The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-13 00:00:00

labour and persevering exertion which their avo-
cations required.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure no Member
eonld deny that their constituents had not a right to know
what passed in that House. The Noble and Learned Member
for London proposed bringing forward a motion regarding the
state of Ireland to-morrow night, which was of the very first
importance, and which would be regarded with the greatest in-
terest by the country at large. Suppose when the Noble
Lord stood up, another. Honourable Member stood up
also and moved the exclusion of strangers, and that
those columns in the newspapers usually occupied by Parlia-
mentary debates were on the following morning blanks, would
not Hon. Members, cut a pretty figure before the country ?
( Laughter.) He repeated that it was absurd and inconsistent
that, at the caprice of any Hon. Member, the country might be
deprived of that information which they so eagerly expected,
aad to which they had a just right. He entirely agreed with
the Hon. Gentleman, and only regretted that a motion had not'
been made for directly rescinding so absurd a rule.—( Hear.
If any Hon. Member exercised the privilege of expellin
strangers from the House for a few nights in succession, he fet
sure the Right Hon, Bart. would be the first to move for the
rescinding of the order.

Sir GEORGE CLERK did not at all agree with the Hon.
Member who had just sat down, and thought no inconve-
nience ressulted from the present rules. The only occasion
on which the suppression of the debates occurred, by re-
porters and others being ordered to leave the gallery, was on
thr motion of Sir. Charles Yorke on moving for an inquiry
into the Walcheren expedition, and the reason given for that
was the legitimate one, that many parties would probably be
implicated in the statements that would be made in the course
of the debate. As to the proposition for the House to author-
ise the publication of its reports by its own reporters, instead
of quietly conniving at the way in which they now
reached the public, he could not see the vali-
dity of it. The reports were now given with
extraordinary rapidity and great accuracy, and were they to
follow the suggestion, and have their own reporters, he was
satisfied it would tend most materially to cripple the freedom
of debate in that House, and give no advantage either to them-
selves or to the public.

Dr. FIOWRING said he should vote for the motion simply
on the ground that it was absurd, and indeed indecent, to keep
constantly before their eyes a law which the Speaker himself,
and every Member of the House, was daily in the habit of vio-
lating.
The SPEAKER stated to the House that the rule which
empowered any Member to notice the presence of strangers
in the House, and enforce their removal by the Serjeant-at-
Arms, was not dependent on the sessional orders. The fact
was, it was a right inherent in the House. The sessional order
was applicable only to those galleries and parts of the House
used by Members of it.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. CHRISTIE would, therefore, on the intimation of the
Speaker, beg leave of the House to amend his motion by leav-
ing out the words affecting tke right to exclude strangers
from the gallery, and confine his motion to an authorised publi-
cation by the House of reports of its debates.
The House then divided—.

For the motion .
Against it
Majority
CUSTOMS' FRAUDS.
Mr. WALLACE moved that the evidence taken in the
last session of Parliament, respecting the frauds which had
taken place in the Custom-house department in London, be laid
on the table of the House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXI HEQUER said he had
intended to move for a Select Committee, with a view to the
examinaticn of the evidence, in order to see what ought to be
published, and what ought not.
Mr. BARING wished to know when information would
be laid before the House with respect to the charges of a grave
nature that had been brought against the Commissioners of
Customs. •
Lord G. SOMERSET said the Members of the Com-
mission appointed to inquire into the Customs' frauds were
preparing their opinions on the subject, and as soon as these
were laid before the Treasury, the information would be laid
before the House.—The motion was then agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. THORNELY, the following Mem-
beds were appointed as a Select Committee on Public Peti-
tion3:—Mr. Thornely, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Earl of
Arundel and Surrey, Lord Courtenay, Vi.rnunt Duncan,
Captain Jones, Mr. Cowpeii Mr. Pusey, Mr. E.lwwil Buller,
Mr. Buckley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr, William Hamilton, Mr.
Owen Stanley, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Villiers Stuart.
Mr. PAKINGTON postponed his Bill to di fine and re-
gulate the periods of holding Quarter Sessions in Cities and
Boroughs, till Feb. 22.
The House having disposed of the other Orders of the Day,
adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock.

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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
The Funds rallied this afternoon, Consols closing at 974 to
1, both for present transfer and the account. Still, how-
ever, the market was not active. Bank Stock was done at
192 to 193. The other Securities remained as before.
In the Foreign Market there was a slight decline in Por-
tuguese Bonds, the Converted being at 461 1. Spanish
Actives. were 24, and the Three per Cents. just 10 per cent.
higher. Mexican were 34a 4, and Chilian Deferred 50-1 to
51, , Russian were 119. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents..
were 55k.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these—Great Western were 354, Ditto, Half Shares, 24
Ditto, Fifths,,7 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 641 ;
Guild-
, ford Junction, li, ; South Western,3%; Manchester and

• Leeds, Quarter Shares, 7-; to 4 ; Midland Counties, Quarter
Shares,.7 to 4 ; Norwich' and Brandon, 27 tc 3 ; Northern
and Eastern, 103 • Ditto, Quarter Shares, 34 ; Rouen and
Havre, 64 to 3, and York and North Midland, Scarborough
▪ Branch, 173 to 18 premium. Eastern Counties, New, 13';
Brighton, 53 to and. South Eastern, 153 to discount.
Australasia Bank Shares were 7, and Provincial Bank of
Ireland 164 premium.
We hear nothing yet of the West India mail.
(Front The Sun of Last Night.)
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on Satur-
day, at previous rates. Sales about 7,000 bags, of which
speculators took 2,ooo.Shares were quiet.: Grand Junction,
229 ; Birmingham, 245 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 51 ;
Paris and Orleans, 333 ; Paris and Lyons 3/. Os. 6d. •, Rotten
and Havre, 144; South-Eastern, 35%; ditto New, 354;
There are no arrivals to-day, nor have we any news of the
West India mail.
The Eunds have to-day been very quiet, the proceedings
in the case of. the Irish traversers having• caused some sus-
, pense. The Commissioners for the reduction of the debt, and
fir the savings' banks, have taken 20,00 W. Consols to-day at
973 ; Consols for transfer have realised 974 to 4, and for the
Account about the same. Exchequer Bills have been 675. to
695. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are
102 to 3 ; the Reduced 103, and the Three per Cent. Annui-
ties, 98 a 3. Bank Stock is firm at 193 ; and East India
Stock at 277. .
The news from Spain is of a chequered character, and
there is some difficulty in judging whether the good or bad
predominates. The revolt at Alicant, it is supposed, will be
suppressed, but fears of a more matured rising elsewhere ap-
pear now to be. entertained. • The Five per Cent. Stock has
been at 234 to 233,
.and the Three per Cent. at 324 to 323,
which is an improvement of 4to per cent. Mexican are
steady 'at. 343 to 344 ; Peruvian have risen to 28
for the Account. Colombian are marked 133 to 12%;
Buenos Ayres, 34% to 35, and Brazilian, 79 to 784 ;
Belgian Bonds are worth 1054. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are supported at 554 ; and the Five per Cents. at 1013
to 101 H.The French Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been
at 112 f. • and the Three per Cents. at 81f. 50c.
The Railway Shares are all rather drooping. Great
Western realise 36% to 364 ; Ditto New, 21 to 214 ; Grand
Junction, 130 ; Birmingham, 142. to 143; South-Western
• Eighths, to 24; Alanehester and Leeds, 43% to 434;
Northern and Eastern, 94 to 103 ; Paris and Orleans, 13;
South-Eastern Scrip, 94 to 94 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow,
81. to 84 premium. Eastern Counties are 124; Brighton, 5
to 53 ; Midland Counties, 9 • and North Midland, 4blo 54 dis.
MANCHESTER, STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 10.—We have
• considerable inquiry for several descriptions of stock, whilst
others may be quoted a shade lower :—Edinburgh and Was-
• gow, 594 ; Ditto Quarters, 14/. 18s. 9d. ; Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarter, . 7 it, 4, and 13-16 ; South-Eastern
Scrip., 364 ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 12 5-16, cum dlr.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
" 3 per Cent. C0n5...... 97i Ditto Old Annuities — .
34 per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities..
New 3% per Cent '1023 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 13d. 69 pm
' New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..... 67 pm
Jan. 1860
•O,t. 1839
Jan; 1860
• FOREIGN FUNDS.
A !Atr:aT, 5 per cent.... ;Portuguese, 5 per cent. •
4se'ghn, 5 per cent — I Ditto, New Ditto
ti.willian ...... Prussian, 5 per cent..,
Pt .00s Ayres 6 per cent. IRussians per cent
Utilian, 6 per cent ,Ditto, Metallic —
Okonbian, 6 per cent... 'Spanish, 5 per cent 234
Ditto 1824 — Ditto, 3 per cent... 324
Cdia Bonds, 6 per cent 93 Ditto, Deferred.... ~ 133
Danish, 3 per :ent French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent !Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 344 French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 11 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. 55h
l'erovian,lB2s,6 peret. Ditto, 5 per cent.... 101

. . .
SHARES.- - -
Eastern Counties (23 paid) lo*
Ditto New Shares (25 paid) .
(heat Western (75 paid) ... 1104
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifths (12 paid)
Grand Junction (100 paid). . ......... ..... .. 230
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ......• ll4*
Leaden and Brighton (50 pad) .
London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid)... 6%
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 77%
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto Quarter Sharos ( 2 paid)
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) 9l
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 15 paid) 22%
Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) .....
Northertr and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)