The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-27 00:00:00

'627,446,820 I £27,446,820
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 16th day of June, 1851.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors'capital • . 14,553,000
Rest • • •• . ..... 3,101,282
Public deposits (In.
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say.
logs-banks, and DI.
vidend accoams) • • 8,635,559
Other deposits • • • • 8,713,685
Seven day and other
Bills.. .. • . 1,059,157

Government _ wart-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 13,544,281
Other securities .. • . 12,234,757
Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 8,532,105
Gold and silver coin.. 751,540

£36,062,683

436,062,683
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 26th da3 of June, 185

COURSE OF EXCHJI
Amsterdam ...... •• .. 11 15,4
Ditto, three months.. 11 1736
Rotterdam .... • • .... 11 1734
Antwerp,,,, 25 223{
Brussels.. • • 25 2236
Hamburgh .... • . M. 3. 13 734
Paris, 3 daye'sight .• 25 236
Ditto, 3 months 25 20
Marseilles • • 26 2234
80urdeaux......... •
FrankfortonMaine.... 119
Vienna, effec. flo • • ••.• 12 32
Trieste, ditt0.....• .... 12 33
Petersburgb,Bil.Bble.. 371,1
Madrid 513
Cadiz • • •• ............ 60%
Barcelona
deviiie •• ••..• • ..

►NGE.-CI.'HIS DAY,
'Gibraltar.. .• .......... -

Leghorn ........••..•• 30 85
Genoa ..•• •••••••••••• 25 35
Milan -• •• .• •• •• •• ••

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

Naples ...... • • .... •• 4114
Palermo, peroa ........ 123 N
Messina .............. 124
Lisbon.. • ... ........ 63%
0p0rt0.... . • • • • • • • 63%
filo Janeiro ........

Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • .

INCVT York, 60 days'sight

Philadelphia .... --
PRICES OP BULLION, PEI 01,
Foreign Geld in bars.. X2l 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0

I- New Dollars .•.. • • 0 4 11U
Silver in bars ...... • • 0 5 0%

BUSINESS IN TEE COMMON LAW COURTS.—Yes-
terday some returns ordered by the House of Lords were
printed, showing the number of causes tried in the common
law courts from Michaelmas Term, 1844, to the 30th of May
last. These returns vere ordered with the view of testing
the operations of the County Courts Act. I n the Court of
Queen's Bench, from tae 2d of November, 1844, to the 30th
of May, 1815, there were 352 causes tried; and in the last
period given—from the 2d of November, 1850, to the 30th of
May last, the number was 298. In the Court of Common
Pleas, from the 2d of November, 1844, to the 30th of May,
1845, the number of cruses tried was 181 ; and from the 2d
of November, 1850, to :he 30th of May last, the number was
252. In the Court of Exchequer the number of causes tried
from the 2d of November, 1844, to the 30th of May, 1845,
numbered 3;9; and front the 2d of November, 1850, to the
30th of May last, the number was 352.

MR. GRAHAM.—This gentleman, who was a tra-
gedian of some repute during the management of Mr. Ma-
cready, died iu America en the 28th of May.
SHIELDS, JUNE 26.—Wind W.-81d. Dispatch,
Ceylon.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 26.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the order of the
day for the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill.
The subject had been now under the consideration
of Parliament for upwards of seventy years; and five
commissions, of which four had been appointed under
the authority of Parliament, and the last one under the
sign manual, had investigated and reported upon the sub-
ject. From their labours it appeared that there were
28,840 charities in this country, of which upwards of
13,000 had an income of less than 51. a year; 5,000 less
than 101. a year; and a considerable number, varying
from 4,000 to 5,000, incomes under 1001. The Com-
missioners acting under the sign manual had been most
indefatigable in their labours. Its members were com-
posed of three Noble Lords of the House of Peers, three
Members of the House of Commons, a Master in Chan-
cery, and a barrister; and they had presented two re-
ports, which had attracted the attention of Parliament,
and consequently since 1840 various Bflls had been
brought in from time to time, all of which, however, had
failed to receive the approbation of Parliament. In the
year 1845 the Noble and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst)
had brought in a Bill, which had passed their Lordships'
House, but had failed to pass the lower House. In the
year 1846 a second Bill on the subject was introduced. It
met with strong opposition, and failed passing by a ma-
jority of two. He (the Lord Chancellor) would endeavour
to avoid in the present Bill the causes of the objections
made to the Bill of 1846. The labours of the Commis-
sion to which he bad referred had led to the introduc-
tion of the proposed measure; and he feared if that,
too, should fail to meet the approbation of Parliament,
there was little chance for the future of dealing suc-
cessfully with this very difficult subject. Before stating
the provisions of the Bill, he should direct attention to
what had been brought to light by the labours of the
Commission as to the causes of the abuses discovered
in the administration of charities. Those labours war-
ranted the propriety of extending a superintending juris-
diction over the management of charities. As to
whether there should be any or what exemptions was a
very grave question. Ono of the great causes of abuses
in charities was the want of publicity, and the want of
check in the accounts. Nobody had been charged with
the particular duty of keeping the accounts, and in con-
sequence many and heavy losses were entailed on their
funds. One charity had lost 30,0001. from that cause,
and in another case it was found that an income which
had been formerly only 24 had increased to 1,500/. In
many instances rent-charges had become permanent,
and it also happened that the money vested in trustees
had come into the hands of a single trustee, and ho
dying, the funds were lost to the charity. The
evils which were thus pointed out in the vary satis-
factory and able report of the Commissioners were
both numerous and grievous, and he considered that
the existence of the board which he proposed to create
under the present Bill would prevent more than half of
them. The importance of the subject was shown by the
amount of the annual income of the charities of the
kingdom, which had been sworn at 1,200,0001. The
Bill then proposed to establish a board of five Com-
missioners, of whom two were to be paid. The board
should be constituted a corporation, and should have the
power to call for accounts and to examine parties under
certain circumstances; also to give advice when asked
for by charities, and the trustees should be indemnified
for acting under that advice. They should also have
the power of certifying to the Attorney-General such
cases as called for his interference. Although many
cases had been with advantage brought before the
court by private relators, yet to prevent abuses no pro-
secution should be permitted to be entered upon without
the sanction of the Commissioners. All cases under
the value of 301. should be referred to the county court,
from the decision of which there would be allowed an
appeal to the ~.ommissioners, who, however, were not
invested with Judicial authority, but could remit the
matter back for a second consideration, or could order
a new issue. in all cases where the amount was