The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

7.118 GREAT SEA SERPENT HOAX.

Mr. Frederick Smith, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gift°
the following account of the great sea serpent :—On the
4th instant, Captain Harrington, of the ship Castilian,
stated his belief that be had seen the great sea serpesit
near St. Helena. His confidence is strengthened fr°6l
~
the fact of something similar having been seen by her
Majesty's ship Dx lulus near the same position.
following circumstance, which occurred on board the
ship Pekin, then belonging to Messrs. T. and •
Smith, on her passage from Moulmein, may be of PI
service respecting this " queer fish." On December 28th'
1848, being then in lat. 26 S., long. 6 E , nearly ere 1;
ship having only steerage way, saw about balf-s-
-mthie
on port beam a very extraordinary-looking thing i° 1,0
water of considerable length. With the telescope ea
could plainly discern a huge head and neck, covf it
with a long shaggy-looking kind of mane, which
3;0
kept lifting at intervals out of the water- Tat
was sewn by all hands and declared to be the gro
sea serpent. I determined on knowing son:l9°ag
about it, and accordingly lowered a boat, in vibiebbog
chief officer and four men went, taking with theca
small line in case it should be required. I vat
them very a! ziously, and the monster seeree",looo
to regard their approach. At length they got buoy
to the head, They seined to hesitate, and the°,,acit,
themselves with the line, the monster all the time otly
ing its head, and showing its great length. Pr°3estor
the boat began pulling towards the ship, the nv got
following slowly. In about half-an-hour they
alongside ; a tackle was got on the mei° :,, AO
and it was hoisted on board. It appeared sanl, with
supple when hanging, but so completely covere,ust fie
snaky-looking barnacles about 13 inches long, ti.; be
had it some time on board before it was discovereln`choll
a piece of gigantic seaweed, 20 feet long and 4the
diameter, the root end of which appeared when 1 jou
water like the head of the animal, and tho motiel2dy• it
by the sea caused it to seem alive. In a few 400.
dried up to a hollow tube, and as it had a rather
sive smell, it was thrown overboard. the
I had only beau a short time in England wilt oeo
Do talus arrived and reported having seen the gr° oncee
serpent—to the best of my recollection near the to
locality, and which I have no doubt was a pie" is ar
same weed. So like a huge living monster did ti-cii"
pear, that had cirourastancfn prevented my thei
--
se
boat to it I should certainly Lave believed I had
great sea snake,

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li L.NES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
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SRA i-;',L Bil &it :i.E l' 8-, This Day).
1 MONEY MARKET
R AILWAYS. Shr.• Pala RAILWAYS.
AITLI Companiesasing Closingthis
day
yces Burs 4a7hiess
-
closin Prices 1 Business eons -- -
Shr. Paid EarLwass. this day. thiS day. St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 97 - 99
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. St. 100 Clydesdale Je. Caledon_ 99 - 101
--..--.. --- t
-----""".. 25 all Col.Stour Vy, E.U.drE.O 13 - 15
41.------
123 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bas ra _ 51. sif st. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 /Le Gt•Northe 138 - 140
& Eastn. June.- o 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4- 4t
CITY, Two o'CLocK.
50 all Belfast & Ballymen 84 - 8,1
St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
The Bank of England return made up to the 10th Neils•Direet.
St. 100 Do. 'slew Do ... - ..•
inst• shows some very favourable features. The Tatilloolyverh. ~
71
......
73
25 all Glstr.&Thar. Gt.Weste. ... - ...
1.3
all
BSirratounrgV*
.
accumulation of the notes and gold is consi•lerable, 50 all dull it. .seiby. I. & N.M. 110 - 111 1111
9 - 9i
St. 100 Birkenhd.eheshiro 3.Launnoctsh. a
...
.....
...
25 all Blackburn ............
25 all Do.. Shares. Do - •••
mid a further relaxation in the rate of discount is
25 all Blyth & Tyne origina
12 all Do. i Shares. Do ..... -
13
falling not improbable. In the other securities there is a £25 (iss. at £45)... ... - •..
121' all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastoin. 12t - 13
' tol & Exeter__ 94 - 96
23. - 24.
. falling off of a million and a half, and there is St. 100 Bristol . ee -01 93i 433 20 I all Do•Preferenee Do
St. 100 aledoman..... ..... ue
St. 100 Lou. Til., &S. Peto &Co. 97 - 100 93
141 augmentation in the notes unemployed of st. 100 seater & Holyheae 37 - 39
' 10 110 ,Do. Bark. Sh. Do .. -- ”.
about one million and a quarter. The bullion,si, all 'Manoh.Bxton. Ln. diN.W
5020 • ..
allo Ccooir.kk,aßnldaoßak.n&dopna.m.... .
.....- :..
4 - 5
through the influx of gold, has accumulated to the 20 all Cornwall
St.
extent of three quarters of a million, the total 10 all De. A •.. - ... 1.00
madnidd.Mßraatldofedk.
ititirdiankfidld.cl.:
0723
_-•
921
98
64 51 Newmarket
being Sixteen all , Do. B - •••
BuryE.G.spe. E. Count.. 1 - iP
millions and a halt. The private
15-g all "Dublin&BelfastJune ••• - ...d
50 ;all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 56 - 58
deposits have decreased owing to the payments of 25 all 'Dun. P. &Aber.June. 8 - 9
50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... - ...
the 4th of the month ; but the public deposits St. 100 East Anglian .......... 18_3 - 191
St. 100 Eastern Counties__ 62 - 63 62i 131 50 , all Do•Fixedsp.e Do
25 ' all Prest. thWyre L. &A. W ... - ...
. exhibit a moderate augmentation. The various
121 all Do. 4 Shrs. 4 Do • - •••
St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk 49 - Si 50 A
33 - 35
St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt•Northn 137 - 139
iteins and the changes they present are exhibited St. 1100 Do., do. B
25 si Do. New A -- ...
10 all Shrows.& Her T. Brassoy 71 - S
in the following table :- 25 au East Kent ......
, I Rest - 921 5012
Increase - •••
25 all IDo.. Do 33 - 35
Public deposits - - -.
Increase - 681 671 allall IWS• eSatarVfla"Ldgs6hp•C Slitel.drelLn. !I --
r!
:Et.Nwee..t.s.l.9xlß-Es. 93
Other deposits 16,205,945 , 0 all Edinb. anclPeebles_ ... - •••
Decrease - 29 281 I 25 all Myth and Tyne 10 P.
• Seven-day and other bills - ••• 81.100 jWilts
c.pref.(issid.at 50/.) ... -
Decrease - -.. PREFERENCE
St. 100 Brie. &Ex. 4 p.c. St. 90 - 95
St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 91 - 96 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. _ -
Active circulation - 10i
Decrease - 107 106/ 6 1 st. 100
dies. n. £lO 46 p. c,lOl - 103
1
. Government securities • 9,702.517 St. 100 Do. A. Stock .9- 93 92 3p.c. ... - _
St. 100& Ho. 5
... Increase - 133 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... - ..
64 all Cork&Bandonssp.o. ... - Other securities - 105,
si all Dun.Porth.brAber.J. 6 - 61
Decrease
--- 61.4 61
St. 100 E. Anglian Cls.A Sh. ... - -
Notes unemployed
St. 100 'Do. do. Chs. B 6p. c. 106 •••• 112
Increase -
12 all Irish South-Eastern. ::: -.....
87
St. 100 'Do. do. Cls. C 7 P.C. 110 - 114
Total Bullion
St. 400 Eas•Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l 115 - 120
10 - 12 p
, 1611 14111210., Thirds
St. 100 Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 107 - 110
Increase
St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. se. St. 130 - 135
It will thus be seen that the trade of the coun- St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 931 - 954 913 53
try remains in 20 all East Un. G. 6p. c. ... - ...
• 16 ; 6 Do do. F £l6 ... I - i d
5 all Do. 5/. 1•0 per cent. ... - ...
[ a depressed state, and until it is
3 ! 1 Do*, Wet. Riding Un. ... - ...
10 all JD°. 101. Debentr.Sh. ... - ...
resuscitated no material reaction in the money 20 1 all Do*. Southport....... ••• - ...
St. all o. do. 4 per cent... ... - ...
Market is likely to take place. While looking at i
St. 100 EastLancash.6p.ets. -.- _
109 108 7
113, all London & Blackwell 63 - 61 61
5 all E.&W. York. J. sths ... - _
the vastly improved state of the Bank's resources St. 'lOO Lond.Bright.&S.Cst 107,__ _
it should
10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. 0. Sh. ... -- ...
. . be borne in mind that the change has i',9 ' all Do. Fifths - •••
/ St. 100 London &N. Wester Itaii 1014 1011 1004 14
St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 74 - 76
been brought about by adversity, and not in St. 100 Furness" SP. c ••• - •••
dlO an D0.,1a5h.,Med3...c i--
....- i•-e
any 123' 5 Do. Eighths
St. 100 'Glee. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. ... -- ...
egree by the prosperity of commerce. Money is St: 100 London & S.Weatkrn 98e - 993 981 93
St, 100 Groat Northn. 5 p.c. 119 - :21
Cheap and abundant because there is no employ-St. 100 Do. SP. c. Redeem.
25 'all Lndndrry. Si Ennis . •
at 10 p. c. prem._ 111 - 114
inent for it, a limited amount being sufficient for se, cb !all Lndndrry.&Colera. its ... -... .....
401
St. 100 Do. 43 per cent ...... 103 - 105 106
the transactions now concluded. 'lOO Manch•Shef.&Lineln. 391 -
10 IA Metropolitan
10 1 Do. 100 60
J. L. Ricardo's Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
' About 80,000/. in gold was sent into the Bankp. c. prem. - E 6
arrangement ...... ••• - •••
10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPr 103 - 11
Yesterday, so that the next weekly return will no St. •100 Midland -994 k 981 93
20 18 Gt. $& W. (Ireland) ... - ...
doubt exhibit a further large addition to the bul- 71 -73 St. 100 Do. . Binning. & Derby -
...
20 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... - _
lion. . 50 all Midland o.West.(lr.) •••50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spe 51 - 6
The continental exchanges yesterday afternoon
Were again rather lower.
The •
on re is a slight increase in the demand for 2205
11
.110 Do. 1 Shares ......... ••• - ••• '
100 ' all Newcastle &Carlisle ••• - •••
25 ; all Newpt.AbergaitHrfd l3 - 14
50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - •••
Newry, Warrenpoint
••. - .•• St. 100 Do• con. red. 44 p.c. 91 -93
St. 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c. 84 - 86
St. 100 Do. erred. 4 per tent. 86 - 88 863
St. 100 Do. sp. c, red. pref. 99 - 101
8 all Do. Birm. Pref, Sh.. 10 - 153
10 all Do. ChesterBp.c.P.S. 16 - 17
eY) but no alteration has talon place in the fryer
62 - 64 64
10 all so. do. sp. c. do._ 10 - 103
' rates of discount. St. 100 Ntrfol
50 • 33 Northn•Countios Un 34 - 34
St. 100 Do. Birm, Gus, 51k. 73 - 75
Singe Monday last the imports of specie have St. 100 North British - 533 521 31 3
been
St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 93 - 10
about 702,6201., and the exports 412,1421.,13A all Do, do. do
261 all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. 19 - 20
eaei •1 Dock Stock - •••
20 al Do. do. do. l4 - 15
live of the following shipments direct from St. 100 Do., A Stock - ••• St. 100 Late& York. 6pc.St. 137 - 139
London t
r., 0 the continent during the week ending St. 100 Do., B Stock - •• St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l ... - ... 1173
r
St, 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 ... - ...
Thursday last :- St. 100 N.Eastern- Berwick 963 - 971 97 61 74 7
25 ; all Do. do. Extension - ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. ... - ... 138
Gold Coin Boulogne ... 5,700 OM. 25 1 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 13 - i St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. • ... - ...
PP ip
St. 1100 Lon. & N.W. Cov. &
/3, Bars Belgiam ... 5,000 pj St 100 Do. York 823 - 831 833 23 33 Nuneaton sr. et... ... - ...
St. 100 j North London, 95 - 97 St. 100 Lou. & S.W. 7 perct.
.It It
Silver Coin Ditto ... 6,300 ..„ 10 341 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp- late 3d Shares ... 160 - 165
stead, and City Jn.. ••• - •••
121 all Londy.& Color, 1 Sh. ... - ...
PO PO
There has been more firmness in the English 20 173 North Staffordshire.. 33 - 34
20 all North Western 123 all Londy.&Ennis. Sh.
nt... - ...
Stock market to-day, and a moderate amou of 10 all N. 4 Westrn
-•
••
8.. June 81 -• 93 Cent. St. 100 M. S.,&L. 6p. 120 - 122
6 45 Do. do. do. £6 ... _ 3 _
bllain. ess has been done. The improvement is not 6
St. 100 Oxford Worcester * . _ St. _lOO Do. do. 31 per cent. 65 - 7
6felnuch importance,Wolverhampton 32 - 33
121 all Marypt.S.Garl.4 p.c. ... - ...
being about 3 per cent., but 20 18 Portsmouth,,,,,, 9 - 5 d
121 all Do. 43 per cent "I tone of business is stronger. It should be -10 g 10 Rhymnoy
126 103 Do. do. - •••
recollected that the present price of consols does stt". 100 Scottish Central...... 1 -
St. 100 Mid.Consol.6p.c. St. ... - ...
09 --
111
100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St. 261 - 261
not St. 100 Do.Con.Brßir.6 p.c. 136 - 138
leave much room for a further rise, and the St. 100 Shropshire Union .... 49 - 50
St. 100 Do, 41 re c, Prof. St. 101 - 103 103
SPeelilato St. 8 iSitingbourne &Sheer. 33 - 23
St. 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St. 92 •••••• 94 91
te„, I's perceiving this are not disposed to ex- 36 -38 50 100 Soutli Devon
10 all New., Aber., &c., pr.
doeLIQ their operations too far. Consols for money st. ' 100 ISonth Ea5tern......... 75 - 751 75
Spored sp.e.pm. ... - ...
10 all JDo. 41 per C. Shares ... - •••
10 all Do. Perpot. 6 pr. ot. 111 - 111
been 96i 1 and 96i 1 ; for account they are
kiarioa ~ st. 100 'South Wales.... ...• .. . 831 - 843
10 all Norfk•Deb.4p.o.Sh. ... - ...
0 -m* 41 1 and 96i i. The New Three per 20 all 18. Yorksh. River Dun 13 -_. 15 •ci
St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ~, - ...
ene' 20 10 'Do
St. 100 Do. 53 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ...
I'4llB . are 96# 1 ; Reduced, a:so 961 1. Exchequer
20 all st. 9 - 11
St. 100 Do•Wv.V.sp. i.,1847 ... - ...
,
25 all Stockton & Darling.. $7 - 38
Lia.' 335. to 365. prem. ; the Bonds, 1001; and
St. 100 North British 197 - 109 1084 i
mla %lids 20s r 25 171 J Do. do., 1854
7 31 Do. 71, Preference,,,
... - ...
14POre' s . p ern. 25 5 Do. do., 1855
St. 100 N.H. Bern% 4 p.c. Prf. '97 - 98 98
trangacie
.ign Stocks a moderate business has been Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ...
... 161
Val
...
....
...
17 81 Do. do. do 1 - 4 d
cl) at in most instances higher prices. St. 100Taff e,
20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 ... - ...
Turkish - ...
123 9 Do. do, Qrs., 1848._ ... - _
r, 6 per Cents. are loot I; and ditto 4 per
25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. ... - ...
25 10 Do.YorkH.&S. H.de S. Fur, i - I 1
'dents, 310 •
ditto
~ nominal, Russian 5 per Cents. are 112 ;
20 all North Staffordshire_ 22 - 23
a• -`*l per Cents, have advanced to 100. Sar- 20 all ;Vale of Neath. ..... - 103
St. 100 Waterfd. & li!lkes.ny ..• - ••• 1
• St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6
-.lnitial 550 all Waterford&Limenek ... - ...
p. e. Ist guar. ...... 1.21 - 123
INT Per Cents, are steady, at 90i i ;Spanish 20 all ,West Cornwall.- - ...
St. 100 ;Do. ep. c. 2d guar... 107 - 109
906 W Deferred at 261 1 ; Belgian 43 per Cents, at 10 all West' End of London
St. 100 'Do. do. Debeutr. St. ... - ...
• ' ; butch 2 1 and Crystal Palace 7 - 9
ii,„ . A per Cents. at 100 i 101 ; and Brazi-
-5 all ' Do. A -3
3 :: al
St. 100
100 a all I
sScco.Nt..CEe.
Anti;
eNre.
gw.6Ppr.ecf.. ::. = ....
b_" 0 per Cents, at 103 i Buenos Ayres Deferred 5 all ' Do. B
St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 103 - 112
.14°ncla have been* marke-d. for the first time at 20. I•London
20 all West e• - see
Ste 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 71 - 73
Mexican . 10 all Do. First Class • - •••
• 0,, 3 per Cents. are 201 1. Peruvian 41 per 20 all Do. Second Class ... - ... 25 all South Devon - 101
vilt•I• have advanced to 813 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents. 10 all ,Wmbledon&Croydon ... - ... 10 all Do, fixed 44 pr cent, ... - ...
-••--- L 0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading
te 56 I ; and 'Portuguese 3 per Cents. to 451.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Ann.) of in Os. 6d. 25 --253
• ,
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign - 101
100 all lAtian. and St. Law, - .. •.. • St. 100 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 9ll - 100
stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6; Mexican, 18 9 'Bombay, Baroda, and ett. 100 Do. New 43 pr. cent ... - ...
213120 i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 82 ; ditto 3 1
,'DCen•lnd,guar. 5 p.c. ' 3
....- /
183 St. 100 . Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... 1021
St. 100 Do. do. 43 p. c •• - •••
Per Dents., -- ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 203 allall Buffalo' & Lake Hur, 133 - 141: 20 all r•Vorksh.4p.c.Guar _ - _
. 46 •
fiats,,Russian 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; ditto 4i per 100 100 'Buff., Brnt. &Godch. / „
..... 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp, o. 28 - 29 281 1
100 100 6 p.c.lads., lAu g.,'721 f ' 25 19 Do. do. do. - .••
Oi. - -; Spanish 3 per Cents 44 46 ;.) Do, do., 1 July, '73j 84 - 87 St. 100 Waterfdir Kilk. 6pc _ - ...
ttO New Deferred, 26 26i . 100 100 Do. do., 1 Juno, '741 81 - 84 ,82 -
BRITISH MINES.
vela the Railway Share Market this morning a 20 2s. 'Calcutta and S. East. par - ap
Lorlelvimited business has been transacted. Prices, 20 2s6d jCentral Oude (Lim.)j ... - ...
... 2112(Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 11 -- ./2 111 i
eliew__. er, in most instances Show an upward tend- 20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares 114 - lip 21
20 14 British Iron - 7
20 1 Do. B, do. ~......... ... - ... 0011Y_,,, South-Eastern advanced 55..; Eastern 174 all Demerara . - ...
10 1 Dev. Gt. Cmils. (ray.) 450 - 470
lokTles, South-Western, Midland and Norfolk, 20 2s, Eastern Bengal ,l - 3 1 . . 20 Condurow (Cambial.) 80 -90
... '274 East Basset (Mogan) 1)11 - 1023
y0_,..?.11d Great Northern and Lancashire and St. 100 East Indian, llO9 - 110 1094 10
17s Great South Tolgus_ 16 - 17
11,'14„,.hire, 11, ; Caledonian declined about 10s 20 15 Do. C Shares l3 - lip •••
-"`e •s'o ' " • • ' 100 all D 0.41 p.e.Bnds. '57 ... - ...
• 71 rt.W. Vor (Helstn.) li -li
Great
reign and Colonial lines have been quiet. .. 17g5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 44. - 5
100 all Do. d d '59 •
0. 0., , do. ... - ... •••
17s Lady Bertha - 14
11
Qree:tt 1-4,llX.erebourg have advanced about ss. ; 20 •all ,Geelong & Melbourne •••
8 N. Frances (Illogan) 10 -
of 0 Indian Peninsula, ss. •; and Grand Trunk I guar. 5 per cent.... 194 - 201 •••
N.W.Basset (Illogan) 16 - 17 161
••• •••
days da, 10s. ; East Indian were steady at yester- St. 100 Gd.TrBunk. of Canada 48 - 50 49 4
6/15 North Wheal Crofty 4 .- 5
1." quotations, and Punjaubs were dealt in at i 100 all Do. p. c, en... 83 85 843 34 •••
... 13 Par. Cons. (St.Blaary) 20 - 21
Prelti. ' 20 all ;Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore. 211 - 211 21i
9 Pkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5
111 Min' 20 4 IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c. 4 - 1p! •••
... 6s. Sort,or Cons. Min. Co. 11 ---....
3701
report°, log Shares no business of importance was 203 all Gt. Westn. of Canada 213 - 211, 211 '
heel (1. Alfred Consols.brought 114 115 ; North 203 13 I Do. Now - ip'
- 2S. Cern Brea (Illogu. 5 -53
Mari Bassett, 164 ; Bon Accord Copper, 3 ; and 100 all IDo. Bds., payable '57 ... - ...
***
19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 240 - 263
pita, i. 100 all iDo. do., '76, P. '6o_ 110 - 115 ..•
. 21 S. Camden (St. Cleer 360
5 43 Tam. S. & L.Min. Co. 1 - 11
do. -1110 - 115 - 43
delta Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 100 alll Dpoo:
ddoo., 73
• 'l73' without; 10 9 Tin Croft etaLquiet. London and Westminster have re- LUU.. 40 Un.Minee (Gwennap), ... -
option• lO5 - 110
•••• 12s •V. of Towoy (Camay,)) 14 - 13
le_ , about 5s , and Union of London about ss.
. eninsular and Oriental Steam have improved 55., 20 all Madras,l guar. 45 p.c. 193 -20 191
20 all J Do. do., 5 per c. ~, 21 - 2111
- 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 105 - 115
an South
d - part/5f ...
220 - 240
are Australian Land 1/. Electric Telegraph 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton. 6 i
64t
- 53 Wh. Basset (Illogan).
. 16 W. Basset (Illogan).. 243 - 253
quoted at 1013 102 ex dividend. 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 1 - 1:1
20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, 8 - IP •••
... 53 •• Vh. Edward(Calstek) 71 - 84
BRITISH F 20 ss. Oudo (Limited) , . - .., 5 Vh. Buller (Rdruth). 3'20 - 350
... 117 s h. Kitty (U. Llant) 13 - 14
UNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. 20 5 &bade, guar. 5 per c.l 1 - 111)1 -li
8 Wh.Ma.Anu (Menht.) 46 - 48
(From the Offictal List;) 20 all Do •._
4s Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 22 - 24
lal per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 01(3.estneas dons. -
,Per Cont. Consols Annuities:: ............
9 I i
FOREIGN MINER.
Vow 3 per Cent. Annuities •••
- ....... okt6l 4 A
fang Annuities, expire sth .j.aii.. . 14-01 ...
. ---2 8 8 10 all Antwrp&Rotterdam 64 - 61 61 20 74 Australian
`ldlemitt° 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1.860 11 20 all Ardennes 1 lOs. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) id -if P g
5 all Belgian East, Junct 1 - 11 11 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(iesuel
Bonds, £lOOO
00l . ............. 20 p 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... - ... at £5 pm) - 21
eols for Account
E 961 / 3 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culada .. - ...
zehequer Bills, 231.
Coal Mines and Ry. 33 - 44 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 12• - 13
£lOOO ~
14500 36 33 p 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 301 114 1 3 Clarendon Con. Min.
33 p 20 all Eastern of France - 283
8 hall„. Co. of Jamaica...". ... - ...d
~..... - ...... •
nequer Bonds. lese, 9e per Cont._ 100 pi
Ere2o all Do. New - ..• 40 all Cobre Copper 39 - 41
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-TPIIS DAY. 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - ~. . 16 Copiapo
20 all Gt., Central of France ... - ... ..1
all Dun Mountain Bran Co-
pe 5 per Cent. ... .. ..... ............ 1034 20 all Great Luxembourg... 8 - 83 81 i per Mining Co. - 3d - IPI
uhetios Ayres Bonds, 10 6 Italian Junction 2 all Fortuna - id
Ditto b. . Deferred 3 per Cent. ............ 20 20 all Lake Const. & Bale '. - ... 20 all General
...Gteau 3 per Cent 2O all Lienv and Turnhout ... - .4 3 all Linares - 94
Ditto account (February 26). ...... ..... 203 f
• 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 -51 p 5 11 Lusitanian - 3d
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent .................. 811 2 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. ..• -
1 all Mariquita - i I
Ditto Account
821 f 20 all Lyons and Geneva... 28 i 9 1 all New Granada - 1 .
Ditto 3 per Cent . .
56; 6 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ..
333 all Maria Antonia
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 - ••• ••• 20 all Pont. Sil. LclMois Snell •5 - 6
Ditto 18.3, 3 per Cent.
20 all Namur & Liege
••• -- ... • Russian Bonds, 1622, 1:, St., 5 per Cent.... 112 30 164 - .ntiago do Cuba - 21
20 all Do. do. 6re C. Prof. 20. - 21 201 4
Ditto, 43 per Cent.
all United Mexican 43 ••••• 4
, ger 100 16 all Northern of France.. 39 - 39/
1 dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Besnlsh Bonds, 3 per Cent. - 93 MISCELLANEOUS.
1r 20 all Paris and Lyons 341 -35
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
,r Ditto Account „ - 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 55 - 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... - ~.
261 1 20 9 Recife & San Frail., 25 19 Australian Agricult. 253 - 263
(Ukiah Bonds, 6 per cent lOl 10 all' Australn. Royal Mail 23 ••••• 21
k Ditto Account - 13P 94
1003 3 / 10 all Rome and Fritscati... ... - ••• 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 --• 5
Dividends on the above payable in London. 10 2 Do, New W. at Si. d ... - ...
16 - 18
Belgian 43 per Cont., ox. 25 francs
5 all Royal Swedish 3 - in, 50 40 ißrit. American Land 35 - 40
•L'Utch Exeeange, 23 per Cen:;., 12 Guilders - 100 323 Canada
••• - ..•
St. 100 IDo.Go.6nc.Jan&July 1131 - 114} 114
20 all Sambre and Meuse.. 74 - 5A
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates . lOl 1005 10 all Do. 53 per cent, pref. 73 - 8 St. all Copper Min, of Eng. 27 -32
TWO O'CLOCK. 20 all Southern of France.. 22 -22
25 all jDo. Prof. 7; p. cont. 24 - 26
Consols, money ..
5 all Crystal Palace
Ditto, Account ...141 -__ li 11 i
10 all Do, 5i per e. Prd . 9 - 91 91
5 all Do. Preference
of
the 20
161 Western ofAustria_ . - ... 1
-..._•!---±--..e-...-,......-.1, 961
20 all W.& N.W. of France 27 - 28 274 The subject for discussion at the next meeting 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... -
20 all :Easton' Steam 4e - 54 6
Oxford "Union," to be held on Monday 26 :0
.West
ei of Switzerland ... - ••• ; St. 100 Electric Telegraph - 100 101 i 1 2
the county is bound to protest underthneext is, "That
reset e;r- 6 1 all IDO esden " .......... ... - ... 1 all ;Electric Tel. of Irel. ... ..... . I
cunastancea, against any alteration of the lapwrearelating 20 I 5 all jEn.&Aust,,C,op•SmCo 11 - 14
to aii Zealand„l•P.cent. pref. ... - ...
....... - ..... ... - ... lO 10s.'Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ...
refugees and conspiracy." Moved by Mr. Thos. Green, Ratio' College. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 9 all ;Eur.&Am.Stin.(lim.) 4 - 41• '
RETIREMENT OF THE ADMIRALTY AGENT AT LIFER. 40 all Australasia ............ 181 - 86 20 all Gen. Ir.Se.Col.(lim.) ... .....
...
IBank of London .. -.. 48 --- 524
PO
44°14.---.Captain Bevis, R.N., who has held the post of 25 183 Bank of Egypt - .
traralty agent at Liverpool for nearly 20 years, is about 100 50 231 23 20 5 London Discount ... 11 fid
to
4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 - 34
tetire, having been promoted to the rank of post 40 all ;Bri..C. ol.l3k.dtLn. Co. ... - 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... _ . .
caPtain. Captain Bevis, who was a zealous and intern- 50 10 ,C.Bk.of Ind•Au.diCb. -*
•-•'
all 'British N. American **
10 all 'Moditeran. Elec. Tel. $ - 6
till:0_0810er, 'highly and' deservedly respected both in _2„.9, 10 all Do. Extension Telog. ... . - ...
4uo 50 City. ::- -- ...
09 6l 10 all ;Mexican & S.Amerien ..„ - ,
co.:Pool and at the Admiralty, will be succeeded by 100 25 Colonial
25 5 iNat. Discount C 0.... 13 - i i
Auclander Goldfinch. 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ;;; - •.' •
aeasekoi, „.
10 6 'Netherlands Land.... 1 - 1
Poetant '''' AND AMERICAN EMIGRATION. -An im- 20 all lEng•Scot.drAus.Cia. 181 - 11
10 all Do. Do. -
31
London AND
has been completed between the 20 all iLon.Ch. Bk.ofAast. 181 - 18
5 all Do.Bp.e.PLiss.at 1 cl. -
Trunk4.'cd North-Western Railway and the Grand 20 all Dittol New
first, secoaeitaw •••
5 3 Do, Do. - / d
°Y of Canada, by which passengers of the 50 20 ,London and County •,.... -
...
100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 17 - 20
Load - .‘"a' Red third classes can be booked at the ... 50 Ind.&E.Biakng.Co • ... - ... On offie_.
50 10 London Joint Stock. ... ••-• ... 301 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 94 - 96 951
a
1 an N. B. Australasian.- / - 1
street E.,-, " of the latter Company, 21, Old Broad-
-100 20 Lond.anclWestminste ... - ••• 451 41 20 all NrtleofEuropoSteam ... -
tinent, for
ki-, to their destinations on the American con-
-100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ...
fit one
- wa. 20 10 Do. New 1 all Oriental Gas . 1 - 14 13
I) re from L 0...„ Payment, which includes the rail v
Y idea.. or L:u°n to••• •••
1 lOs. Do New Shares P il)
50 25 National Bank
5 all Peellir. Ld. & Mitirl. 21 23
Epe, ""
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20 all Now South Wales 44 -46 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 793 - 801 80
.1.,; ee of 1,694 miles from
.74 the thi u ship, and the railway fare t_o .
leading stations and cities in Canada 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 3B -40 383 50 10 Do, Now . . - 8 P
.ao. ted States, as far even as Kansas, a dir 20 20 Ottoman Bank - 204 50 all Rhymnoy Iron
able?.s Provincial of Ireland .. - - I
10 all DRo.A.
uNse.wß.&G.lm.Co. ... - ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 63 - 65
ven„, • rho v„,,1, Quebec, and of 1,818 from 100
1 all Scot, Austral. Invest. 11 - 11 14 4
a, the '
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thr •°°sl with th ePaamadphlets on the resources of
St. 100 S.Aus, Gov.6p.o.bds. 106 - 108
25 all South Australia 25 all South Austral. Lan 371 - 383. 391 9
a, showing the railway
- ••
b ough rates e United States, the tariff of 25 all 'Union ot Australia,,,44 -46 45
, and the protection afforded to emigrants 2,i'Do. Now ,•,•, .26- 28 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri 4- 1
...__
4, , Grand Trunk route, continue to be issued as go 10-1 Union of London 23 -25 231 1 all Do. Registered - 1
lmeuQ Pane, on application either personally or by ...
20 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. ei• - - •••
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Wind S.E.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1558

LIMEEICK ELECTION.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
STATE OF THE POLL, 9.30
(From Ball's Committee.)
Ball
Gaya()

Majority for 8111

LL",O3:II'S B:IIIPPINO.—(Thi Dar.

LONDON. Feb. 13.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light
breeze, dull and hazy.
NEWPORT, Feb. 12.—Wind E.—Sailed—Anlye
Haverbaet, for Malaga ; Rienzi, Havannah ; Tropic, Ha-
vannah.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind N.E., foggy.—Arriveel—
Palmerston,
from Sydney, N.S.W.
OFF SALCOMBE, Feb. 12.—Arrived—Dating, from St.
OFF MOUNT'S BAY, Feb. 12._wind. N.E.—Arrived—
Thetis,Michael's.
from Callao.
PADSTOW, Feb. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Buena
Moza, from Bilboa for Swansea.
CARDIFF, Feb. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Confiance,
for Ceylon ; Emelie and Jessie, Bahia ; Ulnia, ditto ;
Ore-
sind, Cape de Verde.
LEITH, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Glenshee, for
Trinidad.
SUNDERLAND, Feb. 12.—WindW.N.W.— City
of Dublin, for Madras ; Retriever, Barbadoos ;
111., Benne.
HULL, Feb. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Eliza and
Emma, for Zanzibar.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Teviot
(s), for Alexandria. Napoleon
LAMLASH, Feb. 11.—Wind E.—Arrived —Miranda,
from the Clyde for Rio Janeiro ; Irt, from Troon for
Demerara. Sailed—Robert Leonard, for Boston.
TROON, Feb. 11.—Wind E.—Sailed—Thomas, for Ha-
vannah.
ST. MICHAEL'S, Jan. 3.—Arrived--Defence, of Elloby
Island, from Africa for Queenstown, in want of provision',
sails, &c.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12.—The W. H. Prescott and the
Barnadas Webb, both fer this port, the Seaman's Bride
and the Normandy, bound in, were aground en the bar of
the Mississippi 22d Jan.
BELFAST, Feb. 11.—The Betty, of Killough, from
Liverpool, for Dublin, is ashore at St. John's Point, a
total wreck, crew saved.
BERWICK, Feb. 12. --The Penelope, brig, of and for
London, struck on Holy Island bar, and drove on shore
on the south side. She will have to be dismantled and the
cargo discharged, but she can he got off.
MILFORD, Feb. 12.—The Deux Marie, from Cardiff for
Nantes, was in contact with a schooner in the British
channel on the 9th inst. The master and crew took to
their boats, and werelpickedjup six hours afterwards and
landed here
CORM Feb. 12.—The Counga (barque). Pernambuco to
Trieste, was wrecked on the Bth lust. at Fano, lonian Sea.
The Colong (schooner), of Whitley, front Shields for
Whitstable, was putting back yesterday leaky, when she
got embayed between St. Abb's Head and Heymouth
Point, and brought close up to the breakers • a coble went
out to give assistance, but was upset and a man was
drowned ; the crew landed afterwards, and this morning
a steamer was despatched to take the vessel in tow.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHATIPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind N.E. ; thick and hazy.
Arrived—Express, steamer, from Jersey; Havre,
steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre, Toviot, steamer,
for Alexandria; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Arrived —Princess Royal, from Taganrog ; Confidence,
from •Rouen.

13.4.113f0UTH, Feb. 11.
About 40 packages, principally bales and cases, came up
from the wreck of the Albert by the divers to-day.
DUBLIN, Feb. 12.
The Cheval de Troi, on shore at Bray, is boing die-
charged, and expected to be got off to-night or to-morrow.

CORK, Feb. 10.
A large vessel, with sugar, Ste., has struck on the rocks
near Ballycotton, and it is feared she will go to pieces from
the violence of the sea.

(BY SUBMARINE
GABNADy
EB
sBEI
NT IDB is
aTtEuLrEdGa By
or.
Wind calm, and hazy weather; tide, hours' flood.
Arrived—Monte Christo, from Caen.
DAM,' Saturday Morning.

Wind calm.
Passed, Feb. 12.—Salem, and Sol; from London for
Liverpool.

Fieechi, who belonged to a junior branch of one of the
sari :—" Cardina
A letter from Rome, of the 6th,
oldest families of Italy, died last night, His death
makes the number of vacant hate in the Sacred College
eleven."

MAILS POE AIISTRALIA.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Teviot, Captain
Taylor, took her departure to-day for Malta and Alex-
andria with the mails for the Australian and New
Zealand colonies, &c., 38 passengers ; specie, value
6,000/. ; jewellery, value 15,000/., and a miscellaneous
cargo.

IMPARIAL PARLIADIE:NT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY,)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock,
The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a
petition from the suburbs of the metropolis, praying for
the squalisation of the poor-rate.
Lord SHA.FTESIMRY presented a petition from
Lancaster, in favour of the first Spec!al Services Bid ;
also a similar petition from Durham, and anhther pray-
ing for the furtherance of Christianity in India.
THE DEFENCE OF ARRAJJ
Lord DERBY said before the business of the day
commenced he would take that opportunity of repairing
an injustice, which he had been told he had committed
during the late debate, to the gallantry an perse-
verance of a gentleman to whose heroic exertions
the country was greatly indebted. In supplying
a few omissions of the noble lord the Secretary of State
for War, he mentioned certain circumstances connected
with the defence of Arrah. He had attributed that
gallant operation cbisfly to Major Boyle, to whose science
and engineering skill that garrison was mainly indebted
for ultimate success, The omission complained of was
that of a gentleman, Mr. Wade, the resident magistrate
of the district, who took up the defence of the place after
it had been abandoned by the superior officer. The
omission, he had been informed, had caused some pain
to the friends of that gentleman in this country, and also
to a relative, a member of their lordships' house. Had
that noble lord been present he should have assured him
that he had not the slightest intention of casting a slight
or slur on any person connected with so gallant an
action. (Hear, hear.) In mentioning the names of
gentlemen connected with the repression of the mutiny
it was impassible to bear in recollection the gallant deeds
performed by all, and to this circumstance, and this
alone, was the omission to be attributed.
Earl GRANVILLE said the number of civilians who
had distinguished themselves during the mutiny had
been so groat that the Government felt the g eatest
difficulty in mentioning names without involuntarily
inflicting personal disappointment and annoyance.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

Lord BROUGHAM said he rose pursuant to notice, to
call their lordships' attention to a very important subject,
he meant the state of the law respecting imprisonment
for debt, including the bankruptcy and insolvancy sta-
tutes. He did not mean to enter into the great question
of bankruptcy law generally, because he hoped and
trusted that his noble and learned friend on the woolsack,
having had his attention drawn to the subject, would n:.,t
long delay in producing the legislative results of his in-
quiry. It was pretty nearly 30 years since he (Lord
Brougham) had called the attention of the other house of
Parliament to this important subject ; more especially as
regarded menu) process, and out of the statement he
then made sprang two commissions, one respecting the
law of real property, having at its head the present Lord
Chief Justice of England, the other on common law

procedure. From thje two commissions had proceeded
reports of the deepest moment, which gave rise to various

important improvements in the law. —But the report to
which he wished most particularly to direct their lord-
ships' attention was the report concerning imprisonment
for debt. The commission from which that report eman-
ated consisted of the present Chief Baron, Mr. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Evans, the most distinguished Commis-
skner in bankruptcy, and Mr. Starkie, whose loss they
had so re cently to deplore. These commissioners reported
their decided opinion in favour of the abolition of impri-
sonment for debt not only under mesne pro3ess, but even
in case of imprisonment under executions on final j mtg.
went: Indeed they gave the preference to the latter,
being more clear as to the impolicy of imprisonment
after final judgment, than in the other case. It would
only be necessary to exhibit the working of imprison-
ment for debt to prove the impolicy of the la•.r. It
was a popular error to suppose that imprisonment for
debt was part of the ancient cyrninon law of the

WHITECROSS-STEEET PRISON.—Yeat erday at the
Court of Aldermen,l Alderman Sidney brought up a
report o• the subject of the relief of debtors in \Visite-
crosE-street Prison. The report suggested that the
bequests of testators for the relief of debtors should be
employed in assisting such prisoners as were anxious
at:once to appear before the court, and not in reliev-
ing " troublesome old stagers." The report was unani-
mously agreed to. The court then proceeded to the
election of a governor of Whiteeross-street Prison, when
Mr. Colwell and Captain Hicks having been selected
out of the five candidates, a show of hands was taken,
and there appeared 10 for Mr. Colwell and 10 for Cap-
tain Hicks. The Lord Mayor gave the casting vote for
the latter gentleman.

WHITECiOBS-STREET PCS
TOR by S.—The rules passed N.—ADIIISSION or Sonscr-
regulating the admission 'the visiting ju-tre,s for
of solicitors and clerks state
that in consequence of numerous complaints that persons
pretending to be solicitors receive money from prisoners
and then neglect their business, a large consulting-room
has been provided for solicitor., and their clerks, and
10
accountants, fromto 5 daily, and that all other
persons will be excluded.
in the prison will be A list of attorneys practisieg
akept at the governor's office. Any
prisoner may written statement to the governor
of the manner in which his business has been conducted,
and the list of attorneyswith recorded testimonials will
be open to every prisoner.
VACANCIES, A ProiNTIIENTS AND NOMOTIONS IN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.Tne Foreign Depratutont : —The
vice-consulship at
mi
vacant by the ssolongbi, Greece, has become
promotion of Mr. Suter. Customs : A
vacancy in the Gen
ereatsd by the d General Business Department has beer.
Mr. Henry H•, se"' of Mr. Henry Waite Peal! ;
J t.cneas has
in the L..gal n been appointed a clerk
Mr. W. G. s "OAP! Deartment in London •
. btu wart been '
has promoted from clerk
second class to principal clerk in the Long-room,
Liverpool ; Mr. George St. George has been promoted
f
first class clerk at Liverpool ; Mr. Fred.
M. Holder has been
clerk at Liverpool ; promoted Born second to first class
'noted from third t() Ir. Richard Ross has been 1 r,)-
William Pearson has
eshecond class clerk at Liverpool ; Mr
class clerk at Liver oelen promoted from thud to mecum"
(Excise Branch) afe 'p. Inland Revenue Department
pointed supervisor of .
uaby, examiner, has been ap.
tion.—Cieil Service 9 Bridlington District, Hull Collec-
MlNES.—Dividen(relite.
during the week, though progressive have been most dealt in
_ five mines Sre becoming
in great request, and will
bring in eellere, with ae rise in high-priced shares shall
tnents. Bassets have f view to profits awl re-invest-
the 45 east, being the further advanced to 230, 240; in
lode is worth 4 tons, or
eastern part of the mine, the
levels are up to tbia r 0/, per for. ; none of the deeper
one. South Frances point, which is a most important
alteration in the min, 250 to 260, but no material
Mary Ann, 46 to 47e ; Devon Console, 460 to 470 ;
warns, 273/4 to 30 ; at the TrelawnY'
23 to 24. Rose-
meeting the accounts showed
a loss on the two moneh
lance in hand of 437/. the working of 1001., and a be-
dited was 4961. is 3d,
whilst
December sale of ore cre-
dited
70 fm. level is ilst the next will realise 7001. ;
although eastward lookingthere are well, with good stones of ore,
the rich bunch of ore in re 40 funs, to drive to get under
has 10 fins. to drive to the
" ; the 70 west, also a lode,
Grambler and St. Aultyn have under the ore ground.
110 to 120, with difficulty .3'
been is great request at
Alfred shares have advanced to in
finding shares. Great
of hot water issuing from the r'b lo 'si ;there is A stream
shaft, leading to the supposition thttam of Copper-house
not far distant. Alfred Console ;:t something good is
sellers at 101 to 11S. -.21/ininy Journal"e been very flat ;
PETERBOROUGH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The
of this day.
Peter-
borough Benevolent Society—one 0
which help the poor so materially in : those institutions
he nter season—
held their 25th anniversary dinner on
about 60 of the principal inhabitants winWesd, when
of Fulham sat down
to aimost recherche feast at the Swan
green, the house at which the
magistratesWalham-
and parish
officers assemble for local business,
The chair was ably
filled by Captain Harwood, a considerable
the neighbourhood, assisted by j, Blackford,
landholder in
ta
proposing success to the society, the nhckford, Esq. In
airman described
the advantages of temporary relief i eases of distress
among the industrious poor, and showedn
b the increasing
importance of the society, evinced the gradual aug
mentation of the sum annually distributed,
, among recipients whose oases were tfed, and that, too,
l before they were assisted ; 9!;
-- Year full investigated
dispensed was but 111. ; this had increased ag° the suns so
and on the very last meeting night no
oalsed to 50/. or 60/ ,
of distress were relieved with various ess than 65 cases
sums, from ss. to 2tls.
The chairman concluded a powerful e
in behalf of the institution, and gave4ppeal to the company
to what he considered
the toast of the evening, "Success
Benevolent' Society," which Wasd the Peterborough
enthusiasm, and a collection made whichk with great
although most of the guests were air exceeded 301.,
annual sub-
scribers. Among the absentees who regretted retted that they
were unable, from various circumstance
H. B. Sheridan, EN., M.P., Albert Smith,' , to attend, were
E. T. Smith,
EA., and others, who, nevertheless
hand-
some donations. A number of new
subscribers entered
scribers entered
their names. The chairman's health was drunk with
heartfelt cheers ; and in acknowledging the honours he
expressed his gratification at having been selected to
preside over a company of gentlemen met for so good a
i purpose, and pledged himself to do all e could to pro-
mote whatever tended to benefit the •
nghbourhood of
na The health
which he was now a resident. of the Vice-
Chairman, Mr. Cooper, of Fulham, the president andofficers,oeere, the founders, the stewards and lady
subscribers,
were drunk and responded to, and the
company,gratified with the splendid fare byprovidedv highly
Walker,
and the attention of 111 r, B, Beunott, Mr.
separated at a late
hour,

land. nithing could be more contrary to the fact,
and it was not until the reigcs of Henrys VII. and
VIII. that a law was passed giving the creditor a right
to arrest his debtor. In the time of the Stliarts
was passed the first insolvent act, when the debt; x
obtained his liberty when his debt was under 1001., and
on condition that he enlisted fur a soldier ; and then
cause the LoroVe Act, passed about a century ago, in
which was the first compulsory provision respecting 'he
giving np of property. That act contained a stringent
provision to the effect that a debtor refusing to give up
his property should be transported for seven years. He
now came to the time when a regular insolvent court
had been established. He found that at the time when
two months' imprisonment was incurred previous to
examination, out of 3,945 persons, 2,758 were subse-
quently discharged on their oaths without any petition,
so that all these persons suffered months of incarcera-
tion when there was not a tittle of right for keeping
them in one hour. What was wanted was a shifting
examination of the debtor, and an abolition of the absurd

distinction between trader and non-trader. The only
thing that could be done by the Court of Bankruptcy,
even in cases of the grosseetfrand, was to suspend the

certificate, or to grant an inferior certificate.

That was

not a punishment, it was merely the affixing of a stigma.
Now, in the case of the Insolvent Court, a power existed
to imprison debtors. There was no jury in that court,
the power to imprison was vested, without any such
intermediate power, in the Commissioner. Why should
not a similar power be extended to the commissioners
in bankruptcy 1 He confessed that he was unable to see
any reason. He also thought that it was very desirable
that some person should be appointed whose office would
be something in the nature of that of a public prosecu-
tor The duty of this person would be to attend at the
txamination of the bankrupt, and watch the case on
behalf of the public. He apologised to their lordships
for going into so much detail on the subject, but it wag
one ofconsiderable importance, and be trusted that it
would have the consideration from the Government

which it deserved. He concluded by moving for returns,
showing the number of insolvents during the last five
years, specifying those among them who were remanded

and those who were discharged.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, admitted that this was
one of the most difficult public questions with which the

house had to deal. The difficulty, however, ought not
to prevent the house from endeavouring to deal with the
subject. His noble and learned friend had pointed to
the anomaly of the two courts, but he (the Lord Chan-
cellor) could not see that non-traders and traders stood
precisely in the same position. A trader msstnecessarily
incur debts ; they arose in the course of his business,
and hence an unfortunate orris might at any time ruin
him. But in the case of a non-trader ruin generally arose
from the insolvent incurring debts thoughtlesdy, and in
many cases even fraudulently. He did not dispute that
the procedure might be simplified by bringing the
administration in all cases of insolvency before onecourt;
but still that would not obviate the question of prin•
ciple underlying the different positions between traders
and non-traders. And again there was this difficulty
in removing the system of imprisonment for debt, that
if it were abolished it would be impossible to
make people who were unwilling to pay meet their
engagements. Every one knew that at the present
day persons went across the Channel to save themselves
from imprisonment, and thus defrauded their cre.iitors.
It even frequently happened the: persons would rather
remain to prison than RI /e up their property and take
the benefit; of the act. Now if this were the case, even
notwithstanding the liability to imprisonment, what
would happen if that liability no longer existed ? It was
not necessary for him to say that he would take this
matter into his serious consideration, and if he could
find any method of safely getting rid of imprisonment to
a greater extent than it was already got rid of, he should
not hesitate to fall in with the views of his noble and
learned fisn I.

Lou' CAMPBELL was very much concerned to
find tkat the Lord Chancellor gave the sanclon of his
authority to the continuance of a distinction between
traders and non-traders. That distinction would divide
those classes into honest and dishonest debtors. At pre-
sent it often happened that those who were declared
bankrupts had merely been traders with a view to
obtain the advantages of the bankrupt law. He
thought it desirable that the difference between trader
and non trader should be abolished.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that in his
view the only difference between a trader and a non-trader
was this, that in the one case the bankrupt must almost
necessarily, in the course of his business, incur debts, and
therefore in the majority of oases might be an honest
man, and i■ the other case the insolvent was not, gene-
rally speaking, obliged to incur debt at all, and hence in
many cases turned out to be a person guilty at least of
moral fraud.
The returns were then ordered.
THE PETITION FROM CALCUTTA.

Lord WENSLEYDALE believed that a copy of the
petition of certain inhabitants of Calcutta upon the sub-
ject of the government in India had been laid upon the
table of the other house. He therefore asked whether
there would be any objection to place that petition,
together with any correspondence relating to it, on their
lordships' table.

Eat].. GRINVILLE said that there was no objection
to the course suggested by his nobie friend. As their
lordships were aware, the petition in question had been
returned to India, in order that it might come home
through the Governor-General in the ordinary way. In

tho meanwhile the Governor-General had obtained a copy
of the petition, and sent it hone with certain remarks
upon it. This was the petition a copy of which had been
placed on the table elsewhere. It was not strictly an
cfficial communication, and hence the Government had
not placed it of their own accord upon the table.
The house then afljourned at a quarter past 6.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Petitiona were presented, praying for Parliamentary
reform ; for and against a change in the government of
India; the spread of Christianity in India ; the aboli
tion of the paper duty ; and against the London Corpo•
ration Reform Bill.
METROPOLITAN WORKHOUSES.
Mr. GILPIN gave notice, for Lord Raynhana, that
on the 19th the noble lord weuld move for a select com
mitten to inquire into the condition of the administration
of the law in the metropolitan workhouses, and other
matters in connection with the poor.
INDIA.
•

Colonel SYKES gave notice that he should on Mon-
day move for a return of the population, and annual
revenue of the north-west provinces of India, showing
the population per square mile, and the pressure o'
taxation per head for 1854 and 1855, and also a like
return for the Bombay Presidency.
THE LICENSING SYSTEM.
Mr. HARDY asked the Secretary of State for the
home department whether it was his intention to intro-
duce any ineavFe in the present eenion to alter the

system of iicen,ing eleneuen, bee.reou.es, and other • continent of India. It is indeed remarkable that those
places of public resort, refreshment, and entertainment
regions in which science and art may be said to have
now in force, or for the better regulation cf such
houses and places? first dawned upon mankind should be now subject to the
Sir G. GREY said he was not now in a position to rule of a people inhabiting islands which at a time when
introduce such a bill, but he hoped before the end of these eastern regions enjoyed as high a civilisation and
the session to introduce a hill foe the better regulation as great prosperity as that age could offer were in a state
of utter barbarism ,of ale-houses, in which provision for licensing would be
but still more remarkable is it that
introduced.
these extensive ooruinions should have been gained not
dry the power of a nation a- a nation, bet by an associae
time of individuals, by a meic,ntile coturnunit su
ported, indeed, to a certain degree by the power of their
country, but mainly indebted for succers to their own
energy and enterprise. These two circumstances are
uedoubtedly cirgular, but it is quite as remarkable, quite
as singular, that a nation like this, in which the science
of government is perhaps better understood than in any
other, in which the principle of popular representation,
has so long been .established, should have deliberately
consigned to the care of a small body of commercial
men the management of such extensive tern.
tories and such numerous pepulatione. One could easily
imagine that a wilderness iu the northern part of Awe.
rice, where nothing lives except fur-bearing animals and
a few wild Indians but little removed from the lower
creation, might be confined to a company whose chief
functions should be to strip the running animal of their
fur, and to keep the natives sober ; but that a great
country like this should deliberately consign to the man-
, agemeat of a mere commercial company, of a set of irre•
sponsible individuals, a great territory, occupied by dif.
fin ent races,, professing diverse religious, and in which
all the questions of peace and war and of international
relations with independent princes must arise was, he
believed, a circumstance unexampled hi the bistoryof
m nkind. But this country never designedly did any
such thing. The Existing state of things grew lupgradually
from a very small beginning. The original settlers began
with a factory, the factory grew into a fort, the fort
extended to a district, the district to a province, and then
came collisions with leas civilised neighbours, injuries
resented, attacks to be repelled, and conflicts which.
ale aye ended in a victory and eaten' ion of territory. So,
gradually, from one transaction to another, grew up
that state of things in which the East India Company
found itself invested with large commercial interests and
with most important political functions. This continued
up to the year 1734, when there was an infusion of re-
sponsible administration into the affairs of the Company
by the establishment of the Board of Control, uuder a
slight interference from which the Company continued tea
discharge its political functions, and at the same time to
exer•eiee all its corntnercial rights. One would have ima-
gined that in a country like this that first step would
have been followed up, that before anything else was
done the reflective Britiela nation would have pursued the
course inaugurated in 1784, and that as the effect of the
measure then adopted was to limit in a certain degree
the political functions of the Company, the next step
would have been to take them away altogether, and
to leave the Company in its original position as a
trading association. (Hear.) However, it happens
that iu this country commercial often excite deeper
interest than political affairs, and the next step was, not
to meddle further with the political functions of the
Company, but to take away all the commercial privileges
which originally c instituted the foundation of its exist.
e.,of eteccorciiegly, in the year 1833 the Company alto.
gether ceased to be a commercial association, and be.
came, one may say, but a phantom of its original body.
It, lost the cominernal character for which it was origi-
nally sounds and continued to be merely a political
see t, by means ef which the administration of India
was carried on, Now,sir, I vet tune to think that the
arrangement so made was a nio-t inconvenient and most
cumbrous one. Toe principle of our p,,litical system is
that all administrative functions should be accompanied
by Mtniz,terial responsibility—retpunsibility to Pulite.
me .t, responsibility to pwblie opinion, responiihility to
the Cr„; but in this case the chief function of the
Goveeenaent of India iii cetutuitted to a body not re.
spot siblo to Parliament, not appointed by the Crown,
hat else ed by persona who have no connection with
India, except the simple possession of India stock. I
that. teat of itself is a most objectionable arrange.
went. In this country we are slow to make changes.
The indisposition to make changes is wise and useful.
(Opposition cheers.) As a general principle it is wise,
and nations do themselves great mischief by rapid and
)esidercd alterations of their institutions. (Renewed
cheering from the Opposition benches.) But equally
unwise and equally injurious is it to cling to existing
arrangements simply because they exist, and not to
admit changes which can be made with advantage toll].
' nation. (Ministerial cheers.) What can be more cum.
brous than the existing system of Indian administration
which is called by the name of "double Government /"I
In the debates of 1853 the right hon. gentleman the
member for Bucks asked who was the government of
India, and to whom he was to look as the authority ree
sponsible for the administration of that vast empire. Why,
sir, there is no responsibility. The Directors possess a
power paramount, as the right hon. gentleman said, to
everything else, the power of recalling the Gover-
nor-General, ley which any great system of policy may
be at once interrupted. The functions of Government
and the responsibility have been divided between the
directors, the Board of Control, and the Governor-Gene-
ral in India; the Board of Control representing the Go.
verntnont of the day, responsible to this house, respon-
sible to public opinion, appointed by the Crown, and
exercising functions delegated by it ; the Court of Di-
rectors, elected by the gentlemen and ladies who happen
to be holders of India stock, many of whom are totally
ignorant of everything relating to Indian interests, and
perhaps knowing nothing about Calcutta, Bombay, or
' Madras, except what they learn from the candidates for
the directorship as to the presidency to which the cadet-
ship is to lel ,ng which is premised in return for their
votes. (I•Te, no, and hear, hear.) The directors are un-
doubtedly men of great experience and knowledge of
India, but they are elected by a body of persons who
have no peculiar faculty for choosing persona to govern
a great empire in the East. Then comes the Governor.
General, invested with great, separate, and independent
powers, and among these three authorities it is obvious
that despatch and unity of purpose can hardly by pessie
bility exist. I won't trouble the house by going into a
detailed explanation of the method in which business is
done, because it is very well known to those hon. mem-
bers who have given their attention to Indian affairs
that before a despatch upon the most important matter
can go out to India it oscillates between Cannon-row
and the India-house ; that it is proposed by one party,
altered by the other, altered again by the first, and sent
back to the other ; and that the adventures of a de-
spatch between these two extreme points of the metro.
palls are often as curious as those "Adventures of a
Guinea" of which we have all read. (Laughter.) It is
obvious that this system of cheek and counter-check must
be attended with great inconvenience to the public service
and be productive of great delay. Take, for example, a
body of 20 gentlemen generally agreeing in their views,
and make 10 of them sit at the east end of the town and
the other 10 in We tminster. Propose to them any
question of average difficulty and importance, and the
probability is that the two parties will come to different
conclueione, not being able to exchange opinions and
argument, and to arrive at a cenimon result. So it is
with the Board of Centro! and the Court of Directors.
The result in cases of material difference must necessarily
be a middle term, satielyiug the opicious of
.neither,
carrying into effect the prinoiple of neither, unsatisfactory
therefore to b. 41), and probably less advantageous to the
public service than the opinion of either would have been
bad it been entirely adopted. (Hear, hear.) Again I
say that this system oi check and counter-check may be
carried too far. There is no doubt that certain checks
are requisite in every political machine, but you may
multiply your checks and counter-checks to such an
extent that the functions of the machine, which are
intended only to be controlled, are paralyzed for every
useful purpose. (Hear.) Then what, let me ask, is
the position in which her Majesty's Government stand
iu this house ? When Indian questions are discussed
it is the constant habit of those who take part in the
debate, critic'sing and impugning what has been done,
to hold her Majesty's Government responsible fee
everything that occurs, although they cannot be fairly
answerable for things over which they have not a perfect
control, and which they cannot entirely direct.
frequently happens, indeed, that the Government of the
day are made responsible for acts which were done
without their consent, and probably in some asses much
to their dissatisfaction. (Hear.) Take, for instance,
a matter, which has occupied the attention of the
house, rend which has formed part of the inquiries of a
committee—the hiring of vessels to carry troops to
India. I will venture to say that a majority of the
gentlemen here imagine that the Government is the
authority by which those arrangements are made. Not
in the least. The Company is chargeable with the ex•
pense of transporting troops to India ; it is the Company
which takes up the ships, and not the Government ; and,
though the opinion of the Government must naturally
have weight with the Company, there arrangement*
are not made by the officers of the Government,
but by the officers of the Rest India Company itself. I
say, then, it is most desirable that this complicated
machine should be simplified and reduced in fact and
forneto that which it is imagined to be, but which it prac-
tically is not. I may be asked why we tske this moment
for proposing a change of
system. (Cheers front the
Opposition.) The inconvenience of different systems of
administration are forced upon the attention of the Go•
vernraent and the country from time to time by peculiar
emergencies. Thus the arrangements of the military
departments had existed in time of peace, but, though
many felt that the division of the Ordnance into sepa
rate departments and the distinction between the War.
office and the office of the Secretary of State for War
were inconvenient, it was not until the war in the Crimes
drew the attention of the Government to the dioadvane
taxes of that complicated system that we altered the
arrangements, and it was during the Crimean war that
the consolidation was effected by means of which we
were enabled to carry en the struggle with Russia with
far greater promptitude, vigour, and success than we
should have been able to do if the old system had been
continued. (Cheers.) I say, then, that as far as regards
the executive functions of the Indian Government at
home it is of the greatest importance to vest complete
authority where the public have a right to think that
complete responsibility should rest, and that whereas he
this country there' can be but one governing body_ I.?
sponsible to the Crown, to Parliament, and to
zl p?t,l_sc
opinion, consisting of the constitutional smite
w.?!rth 7;
Crown for the timebeiego,f
principles and practice of the
it would
be in accordance with the best interestsortant interests,
entiatcuctoiovrd,anas
Eatiosip
soouritciogni
tbat India, with all its vast an.decl.raPsuaweity of the
s'iould be placed under thevadmir
of the Crown by the
Crown, to be governed in tbee
of the
Yarliament and the public for
mew, and responsible
publics conduct, instead of being.
respoesible Ministers ot
every part of theLinistered by a
Crown sitting in P!irliae
set of gentlemen
as now, mainly a
who, bowever respectable', hvtrever competent

THE DIVORCE ACT.
IVlr. LYGON asked the Attorney-G;meral whether
it aas the intention of h.-r ‘lajesty's Government to
bring in a bill to amend the Divorce Act of la.t se,ion
in reference to affidavits, which, in the opinion of the
Judge Ordinary could only be made before the nowt
sitting in Lsindun ; and whether it was the intention of
her Majesty's Government to bring in a bill to extend
the law of divorce to Ireland, and those portion° of her
Majesty's dominions which were left unaffected by the
Act of last year ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the subject of the
second question was under consideration. A substantial
measure would b 3 introduced for the Divorce Act, but
not an amendment act.
MORTALITY IN THE ARMY.
Capt. ANNESLEY asked whether the Government
had received any report from the regiments of font
guards which proved that the mortality, instead of 2:2
per 1,000, was little more than half that amount in those
regiments ?
Sir J. RAMSDEN said the report referred to had
been received, which presented a more favourable return
than that given by tho commissioner& The comm s-
sinners had taken the averages for the 15 years pre.
ceding 1853, that of the report referred to only for the
last 18 months.

CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT.
Mr. 11. BERKELEY asked the First Lord of the
Treasury when it was his intention to propose to sub-
mit the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act to the
investigation of a committee ?
Lard PALMERSTON said he intended on an early
day to propose a committee for inquiry into the act.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND).
Mr. BAGWELL asked the Attorney-General fur
Ireland whether he was prepared to state the course
which the Government intended to take relative to the
Encumbered Estates Court ?
Mr. FITZGERA.LD said he intended shortly to
introduce a bill to perpetuate the Encumbered Estates
Court in Ireland, and also to extend the law to unen-
cumbered estates.
COUNT WALEWSKI'S DESPATCH.
In answer to a question from Mr. WARREN,
Sir G. GREY said that no direct or formal request
had been made by the French Government for the prose-
cution of any person in this country for conspiracy to
commit an offence of this kind, but last year a copy of
the proceedings taken in France against the parties
named was submitted to her Majesty's Government un-
accompanied by any request for proceedings to be taken.
If there had been evidence against the party sufficient to
have arrested him in this country, it would have been
done.

In answer to another question from Mr. WARREN,
Sir G. GREY said a warrant had been issued against
a British subject under the 9,h Geo. I V, as an accessory
before the fact to a murder alleged to have been com-
mitted in France. (Hear, hear.)