and the value
of all other kinds was well supported. There was very
little inquiry for floating cargoes.
We were scantily supplied with barley, yet sales pro-
gressed slowly, at Monday's decline.
The malt trade was dull, but no change took place in
the quotations.
The oat trade was rather firmer, at full prices.
Beans and peas were dull, but flour was in better
request.

Eng lish •
Irish •• • •
Portia,
...

Wheat.
610

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
20 2,240 820 BBO
2,5 )0
6,760 4,930 2,44i0 1605 ks
1,980brl

aENEItAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
.Or the week ended Aug. 3, 1834, made up from the Returns of ti o
Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and W ale ,
Der Imperial Quarter.
IrldBAT„ I BARLEY
3d 29As
10.1 I
45s RYE
8d . I N
.1 47s 5 BEAS. I
47s PEAS
693 8d 36531
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE.
',WEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS.
j
g" 8d 363 10k1 30s 3d 48a Od I 48s lid lid
DUTIES ON FOREIGN COR".
/MEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. E.
BEANS. PEAS.
18 Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 41,558; Bariey, 2,366; Oats, 6,665 ; Rye, 19 ; Beans,

1,331; Peas,

98 quarters.

SMITHFIELD.
I I'l'l:lay's market was very moderately supplied with
had
all breeds of which nioved off steadily, and price•;
ad an upward tendency. The show of sheep was by no
Nis extensive. Prime Downs sold at hill quotations ;
most other breeds were a slow sale, at late rates. We
-ad a dull inquiry for lambs, at a decline in value of 2d
feFBlbs. Calves were in good supply and fair request ;
paces were rather on the advance. In pigs very little
was doitp,
311ilch 'COWS moved off slowly, at from 14/. to 191. Os.
each, including their small calf.

Per Slbs to sink the offals.
s. d. S. (1.1
Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8
Nmeeoud quality. ~,3 10 4 2
iue large osea".4 4 4 8
Primeri Scots, &c. 410 5 0
.Inf Shep 3 6 3 8
Ze°lldor quality 10 4 0
-cime crse.-wiled.4 2 4 8
Lambs
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Shßes.ats
:: . 1,070
e ****
..."••

s. d. s. d.
IPrimeSouthdown 410 5 0
Large crse. calves 3 4 4 2
Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 10
Large hogs 3 0 4 2
Small porkers 4 4 4 8
ISuckliugcalves ..22 0 29 0
'Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0
4s 4d to 5s 6d.

ea,,t,e3• ••• • . ....... ..!0,200
440

NEWGATE AND
The general demand ruled
elipported.

Per Blbs by
S. d. s. d.
Meet', inferior 3 2 3 6
313°., middling 3 8 3 10
bo., prime large 4 0 4 2
?Do. do. small 4 4 4 6
Pork, large .. 3.. 4 4 0

Lamb ..