The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-26 00:00:00

, THURSDAY EVE/
LONDON.
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I APERIAL PARLIAMENT. Mr. PETO said that'he would yieldto no one; in that a saving at once disastrous and cruel. We even venture mark applies to qualities for home manufacture. As
House in his desire to secure a due observance of to rely on the support of all men of any prudence, with- regards goods, it cannot be said that there is aily better
HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 25. the. Sabbath-day, but then he conceived that it ought, in out any reference to opinion. The National Assembly demand at all. In domestics and fustians, the sou"-
teISIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. order to be useful, to be an intelligent observance! will not destroy in a few seconds, by an ill-considered nstien is uodiminished, and prices can scarcely be
(Continuol from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) and he trusted the House would affirm the principle of vote, the irreparable work of ages--the fruit of the trea- quoted. Long cloths end T's may be got at rather
Mr. NEWDEGATE of j lcted to the declaration • this Bill, in order to give to the people of Scotland that auras and the blood of France. lower rates. The inquiry for fabrics adapted to the
upon the principle that it would have the effect of bring' whole advantage which the railway system was calculated _ . - eastern markets is now trifling, and wide shirtings are
to confer.
ing all declarations into contempt. AMERICAN PAPERS. again yielding in value, with the exception of 60 and 64
Lord .J. RUSSELL felt bound to vote against the Mr. F. MAULE said that it was a singular circum- The latest accounts from the gold regions are reeds.
clause, expressing his opinion that the Bill would not stance that petitions signed by upwards of 36,000 per-ROCHDALE, APRIL 23.-
dated San Francisco,
There is no improvement in •
even, if carried into stringent effect, be sufficient to sons had been presented against this Bill, and but very February 7. We extract the
the fle
sold. The wool market also continues much depressed; ;nnel market to day, either in prices or quantity
prevent the practice of bribery under the cloak of few in favour of it. The principle of the Bill was alto- most interesting points from the lengthy de.tails
giving a fair remuneration to a voter for the gether against the feelings of his countrymen, and he which appear in the papers. From San Francisco, the manufacturers buy very sparingly, at prices a shade
expenses which he incurred in going to the poll. The should give it his decided opposition.-(Hear, hear, and on the 23d of January, Captain Folson writes as fol-
lower.
Noble Lord then cited the case of Mr. Strutt, and stated cries of " Divide, divide.") lows :- HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 24.-The market to-day is
his firm belief that no man could have been actuated by After a few words from Mr. C. BRUCE, " Since ray last private communication nothing has not quite so brisk as for some weeks past. Even the
higher motives than that gentleman-(Loud, cheers)- The LORD-ADVOCATE briefly expressed his dis• occurred to change the general views I then ex- woollen trade, which for some time has been good, seems
and yet he had been unseated by the decision of a Corn- approbation of the Bill.-(Loud cries of "Divide.") pressed in relation to California. Within the last to have received a slight check. Fancy goods for the
mittee, and if this Bill had been the law of the land, he
Mr. CHARTER'S arose, in the midst of repeated few weeks much has been said and done in regard to spring trade have been bought very readily during the
could not possibly have come up to the table and make cries of " Divide," and said that he had but one word to
say in reply to the remarks of the Hon. Member for Mon- the organization of a Provisional Government for season, and few, if any, now remain on hand.
HALIFAX, APRIL 21.-There has been but a slender
the declaration which it required.-(Loud cries of
this territory. Several villages have appointed dele-
" Hear, hear.") On the whole he thought that the Bill Cross on the moral state of Glasgow by reminding him thatattendance of merchants in our Piece Hall to-day, and
gates to attend a convention for the arrangement of
would produce more of injury than benefit.-(flear.) It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest."-(Hear, hear, the same causes continuing in operation, there is no
Sir ROBERT PEEL was induced to object to this Bill and laughter.) It was evident that the system of rail- fundamental laws fur the country, and other elections improvement in the inquiry for worsted goods. Yarns
other means of
way
communication had superseded all are now understood to be taking place in the remote
because he conceived that it was only leading the Housealso remain pretty much the same. The wool market is
to take delusive securities. The Right Hon. Baronet conveyance, and some means were evidently necessary parts of the country. It is proposed to have the exceedingly dull, and the quotltions are somewhat lower.
then went on in a very happy strain of humour, to show to obviate the evil which such a monopoly was likely to Convention assembled at the Pueblo de San Jose,
how the provisions of the Bill might be avoided by any occasion. about sixty miles from this place, on the 4th March ; PRICES OF SHARES
clever solicitor in a small borough, where he was a man Mr. MOORE said that the Right Hon. Gentleman at but I believe it will be found impossible to assemble
of influence, and who chose to take his reward in the the head of the Board of Trade had justly stated that all the delegates at that time, and it will probably be LIT BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
shape of a Government office instead of a pecuniary re- this Bill was a balance of two evils. That Right Hon. found expedient to defer the meeting until it is known PANIES STOCK.
turn. He had merely made these observations with a Gentleman had come to one conclusion, but he (Mr. From the Official List.
that the present Congress has not acted on the ques-
view to show that the security, if taken, would be only a Moore) had come to another, and should support the s PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
delusion, and that it would be simply giving the dishonest Bill. tion of a territorial jovernment.
LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24.
Mr. REYNOLDS said that he found by a return that "The only tribunals which have attempted any
and unscrupulous an advantage over the sensitive and......,-___
conscientious man.-(Hear, hear.) there were sixteen railways in Scotland in active use, jurisdiction in cases of murder, &c., some months .rourr-sTocz. E.A.N3ILS.
Mr. BROTIIERTON said that although there was an eight of which were worked on Sunday, and eight of past are those formed for the occasion as it arises, and Dividend Amount '
evidently expressed desire for the suppression of bribery, which were not; so that it appeared after all that it was offenders generally escape, or, if they are taken, it is name of Company. per of Paid. Price
yet the questionetill remained-was chat really the case? merely a geographical question, and the religious and amidst the frenzy of popular excitement, where the Annum. Share.
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He could conscientiously say that he had never been the irreligious railways were set against each other. guilty and innocent may be victims together. Seve- - A s. d. As. d.
guilty of bribery-(Cries of " Hear, hear")-but yet his The Honourable Member was proceeding in a ral executions have taken place in pursuance of this Australasia ••••• • • - • • - 40 0040 0 0 231,4
election had not cost him less than 4,0001; and he knew humorous strain to descant upon the assumed sanctity kind of law, and it is supposed that several others BritshlSorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon ............ • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
that the expense of such affairs must always be consider-
of those who opposed the measure, when the feeling of
will
be announced by the next mail from the south.
-
Commercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
able.-(Hear, hear.) If this Bill were not sufficient for the House was so expressed that he refrained, and con-
eluded by regretting that any theological consideration In the meantime, outrages are occurring in all guar- Colonial. ••• • • •...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
its purpose, the measure of his Hon. Friend the Member
should be mixed up in a question which was purely tom- tees of the country, and the public astonishment has Gloucestershire ••• . • • 15Iper cent. - - -
for Montrose (Mr. Hume) was so. Members of a consti-lonian •••• • • . • ...... Si. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
tuency generally supposed that they were doing a candi- mercial in its character. scarcely subsided after one murder has transpired be- Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
date a wonderfully great service by sending him to that After a few words from Mr. SCOTT, who expressed fore another is committed more horrible than the first. Loptalton J-oin. t.-.5.i0.Ck....... 61. per cent. cent. 50 -0
0 13 14)) 00 -
House; but what he (Mr. Brotherton) wished to impress House-breaking, thefts, and robberies are of almost VrOVillClalof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 his opinion that the feeling of the whole of Scotland
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upon constituencies was, that Members were sent to that hourly occurrence. Ditto, New. ••• • • ... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
was against the Bill, the House divided, when there
House, not for a privilege, but to do their business,- appeared- " Within the last five or six weeks we have bad Latti.oia,raol ofcllarieolanf
Edn.g..
6511:
pperer cent. 15000 00 00 2235 100 00
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(Hear, hear.) At any rate this was a move in the right For the second reading ... ... ... 122 weather of extraordinary severity. It is said to be Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
direction, and he should support the proposition of the Against it the coldest season experienced here since that of 1823- South Australia ...... .......Cl. per 22 10 0 -
Hon. Baronet. . Majority against the second reading... --9 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
24. In the gold mines the snow nas been four feet Ditto ............. 61, per cent. - 210 0 -
After a few words from Mr. Sharman Crawford, from The Bill is consequently lost. Union of London... .: 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10%
deep, and at Sutter's Fort ice has formed three inches
Mr. Hume (who said that if his proposition with re- The other orders of the day were then disposed of in thickness. Within two weeks the streets of this Union of Madrid I - 40 0040 0 0
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spect to the ballot was adopted the mischief would be and the House adjourned shortly before Six o'clock. '
avoided altogether), and from Mr. Aglionby, village have been repeatedly whitened with snow and INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Sir J. PAKINGTON, in reply, said that after the ... hail, and the hills within sight, on the opposite side of Dividend Amount •
opposition which had been offered to this clause of the AUSTRIA. the bay (12 miles distant), have been capped with snow Name of Company.l
per of Paid. Price Annum.
Bill, be did not feel justified in putting the House to the Gallicia is in a state of indescribable ferment. for the last 15 days. Very heavy and protracted falls
Chance Brit. and For. 61. A
Albion nnnm. Share.
_ -
trouble of a division, but still it was due to those Hon. Serious disturbances, the Vienna journals inform us, s. d.
Members who had supported him to proceed in the way have broken out at Cracow, where the country peope of rain have now swept off the snow from all the
hills within sight; but high in the mountains, among i'.. 3p/e.ricoesn.
cent.
500100
00
00 5011 00 00 7159
which they deemed to be most advisable.-(Loud cries of make common cause with the insurgent citizens, and the mines, it is thought that they have had nothing Ditto Marine.-- •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 -
`' Divide, divide.") He was satisfied with the testimony burn the barn in which he Imperial soldiers are but snow. If so, it must have fallen to a very un- Atlas ••••••• ••
which had been borne to the singleness of his purposeßritish Commercial -78 per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Clericl,3led.Bs Gen. Life 5 ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
in introducing the Bill.-(Cries of " Divide, divide.") quartered. Ans engagementt hetween' the insurgents usual depth. We now have cool winds and occa-
and the soldiery took place at Chrzanow. The sol. sional rains, but the severity of the latter, it is believed, Caunty .......... „ „ 31. 100 0010 0 0 -
The House then divided, when there aeared- 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
PPdiers were routed. is now past. Eagle .. ...
In favour of the clause ... ... ... 54 •• 6s.
Against it The Allgemeine Zeitung has letters from Walla- "As a general thing, the operations among the Eng.& Scot. •Law .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
Majority against the clause ..- 92 chi of of the 7th instant, which positively contradict mines were suspended on the approach of winter; European Life ......534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Fahnnynnemetsoc. 4t. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0
On re-entering the gallery we found the late news of the entrance of another Russian but large numbers of persons built log houses, in the Freemasons'..... •• • - El. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
Sir J. PAKINGTON speaking, and moving that the corps into Transylvania. However this may be, mountains, and, having laid in a winters stock of 'now - -
Chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again. letters from Bucharest, of the 9th instant, state that provisions, continued among the mines for the prose- Guardian ............ 51. 100 0036 10 0 -
Imperial Fire --•• •• 121 per ccnt. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220
This was agreed to. the Russian General Lilders had gone to the Tran3yl- cution of their business. It is now understood that Imperial Life ...... •• . 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15
BANKRUPTCY (IREL AND) BILL. vanian frontier by way of Rimnik. the extraordinary severity of the weather has pre- Indemnity Marine.. • • Mgt.& bs. 100 0 0 513 1 -
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be nines, APRIL 17.-Yesterday afternoon a brisk vented them from effecting much, and there can be Law Fire - .......... - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
LAW Life- - ........ 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
committed. cannonade was again heard, and the insurgents who no doubt that much suffering will be the result. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 4110 s.
SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS. London Fire ........ 10s. '25 0 0 12 10 0 15
had appeared at Pelota yesterday were now seen in Many of the log houses were good, or at least corn-
Several petitions having been presented both in favour London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
of and against this 811, great numbers at Rakes, below Czinkota. The Im- fortable and some of the parties were tolerably well ila I -
. at!onal Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 12000
Mr. LOCKE said that, in moving the second reading perial troops were drawn up in a long line on the supplied' with provisions and clothing. This remark , .ts,,ete.i.einnavilLtaif&e.Ge.n..Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 _
of this Bill, he should have thought that he might have north-west of the capital. however, is not by any means of general application, 0 o Is o 0 -
relied on the good sense of the House to affirm its pro- At half-past nine the insurgents commmenced a and there can be no doubt that many are suffering e eladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2/ Os.
Si. per cent. 100 0
0 00
52 100
00
_-
_ _
visions, especially when .his only object was to attach a brisk cannonade on the Rakes bridge, and made a for food, clothing, and shelter. After the winter Pelican •• ---•• •• •• _ -
- 141
certain number of carriages to the trains which were feint of attacking the Imperial right wing. The rains have once set in, it
,is almost impossible to send Pi ocetencxto; i,ife.... :. 31/Pp.sh.ete bts.' 20 -0
010 0 -
already required to run under the authority of the law, Imperialists, however, returned the fire with great goods into the mountains, and large numbers Provident Life.. -.: • • 511. sesr. & bns. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
stock Life.. - - a 0 0 010 0 594
and he should not have felt justified in occupying any energy, and compelled them to withdraw the have, no donbt, been too reckless and improvident 14oyal Exchange... -.s.
considerable portion of its time. But after the nature artillery and fall back upon Czinkota. The to foresee the consequences and provide for them. Sun Fire ....... -.. . Si,s/. per cent. Stock.
61. 10s. - - 184
- 1 203
of the opposition which had been developed, he did feel it Ditto Life . .. - 44
Imperialists, seeing this advantage, advanced Those who are now in the mountains are 11. Gs. -
necessary to say something to justify his determination Universal Life lO% pr cnt. too 0 0 9 0 0 -
their artillery, and opened a very destructive almost exclusively Indians (indigenous population) Victoria Life .... 5l. per cnt. - 40 0 4%
to proceed. It might be necessary to premise that he
fire. The insurgents again had to remove their field- and foreigners, or emigrants. The Spaniards and
did not propose to add a single additional train on theBRIDGES
Sunday. By the Ist and 2d Victoria, chap. 98, all pieces, and withdrew the troops on the right wing, Californians have retired to their ranchos, or to the
lin= of Company.
Dividend Amount
railway companies were compelled to provide carriages where they met with a very obstinate resistance to various towns about the country, to await the return per of Paid. Price,
for the conveyance of the mails, on any day, or at any the mountain ridges lying to the left of Czinkota. of spring. Many of the people who have emigrated Annum. Share.
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time of the day, which the Post-office authorities might The cannonade continued without intermission from Oregon are in the mines. -
x. s. d. X. 5. d.
require. All he proposed to do was, to add some car- till half-past fire, when it suddenly ceased, and at " I believe the steamers vid Panama will afford a Charing-cr055........ -•_ 25 0 0 -
riages to those trains which already ran ; and if Hon. this momentthe I • I wrk,NwSub.Av. - 632 12 8 - 134
mperia troops are rallying to the more certain, expeditious, and comfortable way of 4
Ditto Nw of 734 c 353 per cent. 50 0 0 -
Members were as well acquainted as he was with the • h ' south
3%
rig t wing of Baron Jellachich.-Pesth Gazette. reaching California than any other ; and for emi-- 100 0 0 _
numerous cases of great individual hardship, they would Waterloo ......1.P....: .
- 60 0 0 27
grants in the eastern, middle, and southern states it Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11.55. 4d.
agree with him in the necessity for some remedy. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. will probably be the cheapest. Where families are Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24
Among others he might cite that of the Duchess of Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24
The Kolner Zeitung has advices from Apenrade, coming with the intention of remaining in the coupe
Sutherland, who, in consequence of a notice of the immi- of DOCKS.
the 21st, stating that a brigade of Schleswig- try, I believe the voyage round Cape Horn is pre-
nent danger of her father, had posted all through the Holstein troops entered Jutland on the morning of ferable in all respects to a journey across the moun- . Dividend Amount I
north of Scotland to the terminus of the Caledonian Rail- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
the 20th instant. The brigade consists of the Ist Rifles tains. It is cheaper, safer, more comfortable, and
way, having sent messengers before her to secure a Annum. Share.
place in the train; but, on her arrival, was refused a and two battalions of foot, with the usual comple- quite as expeditious, generally speaking, as that over -
place, and as all knew, had arrived too late to find her ment of horse and artillery. The statements of the the mountains ; and for emigrants leaving the eastern 41. per cent. Stock.
£ s. d. 4 s. d.
- 75
parent alive.-(Hear, hear.) Commercial ...
The Hon. Gentleman then Coyne Gazette are borne out by our Hamburgh and middle states far preferable to any route, except East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 131%
cited the case of a physician in Glasgow, who had re- correspondence, which is of the 22d instant. Our that across the isthmus at Panama by the new line of East Country . 40s. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
peatedly been prevented either from attending his correspondent further informs us that the preparations steamers." London • - 111%
Ditto Bonds ••• • - - 41. per cent. - - -
patients, or returning to his practice, on, the Sunday. for storming the Island of Alsen are still going on. The advices to the 7th of February were brought sea atharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 82
No later than last Sunday an Hon. Member of that Some heavy battery trains have been brought to to New York by Mr. Suwerkrop, late Danish Consul Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. -
House, who had posted from the Highlands of Perth, Duppeln, and among them some 84. pounders. Southampton • • ...... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 -0
0 --
at the Sandwich Islands. We give them as published
before parting with his postilion, but after the latter A postscript. to our Hamburgh letter announces in the Herald :- WATER-WORKS
had received his fee, was told by him that he hoped he the taking of Kolding by the Schleswig troops, " The latest letter states that after a winter of the Dividend Amount
was going to London to vote against this Bill, and onof Pahl. Price.
being asked why, answered, because it was the only under General Bonin, on the 20th instant. Koldin,g greatest severity, fine weather had set in, the snow Name of Company. per
Annum. Share.
day on which he had any business.-(Hear, hear.) lies about one mile and a half from the frontier cf had begun to melt, and many diggers had started, ---
'The Hon. Member then went on to show that the provi- Schleswig, and nearly five miles from the fortress of and were on the eve of starting, for the mines , to £ s. d. £ s. d.
signs of the Bill could be carried out without employing Fredericia. recommence operations, and that the sales of goods East London..• ••••• • • U. 100 0 0 -
Grand Junction •• • • ••2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 173
60
any additional hands, with the exception of a clerk had, in consequence, begun to increase. The firm, Kent•• •.•• • • • • .... •• 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - -
Lambeth •• •• • • ...... , Si. per cnt. 105 0 0 97
to take and give tickets to the passengers. Before THE FRENCH NAVY. Messrs. J. B. and Co., by whom the letter was New Rivr Lndn Brdgo 21. 10s. - -
- 55
railways were thought of, mailecoaches, ferries, and post-too
horses had been employed in travelling on Sundays in
The bud (From the Jo.urnal dee Debate.)
get of the .
f'
Marine is about to be discussed
. two .
written, had purchased a considerable quantity of Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 _
gold, on commission, at 14 dolls. 50c. per ounce, but West Middlesex •. . !U.N. pr cnt. - - 190
Scotland, and he would ask the opponents of the Bill
or three days hence. In.the fever for savings, more or ,
could not purchase another parcel at that rate. The GAS-LIGHT AND COEE COMPANIES.
why the people of Scotland were to be deprived of those less prudent, more or less reasonable, which seems to price of gold had risen, in consequence of the large
advantages which they possessed before railways overn the last anxieties of the Assembly, we may ask arrivals of specie from San Blas, Valparaiso, Stc., and Name of Company. Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price
existed? Not a single petition had been pre- navyto will find any mercy before this ardour which has been placed in
whether the Annum. Share.
sented from the working men, who would be mostallow of any mistake for an electoral the hands of the merchants
-too blind
affected by by the measure, against it, but, on the contrary, watchword. We do not hope as much, but we would at at San Francisco for investment. About 700 persons 4. s. d. Z. a. d.
he believed meetings of' their body had taken place in had arrived at San Francisco from Valparaiso, and British ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 00is 0 0 14
least prevent the throwing overboard of the very thing Ditto Provincial- • • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18
order to petition in favour of the measure. The about 400 from the Sandwich Islands. There were
required to steady the ship during the storm, and to save Bristol .. •. ••••- •• . • 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
•• •• 455. pr share. 50 0 0 50 o 0 32
Honourable Member then proceeded to contend
the most precious. part of its freight-the crew. about 7,000 in California ready to commence opera- Brighton .. ••.. • ..... 51. per cent. 20 0 016
that the greatest demoralization existed in Scot-
The considerable reductions demanded by the coin. lions in the mines the moment the weather would City of London -•• • • -
:: :: :: •• •• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66%
.. 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 6234
101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250
land, which he attributed to the strict stop put • ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 25
mission are of two kinds, like the two great divisions of r 't. pe net There were not many in San Francisco;
upon the innocent recreations of the people there, under
the department, viz., personal and material, they were scattered over the country-at Sutter's. Equitabletlndependent
peri
a l
.... .... . . .
the semblance of the observance of the Sabbath, and
Rprerg... ............Si.per cent. 50 0
Nobody in France can have yet forgotten the sponta- fort, encamped on the `placers,' &c. House room
concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. London ••..-•• • • • • • • - 50 0 0 40 0 0 12%
neous acclamations of the country, the press, and, above was, of course, very scarce ; many diggers had pitched Ditto ...... •••• • • •• _ 50 0 0 50 0
Mr. COWAN thought that a more obnoxious or-
all, the Chamber, unanimously voting, after two eloquent their tents around the Bay of San Francisco. The 0 46 0 0 24
tyrannical measure than the present could not be intro- 51. 100 0
speeches from MM. de Lamartine and Thiers, the sub- price of provisions had become more moderate. On United Gene.ra1....... 4341. pr cent. 50 0 00 905 0 0 71254
doted. More had been made of the Duchess of Bother-
land's case than it called for. He thought the case of vention of 93,000,000 demanded in 1846 by M. de the 30th of January, flour in parcels was selling Westnainster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 49
Mackau, then Minister of Marine, for the increase of the at 10 dolls. per barrel ;by the single barrel at Ditto, New .• ••-• • • 12s. 50 0010 0 0 9%
the railway servants ought to be taken into con-
ought to be done sideration, and that somethingmateriel of the fleet. 16 dolls. Pork was dull at 30 dolls per barrel. Salt CANALS.
to give them rest on the Sabbath-clay. He be- • That credit, distributed over a period of seven years, beef could scarcely be sold. No one would give 14 e 1 -
lieved also that it was the wish of the Postmaster- is not yet exhausted. We can understand its applies- Names per barrel for it. It appears that, notwithstand- Names of t 4 Dividend. price. Names of 6 'Dividend
tion being postponed-we can understand the reduction . Companies. 41 per Companies. t,i per Price.
General to lessen the labours of the officers of the lug the many reports to the contrary, the United e: Annum. .a Annum.
Post office on Sundays. He thought the House ought for a time of every expense not indispensable to the
States store-ship Lexington did not sail from San --- -- - -__ '
x
-
materiel and the limitation of the expenditure for a
not to legislate on the question of travelling on railways '' ' - Francisco for the United States till the 25th of Ja-x \
short time to the urgent necessities of reparation and Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. - Macclesfield . 100 21. 10s. -
on Sunday ; but that the solution of the question should dollars ingold on board. Barnsley.. • 160 121. 180 N
replacing, in order to prevent the decline or decay of the nuary. She bad 400,000
_7•- • eath ...... 100 181. 340
be left to public opinion, and entertaining those opinions immense lar, est lump that Mr. Suwerkrop has seen litrknkScAbrg 150 51. 85 0xf0rd...... 100 20/. 165
he would move that the Bill should be read a second time property of our arsenals. We admit, in a The. g Birmingham 35 41. 81 Peak Forest. 78 3/ 18s -
that day six months. word, that the navy, like all other branches of the public weighed 14 oz. He knew of a piece that weighed, Coventry..• • 100 251. 210 Regent's...,' ' •
33 11. 53. let,
Mr. MACGREGOR opposed the second reading of service, ought to bear its share of the sacrifices which with the dirt, about 60 oz., which had been sold for Derbyire&C.l; 11T.351 56615.. 63
Sl,ochdale...• 85 41. 54
the Bill, as being directly opposed to the religious feel- the country is obliged to impose on itself, even in op. 30 oz., it containing about that much of pure gold. Erewash ••• 1001 321. - omrset Coal 150 71.105. 130
Do.LkFdSt 12 61 pc. -
ings of the people of Seotland. position to its most legitimate and most manifest sym- The British ship of Calypso was at Mazatlan, to
warGrandJunctn 100, Si. 80 Stffrd &Wore - - .*
140 281. 310
Mr. LABOUCHERE claimed for the House pathies. leave soon for England. She would take away over Grand Surrey 100' 21. 30 Shrewsbury., 125 IN. -
the full right to legislate on this question, and But if, although with regret, we suffer judgment to
000 in specie. Of this there were over
2,000, dolls.
this Grantham • .1150 - - Sev and 1
gQ•• 145 201. 285
in, anything he might state he begged it to be under- pass on this head, we do not think that the personnelKennt & Avid 39. 7s. 6d. 5% veersßl. j 26 V. Os. 25
stood that he was speaking personally, and not as a can be subjected to the same sacrifice, because we are old, and of 1 000 oz. be-
-5;000 oz. of California go ~
bseds&Livrplloo 301. 320 Warwick&
Member of the Government. Believing that the Bill convinced that it would be striking our navy-one of the longed to Mr. Suwerkrop. The reason he put it on Leicester.... 1140; 51. 6436)4
N/vairming. J 100 41. 50
would give a great shock to the feelings of a large glories and one of the essential forces of the country- board the Calypso was, that he could not find a con- Leiestr &Nthl_B:l
701.41.
650 Isliapticoknel 100 31. 41
number of the people of Scotland, he should vote to the very heart. We will only here allude to the mi- veyance for it direct to the United States. Those eomounemnobourteheshe
11040 a
81.- Worcstr Bz.l
against the second reading of the measure. litany and navigating personnel-the vital and real force who think it strange that the gold does not reach this Nintgemrysl3lloo - _ Birming. 78 21. 41
- Wilts & Brks - H. 10
His impression was that they had better leave the Ines- of the fleet; and a simple comparison will suffice to show country in larger quantities should take this fact into MeltnMwbryi 100 -
sure to the progress of public opinion, and such being that the actual staff of our naval officers cannot be re- consideration. The California gold put on boa d the
r - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
the case, he should certainly vote against the second' duced without rendering the ordinary service of the state Calypso was brought down by the
Mary Frances from Dividend Amount
readinee of peace perfectly crushing and overpowering, if not
San Francisco. While Mr. Suwerkrop was at Mazatlan Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Mr.r'PLUMPTRE said that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. immediately impossible.
California gold was sold at 15 dolls. per ounce, and the
Locke) wished to introduce a new principle into le isle- The English navy includes 4,700 officers, and the
put onboard any vessel free of charge. After proceeds - -_-_
x s. d. I X s. d -
tion. He wished to make a human law to induce people French 1,600. In the English navy the proportion of ..
71. per cent. 100 0 0 (100 0 0 161
the officers to thetotal oing into a careful calculation with Mr. Suwerkrop we Bank of Scotland
number of ships is in the ratio of g . '
to break a divine law, when they had no inclination toßritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193
7 to 1; in France it is only 4i to 1; that is to say, that d that about 4 000 000 dolls in old had been
were assure „ . g
break it. When he and his late friend, Sir A. Caledonian Bank
1 for an contingency whatsoeveryou were required to obtained from the mines. Of these 1,300,000 dolls. City of Glasgow Bank . Gl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Agnew, had brought in a Bill, to oblige a due 1 Y
fleet however reduced at thispresent moment had passed through the Custom-house at San
arm your , , - Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1274
observance of the Sabbath, they were accused Commercial Bank .. •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 152
you would not have-tar from it-the necessary per- cisco, valued at 10 dolls. to 13 dolls. per ounce;
of endeavouring to make people religious by Act Eastern Bank.. •• - - 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91. 7s
of Parliament..-(Hear.) Such an absurd idea never sonnet in officers. You would not have one left for the 700,000 dolls. had gone off in dribblets, in trunks, Ramb.Sonnsusgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 534
but he might observe that this was harbour service; not one would have timo to be ill or to boxes, and on the persons of its owners, to Oregon Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 30
entered their heads ; ' .9 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
a Bill to make people irreligious by Act of Parliament, take a days rest! Valparaiso, Sydney, New South Wales, Sandwich National Bank 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 131 i
and this, he trusted, would never be countenanced by Can it then be necessary to repeat, in order to prove Islands, the United States, England, &c., to save North of Scotlandßank 4/. per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 31.175.
that House.- Bear. how tenderly this state of the naval staff requires to be •
freight. Several lots of 10,000 dolls. each had gone North British Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland s, -100 0 0 11694
Mr. HUME said that, as a representative of Scot- treated, the lessons which our history has only taught
off in this wa 1,000,000 dolls. was in the hands of Union Bank of Scotland. .8.. per cent. 100 0 g
50 0 0 8034
land, ho was bound to say that he had presented twelve
usce
rtoo e
cannot
tly Je
deTehreeesdpo likentantehoeuirs
instantaneouscreation of naval o ffi-
the merchants of San Francisco, and about 1,000,000 Western Bank -- - - dleerr
cceenntt.. 100
60 0 0 50 0 0 73%
petitions from the burghs which he represented against sfoutpep res -
B . Are'leeoerrcijil,rifeeaann(cli Wee 7341. pr cent. 1(2) 10 0 (2) 11 : 2
sion by abruptly terminating their career bedolls. was scattered over California in large and small
the Bill, and three in favour of it ; but in making this-
'time for the sake ' • • • the
regular - parcels in the possession of parties, miners, &c., that ,!ariiteita Guarantee
statement he was also bound to remember that he did not
less than 300,0001., if the retiring pensions that must be had not been sent down to San Francisco. This Mr. Church of Engrlea Insur. 101. per cent. 10
England Ins. ,) 0 0 10 0 0 21
50 0 0 2 0 0 2
sit there as the representative of one particular-
them be taken into thelaccount.
allowed
Suwerkrop assured us was a very moderate calcula-' City of Glasgow Life GI. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. lls
place, but to consider the interests of the
Would the Republic, for the second time, attach its tion. It was made with the greatest care, in order Edinburgh Life Insur. 61
• • percent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1734
East of Scotland Life.. 10 0 0 015 0 9s.od.
whole empire.-(Hear, hear.) No one was more
name to the most afflicting reminiscences of our naval
not to deceive the public. Mr. Suwerkrop says there _
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 -
desirous in this country than he was to preserve a due
annals? It one day believed that men-brave, no Hercules Insurance Co.
are several sunken rocks in and contiguous to the 71 per cent 100 0 0 10 0 0 _
observance of the Sabbath-day, but so far as he could
doubt, but who had not gained their epaulettes by the limn Co. of Scetlnd SI: per cent: 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
observe no attempt had been made to grapple with the
hierarchial instruction indispensable to special corps, harbour of San Francisco, which are dangerous to Life Assoc. of Scotland Si per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11,
real arguments of the case. At any rate they bad not
replace the officers formed and grown gray on
might navigation ; and that the United States Government Odercantile, Life ......
___ 10 0 0 010 0 ,3s. Od.
National 1 ire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d
been answered- Hear hear)-and he was, indeed,
board our squadron; it intrusted its ships to them- ought to take measures to place buoys on them, and, North British Insur • 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22U
astonished to hear the decision of the Right Hon. Gen-
and the navy of France has not yet repaired its in addition, to have the harbour properly surveyed, North & West of Scot. Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ;175.6d,
tleman, the Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 011 0 I -
-
one of the Ministers of the Crown, had come to, to and she has required more than thirty years from San Francisco, through Suisoom-bay, to
disasters; Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life _ 1 -
oppose the second reading of this Bill. He must rotest
p military or scientific expeditions, active naviga- mouth of the Sacramento river. If this were done, it Scottish Union Insrnce. GUI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I 11. 2s
of peace,
against any such dogma as that
which had been pro• .. serious studies, more and more exacting, to would greatly facilitate the commerce of California. Stan lard Life - .... - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 ,1 914
claimed, that railways were to bo t tion and United Dep. Assurance 51 per cent. 10 0 0 0 1145.6 d
rested as private pro- thy of her, not by the number, He tells a good story of the dues which foreign
•
berries. The very grounds onwhich re construct a navy wor
been craved by the promoters
of permission had
but by the afjcnowledged merit of its officers. Need we vessels entering San Francisco have to pay. They MISCELLANEOUS.
those railwa s was -allowed to
that they were to be made for the public be efi -ye ' insist further:? Will a beggarly saving be are charged a dollar per ton for harbour fees, half of Dividend Amount
hear.) Such being the case, what bees en L • sil.ear,
destroy the laborious past, the certain future, of the which is for lighthouse dues, but not a single light- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
e o the objections Annum. Share.
which had been made tars the permission ectione
proposed to be French navy
with his usual talent, x. a. d. X. 5. d. --.....,
-
given to the people of Scotland to avail themselves M. Charles Dupin has shown where there is not a boy to mark the rocks and shoals
of Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 -.
the benefit of railway communication on the Sabbath- in figures rigorously exact, the little reason and the im-
on which they are liable to be wrecked." Anglo-Mexican Mint.. H. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0
day ? Taking the matter only in its theological view, it manse danger of the radical reforms demanded in the
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0
-
was well worthy of the consideration of the House. naval personnel. The support of M. Du in has never
STATE OF TRADE. Canada -. • • .... •• .. G/. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31
They had it in the evidence of Mr. Hill and others that been wanting to the navy. It is to be regretted that Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 88
(From the Manchester Guardian.) City Navigation ..., _ _ - 904
one of the great causes of crime was the prevention of representative admirals removed from Paris for the ser-
ket still droops Comp •Cppr Miars Eng. 51 percent. 100 0 0 (70 0 0
rational amusement to the people. What was the reason vice of the Republic, have' not been able to quit their MANCHESTER, APRIL 24.-The mar
hich the Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp:c.& bs 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 --.-2
that the people of Glasgow and of Edinburgh were posts for a day to come and defend, with their authority under the weight of a full production, upon w
in Equitable Reversienry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 14
more deeply immersed in criminality than those even of and experience, their arm thus attacked, perhaps withpro-irregular and most inadequate purchases now -
the large manufacturing towns of England? Nothing, ac• more. passion than justice, and more levity than can gress do not tell with any
effect. On the whole, the London Institution
This is the general Russell Institution.... *.,
tution.... - - 78 15 0 -
- 26 5 0 3
-
cording to the best authority, but the deficiency of op- viction. tendency of prices is to decline.
Reversionaryeenlnstr& Orient.Stm. 8!. per cent. 50 0 0I 50 0 0 6754
We ho e however
tunities for reasonable recreation, Again, it should be p,. r, that the naval officers, in de. characteristic of the state of things to-day, making al-
Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
por fault of their natural defenders in for such exception as we shall point out. In Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0060 0 0 5334
observed that by the enactment of this Bill they would
labour employed on the Sab- few in number or too timid, will meet •
an assembly too lowance
th eis some increase of operations on the part South Australian..... 11. per share. 25 0 0I 25 0 0 16
be reducing the amount of with men yarns er an Dieman's Land.. 100 0 0, 23 0 0 i -
the Hon. Member who brought who most know and appreciate them, for they know of the German houses, not, to any extent, for immediate V -
bath day, for according to
more were required to give their lives and their devotion, and if they school shiment but rather in the way of speculation, maul-
in the Bill, only. ten persons to which they belong is an eas and s d • felt •-7 A bthe excessive lowness of pricer/. We Mr. French, M.P., had an interview with Lord John
those who were
full accommodation to the public than pee y affair; we y induced y
of the mails. All allude to the generals of the African • 'mental shipments made Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
these already engaged in the transmission.
these reasons combined to induce him to give the Bill navy has, so to speak, formed part for the last 19 year b
and whose testimony it ought not to fear invoking- nos' y new channels of communication with the menu- street.
by the Rhine, and Mr. John Wood,Chairman of the Board of Inked
his most hearty support. still hope that the navy will be defended. with
e factoring States of Germany,
These, how. Revenue, and Sir
MraIEALD reiterated Mr. Pluraptre's arguments, and th thioueb the northern ports of Holland.
energy on this same question by the repr ' • • ln terday with the Exchequer.
having expressed his opinion that the mover had beenesen- ever, are necessarily as yet to a very small extent. the Chancellor of
tatives of the seaports in what concerns the effective - - ' '
actuated by the best intentions, concluded by asserting certain kinds of yarn a little more steadiness is aPPa. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
of
of the seamen and the masters, any reduction
his intention of voting against the Bill. rent; in other kinds this can hardly be said to be the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Malta and Ceylon,
Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE conceived that the last whom, at the moment when our maritime corn- case. For India and China, the business is small, and and for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
speaker had contradicted himself. lustre is far from having recovered its activity, would be onrather - Islands.
worse terms for the spinners. The same re
,
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BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Nr.me of Company, per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. X. s. d.
Charing-cr055........ - - 25 0 0 -
Southwrk, Nw Sub. A- 632 12 8 - 154
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c 353. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4
Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 -3%
Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 55. 4d. - 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount I
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-
£ s. d. £ s. d.
C Anmerci al - 75
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 1313
East Country - -
London 51. pr cent. Stock. - 111%
Ditto Bonds ••• • - - 41. per cent. - - -
St.Katharlne ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 82
Ditto Bonds.. - .... 4%1. pr cent. - - -
Southampton • • ...... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. [ per of Paid. Price.
P 1 pr 1.0
1 shareih ar e
Annum. Share.
----
X s. d. £ s. d.
East London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 173
Grand Junction •• •• - 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 80
Kent•• •.•••••• .• •• •• 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - -
Lambeth -•••••• .. .• , bl. per eat. 109 0 0 - 97
New Itivr Lndn Brdgc 21. 10s. - - 55
Vauxhall .. •••• • • - - 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100
West Middlesex . . . !61.0a. pr cnt. - - 190
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
- ---- -
......
:: :: ..: ......: 101. per cent., 20 0 0
X. s. d. Z. e. d.
British ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial.. • • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18
Bristol
Brighton
51. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
00
00 15000 -00
00 2351206 City of London .. •• • • 1580000 0 0
39 5 0 25
6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66%
E Imperialq uita b 1 e :
.•
.•
.• :
.•
.• •• . . . .
61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 6234
Independent ... • • • • • •
Continental Consoll.d.a.t.. 948255..
London• • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 40 0 0 12h,
- 50 0 0 50 0 -
ph,ni, . ..
.. .••• • • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 24
Rate= •.•••.. • • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General •• •• •• 4%/. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 124
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 49
Ditto, New •• ••-• •• 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9%