The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-25 00:00:00

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K in g,; ( 1 6/1 3 f f o uric° resl e Y 3tt o noj t o 3 pla t ¢t t w ho, iresoivg, fl u con t leoce, i ' s inj uri s L ee, °9 ',l ricyc ° ° o tvvi c f a voll.; zero i', r e the o ,cded e ideo t pla te r ofle c :, fit, nt i ; driv e ,ct le n f; he I ° l -- '9 Fly e ar iv r ro i ra cJ!' , a rigid e re- Is no .ower , part were ,n for r did ur or None leard ect of pe for at Was MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEJV S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. A quiet tone still pervades the general discount market, and unless renewed activity is shortly ex perienced, the probability of a reduction in the minimum rate of discount wiil soon attract atten tion. Already the subject is referred to in specu lative channels, because, in addition to the dimi nished pressure, and the reactionary tendency of the rates, large quantities of gold are coming for ward, which, for a time at least, may accumulate in the Bank's vaults. The rates at which choice de scriptions of mercantile bills can be negotiated in the open market now range as low as 4 per cent., but the commercial public, no doubt anticipating a further decline, are only supplying their immediate wants, and the market has therefore assumed a very inactive appearance. The extent of the frauds committed by Pullinger, the late chief cashier of the Union Bank of London, s now ascertained, and the report made by the directors has created great astonishment. The amount involved is £263,070, which, from its mag nitude, will place Pullinger at the head of the list of defaulters, comprising Watts, Robson, and Red path. In order to provide for this deficiency in the capital of the bank, the directors purpose to re transfer the sum of £120,000 applied to the reserve fund in July, and to take a further amount of £lOO,OOO from the same fund, leaving the balance of £40,000 to be met out of this year'sprofits. There is every reason to believe that the position of the bank will not materially suffer in consequence of this catastrophe, and it is hoped that the share holders and the public will continue to place every confidence in its stability and continued prosperity. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were in most instances rather lower. Notice has been given that the half-yearly in terest on the Corporation of Montreal Six per Cent. Consolidated Bonds will be paid on and after the Ist proximo. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a rather active demand prevailed, and prices were well supported. Tho sales amounted to 12,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, And the tendency of quotations continued down ward. The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has just been held, and the pro posed dividend of £2 per share was agreed to. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation for the three weeks ending 31st March have been published, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom amounted to £30,481,907, against £30,520,794 in the like period of 1859, showing a decrease of £38,887. The decrease is most percep tible in cotton manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and. cutlery, silk manufac tures, thrown silk, and refined sugar, There is au increase, however, in beer and ale, coals and culm, coottn yarn, earthenware and porcelain, leather, machinery, British spirits, woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards cocoa, coffee, raw cotton, fruit, provisions, rice, spices, tallow, tea, tobacco, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool, but there is a diminu tion in wheat, flour, indigo, potatoes, raw silk, and unrefined sugar. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the three months of 247,208 tons for the entries inwards, and of 117,402 tons for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the three months 155,780 tons more were employed than in the cor responding period of 1859 for the entries inwards, and 280,875 tons for the clearances outwards. There is very little activity in the market for Public Securities to-day, and the few dealings re ported have not led to any material variation, Consols being Mt '4 for money, and 94 sellers for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 931- ; India Loan is steady, at 1061 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 981 ; Exche quer Bills are Gs. to 10s. prem., and Bank Stock has improved to 225 226. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices aro firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 771 ; ditto New, 611 ; to 611 ; and the 4 per Cents, have advanced to 1012 ; Russian 3 per Cents., to 651 ; Sardinian, to 841 ; Spanish are steady, at 47 1-; Dutch 22 per Cents., at 66; and ditto 4 per Cents. are firmer at 1001 K. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 28 pm. ; the Universal ditto, 1 pm. ; and the Victoria Loan is 105:i. A slight improvement has taken place in the Railway Share Market, prices in several instances showing an advance of 1- to per cent. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, South Western, and Mid land have improved 55.; Caledonian, Great Western, and North Western, 10s. ; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, and South Eastern have declined ss. The Foreign aid Colonial lines remains very in active, with little change of importance to notice in values. Northern of France realise 381 ; and Paris and Lyons, 371 ; East Indian Peninsula, 99 to 99 ; and Great Western of Canada, 13Z- 131. Joint Stock Bank Shares are dull ; Union of London have declined to 25 and 26 ; Ottoman Bank are lit ; and London and Westminster, 58. In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at SO, and Royal Mail Steam are 53. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. B uak Stock - 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93/ a a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities N m 3 Der Cent. Annuities Anns. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 171 7-16 i 1 ilia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. ..,.... 981 8 . Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO 5 d Consols for Account (May 9) ExchNuer Pills, £l,OOO, I}d.. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 44 per Cent., 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1860 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 44 , per cent. mexioan i per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 6 per Cent .. Ditto 44 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Sardinian, 5 per Cont. 844 epanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. 364 Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 41 4 lur•kish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Patch Exchange, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent 66 Ditto Certificates, 4 psi. Cent. • THREE O'CLOCK. Cons , ls, Money 944 Ditto Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. torinow, April 25. —Wind this day at noon, N. E. strong breeze and fine. OFF DOVER, April 23.—Arrived—Walter Scott, from the West, for the Baltic. OFF Co WES, April 25 —Arrived—Adriatic, steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Havre—left New York, on the loth inst. On freight 40,000 dollars in specie. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Armed, April 2i.—Cores, steamer, from Dublin; Eliza beth and Wonder, from London; Unity, from Rouen; Gratitude, from Newport. Sailed.—Jeune Armand and L'Etoile, for Carenton ; Ceres, steamer, for London ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Mind E. ; tide last hour's ebb; weather very strong and fine. Arrived—lunge Herman, from Brussels; Fortuna, from Ghent. Sailed—Donor, for Constantinople; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend; Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. Thar., Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.B. ; a gale. Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Vivid, from the West, for the River. Put back—Henry Gillespie, from South Australia, for London. BHA It ..E MA RK THIS DAY.) OItDrITA RY SHARES AND STOCKS. ihr.re .Railwaya, Paid. Closing Business Price.____ Done. 12.101.1,1N:iv., Nutting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 el 81 i 50 geitaq and Baliyonena . 'all 1 13.14 inr., Wol., and Str.Val. all 8 81 Stock nirk.,l.a., and Ch. June lOO 70 72 21 Blackburn 2 .3 B viii and Tyn. , all 10 Bos t.Slefd.& Mid. Conn all 64 7} Stock rirktnl roll rOroter Stock f'..imp Th i ar , 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 -- 50 Col x and Bandon - 20 fork, r A k, Illtrock,&Pacsage all 20 Cornwall all 64 7 0 1 10 p /A reves. no div. 1 all - 1 10 Do B un til6p.e.per an. all hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßeltast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 8 81 Stock East Anglian lOO 18 19 184 1 8 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 545 854 55 44 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 Stook Do. do. B Stock 100 26 28 . 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 20 East Suffolk - 10 Do Stock Edinburg, and Glasgow 100 77 79 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 314 32 311 % 1 10 , Eorth & Clyde J unction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South TiVesind 100 98 100 10 ',rent North of Scotland' all Stock Gr..at Northern lOO 114 115 1114 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 116 118 116 Stock Do. do. 11 Stock lOO 130 133 132 Stock qt. South.&Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 114 Stock ( -treat Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stl lOO 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 1044 105 105 i Stook London and Blackwa.ll.l 100 68 70 Stock Lon.,Bri,, , ,•llton&S.Coast 100 113 115 1131 25 Lond. Chat. and Dovcrl all 12 13 Stool , London & North Westn , 100 99 993 991 } 1 124 Do. I.llg:hilts Stock London& South-Wcstn lOO 914 925 914 2 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 11 4 i ll Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 414 42 42 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Do. do. 4 Shares.— all -- 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 1151 116} 116 }l6 Stock Do. firming. & Derby.; 100 93 95 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. A Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 1081 25 New., Aber., & Herefdr all 101 111 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 54 55 50 North. Counties Union 34 34 1 d Stock North British lOO 61 611 Stock Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do. A Stk.— Aree.no div until rip.e.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. P. Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 954 06 95 1 i 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 14 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 4 404 484 Stock Do. York lOO 79 80 795 1 Stock North London • lOO 106 108 20 North Staffordshire l7l 31 AI d 13 4 i 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 9 4 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& WolTer lOO 42 44 421 10 l'eebles all 2 0 Portsmouth 10 itivroney all itock Scottish Central • lOO 115 117 hock ' , 'coth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 365 374 Stoelt Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 t l B 90 31 - ock 'Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 49 10 S'ttinz.bourne & Sheer all 4 3 d Sto:3l. South Devon lOO 42 14 110011 South-Eastern lOO 87 874 87 it ;took ;oath Wales Stock , ;outhYorks.&n.iv.Dun lOO 77 80 20 8 1 - aines, Wok., & Wok all 8 8 25 itockton & Darlington all 394 404 414 25 Do. do. ;tonkton & Hartlepool 164 ; tock Taff Vale lock Do. Preference, No. 1 2 5 ThameollavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do. 2O 21 34 p [2 10 Do Stock- Vale of Neath lOO 58 80 10 Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 !Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall . 20 , West London all 10 no. Ist Class all 20 Tin. 2d Claw; 125 Worcester & Hereford 111 3 2 d Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stack 25 Stock Sto^l Stock Stock Stook Stock Sto‘Ar tnel Stock ' , took Stock Stock Stook 12 10 Stock 10 Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid. / Closing Business 9hsre Railways. Price. I Done. 4tooik 12.10 stock 60 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock it.or;k Stock 12t 12i 53 to c 6 Stock 12i Stock Stock Stoct 6 Stoct, 10 12 10 ' , -ttythe and Tyne 1C pe4 o. pref. (issued at 25 all Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Sto • 100 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Caledon 210, 41 per cents 100 T)o. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 1 all Cork & Bandon, 5 p . c.I all Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun ; all P.l.Angn. Class A 7& spc. 100 Do. do. Class B 0 pc I 100 Do. do. Class C 7 pc 11. Coon. Ex. 5 pct. NO.l 100 Do. do No."' 100 Do. New o per et. Stock. 100 Eastern Undo!). 4 per ct.l 100 Do. 5 per cent, guar.. 100 Ed in.&Gla s. spc shares' 100 Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.I. 10 0 Eclin.Perth,& Dun. 4 pe. 100 Furness, 5 per cent ... • 100 Glas. &S West.- a. 5 pe. 100 Great Northern, sp. cf. 100 Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.poi 100 Do. 41 p. 0. do. do. Do.sp.c. Itedm.,s pc. pm BO qt. Nh. of Scotld, lat pf 1 all Gt. Sn.& IV (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock ioo Great West. (Perks and pants) Ext. 5 p.ot 1 Do. Redeemable, 41 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct ', ! Do. irredeemable, do 1 Do. 5 p. et. It edeem.Pref. Do. Tlirm. Prof. Shares' (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. prof Do, firming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do I Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3slodpe, Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) • • Lon ; & No . 1! Do. 5 P 0. ..,No .2 l)o. gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. e No. 41 Do. Do. 41 per cent. I Do. do. 41 per C. shares Do. 7 per cent. Pref. St. : EDo p.e.d0.(117.E.&C.P.), ino.4 S.(div.def.tiP6s) , Lond. Chat. and Dover ,on . & N. W. Cov. &N un - 1 nt(m, 5 p. et. 1,0 n.& S. W, 7 p.et. stock,l Londondy N, Cole, 1 shs. i,ondordy.& Ennis 1 sh. & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. 26 Do. 3 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. I Taryport & Car., 4 p.c. 'Do. 41 per cent... . 1 111. Con. 6 p. e. Rook . 1 Do.Con.Bris. &Bir.6p.Ct ")n. 41 p. o. pref. s t oc k Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lein. & Ilit.pref. at. Newport,Aber,&c. pret .5 p. e. redeem, at 5 p. c. r ni Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1806 Do., till 1869, I st is Do. do., 2d is Norflk Sp.o. Ex.Stk,lB4A Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, spercent Do. New, pita. 5 percent Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. shs., Do. do. do. Nth. Dev.Rail.&Dak.Co.' N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. o. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters,lB4B' - . 1 0. York, U. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Virr. & Wol. 6 po. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2cl Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 11 per c. pref. stock.... Do.A berdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. o. pref. stock. ,South Devon, Ann. 108. I Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Ea stern (lteading Ann. 1.0 6 ) Do .4 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, MM. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 Vc. gun IStock. and Dar. A 5 p.c ' Do. B 6 per cent , Do. C 6 per cent , Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c 121 Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock 10) to Stock Stock St ock Stook Stock Stock stoa Stock Stock 10s. 10 Stock Mock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 25 Stock LINES LEA; all 100 100 100 all all Railways. 100 100 100 afl all Redford and Bletehley all nekinghams'h i re lOO Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. do. 54 p. et__ 100 Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lineolnshire,g.op.e 100 E Union, II rWiehShs all Do. Woodbridge 6111 .Barr.&Neils,Drot lOO Do. New .... . ..... Gloster& Dean Forest all Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail all Hull and Selby Do. t Shares all 96 98 D 0... Shares Lanc.&Carl.gun.s p.c London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Souten,l Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Mane., Buxtn. & Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,Bury Ex 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c Do. ,do. 6 per cent ' Po. Fixed 5 per cent. North 'Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn Hitch.,& Shep, Shrawisbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wituble,don& Croydn. 100 102 5i 6 99 101 110 113 103 10R 110 112 109 111 124 126 10 82 110 112 CO 02 75 76 118 120 117 119 110 112 1103 105 85 87 98 98 QA 100 88 90 00 02 102 103 Of 105 17 18 105 10f 74 75 195 20 Of 105 145 15 138 140 15 117 15 117 34 142 [l5 117 154 157 1:12 135 tiS 70 21 22 99i f 9 904 115 117 15!3 1573 12 121 125 127 r 68 70 133 140 101 103 94 96 loi !If 121 1P 'p 110 111 108 110 I ; p 90 R 2 safS 9/S '1 141 jd j p 23 24 124 126 9Si 7 117 119 73 75 10 10i 123% 23! 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 32i 33i 32 33 1 50 53 ;ED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid.' Lnit N.W Tin& N.W 96 98 Do. Do. 1)o. Calcdonin 103 les E.U.&E C 16 17 Gt. North. 139 142 E.Counts. 44 44 Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&llr Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. Ln & NNW S. East Do. Pet.o &Co Norfolk Do. LN W& ....M Midland 110 112 2n7 tin 6:1 65 115 120 96 98 100 5. 6. 6. E.Counts Do. Do. Do. . r• Midland L&N W 1 & L.Yk. j o. Gt. Nor ill , T Brassoy , 2f 3 95 97 P 66 58 14i 15 IP/I'6esin . Gt. West IL.&Brgtn DOCKS. 135 137 103 1(5 In 101 11 91 93 L' 7 4 81 Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Paid Closing i Ensiness Price. Dose. Share Docks• • . Stool& i Stool, I rionnno.reirll lOO I -- Si Cot ' Dot p, , ri7o,nt.Pref .Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO ._ Stoek,r,ondon lOO _ . St ockiSt. Katharine lOO StookrSouthampton lOO t 0 Victoria . 1 100 ICO 103 DO OToW asteiumialsoWd i .72 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1160. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) • THE MILITARY CLUB-]LOUSE AT ALDERSHOT.-IN RE SHARP. This bankrupt was described as of Aldershot, licensed victualler and livery stable keeper, and to-day was appointed for consideration of his certificate. The bankrupt is a retired major in the Hon. East India Company's service, but in December, 1856, took the Mili tary Club-house, at Aldershot, and, as appears by the ac• counts prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers, at a groat loss. The debts amount to £1,262, to unsecured creditors, without the prospect of a dividend. The amount due to secured creditors amount to £l,67s—the security being the assignment of a pension of £lBO a year. The expenses and losses nearly doubled the net profits, but the domestic ex • penses had been moderate. 'I he result of the trading was that the bankrupt had lost his capital and pension and a largo amount of gifts from friends. Mr. Pennell said that a great portion of the bad debts were due from officers who had been in camp, but were now dispersed over all quarters of the world. There was no opposition. His Honour said that it was to be regretted thatft gentle man should enter into avocations which he did not under stand, but under all the circumstances he would grant an immediate certificate, but it could only be of the third class. THE REFORM BILL. A meeting of Reformers, convened by the Par liamentary Reform Committee, was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, in order to consider the position in which the Reform question is now placed, more especially by the proposition to submit the bill of Lord John Russell to a Select Committee, and to take such steps as might appear desirable to defeat the attempt to postpone the question. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings, Colonel TOWNSEND WILSON proposed the first resolution : " That this meeting rejoices in the defeat of the treacherous proposal of Mr. Massey to refer the Reform Bill of Lord John Russell, after its second reading, to a select committee—a proceeding which can have no other effect than to postpone to an in definite period any legislation -in favour of Parlia mentary reform." He did not consider the bill complete, but as an in stalment it was worthy of their acceptance. Mr. JEFFREY, in seconding the motion, consi dered the bill was only a very small modicum of what they required, but Lord John Russell had given them the best bill that he could, and it was their duty to accept it at his hands, and give him their support. The motion having been supported by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Delaney, and Mr. Willis, was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. COLMAN, of Norwich, moved the second re solution : " That after the pledges given by three succes sive Administrations, and the occurrence of a gene ral election on the subject of Parliamentary reform, this meeting protests against any further compro mise or delay in the passing of a substantial mea sure, and entreats her Majesty's Ministers on no account to yield to the reluctance which may be manifested in the existing House of Commons to reform itself, but, if necessary, again, by an appeal to the constituencies, to commit this question to the decision of the country." Mr. COSIIAM seconded the motion. Mr. Holyoake, Dr. Challice, Mr. Marling (of Stroud), Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. Gowland, Mr. Lucas, and the Rev. Mr. Griffith spoke in favour of the motion, which was then carried unanimously. Mr. LEATILI3I, M.P., proposed the following re solution : " That this meeting, regards with strong disap probation the repeated observations made by mem bers of both Houses of the Legislature as to the unworthiness.of the working classes to be admit ted within the pale of the constitution, and the danger of entrusting even a fraction of them with the franchise, believing such observations to be en tirely unsustained by evidence and disparaging to the character of Englishmen, and calculated to ex asperate the unrepresented millions of our fellow countr, men." Mr. Morgan (of Birmingham), Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Lawson, M.P., also supported the motion, which was then agreed to. NBITTMA.RKET RACES (THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) JOCKEY CLUB PLATE. Newcastle Walked over, £OO lIANDICAP PLATE. Tom Thumb Rosary filly 2 Antler .. Seven ran. £5O PLATE. Weatherbound Bentinck Largesse Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Thunderbolt MATCHES. Gallus beat Miss Whip colt. Polyolbion beat lambic. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Chanonine Buttercup Six ran. SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Tyburn Mainstay colt Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Emily Acta3on .... FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.—North Lincoln and Tightfit divide the forfeit. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 Sovs.—The Wizard received for feit. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Petra (taken) 13 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Apollyon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (offered) 20 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 22 to 1 agst Indepenlence (taken) 2:5 to 1 agst Viatka (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 100 to 3 agst Blue Ruin (taken) DERBY. 9to 2 agst Umpire (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lIOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSI ESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Belfast and County Down Railway ; Belfast, Holywood, and Ban gor Railway; London Hydraulic Power Company; Moray shire Railway. The report on the Sovereign Life Assurance Company was brought up and agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against the Medical Relief Bill, against the Wine Licenses Bill, against the Jews Amend ment Act, in favour of the Coal Mines Regulation Inspec tion, from members of aWesleyan Congregation at Norwich against the Church Rates Bill, &c. REFORM BILL. Mr. E. JAMES gave notice that on going into commit tes on the Representation of the Peoples' Bill, he would move that all persons of full age occupying lodging or por tions of a house in boroughs for which they paid £l2 a year, and those holding tenements for which they paid X2O a year, should be entitled to be placed on the register of voters, provided they occupied the same for twelve calendar months. LAW OF PROPERTY BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, which came from the Lords, Mr. HADFIELD complained that by the existing statutes law courts imposed restrictions upon the invest ments of trustees, by which they were required to invest the trust funds in such annuities as Consols, while there were other investments equally safe, and which would yield large annuities. That was a state of things which necessarily operated most unjustly in regard to those possessed of pro perty, and he referred to certain cases to show the extent of that injurious operation. He thought therefore that a clause extending- the power of trustees with respect to in vestments should be introduced into the bill. The house then went into committee. On clause I, Mr. lIODGKINSON considered that in the case of maltsters injustice was inflicted. If a person became se curity for a person engaged in that business, his security was immediately registered and made a mortgage on his property, which was a great hardship. lie had personal experience of this matter, and he suggested certain altera tions in the clause that would remedy the evil of which ho complained. The present state of the law between a bonds man and the Crown was most unsatisfactory. Mr. WALPOLE objected to the amendment, on the ground that Crown debtors stood in nn exceptional position. Sir G. C. LEWIS said this matter concerned the depart ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he was not competent to give an opinion on it. lle considered the best course to adopt would be to postpone the consideration of the clause. After some remarks from Sir F. KELLY and Sir F. GOLDSMID, Mr. ROLT strongly objected to the clause as going to the extent of sweeping away all registered judgment secu rities on laud, and debtors, to prevent an immediate execu tion, must effect a mortgage deed. The fact was that a registered judgment was now an equitable mortgage upon land, obtainable by a cheap and simple process, which, he oontonded, was valuable alike to debtor and creditor. Mr. WHITESIDE said th•it there was no principle of law which made a registered judgment a lien on property. He alluded to eases in Ireland, in which the adoption of this practice proved ruinous to creditors. Under the circum stances, he would cordially support the clause. Mr. LONOFIELD considered that the clause should be postponed, as the subject to which it referred was too large and important to be dealt with in the summary manner proposed. After some further discussion, the amendment was with drawn. _ . . Mr. HADFIELD moved as an amendment, to insert in page 1, clause 1, line 12, after " recognisance," " to be en tered up after the passing of the present act," the object of which was to prevent the bill having a retrospective opsration. Mr. HENLEY opposed the amendment. Mr. WALPOLE followed on the same side, and con- tended that the effect of the amendment would be that search should be made for judgments for twenty years before there could be a sale of landed property. He thought there might be exceptions to the amendment, but not of the character already urged, and he considered the bill, pro tanto as a step in the right direction. Mr. BARROW said that the expense of making searches for these judgments was so great, and he spoke from per sonal experience, that the effect was that they were not made in the case of small freeholders. This clause, to a certain extent, afforded security with reference to the pur chaser of freehold property, and, therefore, he would give it his support. Mr. itOLT considered that the amendment of tho hon. member for Sheffield should pass with the clause. Mr. DEASEY opposed the clause, as not affording the necessary facilities for effecting the sale and transfer of land it promised, and being calculated to cause great inconvenience to landed owners against whom judgments were obtained. Mr. M URRAY thought the clause should be postponed, until the hon. member who had care of the bill had a con ference with the hon. members who had taken a part in the debate. After a few words from Mr. M‘MAnoN and Mr. HAD FIELD, the amendment was negatived. Sir G. C. LEWIS considered, in order to give effect to what was the real object of the bill, namely, facilitating the sale of land, that the proviso for making searches , within three calendar months should be omitted. Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, as its object was to place personal and freehold property in the same position as related to sale of land. The house divided on the question that the clause stand part of the bill, and the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —7O The clause was then agreed to. The clauses to No. 6 were agreed to, with a proviso that the same were not to extend to Ireland. Some discussion in reference to the latter clause took place, but ultimately it was agreed to. On clause 7 •••• Mr. M'MAHON objected that its operation would be to introduce a new law into Ireland in regard to wavers and covenants in the transfer of land. Mr. WALPOLE and Mr. LANGFIELD supported the clause, and some discussion ensued of a technical and un interesting character, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 8 and 9 were agreed to. • Mr. HADFIELD moved the omission of clause 10. Mr. WALPOLE said that the clause provided against the commission of great frauds that might be committed by solicitors, which would deprive a purchaser of his rights. Cases had occurred in which solicitors had charged pur chasers with most unnecessary expenses for obtaining ab • street of deeds of title. Under this clause the solicitor had every safeguard against prosecution and for the reco very of his costs, and the only object was to protect the pur chaser. Mr. HADFIELD felt bound to press the amendment, as he considered the clause placed the legal profession in a most unfavourable position. The clause was agreed to, as well as clause 11. On clause 12, Mr. ROLT moved the addition of the following proviso : That in every case in which trust funds shall, while the 32d election has been in operation, have been invested or have remained invested on real securities in any part of the United Kingdom, or in the Stock of the Bank of England or Ireland, or in East India stock, the rights and duties of the trustees of such t rus t f un d s, and of the persons bene fi cially interested in such trust funds, shall be construed and take effect as if the said sec tion had not been repealed." Mr. WALPOLE defended the clause. After some observations by Mr. Roll, Mr. Malins, Mr. Henley, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. Deasey, Sir F. Kelly, and other hon. members, the clause was negatived. The remaining clauses, with some additions, were agreed to, and the house resumed. MASTER AND OPERATIVES BILL. The bill was read a second time and referred to a soled , committee. _ _ JEWS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. TIIE PAWNBROKERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. he Police and Towns Improvement (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The house thenaijottru --- ed at 20 minutes past 5 o'clock. Mr. S. MORLEY moved the next resolution : That in the event of any further delay or post ponement beyond the present session of Lord John Russell's bill, Mr. Bright be requested to bring for ward his measure in the House of Commons ;" which, having been seconded, was also carried. The proceedings, which had lasted several hours, terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HARWICH ELECTION. HARWICH, TUESDAY EVENING. The polling commenced this morning at the usual hour, and the result of the vacillation displayed by the Liberals in the selection of a candidate soon became apparent. The address to the Liberal elec tors, in which Mr. Montagu Chambers announced his intention of retiring from the scene, was couched in severe but just terms : _ .. . " The knowledge I have now acquired (wrote Mr. Chambers) of the erroneous appreciation by many electors of the value and responsibility of their electoral franchise induces me to express my belief that I cannot reasonably anticipate my return as your representative by a majority of independent and unbiassed votes." Mr. Donaldson, notwithstanding the favourable impression which he has made in the town, quickly found to-day that the remarks of Mr. Chambers applied with equal force to himself, and that he had been brought down as the pis aller of distracted counsels. The victory of the Conservatives is to be attributed to the united and vigorous manner in which they have from first to last conducted the contest, while the evil effect of discord on the Li berals is shown in the fact that while the Hon. 'V. F. Campbell obtained, as their candidate, 134 votes 12 months since, Mr. Donaldson could only muster to-day 116. This may to some extent be no doubt attributed to the decline which has taken place in the numerical strength of the constituency, the number of electors at present on the register being only 317 ; but the Conservative candidate to day polled 146 votes, as compared with 145 votes re corded for Captain Jervis in March, 1859. It is stated that 30 Liberal electors held aloof and re fused to vote. The election was virtually decided in the first three hours. The Liberals claimed a majority of 6 at 9 a.m., but at 11 they admitted that Mr. Donaldson had obtained only 91 votes as against 97 recorded for Colonel Rowley. After that hour they ceased to publish any statements, but the Conservatives continued to issue returns to a later period in the day. These bulletins are appended : Time. Rowley. Donaldson. Quarter past 9 10 Half-past 10 11 Half-past 11 12 Half past 12 1 137 2 14l 3 144 Shortly after 4 o'clock the numbers were officially stated by the Mayor ;Mr. F. Hales) as follows : For Colonel Rowley For Mr. Donaldson His 'WORSHIP accordingly, amid loud cheers from Colonel Rowley's supporters, declared the hon. and gallant gentleman duly elected (cries of " By bribery") a member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Harwich. Colonel ItowLEY briefly expressed his thanks, and stated that he should do his utmost to pro mote the prosperity of the town without reference to party considerations. Mr. DONALDSON also addressed the meeting with much good humour, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the mayor. LIDS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. The trade was by no means brisk, yet it ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. The general quality of the samples was only middling. There was a moderate inquiry for foreign wheat, but the business doing in it was by no means extensive at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were inquired for on Irish ac count, consequently prices ruled firm. The few samples of barley on show were disposed of at e xtreme rates, and the demand was decidedly healthy. There was very little doing in malt ; prices, however, were supported. Oats, beans, and peas ruled firm in price. The flour trade was steady at the late advance. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 650 (90 i 400 ' 20 Irish Foreign 1,5:50 I 5,530 I 1,250 i 10 sks. I bls. Flour. SSO BOROUGH HOP. Weald of Kent and Sussex pockets are in fair request, at full prices. Other kinds are a slow inquiry. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meaTaientoderato on the whole, and the trade is steady, as follows: — Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Sd to 46 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 53 Od per 81bs. THE MORTARA CASE.—The Tribunal Criminal and Civil of Bologna has acquitted Father Feletti, of the Order of St. Dominick, Inquisitor of the Holy Office at. Bologna, charged with having carried off by force the child of the Jewish couple Mortara. The rev, father, in answer to the charge, represented that in " sequestrating" the child (so ho designated the abduction) he had only obeyed the orders of the supreme Holy Office at Rome, whose agent he was, and could not, therefore, be held personally respopasible, DEBATE IN MEP .RUSSIAN 011ADIBEE. The debate in the Prussian Chamber of Repre sentatives on the Hesse question was brought to a conclusion in the sitting of the 21st inst. On the previous day M. de Vincke brought for ward his motion approving the course followed by the Government. "M. Duneker, member for Berlin, declared that the articles of the final act of Vienna, which pro mised constitutional government, had been delibe rately and systematically violated, and that the policy of M. Metternich had made the Diet a mere police institution. Since 1848, he said, when the legal authority of the Diet - was buried with the hatred and contempt of the whole German people and with the consent of the Princes, Austria had incessantly attempted to drag Prussia into compli city with her system of politics. It was now to be seen whether this attempt, which had succeeded during the unhappy t en years o f th e M an t eu ff e l Administration, would equally succeed under that of Prince Hohenzollern. To give way now would be to submit to a defeat more shameful than that of Olmutz in 1850. I shall perhaps be told (he said) that I am exposing the weakness and divisions of Germany at a moment when the common enemy is at the gate. (Great excitement.) Gentlemen, Ido not lose sight of these dangers ; I know what those words mean—' L'empire c'est la paix.' Europe has been divided ; thereupon the mask is dropped, and the theory of natural frontiers has been sub stituted for 'ideas.' It is of no importance that this theory has been taken up in some cases and repudiated in others. Every document which come from France is stamped with the same indifference to the rights of others, the same determination to take account of no in terests but those of France. Have the European Powers found anywhere the strength necessary to resist this encroaching policy ? Are they taking care to safeguard the common law of Europe in Switzerland, and to defend the rights which were conferred on that State for the good of all ? It cannot be said that they are. Russia has her own internal difficulties, and is thinking how she can make good her designs in the East. Austria is meditating vengeance on the Italian parvenu, and perhaps also on the German parvenu. England, formerly so proud—England, which in the time of the great Prince of Orange could rally Europe around her—has almost made up her mind to sell her birthright for that mess of pottage, a treaty of commerce and navigation. Is it not, then, time for the monarchy of Frederick the Great to take in hand the task which formerly devolved on Eng land, and to render all other alliances superfluous by a close and intimate union with the German people ? (Loud applause.) This necessary union, so imperiously demanded by the dangers of the future, would be gravely compromised by signs of feebleness in dealing with the Hessian question, and thus the course pursued by the Government is one not only of honour but of prudence. To aban don it and sacrifice the interests of Germany to a fallacious agreement with the Governments of Germany and Austria, would be to augment, and not to avert, the dangers which hang over us. (Loud cheers.) M. Duneker went on to say that he felt sure that the Government would persevere in the course on which it had entered, and that the Chambers of Germany would imitate the example of the Prussian Parliament. He hoped the motion of M. Vincke would be carried by an imposing ma jority. .4 M. Reichensperger (Catholic) exhorted hon. members to preserve unity in Germany. The eyes of the man who watches over the pulsations of Europe were turned upon them, and he would act when he thought Germany was divided. If Prussia sowed disunion she would reap a mournful harvest. " M. Mathis reviewed the history of the Hessian controversy. He said it was Prussia which Austria really sought to strike in Hesse. He recollected Schwarzcnberg's words, ' We must degrade Prussia in order to destroy her.' Unhappily, in 1850, there was a Prussian coterie to aid the Austrian Minister in that work; but it was not so .now. Let us,' said the speaker,' keep a good conscience towards the German nation, and God will protect Prussia whatever may happen." The debate was resumed on the 21st by M. de Berg (a liberal Catholic, and ex-Member of the National Assembly of Prussia in 1818). He first replied to M. de Biankenbourg's attacks in the pre vious sitting against the democrats. He attributed the defeat at Olmutz to the feudal party. M. de Blankenbourg now disavowed the policy of 1850, which humiliated Prussia before victorious Austria. Passing to the calling of Prussia, M. do_ Berg re minded the Chamber that when the King - of Prussia declined the Crown of Germany he said that the election of the National Assembly of Frankfort gave him a claim. Now, every right implies duties and obligations. Prussia has thus assumed the duty and the obligations of defending the rights not only of the German Princes, but also those of the German nation, the duty of replacing the National Assem bly, of not allowing faith and hope in German unity to be despaired of. (Loud applause.) The late Government failed in that mission, and caused Prussia to lose the sympathies of the nation.. That fault had now to be remedied. "We hear (continued the speaker) of the dan gers that would arise from a schism in Germany. I can only see one danger—that is, that Prussia should not advance with sufficient boldness. Should Austria be excluded from Germany, it would be no great evil. Dangers from abroad have been spoken of. Gentlemen, dangers increase in proportion to the fears they inspire. (Applause.) Confidence, not fear, ought to be inspired. Hope of victory and contempt for defeat are the sentiments which make it possible to overcome every obftacle." I. de Puttkammer did not think the report of th 6 committee went far enough. He should like to see the dissolution of the Diet in consequence of the Hesse question. He concluded by expressing the - Nish that the brave people of Hesse should finally be delivered from their unhappy position by the voice and, if necessary, by the sword of Prussia. (Applause.) _ . AL de Schleiuitz (Minister of Foreign Affairs) made a sarcastic reply to M. de Blaukenbourg's speech of the former sitting. Despite the opposi-. titan of the hon, member, he believed the Govern ment was quite strong enough to hold its ground. The discussion having been declared closed, M. de Vincke, the proposer of the motion, ad dressed the Chamber. He replied to the Poles who had declared their intention to abstain from • )ting. He reminded them that, since the Treaty of Vienna, the Poles of the Grand-Duchy of Posen were Prussians, and that, if they took no interest in Prussian affairs, no interest could be taken in them. In reply to the arguments of 31. de Reichen sperger, M. de Vincke developed the idea that the German Diet had no legal existence. It had been said that it supported the people of Brunswick against the Duke Charles in 1830 - But on that occasion, when the Brunswickers had already done themselves justice, had the Diet attempted to de fend the Duke it would have had England against it. It gave proofs of weakness instead of strength. We may, therefore, should you deem it advisable. gentlemen, take conge of the Diet. (Laughter.) The Diet is dead by law recog nised by all Go vernments. Invited, purposely, by M. de Schmer ling, I was present in 1848 at the solemn sitting in which the Diet decreed its awn fate. I moreover, remember a note addressed on the 25th of August, 1850, by the actual Minister of Foreign Affairs to our Envoy at Vienna, and in which it is said that the Prussian Government has never doubted that the German Diet has legally and for ever ceased to exist. Well, gentlemen, that which is dead irretrievably cannot be supported. (Laughter.) Coming to the Hesse question, M. de Vincke did not think the moment had arrived for Prussia to withdraw altogether from the Diet. She would be forced to do so if the Diet went further—if it showed an intention to subject Hesse by force of arms. It wou i‘ l i d . d su e ffi i. c te e ie fo h r en th sp e e p r r o. e c s r en ,s pr esent for motion Prussia to hold her Europe, ground. M. de Vincke then declaimed against any alliance with Austria. If, he said, during the last war , Prus sia had b e en a llied to Austria, she would have made peace with France by guaranteeing to the Emperor Napoleon the left bank of the Rhine. We must not rely upon Austria, who has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing, and wh o is bankrupt. We are asked, what do we , t hen, w ant ? We want, gen tlemen, a very simple thing. We want the unity of Germany , and o f t he German races under the hegemony of Prussia and to the exclusion of Aus tria ; that is what we want, neither more nor less. (Loud applause.) The chief opponents of this unity are th e sma ll er States, which are too great to wi s h t o b e ex ti ngu i s h e d, and too little to be able to live. I s h ou ld a d v i s e no coquetting with those St a t es . Th e G overnmen t must look to the nation f or s y m p a thy, an d it will attain it by a frank and man ly p o li c y. Should the Government a d o pt su ch a policy with all its consequen ces we wou ld w illi n gly grant the estimates for the increase of the army. But it is not by increa s i ng th e arm y a l o ne, it is by obtaining the sympathies of the whole nation and of the milit ia that the Government will be able to resist F rance. (Loud applause.) On such a path we may do g reat things. Let the motto on our flag be ' Prussia's rights,' and victory will be our reward." M. de Vincke sat down amidst lo ud a pp lause. The Chamber then proceeded to vote. " Considering th e. actual political state of the safety of the comm on countr y depends upon the union of all German States. Th e Chamber expresses the confidence that the Go vernment will effect a reconciliation orL 0,9 glib. TEE SWISS CONFEDERATION. We published a few days back the reply of Russia to the Swiss note relative to the affair of Savoy, and calling for the intervention of the great Powers which guaranteed the neutrality of Switzerland. We now give that of Austria, addressed to Baron de Menshengen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for that Power at Berne : " Vienna, April 8. " Monsieur le Baron,—The Chargé d'Affairs of Switzerland has presented to me the note which the President of the Helvetic Confederation addressed • _ to me direct, under date of the 19th March. The Federal Council having been kind enough to com municate to you a copy of that despatch, I can dis pense with transmitting you the text. By that document the Federal Council has demanded the intervention of the Powers which guaranteed Swiss neutrality, in order that, in concert with it, they may provide the means of protecting the rights reserved to Switzerland in the neutralised districts of Savoy, which are compromised by the cession of that province to France. "The Austrian Government has examined with all the attention it deserves the communication which the Federal Council haS addressed to it. The Powers which signed the declaration of the 20th March,lBls, have admitted that the neutrality and inviolability of Switzerland, and her independence of all foreign influence, are required in the political interest of all Europe. Faithful to that principle Austria, whether in the internal crises which the Confederation has had to pass through since 1815, or in the external dangers which menaced it, has given decided proofs of the high price which she attached to seeing Swiss neutrality preserved from all encroachment. Still more recently, when, at the beginning of the last war, the troops of one of the belligerent parties passed through a portion of the neutralised territory of Savoy, we ;veie the first to call the attention of Europe to that interference with the principle of Swiss neutrality. " The Federal Council, therefore, cannot doubt of our readiness to co-operate in any arrangement calculated to reassure Switzerland, and to put the maintenance of her neutrality out of the reach of all danger. " The Federal Council, nevertheless, does not disguise from itself the difficulties of that task, and it would have preferred for its part the ttatu quo to any change. We agree with it in that apprecia tion. The Federal Council admits, moreover, that the cession of Savoy to France is intimately con nected with the territorial changes which have taken place in Italy. Penetrated with that con viction, we have not ceased to maintain that to favour or tolerate the annexations effected by Pied mont in Central Italy was to prepare territorial changes on the side of the Alps, and that, with a wish to prevent the effect, it was before all things necessary to combat the cause. " Placed now in presence of the difficulty which our efforts in vain tended to prevent, wo derive from the engagement taken by the French Govern ment to come to an understanding with Switzer land, and the Powers which guaranteed her neu trality with regard to the neutralised districts of Savoy, a just motive of hoping that this question will receive a solution in conformity with the legiti mate interests comprised in it. " In authorising you, Monsieur le Baron, to offer to the President of the Confederation the assurance that we are ready to cooperate in this spirit in bringing about a_general understanding, I beg you to read to him this despatch, and to leave him a copy of it.—Receive, etc., "itECIIIIERG." The following is the reply of England addressed to Captain Harris, British representative to the Swiss Confederation : " Foreign Office, April 19. " Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving the communication which your Excellency addressed to me, under date of 19th March, in the name of the Federal Council, on the subject of the provinces of SaToy which were included in the neutrality of Switzerland by the treaties of 1815. The Federal Council cannot doubt the deep interest felt by the British Government in the Swiss Confederation, and it may rest assured that the important objects mentioned in your communication will be taken into most serious consideration by the British Go vernment, which has lost no time in coming to an understanding on this subj ec t w ith the other Powers which signed, in concert with Great Britain, the engagements of 1815. " I have the honour, etc., " RUSSELL." The replies of Prussia and Sardinia have been already published by u s , in our number of the 12th inst. We subjoin the following circular note sent by Switzerland to the Powers which signed the Treaty of Vienna:— " Berne, April 11. "From trustworthy and agreeing reports the vote upon the annexation of Savoy to France has been fixed for the 22d April inst. The question is to be put as follows Annexation to France ; yes or no.' he voting will take place by com mune. " The Swiss Federal Council cannot accept in silence the new phases into which the pending question is entering. They have already had the honour to set forth, in the note circulaire of the 19th March, from what point of view they think it right to estimate in a general way the results of such a vote. They have already expressed an opinion that the existin g rights of the neutralised provinces of Savoy, rights so solemnly guaranteed by Europe, cannot be cancelled by a simple cession nor by a popular vote. As to the voting itself, the Federal Council have thought it well to express their views quite frankly and repeatedly, and have formally reserved their rights on the subject. " Immediately after the well-known proclama tions of the Governors of Annecy and of Chambery of the Bth and 10th March, the Federal Council instructed their representatives at Paris and at Turin to protest against any voting until an under standing had been come to with Switzerland. They formally declare that they could not consider as binding a vote taken without a previous understand ing—a vote in which Switzerland and her legiti mate pretensions would be passed over. " The Federal Council have maintained this point of view in a most absolute manner in their fresh protestations of the 27th March, when they asked that Switzerland should be consulted upon the mode of voting in the neutralised provinces, and that nothing in this respect should be done without her consent. The Federal Council have had the honour to give information about this to the Powers guaranteeing the European treaties in a note dated the same day, in which they added that they must insist upon the absolute mainte nance of the start quo, until the proposed under standing with the Powers, and with Switzerland herself, should be come to. " BY the above•mentioned projected voting—all these requests, all these just and equitable demands of Switzerland are passed over. A most important political and moral act is to be proceeded with without the concurrence of one of the principal par ties interested, and without any previous under standing with the Powers, whose participation in concert with Switzerland has been positively soli cited by the note of the sth inst. "In - the presence of this fact, showing an open contempt of their rights, the Federal Council feel anxious to declare positively that they cannot look upon the result of the coming vote as decisive, and that they must explicitly protest against any infer ence that will be drawn from this act to invalidate the rights of Switzerland. " The Federal Council can all the less admit the validity of the voting that, whilst on the one hand the free expression of the will of the people of North Savoy, which has been constantly asked for, is not insured, on the other, the voting will be proceeded with without previous understanding with Switzer land. Finally, the Federal Council have no means to control the voting, whilst it is notorious that French agents, having Senator Laity at their head, are at work in Savoy'in the interest of France. " The Federal Council find themselves thus in the position of renewing, in the face of all Europe, their protestations to the Powers guaranteeing the European treaties. They earnestly recommend to them to deliberate seriously and impartially upon the present reclamation, and also to take into due consideration the rights of Switzerland, and to take prompt steps to maintain the statu quo. " In the name of the Swiss Federal Council. " (Signatures.)" ject of the difference caused by the constitutional question of Hesse." The motion was rejected by a large majority. The resolution proposed by the committee on M. Vincke's motion, implying confidence in the Govern ment, in its conduct in the question of Hesse, and expressing the hope that it would continue firm in adhering to it, was then put, and carried by 207 votes against 68. A letter from Berlin, of the 22d inst., says :-- " The resolution of the committee on Vincke's motion respecting Hesse has been adopted by 207 votes to 68. The interest taken in the debate was very great. Long before the doors were opened every approach was thronged by persons eager to get in. Prince Frederick William was present both days, and the gallery set apart for the diplomatic corps was quite full ; the English Ambassador was present. The result of the vote was received with loud cheers. As the vote implied a vote of confi dence in the Government, the Ministers abstained from voting." IMPERIAL PAHL lAME N T. • HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTEnDay.) GALASIIIELS AND PEEBLES RAILWAY DILL. Oa the inotioh of the arl of EGLINTON this bill was ordered to be re-comtritted. LAW AND EQUITY BILL. The LORD CIIANCELLOIt (who was indistinctly heard), in moving the second reading of this bill, said that we had arrived at a crisis in law reform, and the question now was whether then) should be a further fusion of law and equity. That subject had been committed t* the care ful attentionpf Parliament in the speech delivered from the Throne at the commencement of the session, with a view to enable the courts of common law finally to determine in a stisfactory manner any case which might be duly brought before them. There prevailed in this country what he be lieved was unknown in any other civilised State—a distinc tion between the law administered in one tribunal and the law administered in another. That had arisen from what he must call the narrow-minded and technical decisions of of the common law judges in former times. Justice having been denied to the subject in the courts of common law it became necessary to apply to another tribunal. Another tribunal was constituted, from which the most important advantages were derived by the country ; he meant the Court of Chancery. The great men who had presided in that court had constructed a most beautiful system of juris.: prudence, the admiration of the whole world. For many genci ations a conflict went on between the courts on one side of Westminster-hall and the courts on the other, and Lcrd Mansfield made an attempt to bring about some reconcilia tion. But that jurist incurred great obloquy for his endea vours, because it had unhappily been the practice of the law courts for centuries before to regard their respective rules as absolute perfection.. He remembered, indeed, that when he himself entered the profession the equitable doctrines of Lord Mansfield were sneered at an tconfemneit. Thus things continued until fortunately a commission was 4pointed by her Majesty to consider what improvements could be made in the courts of equity. The commission consisted of ciainent men—viz., Sir J. Romilly, Lord Justice Tur ner, Sir W. P. Wood, Mr. Justice Crompton, Sir R. Bethell, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Henley, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. W. M. James. Their recommendations, as far as the courts of equity were concerned, had been almost entirely carried into effect; but he was sorry to say that in the com mon law courts much yet remained to be done. The com mission took the most enlightened view of the subject and offered most valuable suggestions. In the report which they presented to her Majesty in 1852 they stated : _ " The mischiefs which arise from the system of several distinct courts proceeding on distinct and. in some cases, antagonistic principles, are extensive and deep rooted. These mischiefs, we believe, have arisen in part from the different principles by which the different courts are go verned, and the different systems of law from which those principles are derived, and in part from inherent defects in the powers of the several courts-. . . It happens that, in many cases, parties in the course of the same litigation are driven backwards and forwards from courts of law to courts of equity, and from courts of equity to courts of law. A defendant in an action at law, who has a just ground of de fence, is often obliged to resort to equity to control the de cision of a court of law, or to restrain the plaintiff at law from proceeding to obtain a judgment which cannot in equity be permitted to be available. . . Again, courts of law have no powers for the preservation of property pend ing litigation. A court of equity has such powers • and parties suing in courts of law are thus frequently driven into equity for the preservation of the property pending the suit at law." The commissioners laid down principles which he wished to see adopted. They said, "It is obviously most desirable that in every case the court which has the cognisance of the matter in dispute should be able to give complete relief." Having then discussed the various remedies which had been suggested they continued : "We have arrived at the conclusion that without abo lishing the distinction between law and equity, or blend ing the courts into one court of universal jurisdiction, a practical and effectual remedy for many of the evils in question may be found in such a transfer, or blend ing of jurisdiction, coupled with such other practical amendments as will render each court competent to admi nister complete justice in the cases which fall under it cognisance. We think that the jurisdiction now exercised by the courts of equity may be conferred upon courts of law, and that the jurisdiction now exercised by cum is of law may be conferred upon courts of equity to such an ex tent as to render both courts competent to administer en tire justice without the parties in the one court being ob•• liged to resort to the aid of the other." There tho ground was laid down on which this bill was founded—one cause and one court. It was not proposed that a suit should be brought in the Court of Queen's Bench against a trustee for breach of trust, or that an ac tion for assault and battery should be brought in the Court of Chancery ; but that legal rights should be enforced in the courts of common law, and, if equitable questions aro e incidentally, that those courts, should have rower to dis pose of them without entailing on the parties the necessity of going to another tribunal, employing another set of counsel, and thus incurring infinite delay and expense. His learned friend,. Sir It. Bethell, who was not only a great advocate, but a profound jurist, in an address which he delivered at the'inauguration of the Juridicial Society in 1855, said : " For above a century this country •has exhibited the anomalous spectacle of distinct tribunals acting upon anta gonistic principles and dispensing different qualities of jus tice. It is the rule and duty of the one set of courts fre quently to refuse to recognise the real right of ownership, to ignore defences and claims founded on the best esta • blished rules of justice : and the prevention of gross injury committed in the name of law is wade to depend upon the other court being quick enough to overtake and arrest the first in its career of acknowledged injustice, and prevent it from deliberately committing wrong." The commissioners who were appointed to inquire into the common law procedure had reported on the same subject and the country was deeply indebted to than for their la bours. Whatever might be thought of their suggestions re specting the equitable jurisdiction, their recommendations for amending the pleading and process of the common law courts would be generally admitted to have been most valu able. During the first nine months after the Procedure Bill of 1852 came into operation, the rules granted by those courts were reduced from 38,009 to 3,081, although a greater number of actions were brought and depending. The Com mon Law Commissioners were Chief Justice Jervis, Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice Willes, and Baron Brad well. In their second report, in 1852, the commissioners stated : " We think we shall not outstep the limits of our com mission by so far expressing our opinion, upon what is com monly called the fusion of law and equity, as - te say that, whether or not it may be thought conducive to despatch of business and satisfaction in the a dministration of justice to do away altogether with the present division of labour be tween the courts of law and equity, so far as that division arises out of the diversity of the subject-matters over which either class of courts exercises an exclusive and complete jurisdiction, it appears to us that the courts of common law, to be able satisfactorily to administer justice, ought to pos sess, in all matters within their jurisdiction, the power to give all the redress necessary to protect and vindicate com mon law rights and to prevent wrongs, whether existing or likely to happen unless prevented." They then went on to recommend specific improvements, on which the present bill was partly founded. On the recom mendation of the commissioners jurisdiction was given to the courts of common law in all cases where there was an equitable defence ; but the courts of equity held that suitors were not bound by the judgment where there was power to set up an equitable defence; so that, if judgment were given against them, they might go into a court of equity, file a bill, and have the whole case tried over again. Sir IL Cairns, a great ornament of the profession, had brought in a bill which did give to the courts of equity the powers that were required to do full justice to suitors who came before them, whereas formerly it was necessary, when a legal question arose, to go into a common law court, having an issue directed to try the point. Sir H. Cairns's Act enabled the court of equity to decide legal questions arising in an equitable suit ; but he was sorry to say that the equity judges were very reluctant to avail themselves of the power, and it was often necessary in an equitable suit to resort to an action in the common law courts to enforce a legal right, and to incur great additional expense by employing two dis tinct sets of counsel. In their third report the Common Law Commissioners, Cockburn, Martin, Willes, Bramwell, and Walton, pointing out the evils and remedies, said : "It is our intention and wish that the result of what is proposed should be engrafted upon and become part of the common law, and that the distinction between common law and Chancery law should be so far abolished. -If, in addi tion to this, the Court of Chancery is prohibited from inter fering in cases where common law rights are thus rendered capable of complete vindication in the courts of common law, and in which, therefore, its interference will have be come useless, the greater part, if not the whole, of the field of conflict will be done away with by confining the operation of the courts respectively to subject•matters peculiar to each. Thoroughly to effect this it is necessary to confer upon common law courts power to give, in respect of rights there recognised, all the protection and redress which at present can be obtained in any jurisdiction, and it is upon this principle that we have ac ted in our suggestions. If they be carried into effect there will no longer be the spectacle of jurisdictions imperfect in themselves and clashing with one another, but each court will be armed in itself with exclu sive jurisdiction over the subject-matter within its cogni sance, and with full power to give all the protection and redress which the law at present affords by means of a lu rality of suits. The conflict of jurisdiction will be done away w ith, because the occasion for it will no l o ng er e xist. We have only to add that we have given ow best Attentio; -_ xis- All Lme. was get sa ints the eX- ; the the the n at from ping and ; the ; not win, way, I the swap