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, pis. Pellatt Apsley
Anderson, Sir James Goodman, Sir G. Philllmore, J.
Bed, J. Greenall, Gilbert Phinn, Thomas
Biggs, William Greene, J. Pilkington, James
Bright, John Hadfield, G. Pollard Urquhart, W.
Brotherton, Joseph Hall, Sir Benjamin Price, W. p,
Brown, W. Heathcoate, J. Scholefleld, W.
Butler, Charles S. Hoyweed, James Scobell, Captain
Cheetham, John Hume, Joseph Seymour, H. D.
Clay, J. Hutchins, E. Seymour, W. i ) .
Clay, Sir William Kershaw, Jamey Smith, John B.
Cobbett, J. Morgan Kinnaird, Arthur F. Stuart, Lord D.
Cobden, Richard Lacon, Sir E. Swift, Richard
Coffin, Walter Laing, S. Thicknesse, It, A.
Collier. Robert P. Langton, H. G. Thompson, George
Crook. Joseph Laslett, William Thornely, T.
Crossley, Frank Lucas, F. • Walmaley, Sir J.
Duncan, George M`Cann, J. Whalley,:a.
Duncombe, T. bliall, E. Wilkinson, W.
Dundas, F. Michell, W. Wilcox, B.
Dunlop, A. Milner, W. M. E. Wise, J.
Evans, Sir D. L. Michell, T.
Ewart. William Morris, D.
mums.
Geach, Charles Muntz, G. Frederick Shelley, Sir J. T.
Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Sir G. Williams, W.

MAJORITY-NOES, 124.

..eCourt, C. H. W.
nllizanttbiht:ryccooteee:sospiel,nlbeGeer,c BH.
Percy, J.
j J.
Townley
Baines, M. T.
Ball, Edward
Ball, John Henley, Joseph W. I hillimore, R.'
Baring, Sir F. Herbert, Sir T. Powlett, Lord W.
Barrington, Viscount Hervey, Lord Alfred Price, Sir R.
Barrow, W. H. Illidyard. R. Prime, R.
Beaumont, W. B. Boreal), Thomas B. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bentinck. Geo. P. Hotham, Lord Bolt, P.
Bethel', Richard Ingham, R. Russell, C. W.
Biddulph, R. M. Kendall, N. Sawle, C. B. G.
Bland, L. Kirk, William Sherid au, R. B.
Brady, J. Laffan, R. M. Sihthorp, Colonel
Bremridge, R. Lawley, P. C. Smith, W. M.
Browne, valentine Liddell, 11. G. Smyth, J. G.
Bruce, Lord Ernest Lind' ay, Col. Smollett, A.
Bruce, H. A. Lowe Robert Spooner, Richard
Cahns, 11. Al'Calmont Mackenzie, W. F. Stanley, Li-,rd
Campbell, Sir Arch. Mackie, John Stanb-y,
Cardwell, E. Macgregor, James
Stans.deld, W. R.
Cayley, E. S. M'Taggart, Sir J. Strutt, Edward
Ciaarteris, F. Manus, Richard Tombne, G.
Cholmondeley, Ld. II Martin, John Tr ollope, Sir J.
Clinton, Lord Robert Miles, W. Tyler, Sir George
Cockburn, Sir A. Miller, T. J. Vane, Lo dA.
Cowper, W. F. Molesworth, Sir W Vernon, G.
Crauturd, E. H. J. Ail omit, Viscount Vivian, J. E.
Davies, D. Monereili, James Walcott, Adm.
Denison, J. E. Mansell, William Wens, W.
Druinlaurig, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Whatman, James; Dundas, G. Morgan, Octavius Wir i tbr ad, Samuel
Evelyn, W. J. litostyn, E. M. 'Wickham, Henry W.
Ferguson, Sir R. Mul,rave, Earl Wilson, .lames
Fitzgerald, J. D. .. Mullings, J. R. Winnington, Sir T. E
Fitzgerald, W. It. S. 3lurrough, J. I'. Wynoham, 4 en.
Fitzroy, Henry - Newdegate, C. N Wyndham, Wilda m
Forbes, William Noel, Gerard James Wyvill, M.
Grace, 0. O'Connell, vi aurica
GI,
lraednseti. oint',itivzsitlleipahmen
oN,o,kretl.l.,
JC.oltion. epl Young, Sir T.
P.
GUrrech.allen,Hayter, W. G.
Grey, :dr G. . Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley, Granville
In the division list published yesterday, on the Exami-
nersSirF.
Ralph
Lord
in Chancery Bill, among the "Noes„' Lord H. Vane
was misprinted for Lord A. Vane. -

TELLERS.

HARRY Muni, 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,
there can scarcely be a doubt that the readers of her
most recent 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 heroes 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.

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 comprehensive statement that so clearly
pointed out the magnitude of the existing griev-
ance, and elicited the unanimous approbation of
the House. We say " unanimous," 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---CALIGULA I NERO ! 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 'AGREE 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. Pumumonz dwelt on the minor abuses,

professing not merely his own anxiety, but
that of " THE FACULTY," of which he is a distin-
guished member, for their reformation. He would
destroy those " detestable peculiar jurisdictions,"
concentrating all the power, and all the influence
of the hydra-headed abomination in the Levia-
than atrocity at Doctors' Commons—and thus
bringing additional fish to the nets of his learned
brethren. It would be well to transfer the testa-
mentary jurisdiction over real as well as personal
estate to the Prerogative Court ! Was there not
a report to that effect signed by men of high cha-
racter and unblemished reputation—and the
names of Chief Justice TYNDAL, of Lord TENTER
DEN, and Lord WYNFORD were referred to, in
order to push the " argumentum ad verecun-
diam" to the utmost extent. Those distin-
guished jurists, fearing, perhaps, that they
would
be unable to root up the baleful upas tree that
had extended its roots so far, were willing, to
make some attempt to destroy its poison, and ren-
der it, if not wholesome, at least comparatively
innoxious. Poison, if sufficiently diluted, may
become harmless, and thus the eminent men above
referred to might have imagined that, as it was
impracticable under the then circumstances of the
case to eradicate the evil, the next best
course was to extend and dilute its strength,
so as to render it very much below prod ;
but " nous changeons tout cela." The prevailing
enthusiasm is for " legal reform," and the only
questions are as to the rapidity with which we
are to proceed on the course, and possibly as t°,
the goal to be arrived at. The Hon. and Learned
Civilian, the Member for Tavistock, thinks that
the abolition of 340 courts, their power and
influence being transferred to the remaining 32
ecclesiastical tribunals, would suffice. We con-
cur with Mr. COLLIER, and we believe with
at least 600 of the chosen representatives of the
people in thinking, that such a reform would be
worse than useless—that there would still remain
32 courts too much ; and that they would only
prove more onerous and intolerable in proportion
to their increased power.
The speeches of the ATTORNEY and SoLicrroit
GENERAL showed that it was not the Ecclesiastical
Courts merely that were in danger. So far as We
can gather froin the significant limits of the learned
functionaries, there is to be " a consolidation of
these conflicting jurisdictions, in order that justice
might no longer be divided into different de.
grees, and different qualities." It is, therefore,
more than probable that an effort will be
made to effect a complete and perfect fusion be'
tween law and equity—to enable one jurisdiction
to render complete. justice to its suitors. gr.
COLLIER, under the fair promises that were made,
the auspicious auguries afforded, judiciously with:
drew his motion, leaving the matter in the ham''
of Government, but reserving to himself the righu,
of taking the subject up again if it were not dealt
with energetically and efficiently. There is n°
doubt, however, that the grievance will be fairly
grappled with, and that the Ecclesiastical Courts
will not much longer remain the stain and re"
proach of the British nation—the foul blots on
the national escutcheon.

Almost everybody nowadays appears to be
bitten with a horror of war, almost as fantastic in
its effects as those produced by the poisonous
forceps of a Tarantula. Inspired by it, sonic;
have gone off dancing-mad in a detestation 01
potentates whom they have been led by their fears
to regard as the champions of aggression. Actuated
by a yet more impassioned affection for peace, and
influenced by a still more deeply-rooted abhor-
rence of contention, others have endeavoured to
pour oil upon the troubled waters of political
controversy by chanting the praises of inter-
national tranquillity. A certain identity of prin-
ciple is, therefore, actually to be traced 'between
Mr. COBDEN and those whose scurrilous vitupera"
tious may be said to have recently elicited his
arguments as a pamphleteer. Mistaken the latter
have proved themselves, to be sure, but sincerely
opposed many of them undoubtedly are in their
conscience to the dogmas maintained by those
who would resort to " Brown Bess " and
bayonet for the settlement of every
dispute be-
tween contending Governments. Whether theso
foes of battle have been judicious in their meth
Of giving utterance to their peculiar prejudice°
and predilections—prejudices against campaignin t
_.i
and predilections in favour of arbitration—rem t
to be shown by some more ingenious disputaf
than any of those who have yet advocated we
right to indulge at pleasure in indiscriminate and
unmeasured vituperations. It can scarcely
maintained, for example, with anything like
reason, that the best method of securing the con"
tinuance of quietude in Christendom is that 0'
assailing, with all the vocabulary of opprobri°
epithets, the supreme ruler of the mkt
powerful face on the European continent.
•a-ti
lowing somewhat, however, for the phrenzy
of
fanaticism, it may be conceived that there has Toni;
lurked, in many instances, under this insolence
tone, so provocative of retaliation, a certain ee;
centric distaste for the once popular profession 01
the soldier. Just, for example, in the same vial
as the terror of falling from the brink of an aeeli"
vity is said to prompt the timid not unfrequentli
to throw themselves sheer over the edge of a preci-
pice. Diametrically different has been the course
pursued by the members of the Peace Society, other"
wise known as the Society in favour of Arbitration.
Instead of endeavouring to guard the country
from becoming embroiled with its neighbours, 17
insulting those neighbours upon every imaginable
opportunity, these aspirants, for another and 3
nobler age of gold—a millennium born out of the
blending of Christianity and Civilisation—have
sung the panegyrics of universal brotherhood as
fervently as though they really hoped in their
day to bend the spears, into reaping-hooks and t°
beat the swords into ploughshares. Although vre
have ever confessed., with all our respect for the
gentleness of their philanthropy, a total absence}
on our part, of confidence in the feasibility
the enterprise entertained by these day-dreani-
ing humanitarians, we must, nevertheless, ae;
knowledge a larger sympathy for their utopian, but
still humane and generous, sentiments, when cons
trasted with the insensate folly and fury mingled
together in the vapourings of their antagonists
—the fire-eaters already particularised. This
preference we have before now proclaimed, in
guage sufficiently explicit, to be altogethe.
unmistakeable. Remembering this, we are grat;
fled to observe the cordial coincidence of opini°
very recently expressed by the chief of our
monthly contemporaries. Blackwood, in the
number for March just published, declares
much, plainly enough, during the course of a very
intelligent paper on the rival merits (!) of "Pea
and War"—the writer remarking, indeed, in 050
part of his argument (p. 368)--" It is not of
that we have the good fortune to side with -a :01
COBDEN, but we cordially agree in his disappr°, Val
of the tone which has been assumed by a consiO:
able portion of the press in regard to the intersi
affairs of France"—a sentence by which
lca 9
he
virtually justifies the whole of the remar
st
pamphlet "1793 and 1853," in terms of earnest
and almost unconditional commendation.
can we be surprised that our contemporary uld
speak out thus candidly even in reference to the
tact and reason revealed in this matter by they
Honourable Gentleman, the Member for the West
Riding of Yorkshire, when we bear in remora-
brance the manly course adopted throughout,
ihS,
'
by the periodical and the representative. -84:hisil
wood has never, to our remembrance, upon 'ca
vital question of preserving amity between France
and England, under the respective empireof
VICTORIA and NAPOLEON truckled to those es; ve
passions of the mob which have elsewhere, °
blush to think, been disgracefully panderedlish
by English Ministers of State and by British
journalists. journalists. Mr. COBDEN yet more distinctly
has shrunk from anything like complicity with
the latter by raising his voice in indignant
i accents
against the injustice, and indecorum, and mpo..o_
of these most odious scurrilities. Under all con
siderations, the conduct displayed in this instance
by the Hon. Member for the West
Biding re"
its dounds peculiarly to his honour, from 1
incleP
e"
4.•
consti-
tuting a signally courageous token of his
be y
deuce ; and although he may
continue to
*l'
a while assailed with all kinds of obloquies

msgraceful imputations, the day will ultimately sue"" 11) 382/ bit ti,lt
arrive when his boldness and honesty will be to i I a, 4, to
the full appreciated. Happily, it is already be- ; --
coming evident to larger and yet larger numbers
of the intelligent population, that we have not
"counted without our host," as the saying is—
that Mr. COBDEN and those who agree with him
have not calculated without ample reason that
there are guarantees visible in France—yes, even
France, rather should we say peculiarly in
-rranee—for the continued preservation of peace
between the nations of the Continent. Illustra-
tions of this are each day, as it were, being mul-
tiplied. Besides the diminution of the French
navy by 2,000,000 francs in the amount of the
animal expenditure ; besides the reduction of the
French army last year by 30,000 men, and its
still further reduction this year by 20,000, as re-
cently promised by the EmPEßoß—there have
been the renewal of the commercial treaty with
Belgium, and the talk of a yet more im-
Portant one with Great Britain, and the
marriage with the youthful EUGENIE ; and
et) but not least, the singular hesitation on
the part of the Councils of the Tuileries to co-
cPerate with the Cabinet of St. James's in a
Warlike demonstration in the Dardanelles ! Re-
collect, the plea for that hesitation was an un-
/rillingness on the part of the EMPEROR to give a
Pretext for umbrage to the Northern Powers of
the Continent I Fortunately, the difficulty in-
volved in this new evidence of the anxiety
of the French Government to sustain, at all
hazard, the interests of peace for Europe, has
been obviated by the happy issue of recent nego-
tiations. The settlement of the quarrel between
Austria and Turkey has dissipated. the cloud of
uncertainty that appeared for a moment to augur
a divergence of policy in regard to foreign rela-
tions, as viewed simultaneously from two different
Points of view—from Paris and from London.
But obviated though the difficulty is, it has yet,
unlike most difficulties of the kind, left behind it
a Rot unsatisfactory remembrance. For through
it, as already observed, we cannot fail to recog-
nise the solicitude in behalf of peace cherished by
the French Imperial Government—a solicitude
Pandered more noticeable by it than, perhaps, by
InlY previous incident since the new reign was
first inaugurated. Everything, indeed, appears
encourage, nowadays, our pacific aspirations.
Together with the facts here commented upon
trieflY byourselves, must be borne in remem-
„ranee sympathy expressed only a few days
ice for the objects, the hopes, and the principles
tile head of the present Administration. A recent
Occurrence in Turkey has shown us how war is
:ec,
_lied from by the Emperor of the FRENCH-
411e a recent occurrence in Downing-street has
revealed how earnest is the homage entertained
r Peace by the Prime Minister of England.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ii?uarll Palace. The company included her Royal
plghness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the
d rineess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Baron and Baroness
4 Cetto, the Prince and Princess di Carini, Lady Fanny
44•°ward, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess
ofra,laville, Lord Seymour, Lord James Murray, the Earl
4 Yesart, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Sir R. H. Inglis,
/au Sir Charles Lyell.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the
"'ace during dinner and played the following pieces :
Ov
A " " Part du Diable" Auber.
Cujus Animam" (Stabat
.otater)
-'4llrira, " Pietro it Grande" Jullien.
galection " Sur le Chalet" A. Adam.
Quiadrille " The Emperor Foun-
)° '441 ** :11 ....... . ....
- olka, " v.alerie*. (first time) D. Godfrey.
ha e arquis of Ormonde and
.Mr. R. Ormsby Gore
the. relieved Lord Rivers and Sir Edward Bowater in
the duties as the Lord and the Groom in Waiting on
41)1S.Bouverie has relieved Lord Alfred Paget
the ri.b.4;,'"-Larshal) in his duty as Equerry in Waiting to
ereTe,n, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has re-
d tvv- 'elltenant-Oolonel the Hon. A. Gordon in his
l'urhlc.eaVbcelrtuerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness
T• he band of the Grenadier Guards attended during
`4-ener in Buckingham Palace on Monday evening and
Performed the following compositions :
Overture, " Les deux Aveuyles" Mehul.
Hymn, " Das let der Tag den der Kerr
gmachthat"
H. W. Stolze.
Cher., " Die Gebirgs-Jagd" Stenzer.
" Seelenspiegel" 'Labitzky.
Selection, " Preciosa" C. W. s. Weber.
Galop, " Em Gruss au Prag,' Kaschte.
ger Majesty's_ private band afterwards attended on
Monday evening and played the following selection :
Siufonia, No. 7 Haydn.
Selection " Bertha von Bretagne" Rastrelli.
Coro, " , Crociato"
Mer Royal Highness the Duchess Augustus of Saxe
eg
obour visited her Royal Highness the ,Duchess of
gent yesterday at Clarence-house, St. James .
vilk deputation, consisting of Mr. R. Davison,
-I** C ir William Verner, M.P., M •
Q._ awns, M.P.•
Grogan, M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P. Mr. French, M.P.,
Goold, M.P. Mr. Kirk, M.P., Mr. Butt, M.P.,
-„rs M.P., Mr. Ewart, Sir J. Kingston James,
" Mr. Watson, had an interview with the Right Hon.
.17';ardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade.
vi • .scount Canning, Postmaster-General, had an inter-
or the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr.
.1,,;(111 Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue,
•h!tiso an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman
`4l° offieial residence in Downing-street.

LIVERPOOL Rc C E

Llandforda...
St. Michael..

(THIS DAY.)

PETER SIMPLE .

2

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 800 Egyptian
were taken for export, and 900 American on specu-
lation. The market closed heavily, and prices of
American under 6d. per lb. were 1-16 d. lower.
The sales comprised 3,500 American, 100 Pernam
and Maranham at 6fd. to 60., 1,000 Egyptian at
sd. to 11d., 300 Surat at 4d. to 4d., and 30 Sea
Island at is. 7d. to Is. 10d. per lb. In Railway
Shares a moderate business was done, at rather
higher rates.
In the London Mercantile Price Current the fol-
lowing are given as the latest statements from the
United States, dated New York, February 15
18:
1853. 52.

Receipts at the ports bales 2,066,000 ... 1,564,000
Exports to Great Britain „ 848,000 ... 526,000
Ditto to France ll, 148,000 ... 197,000
Tbtal exports „ 1,132,000 ... 827,000
Stock on hand lf 670,000 ... 534,000
The state of the currant market, at Liverpool,
is described by Messrs. Houghton and Levy as

follows :
"The market for this article during the past month
has materially improved, both as regards the consump-
tion and value, the clearances being about 170 tons,
against only 80 for the month of January, in addition to
which large supplies for this port continue to be drawn
from London. The increased home consumption and
demand for exportation, ship stores, &c., has principally
consisted of low and middling qualities, better descrip-
tions being naturally influenced by the same ; holders of
fine fruit remain equally firm, as noted in our several
past circulars, under the impression that this quality
will reach 80s. to 905., provided the accounts now to
hand from the currant growing countries be confirmed
in respect to the next year's crop. The only arrival to
this since our last, consists of about 80 tons from New
York. We note a large business has been done in
London, both in old and new fruit, during the month,
at improved rates."
Most startling information has come to hand
from Australia by the Overland India mail. Under
date of Dec. 6, gold circulars state that the produc-
tion at the Ovens and Bendigo " diggins," and, in-
deed, at Mount Alexander generally, were materi-
ally falling off, and that only 5,030 to 8,000 ounces
weekly were being brought by the escort to Mel-
bourne. Considerable despondency is stated to exist
among the miners, who were out "prospecting" M all
directions, and 80,000 persons being employed,
many parties feared the " digging" were exhausted.
No doubt there is gross exaggeration in all this,
but as it appears in"gold circulars, we give it as it
stands, leaving the rest for future explanation, of
which it is no doubt susceptible.
The steamer Atlantic brings good news from
America. The exchange on London was 110 to
Business brisk.

The Bankers' Magazine for the present month
contains the customary quantity of interesting
matter connected with monetary affairs, and from
a review of the " Meetings of Joint-Stock Banks,"
so far as regards those of late date, we take the
following extracts :
" The rates of dividend—a point of high consideration
with parties who have permanently invested their capital
in the shares of these institutions—have, in all cases,
been fully supported if they have not been increased,
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,
under 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 for
transfer, and 99f / for account. The New 31 per
Cents. have been 1031 to and the 3 per Cents.,
100/ to 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
Lo , and
an is 11 di the Cer-
tificate is at 7to The Swedish 11.-
count. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 39.
Mexican Bonds have been up to 24i to /, and
Peruvian Six per Cents. are firm at 1061. Bra-
zilian New Stock is worth 97/ to 98. Buenos
Ayres Bonds are at 62. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are marked 66i.
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 THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
8
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... .....
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lo3i
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6g i
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3.16
India Stock
India Bonds, £luoo
Ditto, under £lOOO 4O 8
Consols for Account 10th March 993
Exchequer Bills lid.
£lOOO..
Ditto Aclveri,isw
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazlian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852. 4,1. per Cent 9B 7i
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Greek ex over-due Coupons ........ . 6.4 7
Mexican 3 per Cent......... 24-1 i i i
1064
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 39
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cert.
Spanish New Deferred, 3,.per Ceut
Spanish PPASiVe (Coave: od)
p
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, ,i7' s e
7
Swedish Loan ... ..... . .... .
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 .
Dutch Exchange 2 per Ceut ......... iiia.E6i
O'CLOCK.
99 13
99A i

18 12

Consols . .................................
Ditto March Account .....................

x d

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 adopted.

RI AL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
Colonel MAULE took the oaths and his seat for For
farshire.

The committee appointed to try the Waterford elec•
tion was sworn at the table.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

On the motion for the second reading of the Ribble
Navigation Bill,
Mr. HEADLAM moved that the bill be read a second
time this day six months.
Mr. W. Patten, Mr. T. Parker, and Mr. Strutt sup-
ported the bill. The amendment was ultimately with-
drawn, and the bill read a second time.
The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had
received notice that the petition complaining of an undue
return for the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull would not
be proceeded with.
A number of petitions were presented against the ad-
mission of Jews into Parliament.
Sir G. FILMER presented a petition from 250 work-
ing men of Sydenham, against the opening of the Crystal
Palace on Sundays.
Mr. PHINN presented a similar petition from the
working men of Bath.
Similar petitions Were presented by Mr. CHEETHAM,
from Bury, and by Mr. BOUVERIE from Ayr.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Maryport,
praying for Parliamentary Papers.
Mr. V. SMITH moved that the evidence taken be-
fore the Cambridge Election Petition be, printed.
Agreed to.
UNION OF BENEFICES BILL.

Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. S. HERBERT opposed the bill. He thought
that this was a kind of isolated legislation on a great
subject like this. The bill militated in its principle
against a project now in contemplation by the commis-
sion which was issued on the proposal of Lord Shaftes-
bury some years ago, for the purpose of inquiry into the
subject of sub-division of parishes. The house might
probably not be aware that in the city of London there
existed a great number of parishes from which the popu-
lation had altogether migrated, and in which the churches
were almost deserted. The population of the city at the
last census was found to have diminished to little more

than 40,000. It was proposed in such cases as these to

amalgamate one or more livings, and to devote the sur-
plus revenue, if any there should be, to the
creation of new cures in populous suburbs.
Now, if that project were to be carried out, the
first thing which would have to be done would be to
repeal this bill, and he thought it would be inconsiderate,
then, without some great object to be.gained, which the
hon. gentleman had not shown, to impose the future
necessity on Parliament of retracing its steps. With re-
gard to the provision of the bill to prevent heads of col-
leges and masters of public schools from holding bene-
fices, to which, from the nature of their functions, they
could not attend, be quite agreed with its expediency ;
but he thought it was clear that they ought not to pro-
ceed in the matter hastily, without giving time to the
public bodies interested to supply the deficiencies in the
incomes of such functionaries which would thus be created.
He objected altogether to the third clause of the
bill which proposed to enact that in parishes where
there was no church, the revenue should be sequestrated
for a certain number of years until a fund had been ac-
cumulated sufficiently large to build one, on the ground
that it would be leaving the inhabitants of those parishes
in spiritual destitution for that long time without reason.
He hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the bill,
but if he persevered with it, he trusted the house would
be of opinit,n that it was an evil to legislate upon great
and important matters by small piecemeal measures of
this kind.

After a few words of explanation from Mr. FREWEN,
Mr. SPOONER hoped the hon. member would with-
draw the bill after what had fallen from Mr. Herbert,
who said that many of the evils to which it referred were
under the consideration of the Government, and who
held out a kind of prospect that some measure with re-
spect to them would be introduced.
Mr. FREWEN acceded to the suggestion, and the
bill was then by consent, withdrawn.