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Railways' CoLociaspainnfes. Paid. Closing Prices. Bduonsineesa.
llarks.anii liants
Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 34 1 P.
Bir. and Oxford
June.,callsduly
paid, or with a
guarantee .• Do •• . • 20 2834 2934
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do .. • • 20 27 —26
Nol., &
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a
guarantee .. Do .. 15 634 934 p
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do • • 15 7 —8 p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 175 17% —lB
E. Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 3254 —33
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103
Do. 54 Shares Do 25 50 —5l
Do. IA Shares Do • • .. 125( 23 —24
Leeds and Brad. Midland • • 50 9754 9834 983(
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . 12 15 4 1114 11%
Do., Pref. Do 20, 24 —25
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. • Norfolk 20 lb —l6
N. &.• East, 5
per Cent. .• E. Counties . 50 54 —56
Do. New .. DO • • • • 43 4 6 p
Preston and L. &N. W.]
25 41 —43
Nyre •• .. S &La.& T.
Do. Si Shares ADo .. 1854 734 834 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate . S. Eastern 20 91 2134
Roy. & Jiltehin G. Northern 6% 8
•o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 35t I%p.
South Staffords. Mr. M'Cleten 93r 3 CA.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 2434
Wilts, Som., &
kWeymouth .. Gt. Western 50 45 4534

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SNARES.

Railways. I Paid. I Nominal Prices. Business done
to-day.
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Aberdeen 6 8 % % dis dia.
Caledonian 101. •• .. 10 6% 636 614 fi
Chester and Holyhead .. 16 16 1634 x.d 163 E x.d
East Anglian (31. 10s.)
6 per cent. .. • • 334 236
Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. b
Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.:Pref. 2
Eastern Counties Exton.,
per cent. No. 1 613 4 par —3E p
Do. No. 2 .. 613 4 par —34 p pm
Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock 10 10% 113(
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. • • 20 16 1634
Do. 101. Deben. Shares . 10 ..
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares .. 6% •• •-•
Glasgow & S.-W. Consul 100 .•
Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. 1234 13% 1334
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. 234 3i 1 p.
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201... • • 6 134 dls.
Do. 6 per cent. Stock'. 100 ..
Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per
cent., No.
Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 .. —••
Do. 6 per cent., No. 8 . 5 . • —• •
Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 134 2 p
London, Brighton, and
South Coast guar. 5 per
et., late Croyden thirds 100 ..
De. pref., S p ct. Stock,
1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 120
Do. ()env. b per et. 1852 60 ' 57 —6O
Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 •-139
London &S.-W., new • • 5 234 234 p.
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, half shares •• 10
Manch., Sheffield, and
Line., quer. slim, No. 1 25 1334 1434
Do. new, 101. •• 10 11% 123
Do., 61. • • • • .. 3 % % p 1%
Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 132 134
Do. Cense. Bristol &
Birrning., 6 per cent. • • 100 ..
Do. Bristol & Glonces. 48
Do. do. do. •• 33 10 6 .. —••
Do. Erewash Talley .. 50 ••
Do. Leic. & Swanning.
8 per cent. guar. •• 100 ..
Norfolk Extension .. 20 17 —l3
00. guar. 534 per cent. 5 4% —4%
Do. Waveney Valley .. 2
North British .• b 5" 534 x.d x.d
Shrewsbury and Birm.
Now Guaranteed .. 8 11 1134
•
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. 10 153( -- 15%
South Devon .. .. 25 14 —l6
South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 .•
Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 . • —• •
WestLondon,ist Cl. (101.) 10 .. —• •
Do. 2cl Class de. (par) 20 ..
York, Newc., and Berw., 17
Gt. N . of E. Pur. 16% 16%
4%
York and North Midland
11. and S. Purch. .. 10 13 f— 1 dia.
FOREIGN.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 20 9% —9% 9% It
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) 90 18 18% 1356 34
Demerara .. .• 1734 • • —• •
Dutch Rhenish .. 8 db. 3'4
East Indian .. 14 156 P.
Do. do. do. • • 20
Greatlndian Peninsula•• 6 % % P.
Ditto ditto .. 234 %—3G P•
Louvain ala Sambre 734 • •.L uxembourg 5 1% —.,
Ditto .. •
.. 10 356 —•
336 3% %
Madrid and Valentin .. 2 • • —• •
Maria Antonia 25 7
Ditto, New •• • • 734 2 4
Namur and Liege .. • . 20 s —834
Northern of France • • 16 14% 1534 15 14%
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 4 3% dls. 4%
Paris and Orleans • • • • so 35 —B7
Paris and Rouen • • •• 20 25
Paris and Strasbourg •• • 16 2
54 526
aim. 10%
11
Rouen and Havre .. 20 10% 10%
Sambre and Meuse .• 20 3% 4 3%
Tours and Nantes .• • • IS 9 —B% Ws. 6%
Tourney, Jurbiss, Lan-
den, and Hessen .. 90
West ilanderl •• It I% ••• 9%

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock,
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
Greet Western Railway (Arrangements with refereacv
to the purchase, &c., of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Wei•mouth, /cc. Railways).
Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley, and Middles.
brough and Redcar Railway Companies Amalga-
mation (No. 2).
Uttoxeter to Stoke, near Stone, and from Millwich to
Sandon Turnpike Wads.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.

Petitions were peesented in favour of the removal of
this market, by Sir E. N. Buxton, from South Essex;
by Mr. H. Drummond, from Dorking; by Mr. Henley,
from Oxfordshire; by the Earl of Arundel, from
Surrey ; by Mr. Sandford, from Reading ;
by Mr. Carter, from the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals; by Sir Goorge Grey,
signed by 30,000 of the merchants and bunkers of the
city of London; by Mr. Christopher, from 500 greziors
of the county of Lincolnshire; also from Stamford and
Boston.

Petitions were also presented against the removal of
the market by Major Beresford, from E,sex; by Mr.
Deedes, from Hampshire and,,Wiltshire; by Sir H. Hal-
ford• from Leicestershire; by Lord Burghley, by Mr.
Stafford, from Northamptonshire; by Sir J. Duke, from
78,000 of the inhabitants of London.
ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.
Mr. AGLIONBY moved that s,o much of the evi
deuce taken before the St. Alban's Election Committee
as constitutes the charge reported by the Committee,
upon which Henry Edwards has been committed to the
custody of the Sergeant-st• Arms, be laid before this
House.

Sir G. CLERK thought that the course proposed by
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was not the best that
could be taken in the twitter. It would be quite suffi-
cient for th purpose if the short-hand writer were dr-
dered to attend at the bar of the House with his notes
of the evidence. _

After a short discussion the short-hand writer was
ordered t,) be in attendance at the bar to-morrow at
five (i'clock.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET BILL.

Mr. B. DENNISON withdrew tSis Bia, and in doing
so begged to deny the insinuation which had been cir-
culated abroad, that the Great Northern Railway had
anything to do with this Bill.
SMITHFIELD ENLARGEMENT BILL.

On Sir JAMES DUKE rising to move the second
reading of this Bill, a discussion ensued on a point of
order, which was ultimately settled by
The SPEAKER, who decided that, according to the
rules respecting notices given at the Private Bill-office,
the Hon. Baronet was quite in order; and
Sir JAMES DUKE then simply moved the second
reading of the Bill.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER then said that as the second
reading of this Bill was persevered in, he should, with
the permission of the House, recall the circumstances
under which this Bill was introduced. In the first
place, they would remember that this Bill had already
been submitted to a Select Committee, and that on the
evidence taken by it, the Government had decided on
bringing in a Bill for the removal of Smithfield-
market to another locality. Only two members of the
Corporation had ventured to oppose the introduction of
the Government Bill, and he therefore thought that he
was perfectly entitled to consider the two Bills together.
—(Hear, hear.) What did the Corporation propose?
Why, nothing more than to keep the market in
its present central situation, only with an
enlargement. He was told by one of the
' witnesses in the Committee that this enlargement would
be to the extent of about sixteen or eighteen acres, but

on going over the ground by a correct admeasurement
was less than eight and a quarter acres, a space altoge-
ther below the necessities of the case. lie was told

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something about baths and washhouses, but what was
the benefit to be derived from them compared with the
disadvantages which would be incurred by the continu-
ance of the market? The alterations proposed could
only be effected by the expenditure of upwards of a
million of money.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY begged to correct the Hon.
Member.—(Cries of " Order!' and the Hon. Alderman
ultimately sat down.)
Mr. CHRISTOPHER resumed, and said that accord-
ing to the published estimates the money required would
be 1,043,0001. Now it should be recollected that a few,
and only a few, but more than he wished to see, of
foreign cattle came to Smithfield. Some, but not many,
came from Sussex and the southern counties of, England,
so that it became a paramount object that the cattle
sold in the market should not be driven, as they now were,
through the narrow streets and lanes of the City. If
this enlargement was made it was very evident that the
whole of the expense must come out of the pocksts of
the farmers and graziers of the counties north of London.
And even supposing that was not to be, yet still the mere
alteration of the market could not serve the object
which all admitted it was necessary to obtain. The Hon.
Gentleman then read a resolution of the Select Committee,
in order to show their condemnation of the mere alteration
of the market, and the necessity for its removal. Now, ac-
cording to the best computation, on a full market day
not less than 7,000 head of cattle and 30,000 sheep
were crowded together on the inadequate space of
little more than six acres of ground. It was; therefore,
manifestly impossible that the business could be proper!)
carried on, and the cons( quence was, that farmer or
grazier was left entirely at the mercy of the butcher and
salesman; and he had heard that on one occasion as
many as 2,000 head of cattle had been driven a e ay, be-
cause there was no room for them in the market.—
(Hear, hear.) But even should adequate space be af-
forded, that would not remedy the other serious evil of
which both the farmers and the public had to complain,
viz., the deterioration of the quality of the meat.—
(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then read some ex-
tracts from butchers before the Select Committee, to
prove this point; and then went on to say that by the
system now pursued the cattle were depreciated in qua.
lay to the extent of 11. per head. With regard to the
agricultural districts, he could only say that they had
been induced to support the removal of the mar-
ket under an erroneous impression, but he hoped
the House would abolish the abominable nui-
sance and support the Bill of the Government.
He concluded by moving that the present Bill bo read a
second time this day six months.
Mr. FITZROY said before he went into a considera-
tion of the advantages or disadvantages of the Bill, he
should like to say a word or two upon the
subject of the claim which the Corporation
set up to continue the market in their
own hands. Now, how stood the fact ? When the
market was originally established the whole population
of London was almost comprised within the walls et
the City, but since then the population had been re-
duced to 120,000, and of those same 50,000 claimed the
prescriptive right of keeping the market with all
its attendant inconveniences within the City in opposi-
tion to the opinion of the majority.—(Hear, hear.) A
second class of persons who opposed its removal besides
these was the market salesmen and money-takers; but
he would first dispose of the City population before he
dealt with the salesmen.—(Hear.) Now great stress
had been laid by the Hon. Baronet the Member for the
City upon a petition which he had recently presented
on this subject, and with the permission of the House
he would mention a few facts in connexion with that
petition. He bad a right to ascertain whether or no
all the signatures to that petition were genuine.
Well, then, besides those which had been attached to it
under an erroneous impression of its prayer, he had
been given to understand, and the parties themselves
were ready to make an affidavit of the fact,
that no less than sixty-one names had actually
been forged to the petition.—(Hear, hear.) Contrast,
on the other hand, that fact with the petition which had
been presented by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, and they found that
whereas the one was unworthy of credit while the other
bore the names of every eminent house in the City,
and some 2,121 of the inhabitants of the
lion. Baronet's own ward.—(Hear.) He came now to
the second class of people who object to the removal,
namely, the salesmen and money-takers. That their
individual interests would be injured by the re-
moval there could be no question, but the grounds
which they urged against the removal were
unfounded in truth. They say it will not
injure them, but it will destroy the trade; but so far from
doing that, in his opinion it would considerably improve
and increase the trade of the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.)
Now with reference to the details of the Bill it was said the
enlargement would be amply sufficient to accommodate the
public, but he distinctly denied that it would, for
although one of the witnesses examined before the
Commission, Mr. Taylor, he believed, stated that
5,000 beasts was the maximum number ever re-
quired to be tied up in Smithfield-market, he found
by the returns that on -the 16th of December
last there were 6,400 beasts actually turned and sold
out, besides some 30,000 odd sheep, so that if the enlarge-
ment went upon the understanding, and he was told it
did this, the maximum would never be greater than
5,000, how could it bo sufficient to accommodate the
daily increasing trade of the metropolis?—(Hear.)
Then, again, with respect to the loss which annually re-
sulted foom the want of room in the market, that was
slot a question which concerned the tradesman alone, but
it was a question that materially concerned the general
public too. The annual loss from the deterioration of the
beasts was estimated in round numbers at something like
200,0001., and from that loss the public suffered severely,
besides getting sometimes very bad meat into the bar-
gain.—(Hear, hear.) But how was it proposed to carry
out this extension? Why in this way :—three en-
trances were to be placed near Victoria-street,
where only one would be requited, and one was to
placed to the north of the market where at least half-a-
dozen would be wanted. The plan, therefore,
was defective in the extreme, and since it was
only proposed to promote the interest of the retail
dealer in the neighbourhood of the present
market, where one house in every five
was a tavern, be was quite confident the House would
not pass the Bill in opposition to the expressed wishes of
the vast body of the community.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY was at a loss to
know what his Honourable Friend who had just
spoken had to do with the question, for he
had never sent a single oxen or sheep to the
market in his life.—(Hear, and laughter.) Now, the
opinions which he had to give to the Route on the sub-
ject were all founded on experience. For forty years he
had been in the habit of sending cattle to London. On
the average he had sent 100 in the course of the
season, and during that period he had never had a loss
or accident of any kind whatever.—(Hear, hear.) The
inhabitants of Smithfield did not want the market re-
moved, they did p9t oraplititt 9f Us being §