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THE SUN, LONDON, VITEDNESDAY
_EVENING, JUNE

of every freeman, 'the power of selling in the dearest
and buying in the cheapest market. Englishmen are
not deficient in any of the qualities calculated to
ensure success, in a free and open competition, and
the experience of past years fully proves that in every
instance in which the experiment has been tried it has
been eminently and entirely successful. Another
reason also might have influenced their Lordships in
their newly acquired zeal, By the invariable prac-
tice of more than 200 years, the entire legislation on
Money Bills, Bills of Supply, and of Customs, has
been vested in the Commons House of Parliament;
this practice has been founded on the well recognised
principle, that the people can only be taxed
by or through their representatives. It is
to the strict and invariable observance of
this undoubted privilege of the Commons
that their power is chiefly owing, and that we are
indebted to some of the moat valuable enactments of
UER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ; modern times. The greatest jealousy has ever existed
Signor FOIZNASARI h2s the honour to acquaint the Nobility, ,
ra.tren.s to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BE- ! as to any, the slightest interference, by the other
NEFIT will take place
branch of the Legislature therewith, and any Bill of
TO-MORROW EVEND.iti, JUNE si3,
when will be performed Vcrdi's celebrated Opera, entitled. this description, receiving any alteration or amend-
N I N
Simla, Signor Fornasarl ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotas meet in the Lords, is, as a matter of course, rejected
pte, Slttuor
Boum Venerta, 3ldlle. Corbari ; Ablf2all, Mdlle. Sanchiolt. by the Commons on its return to their House
To be followed by a New Divertissement, entitled LA BAC-
CHANTE. Its whicli adile. Lucile Gratin and M. Perrot will Thus, the amendments recently carried to Lord
seem. HAEDINGE and Lord Goren's Annuity Bills, will,
Alter (tar this occasion only). Gnecco's opera Buti‘o,
PROVA DT'` OPERA BERTA.. redr co, . unless their Lordships reconsider their decision, have
cornet, Madame Grist ; Campanone, Signor Lablache;
;
the same effect as if they had rejected the measures.
84:nor Coreill ; Orlictto. iguor F. Lablaclie.
T lted from Their only
To conclude with the highly successful new Grand tal Ballet, I
by NI. Perrot ; the Music composed and partlY I „
sf power is that of affirmation or
.3
.choke David's Ode Srmillionici" "I" Desert, • negation. If, then, the monopolists had suc-
sleeted,
LALLA Row . elm ItOsY. 01 LAHORE.
The pcitscipai parts sustafttod •by Thine. Corito, Mdlle. L. Tagliont, seeded in obtaining a majority on any of the
Leott, and M. Per
Principal Dances Tableau.—. Pas i points they brought forward, it would have
Symbaque, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdies. Demelisse,
i,Jauaes, and EinnorE, and the corps de ballet. Tableou.—Le had the effect of destroying the entire measure.
Chibouck, res twee by 31tilie. Cerito. Last Tabliau.—Feast of The Duke of RICHMOND led the assault. His Grace's
eereeee t,y 31dlles. L'Amo,reux and Julien, and the
corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Cerito, L. Taglioui, and M. first attempt was solely for the purpose of delay ;
Sc. Lew, supported by 311dlIcs.nomelisse,CaSsan. James, L'Amorcus, i
Julien. and itonore. t was founded on a petition from the Spitalfields
Ain,fte,ations for boxes, stalls, a tickets to be made at the bos. -
6,120 e, Opera Con .e Doors open at Seven, the Opera to cow- weavers, praying to be heard by counsel at
'Renee at half-past Seven o'clock. , the bar of the House again the repeal of
the duty on foreign silks. Had the motion
been carried, much delay and inconvenience
would necessarily have Leen the consequence. How
would it have been possible to have refused the same
privilege to any other trade affected by the Bill ? The
speech of the counsel employed would not be the
only thing their Lordships would have had to hear.
To make such a speech in any degree valuable, it
would be necessary to examine witnesses in support of
the statements made; and it would be impossible to say
to what length the proceedings would go, or when they
would terminate. Practically there would have been an
end to any legislation on the subject during the session.
Lord DALHOUSIE pointed out the true distinction
between the present case and those which had been
adduced as precedents for the application. These
cases were when some particular trades or interests
were to be affected by some special measure, but this
was a general measure only, incidentally affecting
..ors;the petitioners as well as a great number of
elle- other individuals. The proposal was finally rejected,
-c-iford, Wright, 0. but by a very narrow majority, And by the votes of
the Petite Drama of SFZANNE ; proxies, a practice which we confess we do not regard
nemceeee. Mr. WehFier ; sheen
with a favourable eye, however satisfactory Ps result
'rya
A might have been in the present instance. If, however,
the practice is to Le tolerated, we think the occasion a
perfectly legitimate one for its exercise. Last night
the various clauses were gone through in detail, and
although amendments were proposed and divisions taken
on many points, we are happy to say that the Bill was
finally reported without amendments. It will, we
suppose, receive the royal assent at the same time
with the Corn Importation Bill, and the cause of free=
trade will be triumphant. True it is, that the Bill as
it stands is not all we could have wished for, hut it is a
step in the right direction; and we have little doubt
that the experience of its good effects will speedily
lead to the further and entire carrying out of the
principles on which it is founded, and the removal of
the anomalies in the present Bill, alluded to by Lord

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Einry C:Aburn, putraher, 13, Great Marlborough-greet

RAILWAY sEWIVS BY PUBLIC SALM
MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
1-4—XOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
r cicada and the Puhlie for their cmtinuel support and patronage,
Ind to announce that their Public Sala; of Beilway Shares, &c.,
ate oluoa every TWDAT &7",...1 FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
nil of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which ;lace,
avows, czntainicg instracticns (with a reference), are respectittily
e natal m be addressed.
Ail Scrip and Share Certificates must he deposited, at beast
day. previously to their being offered ; and akivices of results
inforwarded by the first post after the sale, ant the proceeds
inmedrately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle.street, London.

. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Anber's celebrated Opera. entitled THE
IILACK DOH'S(); or, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame
Aursa Thillun ; Psquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland.
To be followed by the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. 'Uncle
John, Mr. W. Parent Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury ; Mrs. 1111Wii,
Mrl. W. Clifford ; Eliza, Mies Telbin.
To conclude with the Comic Drama. called A CABINET QUES-
TION. In which Messrs. Randal. Tilbury. Buckstoue, and Miss
Julia Bennett will appear.

THKATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UINDETT TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY-
TUIS EVENING
Will be performed A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by ;
Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Fartbrother and Mrs. I
After Wuot
whge.
ich, a New and Original Comic Drama, in Two
Alta, fonneed on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST-
MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs.
Ka Aey.
To be tbllowed by HONOURS AND TRICKS- Tn which Mr. and
Mrs. Keeley will appear.
To conclude with a new Farce, called S.NTER ANT T. characters
by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner,
Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden,
and Miss For der.

Tilr.ATP.r...' ROYAL, ADRLPIII.
POP. TUE:BENEFIT OF lAADAME CELPTE
TR'S EVENINO • -•
lie -performed the Ptama, entitled THE GRF..NBV.SIIEs;
or, A nandre, years Ago. In wnteli Madame Cehiste,•,2ldri.
Yarnold ; Messrs. Paid Bedford, •Wiiglif 0.
&e., will perform.
A.t. ,r which (firsl and only tbn?), the Petite Drama of Sitt.ZINNE ;
Pc•rk'e flouisceboy, Mr. Webster;
flwaliow, Mr. Wright; S.izahno, Madarna Celeste. • • •
17::h'the high:y po7ular Etitletta of TA:`,IING A
Wcolgar,
WrI;01t, Selby, &e., cslil Fat- the prin3ip2l characters: •

P N ‘lEgf,'S TBE A T -..OXYOItn-STIt FIF.T
Third Nitht of ;rildaine vr.sTnis and Mr. C. MATIIT3VS..
F.VENING,
W!l! 1.4 presental the Conv,ly € rail BUSY B.)DT. 3larll3t.
Mr C. liathewi.
after which, Tin: POLT.IES A NIGHT. Ditches; de Char-
tie", MadarneVastrts; Pierre. Palliot, Mr. Charlea Mathews.
To be followed by A SPEAKINU LIKENESS. Manette,
Taralama Vedas.
lo eon Jude with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled VIE SPIRIT
OF AIR. Principal characters by Was Holaon, Mr. Fleamore,
Miss Faucit, Miss Rabin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Misa Marshall, &c.

ARMLET'S ItOYA.L AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Pltnnised by her slost Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
.1-lbert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal.' Glorious
success of the new Military Spectacle of the " Indian War; or,
The Battle of Sobraon." The best ventilated Theatre In London;
nightly honoured by rank and fashion.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE
SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the
whole resources of the Establishment will he brought forward.
Double Stud, &c.
Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE, aided by the Inimi-
table Wallet, the Snakesperian Jester.
'the whole concluding with a favourite Afterldeee-
Mr. BATTY respectfltlly assures his patrons and heads of fa-
milies that the La...t MIA-day EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCE
take place OR FRIDAY Next, June 26, commencing at Two
o'clock.
Mot-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at sLx
Ina commence at seven o'clock.

DA.LHOUSIE.

If his intentions be carried into operation, Mr.
CHARLES Bux.r.su may be entitled to some portion
of the renown attached to HOLLEVSHED, STOWE,
Ilurtz, and LINGARD, inasmuch as he will have been
instrumental in preserving from oblivion some of the
most precious relics of our national history. There
is, indeed, a very peculiar importance in the motion
brought forward yesterday evening by the Hon.
Member for Liskeard ; and a motion, moreover, which
comes upon us with additional pleasure, as one alto-
gether divested of party recrimination,- and wholly
incapable of eliciting invective. It is simply a pro-
position that a Select Committee be appointed
to consider and report on the best means
of providing a General Record-office, as a suitable
repository for the public records of Englani
and Wales. And when it is remembered that these
most invaluable documents, constituting, according
to the expressive language of the Deputy Keeper of
the Records, " a series unequalled for antiquity, for
extent, for continuity, and for the information which
they afford," are scattered through a variety of public
edifices, wholly inappropriate for their reception; when
it is remembered that a vast bulk of them are actually
"lumbered" away into the dilapidated riding-school
of old Carlton House, as though so much cumbersome
rubbish ; that others again are squeezed (without
any reference to their safety or their symmetry of ar-
rangement) into the White Tower of the Tower
of London, immediately above the vaults appropriated
by the Master-General of Ordnance as a gunpowder
magazine, and that the remainder are involved in a
complication of dangers from accidental destruction
in the Westminster Chapter-house, the Rolls' Chapel,
and the Beauchamp, or Wakefield Tower, it will be
readily acknowledged that these inestimable treasures
hold their existence by a wonderfully precarious te-
nure. To the bibliographer, the bookworm, and the
historian, the arrangement proposed by the Hon. and
Learned "Mem'oer for Liskeard would prove of the most
inconceivable advantage ; it would enable that laudable
fraternity to collate occurrences with more scrupulous
accuracy than heretofore : it would save a large amount
of unnecessary pedestrianism between Westminster and
Chancery-lane, and would, moreover, facilitate in
every possible manner the compilation of copious his-
torical commentaries. Had these jumbled and diffused
records been thus parcelled out and accumulated in a
single structure, Mr. CARLYLE might much more
readily have pulverized DRYASDUST, and we might
long since have obtained the still unpublished lucu-
bration of Mr. MACAULAY. But, looking at the
matter in its most comprehensive and generalised
light, it becomes one of the most signal neces,
sity to us, as lovers of our country, as cherishers
of our history as a people, as advocates of the
diffusion of civilization, and as a race

NEW STRAND TUEATRE
Open every Evening, with the greatest Noveitles of the Day.
PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary
Performances of the MONKEYS ansl DOGS have been received
AHD the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued
every Evening at the above Theatre.
• Door; open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter
miter Eight o'clock. Stalls, Is.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, lid. ;
Private Boxe. /. Is. and 1(k...0.
PIIILLIPPE' will give his Performances EVERY 'EVENING
at the :STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.
NOTICE.—M. PIE LI,IPPE wants a Gentleman who could take
the mauagemeat of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the
large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 600. f. will be
required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between
the hours of Eleven and One o'clock.

tinder the Patronage of her 3lost Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. •
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.
VI"EIS' of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC•
t;ON of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This
magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of
grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the fbrmer,
and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great
I.s.raptlon of Vemvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
culaneum and Pompeii Leek. place; produced under the direction.
of Mr. Denson.
A richly ornamented COTIIIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which win be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
the PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God-
Vey, The Band is most complete in all its departments, and Includes
=any eminent native and foreign musicians.
Li addition to the Other attractions of the Gardens, will he exhl.
bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by tha Illumi-
nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus
relating his adventures to Calypso. . . •
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
rem t coninlae and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition .will be intro-
duced, representing the Descent of PbcPbui in the Chariot of the Sun.
Mow. Farinelli will descend com a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to
reeelva Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatc.ry le splendicily ocrasr.ented with festoons
Q. lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.
Feeding at the Carnivore at half-pa.st five ; the Pelicans, St-L„.s at
wiz -, Concert at half-past six; and the Eruption at dash.
Admieeou, One Shilling.
'THIS DAY. June 54, the. South London Ploricel urai Society
will hold their Grand FL')SVEIt 5110 W. On which occasion ul•
leArds of Fifty Gold and Sliver Medals win be given for the best
gpvtliner_s of Plants, Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables. AR extra MI-
-titaVY band will oe in atte.udance, Doors Opel at
.One o'ciock.
Aanaission, One Shilling.

THE WEATHER—SIM OFFICE, JUNE 24.
TRIERMOXETER, Lowest, 50; Highest. 70 ; Noon. 68.
• iBAROWETER. 29.47.—W1ND NV•+ cloudy.

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the projected cocklofts of the new Houses of Parlia-
ment ; conceiving, as we do, that these papers should
not be regarded as subordinate matters, and as mere
materials for filling the unused bins of a wine cellar,
but rather as the most costly relics of our national
antiquity in the possession of the Government. We
shall, therefore, look with considerable interest to
the Committee proposed by Mr. CHARLES BULLER.

It is said that the Austrian Government has refused
to accede to the proposition of the /King of SARDINIA,
to submit the commercial differences between the two
States to the arbitration of a third powerk but has
expt esaed a wish that a commission should be appointed
to arrange these differences. _

By a decree issued on the 6th inst., by the King of
the Two Sicilies, a reduction) of 15 per cent. is made
in the import duties upon foreign merchandise brought
into the kingdom by the port of Brindisi, and intro-
duced at Beece, Barri, Foggea, Campo Basso, and
Chieli. In other provinces the reduction is 10 per
cent, except at Naples and Palermo, where it is only 2
per cent.

The King of SAXONY prorogued the Assembly of the
States on the 17th. In the course of his speech from
the throne, his Majesty, after expressing his regret that
greater progress had not been made in the measures for
reforming the criminal law, said that he was disposed
to admit the principles of publicity in the proceedings of
the Court, but that at the same time he felt the necessity
of proceeding with caution.

Madrid papers of the 17th have been received. Their
contents are unimportant. It is said that the Madrid
and Barcelona Railway is to be commenced imme-
diately.
MADRID BoIsA, Jura 17.—Threes quoted at 33i fur
cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The
speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL on Friday is the subject of
comment in almost all these journals, and they are
nearly all unanimous in acknowledging it to be a pow-
erful display of eloquence and reason, which must pro-
duce a favourable effect on his position. The Journal
des Debuts devotes three columns to the review of the
labours of the French Chambers during the session ;
and the National has a long article on the subject of the
United States and Mexico. We extract the following
from the Epoque :
" Weleara from a certain source thatthe Austrian Ambas-
sador at London, who also is the representative of Florence,
has refused to grant a passport to Prince Louis Napoleon for
Tuscany. The Austrian Ambassador declares that from the
moment Prince Louis made his escape from the citadel of
Ham he could not, without being wanting in consideration
for the French Government, facilitate the Prince's journey to
Italy without a special authority from the Grand Duke of
.Tuscany. He therefore has recommended the Prince to
apply direct to the Grand Duke for permission to go to Flo-
rence and visit his sick father."
A letter from Constantina of the 13th says :—" Colonel
Eynard has had to repulse two vigorous attacks by the
Hamouchas. One was on the 9th, the other on the I 1 th.
In the latter he killed about 120 of the enemy, burnt their
villages, and carried off their corn. The sth regiment of
Hussars suffered severely. It is said to have lost in one
charge 25 men and horses."
PARIS Balms; Juan 22.—The market has been again
very dull to-day, and from the small amount- pf business
transacted, the prices may be almost considered
nominal :—Threes at 63f. 15c., and Fives 120 f.
55c. fir end of month. In. the Coulis-se, after the
Bourse, prices were a shade lower. The market closed as
follows :—Three per Cents. for Cash, 83f. 10c.; for Account,
831. 15c.; Five per Cents. for Cash, 1201. 50c. ; for Account,
120 f. 55c.; Bank of France Shares, 3,4801.•, Neapolitan,
102 f. 40c.. Spanish not quoted. New Loan, 83f. sc.
RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been depressed
throughout the day, and at the close prices were again a
shade lower. For Cash—Paris and Orleans left off at
1,24.4. 75c.; Paris and Rotten, 1,0151.; Avignon, BSOf. ;
Strasboarg and Bale, 2181. 75c.; Northern, 730 ; Bordeaux,
69.3 f. 50c.; Montereau, :175f.; Paris and Lyons, 563 f. 25c.;
Paris and Strasbourg, 500 f.; Nantes, 512 f.; Havre, Vierzon,
Boulogne, Fampoux, and Dieppe, nut quoted.
BUSINESS DONE IN I'OREION RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 23.

IN la l/.1.‘ va vs...a
Boulogne and Amiens' 12%—Louvain and Jemappe, —Luxem-
bourg, Iji —Northern of France Constituted, 13%—Paris and Lyons
Constituted, 6%—Sambre and Meuse, 434 .

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the Loan CHIEF atuox and
Special Juries.)
RICHARDSON V. DOYLE.
Mr. Knowles, with whom was Mr. Symon, appeared for
the plaintiff; and Mr. Jervis, with Mr. Bayley, for the de-
fendant.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a bookseller,
living in Cot nhill, against defendant, who is the editor of the
Morning Chronicle, under the following circumstances : It ap-
peared that defendant in 1843 received a letter from Mr. Scott,
the Indian correspondent of the Morning C'hronirle at Cal-
cutta, requesting him to go to Mr. Richardson, and to order
the magazines and certain newspapers to be sent to Mr.
Saunders of the Agra (Indian) newspaper, agree-
ably to the wish of the latter. In consequence of that
letter, the defendant gave the order as requested.
It appeared the order was attended to; and in December
1844, plaintiff made out his account in the name of Saunders,
and sent it to the defendant for settlement. Defendant then
wrote to say that he had nothing to do with the account,
that he had only delivered the order at the request of their
'correspondent, who acted in the matter at the in-
stance. of Mr. Saunders, and that consequently he
was not liable. Notwithstanding the plaintiff continued to
supply the magazines, &c., for four months longer, and the
present action was brought for the amount of the account
thus become due.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 461 115.3 d.

" who speak the tongue
That Shakspere spoke,"
to perpetuate every vestigeinofte:oiltinesnipuusbl
aicuddocuments
in which the deeds of our ancestors, even as far back
as the thirteenth century, are recorded. It is a
trust for which we are responsible to our
entirely
posterity, and for the partial removal of
wl'icl.' vz e opine the Master of the Rolls would not be
ungrateful—by the construction of a separate
building f„
reception, and in
every individual their
rZtrds might be duly ewlasshicil-1
at the present
extremest fied. As those
moment, they
jeo-
partly; through rthousan
in the
annihilation seems to be ever hanging crannies
_ over them
closets
most alarming propinquity with fire-stoves, they are They are bundled into out-of-the-way
and
caked over with the dusts and cobwebs of an-
incessantly defaced by the ravages of mildew,
wend
-gardens, for the pur-
his way towards Carlton
tiquity. Some morning an antiquary may
that the entire cf
I pose of consulting some protocol among the MSS.
iand discover, to his consternation,
f the records have been involved, during the night:, in a
1 catastrophe similar to that of " Paper-buildings. It
is really distressing and intolerable to consider how
much these documents are dependent upon a casual
atom of tinder ; the more so, as an accident
to them would be utterly irreparable. From
Mr. BULLER'S Committee we may, however, antici-
pate the substitution of some remedy, and the con-
struction of some edifice, worthy of containing the
real history of Great Britain, a structure in which
the public records might be ranged in consecutive
order, and entirely removed from danger by
fire-proof precautions. We are not now speaking of a
mere matiere de convenance, but one of positive, and
scarcaly calculable importance. Indeed, so impressed
are we with this consideration, that we are verily
rejoiced that, what with Mr. BARRY'S diago-
nal roof-beams, and Dr. Itzip's very flatulent
' machinery, the public records were not removed to

satisfactory than those received by the last opportunity. Still
the stocks of British manufactured goods were large, and the
money, comparatively speaking, rather tight.
In the Consol Market there has been a considerable degree
of business displayed to-day. For the Account the price
has been reduced to 94',71,. The Reduced Three per Cents.
have receded in the same proportion as Consols. The pre-
mium npon Exchequer -bills, after having reached 145., again
receded to 9s. Bauk Stock is also lower, realising but 205.
East India Bonds are at 18s. premium, and the New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are at 96%.
The only bargains in the Foreiin Funds this morning have
been these :—ln Mexican, at 27,7 ; in Portuguese Four per
Cents., at 4914 ; in the Dutch 'lvo-and-a-Half per Cents.,
at 60% ' and in the Four per Cents., at 92M.
A good deal of business has been transacted in the Railway
Shares and Scrips to-day, but we cannot report any improve-
ment ; on the contrary, the market is upon the whole heavy.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK., PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 208% 208 205
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 94g 95
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 963 % 963
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 10
India Bonds, 1,0001. .• • • • •
Ditto, wider 1,0001. 18
Bank Stock for Account .. 205% 206
Consols for Opening • • .. .. • . 95 % 94%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 14,d.
1,0001... .. .... 13 14 9 pm. 9
5001... pm. 9
Ditto. Small 13 pm. 13
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 27% 27%
Ditto, for the Account - 27%
Portuguese Three per Cent • • -
Ditto, for the Account ..
Portuguese Four per Cent
Ditto, for the Account ..
Spanish Bonds. 5 per Cent
Ditto. Passive Bonds ..
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Dividends on the above payable in Landon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60% %
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92%
BUSINESS
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE' .
Aberdeen .. 10 .• 3%%........ • 331
Amber., Notting., Boston, and ,
Eastern Junction .. 2%. • •• 1% % ........
Birmingha and Gloucester.. -100 .... 129
m
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 ...„ ,42%
Buckinghamshire .. . • .. 425. • • - . • ......... die.
Caledonian .. ,„ .„ • .. 10 .... 10% %% • • • • • • 10
55
Ditto, Extension • • • • 2l • • 1 % % 1......
Derby and Crewe .. • • 2% • • .. 6%%
Direct Northern 234 •• •• 1% % • • .. 1%
Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 •• •• • • ..... 2
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 241 • • .... 23%
Ditto New -. 101. 168..... • •7 y

would agree to the motion, which he considered a most rea-
sonable application.
Mr. WILLIAMS said it was not a matter of negligence on

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94S

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the part of the electors which disfranchised them, it was
often the want of means to pay the collector the moment
he called. The short time given to pay was a matter of the
greatest inconvenience to the greater number of electors of this
country ; and he could not see the objection to grant an
additional three months. In his own case, he could say that
it was the practice of the collector to leave the paper and not
call again until the time had elapsed for payment, in order to
secure the franchise. lie would therefore propose that the
House would go into Committee on the Bill.
Mr. B. ESCOTT supported the motion. There was one
thing which was much in its favour, as it would tend to
do away with bribery, which very much prevailed in the
payment of these taxes, in order to qualify for the franchise.
He considered, therefore, that it was a step in the right
direction ; the House had already sanctioned several altera
tions in the Reform Bill, and he therefore hoped that the
House would go into Committee, and hear the objections
which might be made against it in detail.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would extend the
usual courtesy to this Bill, and permit it to go into
Committee, if he thought that any of his objections to it
could be there removed. He considered that there could beno
better test fur the franchise than that of property and solvency.
He could not consent to extend the period beyond three
months. lie next came to the last point, about the mode of
paying the rates. The Hon. Gentleman who 'introduced the
Bill, said he was not prepared with any plan on the subject
now, but that when the Bill went into Committee
he would be ready with a provision. He (Sir
James Graham) thought the matter ought to have
been met now, as a point of considerable importance. He
I contended that there ought to be a payment of ratee, or a
tender of payment. it was not sufficient that a claim
to pay was preferred. He thought the tests of the Re-
form Bill, which had been objected to, were excellent
provisions to secure the proper working of the mea
sure, and he could not consent to their relaxation or
abrogation. As he wished to maintain the Reform Bill in
its integrity, he could not consent to the measure before the
House
Sir G. GREY said the question before the House was only
one in degree, and he supported the alteration proposed be-
cause the present rate-paying clauses had been found very
restrictive and oppressive. Were they to decide that there
was never to be any alteration in the Reform Bill 7 He
hoped such a principle would not be entertained by the
house, but wherever they found any portion of that measure
which (lid not work well, they would be prepared to support
a remedy.
Mr. iIERNAL could not agree with the Right Hon.
Gentleman (Sir James Graham) that the rate-paying
clauses of the Reform Bill should not be touched,
or that they worked well. It was well known that in the
parish of St. John's more than three months after passed
over before the collector of rates called, yet though the
parties might be perfectly solvent and able to pay, according
to the doctrine of the Right Hon. Gentleman, they must run
after the collector in order to pay him, or else be disfranchised.
Mr. HENLEY supported the views taken by the Right
Hon. Gentleman (the Attorney-General). He thought that
great confusion would arise were they to extend the period
beyond three months. Parties would get into debt for rates,
and not have that inducement to pay them which they had
now, when it was provided they should do so in order to get
enfranchied:—( Hear hear.)
Colonel SIBTHOR'P had heard the objections against
the Bill urged by the Right Honourable Baronet, the
at present Secretary for the Home Depart went
(Laughter)—and he must admit there was some force
in them. He did not think the Bill before the House
necessary or desirable, as some principle must be laid down to
regulate the right of voting ; and he thought the three
months' rate-paying clause of the Reform Bill sufficiently
lenient. If a division took place he was sorry lie should be
under the necessity of going into the same lobby as those
Right: Hon. Gentlemen—(Laughter)—(alluding to sir R.
Peel and Sir J. Graham, who were sitting together on the
Ministerial Bench). •
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE supported the Bill. He wished
to know why there should be a difference between a county
and a borough elector. There were no rate-pa) ing
clauses relating to the qualification of county voters,
yet that did not amount to universal suffrage. He
considered the borough electors quite as respectable as 501.
tenants-at will, and he thought it invidious that rate-paying
res fictions should be imposed on the one and not on the
other. He was ageiest all restrictions of a rate-paying cha-
racter. He went much further in. his views than the present
Bill, still he would support it. He must say, the manner
iu
which the present Bill had been received showed that tin
House was as much opposed to an extension of popular rights
as ever it. was.
Mr. WALPOLE shortly addressed the House against the
second reading of the Bill. lie thought the law as it stood
liberal and fair enough.
Mr. P. HOWARD thought they ought not to pass such a
Bill at that late period of the session, or till the sense of the
country was taken on it. Ile must, therefore, under the cir-
cumstances, vote against the second reading of the Bill.
Sir DE LACY EVANS replied in support of the Bill. He
denied that the Bill was a violation of the Reform Act. In-
stead of being so, its object was to carry out more etiectively
the inteetiens of that law.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading of the Bill
Against it 94
Majority against it —4l
The Bill is consequently lost.
(LEFT SITTING.)

•• •• ••
Ditto, York Extension 1011..... 1% ...• •• • • I
East Lincolnshire ".. • 1% •• • • %••••• • • • • •
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% %
Great North of England . —lOO ....223 .•.. • ..... 224
Ditto, New .. 5 .... 54% • ..... 54%
Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 41 . ...
Ditto, New .. . 1%...• 16 ..........16
Great Western .. 85 ....143 142.. • • .... 142
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 79 .. •• • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares 15% ••••.. • • .• 15%
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 31
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 ....103 ••••.. • • • • 103
Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 36%
Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 56% ••••• • • . • 56%
Leicester and Bedford.. 225..... % % dis... •
London an t Birmingham . ..100 —225% 225 226 224 224%
Ditto Thirds , . 24 .... 62% •••• • • • 82%
Ditto Quarters _ 2 .... 28% .. 28%
Ditto liitlia 2 .... 25%% 25 .... 25
London and Blackwall .. 1,61. 13s. 4d. ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New 2% .. • . 3%56 •••• • • • •
f
London and Brighton 50 . • 65% 64%
London and Croydon • • • • 131. 15s 9d.•. 22 • .... • •
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... ..
London and York .. 2%.... % • • • • .. • .
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil •• ••••• • • • •
LOndonderry and Coleraine 10 % • • • .....
Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. .•82 82 ....116 ••..•• • • . •
• Ditto, Ilalf Shares .. .. 38 55 53%
. Ditto, Fifths _ 3 111( ••••• • .. • •
Ditto Extension 425. .. • • 114 la •••• • • • •
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 83 .. • • .... • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • . 4 13% •••• • • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) -. 4 .... 1374 %, • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .• 9%34. .....
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • . %% p•••• • •
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% • • •.. . •
—lOO ....150 148% .
Ditto, New . 24 •• .. 37%.
Newcastle and Darlington J inlet. 25 .. • • ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New . 1 .... 9% 9 •
Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .• 43% .. ••.•• • • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 24%
Nortn British .. .• 22% •• • • ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .... 13/43 ..
Ditto, Dalkelth .. 25 .... • ..... •• • •
Ditto, ditto .. „ 5 .... . • • •
North Kent and Direct Dover • . .... .. •• . .....
North Statfortbshire • • 425. •• • • 3% % 1)• ••• • •
Portsmouth I 'tract • • .. . , 331 .. • . 4 h 4, ••• • • •
Preston and Wyre 25 .... 30 •• •
Richmond .. .. 10 .. • • •••• • • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. • • 2 ••••• • • • • •
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
South Staffordshire Junction .. .... 134 ••.•• • • • • •
South Midland 421 .. • • 4hMs•• • • • •
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. 4034 39% 40..
Do.. New (do 331. Gs. Bd.) No. 2. 10 .. 13% .
t/0., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .. 2%%......
South Wales 5 ..
West Riding Union • • • . .. 428. •• • • 1%% P••• • • •
Witbeach and Sr. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... 2 .
York and North Midland 50 .. • • •• • • ••• • •
Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 74 .... ••• • ..
Ditto. Extension . .. 15 .... 33 .. • • ....
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 11% %
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

43i;
116
L,3%
11%
13,4 P

13%
13.
34. P

145%
37 ;.,,

1)i
3% p
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.... 13
2?~

74
33
.. 11X,

Anglo-Belgian .. 4 ....
Boulogne end Amiens:— .. 14 .... 121 i %••.. • • • •
East . be .... 14% ••..•• • •
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon .. .. 2 .... 1 h .. •. • •
Namur and Liege • . 6 .• •• 3% 3 ••• • • "
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .• .. 1.3 U % -•. • • •
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... -••
••• • •
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5% 6 5 . .
Sambre and Meuse .. .• ...... • • ..

Real del Monte, Unregistered • • .• • • • .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

RAILWAY COMMIT FEES

The SPEAKER. took the chair at Twelve o'clock.
NEWCASTLE AND iDARLINGTON, DURHAM AND
SUNDERLAND RAILWAYS.

('I HIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room A.
CANZBILIDGE AND OXFORD.

Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord Morn-
Ington in the chair, and proceeded with the ease of the promoters.
Lord flardwicke gave general evidence in favour of the line, ob-
serving that, as a resident in the country through which the line
passed, he had every opportunity of forming au opinion. Great ad-
vantages would result from the formation of this line.
31r. George Wcdd gave evidence as to the advantages to the
hot:net trade of Luton that would iesult from the formation of this

line.
The CHAIRMAN expressed his opinion that this was quite enough
evidence as to the necessity for and advantages that would result
from a railway communication with Luton, but as one of the Noble
Lords disagreed with him the room was cleared, aid on our re-ad-
mission, the Committee decided that there was sufficient evidence as
regarded Luton, but on the representation of counsel that there was
some evidence as to the cattle traffic, which was considered hn•
portant, it was agreed that It should be heard.
Mr. Kinsley, a farmer and grazier of Hitchin, gave evidence as to
the cattle traffic between Cambridge and Luton, and other places on
this line.

The reports on these Bills were considered and agreed to,
and the Bills were ordered to be engrossed.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN TO GALWAY)

BILL:

Mr. FRENCH moved, on bringing up the report of the
Select Committee on the Irish Great Western Railway
(Dublin to Galway) Bill, that it be taken into consideration
to- morrow.
Mr. DUNCOMBE objected to the motion, because the
Committee had rejected one line of railway and had selected
another. The consideration of the report ought to be post-
poned until the whole of the evidence before the Committee
had been produced.
A desultory conversation then ensued, which resulted in
the withdrawal of the motion, and the understanding that
the consideration of the report should be resumed on Tues-
day next.
DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY BILL.
Mr. GREENE moved that the report from the Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders (Bth May) in the case of the
Direct Northern Railway, be read, and that said order be dis-
charged, and the Bill be withdrawn.--Agreed to.
The following motions were also made and agreed to :
On the further consideration of the reports front the Com-
mittee on the London and Birmingham Railway and Birm-
ingham Canal ArrangeMents Bill, and the Dudley Canal and
Birmingham Canal Companies Amalgamation Bill, that the
Bills be re- committed, with leave to the Committee to sit and
proceed on Friday, and to report tortho;ith. That, in the
case of the York and North Midland Railway Widening and
Enlargement Bill, brought from the Lords (in consequence of
a breviate having been laid on the table of this House before
it went to the Lords) the standing order No. 114, requiring
" a breviate to be laid on the table three days
before the second reading of a Bill," be suspended.
That the Bill be read a sceond time this day. That it be an
instruction to the Committee of Selection, that they have
to appoint the Committee of Selection on the Archi.ishop of
York's Estate Bill on Friday. That it be an instruction to
the Committee on the Salthouae Embankment Bill, to enter-
tain the petition of John Abel Smith, Esq., although the
same was not presented three clear days before the first
sitting of the Committee, such petition having been presented
three clear days before the day to which such Committee
had been first postponed by the Committee of Selection.
RO \IAN CATCIOLIC RELIEF BILL.
Mr. WATSON presented several petitions in favour o:
this Bill.

LORD'S DAY OBSERVANCE.
Mr. HAWES presented several petitions from various
places, praying the House to provide some measures for the
better observance of the Sabbath.

RATING OF

TENEMENTS BILL:

Petitions from several places were presented against
this Bill.

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE presented a petition from the
General Assembly of Scotland, against the keeping open of
public-houses on Sunday, for the sale of intoxicating liquors.

Room B.

ADMINISTRAVON OF IRISH AFFAIRS. -
Mr. HUME gave notice that, on Friday next, he should
move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty,
to enquire whether the present Administration of Affairs in
Ireland, might not be improved by the removal of the Lord
Lieutenant and other officers. The Hen. Member also
moved, that the petition of Daniel Toner, pensioner, be
printed with the votes.
The motion was agreed to.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The following Bills were further considered, and ordered to
be read a third me :
Dudley Canal and Birmingham Canal Amalgamation.
London and Birmingham Railway and Birmingham Canal
Arrangement.
South. Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to
Chart, near Ashford, with branches to Tunbridge and
Riverhead).
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS AND FREEMEN'S

GLASGOW, SARIZHEAD, AND NEILSTON

(PAISLLY BRANCH)

Their Lordships met at eleven this morning; Lord Roden, chairman.
It being announced that the care for the promoters of the Bill
was concluded,
Mr. Waitamige opened the ease on the part of the Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr Company, opposing the Bill. Ile proceeded to call
witnesses to prove that the principal and almost the ()Ay traffic
between the places this line proposed to accommodate was the mine-
ral traffic (coal, &c.), and that this railway would not give a suffi-
cient accommodation to that traffic.
Mr. Campbell (who was the first witness called) and Mr. Coates
gave their opinion that it the line were made, it would not be used
tor the coal traffic ; they themselves would not use it.