The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-16 00:00:00

aN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, during the past few days, have exhibited little ani mation. The decrease for most of the leading arti cles having been extremely limited, and holders not being particularly desirous of pressing sales at present rates. For tea there has been a very mode rate enquiry, and at private sale comm on congo u realised 12i to ln per lb. cash. Sugar has been exceedingly quiet, and in the Refined Market scarcely any business of importance has been reported either for home use or for exportation. There were very few inquiries for coffee, and no alteration can be quoted in Plan tation Ceylon. For fruit there has been a moderate demand, and the few lots of currants bought in at public sale last week have since been sold at full prices. Raisins continue at steady quotations. Saltpetre is dull, as also rice and rum. The de mand for tallow has rather fallen off, and prices are lower. P.Y. C. on the spot and all the month, 555. ; April to June, 535. ; and last three months, 525. per cwt. Town tallow is quoted 535. 6d. per cwt. net cash. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of all descriptions continued to decline. The sales amounted to 4,000 bales. The Railway Share Market' presented a very quiet appearance, and only a limited business was transacted, at about previous quotations. In the silver market business is dull, and bars are now quoted ss. lid. per oz. standard. The dollars by the last West Indian packet have been fixed at ss. per oz. The Dolphin arrived yesterday from Antwerp with about 40,0001. in silver. The meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Walton and Sons, shipbrokers, &e., was held yesterday, and the accounts showed the total lia bilities to be 80,0001., of which, however, only 40,8471. are expected to prove claims upon the estate, and the assets 7,9001. After some lengthy discussion it was resolved to adjourn for a fortnight in order that an investigation into the affairs of the firm might be made. Money continues in limited request, and owing to the superabundant supply, the terms remain without alteration. They range from 21 per cent., and the result is that the applications at the Bank of England are very unimportant. The Queen Margaret has arrived from China with 683,300 lbs. of tea. The Teviot, which has conveyed the heavy por tion of the Australian mails, has 192,3791. in specie on board. The Colonial Government geologist, Mr. Selwyn, in visiting the property of the Port-Phillip Com pany at Clines, states as follows :—" I have exam ined all the principal quartz reefs and cru9hing establishments in the Northern and Western gold fields ; and the Port-Phillip and Colonial and Clones Company's mine is the only one I have seen of which it would be possible to say that it leaves little to be desired, either as regards the system of working the mine, or the general arrange ments and management of the machinery. It in fact, the only well-conducted mining establish ment I have seen in Victoria." There was a special meeting to-day of the Gene ral Iron Screw Collier Company when the resolu tion for a winding up of the company was put and orrried unanimously. The annual meeting of the Van Dieman's Land Company was held to-day, when a report was pre sented, which stated that the annual rental of lands now amounted to 2,8661., and that arrange ments would soon be made for further sales. There vas no dividend proposed, and the report was adopted. The market for English Stocks has been firmer to-day, but there is no increase of business, and the quotations consequently show very little alteration. Speculation is still very much restricted, but a better tone prevails, and in the eveat of political units making satisfactory progress, some return :tat animation may be soon expected. Consols • for transfer have been 96-i f, and for account 96 They are now 901 i," and 961 97 respec tively. The New 2i per Cents. are marked 801 to L 311 i, and India Stock has been specially transferred at 220 to 223. The March Exchequer Bills are 38s. to 42e. premium. In the Foreign Stock Market a moderate amount 11 , of business has been transacted, and prices have L not fluctuated to any considerable extent. Turkish 1.1 46 per Cents. are 102 ; ditto 4 per Cents, 1031 ; :Brazilian 5 per Cents., 104 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Vients., 79i 80k; ditto Deferred, 171 ; Peruvian 3 Ter Cents. 56i ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i ; ,Itussian 4i per Cents., 1001 ; Sardinian 5 per "Cents., 91; Spanish New Deferred, 26f ; Dutch lE 2i per Cents., 651 ; and ditto 4 per Cents. 101. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign S Locks :—Grenada Deferred, 5161 ; Mexican, 19k 11 20f ; Peruvian 4f per Cents., 80k 81f ; ditto 3 per C ents., 56 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; '.ussian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 9'9 101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 44 441. Avery limited business has been transacted in 1( th e Railway Share Market this morning, and iu in oat instanees a further slight decline may be re- / p zted. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Great V tresterns, North Westerns, and Midlands, each !, ri ceded about 55., and Great Northern, North 10 astern (Berwick), and Vale of Ninth, 10s. The E oreign and Colonial lines are dealt in to a limited et :tent, and show little variation from pre- - "fa .ous rates. Great Western of Canada de- _ , cilined 55., and East Indian improved ss. 1 Mining Shares have been exceedingly dull. Par • 04msols are dealt in at 19k ex div. ; United Mexi ', n at 4 ; and Santiago de Cuba at 2121. For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares tit 9re was a very limited inquiry. London Chartered of. Australia improved about 55., and London and Co unty brought previous quotations. London Ga neral Omnibus Company and National Discount Ca mpany were at previous quotations, awl Penin au, Lax. and Oriental Steam improved about 10s. •IM ITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Official List:) _ Business does. 3 P er Cent. Consols Annuities 9 61 i ini Net v 24 per Cent. Annuities Ind is Stock led is Bonds, £lOOO I )itto, under £lOOO 25 9 Cke sols for Account I Liu:3llBqm Bills, 2td. March. June. £lOOO 46500 ., .-. 3B 42 p 1 Brasil .. _. . .. .. 42 38 p I 38 42 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY. , E 1 =WM 5 per Cent. Re enos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7g 804 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. . - P 1 .ruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto Account sf 4 . Pi rtuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841 --. Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent 4' IP isaian Bonds, 1E22, LI St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 4} per Cent. lOOl 114 •dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. fillo tnish Bonds, 3 per Cent. 'AI) itto New Deferred, 3 p er C en t. T‘s rktsh Bonds, 6 per cent lOl . Ditto Account lO2 1i Ditto Guaranteed, -: par Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. 301 Ltela Excl,ange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 6:i ...Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates • lOl .21±ttEE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Consols for Account, (April 8) SOUTH KENSIIiCITON Mustum.—During the week In ding the 13tb of March the visitors have been as I ;follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free . oil ys, 2,894 ; on Monday and Tuesday, free evenings, 700 ; on the three students' days (admission to the 14 'bile, 6d., 770 ; one student's evening, Wednesday, 3 : 31496 ; total, 8,679. AUBTRALLIN CONTRACTS.—Each succeeding mail from 01W Australian colonies continues to bring large orders Ir. im these dependencies for iron rails and pipes :or le a rlous purposes. Another is reported, on the present occasion, from Viotoria. An existing contract with the tr inth Australian Government, for the supply of water 1 Wipes, to the amount of som e 8 0,0001. or 90,000/. sterling, i U now being carried out litre with month, by shipment of about 600 or 800 t ons p er month, notwith standing the combined disadvantages of the late pro ) onged strike in the iron districts, and difficulty of ( obtaining continuous tonnaire for such large quantities 1 "dead weights,"--Mining Journal of March 13. 11 MONEY MARKETI Shr. I Pi L~ ~3 TA.YS. :d I RAILWATh. 'lostr,g er.c this day; 0 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. ds Eastn. June.... .1 Belfast & Rallymon 11 Birmng. Wolverh. 6 Stour Valley... . 10 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junot n Blackburn n Blyth & Tyne origin £25 (iss. at £45) ) 0 Bristol 4 Exeter ) 0 Caledonian...—. 10 Chester & Holyhea al Cork and Bandon in Cork, Black. & Pass ill Cornwall ill Do. A ill D o. B ' ll Dublin&BelfastJunc ." Dun. P. drAber.Junc 9 East Anglian I t ) Eastern Counties 0 Easternljnion,A. eth 0 Do., do. B Do. New A East Kent 5t - 6 • •• .... ••• - .... 9i - 10 25 - 26 90 - 92 901 -- 91 37 - 39 7 i -8! 16 - 17 58 - 59 45 - 47 30 - 32 15 - 17 89 - 91 East Lancashire d East Suffolk Do. Edin bnrgh&Glasgov Edinb.Prth.drDunde. Forth and Clyde Juno. Furness ... . Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St [ Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. IDo., Thlrds 15 Do. New Thirds XI Ls.ncash.&Yorkshirc 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... 7 Do . £9 k Do., Wst. Riding 17n . 11 Do. Southport...... 11 London & Blackwal i Do. New, i.s. 51. 10s. 0 Lond. Bright. &S.Cs t 0 London &N. Wester 5 Do. Eighths 'Midlandsf aLnL 1' dnd Metropolitan licnhdrrYl L o ndon l.rrYSha i e:d'f4S.6dlWEl in . jee . illir aa . . cit . seli kI inr n : ° Do. Birming. & Derlx Midland G.West.ar. Do. i Shares . ...... .. Newcastle & Carlisle. Newpt..A berg. dalrfd Newry & Armagh .. Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. d Dock Stock ...... ...... Do., A Stock ~...... Do. B Stock ......., N. Eastern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London .., N.& S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn, North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. di S. Westrn. June . Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Sc't. N.E.Abrdn. St IDo. Scot. Mid. Stock IShropshire Uniou Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18'5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. 1 Thames Hay, D, &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny lWaterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class I Do. Second Class._ gi 28:' .•• '''' 91 93 9i 10 102 103 91 93 126 127 100 102 59 —59 b 56 58 81 - 83 9 9 1 - 11 p 91 - 91 1 d a 1 / •• • • 6 - 105 --- 106 96 - 96. 14- - 91 - • ••• 39 - 40 98 -98 i 69 - 71 ••. •.• - 13 '''''' ••• ARE MARKETS (This Day). Business done this day Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda and; Con. Ind,guar. sp. c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo dg Lake Hur, Buff., Brut. God ch. (4 p. exls., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do, do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. 0 Shares Do. E. do. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s9 Geelong dt Melbourne guar. 5 per cent , Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Bde., payable '57 do., '76, p.'60... do., '73, do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4} p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Onde (Limited) icinde, guar. 5 per c Do BRITISH POSSESSIONS, St. 111 st. lii st. ID 20 20 a, 10 al 10 al 50 al 25 a St. le St. 1( St. 1( St. 11 25 ii St. 10 20 al 10 al BLit St. 1 St. 11 st. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. too 12 I all 5C all 16t st.ID 11A St. 101 St. 1101 123 St. luu e 5 all 25 all St. 100 10 11 St. 100 I St• 100 50 j all 25 all 00 I all 25 ; all St. 50 St. St. St. 'lOO ,St. 100 St 'lOO 25 161 SL 10!► St 1.00 St. 100 10 i 31.1 zoo 17i 20 all [0 all St. 'lOO .0 all 0 19 0 10 3t. 100 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 .0 8 It. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 '0 all :0 I all 15 all ;5 20 15 5, 164 it. 100 it. 100 5 22 it. 100 it. 100 ;0 all LO all 5 all 5 all !O all LO all ',O all .8 I all .8 all all 10 1 100 0 1100 A 2s6d 9 1 .741 all It. 1 100 o 1 all i - ti P * IP 10 - 12 185 - 90 80 - 85 75 - 80 ••• .... ••• 1 -- li - 108 - 109 - 19 20 47 49 81 83 21 21/ fiP 181 191 2 lld 106 - 111 106 - 111 104 108 19i 20i 21 2d— par 413 iP, ••• ••• par • -- p •• 4 ••• FOREIGN. .0 all ',O all :0 3 5 all :0 al l 6 all I 0 I all ;0 all O all LO 6 :0 all .10 all 5 all ;0 all ;3i all LO all :0 all .6 I all LO all !O all !O all 0 ,0 al 1 !CI 1/ .0 all :0 all 5 all 4 all :0 all LO all Antwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac ()arm eaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley GIL Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca d; Lyons and Geneva • Maria Antonia Do. New 51 - 66 1 - 1i 3.}- 31 4 - 261 - 27.-} " I all 0 all 7i - 88 0 all 6 all 6 all ali 41 - 4ip iii = i6i Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. 0. Prof , Northern of France Do. New - 9 20 - 21 37f - 371 72 - 8 84-s 31i - 32 31 - 53 - 55- NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris awl Lyone Ditto New Paris and Orleans Recife dg San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c• Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Fruzsti, Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5); per o. Prd W. dr /4. W. of France Western of Austria Wost. of Switzerland rV iesba.den . Do. 8 p. cent. prof Zealand i d parl 16 - 18 i - i - 8 84 - 9 21 - 21 : 4f - 4f 9 -9! 26 - 27 6i 6 3f 81 8 374 8 154 81 9/ 8k 81k JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Sere. . 40 all Australasia B4 —85 j 25 all Bank of E g y p t 100 50 Bank of London 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln, Co 50 all British N. American 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind. Au.dzCh 100 50 City 53 60 5,8 A 9 100 25 Colonial 201 all ICommercialofeanada ••• ••• 100 20 I Comraerciai of Loud. 20 all Eng•Scot.daus•Cnt. 17i 184 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.ofklEt. 17i - -184 184 50 20 London and County 28 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. • 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 43 45 25 all Oriental Rank Corp. 37 3 9 3Q4 20 all Ottoman Bank 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 25 all South Australia ••• 25 121 Do. N ew ••• ••• 25 all Union of Australia 46 48 ••• 10 Do. No w 26 28 50 10 Union of London 23 25 100 50 Unity Mutual IQC) 00 ffebtrnbk oi Lo u d , It. 1 100 0 all 0 ali all all all all l 0 all 13 all 0 15 Do. Do. Do. Do. 921 14 48 764 92 93A d 49 77i 94 113 2'4 82 49 2 d —26 i 70 82 15 d 5 d 11 "." • • • '''''. .•• 93 - • • ""- ••• ••• "" • • • .'" 3 - 6i, - ego '""'" THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1858 RAILWAYS. Bnckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. ,E.Lin. g. 6 p.e 'E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. Now Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull dr Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. di Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., diS; Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Thrton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. I N.6;Est.5 ID°. 6 . per a.. !Do. Fixed sp. c !Prat. dc Wyre Do. i Shrs: 4 Roystn.dt Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh.. 1 WearVal.g6pc 1D0.... St. 1 100 TWilte&Sonarst x d 120 St. Leasing Companies. 142.&N. W.' CaNdon E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. 'D0..., Gt. Westit Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do La. &N.W. & Midid. Midland_ i E. Count Do L. &N. W Do Gt.Northn T. Brassey M. MCI oan Stk.tkDar Do Gt.Westn. Closing Prices this dfly 1100 97 - 99 - 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - ... ..... tios 110 12i -- 134 24 -- 25 95 -- 97 94 - 9 6 isf -- 135 -- 138 8 - 8 Igi 88 soi l 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares. 100 Caledn. £lO 43 p. c 100 Ches. & Ho. 5i 1). c 100 Do. do. 5 per cent_ all Cork &Bandons3p.o, all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 100 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. I . 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 Do. No. 2 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St all 'East Un. G. 6P. C. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ 100 East Lanca,sh.6 p.cts. all E.&W. York. J. sths 9 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. [9O Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. o, 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p. c 100 'Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem..,, 1 100 Do. 4i per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. pram all Gt.N.ofSeot.lstPrf 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 43 p. c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. LOO Do. irred. 4 per vent. 1 100 Do. 5 p. C. - red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 1 all Do. ChesterBp.c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... [OO Do, Birm, Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh, all Do. do, do all Do. do, do. 100 Lan, & York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar, 6p.c. 100 Do, do. sp. c., No. 4, 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. 411 Nuneaton 5 r. et 100 Lon. &S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares all Londy. & Color, 3Sh all Londy.&Ennis. 3 Sh 'lOO M., S., &L. 6p. Cent 43 10. do. do, £6 ... 100 Do. do. 33 per cent all Marypt, N Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 43 per cent 103 Do. do. 100 Nfld. Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. 8r.8ir.6 p.c 100 Do. 43 p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &IL Pref. St all New., Aber., &c., pr sp.c.red. sp.c.pm all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 53 p.c. pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ;.,1847 100 North British 33 Do. 71. Preference 100 N. E, Berw. 4p. c.Prf, 83 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 , 9 Do, do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York H. &S. Pur all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 I , p.c., Ist guar. 100 !Do. p. c. 2cl guar_ 100 Do. do. Debentr. St. all ,Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 I Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. 100 DF o. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all o, fixed 4 i pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 43 per cent 100 Do. Fixed 43 p.c. Sh 100 DL to o. New 4f Pr. cent 100 S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c. 100 Do. do. 4i p. 0 ;u all S.Yorksh.4 p.e.Guar 5 all ek. &Dar., sp. c 5 119 IDo. do. do. It. 1 ,100 IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH 2/ 124 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) CO 1 Del , . Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 30 East Basset (Mogan) 17s Great South Tolgus 17t5 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) .. 7i Grt.W. Vor (Helstu.) 17s Lady Bertha .. 8 N. Frances (Illogan) .„ N.W.Basset (Illogan) .. 6/15 North Wheal Crofty .. 1i Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) .. 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleel 2 S. Cara Brea (Mogi]. 19 S. W. Frances(lllogn. b 4 j Tam. S. SL. Min. Co 0 9 Tin Croft ~ 40 Un. Minus (Gwennap)l 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar.) ~ 14 W. Basset (Illogan)., 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) . Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). ~ 5i Wh. Edward(Calstck) 1/ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.), FOREIGN 7A 'Australian 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 27 Brazilianlmp.(iisued at .C 5 pm) all Do. Comes dt Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica al` Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. all Fortuna all General all Linares 1i Lusitanian all Mariquita all New Granada all Novean Monde all Pont.Sil.LdhLdt Smlt 1 Port Philip 16i Santiago de Cuba all United Mexican - 95 - 102 "'" • • 110 110 117 115 132 '". •Io Business this day 99 8 THE ECLIPSE.: At about 25 minutes past 1 a aught break in the clouds allowed the sun to be seen for a moment. The shadow of the mom was then full upon it, the sun itself appearing like a young crescent moon of some two c,r three days old. The light he gave at this moment was pale and watery, and the sub stance of the moon seemed of a dull pewtery colour. Beyond this glimpse, which only lasted for a minut', nothing more was seen, anti only the rapid increase of natural daylight showed that the sun was not eclipsed for ever. No other nearly total eclipse such as that of yes terday will, we believe, again occur in England during the remainder of the present century. FROM ST. PAUL'S GALLERY. The wind was cold and cutting ; the fog was dense, and what was still more vexatious, we could see that the atmosphere below was comparatively clear, while there Ras not the slightest symptom of any of those remarkable features for which every one, book in ono hand and coloured glass in the other, was patiently waiting. At twenty minutes to twelve o'clock we got our first glimpse of the eclipse. A small section of a circle might be ob served to be quite black on the bright surface, and for that moment only during the day were the coloured glasses rendered necessary. Subsequently, the clouds closed in again, and the patient " watch ers on the tower" had nothing for it but to wrap themselves up from the cold and wind, to read their little books where alone the more remarkable features of the eclipse were to be found. We had, it is true, a gradually increasing gloom, but still nothing unusual in foggy weather, and as the moon drew across the sun, and more and more shut us out from the rays of the latter. there was a peculiar chill like that of nightfall, which was un comfortably perceptible at our elevated position. The gallery at thi s moment as if completely enve loped in fog, the limits of which were, however, quite definable, as it formed a sort of deep band, which left the street below almost clear, while the atmosphere above —that is, between us and the clouds—had a comparatively rarified look. The river must have been quite clear of vapour, for we could see the hltle steamers shooting up and down, and the barges gliding lazily along, and even on. Southwark-bridge there was no difficulty in dis cerning the foot - passengers. On descending into the street we were surpri se d to see a general ab sence of curiosity respecti n g the great event. Business was goi ng on everywhere as usual, and the people in the s h ops declared that "they had seen much darker days without any eclipse at all. GREENWICH. The morning Bet in fine with but little cloud until the phenomenon commenced, when the sun was lost to view, h eavy clouds gradually covering the sky. At noo n f or about two m i nutes th e sun ' s crescent became v i s ib le through the c l ou d ; an d again was seen at h a l f-past 12 o ' cloc k . Af ter th i s time the landscape became of a brownish tint, and at one'o'clock its hu e was not unlike that expe rienced previou s t o a heavy storm o f th un d er and rain. A minut e or two after the tota lit y i t b ecame perceptibly lighter, an d t h e s un's crescent was again seen through the clouds for a few minutes, and then again wai lost to view, and seen no more. The birds were singing merrily throughout the occurrence, and animals seemed no way disturbed. 18 T"__,. _le subjoined accounts from t h e coun t r y ma k e it evident th a t th e ec li pse took place under circum stances which gave much the same appearance as it presented in the metropolis : DONCASTER. At Doncaster the sky Was overcast with clouds throughout the period of the eclipse, and none of the expected phenomena were observable, except a darkening of the earth an d air, not excee di ng a t any time that which usually accompanies a h eav y and a pe cu li ar stillness of t h e m Type of the smallest size coul d b e thunderstorm, raet a cioswp ieh atmosphere. Type ea r l y ordinary f ac i lity ing the ob3curation. The G reat Northern Com pany bad a special train thi s morning to Peter borough, one of the central p o i nts of observa ti on indicated by the astronomers, an d a considerable m number of persons, including at any time dur ing scientific men from Leeds, Sheffield, and the north, availed themselves of the opportunity afforded of getting within the most favourable range of vision. SIGHT FROM THE VICTORIA TOWER. A large number of persons resorted to the highest buildings in the metropolis to view the eclipse, and the highest peak of all—the Victoria Tower—was honoured in this way with a numerous attendance of visitors, among whom were even ladies, who braved the real fatigue, and terrors, such as they are, of the giddy ascent, and same officers of the Life Guards, who in pursuit of science managed to climb without mishap, accompanied and incom moded by their jackboots and mediaeval spurs, to the very summit of the noble edifice. We need scarcely say that, as far as the eclipse was concerned, no one saw better up there than they did from the ground ; in fact, of the actual eclipse but very little could be seen at all. On the summit of the tower, when the eclipse commenced the wind vas strong and almost vio lently gusty, and went bellowing and howling up and down the great central staircase with a noise particularly ominous and unpleasant. Even for some little time after the sun had been partially obscured by clouds, the extent of the prospect seen from the tower was as we have said most grand. Greenwich Hospital, apparently sur rounded at the back with fields and dark patches of woodland, could be distinctly seen, while on the south the Crystal Palace, dwarfed seemingly to the proportion of a neat conservatory, formed a promi nent object. To the west the view was more hazy, but still open ground round Bayswater and Pad dington was plainly visible, and hills about Ke w and Fulham were ( not to be mistaken for any thing but hills. About half an hour after the eclipse had commenced and all this was changed— Greenwich Hospital, the Crystal Palace, the hills at Fulham, and neat white houses of Bayswater had all disappeared, and in their place was a band of sad coloured misty twilight, which seemed to con ceal everything within its mournful folds and to be slowly enclosing the great city. From this time (about half-past 12) the growth of the obscurity was rapid and palpable. Every minute London seemed enveloped more and more iu an unnatural gloom—neither dawn nor evening. Every minute, as the spectator moved round the battlements of the Tower and overlooked London from each of its four sides, he could notice the in crease of gloom and miss some conspicuous struc ture from among the great mass of edifices beneath him. The Monument and St. Paul's went among the first, the high bulk of the latter waning into a darkish mass, and then losing itself amid the general gloem, exactly as a dissolving picture fades from view. On the south side of the water the dome of Bethlehem became almost indistinct with that of the great metropolitan cathedral, and at last the whole of Lambeth gradually resembled a level dark-looking mass, like a tract of Log land seen from a distance. Buckingham -palace early lost its individuality, and it was difficult to dis tinguish its massive form from the dark-looking grass of the Park in which it stood. As the time of the !greatest obscurration approached the gloom deepened and deepened in pro portion, and with it the stillness of all around grew more and more heavy and observable. One o'clock struck, and as it struck the darkness seemed to us to be greatest and most solemn. Lambeth Palace could just be distinguished on one side, and Westminster Abbey and (but very dimly) the Westminster Hospital on the other. The Horse Guards could not be distinguished in Parliament street, and both the Nelson column and St. Mar tin's church were for a time invisible in the thick look'ng air ; only the towers of the old Abbey and the spires of the New Houses were at all distinctly visible for a minute or so, and on them the dark ness had the effect of seeming to increase both their spectator. Almost d sif r e ect a l n y d af d te is r t t a h n e ce pe f r r i o o m d of th o e le greatest obscuration was passed the very rapid return of light could be distinctly marked as building after building seemed to creep forth again into existence. 2i 4 715 730 700 251 31 145 8 6 8 113 1 1 f / LEEDS. Noetwitthtestr ahna d l i fuogf i t t h s a d t u t r h a e t i on, _. About 12 o'clock at noon the heavy slate-col oured clouds which ay liZ Well seen at Leeds weather was dull and heavy the eclipse yesterday covered the sky;began to be di ss i pated with asmart c urrent of wind from the south-west, and in the eclipse breaks of the clouds the forthla was observed at frequent intervals, the thin edge of the clouds ex cellently serving the purpos e of a screen from the glare of the small crescent of the sun then exposed, so that the observer could witness the phenomenon with the naked eye without the aid of coloured or smoked glass. At 20 minutes past 1. o'clock the clouds had been so far driven away that the sun's disc, with the shadow of the moon upon it, could be clearly seen and watched, with slight interrup tions, from passing " rack" to its termination. The phenomenon excited much attention among all classes. There was nothing like darkness even at the time of the sun's greatest obscuration, and had the eclipse not been foretold, it might have passed off without the unlearned having at all marked the event. PETERBOROUGH. Three trains from London, and several from the north, brought a good number of passengers here and to Warrington Junction, four miles north of Peterborough, to see the i; ec....pse. The last train, one from Munchoter and Sheffield, with about 250 ' passengers, arrived at about a quarter to 1 o'clock after stopping a few minutes at Warrington Junc tion, where upwards of 1,000 people were assem bl,.d. The weather was very unfavonrible, the sky being overcast, with rapidly moving clouds. A mere glimpse or two of the sus was obtained soon after 12 o'clock, about twenty minutes after the eclipse had commenced, and from that time, even by those carefully on the watch, only momentary glimpses were caught until 1 o'clock. The time of greatest obscuration passed over, to the great dis appointment of every one, without a sight of the heavenly bodies. The darkness at the moment of greatest obscuration was about equal to that which proceeds from dark masses of clouds immediately before a heavy storm, and it had a marked effect upon birds on the wing, who flew low, and seemed anxiously seeking shelter. About two minutes after this period some openings between the swiftly passing clouds afforded frequent momentary glimpses of the eclipse, and at this time it could be seen quite as well with the naked eye as with glasses. The weather continued cloudy during the remainder of the afternoon, affording but few opportunities for observation, and a light shower of rain began to fall between 2 and 3 o'clock. OXFORD. The only period at which it was visible• was for a few minutes after 12 o'clock. The apparent lower ing of the clouds and the passing of the shadow was very remarkable ; but the most interesting of the experiments were with the thermometers, which, although placed in various situations, and varying some 6 or 8 degrees, at the moment of the greatest obscuration all sank to exactly the same level. The birds were noticed to be singing almost up to the time of the completion of the eclipse. Those of the Oxonians who remained at home had a much better view of the eclipse, as it was visible nearly to a quarter to 1 o'clock. The appearance of the sky was such as when the shades of evening had approached. We understand that although little could be seen of the eclipse at Heyford, Woodstock, ch., yet at other villages differently situated it was visible nearly up to the completion of the circle. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Mr. John Yeats, F.R.G.S., writing from Fother ingay Castle-mound, says :—" All the phenomena of an annular eclipse were clearly and beautifully visible on the mound, which is a locality easily identified. Baily's beads were perfectly plain on the completion of the annulus, which occurrence took place, according to my observation, at about 70 seconds after 1 o'clock ; it lasted about 80 seconds. The ' beads,' like drops of water, ap peared on the upper and undar sides of the moon, occupying fully three-fourths of her circumference. There was nothing like intense darkness during the eclipse; I have seen more gloom in a thunderstorm. Bystanders prognosticated rain, but it was the shadow of a rapidly declining day. At 12 o'clock a lady living on the farm suddenly exclaimed, The cows are coming home to be milked !' and they came, all but one ; that followed, however, within the hour. Cocks crowed, birds flew low or fluttered about uneas ly, but every object far and near was well defined to the eye." SWINDON. Before the eclipse commenced the thermometer stood at 58 deg. in the sun. At 11.30 the sky, though cloudy about the horizon, was perfectly clear around the sun. For some time we were able to watch the waning of the sun, sometimes through coloured glass. s, and sometimes through the filmy clouds which now began to thicken round it. At 12.22 the first spot was covered, and at 12.30 the whole cluster ; on examining our thermometer it had fallen to 53 deg. We may here mention the fact that the total fall of temperature was from 58 deg. to 48 deg. ; that this fall was entirely due to the clouds is proved by the fact of *he tempera ture again rising to 52 deg. immediately after the eclipse. At 12.40 a grand coalition of clouds put au end to our telescopic researches, and we were forced to confine our observations to the landscape. After Mr. Hind's poetical description of the "darkness visible" during an eclipse, the specta tors were evidently rather disappointed with the gloom which spread over nature at two or three minutes before one. Nevertheless this gloom was very considerable, it was not great enough to ob scure the spire of Swindon Church, the hayrick., houses, and trees that we had noted, but it was quite enough to prevent the index cards being read. The gloom did not, however, exceed the ordinary shades of evening, and was not calculated to ex cite the emotions of awe and wonder to any inor dinate extent. A vivid imagination might dis cover something very awful in the darkness, it is true, but to us it seemed merely curious. The clouds spoiled all. BLISWORTH. At Tousters'-hill, there are hygrometers to msa sure the wet, thermometers to measure the heat, barometers to weigh the air,, and actinometers to measure the light ; telescopes of all sizes, and sup ported at all kinds of heights, in all manner of ways. A mile off, on a distant chimney or church spire, was said to be the Royal Astronomer, Mr. Hind ; flying detachments of astronomers were dis tributed in various parts of the village. It seemed impossible that the eclipse could possibly escape so many earnest aril vigilant observers. But the sky, that had become overcast at ten ; at eleven was gloomy with lowering clouds ; at twelve threatened rain, with a muttering, gusty wind, which we failed not to recognise as having attended the approaching occultation of the last eclipse, and at about seven minutes to one fulfilled the threat with a slight patter, that called for the speedy enveloping of the brighter instruments of observation in their snug covering. One o'clock drew near. Darkness—not the blackness of night —not the greyness of evening —but an absence of light, a positive visible darkness, settled down upon the landscape. At lh. Om. Bs. the darkness was at the greatest point ; but an instant, scarce a second after wards, and, as if a curtain had been lifted, the air became light, and so gradually lighter until the full day. All this while the sun could not be seen, and the phenomena presented were, therefore, the mere re markable. All had happened just as predicted. OUNDLE. At 12h. 32m. there was still no perceptible change in the appearance of nature generally. It was an ordinary dull day. The birds con tinue(' their singing. At 12h. 34m. we caught a momentary glimpse of the sun. The moon's limb was perfectly regular. Much scud was passing, the sky was generally overcast, and the appearance of the weather such as betokens rain, large masses o f cumulus in the n e i g hb our h oo d o f t h e sun were illuminated at the summit, arid in the gloom looked picturesque and massive. At 12h. 39m. both cusps were very sharp as seen with a glass. The moon's limb was even. At this time the gloom to the north began to deepen considerably, while the sun was more clearly visible than at any time before, and appeared like a crescent of pure silvery bright ness. At 12b. 47m. the spot was bi-sected ; the moon's limb was now irregular, the gloom deep ened, and birds were heard, some singing, and others chirping and calling as though disturbed. At 12h. 50w. the lark ceased to rise, and was silent. At 12h. 53m. we might have imagined that a severe storm was impending, and birds were seen flying homewards. The wind continued to rise in guts and squalls, the sky was overcast, but the sun still illuminated a circle round itself. Between lh. Iw. and lh. 2m. the greatest gloom was experienced, but at no time was it difficult to read at the ordinary distance, and throughout there existed no necessity to suspend any employ ment. THE ECLIPSE IN PARIS. The appearance of the heavens in the early part of the morning seemed anything but favourable for enjoying a good observation of the great pheno menon which was about to take place. The night had been exceedingly stormy, with heavy falls of rain, and the morning broke with a dull leaden sky, which seemed impenetrable to the rays of the sun. At about nine o'clock the atmosphere got clearer, and towards tea o'clock a gleam of sun shine broke out, giving promise of a bright propi tious day. By degrees the clouds became more and more dissipated, and at nine minutes to twelve, when the shadow of the moon was to commence its passage over the sun's disc., a bright sunshine prevailed, but still with scattered masses of clouds existing, and with a breeze which drifted them slowly to the west. At that hour every part of Paris from which a good view of the sun could be obtained WAS filled with persons armed with pieces of coloured glass, ready to observe the eclipse. The clouds, which at first seemed likely to impede the view—as they did cer tainlyo to a considerable extent for scientific servers—rather served to assist the ordinary spec. tator from occasionally dulling theover brialitness of the sun's glare, and serving i appliances which in place of the smoked glass or any other of the are used on such occasions. What seemed to strike' generally the spectators was the ra pidity with which the moon's shadow gamed on the sun's circle. Com mencing the r, it d menc i n g at the loer tplert dis n c that i i g n ht abou p t asse the on so promptly over space of three quarters of an hour the sun presented on ly the appearance of a crescent, the con vex s id e of which .was formed by the luminary's circumfer ence on the left - . By degrees the creeccmt increased until it became almost a thin line, nine tenths of the sun being then covered. It then began to slo w ly descend, until t'ac portion which had appeared coin- pletely to the left became the lowest boundary of the sun's face, the two horns being on a perfect level. The sun at this moment was exceedingly curions to behold, for as the clouds passed or( r its surface, it seemed like a boat of light slowly ploughing its way through an agitated ocean. The crescent still k e pt i nc li n i ng to t h e r i g ht until it had got beyondthe level, and then the sun seemed almost at once to have resumed a considerable portion of its illuminated surface. The eclipse was now beginning to tend towards its termination, the increase of light seeming to arrive from below, and filling the upward part rapidly. The sun then became so bright that it was not easy to observe it for any length of time, even through deeply-stained glass, and the sight was then better viewed when reflected in a vessel of water. At twenty-eight minutes past two the whole was over, but the ordinary light of day had returned, to all appearance, long before. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) THE CA GLIARI. [The following is a more extended report of Lord Palnserston's reply to Mr. Disraeli than we were enabled ' to give in our impression of last evening Lord PALMERSTON—Ian] very glad to learn from the right hon. gentleman opposite that the Government feel themselves at liberty to take this matter into consi deration, and that they intend to lay before Parliament the whose of the papers —not only, of course, the opi pions given by the law officers of the late Government, but also, no doubt, the opinions of the law officere of the present Government. It is perfectly true, as the right hon. gentleman stated, that the late Government did practically acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Neapo litan Courts. For a considerable time we were unable to ascertain where it was that the capture was made, and the impression we had was that the capture was made within the jurisdiction of Naples. There was no ground, therefore, ou which we could dispute the com petency of the Neapolitan Courts. Atter a consider able time there came from Naples docaments—depo sitione, accompanied by a little sketch, which the right honourable gentleman is well aware of, showing the place where the capture was made, and that the vessel was not six miles south-west from the island of Sapri, beyond, therefore, the territorial jurisdiction of Naples. We then took the opinion of the law of f icers of the Crown, but there was nothing; in the opinion we re ceived which led us to think that we were entitled to dis pute the competency of the Neapolitan Courts. The matter remained in doubt on the material point on which it must turn—vie., whether the capture was forcibly made, or whether the captain of the Cagliari willingly placed himself under Neapolitan jurisdiction. The opinion was that if the capture was made entirely by force on the high seas we should have a right to claim the English engineers ; but if, on the other hand, there was a voluntary surrender, our right would not have been such as it otherwise would have been. This was the matter in doubt. It appeared clear that after the landing of the refugees at Sapri the captain and crew of the Cagliari determined to go to Naples for the purpose of giving themselves into Neapolitan jurisdiction aid reporting the whole of the proceedings, and they were on their way to Naples when they met the Neapolitan frigates and gave themselves up. On these grounds we were advise I that it was not that clear ca e of forcible seizure on the high seas which entitled us to make an absolute demand on the Neapolitan Go vernment for the surrender of the engineers. A demand made must of course be supported by force, and we felt tha - , when a step was to be taken which might eventually and probably would lead t the necessity of employing f rce to carry it into effect, we should not have stood justified in adopting such a proceeding unless we were informed by our law advisers that we had a clear case of right against the Neapolitan Go :ernment which would justify us to reeorting to extreme measures. So stood tae matter, and when I stated the other day that the question was still under the consideration cf the Government, wh;it I referred to was that we were expecting further documents from Naples and from the Sardinian Government with respect to the demand wade by the latter for the res itution of the vessel, becaaEe, if that demand were acceded to by the Neapolitan Government, and the vessel were reetore ), then, undoubtedly, our claim for the restitution of the two engineers would have assumed a different character from what it had before. That is what I ref-reed to (some laughter from the Ministerial side), and I think the right hon. gentleman will find—nough I know not whether information on this head may be before the Government or not--that we were expecting, so far as I was informed, further documents from the Sardinian Government with respect to the cia:iu they were making on the Government (.1 Na?lee I am ._;lad the right hun. gentleman says that he has no objection to laying the papers before the house, and when they are pre sented hon. members will then be more fully masters of the case than they possibly can by any verbal statements wade on one side or the other. The motion for the adjournment of the house was then withdrawn. THE POLICY OF THE GDVERNMENT. Oa the Report of Supply being brought up, Mr. B. OSBORNE, pur'uant to notice, rose to call the attention of the house to the course which her Majesty's Government intend to pursue with respect to the busi neA of the session. He said :—lf I needed any justifi cation for interposing between the house and the recep tion of the report of supply I sh,tild seek it in the unusual course taken by her Majesty's Government. But if that course was unusual, still more unusual was the reply made by the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty, in answer to several hon, members who called on him to give some sketch of the principles and policy of the Government. The right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty, to my astonishment, and I believe to the astonishment of all present in this house at the time, referred us not only to a statement made in another place, but to certain speeches made on the hustings in Buckinghamshire and other parts of the country. In the first place I believe we have no cognisance of any statements made "in another place," and still less of any statements m tde on the hustings in Buckinghamshire or elsewhere. Therefore, if I needed to make any apology for interfering on the present occasion it would be entirely owing to the most unprecedented and most unparliamentary course taken by the right hon. gentleman. Ile has referred me to a statement made in another place. Well, even givin,; him tba benefit of that statement, I nevertheless main tain that the House is as yet ignorant of any principle laid down in that statement, and that as yet no policy has been propounded. That statement was particularly obscure in itself, and it has not been made clearer by these references given me by the right hon. gentleman. If it has not been made clearer by what was stated on the hustings at Droitwicb, it has become still more am• biguous in Buckinghamshire ; and if any one tu rns t o North Leicestershire, it w il he found particularly evasive, contrary in Mug's Lynn, and utterly un intell'gible in the county of Suffolk. (Chem, and laughter ) What was the statement made and the course taken by the head of the Government ! As fat as we are informed by the public, press the noble lord seems rattier to have made an apology for his present conduct than to have given any indica tion of his future policy. It seems that the first persons to whom he appealed to aid him in forming a Government were two noble lords and a right her. gen• tleman, a member of this house, who were always di rectly opposed to his policy. So much for his attempt at constructing a Cabinet, and his own principles. Well, when these two noble lords and this right hon. gentle man did not think it consistent with their position or principles to a-sist him in forming a government, be then turned to his more immediate supporters, and, I am free to say, has constructed an administration which, as far as the personal characters and abilities of the members of the Government are concerned, is equal to any Adminis tration I have seen inithis house. ("Hear, hear," from the ministerial side.) But the question is, not about the abilities of those hon. gentlemen nor their respectability. The question is, what have been their principles, and what is to be their policy ! Now, I am aware of the inconvenience of referring to statements made in "an other plane," but I have no other course to pursue ; and as I have been referred to then), let me see what the noble lord at the head of the Government stated, with one exception, to be the groundwork of his policy. The noble lord spoke at very great length, hut I think that the country and the house would come to the con clusion that though he spoke much he said very little. I think that hie speech turned more on the exigencies of his own position than the interest of the country. Now, what did the noble lord say was to be the course of his policy ? He said : " My lords, it would be idle for me to enter into any general description of the opinions or the view s which hold upon public affairs. such abstract declarations of policy are in point of fact of little o r no use. They are mere words which may be construed into any sense, or, as sometimes happens, into no sense. I can only say, my lords, that the policy of the Governmentratiin ra to which I belong o l . ly be expected from will be that which I hope might n the composition of the Administration. " composition And there we ar e left. The of the Admi nistration ! Before, however, we lock to the composi tion of the Administration,et us survey their position an d examine thei r antecedents. l A Government has come into office in an acknowledged minority. It is not pretended that they are the only possible Government. I will take upon myself to say that there are several b oo , gentlemen on both sides of the house who, if they had been called upon, could have formed a Government. (Laughter from the Ministerial side, met by cheers from the Opposition.) It must not be supposed—and I think it wou d be a most mischievous thing if it were sup posed—that the Government of this country depends on one, two, or even three individuals. (Cheers.) Let us see, then, what is the position of an Administration whics numbers a considerable minority as its supporters. (Laughter and cheering.) This G overnment call upon the House of Commons for three thing ~ —for time for bearance, and money. (Laughter) Now, beforegrant ing any of these demands I think we are bound to ask what claim the Government have to mak e th em , an d what their past conduct has been. It appears to me we have reach e d a now era in Parliamentary history. For merly co n t es t s i n this hones were conducted not 'merely in order to obtain places, but for the establishment of rival p r i nc i p l es. (Hear.) What do we see now ? We see on the opposite (the Ministerial) benches a party who in opro ition systematically thwarted and opposed all the measures of the late Government. (Loud cries of " No, no," from the Ministerial side, and cheering from Opposition.) I repeat that a party which t thwarted the late Administration--( el Sill '.. 90i 1 90i i 381 46581 i i 31 ; 102 i 92 56 159 i 94 9 i 27) 105 96# 6 921 2 98 7i 51 5O 1i 93 4 2j 3 4 776 261 13 20 . 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Over and over again have I heard the right hon. gentleman oppo. site (Mr. Disraeli) denounce a Minister who had neither a policy or a principle. Over and over again have I heard him, in most magnificent language, and in peri phrastic phrases, denounce that hand-to-mouth system which characterised the Whig party. (A, laugh. ) As we have been referred to speeches made at the hustings, however, I may quote the language of the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Pakington), who in his speech at Droitwieh put the same idea into more homely phrases. The right hon. gentleman said,—" What Englishmen like is that whe ther a man be light or wrong he should have an opinion laugh)—and, having an opinion, should stick to it." (Laughter.) New, let us sea what are the opinions of the right hon. baronet, and whether his adhesion is to his past principles or his present position. (A. laugh.) I must call to the recollection of the house the conduct of the noble lord at the head of the Government at the commencement of the present session. On receipt of intelligence of the guilty enterprise in Paris which we all mourn, that noble lord called upon her Majesty's Government in very strong language to bring forward some effectual measure for repressing-such attempts in this country. A measure was proposed in this house by the late Administration, and what was the conduct of the present Government ? When the hon. member for Bridgwater (Mr. Kinglake) moved his amendment, which I regard as the twin brother of the amendment pro posed ten days afterwards, what was the course taken by the then Opposition ! (Hear.) The present Lord Chancellor for Ireland (Mr. Napier), with all the solem nity which distinguishes him—(a langh)—callid upon the house to pass the measure. "Be just," said he, " and fear not." The present Chancellor of the,Exchequer was loud in support of the bill. He treated the question as almost one of French feeling, and give his earnest sup port to the i n t ro d uct i on of toe measure as being agree able to the Emperor of the French. The amendment of the hon. member for Bridgwater met with ncesupport. It was withdrawn, and the introduction 'of the bill was triumphantly carried. Ten days afterviar'di nay right hon. friend the member for Ashton-rinder-Lynepfr.'llf., Gibson) moved another amendment, which was . singnlstrly ingenious —(o last;h)—but ifyou, sir, (addressing the Speaker), bad not decided it to be Parliamentary, I should have said was highly irregular. (Laughter from the Ministerial side.) The right hon. member fur Ashton had hitherto taken a different course. - He had always been the eloquent and able advocate of principles which are supposed to be symbolised by the lamb—(a laugh) —but on the occasion to which I refer he mounted the lion. (Laud laughter.) The opportunity was too tempting to the right hon. gentleman opposite and his party. He lost no time in getting up behind the right hon. member fir Ashton - (3 laugh)—and by good ma nagement and considerable address—aided, I am sorry to say, by the finale what careless conduct of the noble lord letely at the head ef the Government—(loud laugh ter and cheering) —he deceived, I was almost going to say jockeyed, the noble lord. (Laughter and cheering.) Now, I don't charge the hon. gentleman who did this Kish intrigue, but I do say that it was a manoeuvre dis creditable to a party, and ail! not add to their reputa• tion. (Cheers and laughter.) I will not detain the house by going into any discussion of the Conspiracy Bill. For my own part I lament that the neble lord (Palmerston) did not sead an answer to the Walewski despatch—(general cheering)— but I look upon that as a venial erior, and, however strong my opinion may be, I do nit thiek the omission called for the withdrawal from the noble lord of the confidence ci this house. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, one word about this cele bra.ed W ale a' ki despatch, of which there have been so many various readings. I find that no two gentle men agree about it. The right honourable gentleman the present Chancellor cf the Exchequer in his speech here the other night called it an unfortunate lucubra • ten ; the present Attorney-General for Ireland called it an insu Ling despatch ; but what did the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J, Pakington) tell his constituents t Droitwich He raid to them, "Alter all, my opinion is that the despatch has not been well translated. (Laughter.) I feel certain that too much has been made f it, and that no offence was intended by the French Gevernment." Well, if that was the opinion of the right hon. baronet he was bound, on such an occasion as the last debate to have expressed it in this house. (Hear.) He was, I think, bound to tell the house that in his oeinion no offence was intended, and that the despatch had not been well translated. He was probably think ing of his own translation, but he ought not to have de ferred acquainting us with so important a fact until he appeared on the hustings upon his acceptance of office. I think the Walewski despatch has been mad, more of than it deserves. I believe that if the counsels of the noble lord (Palmerston) had been followed an answer we uld have been sent to that despatch, but as the house has chosen to expel that noble lord from power on such a ground, I, for one, am satisfied and bow to its deci sion. (Laughter.) We have been ief armed by a noble I)rd (Lord Derby) in another place of only one measure which he intends to submit to Parliament—via , a new India Bill. I think no one who recollects the course taken by the present Administration on the introduction of an India Bill by the late Government could fail to be ' struck with suc h an announcement. What was the course pursued on that occasion ? It is, I believe, con sidered disc o u r t eous to oppose the introduction f any bill, even when proposed by a private member ; but the hon, member for Huntingdon (Mr. Baring) would not permit the India Bill to be introdeced, and in another place ray Lord Grey, to whom the noble earl (Derby) applied for assistance in forming an Administration, pre sented a petition from the East India Company against legislation, bJ.ire the bill was even submitted to this house. On that occasion—the 12th of February —the present President of the Board of Control (Lord Ellen borough) after abusing the Directors ef the East India Company, made this very remarkable declaration:— " I think the time for making any change is peculiarly inopportune; if there had been any obstruction on the pare of the Directors to the measures of Government, if they had not made themselves in all respects ancillary to the Government, then there would have been a necessity for instant legislation; hut I have never heard it even sug. gested that there has been on their part the slightest ob struction to any measure proposed by Government. Stand as sovereigns of the country before you think of forming a new Government. . . . I regard with distrust the measure whatever it may be, which the Government intend to pro pose. I must say I always view with great distrust extem porised constitutions. Time and God's Providence alone make constitutions of great empires ! When men in their self-sufficiency and arrogance think they can at once strike off a constitution which is to be the foundation of the hap piness or misery of millions of our fellow creatures they are baffled by their own weakness and the littleness of mind which pretends to grasp so vast and important a subject. Such persons defeat their own objects." Well, when the bill was bron p g r.e h s t e inntttLc h ernment. The house, wha was the course taken by the said : right i hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer "I say again you are beginning at the wrong end ; you oughtu had put down th e re b e lli on yon to have adopted the course which 1 rec o m men d e i last year. When you ought to have sent to India a Royal Commission With plenary powers, &c. Then when youh'td made yourselves when the country had made itself master of the situation, then it would hive been high time to legislate."—(The Timice report, February 19, 1858.) Bur, there was one speech made by a right hon. gentle man who did not take the objection that this was an im proper time to legislate. He, f irsooth, WllB for confirm- . ing the present government of India for all time. The right hon. member for Enniskillen (Mr. Whiteside) answered the Speech of my right hon. friend the late Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir C. Lewis) by quoting the observations of another right hon. friend, the mem ber for Halifax (Sir C. Wood). Sir, I propose to answer him by quoting his own speech in the same manner. The SPEAKER—It is irregular to quote in thi■ house speeches made here during the same session of Parliament. (Cheers.) Mr. B. OSBORNE—I quote these speeches as they appear in print out of this House. (Hear, hear, and it laugh.) The SPEAKER—Certainly quotations from news papers cf .peeohes made in this house during the same session of Parliament are not according to the rules of this house. (Cheers.) Mr. OSBORNE—I bow at once to what you have laid eleven as the law, but it is the first tim e I have e ver heard it enunciated. (" Oh, '.°ll ?") H owever, hon. gentlemen wiil not easily forget what was said on that occasion. Tioe rigl,t hon. gentleman the member for Enniskillen denounced the Ministry in the strongest language f - >r interfering with the East India Company at all. He said it was the most perfect Government that could be imagined, and he likened the Ministry to a weathercock for altering their opinions within four years. Wh a t i s t h eir course now ! My Lord Derby says he has great re pect for a majority of this house. Whence this sudden reverence f When we recollect that the admiseion of the Jaws to Parliament— (cheers) —has been passed here by numerous and nverwhelming that a maj o r ity i n this house majoritier, t has altered his opinion as liay it is a species of hypocrisy o pret end to the proper time f)r bringiag in an India Bill. (Hear.) The right boa. gentleman who has referred me to his speech at Droitwich found fault with her Majesty's late advisers for their vacillation and weakness. I ask him is there no vacillation in his own Cabinet ! What course do they intend to pursue with regard to the Bank Act ! Hon. gentlemen wilt recollect th at i n December of last year a committee was tamed for inquiring into the operation of this Ac'. The present Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the appointment of that committee. He said there was no occasion for further inquiry, and he added that he was ready for instant legislation. I ask the right hon. gentleman, have they settled that point among themselves ! Then, again, when be talks of n v t oc in il . lation, I ask him what course do the Go t ve s rnme tend to pursue with regard to church-rates 13ingT (Hear, Isar.) The noble lord the member for a 's .,d la h y a n s : (Lord Stanley) votes against c hurch-rates, h favour r of their total aboleion. (Hear.) Then, wha 1 I believe, written a pamphlet in The First Lord of tend to do respecting educa t i on tno i So the Governn eat in when he has brouel t subject, has always teen an . tleinun the and by the right hon. Presideet of the forward N A a t d d m a i r motiona I sw . ered by the r Vice-president of the Committee ( i S g i h r o t rl r b . o t Ti o h . i 4 s: n tj g gentleman m o a f n Tr t a n d e, e p ( r N e l: e • n r v e i n . of Council for Education (sir. Adderley). T hen, again, I should like to put a question with reference to the Jew Bill. There are three right lion, pullet:on now 14 91ir. St. 25 5 5 50 50 50 100 -6, 3 a i 96 i 24 i