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London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

CHURCH RATE

Earl DE GREY presented petitions from Huddersfield
and ocher places, in favour of the abolition of church-
rates.

EDUCATION IN INDIA.
The' Bishop of OX FORD presented a petition from Slough,
prayii ig that the Bible might be introduced into any sys-
tem tor the education of the natives of India.
ENDOWED CHARITIES.
T he LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a bill for
tl lie regulation of endowed charities. The noble and learned
h Ird. said the hill was founded on the report of the Commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into the subjee.
Lord CRANWORTH and Lord BROUGHAM said a few
w ords in favour of the bill, which was read a first time.

DIVORCE COURT.
Lord BROUGHAM made a few observations with
re specit to this court, the construction of which he
th long ht was susceptible of great improvement. The
le arne d judge who presided conducted the court in the
1-,igheist manner; but he (Lord Brougham) was of opinion
ghat a. court empowered to pronounce a decree dissolving
marriage ought to be presided over by three judges at the
least. With respect to expenses attendant on such a pro-
ceedinfç, the return which he should move for would show
that tb.ere were from £12,000 to £13,000 paid over annually
to the Consolidated Fund from the fees of the Court of
Probate and Divorce.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would
be no, objection to the returns moved for by the
noble and learned lord, but in the event of an additional
number of judges being required for the proper dispatch of
business in this court, he thought the question of expense
ought not to stind in the way.
TRUSTEES AND MORTGAGEES, &c., BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
SIR J. BARNARD'S ACT REPEAL BILL.

This bill was read a second time, on the motion of Earl
GRANVILLE.

SALE OF GAS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

This bill passed through committee.
_ _ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Lord. TEYNHA.M then moved the following resolu-
11.ons :--44 That this house, greatly desiring the settlement
.ot the, question of Parliamentary Reform, for the satisfac-
tion •of men's minds, for the sake of the peace of the coun-
t ry, and that the business of Parliament may be pro-
c. aedei I with without let, is ,willing to give its most careful
o leration to the prayer of tLe petitions which have
bt ,en presented to it in favour of manhood suffrage and vote
by •bs llot ; this being the broadest basis for the elective
ire me hise which has been presented to it by petition : That
thi's l lOuse hopes to discern them who for any reason ought
not :to be allowed a vote, and to point out means whereby
im pry per persons may be deprived of the franchise after it is
y possessed; so that, on the one hand, no man shall
be left without the franchise against whom no just or suf-
ficient reason for his disfranchisement can be assigned;
and, on the other hand, no man shall be put on the list
of voters, or continued thereon, against whom just
grout tits of disfranchisement can be alleged and proved :
That this house is, therefore, prepared to recommend such
alterr ;lions in the criminal, vagrant, and poor laws 11.8 shall
appear necessary to cut off from the register of voters all
imp/ roper persons. In this way the house hopes to grant
the spirit of the prayer of its petitioners for manhood suf-
frage and vote by ballot, not only without detriment to the
.common. weal, 'but with great advantage to the same.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
SMITHFIELD MARKET STREETS AND IM-

PROVEMENTS BILL.
Sir T. DUKE, in moving the second reading of this
bill, s aid •he denied that the ancient site of Smith-
field Market • would he interfered with by the
proposed improvements. The experiment of a dead
meat inarketnear the cattle market had been tried, and it
had proved a failure, although the Corporation of London
had expended on it £250,000, and had given a piece of
ground to wards Long-lane for carrying eut the object.
The whole of the outlay that will have to be incurred will
be nearly• £500;000.- The honourable member hav-
ing ;passed an eulogium on the Home Secre-
tary for • his- courtesy in general, as well
as his conduct in reference to this measure, said the bill
had r!ceived the approbation of the Home-office and the
Comutiss,ioners of Woods and Forests. It would have the
effect of clearing Newgate-street, which was one of the
greatest nuisances in the City to persons crossing in that
direct' ion.
Mr MACKINNON opposed and Mr. Alderman SALomoNs
suprerted the bill. •
air G. LEWIS hoped the- house would allow the bill to
be read a second time, and any alterations that might be
deemed desirable could be discussed in 'committee.

Sir M. PETO opposed the bill, which he said was not in
accordance with the report of the commission on the sub-
ject.
Mr. COWPER contended that the plan which the house
'was called on to approve carried out fully the
recommendation of the commission, and would effect a
great salutary improvement in the City.
After some further discussion the bill was read a second
time.

Sir J. DUKE moved that the bill be referred to a cem-
mitt ae of selection, which was agreed to.
PETITIONS. _ _ _

Several petitions were presented against the Reform Bill
in its present form; against the Scotch Registration Bill;
in favour of the Reform Bill, and praying that the house
do pass the bill into law without any unnecessary delay, as
.a wise and discreet concession to popular claims; in favour
•of a bill to establish tenant right in Ireland ; fiom the Rev.
Mr. Spurgeon, complaining of the annoyance and inter-
ruption to public worship caused by the crying of pods in
the streets on Sundays, and praying the house to adopt
some steps to suppress thg nuisance, &c.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that, on the 19th inst., he
would move that the house take into consideration the re-
port of the commission on Greenwich Hospital.
ALLEGED MISCONDUCT IN REGARD TO A
LUNATIC.
Mr. T. DUN.COMBE asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, if his attention had been directed to
the petition of Jesse Mumford, a labouring man, of Per-
shore (presented on the 31st of May), complaining of the
illegality and outrage perpetrated upon his wife, in having
been forcibly reconveyed after 10 weeks' absence, and in
defiance of the wishes of himself and her relatives, to the
'Lunatic Asylum of the county of Worcester, and what
steps he had taken in conuequence ?
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that a letter from the husband
had been addressed to the Home-office, and the matter was
referred to• the Commissioners of Lunacy. The commis-
sioners had investigated the s ullect, and reported that there
was nothing in the affair that called for censure.
THE REFORM BILL.
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Mr. BLAKE asked the Sec rotary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether, in the event o.f a measure for the amend-
ment of the representation of d'e people passing during the
present session of Parliament fo r England alone, a dissolu-
tion and general election for l7reat• Britain and Ireland
would take place, to be followe d by elections in Scotland
and Ireland on the passing of the bills for the amendment
of the representation of th 3 people• for those countries.
Lord J. RUSSEI4, said he could inform the hon. mem-
ber that Parliament could not be dissolved except by the
prerogative of the Crown. If the Crown exercised that
privilege, a dissolution would take place. (Laughter.)
When a dissolution took place a it;eneral election would
take place in Scotland and Ireland as well as in England.
(Renewed laughter.)
ESTIMATING RENTAL.

Mr. P. WATLINGTON asked the President of the
Poor Law Board, whether the Instruction Letter from the
Poor Law• Commissioners to Parochial Officers, dated the
22d day of June,lB37, had ever been withdrawn, or whether
the practice of considering gross estimated rental as the
landlord's rent, the landlord and tenant respectively pay-
ing their own proper charges, prevailed in opposition to the
instructions therein contained.
Mr. VILLIERS said that the instruction of the 22d
June had never been withdrawn, but possess no other autho-
rity than as an expression of opinion on the matter to
which it referred. •
THE REFORM BILL.
_ _

Mr. BRADY complained of the manner in which the
noble lord the Secretary for Foreign. Affairs had answered
the question of the hon. member for Waterford (Mr. Blake),
and was proceeding to make some general remarks, when
he was called to order by
The SPEAKER, who informed the hon. member that he
must ash a question, to which he must confine himself.
Mr. BRADY then asked the noble lord (Lord J. Rus-
sell) a question similar to that of the member for Water-
ford.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had answered the ques •
tion to the best of his ability, but he would endeavour to
render himself more intelligible to the hon. member (Mr.
Brady), though he was by no means sanguine of success.
(Laughter.) No dissolution could tak, place until the
Crown should have been advised to exercise its prero-
gative. If that advice was taken, and Parliament was
dissolved, their elections would take place in Ireland and
Scotland. If the hon. member asked him what advice
would be given to the Crown, it was a question to which
he would not give an answer. (Laughter.)
SCOTCH AND IRISH REFORM BILLS.
On the order of the day for ream ping the adjourned de-
bate on the Representation of the I 'eople's Bill,
Sir
JAMES FE RGUSS oN moved the follDwing, of
which he had given notice " That the order of
the
the day for' n Representatio of the People Bill,
Adjourned Debate en
orders
eg
eirtoheCoamaymiftetfet,h'
ebepost-
poned until after the Repre-
sentation of the People (Ireland) Bill (second reading), and
Representation of the People (Scotland) Bill (second read-
ing). He said he took this course with a view to induce
the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) to a llow the discussion on
the three bills to take place at the gam(' time, or that the Eng-
lish Reform should be withdrawn' alt;gether for the present
to
session. If it was proposedadoptie the latter course he
woull have had no objection to e
Govern-
ment omitted altogether to deal wi-th?trh,e i frepresentation
of Scotland and Ireland, he, as a private emb..r, would
not have deemed himself caled to make any complaint,
that
because the Government might see proper reasonfoerapparentomission which might not be apparent to a privateinm
He considered that hou
rcrse proposed by the noble lordr
was open to the gravest excption, for it proposed to intro-
duce an exceptional mode of legislation with -reference to
Scotland and Ireland, which had formed aistanding ground
of complaint in these countries. If the English Reform
Bill were passed, and that of Scotland and Ireland post-
poned, the two latter countries would be placed in a very
anomalous position, for a disselu ;ion of Parliament
would follow, and the Englishmembers' would be
returned under a new and different description
of constituency, while the Irish and Scotch members would
owe their election to the old system of franchise. Now,
this would be a grievance, of which the two countries in
question had to complain, and confining himself
to Scotland, be contended it would be a gross

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Money Market remains in a quiet state,
owing to the moderate requirements for commercial
purposes, and the absence of active speculative
adventure. No material alteration can yet be re-
ported in the rates, but the tendency ' appears
favourable, and a further decline in the minimum
is not considered improbable in the course of a few

weeks.
The Silver Market has been rather firmer since
the arrival of the China letters, and it is expected

that the next Calcutta steamer will convey a large
remittance. 'About £30,000 in fine gold was taken
out of the Bank yesterday, but a sum of £B,OOO in
Russian gold was purchased by that establishment.

The market for Public Securities remains in a
quiet state, and the few transactions which have
taken place to-day have not led to any material
alteration. At the same time, however, the
tendency of prices is unfavourable. Consols
being 948 95 for money, and 95/ S for the account.
The New Threes and Reduced are steady, at 93/ ;
India New Loan at 1061 s ; but the 5 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper is heavy, at 97* ; and Exchequer
Bills remain at 93. to lie. prem. Bank Stock is
quoted 2291.
Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a
moderate extent, and prices exhibited a slight
upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to
77 ; ditto New Loan, 59 to 60 ; Spanish were
heavy at 48 ; Chilian were firm at 102* ; Mexican
at 21/ ; Russian 41 per Cents. at 971- ; and Dutch
4 per Cents. advanced to 101/.
The Ocean Marine Insurpce shares are 21 prem. ;
the Universal * a prem., and the Thames and
Mersey 1 y a prem. The shares of the Thessalian
Mining Company are 8 a prem.
Business in the Liverpool cotton market yester-
day was rather more active, and prices were steady,
with the exception of inferior American, which was
a trifle lower. The sales were estimated at 8,000
bales.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained np
,o this day, are in round figures as under :

1860.
Great Western ..
North-Western 86,202
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South• Eastern

1859.
£30,990
73,100
20,911
19,535
35,081
19,495

Great Northern 26,259 23,553
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,389 6,818
North-Eastern . '47,819 34,582
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 15,246 10,449
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 6,106 4,615
West Hartlepoci
Glasgow and South-Western
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,774 6,488
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada
A decided improvement is shown in the above
traffic returns ; on the Great Western the augmen-
tation amounts to £4,640 ; the North-Western to
£13,102 ; the South-Western, to £154; the
Midland to £7,356 ; the South-Eastern to £4,887 ;
the Great Northern to £2,706 ; the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire to £17,800; the Bristol
and Exeter to £571; the North-Eastern to £3,237;
the Grand Trunk of. Canada to £2,696, and the
Great Western of Canb.da to £250; the Brighton
shows a falling off of £1,241,

In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount
of business has been transacted, and most of the
principal undertakings have shown firmness.
Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
Midlard have advanced 55.; and Bristol and
Exeter and South Western 108 ; Eastern Counties
and South Eastern have declined 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial Markets remain quiet,
and prices are generally unaltered. Buenos Ayres
and San Fernando, however, have declined about 1,
and Bahia and San Francisco have improved I.
East Indian, Great Indian Peninsula, and Great
Western of Canada realise about former rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
dull. Oriental Bank have improved to 424 ; and
Provincial of Ireland, to 84. Peninsular and
Oriental Steam have declined to 75.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93} 1
3 per Cent. Cons4ls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities - 93i 1
'
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent,
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 96
Ditto, 1859
Consols for Account, 10th July 95/
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
D tr,o £5OO Q
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES,
Brasilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1839 & 1859 ..... 7
Ditto Account
Ch:lian 6per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent
.._.. ___ .

intl. Aee'.ount
Peruvian 41 per Cent
'
Ditto 3 per Cent 69i
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — 451
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St _ 108
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent ...
Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 38
Ditto Passive . - l6
Turkish 6,per Cent..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent .___
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
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Conßole, Money
Ditto Aooount

case was
Stuart, and
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thisT limEornLinAgWrestUeßdTbSelorTe
continued to occupy the attention of the Court the whole
of the day.—The judgment in the case of Synfen v. Chelms-
ford, in the Exchequer Court had not been delivered when
we went to press.
GRAY'S-INN, June 6.—At a pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Arthur J. H. Col-
lins, Esq.. the eldest son of John Collins, of Parkstone, in
the county of Dorset, Esq., and John B. Brindley, Esq., the
only,son of James Brindley, of Newcastle-under.Lyne, in
the county of Stafford, Esq., were called to the degree of
barrister-at-law.
ROBBING A FOREIGN SAILOR.--An elderly man
named Condon was charged this morning before Mr. Selfe
with being concerned in robbing a sailor. The unfortunate
" Jack" was laid hold cf by two girls, supposed to be the
associates of the prisoner, and robbed of all his clothes and
67 sovereigns. The man was reminded in order to give
the police time to apprehend the girls who are well known.