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MONEY MARKET AND CITY .NEWS. ' SHARE MARKET,—(THIS DAY.) ____:_____--.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
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Paid. Closing
Frith. -S- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Business done
CITY, Two O'CLOCK.-- -
share Closing i Business 1000 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 845 855 85
Although the specie movement continues fa- Railways. Paid. Price. Done. Bom Baroda&Cent hid
i lOO 94 95
- stk Gat': 5 per cent.
N:nimble, the exportation is likely to be augmented . 18 Do, Do. 816 11 1 d
by the demand for China, and the proportionate 50 Belfast and Ballymena all __ _ 20i Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 51d 5
1 Buffalo,
13.14 'Bin, Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 81 20i Do. New - -
increase which will, no doubt, take place in the stock iiiirk., La., and Ch Junc. 100 76 78 10 Do. Prefßranerence
t&Godrich all 65 64
25 Blackburn
purchases of silver on the Continent. At the same 25 'Blyth and Tyne all - - 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
time; however, it is satisfactory to notice that the 10 Bost. Sleet: and Mid.Co all 61 74 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75
stock Bristol and Exeter ..: lOO 105 107 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
suPplieS from Australia and America are well stock Caledonian lOO 941 955 941 4 5 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30.1 dlp
maintained, and hence it is imagined that the bul- 5100 Cork and Bandon • all - -
(7armartlien & Cardigan
all -
____ 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s: 21 11 d
lion in the Bank of England will remain without 20 l 'ork, I elrock., &Passage ail 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. e. 75 1 4d 61
ail 61 7
20 Cornwall
10 Da A (174 Demerara. - -
any serious diminution. • { all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 lf 14 d
, until 6pc pe ran. all - - stock East Indian, gu. sp. C. 100 994 100 100
A gets no div.
Although a large discount business is still to Do B ( hasbeen pd. toB 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 / d par 144
transacted, the inquiry in some quarters is rather 50 Dublin & B all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d par 14i
all
_8 9 100 Do. 4* pc. Debentrs all 985 994
less active. The rates, however, remain unchanged, 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 1015 101
100 56 57 664 .
sto2C3k
st k rn Counties lOO 16 165 .
20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all 21 22
and a relaxe.tion is scarcely expected, so much en-
couragement being given to new joint stock enter- do Bdo 100 25 27
stockoc EEaasstteern -Union, A stock 100 36 38
A, late EU3ds. 84 - - sto. Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds .... . 100 - -
stock Grand Trunk of Canfda 100 28 281
stock
" D SuffolkN - -
prise, 'Which in some cases may lead to an increased 20 East
DEaupsnoot.,ANPaegrtibi:Lasbt..Jmannoc:
all - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 90 92 91 4
10 Do
exportation of specie. stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 78 78
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 60 65
A. call of £2 10s. per share, amounting to stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1,0 30 31 5
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 50 6
100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 50 55
£125,000, is due to-morrow on the Eastern Bengal stock Furness . - - • took GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 97 98
stock Man-. and S. Western 101 101 106 20 Do. New g,ua. sp. c... 6 4d 5 d
Railway, and of 5 dols. per share on the Illinois 10 Great Icahn. of Scotland all - -
y.
stock Do do A stock
100 1141 1154 27 G tg.
uSaoruatnht
e. oefdl n 5 dp fear (
cent.
) 13 14 15d
Railwa stock Great Northern lOO 115
205 Gt W. of Canada Shares all 114 111 11* I
The New York has been announced from America stock Do do Bdo
stock at: S. &W. of Ireland 100 113 114 Do Bonds pay. '76, with all 96 98
'with £53,140 in specie.
stock Great Western
opt, till '6O .... .
'.....
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi- stock Do Str Val gin. stock 100 60 65 100 Do. do. '73 till '60..... ' all 96 98
12 Trish South-eastern - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 95 97
Bess continued moderately active, and prices were stock Lancashire & Yorkshir, 100 1071 108 108 74 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 02
steadily supported. The sales were estimated at stock London and Blackwell 100 69 71 1144 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 86 86
stock Lon., Bright. & S Coast ' 100 1144 1151 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 96 061
10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 115 125
stockl24 LoDnod.ei&g.Nhtthh; Western 100 1014 I°3l lan i stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 90 92
20 Do. Fourth do.. - .... 10 11 1 d
with a fair degree of animation, and quotations - .... all - -
stock Lond. & th.. Western lOO 955 961 96 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100
tended upwards.- -
25 L'derry & Coleraine - - Newßrunswick & Canda
At the meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank, 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.).•,.,.6pc all 5 7
held this day, a dividend at the rate of 12} per cent. stock Man. Shef. & Lin^oln
.. Do. do. Land do
; 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - -
as also the report, was unanimously agreed to. 125 Do do 4 shares.... all - - 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .• all 5 7
10 Metropolitan 4 3 2 d .. Do. do. Land do. ..
There is a very heavy market for Public stock Midland - - •
per cent. having taken stock Do 'Airming. & Derby 100 96 98
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - stock Scinde .•
Securities, a decline of .1
20 Do. Punjaub .... Ls gi, 7 If d 11,1 si
place in consequence of a few speculative sales. 25 Do 4 shares all -- - 20 Do. Do. ........ as 0, all - - d
Consols are 93} 1 for money, and 931 3 for thestook Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,". 100 94 95
1025 MDidoli,
(ray Line
:11l
__-
_.-
20 St. Andrews &Quebec A 18 - -
100 '7ewcaatle and Carlisle all -'- 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d
account. Very little business, however, has been
Warnpt. & Ros. all - -
gotiated, speculation being very dull, while the 10 Newry & Armagh, del' 9 7 6 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
ne 20 Newry,
stock Norfolk . 100 55 57
operations for investments are also circumscribed. so N• hit 'Counties;''ii-nio.;:. 11 31 3 d 10 Antwerp & Rotterdain all 45 41 •
20 Ardennes .... ......... all -
The New 3 per Cents, are steady, at 937 I; the stock North British
5 Belgian East. Junction all / 1
stock Nor•Dev.Rail&Dk.stozb 100 - -
20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - -
Reduced, at 934 I ; India Loan is firm, at 1044 A ; stock D• A stk ; A recs nod.
s until snob as beenpd.B 100 - -
ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 97-1 -7,-; ditto stock Do B stock .. . .... . 100 - - 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 25 21
100 Copiabo ......&...... all - -
5/ per Cent, ditto, at 103 •,and • the Debentures are stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 981 0 954 99 84 d 10 Ditto Extension .... all 21 134
at 97. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 2s. prem. stock no Leeds ... ...... ..... 100 531 53/
25 Dodo ,-G.N.E. purchase'l6l34 1/ f
100 831 84 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 41 43-d
20 Eastern of France .. .. all 234 244 104
stock Do York' - -
Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues sroe. North London
20 Do. do. all - -
quiet, and prices are barely maintained. Turkish 19.116.4 North Staffordshire. ... 174 3! 3r, d
20 Great Central of France all - -
6 per Cents. are 771 to 771 ; ditto New, 601 611 ; 12° them Rail.. 'lO 61 65
NNo.
ta.n&clGSr.aWn. Junction.. all 9 10
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all
I 10 Peebles . alI - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all -
Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are firmer at 22 ex div. •; - Portsmouth - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - -
Sardinian, at 831 ; Spanish Deferred remain at 3911 ; In Rhymney..... .-•• • • • • all - -
100 115 117 20 Lierre & Turnhout - - all - -
20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all
.- -
stock Scottish Central
.... ... - -
Mexican are flat at 21k ; and Portuguese at 44.1 stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 363 315
335 Maria Antonia
4 • stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 10 Do. New .... •. • ....... all
all - -
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 1 stock Shropshire Union lOO 50 52 501 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 84 81
20 Do. 6p. c. Pr0f......... all 19 195
prem. ; the Thames:and Mersey, -1 li prem. ; and thel6 Northern of France - - all 37 38
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer.
__all
4:
436 d
stock South Devon ...... •• . Illy
Universal, I. 1 prem. . stock South Eastern ' 100 B5 855 855 i 20 Do. New Shares . - ... 15 -- p
100 67 69 685 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9
stock South Wales
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up stock S. York. and River Dun 100 79 82 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 344 354
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 20 Paris & Orleans all 53 55 531
to this day, are in round figures as under : 25 Stoekton & Darlington all 40 41
20 Recife &S. Fran. (Fern.)
1860. 1859. 25 Do do ll 910 p gua. 7•p. et lim ...... 13 2 15d
'Great Western ..£35,877 £38,593 - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - - 20 Riga & Dunaburg, •...... 14 - -
North-Western 86,438 82,179 stock Taff Tale .............. p,g - - 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all - -
South-Western - - 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15
25 ThaniesHavent k&Rail 22 - - 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - -
13righton. 19,859 17,836 50 Ulster •. • • - -
Midland
• 20 Sambre & Meuse
South. Eastern - af
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,401 7,303 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
i 8,566 37,337 5020 WestWater4ord & Limerickl all - - 20 Southern of France.... all IJI 204
North-EasternB4 West Flanders ........ all 54 6
North British
6,930 6,876 20 West L0nd0n.......... all - - 10 Do. 5/ p. c. Preference.. all 91 9$
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
West Midland - - 23 Western of Austria.... 6 - -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,115 6,715 20 Do 2nd class - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - -
Glasgow and South-Western 9,018 7,913 stock West Midland-Oxford 100 45 47 461 6 Wiesbaden .. .. . . .... all - -
Grand Trunk of Canada - all - -
Great Virouttarn ne f",-- a _ & 001 ~ ~,,, stock Do. Hereford 100 - - - -

Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,401 7,303
North-Eastern 28,566 37,337
North British 6,930 6,876
West Midland
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,115 6,715
Glasgow and South-Western 9,018 7,913
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada
The above returns, with one or two exceptions,
show a continued improvement. On the North-
Western the increase amounts to £4,259 ; the
South Western, £1,523; the Brighton, £2,023 ;
the Midland, £4,109; the South-Eastern, £6,058;
the Great Northern, £1,890; the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, £5.493 ; the North-Eastern £1,229 ; and
the Grand Trunk of Canada £2,978. The Great
Western, owing to the Royal Agricultural Society's
Meeting being held at Swindon, in 1859, shows a
decrease of £2,716, and the Great Western of
Canada has fallen off £279.

!E SHARES.

Paid. Closing 1 Business
Price. Done.

A limited business has been transacted in the
Railway Share Market, and notwithstanding the
favourable character of the traffic returns prices
have shown less firmness. London and Brighton,
North-Weatern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have
receded ss. ; and Great Western, 10s. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and North British improved ss.
The. Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
been in very limited request, and prices have shown
little variation. Dutch-Rhenish have declined 55.;
and Great Western of Canada, ss.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue very inactive, at barely previous quotations.

FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock.
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 97
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 5 6 d
Ditto under £l,OOO .. 2
Consols for Account, 9th Aug. 931
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto Small
BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 3 per Cent 2l *
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 44}
Sardinian 5 per Cent. ..
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 5
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificaths, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account, August 93,1 a

THE SUN, LO:NDON, THURSDAY EVErVNG, JULY 19, 1860.

IMPERIAL PARLI 04 ENT.

HOUSE OF OOMMONS.—pas DAY.)

The SPEAKER was in attendance atl2 o'clock, but the
sufficient number of members not being present, no busi-
ness was transacted before half-past 12o'clock.

PRIVATE BIaSINES.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to :—Bradford, Ncakefield, and Leeds
Railway ; Great Northern and Metropolitan Junction
Railway ; Land Loan and Improvement Company ; and
Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company.
The Monkland Railway Bill was read a third time, and
Lord De Freyne's Estate Bill a secord time.
GALWAY PE ARBOUR (10. 2) BILL.
On the motion of Mr. C. TWISTER, the following
motion was agreed to :—" That statding orders Nos. 199
and 203 be suspended in the case of the Galway Harbour
(No. 2) bill, and that the• bill be read a second time to-
morrow.
LANDLORD AND TENANT IRELAND) BILL.
The house went into committee 'la this bill,•which was
introduced by the Attorney-General for Ireland.
On clause 1,
Mr. M'MAHON moved that the Chairman do leave the
chair. This was a bill which was entirely for the benefit
of the landlord, as far as it could be gathered from a careful
study of its provisions, for the Govt•mnient had not stated
what its real objects were. He thosght before they pro-
ceeded further in the consideration of the bill that it should
be reprinted. The bill contained 10; sections and repealed
57 acts of Parliament, while it charged altogether the re-
lation between landlord and tenant. Every one who
wished well to Ireland must desire that the laws of Eng-
land should be extended to that country, but this bill had
the contrary effect, for instead of the usual contract be-
tween the landlord and tenant in regard to land, it substi-
tuted a parliamentary contrac:. By the 31st section
it was provided that any tenant having less than a
perpetual interest in the land was prohibited from cutting
down trees, and for cutting a kedge, or even a gooseberry
bush, he was subject to a pentay of £5. The hon. and
learned member here quoted the authority of some practical
writers on this subject, to ahoy. the injurious objection of
this provision. It was further provided by the bill that if a
tenant violated his covenant in regard to cropping, accord-
ing to his landlord's view, ho migt be taken before a jus-
tice of peace and sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
Certainly there was an appeal to the courts of law, but in the
meantime he might be undergoing imprisonment, and the
justice of the peace was subject to no penalty under the
act for anything he did, however unjust it might subse-
quently demonstrated to have been. What he asked was that
the landlord and tenant should n be interfered with, or if
the legislature did meddle with them, at least it should be
for giving Ireland the same law as prevailed in this country.
Again, with regard to eviction, the powers given to land-
lords were very arbitrary, for it enabled him to eject a
tenant in opposition to an expressed or modified contract, in
the ease of the land being overheld. The hoe. and learned
gentleman contended that in regard to distressing a tenant
the law was also most unfair in the power it gave the land-
lord, and read some of the acts which the bill proposed to
repeal without any substitution. He concluded by appeal-
ing to the house not to proceed with the bill at this ad-
vanced period of the session, when there was such a thin
attendance, and when they had no chance of passing it
through the House of Lords.
Mr. WHITESIDE seconded the amendment, and con-
tended that the bill was a failure as it did not deal with the
law of fixture and distress. In the bill which he had in-
troduced on this subject provisions were made in reference
to these points, and he recommended to the Attorney-Ge-
neral for Ireland to postpone, any measure on this subject
until next session.
After a few words from Mi. COOPER,

Mr. DEASY said he did not think tile conduct of the
hon. andlearned member for,Wexford (Mr. M'Mahon) was
fair to him or to the house, considering that the bills had
been: discussed and the principle affirmed on the second
reading. The hon. and learned member was not present on
that occasion, and it was unjust to re-open subjects whiei
had already been decided ; and with reference to his state-
ment, as to no explanation havinc, been offered by Govern-
ment, he reminded the house thatb on the occasion of the
second reading he explained the main provisions of the
measure, though he thought it necessary to enter into
details as the bill had virtually been before the house for
the last four or five years. It would have been fairer to him
(Mr. Deasy) if the hon. and learned member had given him
notice of amendments to any particular clauses, and on the
second reading of the bill, he invited the co-operation of
legal gentlemen and the criticism of the house ;
his only object was to pass a bill that
would improve the law between landlord and tenant.
He denied that the bill was unjust to the tenant
because it provided for facilitating the law in the enforce-
ment of contracts between landlord and tenent Nothing
was so injurious to the tenant as the existing state of the
law, as it afforded temptations to litigation, and induced
him to expend his money in law instead of on improving
the land or paying his rent. He adverted to two cases
illustrating his opinion, which had recently come under his
experience. When the chilises came before the Committee
he would be prepared to rec nsider, amend, or expunge if
it was shown to him to be desirable. (Hear, hear.) The
bill was some time before the house. It was brought in im-
mediately after his resolution, and read a second time.
[LEFT SITTING.]

lAJPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock, but not
more than about a dozen members being present, no business
was transacted until 20 minutes after.
CORONERS' (No. 3) BILL.
Mr. COBBETT, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said that he hoped hon. members would accede to his
proposition, and also allow the bill 'to be committed pro
forma, when he would move some amendments. The com-
mittee who had sat on this question recommended that
coroners should be paid by salary instead of fees, for which
his bill provid:l. The chief circumstance which had
prompted him to bring forward this question was the great
increase of the crime of infanticide, which he considered
the inquisition of a coroner was calculated to arrest.
He had seen a great deal of the effects produced
by the coroners' court in checking other descriptions of
murder. He considered that a coroner and his jury were
the best possible courts from their knowledge of the loca-
lity where a murder was committed ; and he believed their
abolition would be a great injury, and that would be the
result if other counties followed the practice of Durham
and other places. The magistrates in these latter counties
had refused coroners their fees on the ground of the in-
crease in the number of inquests of late years. But this
increase did not arise from malversation of funds or any
misconduct on the part of coroners, but entirely to acts of
legislation. In 1836 an act was passed giving coroners
power to hold post-mortem examinations, which had been
the means of bringing to light some of the foulest murders
that had ever been committed. The Legislature had also
passed the Inquisition Act, and the coroner was obliged to
pay the surgeon who inspected a dead body £2 2s. ; a sur-
geon who attended as witness, £1 Is. ; and consequently
his expenses were increased. Having mentioned several
cases of death of a suspicious character in which coroners
refused to hold inquests because they had no security of
receiving their fees, he concluded by again appealing to the
house to read the bill a second time. _ _

Mr. DEEDES seconded the motion, but expected that
there would be some amendments agreed to in committee.
Sir G. LEWIS said that all persons were agreed that
the disputes between magistrates and coroners in reference
to the question should receive a satisfactory solution.
Having adverted to his own bill on the subject by which
he proposed that matters of differences should be adjudi-
cated on by the Court of Queen's Bench, he said the pre-
sent bill was in accordance with the recommendation of the
Select Committee to whom the question had been referred.
He did certainly entertain some doubts as to the
advantages that would accrue from the payment
of coroners by salaries. Hoivever, he had no objection to
the bill being passed provided it was made harmonious with
the whole system, and he thought some power should be
given to the Crown to discharge a coroner when unfitted
for, or neglectful of, his duties. He considered also that
the election of coroners should be transferred from the free-
holders to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties.
Lord H. VANE supprted the bill, but objected to the
change in the parties electing coroners.

Mr: E. JAMES entertained the same opinion as the
noble lord, but had no objection to the Lord Chancellor
having power to remove an incompetent coroner.
Mr PHILIPS and Mr. FARRER expressed themselves to
the same effect.

Mr. W. SMITH also objected to the transfer of authority
in the election of coroners, but he admitted that the present
system required amendment, as it enabled many fictitious
votes to be recorded, and the election could only be set aside
by a quo warranto of the Court of Queen's Bench.
They would have a very large constituency if they
authorised freeholders on the Parliamentary register to
elect a coroner, which would only exclude the 40s. free-
holders.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAT.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

AN IMPUDENT TlllEF.—Louisa Lyons, a dissipated-
looking woman, was charged with the following robbery in
a dwelling house. . _ _

After a few words from Mr. J. Locke, Dr. Brady, Sir
W. Miles, Captain Stewart, Mr. Ridley, and Mr. Humber-
stone, the bill was read a second time, and committed pro
forma.
The house then resumed.
COUNTY RATES EXPENDITURE BILL.
The order for the second reading of this bill was dis-
charged.

Mr. James Parkhurst, china and glass dealer, corner of
Cambridge-street and Broad-street, Golden-square, said
that on the previous day he had been into Regent-street,
and on his return he entered the house by the private door,
and as he was doing so he saw the prisoner coming out of
the shop door with two of his coats, of the value of about

3 on her amL.--(113—t21"8.-1,4w—tho.-eaOs -were his. and_
that she had no business there, she replied, "Then lock
me up," in a very im2udent =goer, and ho then gave her
into custody.
Mary Ann Skeat, a young woman, living with her mother
in Tyler's-court, Regent-street, said she detected the pri-
soner yesterday afternoon going up the stairs of her mother's
house. On asking her who she wanted, she replied, "My
husband," and then said her mother was lying dead in a
court in Windmill-street. She had taken the key of one of
the rooms away with her.

AGRICULTURAL SERVANTS BILL.
The order for the second reading of the bill was also dis-
charged.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL (LIMITATION OF
ACTIONS) BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT

AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL.
The adjourned debate on the motion for going into com-
mittee on this bill, to which an amendment had been pro-
posed, to the effect that this house should resolve itself
into committee upon this day three months, was resumed by
Mr. STANILAND, who said that he objected to the bill
having a retrospective effect, and its enabling vestries
to appear in support or opposition of any bill
brought before this house affecting local interests. He
contended that if vestries possessed the power provided for
by this bill it would lead to expense and endless contests
before committees of the house, to the protraction of the
session and the detriment of public business. He con-
cluded by supporting the amendment.
Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, and contended that
the opposition to it emanated from the gas companies of
the metropolis. He thought it most unjust to prevent the
local authorities who were the popular representatives,
from resisting any attempt on the part of gas companies to
pass bills through Parliament deeply affecting their local
interests.
Sir F. GOLDSMID opposed the bill on the ground of
its retrospective operation, as well as from other causes.
Mr. J. LOCKE supported the bill, and could not see why
parishioners should not have a right to defend themselves
against the monopoly of gas companies who had large sums
of money at their disposal. He thought this was a very
simple question, and was limited to the metropolis, and did
not affect any other town or district in the kingdom. What
the supporters of the measure required was to prevent their
being taxed heavily against their wish in regard to gas com-
panies, who, as was the case during the present session, by
protracted proceedings before a Parliamentary committee,
could incur heavy expenses,. which they would take out of
ockets trf the , , • • •
ir . at that the question involved in this
bill arose from the peculiar state of the metropolis with re-
spect to municipal institutions. He had been reproached
with not having brought on the Corporation Reform
Bill, and it was much against his inclinations that he
was compelled to postpone that measure. During the
debate that had taken place it had been proposed that the
whole metropolis should be embraced in one municipal
corporation. Since then a question had been raised as to
whether it would not be desirable to abolish the Corpora-
tion of London altogether—(hear, hear)—and distribute its
revenues over the whole metropolis. Ho maintained the
opinion that had been expressed by the committee on the
London Corporation Bill, that the metropolis could not be
made into one municipality. He believed that opinion to be
correct, for considering the magnitude and the different
interests of the respective districts of the metropolis, it
would be quite impossible they could be adequately repre-
sented in one towncouncil. He certainly thought the present
system required alteration. The towns in the country,under
their municipal powers, had authority to appear before Par-
liament to resist any bill affecting their local interests, and
to obtain the money for that purpose out of the borough
funds. Now, he did not see why a parish of such extent

Wright, 90 C, said that on going to the court where the
prisioner said her mother was lying dead, he found there
was a person lying dead there, but the prisoner was not in
the remotest degree related to her. He also knew she had
been in custody before.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded her for a few days.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

iMt ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 57s 7d ;
barley, 33s 5d ; oats, 25s 8d ; rye, 41s 3d ; beans, 46s
6d ; and peas, 43s 7d.

,
as Marylebone, or other parishes of the metropolis., should
not have the same privilege. He would therefore support
the motion for going into committee, but he thought the
bill required some amendment,
After some further discussion the house diyiqoa, whoa
there appeared—
For goingo•c, into committee
78
Against
Majority
—IQ
The house then went into committee.
Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.
On clause 3,

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, Ns 7d
barley, 31s 2d ; oats, 26s 7d ; rye, 398 3d ; beaus, 46s 4d
peas, 41s 6d,

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,098,
barley, 839 ; oats, 3,964 ; rye, 11G ;
190 quarters. beans, 1,849 , peas,

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
To-day's market was very scantily supplied with beasts.
Prime breeds sold steadily, at quite Monday's currency.
Otherwise, the beef trade trade was in a sluggish state, on
former terms. The show of sheep was seasonably good.
Downs and half-breds were in request, at full quotations ;
but other kinds were a slow inquiry on former terms. Wes
had a fair sale for lambs, the supply of which was moderate,
at previous rates. Calves were firm in price; with a steady
inquiry. in pigs and mikh cows very little was doing, at
late currencies.

Sir G. LEWIS said that this clause required amend •
ment, as the powers it proposed to confer on vestries were
too extensive, and drew the attention of the house to it in
order that some member whe was opposed to the provisions
of the bill might propose an amendment.
Mr. T. MILLER suggested that the clause should be
postponed.
Mr. SPOONER proposed the insertion of the words
" with consent of the ratepayers in public meeting as-
sembled," which he thought would have the effeot of im-
posing the necessary restriction on vestries.
Sir G. LEWIS considered that it would be advisable to
makt the consent of the Metropolitan Board of Works in-
dispensable in regard either to promoting or opposing local
bills, Ile had a communication with the chairman of
that board who thought that this veto should be sufficient
in securing the necessary restraint. He (Sir G. Lewis)
considered also that no expenses should be paid without the
consent of the Metropolitan Board, or a certificate from the
Parliamentary committee before.whom the bill was heard,
that the expenses were properly incurred.
After soma discussion,
Mr. AYRTON moved the insertion of the words " with
the sanction of the Metropolitan Board of Works," which
be stated would meet the views of the right hon. bart. (Sir
G. Lewis) and other members who agreed with him.
Mr. CHILMRS opposed the amendment on the ground
that it would„lead to an antagonism between the Metropo-
litan Iloard of Works and the local board, and he thought
that the local authorities should be reimbursed only when
there was a certificate from the committee that they were
justly incurred.
Sir G. C. LEWIS and Sir J. SHELLEY supported the
amendment.
The resolution, as amended, was agreed to, as well as
clause 4,
On clause 5,
Mr. CLAY moved the omission of certain words, and the
substitution of others to the effect that a spetial rate be
levied to defray the expenses of parliamentary proceedings.
The house divided. Motion that the words proposed to
be omitted stand part of the bill—
Ayes
Noes.
Majority • — 5
Mr. CHILDERS moved the addition of words, to the
effect that no expenses shoal 4 be allowed unless when the
chairman of the Parliamentary committee certified to the
reasonableness of such expenses.
Sir G. C. LEWIS had no objection to the introduction
of the words, but he considered them unnecessary, as the
committee would decide in Mani whether a party had a
locus standi, which would be equivalent to determining
whether they were entitled to appear for or against a
bill.

Per 81be to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d.' s. d. s. d.
Crse. It inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 2
Second qualitydo. 4 2 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo. 5 4 5 6
Prime large oxen 4 8 5 2 Large one. calves 4 6 5 0
Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 2 5 6
Crse. &inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 4 0 4 6
Second quality do. 44 4 8 Small porkers
Lambs, 5s 8d to 6s Bd.
Suckling calves, 21s to 23s ; and quarter •eld store pig,,
23s to 30s.

TOTAL SUPPLY,

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep and lambs 11,300 i ' Sheep
Calves
Pigs
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Mr. CHILDERS said that the decision as to the mere
locus slandi of parties was purely technical.
After some discussion the clause was agreed to, and the
bill passed through committee.
ADULTERATION OP FOOD OR DRINK BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were agreed to.
TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRE-
LAND) BILL.
The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed
to. The bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.