The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1859.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share Railways. /paid' CPlroiscein.g I BDsit!inir.'s

Atlantic & St Lawrence
Leased at 6 per cent..
Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd

I all
13i
all

79 81

164 17

r. 5 percent

Do. Addit. Capital A
Do. Do.
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Do. New
Buffalo,Brant. &Goclrich
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872
Do. do. 1 July, 1873
Do. do. 1 June, 1874
Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.
Cape, Eastn. Prov. (Lim.)
Cape Town & Dock Scrip
Central Oude (Limited)
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c
Demerara
Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c
East Indian, gu. 5 p. c
Do. C Shares
Do. F Shares Ext
Do. Jubbulpore
D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9
G eelong& Mel.g-ua.s p. c.
Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B
Do. 6 per cent. Pref
Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e
Do. New, gua.s per cent
Do. do
Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt.W. of Canada Shares
Do. New
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
opt. till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. 73 without opt
Do. p. c. do. '77 do
Madras, guar., 4 p. c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Do. 4I p. c. Extension
Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c
Do. Fourth do.
Melb. Corp. 6, p.c. Bonds
Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc I
Class ACapitl.Share.. I
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Do. do. B. Capital do.
Do. do. Land d 0...
Northof India Tramroad
Limited, Scrip
Oude (Limited)
Scinde
Do.
Do. New
Do. Punjaub
Do. Indus. St. Flo. 44:1
St. Andrews & Quebec A
Trinidad(Limited) Scrip

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100
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THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(TIIIS EVENING).
Lord REDESDA.LE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor
took his seat on the woolsack at four o'clock.

The Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill was read a
third time and passed.

The Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Act Amend-
ment Bill was read a second time.
THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation), Stamp Duties,
Customs (No. 2), East India Loan, Militia Pay Reserve,
Volunteer Force of Seamen, Government of India Act
Amendment, Inclosure Acts Amendment, Stock in Trade
Exemption, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance, Episco-
pal and Capitular Estates Act Continuance, Corrupt Practices
Prevention (1854) Continuance, Weights and Measures
Act Amendment, Turnpike Acts Continuance, Dublin
Police, Charitable and Provident Societies, European
Troops (India), _

. s 'DIVORCE COURT BILL.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were considered
and agreed to.

SALE OF GAS BILL.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were also agreed

MARRIAGE LAWS,

The Earl of RIPON presented petitions from the
Mayor and Corporation of Kidderminster and various other
places, in favour of legalising the marriage with a deceased
wife's sister.

Viscount DUNGANNON presented petitions against
any such alteration of the marriage laws.
Their lordships then adjourned,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

On the motion of Mr. GARD the following was agreed
to :—That, in the case of all private bills brought from the
House of Lords this day with amendments, such amend-
ments be taken into consideration forthwith.

paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburg,
to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Rio de Janiero.

FOREIGN OFFICE, AUGUST 12.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William
Malcolm as Consul at Glasgow for the Republic of Guate-
mala.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 8.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint James Peters, Esq.,
late Captain Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, one of her
Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice William
Walker, Esq., resigned.

• - ,
CROWN-OFFICE, Aua. 10.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
_ __

Borough of Taunton—George Cavendish Bentinck, Esq.,
in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, who
has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.

Borough of Devonport—Sir Michael Seymour, Knight,
G.C.8., Rear-Admiral in the Navy, in the room of Sir
Thomas Erskine Perry, Knight, who has accepted the
office of one of the Council of India.

Erratutn in " Gazette" of Tuesday, Aug. 9.—Member
returned to serve in the present Parliament for th 9 Bo-
rough of Dartmouth—For John Dann, Esq., read John
Dunn, Esq.

ADMIRALTY, AUG. 11.
Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Commandant
Edward Rea to be Colonel Commandant, vice Parke, re-
tired ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George
Evans Hunt to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Rea,
promoted ; Captain William Robert Maxwell to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Hunt, promoted ; First Lieutenant
William Richard Jeffreys to be Captain, vice Maxwell,
promoted ; Second Lieutenant Charles James Kinsman to
be First Lieutenant, vice Jeffreys, promoted.