The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONvON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share Railways. Paid. Business done
Closing
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence' all 85 87
Bom.,Baroda&.Cent In& 100 964 971
stk f
( Gu. 5 psr cent..
18 Do, Do. B 134 ;d 4 d
204 Buffalo and Lake Huron' all 44 44d
204 Do. New
10 Do. Preference
100 Ruffalo,llrant,&Godrich 100 75 80
f 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1372
100 Do. do. July 1, 1373 100 70 75
100 Do. do. .Tune 1, 1874 100 68 73
5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. A d 4 p
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Deck Scrip 3s. 21 1f d 1
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 11 1 d
174 Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 4d 4
,
stock East Indian, gu. sp. C. 100 102 1021 1024 2
20
Do. F Shares Ext lO par 1 p
20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 1 p
100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 99 994
stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 1014 1014
20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22
sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 30 31 304
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 914
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 59 61 60 4
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70
100 Do. do. 1872
stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 991 100 1004
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 4 d 5 d
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 14 14d
guaranteed 5 per cent.
201 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 114 111' 114
20i. Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 97 99
opt, till 'GO
100 Do. do. '7:3 till '6O all 97 99
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 97 99
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 94
stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 88 90
stock Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 92 93
20 Do. Fourth do lO 14 4 d
20 Do. do all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO
Newßrunswick & Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
• Do. do. Land do
20 Do. do. B Capital do all 5 7
• ITN). do. Land do.
20'Dude (Limited)
stock Scinde .......... d. 4, lOO 100 101
20 Do. Punjaub .... Li g all 14 d 1 d
20 IDo. Da. ..... .. R' .
_, 5 d
{
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. q -,., 100 954 964 964
20 ;St.Andrews & Quebec 'A. 18
10 jTrinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 4 4 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 44
20 . jArdennes.... ......... all —p
20 Bah.&S.Fran..l.l m. 7 p.o. 7 id
5 Belgian East. Junction all 1
20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all
10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 21 —p'B 4
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 25 21
100 Copiabo .. ......&...... all
10 Ditto Extension .... all 14 14d
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 54 540
20 Eastern of France .... all 234 244
20 'Grand Ens. Guar. 6p. e 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all --
20 Gt. Luxem., ('on. shs... all 64 7
20 Italian Junction .. ... all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all
20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all
20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all
334 Maria Antonia .... ... all
10 Do. New ........
20 Namur & Liege ........ all 85 84
20 IDo. 6p. c. Pref. ... ..... all 104 104
16 Northern of France.... all 384 .194
20 'Do. New Shares
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 0
20 ' Paris' Lyons, & Mediter all 311 35
20 ?Paris & Orleans all 53 55
20 1 (Recife & S. Fran. (Pero )
( g,ua. 7p. ct. lim l3 11 14 d •
20 Riga & Dunaburg lO
10 Rome & Frascati
20 Royal Danish all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse .. .
10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 81
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 4 id
20 S. Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 ill dp
20 Southern of France all 20 2t
81 West Flanders
10 Do. 61 p. c. Preference all 95 91
20 W. & N.W. of France
23 Western of Austria 6
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden ...' .. . .
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.
20 Zealand

LAW IN2'ELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Mr. Justice Hill and a Special Jury.)
STONE V. LOED LLANOVER.

This was an action to recover damages from the defen-
dant for having published slanderous and defamatory words
of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a
justification.

Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr. Hawkins, and
Mr. Phipson were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. E. James,
Mr. Bovill, Mr. lluddleston, and Mr. H. James represented
the defendant

The case, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed
this morning, and is likely to last several days.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(THIS D..-11/

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—CharIes Collins, a boy, was :charged
with embezzling money received on account of his em•
ployer, Mr. Vanstone, agent for farm produce, 43, Cleve-
land-street, Fitzroy-square. _ .

. .
The prosecutor, it appears, being ill, had employed the
lad to deliver milk, &c., to his customers, amongst others to
a Mr. Simpson, of Calthorpe-street, and the prisoner had
received from that person the sum of 175., but failed to ac-
count for the same to his employer.
The prisoner reserving his defence was, after reading
over the depositions, committed for trial.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway Devia-
tion Bill and the Petersfield Railway Bill were considered
and ordered for third reading.
The Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons Bill was read
a second time.

TITLES OF PUBLIC BILLS.
Sir M. PETO asked the Chairman of the Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders, whether any, and, if any, what
precautions are taken to secure that the titles of the public
bills submitted to this house shall truly disclose their ob-
ject and effect; and, particularly, whether his attention
had been drawn to the contents of a bill introduced under
the short title of the " Highways, Roads, &c., Bill."
Colonel W. PATTEN said that when the bills were
prepared a description was given of their object, in accord-
ance with which the title was selected. Leave was given
to bring in a bill to enable the gas companies to break up
highways, which was entitled Highways Bill, and consi-
dering the object he thought that title was incorrect.
PROFESSIONAL OATHS ABOLITION BILL.
Mr. E WART, in moving the second reading of this bill,
said the object of the measure was to do away with unneces-
sary oaths, which were an incumbrance OR the conscience,
were frequently evaded, and had other disadvantages.
The bill applied to the legal profession, for otherprofessions,
such as medical men and schoolmasters, had succeeded in
relieving themselves from such oaths as lawyers were com-
pelled to take. In support of his views he referred to
the Select Committee of the House of Lords

in 1834, which recommended the abolition of
these oaths, which not unfrequently tempted persons,
whose consciences were not very tender, to commit perjury.
The bill proposed to do away only with those oaths which
were required of lawyers in their mere professional cape •
city, and did not deal with such oaths as were imposed on
lawyers in a judicial character.
Mr. NE WDEGATE complained of a day on which her
Majesty held a levee being selected for the discussion of
this important subject, and ho hoped the hon. member
would, considering the thinness of the house, not press his
motion for the second reading to-day. If, however, the
motion were persevered in, he gave notice that on the order
of the day for going into committee he would move that
the house resolve itself into such committee that day six
months.

Mr. A. MILLS said he would support the bill, because
it did not propose to interfere with the oaths taken on en-
tering the civil service.

Air, DENMAN supported the bill, and considered the
reason assigned by the hos. member (Mr Nowdegate) for
the postponement of the discussion futile. He contended
that these oaths were not, and, from their nature, never
could be treated with reverence. He alluded to the case of
a gentleman with whom he was acquainted, who was emi-
nently qualified from his learning and abilities to adorn the
bar, but who was prevented from entering the legal profes-
sion from an objection to taking the oath of supremacy and
adjuration, though he did not object to the oath of alle-
giance.

Sir G. C. LEWIS considered that it would not be desir-
able to enter into any lengthened discussion on the bill at
the present stage. He would support the bill, though he
did not think much of the value of those oaths which it
proposed to abolish, as they never formed the subject of an
indictment for perjury. In a time of disturbance these
oaths would be useless, for a constitution rested, as in this
country, on the affections of the people. His objection to
the bill was that he did not consider it went far enough.
Mr. S. ESTCOURT did not object to the bill, but
thought before going into committee the Government ought
to lay it before the law officers of the Crown, in order to
ascertain whether it would have any other effect than what
on its face it professed.
After a few remarks from Mr. Henley, Sir G. C. Lewis,
and Sir Francis Goldsmid, the bill was read a second time
and ordered tobe formally committed to-morrow.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ACT AMENDMENT

BILL.

Viscount RAYNEAM moved that the house go into
committee on this bill.

Lord ENFIELD in opposing the bill said, the
punishment of 25
_lashes for a first offence and
for a second offence of 50 lashes would have the effect
of preventing women coming forward against their
husbands. Daily experience proved that women
were deterred from appearing against their husbands when
a severe punishment was liable to be inflicted. He denied
that punishment of the lash would render the person who
suffered it better behaved towards bis wife and family after-
wards, and drew attention to the fact that the only peti-
tions presented on the bill were from females against it.
The tendency of modern legislation was of a humanising
character; and he was one of those who considered that the
punishment of flogging soldiers and sailors was brutal and
degrading. (Hear, hear.) He contended that the law would
be totally inoperative, and concluded by moving that the
house should go into committee this day three months.
Mr. HARDY seconded the amendment, and went
into different returns respecting the number of convictions
and punishments in the metropolis during the last five years,
to show that the present law empowering police magistrates
to inflict six months' imprisonment for assaults on women
was inoperative, which he maintained was a strong argu-
ment against increasing the severity of punishment. He
objected strongly to giving a single magistrate, who might
be influenced by his feelings or mistaken in his judgment,
full power to inflict a degrading punishment.
Mr. PAULL opposed the bill.
Mr. EWART said that although he had voted for the
second reading of the bill, on further consideration he felt
bound to oppose its further progress.
After a few remarks from Colonel NEILL,
Sir G. C. LEWIS said the feeling which animated the
members of the house who supported the bill was very
honourable to their humanity, but to increase punish-
ment was not in accordance with legislation of late
years. The principle on which their ancestors
proceeded was when a particular offence became
frequent to increase the severity of the penalty. The
consequence was that the criminal statute book
was crowded with capital punishments for numberless
offences. Modern legislation diminished the severity, and
the result had proved most beneficial. At the beginning of
the last century the punishment of exposing in the pillory,
and cutting off the ears of offenders was very common, and
perhaps some hon. members might consider it desirable to
revive these punishments, to which a poet had alluded in
the following couplet—
" Fearless on high stood unabashed the foe,
And blushing fragrant from the scourge below."

(Laughter). The right hon. gentleman then referred to
the statements of Mr. Hall and Mr. Paynter, the police
magistrates, to show that the maximum punishment was
seldom inflicted, and that, in their opinion, the effect of the
present bill would be to deter women from prosecuting
their husbands to any considerable extent, thus rendering
the law a nullity. (Hear, hear.)
After some remarks from Mr. B. Carter, Mr. Deedes,
Mr. Puller, and Mr. Brady,
Lord RAYNHAM replied, and the house divided.

The numbers were—
For the amendment.
Against it 67
Majority —ll7
The announcement was received with loud cheers.