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THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES).
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock ... ..... .......... ItB ' Indian Stock 291 pm.
3 per Cent. Red 99 Ditto Bonds .... ........ ... 91 pm
3 per Cent. Cons.
334 per Cent. Eel .....
New 3',( per Cent 103% !Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I Nd... pm.
New 5 per Cent........-- I Ditto 5001
Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small pm.
Jan. 1860 ..... ....... 12 7.16 Bank stock for Acct 199
Oct. 1859............ 12 5.16 ;Consols for Acct. 59%
Jan. 1860 l2 11-16
FOREIGN FUN 'lndia Stock for Acct....
DS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent ..... ....... Ir 4 ;Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds ....... ........ 80 ,Prussian, 5 per Cent ......
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 'Russian, 5 per Cent. .......
Chinon, II per Cent — Ditto, Meta11ic..................
Colombian., 6 per Cent.; .. /5 Spanish, 5 per Cent 9.i
Ditto, 1824 ..—....... .......... ... Ditto, 3 per Cent 37%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 'Ditto, Deferre.l... ......... ...... 15%
Danish, 3 per Cent .. ..
Greek, 18-5, 5 per Celt-- Exchange ........».».».. —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837.-- Dutch, 2% per Cent-- 61
Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cent... 30% Ditto, 5 per Cent ... ICO%
SHARES. _

Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 62
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 9O
Ditto New (17%,:daid)
Bristol and Exeter ( 0 paid) 7.;,,1i
Eastern Counties MI paid)
Ditto Registered (8166 Bcl paid)
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid)
. ... . . .. ... ...

. . ,
Harwich (Braithwaite) (2 paid)
Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) 7%
London and Birmingham (Stock) ... ...... -..- 221
London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4dl) 6
Lon Jon and Brighton (5) paid)
London and Greenwich (lit. ILs. 4d. paid) 5
London and Croydon (Trunk) l7
Manchester and Birmingham 9
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
North Midland (100 paid)
Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) :6:h
Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) IOA,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
There being only thirty-eight Members present at
Four o'Clock, the House did not sit this evening.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS'

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

GLOBE.—The speech which Sir James Graham de-
livered in reply to Lord John Russell, in the course of
the debate on the Irish State Prosecutions, contained a
slashing attack on Lord Fortescue, as the Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland under Lord Melbourne's Administra-
tion. Among other imputations, it was especially
attributed to Lord Fortescue, that he had made extra
and unnecessary appointments of stipendiary magistrates
un . the very eve of resigning the Lord Lieutenancy,
in consequence of the resignation of their offices
by the Cabinet under which he held office. That
charge was met and confuted by Lord For-
tescue in the House of Lords shortly after it was
made. Last night the subject was introduced to the
House of Commons by Lord Ebrington, the son of the
Noble Lord whose administration had been thus assailed
by Sir James Graham. Pursuant to notice, Lord
Ebrington moved for returns connected with the ap-
pointment of stipendiary magistrates in Ireland between
the 2d of March and the 15th of April, 1841. We
refer to the complete answer which was supplied
to the unworthy and groundless attack upon Lord
Fortescue. The subdued tone and 14 polocretical
matter of Sir James Graham's speech, in reply' to
the clear, full, and circumstantial disproof of the accu-
sation, spewed that, for once, the Home Secretary was
cont;ninded, if not ashamed. His shuffling, however,
sufficiently chewed the reluctance with which he ad-
mitted the " inaccuracies" he could no longer assert.
" With regard to the ground of complaint of the Noble
Lord, it certainly appeared to he true that, in a few slight
partieulars, he (Sir J. Graham) had been inaccurate in
his farmer statement on the subject of these appoint-
ments." The " slight particulars," with respect to which
the Right Hon. Baronet now admitted" inaccuracy," con-
stituted the gravamen of the accusation he had brought
against Lord Fortescue. The substance of the charge
which Sir James Graham alleged against Lord Fortes-
cue, was, that "after the government was a condemned
government—not content with adding seven stipendiary
magistrates in these three months—in the last
gasp. of an expiring government—they appointed one
magistrate on the very day they left office."
The Home Secretary's imputation rested upon a non-
entity. The returns now produced chewed that the
document, to which Sir James Graham appealed in
attestation of the charge against Lord Fortescue, had no
existence ; the returns further proved that there had
been no departure from the rule laid down and enforced
by Lord Normanby, and invariably acted upon by Lord
Fortescue, of not appointing a stipendiary magistrate to
any district without having the special circumstances
under w hich the application from the district for such an
appointment was made, closely investigated, and fully
substantiated. The number of special magistrates appointed
by Lord Fortescue within the time stated, and under the
circumstances alleged by Sir James Graham, was repre-
sented as seven ; the facts showed that they amounted to
two • and these, after urgent appliewions, the rejection
of which would have involved a disregard to the safety
of person and property within the districts to which
these stipendiary magistrates were appointed, had they
been withheld. Yet these discrepancies between the
statements and the facts are " slight inaccuracies !"
Labouchere set the whole question before the
House in its true light. The Right Hon. Gentleman
said He could not admit that the question before
them depended upon any difference, or any small error
in the account which had been referred to—it was,
whether the charge made by the Right Honourable
Baronet against the late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
of having, prostituted his patronage, was true or not
(Cheers)—and that was a question of some conse-
quence.

He now ap-

pealed to every Member present whether that charge
had not completely broken down?—(Cheers.) He
could understand the Right lion. Gentleman in the
hurry of debate speaking under false impressions; but
it would have done him more credit had he avowed the
error, instead of endeavouring to bear out the colour
which he had put upon the matter, and to attempt to de-
fend his statements by such trumpery arguments as he
had used to-night. The question was not whether the
late Government were right in appointing stipen-
diary magistrates to the extent they did, but whether
there was any case before the House to warrant them in
saying that Lord Fortescue made the appointments
improperly during the last few months of his adminis-
tration.. The Noble Lord thought it was no matter
whether these appointments were made between
February and Augu:t, or June and August ; but
that was the very 'gravamen of his charge ; and if
it should appear that not seven but two only were
appointed during the last three months, the charge
was lost." Lord Stanley, and subsequently Sir R. reel,
came to the rescue of their chop-fallen colleague. They
effected nothing in his favour • for they failed to shake
one of the facts on which Lord Ebringtou rested the
vindication of his Neble parent. These facts were upon
the table of the- House—returns from' the department
of which Sir James Graham is the head. The Secre-
tary for the Colonies and the Right lion. Baronet, at
the head of the Government did, however, prove
themselves worthy of having Sir James Graham for
a colleague. By endeavouring to extenuate, if not
to justify his " inaccuracies"—on which he rested his
imputations against Lord Fortescue—they at least raise
a presumption against themselves. It may be now
fairly inferred that Lord Stanley and Sir Robert Peel
would have made the same groundless accusations
against Lord Fortescue. The discredit, indeed, attaches
to Sir James Graham as the author ; but to them also
as approvers of the now-confuted " inaccuracies," as
Sir James Graham mildly designates thent Beyond the
walls of Parliament they will be generalfrdescribed by
another and a shorter word.
STANDARD.—Mr. Wyse's motion for the names
and birth-places of 22,000 persons employed in the
public service was of course rejected. It is worthy of
remark that Mr. Hume, who a few years ago proposed
and carried a similar motion with respect to the soldiers
in the army, opposed Mr. Wyse last night specially on
the ground of the invidiousness of such a motion ; the
fact, we imagine, being, that Mr. Hume was not much
gratified by the result of his own experiment, and
doubted whether Mr. Wyse might not be exposed
to a similar disappointment. It was, no doubt,
quite right to reject Mr. Wyse's motion upon
rinciple, but we regret that the return sought
for was not made, for we are persuaded that it would
exhibit a very undue proportion of Irishmen (if
anything can be
public seeske undue in the matter) in the
, respect being had to the numbers quali-
fied by education and character in the respective divi-
sions of the United Kingdom. Nobod will say that
the savages who howled round Mr. O'Connell at the
monster meetings are either qualified by educa-
tion, or entitled by their conduct, to be intro-
duced into the Queen's service yet these, if we
are to believe the Conciliation Hall Pore more
than commensurate .with the whole rlerishth,
pul atiton.
Where, then, was the present Governmela
Whig-Radical Government, from 1830 to 1841," tor
the
Irishmen fitted for office? Somehow or other, how e
a goodly number of Irishmen have foun4 their'wv'ear;
into the public service, as any one may satisfy himself));
looking to the tide waiters on the Thames. Thrre is
hardly a foreign vessel comes into London that doos not
bring-an Irishman, more often two or three, from Graves-
end, and so we believe it is everywhere, and in all the
public departments. The " Irish Members" did not lose
the opportunity while their Whig-Radical servants were
in office.

TRADE.
STATE OF
(From the Manchester' Gof uardianthis day.)
•The.accounts from the United
tedStates,to induce
receiv
a belief
the
edby
Caledonia steamer—being cal cu
in a larger crop of cotton than had been
n previously
peeted by many parties—have exerciseda n unfavou lr
unfavourable
Influence upon our market. It is understood that there
av nutty orders on hand, both for goods and yarn ; and
large twount of business was done prior to the arrival
of thgt steamer; but the anticipation of a turtht! deelino
fb buyers,
the price of cotton has caused many of „.., _
especially of yarn, to hold back in the hope f
being able to execute their orders on bolter terms.
Yarns, suitable for the German market, have cun-
aequently suffered a slight decline, and the busi-
ness done in them has been very limited. There
however, rtill a fair business for India, and for the
home trade, at tolerably steady prices. • In goods there
is nut much doing, except for sbirtings, which are still
in good demand, and large quantities wculd be taken at
a very triffing t•oncesmon trom previous rates. The
stCOS are, however, very light, and manufacturers are
not Much in-dined to lower their demands.
IiJCIIDALL FLAITLI, HAUSET, tIOYDA.Y, At EIL

—'We have had a better attendance of buyers in the
market to-day than last Monday ; but a very limited
quantity of goods have been disposed of. Those of the
coarser kind have been the moat inquired after. The
wool market has been extremely dull, and the manufac-
turers are not at all eager to purchase, except for imme-
diate use. The prises are much the same as last week

THE ARMY.
RETIRING ALLOWANCE TO PAYMASTERS.
We have been anxiously looking for the appearance of a
new warrant respecting the retiring allowance to the old and
faithful paymasters of the-army—indeed we ought properly
to designate them " the old and gallant veterans"—as most
of them have in times past, and before they filled their pre-
sent situations, often fought and bled in the service of their
country. We say we have been looking anxiously for this
warrant, as we are fully aware that the present Secretary-
at-War has one in contemplation; and his only difficulty,
we believe, is to arrive at the conclusion of its being a final
measure, so as to give satisfaction to the service at large, and
prevent any further demands on the part of the present or
future officers who may fill-this responsible situation.

As we have, from time to time,-received numerous com-
munications, both personal and by letter, from nearly all
the old officers who now fill the situation of paymaster, we
can vouch for their being perfectly satisfied with the present
system of full pay, and that what they now only require is
to be put on a par with all the other branches of the service,
as to being permitted to retire on full-pay after a great length of
service—namely, not less than thirty-five years actually on full-
pay (twenty-five of which as paymaster), and then only by two
having the option of doing so yearly ; and which is allowed
to the old officers in the Artillery, Marines, and Line, after a
service of thirty years. This is the boon they ask for as a
final measure.

It should be considered that paymasters are not now, as
formerly, civilians, and that upon appointment their half-pay
is stopped altogether (this being the only staff situation in
the whole service where such a stoppage takes place); that
they forfeit all prospect of future rank in the army ; that
the price of their former commission is for ever lost to them ;
and that they have no other prospect in the world to look for-
ward to, but being allowed, after an extremely long length of
service (most probably in all climates) to retire, in their old
age, on a sufficient competency to keep themselves and their
families from actual wait? And what is the amount of the
said retirement ? Merely an advance of 3s. per diem, for the
short period so old a veteran may have to live, and, on an
average, lie would at least have completed sixty years of age.
To prove this we shall mention that the full-pay of a pay-
master of thirty-five years' service is U. 2s. 6d. ; his suc-
cessor would only receive 12s. 6d. ; and if we count the saving
of half-pay of a captain 75., and making to together 19s. 6d.,
the cost in reality would only be 35., leaving out ;altogether
the consideration of the very large sum already saved to the
public by the stoppage of the half-pay for twenty-five years
of the old paymaster whilst with his regiment. It is also to
be borne in mind that the old officers in the other branches
of the service being allowed to retire on full-pay, after thirty
years' service, is entirely a dead weight, as their places must
be tilled up by others with equal rank and pay ; nor is there
any saving whatever of half-pay ; consequently, the argu-
ments we have used on this subject, as regards paymasters,
ought to have a ten-fold effect in inducing the present hu-
mane and benevolent Secretary at War to at once follow up
his excellent intentions, which would be most gratefully re-
ceived by the army at large, and applauded by the whole
country, as a measure administering impartial justice to de-
serving old soldiers, and thereby giving encouragement to
officers of higher ranks to accept of paymasterships, by
which a greater saving would accrue to the public from the
half-pay list than at present exists.—Naral and Military
Gazette.

Sir Robert Peel, we are glad to learn, has given
ten guineas towards the subscription now in progress
for a testimonial to Mr. Rowland Bill. This mark
of the Premier's due appreciation of Mr. Hill's merits
is highly creditable to the Right Hon. Baronet, and
we hope the other Ministers will follow his example.
LEITH.—The returns of the Customs revenue at
this port, both for the quarter and year just ended, exhibit
a large increase, and show the steady rise and great ini•
provenient of the trade and shipping of the port. On the
quarter ending April 5, 12,275/. ; on the year eliding April 5,
91,899/.

NEW COAL TAX—PROPOSED EM-
BANKMENT OF THE THAMES.
A public meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor
yesterday, for the purpose of taking measures to oppose
the proposed tax upon coals intended for defray-
ing the expense of erecting the proposed embankment
of the river Thames. The following noblemen and
gentlemen were on the platform :—John Masterman,
Esq., M.P., Capt. lions, M.P., Col. Wood, M.P., B.
Hawes, Esq., W. Ord, Esq., M.P.. Lord H. Vane,
M.P., Sir C. Napier, M.P., David Barclay, Esq., M.P.,
Matthew Foster, Esq., Wm. Bateman, Esq., (Deputy
Chairman of the Chartered Gas Company), N. Pontifex,
Esq., W. Christie, Esq., M.P., and gentlemen con-
nected with and interested in the coal trade.
The Secretary read letters from the following gentle-
men opposed to the proposed tax, who, from various
circumstances, were unable to be present at the meet-
ing :—Lord Howick, Mr. Pattison, M.P., Mr. Lyall, M.P.,
Mr. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Antrobus, &c.
Mr. MASTERMAN, M.P., (Chairman) explained the ob-
jects of the meeting. A tax of sd. per ton was proposed to
be levied on coals entering London, for the purpose of
erecting an embankment to the river Thames, in addition
to ls. ld. at present levied—not only on coals consumed
within London, but to a considerable distance around it—
and the objec:, of the meeting was to oppose any further
charge upon that necessary article of life, believing that
it would seriously injure the coal trade of the metro-
polis, and throw an additional weight on the consumer.
Mr. Haiwr.s, M.P., proposed a resolution to the effect,
that the additional tax on coal, the cheepness of which
tends so much to the comfort of the poor, and
is so essential to the prosperity of the va-
rious manufactories established in the metropolis and its
environs, is unjust and impolitic. He thought the pro-
posed enbanktnent was unnecessary, and highly injurious
to the trade of the metropolis, and would prove most
injurious to the navigation of the river.—(Hear, hear.)
There were three reasons assigned fur carrying the pro-
posed embankment into effect:—first, that it would
improve the navigation; secondly, that it would give
increased facilities to the coal and river trade; and,
thirdly, that it would present increased facilities
between different parts of the metropolis. Now, he
had attended the various meetings of the Commissioners,
at the request of many of his constituents, and very few
of the witnesses examined before them were in favour of
the proposed embankment. The Commissioners were
desirous of making the city of London like Florence and
other continental towns, so fine were their ideas of
architectural display, and appeared to have forgotten the
trade of the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) The
estimates for the embankment amounted to 366,0001.
He thought Sir Robert Peel and other Members of the
Government too high-minded to express any opinion on
the matter without evidence to justify such a measure.—
(Hear, hear.) In fact, lie did not believe Sir R. Peel
was in favour of it. It was said that the tax un coals
was a most equitable way of making improvements ;
but the great mass of the working population
would have to pay it. He repeated that the tax would
come out of the pockets of the working classes—
(Cheers)—and they could ill afford to pay it. 'rho tax
would fall far heavier on the poor than on the rich, and
on these grounds he felt it his ditty to take a strenuous
part in opposing the imposition of an additional coal
tax.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ORD, M.P., seconded the resolution. He
said he felt deeply interested in the subject, re-
presenting, as lie did, the persons interested in
the Newcastle coal trade, who, he was sure, would
second in every way their opposition to the pro-
posed tax ; but he considered that the consumer was more
interested in the matter than any other party. The
report of the Commissioners perfectly astonished him,
and he thought they could not be aware of what they
were signing. The proposed embankment was an ugly
dyke, and, instead of proving' beneficial, it would prove
most injurious to the health of the metropolis—it
would also be injurious to the various branches of trade
connected with the river. The wharfingers would be
put to additional expense, and additional expense would
thus be entailed upon the consumer.—(Hear.)
Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR said he was a large consumer
of coals, and he did not object to a small addition to the
present tax if the money derived from it was properly
applied. He thought that those who lived in their villas
ten or twelve.miles out of town, but whose avocations
led them daily to London, ought to pay their share of
the proposed tax. He should regret if it fell heavily on
the poor, and expressed a confident hope that it would
not. He ridiculed, the idea of the embankment and the
building of the new House of Commons on the river.
The coal owners were chiefly interested in this question.
—(" No, no.") [Captain Ackerly, who had repeatedly
interrupted the meeting, here created some disturbance,
and it was some time before he could be prevailed upon
to resume his seat.]
Mr. COPE moved an amendment to the effect, that
a duty- upon coals, however desirable it might be to
avoid such a mode of taxation, was an excellent source
of carrying out metropolitan improvements.
Mr. 111‘GmtveAv seconded the amendment, which,
after some discussion, was put and lost. The original
motion was then put and carried.
Colonel WooD, M.P., proposed the next resolution,
that the purpose for which this tax is proposed to be
applied does not justify so obnoxious an imposition. He
thought the tax would be obnoxious, because it was to be
levied upon the second necessary of life—that it would
obstruct the interests of the trade of the metropolis, and
if they neglected tho persons who gave employment
to the poor labourers, they would destroy the
very elements of the trade of that city. He
was confident the tax would fall heavily on the
working classes. He then referred to the evidence
and opinions of several scientific gentlemen on the sub-
ject of the embankment, who were unfavourable to the
plan.
Captain Roes, M.P., seconded the motion. He said
h e
saw
no
(reason_itle.e
why the consumer should pay for the
e
the tax.—A embankment.
voice The was
in favour of the imposition of
tThhee,r choarmnestaexmfboarnkexmaemnpt ,o—
Cheers.) He thought
re
ornamental than useful.—(Laughter.)
'
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, M.P. said he had not had
time to read the voluminous' report
hmei,ssihoont‘e.resvers,
so
understood fully
as hist
a t ftretn devcm,
was to
Hawes---
he, ews; s
ofr the Com-
missioners
be a most magnificent thing—
in-
creased facilities to trade, but he thought it° was more mor
adapted as a promenade fur ladies end gentlemen. It
was the most absurd plan ever invented by man.—
(Laughter.) It had surely been concocted by the gentle-
' men who reside in Privy-gardens—(Laughter)—who
wish to walk as far as they can down the river_ Now,
let them have a promenade where coal, heavers and
other poor people could enjoy the fresh air, and no ladies
or gentlemen would be seen there. It might certainly give
more employment to the watermen, who would have
better facilities for landing ; but the navigation of the
river would be impeded. In Portsmouth harbour -the
vwater
ecr, i nawasallowed;le!a
to come as high as it could come, and
aken to get as much rs po,,ible, and
to rcmovc all uh.truction3 to the lice cuiTuit, of the tide.
The tax put him much in mind of a much cow, which I
got dry last. Many persce4s Wue deArous 91 lwirg

a slice of the proceeds of the proposed tax, but he saw
no reason why his constituents should not have a share
of it.—(Laughter.) It would be very injurious to the
poor man, if they put a tax upon coals ; he would have
to burn less if he paid more for it.—(Cheers.) He.
thought that was plain to a man who could think, on
the principle, that if they taxed corn he must have less
bread.—(Cheers.) Four shillings per ton was put upon
coals sent abroad, and the imposition of that tax had de-
stroyed that trade altogether. lie should do all he could
in the House of Commons to throw the Bill for the levy-
ing of the tax overboard.—(Cheers.)
Lord H. VANE, M.P., proposed the following resolu-
tion, " That the purpose for which this tax is proposed to
be applied does not justify so obnoxious an imposition."
Capt. Rous, M.P., seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
A resolution was then proposed and seconded, " That a
petition embodying the sentiments of the meeting, be
presented to the House of Commons by the Chairman,
and that the co• operation of the eight Metropolitan Mem-
bers be requested to support the prayer thereof ; and that
a deputation, consisting of the Members of Parliament
present, be requested to form a deputation to wait upon
Sir Robert Peel on the subject."
The resolution was carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman for his
able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Arm 16, 1844.

Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, fur appointing Henry Birchfield
Svrabey, Esq., Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty in
England, to be Registrar in Ecclesiastical and Maritime
Causes. .

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Castlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M, P. Chid, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Leach, promoted.
Captain Leach's Troop of Castlemart in Yeomanry Cavalry-
0. Edwardes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Evans, resigned.

WHITEHALL, MAncit 23.
The Lord Chanc4lor has appointed William Murphy, of
South-mall, in the city of Cork, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland.