The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAIVIENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. LASLETT took the oaths and his seat for Worcester.
shire, and Colonel Steward for Cardiff.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Birmingham, Erdington, and Sutton
Coldfield Railway (Western Line) ; Isle of Wight Railway
(Eastern Section) ; Llanrwst and Abergele Roads ; Nor-
wich and Spalding Railway ; Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton-Railway; South Durham and Lancashire
Union Railway ; and Waveney Valley Railway.
PETITIONS.
_ _

Several petitions were presented against the continuance
of church rates, against the Endowed Schools' Bill, and in
favour of the abolition of the duty on paper, &c.

CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILD.

Mr. DI LLW YN moved the second reading of this bill, and
said that the subject was so well understood in the house
and throughout the country that it would be unnecessary
to make any leinthened observations, and he would confine
himself merely to his motion.
Mr DU CANE moved as an amendment that the bill
be read a second time this day six months. Considering
that the present Parliament was a new one, he thought ho
was justified in stating his arguments against the mea-
sure now before the house. He considered that the bill
was one of spoilation, and a direct attempt to destroy the
State establishment of this country. It had been said that
they might allow the bill to go into committee, and then
graft on it such modifications as the majority of the house
might approve. He objected to that course, because he was
opposed to the principle of the bill, and he was aware that
any alteration affecting the vital principle would be fatal to
the bill, and therefore would not receive the support of
those hon. members who were in favour of the bill.
(Hear, hear.) He contended that if the bill were
to be
.passed into law, a state of things would ultimately
arise in which the maintenance of the fabric of the Church
would be left dependent on the slender support of voluntary
contributions. With regard to one of the arguments in
favour of the bill, namely, that it was opposed to conscien-
tious feeling, the fact was that a very simple mode existed
ix the different parishes throughout the country for obtain-
ing exemption. hula the payment of this rate; and in many
cases, without this church-rate, the fabric of the Church
must necessarily fall to decay. The hon. member for
Birmingham (Mr. Bright), in one of those statements
with which he had been in the habit of entertaining his
constituents during the last few months, said that
only one-third of the country was in connection with
the Church of England. It appeared, however, by
the census: of 1851, that more than one-half the church
accommodation for those who attended places of worship
was supplied by the Church of England. It appeared fur-
ther that 84 pet cent. of the educational establishments of
this country were in connection with the Church of Eng-
land; 74 per cent, of the children attending these public
schools belonged to that Church, and that 84 per cent. of
the marriages within a given period were celebrated in the
churches of the State Establishment. Having cited a me-
morial from the clergy of Birmingham, to show that the
voluntary principle was inoperative to maintain the fabric,
of the Church, ho conchided by an earnest appeal to the house
to negative the further progress of this measure, or to so
modify its provisions as to divest it of its dangerous and
destructive provisions.

[LEFT SITTING.]

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 12.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs-
day next, the 14th inst., for his late Majesty the Bing of
Sweden and Norway, viz. :
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white
gloves, necklaces, and earrings, black or white shoes, fans,
and tippets. _ _

The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the
28th inst., viz.

The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons,
fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white
and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.

The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Thursday, the 4th of August next, the court to
go out of mourning.
BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, JAN. 30,1856.

The Queen was this day leased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Richard olton M'Causland, Esq., Re-
corder of Singapore.

WHITEHALL, JULY 9, 1859.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal appointing the Right Hon.
Charles Pelham Villiers to be Poor Law Commissioner for
England.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 9.
The Queeri has been pleased to approve of Mr. L. Bols as
Consul-General in the Mauritius for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. F. A.
Ebbeke as Consul in Jamaica for his Majesty the King of
Prussia.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Fran-
cisco de Acuna as Vice-Consul at Liverpool, for her Ma-
jesty, the Queen of Spain., '
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 11.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward
Dodd as Consul at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for his Royal High-
ness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 8.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN'TBE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Gloucester—We4;lT Division—Lieut.-Col.
Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge liingseote, C. 8., one of her Ma-
jesty's Grooms in Waiting.

Jux,y.ll.
Borough of Wolverhampton—The Right Hon. Charles
Pelham Villiers, President of the Poor Law Board.

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JULY 12.
Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne--The Right Hon. Thos.
Milner Gibson, President of the Committee of Privy Coun-
cil for Trade and Plantations.
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Augustus Flemyng, to re-
tired full-pay; First, Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry
Lindsay -Searle to
Corps of Royal MD
be Captain, vice Curry, promoted;
Second LieutenP7at Mary 11 be First Lieutenant,
~na ogge to
vice Searle, r- at
CTalt—aijnußl'Orb7e; t Murray Curry

ULY 11.
First Lieutenant UssheJr Lee Morris to be Adjutant.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
4th Company of the Lancashire Volunteer Rifles—Robert
Munn, Esq., the younger, to be Captain.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Francis Johnston Murray,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Arthur Frederick Holdsworth,
promoted.

- Herefordshire Regiment of Militia Ensign Frederick
Aldrich to be Lieutenant, vice John Harwood Griffiths,
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Wood Willett to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Baskerville
Mynors, resigned.
3d Regiment of Surrey Militia—William Frederick
Rogers, Gent., to be Ensign.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—George Manley Buckle,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Phillips, promoted.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Robert Pattison, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Langton, resigned.
County of Warwick—Sir Theophilus William Biddulph,
Bart,, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
The following appointment has been substituted for that
which appeared in the Gazette on the Bth July instant :-
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
William Gardner Bird, Gent., to be Ensign.
Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—William
Rowe Lewis, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bethune,
resigned ; David James Hall, Esq , M.D., to be Surgeon,
vice Smythe, resigned. •
Merionethshire. Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Charles
Henry L. Lee to be Captain, vice Walker, resigned; En-
sign Edward Gilliat Jones to be Lieutenant, vice Ellis,
resigned. _ _

County and City of Bristol—Philip William Skynner
Miles, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Frederic Boughton
newton Dickenson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.

BANKRUPTS.
Henry Smart, picture dealer, Tichborne-street, Hay-
market, to surrender, July. 22, at two, and Aug. 19, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
- William Newth, miller, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire,
July 22 and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.
William Tweedd ale Miller, merchant, Devonshire-square,
City, July 20, at twelve, and Aug. 24, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Large, miller, Medway mill, Bosley, Kent, July
22, at half-past twelve, Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Rimmington and Samuel Rimmington, tea dealers,
Kingston-upon-Hull, July 27 and Aug. 31, at twelve, at the
Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Joseph Harthan, silk throwster, Wheelock, Cheshire,
July 22 and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Li%erpool District
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Smith Dunn, spirit merchant, Edinburgh.
Thomas Muir, carter, Partick, near Glasgow.
David Anderson and Co., commission agents, Leith.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
AmsDittoterdam ........ Short. 11 11! 11 121
............ ' 3 Months. 11 14i 11 l'q-
Rotterdam .......... 11 140 11 141-
Antwerp .......... 25 10 25 15
Brussels . . ......... 25 10 25 15
Hamburgh. ........ 13 3t 13 4
Paris .............. Short. 25 71 25 015,, Ditto ........... 3 Months. 25 32f 25 i" /
Marseilles ..... ~. .. 25 32f 25__371
~.. _ _ _

Frankfort on Maine _.Vienna ...........
Trieste —
Petersburgh —
Madrid
Cadiz
_,Leghorn
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
_
Messina —

116
12 40
12 45
34
49k
49g
30 5
25 75
404
1221
122 i

1161
12 50
12 55
• 34k
491
491
30 10
25 82k
41
122
123

Lisbon
61
Oporto
1 511
Rio Janeiro
New York
(Standard) • • per oz. £3 17 9• • •
• •
Foreign Gold in Bars • .
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Stand,:;.a; • 0 0 0
0 0 0

THE PUBLIC REVENUE.—The total receipt at
the Bank of England to the credit of the Exchequer in
the year ended the 31st of March, 1859, amounted to the
sum of £80,151,906, and a balance of income and credits,
amounting to £7,808,220, remained in the coffers of the
Bank on the evening of the 31st of March, besides a balance
at the Bank of Ireland of £1,255,389.