The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

ACCEPTANCES.

Yrs at 1b 1 Yrs st lb
Pyrrhus the First... 4 8 7,Crozier
Mendicant 4 8 6 halo
St. Lawrence a 8 3 Limestone 3 6 2
The Conjuror , 4 7 1211illiner .......
Miss Elis ...... ... .. 5 7 10 Farnham
Grimston
Bourton 4 7 6 Bingham
Arthur 5 7 5 Ulysses
Conspiracy..... 4 7 2 Comme it Faut 3 5 7
Woodpecker 4 6 12 Mathematician 3 5 7
Malt
Duke of Kent ...... 5 6 7 Cast-steel Filly 3 5 5
Flahowlagh ..... ... 5 6 7 Deloraino ... 3 5 5
The Premier....... 4 6 6 Lady Tightleg 3 5 5
Forinualla .... 4 6 4 Sir Martin 3 4 10
Punch - 4 6 4 Glenwhelt ...

THE ORDER or THE FAMILY REQUIRED IT.-
" Another leaf from my scrap-book ; and you may be
sure that I shall only state facts, derived from sources
in the truthfulness of which I have implicit confidence
r
and I say this once for all. A Christian womha
large
one of the slave states, a lady who, although a
i of
no for
slave-bolder, sustains at this moment a
07thuotareti
piety such as few enjoy, and who,
in life, discharges every duty as initrihme ''seissistrtoor,f
lady holds now as a slave a Christian
for
manyyears
of irreproachable character, and
valued as a
o unwell that she was
servant. This cook was one day s .
e_p .
and who also God—this
i
in the household the place of cook is highly
unable to leave her bed without h ~
ghly
got, as a
ed to take the re-
sponsibility; dinner should be prepared.
pitality required that a g had just arrivectidsouthern hos-
carriage-load of company
None but the sick woman
but a mthaern woman, then one of the family,
so far as she could, in getting dinner.
the table, the mistress of the family
Pan:
could be allow
late• and before cutting • t
in o a fine
called for an extra p ,
vvvolhuonnteietre,,d,otso aid,po
placed before her, she carefully cut off and put
crumbs of the crust which was slightly
don ono side. After the company departed, this
burned
lady brought out the pieces of burnt crust, and, charg-
ing Chi asidee
tkheaen f-meCiisehttp. upon the cook, sent for the constable,
and had the sick slave most severely whipped. She did
this, although the lady who aided in preparing the dinner
petitioned for her, and said she was herself most to
blame; and although the woman was so ill that her hus-
band had to lift her out of bed to take her whipping.
And why did she do it? Because, as the mistress her•
self said, the order of the family required it, and she had
told the cook what she might expect if guilty of suck
carelessness 1 ! If this be Christian slave-holding, wha
may not the poor slave suffer under ungodly men? Alas!
we know but too well what some suffer."—Letter from
IV. E. Whiting, Esq., Mtrehant, of New York, and
Treasurer of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery So-
ciety, dated May, 1847.
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL STEAMER. -- FAL-
MOUTH, SUNDAY EVENlNG.—lntelligence has reached
us that this steamer was got off by the evening's tide
from her perilous situation, and has .
been
Y, and has towed
re-
ceived injury to her fore foot, but
When the
no casualty
Falmouth. She is strained considerably,
into
to her passengers has occurred. the tide receded
emheprty casks from her
coals and stores
cdheackinss
wweerroe paltatacoehdeudndaetrhher ber,oawnad;
a§ 114111VVI ca, aucl bail
were placed in lighters, and with the. assistance of the
Sir Francis Drake steamer she W..
cm brcnigh; is here.

LYTER A T V-RE.
VANITY F 411:: By, TY. M. nacheray. Matt 17u.
The story ii his number retrogrades a little, and
to account fott-lhe sudden appearance of Captains
Dobbin at Brighton, relates to us the unsuccessful
attempts which he had made to mollify the father of
George Osborne. Old Osborne, on being informed
of George's marriage, returns to his own room to
ruminate.

- --
" Behind Mr. Osborne's dining-room was the usual
apartment, which went in his house by the name of .the
study ; and was sacred to the master of the lions.%
Hither Mr. Osborne would retire of a Sunday forenoon
when not minded to go to church ; and here pass the
morning in his crimson leather chair, reading the paper.
A couple of glazed book-cases were here, containing
standard works in stout gilt bindings. The ' Annual
Register, the 'Gentleman's Magazine," Blair's Sermons,'
and ' Hume and Smollet.' From year's end to year's
end he never took one of these volumes from the shelf;
but there was no member of the family that would dare
fur his life to touch one of the books, except upon those
rare Sunday evenings when there was no dinner party,
and when the great scarlet Bible and Prayer-book ,nerd
taken out from the corner where they etood beside his
copy of the Peerage, and the servants being rung up to
the dining parlour, Osborne read the evening service to
his family in a loud grating pompous 'mice. No member
of the household, child or domestic, ever entered that
cellar
-book.
iniceenocuenths,e aconudldovceormhamelaen>cid,
room without a certain terror. Here he cheekod the
butler's
clean gravel con t • 1 .
3an , the back entrance of the stet-
tiles with whichr - thaeer across
into this one of his bells communicated, and
yard the coachman issued from his •
premises as
into a dock, and Osborne swore at him from the study
window. Four times.
, a year Miss Wirt entered this
apartment to t,et her salary ;
• and his
ceive their quarterly allowance. George as a boy had
been horsewhipped in this room
mo-
ther sitting sick on the stair listeningmany times ; Lis
whip. The boy was scarcely ever known to the cuts mt. the
the punishment ; the poor woman used to to cry under
to fondle and
kiss him secretly, and give him money to soothe him
when he came out. _ . .. ..

" There was a picture of the family over the mantel.
piece, removed thither from the front-room after Mrs.
Osborne's death—George was on a poney, the elder
sister holding him up a bunch of flowers ; the younger
led by her mother's hand ; all with red cheeks and
large red mouths, simpering on each other in the ap-
proved family-portrait manner. The mother lay under
ground now, long since forgotten—the sisters and bro-
ther had a hundred different interests of their own, and
familiar still, were utterly estranged from each other.
Some few score of years afterwards, when all the par-
ties represented are grown old, what bitter satire there
is in those flaunting childish family-portraits, with their
farce of sentiment and smiling lies, and innocence so self-
conscious, and self-satisfied. Osborne's own stately
portrait, with that of his great silver inkstand and Arm-
chair, bad taken the place of honour in the dinis'sg-
room, vacated by the family-piece.
" To this study old Osborne retired then, greatly to
the relief of the small party whom he left. When the
servants had withdrawn, they began to talk for a while
volubly but very low ; then they went up stairs quietly,
Mr. Bullock accompanying them stealthily on his creaking
shoes. lie had no heart to sit alone drinking wine,
and so close to the terrible old gentleman in the study
hard at hand.
" An hour at least after dark, the butler, not having
received any summons, ventured to tap at his door and
take him in wax candles and tea. The master of the
house sate in his chair, pretending to read the paper,
and when the servant, placing the lights and refresh-
ment on the table by him, retired, Mr. Osborne got up
and locked the door after him. This time there was no
mistaking the matter ; all the bousehuld knew that
some great catastrophe was going to happen which was
likely direly to affect Master George.
" In the large shining mahogany escrutoire Mr. Os-
borne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's
affairs and papers. Here be kept all the documents re-
lating to him ever since he had been a boy : here were
his prize copy-books and drawing-books, all bearing
George's hand, and that of the master : here were his
first letters in large round hand sending his love to papa
and mamma, and conveying his petitions for a cake.
Ilis dear godpapa. Sedley was more than once men-
tioned in them. Curses quivered on old Osborne's
lived lips, and horrid hatred and disappointment
writhed in his heart, as looking through some
of these papers he came on that name.
They were all marked and docketed, and tied with red
tape. It was—' From Georgy, requesting 55., April 23,
18—; answered, April 25,'—or Georgy about a pony,
October 13,'—and so forth. In another packet were—
' Dr. S.'s accounts'—` G.'s tailor's bills and outfits, drafts
on me by G. Osborne, jun.' &c.—his letters from the
West Indies—his agent's letters, and the newspapers
containing his commission : here was a whip he had.
when a boy, and in a paper a locket containing his hair,
which his mother used to wear.
" Turning one over after another, and musing over
these memorials, the unhappy man passed many hours.
Ilis dearest vanities, ambitions, hopes, had all been here.
'What pride he had in his boy! Ile was the handsomest
child ever seen. Everybody said he was like a noble-
man's son. A ro3 al princess had remarked him, and
kissed him, and asked his name in Kew Gardens. What
city man could show such another? Could a prince have
been better cared for? Anything that money could buy
had been his son's. lie used to go down on speech days
with 'our horses and new liveries, and scatter new shil-
lings amoi g the boys at the school where George was
when he went with George to the depot of his regiment,
before the boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers
such a dinner as the Duke of York might have sat down.
to. had he ever refused a bill when George drew one?
There they were—void without a word. :Many a general
in the army couldn t ride the horses he had I He had
the child before his eyes on a hundred different days
when he remembered George—after dinner, when he
.stpjbleapoyninntw3leei,idists:isittfoatßehttolrhei
uieeglirdih'iusn:nros,
ittninsd,rnepeorao.liaditeungetoeelinAineetateilaleenetaanrddteelarideyoytflhoewetv.uhhenieeegi
n7ti
used to come in as bold as a lord and drink off his glass
he
eed table—an
wasd on nipi theerpet
fwe h
oe nw allAS'nta.
this, this was the end of all !—to marry a bankrupt and
fly in the face of duty and fortune! What humiliation
and fury: what pangs of sickening rage, balked am-
bition and love ; what wounds of outraged vanity, ten-
derness even, had this old worldling now to suffer under!
" Having examined these papers, and pondered over
this one and the other, in that bitterest of all helpless
woe, with which miserable men think of happy past
times—George's father took the whole of the documents
out of the drawer in which he had kept them so long, and
locked them into a writing-box, which he tied and sealed.
with his seal. Then he opened the book-case, and took
down the great red Bible we have spoken of—a pompous
book, seldom looked at, and shining all over with gold.
There was a frontispiece to the volume, representing
Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Here, according to custom,
Osborne had recorded on the fly-leaf, and in his large
clerk-like hand, the dates of his marriage and his wife's
death, and the births and Christian names of his chil-
dren. Jane came first, then George Sedley Osborne,
then Maria Frances, and the days of the christening or
each. Taking a pen, he carefully obliterated George's
names from the page; and when the leaf was quite dry,
restored the volume to the place from which he had
moved it. Then ho took a document out of another
drawer, where his own private papers were kept, and
having read it, crumpled it up and lighted it at one of
the candles, and saw it burn away entirely in the grate.
It was his will ; which being burned, he sate down and
wrote off a letter, and rang for his servant, whom he
charged to deliver it in the morning. It was morning
already: as he went up to bed, the whole house was
alight with the sunshine ; and the birds were singing
among the fresh green leaves in Russell-square."
lie then directs his solicitor to George, informing
him that 2,0001., which is his share of his mother's
fortune shall be paid to his order, but
that henceforth George is to cease to con-
sider himself a member of the Osborne family.
Rebecca manages to bring about (in the absence of
mrs .
and his aunt; and at the conclusion of this number
Bu
we leave Rawdon, George, and Dobbin en route for
Belgium, to join the army which afterwards fought.
at Waterloo.

LAMENTABLE CASE OF DROWN.
inquest u
thees
body
b_twho
oaer sfro
su , gm Mr. THE. THAMES.
ING IN ~... ' rrL• c.
°I
il le
Df
before WilvJz J. llSNlaGrrini", liEissq.a,ittherne coroner
for sorisheh
the King's Arms, Thames side, ou
, of the firm of Jacob-.
racthants, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgata..
Julius Jacobson,
street,
who was unfortunately drowned yesterday after•
noon while bathing in the Thames, a short distance be•
low Windsor-bridge.
!teleßoy
Dr. Hermann Scherer, of 36 , Half-Moon-street, Pic•
cadilly, the gentleman who accompanied the deceased.
deposed as follows:—The deceased and I arrived in.
Windsor yesterday, and shortly afterwards engaged 116
boy to take us in a punt to a part of the Thames where
there was plenty of room for swimming. I had no doubt
the deceased could swim, as we had been bathing toge-
ther last week at Richmond. We told the lad we could.
swim. I first plunged into the water, close to the weir.
from off the bank; the deceased shortly after following
me. I soon after, while I was standing uponh
wet haaertdewrhiti:
saw him struggling through the stream, but I
utter no cry. I immediately sprunginto
tulmre of the cur-
or two, in consequence of the rapid
his assistance, but was unable to reachb.
na I managed
rent. I found him sinking and exhausted,hole of his body
to get hold of his shoulder, the whole
weight, and so
being under water, but suclei,nw 1
strength failed, and it
deep was the river, that my , thefor a minute.
exhaustion. The body was after-
when I fell down from
hele,
within a few yards whence
wards found in a deep
- witnesses were examined, and the
it sunk. Some other
was with difficulty I saved myself and reached the shore,
Jury
-..---_
._ 1 'batiliin'egt.urned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned while
I

Flat AT DOCKHEAD.—Yesterday afternoon, be.
tween tho hours of three and four, a fire of an alert:dog
character was discovered on the premises in the me..
pation of Messrs. 011ey and Border, coal and charcoal
merchants, 52, Shad Thames, Dockhead. The flame
when first perceived had obtained a firm hold of up—
wards of two thousand bushels of charcoal deposited is
one of the lofts. An attempt was made to extinguish
the fire by heaving buckets of water upon it, but owing
to the suffocating gas from the burning material, the
men were obliged to make a precipitate retreat. The
firemen, by dint of great exertion, succeeded in getting the
mastery over the flames, but they were not entirely ex
tiuguished until considerable damage was done. TIT
precise cause of the disaster could not be ascertained,
07;
the prevailing opinion is that it originated spont
from the intense heat of the weather acting on
Ma, W 114? firm Will insured in ine Mille Fire tree
.ocharl

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EUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.
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LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. sr
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM'
48ex'
PA.NIES' STOCK. fin
From tie Official List,
illtßiaiiliZD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVEXISG• 26
be
LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 13.
I=l,
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ce.
JOINT-STOCR, BANES.
....... th
1 Dividend I Amount lit
tial,ie Of Oginpany. 1 per of Paid. Price
. 1 Annum. Share. I te7
-...--- ---- -.---- ------1
i X s. d. X a. d• 1
A ustralasia ••••• ••• • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - I
i3ritehNorth American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -'sl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westmlastr 1 Cl. perper cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26%
Loudon Joint-Stock ... 1 61. p cent. 50 0010 0 0 1674
Me.tropolitan
P,rovincialof Ireland- 1 Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New - sa
rational of Ireland .. 1 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Nat. ProvrAcial of Eng , Si. par cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 , -
Ditto, )li-ew.......... 1 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union uf. Australia.. -6 l. 61. per cent: 25 0 0 25 0 0 - of
"lon ~.)f London.,, - Si. per cent. , 50 0 0 10 0 0 , -
..........,
CANALS. th
..........,
4 ..; Dividend' an
Names of , Dividend „,,,,,,,, Names of 4
Companies. 1 ' per ' ' ...'... Companies. Aper , Price. Le
\Annum.l so Annum. I a
---- -...--- --1-.--. Bi
Ashtn& Oldh 9X 7 51.55. pe 70 Monmouthsh 100 la -
Ashby-d-1a,Z,113, 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. ' - an
BilaruliVeY....ll6o' 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - - dr
gstoke..,loo - - Neath .... • . 100 201- 340
Brknir.&Abrg:lso 5/.to
85 -
Cror.ifonl....lloo
Dudley 1100! 141.41
_...- Nottingham.
Peak Forest. 78 37. 40
. )Derby
61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 al
Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 51 Shropshir • . 125 Si. -
E-ew h e
' ag- • • •1100! 32/. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
Forth & Clyd 100' 41. - Do.LkFd St 12 GL p. c. - °
Grand•ltinctn 100 61. 79 Stff7aßsWorc 140 28/. 275 n
. Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - hrewsbury- 125 151. -
Glam orgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourisridge.. 145 201. 305
• Olst1:&Brkly1100 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11.10 s. -
Grantham - 150 121. - Severn andl 26 11. 85 -
Euddersteld.\ 57 - - Wye Rail. 1
•Kennt & Avu 39 7s. Gd. , 5 Trnt & Mr-1
50 301. -
Lancaster .•• ,47 11. 103. 1 - sey •• ..
Leeds& Livrp \ 100\ 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - -
Leicester .. - 1140 101. 75 Worcstr &2
78 21. 41
Leicstr &Nthl 83 41. 36 Birming.
Loughboroghl42j 701. 530 Wilts Sz. Brks 67 11. 11
DOCKS.
Dividend I Amount
Name of Company. per of ' Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
• _ j X s. d. £ s. d.
commercial .. • - - ,
• East and Weet India 1 Si. pr cent. I Stock. - : -
- blast Country - -
London ...... ••. - - 51. pr cent. I Stock. , - 104
St. Katharine ........ : 5 per cent. Stock. - -
Southampton ••..• .- ' 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 0 0 -
• INSURANCE COMPANIES,.
• Dividend Amount ,
1
Name of Company. per of . Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. I
--•
,
£ a. d. Z s. d.
Albion .. ....... •- • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 II 17%
Ditto Mwrine. ••• •• • 6/. per cant, 100 0 0 I 5 0 0 -
Atlas 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7
Glericl,Med.&Gen•Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20%
' County .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
125. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
Eagle . 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Europeaa Life - .... SN, per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Freemasons' .•••• •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 127
Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 i 47%
Imperial Fire
Imperial Life .... '.. ..123. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Indemnity Marine.... IL sh. & bs. 100 0 0 I 513 1 I -
Law Life ............ IL ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
..egal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 -7.,andon Fire -••- • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14%
London Ship • ... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
Marine .. .-•.- . . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 94
Med. Invlid&Gen.the 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 -
• National Life.. •. • .... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
- Palladium Life...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s ad
bhcenix - - 185
Protector Life.. • . ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s.
r.rovident Life.. ...... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
• Rock Life •••••• ••• • • • 4s. 5 0 0 , 0 10 0 4%
Royal Exchange ...... 5/. per cent. Stock. , - 180
Sun Fire • - - -
Ditto Life . • - - -
Universal Life •• • .... 10% t. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 , -
LIST OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES
• Dividend Amount
Name of Cqmpany. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ---.-- -1-.
4 B. d. X s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 168
Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 , 151
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 1 200
Commercial Bank •• •• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162
• National Bank
Union Bank of Scotland 714 1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88
Western 8ank...... • • 61. per cent. , - 50 0 0 82
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. I - 5 0 0 6%
Clydesdale Bank...-. 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13%
Eastern 8ank...... • . 5/. per cent. - 10 00 \ 111.125
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 41. 9s
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 7
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13%
Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 235.04
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd.. 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9
blorth British Insur... 5% /. pr cent. ',200 0 0 10 0 0 26
• Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent.,loo 0 0 10 0 0 22%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18
Edith &Glen. Railway 11.105. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69
" Ditto, 4 Shares •• • • 75.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 204
Glasgw St Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61,4
.•ilasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18
Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39%
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. Cl. per cent. '25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssarnce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 1 210 0 I 9

1 Dividend I Amount
Name of Oginpany. 1 per of Paid. Price
. 1 Annum. Share.
-.---..................---i—.-- -- --'
X I. d. £ e. d.
A ustralasis •-—•• • • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0
i3ritahliorth American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
Colonial.. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
I.ondn and Westrainstr 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26%
London Joint-Stock .•. 1 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 16N,
Metropolitan 25 0 0, 7 10 0
1
Ptovlncialof Ireland. • 1 Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 9
Ditto, New • I Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0
_Aational of Ireland .. i 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0
Nat. ProvrAcial of En 1 Si. par cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, yiew.........•
5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 ,
Union nf. A.ustralia.... 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Cnion ~.)f London. .. .. Si. per cent. , 50 0 0 10 0 0 ,
____

WATER-VJPORHS.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

Amount

Annum.

of 1 pail
Share. 1

Price.

East London.... .. .... 8/.
Grand Junction ..... • W. 108.

1 X a. (1.
100 0 0
41 13 4
100 0 0
100 0 0
63 12 9

West Middlesex . . . 51.105. prent.

COURSE OF EXCLIA
Amsterdam ......C.F 12 54
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2 U l2 6
kntwerp. ..... 25 95
Fiamburgh 13 13

GE.-(THIS DAY,

Gibraltar
Legh0rn........—.. • • 30 55
Genoa .. •••- • . • ... .. .. 26

Milan .. • • ............

Venice ........ .. ....

Altona. •.. .. .. . • —
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 65
Ditto. • • • • • • • • ..
31arseilles • - • • • • • •
Bourdeaux .... .. • . .

• • .. • • 40%
Palermo, per 0z........ )20%
Lisbon. 5254
Oporto.. 53%
Rio Janeiro ... 26

8ahia....... ........ .

Buenos Ayres

New York, 21 days' eight
Philadelphia .. .. • • .. ..

PRICIS OP BULLION, PIZ OP.
Foreign Gold iabars..£3 17 9
New Dollars • 0 4 10%
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars 0 4 11%

OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 100 tuns
Southern Oil were sold at stiffer ratest—low to middling
at 241 los to 251, and good to fine 251 lOs to 261 lOs
per tun.
TaLLow.—Altbough there are sellers of Russian at a
arther reduction in prices of 6d to 9d per cwt on the
spot, still the purchases made have been to a small
extent only by soap makers and chandlers, and at
48s 6d to 493, there is a desire on the part of holders of
fine Petersburgh yellow candle to realise. At auction
261 casks of first sort stranded were sold. There has
been little business transacted for forward delivery.
Home-made declined in value, and at 48s to 48s 6d nett
cash only a limited demand has been experienced, whilst
there is a plentiful supply. Other sorts of Tallow are
little wanted, and can be obtained upon rather lower

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION BILL.
The Bishop of NORWICH moved the third reading
of the Seduction and Prostitution Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM opposed the motion. He thought
the subject of the Bill was not a fit one for legislation.
Lord DENMAN, although he deprecated as much as
any man the traffic in prostitution, could not see how the
Legislature could interfere more than it did at present.
He trusted his Right Rev. Friend would withdraw the

Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL joined in the request of his Noble
and Learned Friend to the Bight Rev. Prelate to with-
draw the Bill. The Legislature, in his opinion, could
not do more than it had done to put down prostitution.
The Bishop of NORWICH said that after the opi-
nions expressed by three Noble and Learned Lords
against the measure, he should at once withdraw it,
expressing at the same time a hope that some measure
on the subject would be introduced in another Parlia-
ment.

The Bill was then withdrawn.
PICTURES IN WESTMINSTER HALL.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from cer-
tain of the artists whose pictures were exhibited in West-
minster Hall against the decision come to by the Fine
Arts Commissioners. All that the petitioners were
anxious for was that their talents should be put in com-
petition with those of the artists of all countries, and
that the opinions of learned and talented men should be
taken on their works.
The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE defended the course
pursued by the Fine Arts Commissioners, and stated that
their decisions had been come to after great deliberation.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
A message from the Commons brought up several
private Bills.
MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of the Militia
Ballot Suspension Bill,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII rose to oppose the
motion. It was now eighteen years since the Militia
Ballot had been suspended. Many parties looked upon
the measure as oppressive, but what he protested against
was any change of policy, unless they were pre-
pared with a better system than that which
had been employed before the law came into operation.
The Noble Lord then went into a history of the
origin and progress of the ballot system, contending
that it had its origin in extraordinary circumstances on
the Continent, which did not exist at the present moment
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER.

Mr. lIORSMAN (in continuation from our Afternoon
Edition) said there were many other religious societies
set on toot, and supported principally by the laity al-
most entirely independent of the clergy, who raised by
voluntary subscriptions annually the sum of at least
half a million, and he thought that their conduct
might well be offered as a pattern for imitation
by the great body of the clergy of this country.
It had been said that his opposition to the Bill arose out
of a personal feeling of hostility to the Noble Lord ; he
denied that such was the case, or that he was influenced
by any the slightest personal hostility to the Noble Lord,
for whom he entertained the highest respect. He thought
that a much more comprehensive and popular plan for
increasing the efficiency of the Church could be found by
the appointment of sixty suffragan Bishops, at a salary of
1,5001. per annum each, making a total expense for
the superintendence of the Church of about 90,000.
,3' PRICES Mr. COLLETT seconded the amendment.

Sir GEORGE GREY said that he regretted that his
Hon. Friend did not at once take the course of moving
that this Bill be read this day three months, instead of
putting upon the table of that House the amendment
which he had moved, and which would necessarily in-
volve such a delay as would effectually prevent this Bill
from being gone through this session. If such a general
and comprehensive scheme as the Hon. Gentleman
seemed to wish for were prepared, so as to meet the
wishes of all parties, the time occupied would be much
greater than they had at ,their disposal at the pre.
sent period of the session. Let his Hon. Friend
at once say that he should oppose this Bill until the
Government consented to make such an increase in the
number of the bishops of this country as would be con-
sistent with the views which he entertained upon the
whole question. He hoped that the House would agree
to the second reading of this Bill, and take the discus-
sion upon those clauses which were objected to when
they went into Committee upon the Bill.
After a few words in explanation from Mr. lIORS-
MA N,

Mr. BROTHERTON said that he could not suppor
:he amendment of his Honourable Friend, but stil

he thought that he was not wrong in saying
that this Bill was not acceptable to many of his
constituents. The great objection to the Bill was the
great increase to the power of the hierarchy by the crea-
tion of these additional bishops. All classes nearly in
Manchester and the neighbourhood were against this
Bill, and the principal objection to it was that the power
of the Church would be so much increased that the civil
and religious liberty of the subject would be in a certain
degree infringed. He thought, however, that the amend-
ment acted in a very indirect way, and that the Fatter
course would be to move that it be read this day three
months. He did not feel called upon to make such a
motion, but if any other Hon. Member moved it, he
I should feel bound to support it.
Mr. ENTWISTLE said that it was impossible that
the Bishop of Chester could perform the very extensive
duties which devolved upon him, and therefore it was
that the present measure was proposed. He thought,
however, that the question principally rested upon the
clause which excluded the Bishop to be appointed from
his seat in the House of Lords. That question would
be better discussed in Committee upon the Bill, and
therefore he should support the motion for the second
reading.
Mr. FIUME said that he strongly objected to the prin-
ciple of this Bill, and he should take the sense of the
House on it. Such a measure would be a violation of the
agreement made with the Church in 1835-6. He thought
that those who supported measures like the present
were not friends to the Church, especially when they
remembered that at present there were between 4,000
and 5,000 livings which wero under 2001. a year, and
the holders of them prevented from doing those duties
which they ought to do, as pastors and clergymen, by
the number of souls under their care. The property of
the State, instead of being applied to the support of these
pastors, whose duties were so onerous, was given
to those who did not perform one-half of the
works which these clergymen performed. He thought
that no clergyman ought to have under 3001. per
annum, and that he ought to reside upon the scene
of his duties, in order that he might be enabled to
perform them well and efficiently. Ile thought that
the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord had
yielded to the clamour of a few clergymen instead of
the voice of the Church and the people. He should,
upon these considerations, as soon as this amendment
was disposed of, move that this Bill be read that day
three months.
Viscount CLIVE thanked the Noble Lord and the
Government for the course which they had pursued on
that occasion. If the Church were to be made more
efficient they must have more Bishops.
Mr. HINDLEY asked what effect the Bill would have
upon the Ecclesiastical Court of the district.
Lord J. RUSSELL said it would produce no change.
Mr. AGLIONBY recommended the House to divide
on the amendment, and not on the Bill itself, because it
was quite clear that the House was not in possession of
sufficient information to come to a proper decision.
Lord SANDON supported the measure on the ground
that it was a step in the right direction.
The amendment was then withdrawn.
Mr. HUME then moved that the Bill be read a. second
time that day three months.
Mr. WAKLEY seconded the amendment, because he
entertainedD greatest possible objection to the Bill.
Dr. 1-1110eLL supported the second reading of the
the same time express his regret
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upon this subject had not been adopted.to
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE objected the
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beard of no petition in favour of the Bill, and so far as
the opinion of the Ecclesiastical Commission was con-
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The Bill was theelreard% M
second time, and to
be committed on Thursday next.
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
In answer to a question from Mr. HUME,
Mr. WARD said it was the intention of Government
to withdraw this Bill.
The order of the day for the committal of the Bill
was then read, for the purpose of being discharged.
The House then adjourned till Five o'clock.

The House resumed at Five o'clock.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (BERKS AND
HANTS EXTENSION).
On the motion for the further CQUiderAti9ll of the re-
Pori upon this 13W,

Mr.WAKLEY, in the absence of Mr. B. Cabbell, moved
for copies of the Memorial, and of the papers and sections
annexed thereto, from the inhabitants of the town of
Devizes and its neighbourhood, to the Right Hon.
Lord John Russell, M.P., as the First Lord of the
Treasury, and to the other Right Honourable Mem-
bers of her Majesty's Government, relative to and
for the placing of the town of Devizes on the main
line of the Great Western Railway (Extension of the
Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to West-
bury, with a Branch to Devizes), presented in February
last to their Lordships, fur consideration and redress,
by Mr. Ludlow Bruges, M.P., through the Right Ho-
nourable the Commissioners of Railways : also, of
the several names or signatures of the memo-
rialists, and their respective residences and descrip-
tions signed to and appearing on such memorial: also,
copy of the letter afterwards written and sent by Mr.
Ludlow Bruges, M.P, to their Lordships in reference
thereto :—and also, of their Lordships' letter, dated on
or about the Bth of March last by their secretary, Mr.
C. E. Trevelyan, to Mr. Ludlow Bruges, M.P., in
answer thereto; in order that the facts and matter
stated in such memorial of the inhabitants of Devizes,
and the prayer of such memorial, shall be
submitted to the consideration of the House at the same
time when the report of the Commitee on Group 6, on
the Great Western Railway (Extension of the Berks and
Hants Railway from Hungerford to Westbury with a
Branch to Devizes), shall be submitted to the conside-
ration of the House. And to move thereupon, that
the consideration of such report of the Committee
on Group 6, now standing for consideration of the House
to-morrow, shall be postponed for consideration until
the day after such memorial shall have been printed
with the votes.
The motion was seconded by an HoN. MEMBER.
Mr. WRIGIITSON hoped that the House would not
agree with the motion.
After a few words from Lord VILLIERS and Mr.
STRUTT,
The motion was withdrawn, and the further considera-
tion of the report agreed to.
RESTRICTIONS ON COMMERCE.

Mr. T. BARING presented petitions from the mer-
chants, bankers, &c., of London, complaining of the
present restrictions on commerce, and suggesting that
under certain emergencies it should be entrusted to the
Fxecutive Government that the Bank of England should
be allowed to issue notes on the guarantee of silver
bullion.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills,
which were respectively read a first time.
SUNDERLAND IMPROVEMENT BILL

DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of
this Bill.
Mr. LIDDELL resisted the motion, and moved
as an amendment that it be read a second time
that day three months. It was impossible to carry
the Bill through all its stages during the present session,
and it therefore ought to be postponed.
Mr. BARELY and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE opposed the
amendment, and after a short discussion the motion for
the second reading was withdrawn.
(LEFT SITTING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JULY 10, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., to be Master of her
Majesty's Hospital at Greenwich, in the county of Kent,
in the room of Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford,
deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto
Sir George Martin, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., Admiral of
her Majesty's Fleet, the office or place of Vice-Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of
Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, deceased.
WHITEHALL, JULY 12.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint
the Right Honourable John Earl of Stair and the Right
Honourable James Earl of Elgin and Kincardine to be
Knights of the Most Ancieat and Most Noble Order of
the Thistle.