The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-07 00:00:00

Molc' ET MARKET A ND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The return from the Bank of England, completed to the sth inst., shows some rather unfavourable features. The Bullion, owing to the demand for the continent, has been rather largely diminished, and the Reserve of Notes has also been reduced to a considerable extent. The Other Securities show a large increase, while the Private Deposits are smaller by over half a million. The various items of the balance-sheet, and the changes they present are shown in the subjoined table Active Circulation .. Increase Bullion . Decrease Pest .. £20,734,655 263,470 15,956,903 323,466 •• 3,395,343 Increase 106,443 .. Public Deposits 5 , 788 , 441 Increase .. 35,378 Other Deposits.. 14,179,917 Decrease .. 571,569 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 692,899 Decrease .. 19,292 Government Securities .. 11,301,802 Decrease .. .. • • • . 266,816 Other Securities .. • . 17,435,500 Increase 404,712 Notes unemployed .. 9,030,425 Decrease • • .• • • .• 532,640 During th e last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been of an extremely limited character. Tea, however, has maintained previous prices. Coffee, cocoa, and rice, have slightly declined, while sugars have sold slowly at reduced quotations. In fruit and spices the dealings have been extremely limited, without any change of importance to record in prices. Salt petre and tallow have been in very limited request, and for the latter article prices have shown a down ward tendency for both present and forward delivery. At the adjourned meeting of the creditors of Mr. P. Meyer, trading as Agleby and Co., oil mer chants, of Lambeth, it was unanimously resolved to permit Mr. Meyer, under a committee of inspection, to realise a dividend of 12s. in the pound in March, a second instalment of 3s. in July, and a further sum of 2s. at a future day, making together 17s. in the pound. The subjoined remarks upon the market for American Securities, are from the circular of Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Company :—" During the Past week there has been an active demand for American Securities. The Federal and State Stocks remain at about previous quotations, whilst the first Mort,gage Railroad Bonds have been much inquired for, and prices have generally ad vanced. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yeater daY continued quiet, and prices remained steady. Th e sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. Another small parcel of gold, viz., £7,000, was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis count from 4f to 4 per cent. At the half -yearly meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company, held to-day, the direc tors' report, which has already been published, was un animously adopted. The half -yearly meeting of the Mediterranean octension Telegraph Company took place to-day. The directors regretted that they were not in a position to recommend a dividend on the original shares, b u t the usual one in the Preference Shares was de clared. The market for Public Securities opened this morning with a quiet appearance, and very little bu • siness has been transacted except in connection 'with the settlement; Consols, however, have con tinued firm at 921 -1 for transfer, and 921 93 for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 921 931 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 12e. to 15s. prem. ; ditto, June, 13s. to 17s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 240 and 242; and India 5 per Cent., 1061 1. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been rather more numerous, and prices show no important variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 8 5, ditto, 1858, 751 76; Mexican is firm at 34,1 35 ; Spanish Deferred are 431 ; ditto Passive, 191- d ; ditto Certificates, 92 ; Italian 5 per Cents. are 661 and 671 ; and Venezuelan 251 I. The Moorish Scrip is 5 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinuca active, and prices have in most in stances shown i n c rease d b uoyancy. E astern Countie s and North Eastern (Berwick) have im proved 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, Midland, and North W es t ern , 10 s . ; S out h Wes terns X 1; and Great Northerns £2. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been less active. Bahia and San Francisco realise 151 ; Grand Trunk of Canada haVe improved to 24i t and Great Western of Canada to 12i Z. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares sup port previous quotations. h ank Sto BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ..... • • • 3 , per Cent. R e d uce d ' 240 2 Annuities 93 2 1 3/ I` ) Per Cent. C onso l s Annuities - 3} , 4 dia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. lOl/ Ditto 5} per Cent lO7l 11 Bonds i:1,000 Consols for Account, March 6... 92i 34 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. Jung. exc hequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 12 16 17 13 %i Ditto £ 5OO .. tto Small .. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ~„ D itto Account yluador New C onso lid ated .I`l6xican, 3 per Cent Di tto Aceouit Gren ada Active , D itto Def erre d vortuguese 3 per C en t ., 1 853. ~ Ditto Account cotisols, N one TWO O'CLOCK. y 92/ i Account .. 924 3 THE WEATHER. PROBABLE BEFORE MONDAY. North, Britain N. to E., fresh ; with some snow Ireland Similar to the above Central ..N. to E., moderate to fresh ; fine fast Coast .... N. to E.S.E., fresh; some snow South England. N.N.E. to E.S.E., fresh; snow in places METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. I This Day, 1 ! b etween 8 and. B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. - bairn 3/44 32 31 E.N.E. j 5 i 8 c 5 A berdeen-- ' 30'42 33 31 N.N.E. 5 5 s. 5 Lei Le a h lierwick , - 0 . 33 42 41 N. E. . .C• 4 Ard rossan....' 30 42 36 34 E.S.E. 3 1 b. 3 Poi tr. sit ....' 30.37 39 38 N . E . 2 2 b . 1 Ualway 13 0 .32 33 32 i E,N.E. 2 2 b. 1 Seallields 30'30 36 35 N.E. 5 6 s. 6 Liver rborouo 30'24 37 36 N N.W. 1 8 s. 2 ' li ' Pool 1 3025 36 35 E.N.E. 1 1 1. 2 (hieenstown 1 3027 40 38 N 117 2 2 b. 1 V alentin 3027 39 37 Yarmouth... • 30 ' 24 E. 3 2 b. 2 3 4 32 London A Dover ...... - . 306 9 35 33 E: N.E. 4 6 c• 0 N.E. 8 6 6. m Portsmouth Portland Plymouth Penzance ExPLANAvIoN.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at meu.n sea level; each 10 f eet of vertical rise c lasing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 0v , 2 32 deg ti ( l eg cau s i ng nearly 3-100ths increase. E. b txposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for t vaporation and de w-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- F. Force (1 to 12— estimated). C. Cloud laot magnetic). 11 to 9). I. Initials :—b:, blue sky ; c., clouds deched); lightning; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., over fog h , hail; 1., r., ra j a ; s,, snow; t., thunder. S. Sea dis c'lBt , tilt bance (1 to 9). TORERLV MAIL PACKET LIST. s. I 2i MAILS DUE. Au stralia and i auritius, via Southampton ..Feb. 18 via Marseilles Feb. 13. ll e a l'azii 'lnd Cape Yerds, by British packet. March 6. Chi?' of Good H. )pe Ascension, and St. Helena—March 3. 11 a) Penan g , ,i n d i Singapore, 'via Southaropton.Feb. 18. Feb 13 P l i Gib kland Islands ‘,11 3 .. vi . a . I . .... ....... .... s ..... * . F M e a b r . .ch lo 6 l. Ind • al (Ca tar, via Southampton ..... . ............ '4 lcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Feb. 18. I t , di via Marseilles ....Fe b. 13. a glombay), v i a S ou th am pt o n Feb. 10. Feb. 4. tith o :" via Marseilles Feb. 1 1 . kmtau ........... ) Pqypt, and Al,den, via Southampton Feb. 10, o,,'''° l3 3adla nc l F via Alarseilles Febeb.. 4. 5 tf °llO and Br 8, igo Feb. 11. • ..... ~ and V itish N. An. , erica, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 5. by U.S. packet.... IV , )o —. r)i . Africa, — by Canadian packet. Feb. --. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10. ti t e h z a ie l lia . B, via New York . Feb. 13. . v• ..., . SHARE IS DAY). ORDTNARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ;Air., Wol.. and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne 13ost.,Sleat,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter ;Caledonian ;Cork and Bandon Cornwall 10 'Do A A gets no di v till Op c.p an.h as 10 Do. B been paid to B. 50 'Dublin & Belfast June.; 25 I Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc ; at ,East A nglian at Eastern; Counties st ;Eastern Union, A st oc k st Do Bdo do 25j DoNw A, late E U3ds at ;East Suffolk at ;Edinburgh & Glasgow ; at ;Edin., Perth, & Dundee at ;Glasg. and S. Western., 10 IGreatNrthn of Scotland at Great Northern........ at Do A stock at , Do Rdo at !Gt. S. an W. of Ireland at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South Eastern at Lancashire & Yorkshire' at London and filackwall, at Lon., Bright ,t S. Coast, at lon., chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & S°nth, Western; 2 5 L'derry 4/Coleraine 25 L'derry & at %tan ., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12. Do shares 10 Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 60 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. I shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle, 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Ros at Norfolk at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock et DoAstk;Arecsnod till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase, Do Leeds Do York North London Do new I North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Hl. & Canal Portsmouth Rll3 mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock; Do Sc , t. Mid, stock ; Shrews. and Welchpooli Shropshire Union .... Sittinghourne & Sheer ' South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 ;Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames H avenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do ;Vale of Neath IVictoria sta. and Pim IWaterford & Kilkenny Watottord & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford 1 Railways. 13.14 25 10 et Et 50 20 ,9.16.1 raidi Closing Business I Price. done. 1 100 100 1 100 16.13.4 1 100 100 100 71 8 64 7 96 08 104 104, 12.10 5 6 44 11 20 .55k 53 35 92 93 34 31 102 104 115;1 116$ 114 115 134 136 104 106 0 691 57 6) 125 127 44 46 100 102 46 48 37 39 191 20 55} 6 1 52 814 82 67 (9 98 100 38 1 3 6, 4 1 ) 84 9) p 5}64 p 144 148 1171 16 14 17 14 18 6'182 91 1071 8 61 1 1181 1 95 98 100 1331 22 3 103 101 1001 d R2l } 87 55 56} 21 31 dp 91 94 i 1271 134 si 7 84 47 44 90 86 49 46 92 48 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. a Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W Birkenhead.. Buckingh "`lsl , re lOO Do. Chester &11 slyhead.. 100 Do 535 545 Do. 55 per cent 100 Do. 124 126 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&1 4 1.0 E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gr. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 0 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 .. Gls. Ba rr. &Neil s.Drci. .. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all IGt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all IY . k.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 n.&N. W'2ol 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent .. . ... ... all Lon.&Cht 115 12 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all D 0... London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& S., - . 1- hendl 100 Peto &Co Bl 83 Lowestoft gua. t pc..l 100 f 'orfolk Do 8 per cent l 100 'Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 35 . 4i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx ) 5. 5. 61E Counts. 5 4 p gua. 5 per cent. .. ' Northn.&Ea4n. sp. c. all 'D0...... 66 58 Do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all I D o . N. Eastn—Rartlepool 1 , 0 'N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. i all kril l : . 1 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all IDo. •• • •.. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 IGt.North. 126 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 , T Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 9!5 Wimbledn t Croydon all IL.&Brgtn 84 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. p aid. l Closing Business " Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 , all at Bris. & Exet. 4p.C. at 100 92 94 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. ahra, No. 2 100 6} Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 20 21 6} Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all st E. Angn. Class A. 6p. c lOO 99 101 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 125 127 st Eastern Union, 4p. c-- 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.& Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & 0 lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 per cent 1 100 M& et ag. S.West. gu. 5 p.c. 100 st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 1181 18 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 at Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 101 106 at Do.sp.c.Redn:.atsp.c.pm 100 103 110 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 41 p. ct lOO 98 100 at Do. redeem. 4 p. et lOO 89 91 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 90 02 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref lOO 102 104 8 'lo. Birm. pref. shares all 91 101 10 Do. Chester R p.c. pf. she all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 10/ 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 76 78 261 Do. Chester guar. shares all 201 21 131 Do. do all 111 ni 20 'Do, do all 151 15f 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref , 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 135 137 st Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d De 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) ' 10 0 at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 102 104 at Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 112 114 at Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 100 112 114 st Do. 6 per cent, do lOO 135 140 at Do. 5 per cent, do. No. 4 100 112 114 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 150 155 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 126 129 at Do. 4 p c.st.(dtv.detliP6s 100 74 76 at Lon.Chat&Dnv. sp.c.pf. 100 95 97 96 at Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 112 114 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares at Do. 44 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d 121 ILondondy. &Cole. 1 shs all 121 i l.ondonv. A. Ennis. i she all 131 14 at 'lran. 'IL & Lin. 6 per et. 100 124 126 6 lbo. £0 st I Do. 31 per cent. 10 'Do. redeem. 6percent ... 5 4 apm 125 1 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all 121 ;Do. 41 per cent. at Iliidland Con. 6p, e. stk lOO .. .. at iDo.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c 100 135 137 at Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem 100 103 105 at Do. 45 p.c. irredeomable 100 6 Do. 41 per cent..,.. . . all .. .. at Do.Leic. andllitiper ct 100 03 95 at Ni.rflk. sp. C. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. .. at Do. 51 p. C. Pref. at. 1847 100 at ;Do.sWay.Vall•lx.stlBl7 100 _ .. at !Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 11 13pm 10 Do. do. do. all at Ntli.Dvn.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 .„ .. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. .. at Dn. 41pr. et. redeemable 100 at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref. 100 102 104 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 98 100 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 5 dis par 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 .. .. 25 Do. York, H. A. S. Purch lO .. .. 20 North Staffordshire all 4 dis par 1 0 lthymney_Guarantee all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock lOO „ .. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 .. . 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 132 136 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 41 per cent 100 101 103 st South D o. 47 peraleS , C e g n u t a .4p. c. 100 .. 93} Doar. .. 100 .. .. at D, at • do. 1859 lOO :5 Stock . Do. SD& per D . st S. Yorkshirea re: cent tp i •• • • Ici , i k 4 B p 6 . C . . g e u . . a 10 09,14 3 8 2 6 8 34 9 20 P. gau.a all 28 1 2 1 9 } p 25 astt Wwastrildd..oxt. 25 Do. C 6 p ail • 21 ds l I t Y , .1. u . - 6 . a p c t :. t . e k llO OOO 12 4 3 2 7 1 at a Do.Ne D w o p , ort 5 p.cc.irc:. • r . e . 4 1100°°1234359 103123 110256 at Do. Perpet.6 p. e, T f• ' at Do. 1 866 100 123 126 tilt 1869 100 119 122 DOCKS. __ _ __________________________ stock ICommercial 1 100 stock , Do. 4 per Cent.Pretllin.; 100 stock , East and West India stock T ondo" .„ . stock St. Katharine. . 100 60 62 stock Southampton lOO ..... Stack' , Victoria . ......... ... 2 1 d p 20 IDo , New ...•.•••••014• CORN EXCHANGE. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1862. SEBASTOPOL AS IT 18. We came to the scene of the Balaclava charge, and then through the village of Kamora, down upon Balaclava. Was that the harbour in which all the ships were? That pond? We lunched under a rock overlooking the harbour; one or two fishing boats were crossing its still water. We walked down into that quiet village, and on to the now deserted quay and pier. All the scenes of the war winter came before one—the noise, the confusion, the accumulations in that small place, where now there was not a sign of intercourse with the outer world. The hospital building still remains, and on the steep slope above are the two graves of the Sisters of Mercy who died in that hospital while nursing the soldiers. In grateful memory for their services the regiment have put up two stone tombs, and enclosed them within rails. Many are the solitary tombstones seen in and about Balaclava. It was a steep scramble up to the Sis ters' Graves, and it was a still steeper one up to the Genoese Fort. But, unless a traveller ascends three quarters of the way to the castle, he will not see the beautiful white marble cross erected by Florence Nightingale, we were told, to commemorate the occupation of the British army in the Crimea. We could only see as, though we h a d ascer d e d a considerable a distance;height, to have reached it would have involved another hour's climbing. We returned in the evening, following the line of the Camp Railroad (those pills are now in use between Tcher navoda and Kustendjie), and then galloping across the plain at a frightful pace. There was much to be seen in and about the town —more than we had lei sure for, we could only spare time for rambles in the ruined streets at odd moments. What our guns spared the Russians themselves destroyed, by fire or gunpowder, and yet the ruins now have no appear ance of fire ; it is more as if an earthquake had shaken down the town. Most of the restored houses of those that escaped are in the south-east quarter of the town. There were two shops we went to which seemed to supply everything for everyday life. All luxuries come from Odessa. The chief buildings were in the most exposed part, andUre all destroyed. Prince Mensehikoff's fine palace, with its terraces and staircases, the Public Library, which must have been a very handsome building, crowning the crest of the hill on which the town is built, the church of the gover th only a few n w o h r s c h h o o u n s ley; th e e c t o h l o e a n tnrae th re e s m e a i anrse of the many handsome houses entirely in ruins. One church in the main street has been rebuilt. Down by the water's edge, at the head of the south harbour, lie piles of rusty cannon balls, and bullets of all sizes, broken shells, and old iron in every shape. There was another large pile of the bones of horses and cattle. Of the famous dockyards not a vestige re mains ; nor of Fort Nicholas or Fort Paul, We did not cross to Fort Constantine, but it seemed surprise to us walked about were appeared st u he n ab t t o a u swt c oe h p e wo d r eT l hs t oe w fce a i wv s i ail civilly treated o t f s daily atshre W e walked l. not to notice us. We were never interfered with while sketching as is so often the case in foreign countries; and the only living beings who seemed to resent our presence were the innumerable dogs who prowled about the deserted town. One object still remained to be accomplished, and that was the Malakoff, and on this, our last day, we drove up to it. Its laby rinth of earthworks is very striking when con trasted with the single earth-ridge of the Redan ; and the commanding position of the eleva tion told its own story why such labour had been bestowed upon its defences. Two of the tiers of loopholes remain in the ruined tower. In the cellar or magazine below, a lame horse was sheltering . itself from the glare of the midday sun. For the last time we looked down upon the ruined town, and round upon all the scenes Magazine. with it.— llacnzalan's THIS DAY'S MARKETS. The supply of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market was very moderate. A few dry samples were taken off at the full prices of Monday last; otherwise the trade ruled heavy, at barely late rates. lhe show of samples of foreign wheat was somewhat ex tensive, and all descriptions moved off' Plowly at about pre vious currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, yet no quotable change took place in their value. Really fine samples of barley were firm in price; but all other kinds sold heavily at drooping rates. Malt was a dull inquiry, and prices were with difficulty maintained. The demand for oats was in a sluggish state ; neverthe less, the quotations ruled tolerably firm. In beans and peas sales progressed slowly, at the late decline in their value. The inquiry for flour was somewhat restricted. Com pared with Monday, however, scarcely any altoration was observed in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 990 2,780 2,600 2,620 910 sacks. Irish.. — ) l2O 1,730 Foreign... 20,350 130 — 5,840 ; 210 sks. 41,640 brie. 1071 104 59 - 61 117 119 44 46 94& 05 98 69 Share 100 stk 176 stock stock 100 100 , 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 204 204 100 100 stock stock stock stock 9 11 43 44 134 1321 311) ICO 102 65 67 61 65} [OOl 1001 tp I 55} d 54 88} 80 99 101 41 41 d 101 11 92 94 RVlways. Ity.SzLand(Lim.)g.6p• Class A Capital Shar Do. do. Land do.— ... Do. do. B Capital do. . Do. do. Land do. Scinde Do. Punjaub 1 3 , E' Do. Do. .. • • . • Do. Indus. St. Flo. „ e s? Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. stock stock Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. ...... Buffalo and. L aae Huron Do. New ....... Do. Preference ... Eastl). i ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) .7apeTown & Dock Scrip Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871. Do. do. G Ext Grand rrunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per cL. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t.l ndiaPenin.gua.sp. e. I Do. New gua. 5 p. c... IGt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 'Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. c.'.. ' Do. 4 p. o. Extension Do. 4 ± do.-- • • Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds., Newßrunswick t Candnl all {'loo 15 all 100 Paid. all 100 all all all all Closin4 Price. 6! 67 99} 100 i 51 51 d 7 8 5 tci e iP 9gi 1004 1014 1024 99 101 1014 1021 1014 1024 104 105 24 28 70 74 60 63 41 43 45 60 38 42 37 40 100 101 Yd 99 100 124 12/ 8 71 98 100 88 92 99i 1004 1.2 95 90 92 5 7 4 6 104 102 '6 99 i i , NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat to these markets have fallen off to some extent. The demand, although by no means active, rules steady, and in some instances prices have slightly Improved. Per Sib, by the carcase. ads d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Frimo large do. 3 10 4 0 Do.. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 sded Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 6 5 4 Small pork 4 4 4 8 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is still devoid of animation. The business doing is confined to actual wants; nevertheless, prices rub, firm. New Mid and East Kents .. 150 s to 205 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats .. 140 s 170 s ~ New Sussex l3ss IGOs „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The daalings have been to an average extent, and prices generally are well supported for good and medium qualities, _ _ _ SUGAR.—The market has remained dull, and the few dealings recorded have been at slightly reduced prices. Refined deecriptions, however, have been in moderate favour at steady rates. COFFEE.—Operations in colonial descriptions have been moderately active, and good and fine qualities of plantation Ceylon realise fully late quotations. RlCE.—There has been a very limited amount of business recorded, and to effect sales holders have been compelled to slightly reduce prices. _ _ BA - tirrEntE.-:-Business has been dull, and quotations rem iin nominally unaltered, TALLOW.—T'ne market has continued dull, and the ope rations for both present and forward delivery have been on the most limited scale. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 56s to 56s 3d ; March delivery, 46s ; and last 3 months, 47 6d to 48s per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week en of Feb., 1862 : the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the sth day ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......£29,705, 080 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,115,080 Silver Bullion .... Government X 29,765,030 BANKING DEPARTMINT. Proprietors' Capi rifles (including Seen tal Dead WeightAn- Res t nutty) .....£11,301,50? eluding Exche- Other Securities .. 17,435,550 Notes quer, Savings' Public Deposits (in- £134"35g5.53:°°°343 Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 841,823 Coin missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,788.441 Other Deposits 14,179, 917 Seven Day and other Bills £29,765,080 7 692,899 £38 , 609,600 M. x3s,a9mo [ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Feb. 6, 1862. IHE TRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2i per mile prem. and the short exchange on London is 25f 150 per £1 sterling. On s . comparing io d per ounce these rates English Mint price of £3 7 about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. 1. f or standard d , i t appears that gold is By advices from Hamburg t he price of gold i s 42i1 p er mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about cork o n L ondon for bill s a t 60 dais' 1-10t T a h e ycourses,h per sigcent.otf i dearerecchange 113 to i n na4 t p H a N m ee r b w u e y rg than in L on d on . en t , and the premium on . gold is about 3 per cent. At these rates the importation of gold from the United States yields about the same profit as it did just previous to the suspension of cash payents In America. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsaek at five o'clock. VESTRY BILL. This bill was read a first time, on the motion of Earl GRANVILLE. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the following most gracious Speech : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty is persuaded that you will deeply participate in the affliction by which her Majesty has been overwhelmed by the calamitous, untimely, and irreparable loss of her beloved Consort, who has been her comfort and support. It has been, however, soothing to her Majesty, while suffering most acutely under this awful dis pensation of Providence, to receive from all classes of her subjects the most cordial assurances of their sympathy with her sorrow, as well as of their op preciAion of the noble character of him the great- Less of whose loss to her Majesty and to the nation is so justly and so universally felt and lamented. We are commanded by her Majesty to assure you that she recurs with confidence to your assistance and advice. Her Majesty's relations with-all the European Powers continue to be friendly and satisfactory ; and her Majesty trusts there is no reason to appre hend any disturbance of the Peace of Europe. A question of great importance, and which might have led to very serious consequences, arose be tween her Majesty and the Government of the United States of North America, owing to the seizure and forcible removal of four passengers from on board a British mail-packet by the commander of a ship of war of the United States; but that question has been satisfactorily settled by the resto ration of the passengers to British protection, and by the disavowal by the United States Govern ment of the act, of violence committed by their naval officer. The friendly relations between her Majesty and the President of the United States have, therefore remained unimpaired. Her Majesty warmly appreciates the loyalty and patriotic spirit which have been manifested on this occasion by her North American subjects. The wrongs committed by various parties and by successive Governments in Mexico upon fo reigners resident within the Mexican territory, and for which no satisfactory redress could be obtained, have led to the conclusion of a Convention between her Majesty, the Emperor of tl;French, and the Queen of Spain, for the purpose of regulating a combined operation on the coast of Mexico, with a view to obtain that redress which has hitLerto been withheld. That Convention, and papers relating to that subject, will be laid before you. The improvement which has taken place in the relations between her Majesty's Government and that of the Emperor of China, and the good faith with which the Chinese Government have cent iuued to fulfil the engagements of the Treaty of Tien tsin, have enabled her Majesty to withdraw her troops from the city of Canton, and to reduce the amount of her force on the coast and in the seas of China. __ Her Majesty, always anxious to exert her in fluence for the preservation of peace, has concluded a Convention with the Sultan of Morocco, by means of which the Sultan has been enabled to raise the amount necessary for the fulfilment of certain treaty engagements which he had contracted to wards Spain, and thus to avoid the risk of a renewal of hostilities with that Power. That Convention, and papers connected with it, will be laid before you. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she has directed the estimates for the ensuing year to be laid before you. They have been framed with a due regard to prudent economy and to the efficiency of the public service. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty commands us to inform you that measures for the improvement of the law will be laid before you, and among them will be a Bill for ren dering the title to land more simple, and its trans fer more easy. Other measures of public usefulness relating - to Great Britain and to Ireland will be submitted for your consideration. Her Majesty regrets that in some parts of the United Kingdom, and in certain branches of in dustry, temporary causes have produced consider able pressure and privation; but her Majesty has reason to believe that the general condition of the country is sound and satisfactory. Her Majesty confidently commends the general interests of the nation to your wisd,)m and your care; and she fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may attend your deliberations, and may guide them to the promotion of the welfare and happiness her people. Lord DUFFERIN, who wore the Windsor uniform, rose to move that an humble address be pi esented to her Majesty in answer to her most gracious Speech which had just been read. He said, on rising to perform this duty, he felt that no person had ever had to move an address under more painful and trying circumstances. For the first time since the commencement of her Majesty's most auspicious reign they met under great affliction, because a great and mournful event had occurred, which opened up a vista of unexampled calamity. He felt that this was not the proper place, nor he the proper person, to pass a panegyric upon the character of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, more especially as the whole nation had given most solemn expression to its feelings under the affliction. Monarchs, statesmen, and patriots, had passed from amongst them, but one had latterly quitted the scene who had endeared himself to the whole nation. Coming amongst us a stranger and an alien, he had by his conduct earn Led for himself the general esteem of the nation, an d be death of so eminent a personage timed England into general mourning and grief. He was ever found fore most amongst those who, by their talent and ability, ad vanced the glory of this country. It was not for what he had done,but for what he was, that Prince Albert would be remem - bored. Politically speaking, the Prince Consort was ignored by the constitution, yet we all know how well the Queen's first subject had fulfilled his duty. (Hear, hear.) Until the present, generation had passed away, it would be impossible for the people of this great and powerful country to estimate the obligations they were under to that good, wise, and accomplished Prince. Well had he fulfilled the expectations that were raised of him by the people of this country, when, 20 years ago, they confided to his keeping the happiness of the Queen of this land. He would not touch upon the grief such an affliction had occasioned to her Majesty, but this he knew—that the Queen of this land was now a stricken woman in a desolate home. He was sure their lordships would agree with him in hoping that as so much affliction had been cast on the Sovereign, the Father of the fatherless and the Comforter of the afflicted would give our disconsolate Queen patience to endure her trial, and to bow her head with re signation to the will of the Great Ruler of the universe. Such a wish as this could be conveyed in no nobler words than those furnished by the great poet of our day : " May an love, His love, unseen but felt, o'ersbadow thee, The love of all thy sons encompass thee, The love of all thy daughters cherish thee, The love of all thy people comfort thee, Till God's love set thee at his side again." Since the time they had last met two other cele brated men bad passed from amongst them, one a mem ber of this branch of the Legislature, and the other a mem ber of the Rouse of Commons and colleague of the late distinguished statesman, Sir R. Peel. The noble lord whose death they all regretted was always the steady and true friend of the British soldier. If anything could have deepened the gloom that had overspread this country it would have been to become involved in war with a nation speaking our own language, but by the most prompt exertions of Government this calamity has been spared us. The utmost miscalculation had been put upon our acts by the Northern States of America. Instead of being jealous of her prosperity we have always looked upon it as the most satisfactory security for our success. The good feeling that had existed between this country and America for years had lately stood in jeopardy through the acts of a blundering captain seeking for per sonal notoriety. Within eight and forty hours after it had been known that Messrs. Mason and Slidell had been taken from on board an English steam vessel coming from a neutral port, a feeling arose in this country which left no doubt as to the course the Government would pur sue. That step had been taken, and had been successful. In looking back upon the events which had occurred, they could not but reflect with satisfaction on the loyalty and attachment which the inhabitants of Canada had shown to the Crown of this country in the prospect of a war. When the signal to arm was given by the Governor, the people stood forward with a fervour and readiness that did them the highest honour. The Roman Catholic Bishop in Ca nad.► offered to give up his palace for barrack accommoda tion—(hear, hear)—and the Irish emigrants there, includ ing Mr. D'Arcy Magee, volunteered and formed themselves into a regiment, thus showing their attachment to the throne and reign of her Majesty. (Hear, hear.) All this re flected credit on her Majesty's Government, to whose zeal in the interests of the public service much credit was due. With respect to the occurrences in Mexico, he trusted the convention which England had entered into with France and Spain would lead to a satisfactory settlement of their differences with that state. He begged, in conclusion, to suggest to their lordshirs that they should endeavour, as much as possible, to mitigate the deplorable loss which her Majesty had sustained by the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The noble lord here read the Address, which was in accordance with the sentiments expre ssed in the Speech from the throne. Lord SHELBURNE, in seconding the Address, said he trusted their lordships would permit him for a few moments so far to tread in the steps of his noble friend who had so eloquently addressed them, by recurring to the melancholy death of the Prince Consort. (Hear," hear.) It would be in vain for him to attempt on this occasion to add anything that could give force to what had been so elo quently xpressed b y hi s no bl e fr i end on the subject, and by other noble lords in other places. The melancholy event, ho might however say, seemed more and more every day to be deeply felt by her Majesty's subjects. (Hear.) He could only say with reference to that most deplorable event, that in all parts of her Majesty's dominions where the melan choly intelligence became known the deepest sorrow was felt; and in circumstances of such deep affliction it must be most gratifying and soothing to her Majesty's mind to dwell on such testimonies of her people's attachment. Such ma nifestations could not fail to minister comfort to her Ma jesty's mind, indicating, as such expressions did, how deeply her Majesty reigned in the hearts of her people. (Hear, hear.) It was pleasing to know that her Majesty's sorrows were soothed by such genuine expression s of sym pathy on the part of her people for the death of her Majesty's Consort. The Prince Consort was a foreigner, and the con stitutional manner in which he bore himself in relation to the institutions of this country, had won the good opinion of 1 all men ; ho believed the truth had been well expressed by the late Earl of Aberdeen, when he said that his Royal Highness the Prince Consort never expressed, wrote, or ut'ered a word inimical to the Constitution of this coun try. Having paid this well-deserved tribute to the memory of the Prince Consort, he would now, with their lordships permission, say a few words in reference to those recent occurrences between the Government of this country and that of the United States of North America. He was de lighted that the recent differences which at one time seemed so alarming, were explained in a satisfactory man ner, and that the just reparation which was due to this country had been made by the Government at Washington. There had been a great manifestation of irritation among some classes of the people of the United States towards this country, but he was happy that those ebullitions—natural perhaps in some respects—had subsided, and that the people of the two Governments were now reconciled to each other. He could say with confidence that the Government and people of this country had no desire to aggrandise them selves by the existing troubles between the people of the Northern and Southern States of America. He might here allude to the case of the Chesapeake in 1807, as somewhat analogous to that of the Trent; but in the case of the Chesapeake the spontaneous manner in which reparation I had been made by the British Government must have been most gratifying to the Americans. He regretted that the American Government did not act in the same spirit in the case of the Trent. (Hear.) Her Majesty's Government had exercised the strictest neutrality under great provoca tion, and nothing therefore could justify the language of the American Secretary of State. It must be remembered that in 1849 the American Government authorised their agents to recognise the independence of Hungary, a prece dent which might have been followed by the Government of this country; but so far from doing that, they observed the strictest neutrality. He thought the conduct of the Emperor of the French in the matter was worthy of all praise, because, not contenting himself with keeping aloof, he avowed the expression of opinions which corresponded with those of this country, and thus brought to bear on the subject a weight of authority and influence of the highest character. There were many other topics to which he wished to call their attention, but as they would form the .subject of future debates, he would no longer trespass on the time of their lordships. The Earl of DERBY—The pres , nt is certainly an occa sion, if ever there was one, when it is most desirable not to mar the harmony or to interfere with the unanimity which all must wish to prevail when the main topic of the Address, jast moved and seconded, is to express our sympathy with her :Majesty iia - that deep affliction in which it has pleased Providence to place her; and our sense of the irreparable loss which the country has sustained from the same hand by the decease of the late Prince Consort. (Hear, hear.) Of that Royal man it is much to say that, called suddenly and in early life to a situation most exalted and perilous, sur rounded by every temptation, having at command every luxury and pleasure which the human heart could wish for, he yet knew how to avoid both temptations and perils, and that for a period of 22 years he blamelessly and most irreproachably discharged all the duties attached to his posi tion. (Cheers.) He made his household a model of domes tic order and family affection, and, placed in a situation of extreme difficulty, so conducted himself that even the breath of calumny never ventured to insinuate against him the slightest abuse. (Hear.) With respect to that illustrious Prince, whose loss we all lament, and to whose merits and virtues so much justice has been done in eloquent terms by the noble lord who moved, and the noble earl who seconded the Address, it may be said that he was no ordinary man. He was illustrious in the truest sense of the word, and gene ral terms of approbation in his case convey but feeble, ina quate, and almost negative praise. He has passed from us in the prime of life and in the full vigour of bodily activity, but he has not passed away without leaving a mark behind him. He never condescended to flatter—on the contrary ; and on some occasions he went to the very verge of indis cretion in combating what seemed to him national preju dices. At the s me time he pursued steadily, silently, and most unostentatiously that line which he had chalked out to himself, and succeeded in establishing an impress of himself, which will long remain, on the habits, feelings, and hearts of the people of the country in which he lived. (Hear, hear.) Comparatively few persons have had the opportunity to know how wide was the circle of his occupations, how rare and sparing were the hours he employed even in the most innocent recreation ; how assi duously he exercised a mind of more than ordinary powers and of far more than ordinary cultivation; with how com prehensive a grasp he seized on the main and leading prin ciples of every question submitted to his consideration, and with what untiring industry he worked every question out. This is not the time for speaking of these things. Full justice will yet be done to the subject, and the country will have more ample means of estimating the invaluable service he for some time rendered to the cause of art and science. Nor is this the fitting place to speak of that en couragement and that stimulus he gave by his personal at tention and unremitting efforts to the promotion of every thing tending to increase the domestic comforts of the humbler classes, to expand the mind, to enlarge the sphere of reflection, and to elevate the social and moral condition of every class of her Majesty's subjects. (Hear.) The debt which is due from the country to him on these ac counts can hardly be estimated at present, and, I fear, will only be estimated by the experience of the loss of the advan tages we derived from him. (Hear.) But this is the place in which one word, at least, should be said on a different por tion of the subject- I mean on the part which the late and illustrious Prince took, and greatly to the benefit of the country, in regard to public affairs. I refer to this matter because, some years ago, I recollect it was a subject, not unnaturally, of constitutional jealousy that any interference in the affairs of the country should take place on the part of one who was altogether in an irresponsible situation. The persons who so argued, argued, I repeat, on a not unnatural feeling of constitutional jealousy; but they demanded what was, in point of fact, an impossibility. What they required amounted to this—:hat two persons should be in the closest and most intimate relation, and that yet, in spite of the amplest confidence existing between husband and wife, one of them should be content wholly to abstain from the con sideral ion of those topics which day by day formed the sub jects of care and anxiety to the other. The very statement out of the circumstance shows the impossibilitraoh f u c u a ld rry sa in y g , un ds for consti tutionaldtheenhvtieedwlys , o t f h t a h t e t p h e a r r s e o w ns ou w ld ho h s a o ve arq e e u d. gru position, the Prince e a ideushimselfY i f s n the h a i n s d t h o i o in g l haocfhai machinations or o hadf tthe e supporteddifferent Con sortha d a any of the intrigue parties, but all who had the opportunity of judging know that it was impossible for any one to be more absolutely and entirely free from such an imputation than the late Prince Consort, and know also that the whole of his endea vours were directed, irrespective of party, to give to his Sovereign and his wife that counsel which he thought most befitting the interest of the State. But if it was im - possible that there should not have been that communica tion between the Prince Consort and the Queen on all questions connected with the public affairs, how much more desirable was it that his influence should be exercised with a full knowledge of all the circumstances attending every political question, of all the views, and their reasons, entertained by the Ministers of the day, and of all the dis cussions that had taken place, than that it should have been exercised in private and in secret, with only an im perfect knowledge of the gre unds on which certain ques tions were submitted fcr her Majesty's approbation I (Hear, hear.) I feel confident, my lords, that those who have had the opportunity and the honour of being adm itted to that personal communication with the Sovereign which is the highest privilege of a Minister of the Crown will ac- I knowledge—l appeal to all who have filled that rs ition to Prince say whether they were not always indebted ! for Consort for the cool, calm, and impartial and useful judgment, the great ability he applied, and the valuable discussed. (Hear, suggestions he made on every topico s ort the Queen h as hear.) My lords, in the Prince r t her hf u y l o u a ffee the ton f s a wereof f r e h e l e y r lost, not only the husband a children, him to whom her y outh, given, and for whom ma t ure r years only augm en t e d and intensified her conjugal love, but she has lost her familiar friend , her trusted counsellor, and n/ ver failing advise?, to w hom she could look up in ev ery diffi culty and emergency, and to whom she did look up with that proud ro(ucclheer.) From the sur viving members of h er familyshumility which none led a woman's h ear t can Majesty has derived all th e consolation that affection must s but in the disch arge of her public duties she hern h e nceforth give ; sustaining counselprofound emotion on never sh e failed fe lt con sciousher How of deeply t ca hand of owfihthimwwhhatose thie a gg rav ated responsibility s h e p rove d i n th e very presence of death, and in the first moment of that agon y, when she rose beneath the overwhelming weight of that crushing sorrow, resolving, under God's blessing, to do her duty to the country. And of this 1 am certain, that all who hear me will pray that she may be strengthened to carry out that high resolve. (Cheers.) May He who has seen fit to inflict this heavy - blow—may He who has de prived her of her one earthly comfort and support, be Him self her comforter and supporter I (Cheers.) My lords, the words of our Address inadequately express what we feel, but they will convey—though still inadequately—the ex pression of our devoted loyalty. And in the presence of this sacred sorrow I am satisfied it will be the desire of your lord-ships, the desire of all, on all sides of the house—not or ly of this but of the other House of Fad ament—to con tribute all in their power to spare her Majesty one addi tional pang under the affliction that presses so heavily upon her. (Hear.) On my own part, and on the tart of those with whom I has e the honour of acting, such I am satisfied is the spirit in which we shall enter on the business of this session —(hear, hear,)—and I earnestly trust—as from the teneur of the Royal Speech I am induced h pefully to believe—that her Majesty's Ministers are disposed to meet us in the same spirit—(hear, hear)—that they are disposed rather to initiate those useful and practical measures in which all can alike join harmoniously and cordially, and to abstain from bringing forward themselves, as well as to discourage others from broaching, those agitating topics and more violent controversies which by their p-s -sible result might add to the cares and anxieties of the So vereign: (Cheers.) I make this declaration with the more satisfaction, because on the next important topic adverted to in her Majesty's Speech I am able not only to abstain from any o!jection, but am prepared to give the Govern ment a cordial approval and support in its policy in refer ence to the affairs of the - United States. (Cheers.) I make that statement not only in reference to the course the Go vernment has pursued iu respect to the events that have occurred in ieinerica, and from which it was at one time too probable we should be involved in a war in which, of all others, we have most interest in remaining neutral , I ap prove the neutrality the Government has pledged itself to maintain, in the unhappy struggle between the Northern and Southern States of America. If, indeed, there has been any deviation fi mu that neutrality, it has been in favour of that portion of the States with which we still to continue to hold diplomatic relations. Except during the short period in which war was imminent, we have in no case laid any ob stacle in the way of the exportation of arms and ammuni tion. The exportation was sanctioned to both parties, but, practically, that sanction was most favourable to the Go vernment of the Northern States. Again, we have given to the Federal Government a greater advantage than it has claimed for itself, because we have adm teed what it has it self denied—that it is actually at war ; and as a bellige rent it can exercise rights which, except as a belligerent, it could not claim. We have given the Federal Government far more than it required ; and by an act of which it has grievously complained it is in a far better ptsition than it has stated itself to be. We have also submitted, and sub mitted without a murmur, to the interruption of our trade caused by this war. And this reflects the highest credit on the good sense and the patriotism of the working men of the mgnufacturing population of this country. Ido not speak so much of the master manufacturers, because a cessation of our cotton supply could not have occurred more op• portunely for our. manufacturing interest than at the present moment, when all the foreign markets are flooded with cotton goods. Had there been no cessation of the sup ply of cotton, an intermission of productive activity would have been practically necessary. Buy on the working men who, by this suspension, incur the loss of their daily earn ings, the interruntion of trade has a melancholy effect ; and I give them the greatest possible credit for the manner in which they have submitted, without a murmur, to the con sequences of a blockade which the intervention of the Go vernment could immediately have removed. , As I concur with the course her Majesty's Government has pursued, I do not ask them to deviate from it; but I think the time is nearly come 'when they may probably be called on to recog nise the so far successful revolt of the seceded States. But while I think we should be prepared to recognise a Govern ment accepted by a whole country, we should be careful not prematurely to recognise what may be an independent Go- , vernment now, but may not hereafter have the power to maintain its independence. I should not, therefore, call ma the Government to go further than it has done in treating both parties impartially as belligerents; but I hope her Majesty's Government will be able to satisfy the country on one point—a point of great importance, and one on which they alone have authentic information. It is, how far the blockade we have recognised has been bona fide and effective. Ido not think, as long as the war lasts, a block ade, whether continued or not, would have any material on the supply of cotton. And ultimately, as good often pro ceeds from evil, I am not sure but the continuance of the American difficulty may place us in a mere advantageous position by enabling us to find a more constant supply from other sources, and rendering us less exclusively dependent on the cotton •growing States. But I think it is important we should have from her Majesty's Government the infor mation that can be furnished by the admiral on the station and the British consuls of how many vessels have broken the blockade, that we may be able to judge how far it ought to be recognised. While ,I give full credit to her Majesty's Government not only for the course they have pursued, but for the prompt ness with which, when war was imminent, they sent out the reinforcements that were absolutely necessary to resist ag gression in Canada, I rejoice to find that in the speech jus tice is done to the spirit and unanimity with which all classes of her Majesty's subjects in our North American provinces came forward and expressed their determination at all hazards—and the hazard of war, in the first instance, would have fallen upon themselves—to maintain their in dependence, and support the honour and dignity of the British Clown. (Cheers.) If there be one thing more than another which will tend to secure peaceful relations and a good understanding between this country and the United States it is the knowledge which the Americans must now have acquired of the utter delusion into which those per sons fell who imagined that Canada and the other British provinces in North America were only eager for annexation to the United States, and that Great Britain would never venture upon a war with America because she would al ways fear the willing annexation of Canada. (Hear.) That delusion is, I hope, now dissipated for ever, and its dissipa tion will form an important element in our future relations with America, as tending to secure us against the dangers of war with that country. (Hear.) I cannot pass over this part of the subject without expressing my unaffected con currence with the testimony borne by my noble friend who seconded the Address to the honourable and loyal part which has been played upon this occasion by the French Government. (Hear.) I have not been slow upon other occasions, when I thought that the conduct of that Govern meat was not as straightforward and just towards us as we might have expected, to express my opinion to that effect, and I have the greater pleasure, therefore, in being able to state my conviction that nothing could be more frank, more loyal, or more kindly than the intervention which, at the instigation of the Emperor of the French, M. de Thouvenel undertook in the letter which he wrote upon this occasion. (Cheers.) I cannot say what influence that letter may have had upon the ultimate decision of the American Govern ment, but this I will say, it is a matter of the highest satis , faction that that letter, followed by similar despatches from other Courts of Europe, showed to the world at large that in making our demands we were only requiring that which we could not have refrained from demanding without forfeiting our character as an independent Power and sacrificing the honour of the country. (Hear, hear.) 'When the English people first received the news of the capture of the Trent, a certain amount of indignation was displayed, but there was a calm and unanimous determination to await the decision whether this capture was warranted and justified by inter • national law; and I do not hesitate to say that if it had been or ruenycle even h b a y t p t h r e a c t e c d a e p n t t u s r t e a w k e a n s f b r o o r m n e oouurt own by i n h t i e s r t n o r a y t tu t a h l o l u a g w h , Englishmen would have had a keen reuse of the injury and the insult inflicted upon them—they would have bowed to the majesty of the law, and would have submitted to the seizure as a legitimate exercise of belligerent rights. But from the moment when it was clearly ascertained that no in ternational law sanctioned such an act, that no precedent could be discovered to sanction, or even to palliate, the con duct of the American commander—from that moment the country, equally as one man, determined that reparation and apology must he had. (Cheers) They adopted that determination not in )assion, not in anger, not in fierce indeed, excitement, they rejoicing shuddered withthe aprospectbhorreu abhorrence, war,but in abtheweehaui (Cheers.)csbe, per formance of a grave, serious, imperativet shrink, duty —one from which,pa t i n n e fu h L o t r h ro e t r y h s e ofcio national war,ou n greater still would great ho a sm w i e g v h e t r be be the ignominy of for feitin g alhonour. My lords, while I have thus feebly attempted to convey my view of the conduct pursued by this country, by our North American provinces, and by his Majesty the Em • peror of the French, I wish 1 could look with equal satisfac tion upon the course taken by the F e d era l G overnment. (Hear.) are I dm amonge a m i maxims u s , whichnations a m ,certain regulate e; r taa nin d that h privatespeaking there society not believe liti inapplicablehga t ir i the is t° n a o n t a o s n s e of emblyof yourh..m lordship s w h o, i f it were made clear that you had off , nded or inj ure d any person with whom you had been on inti ma t e relations, would not feel that the most (e honourable course was to anticipate any possible require ment from the other side, and to tender on the instant a frank and manly apology ; and the more ample, the more speedy, and the more frank was the apology the higher would he who made it stand in the estimeti, n of all honour able men. (Cheers.) Applying the principle to nations, I cannot but express my deep regret that when the American Secretary of State was convinced, as he was long before the termination of these negotiations, that the capture was illegal he should have kept the persons captured for a considerable dyo d unworthygi give but time in all the rigours of a not very merciful imprison ment, and that he not only hesitated to grant the reparation which in honour and in justice was due—l am speaking, of course, of the American Government in general—but should have sanctioned language which was wholly unwarranted by facts, and permitted impressions to go abroad caleulat f ed th t e o excite the most bitter animosity between the peopleo to two countries. (Hear, hear.) Lastly, I think it greatly aration be regretted that, having made up his mind thatrep of State and apology were necessary, the American ne tio a n ll , thus waiting not to tho p w os s i should have waited until the forma , l d p e yth a t privately, but officially and formal] enh demand was Secretary imperative co u rs e made,nd whichoe t consider how much reparation he ah a measure of reparation would satisf y mends of Great Britain. (Chee rs ' ernmenthaveplacedthemselves they pursued theFederalGov . and their people in an apologised undigm not from a sense of jus tice,and have shown that they demand backed by force and that they only gave but on a the reparation we asked for because th e y k new that th i s coun t r y would be satisfied with nothing l ess. M y l or d s , I am not about to enter upon any of those - vexed questions of inter.. I 3 ■ FOREIGN RAILWAYS Algerian ....... Antwerp St Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ....... Bah.&S.Fran.. Li►n.7 p.c. 13elgian East. 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