The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-09 00:00:00

,! NONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation in Lombard-street, but at the Bank of England the inquiries have fallen off, owing no doubt to the lower rates again accepted in the open market for the negotiation of first-class secu rities. The terms range as low as 21 and 2k per cent. The requirements of the commercial public are still very moderate, but during the last few weeks th.e uncertainty created by foreign politics has checked operations, and to some extent may have influenced the demand for accommodation. While the sup plies continue so extensive no permanent reaetion in the terms is considered probable, and there are several who anticipate a 2 per cent. minimum before many months have elapsed, unless new channels are opened, either in the shape of loans or joint-stock companies, for the active employ ment of capital. One circumstance, which strengthens the impression that the existing easi ness will be prolonged, is the steady influx of Australian gold, and the limited exports which, if Continued, must result in. a further accumulation of bullion. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a considerable decline was recorded in the rates on Vienna and Trieste. About £13,000 in gold, principally by the Red Jacket, was sent into the Bank of England yester day. The gold by the Atrato—viz., £7B,soo—from the West Indies, has been taken for the Continent. The steamer which leaves for the Brazils to-day will convey £85,867 in gold and silver. The Silver Market continues steady, and the bars by the last West India steamer have been disposed of at ss. 11d. per oz., showing no altera tion. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market, yesterday, presented rather more anima tion, and prices of all descriptions continued extreme. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. In tile Railway Share Market business was steady, and quotations fully maintained. The announcemont, last evening, that a slight relapse had taken place in the Paris Bourse was sufficient to affect the English Stock Market. At the commencement of business this morning a decline of about I, per cent. ensued, and an uneasy feeling has been exhibited amongst the operators for a rise, some of whom have realised, and this has consequently created heaviness. The dealings this morning have been very limited, and the Market has been kept in a state of suspense until the receipt of later advices from the Paris Bourse, There is still a disposition to entertain a favourable feeling with. regard to the future ; but much anxiety, of course, Still exists until continental affairs assume a more e ncouraging appearance. Consols are about 951 96 for money, and 96 to 961 for the April account. The Government broker has purchased £20,000 stock for the savings banks. Bank Stock has been marked 227 and 2291 for special transfer ; the Reduced, 96 for ditto, and the New 3 per Cents. are flat at 961 a; Exchequer Bills, 365. to 395. ; India Loan Debentures are 99, and the Bonds 20s. Premium. In the Foreign Stock Market about an average amount of business has been transacted, and prices l'emain without any material alteration. Turkish 6 Per Cents. are 93 to 931; ditto, New Loan, 791 to 80; Dutch 4 per Cents. are steady, at 100 k, Mexi can at 20i, and Buenos Ayres Deferred at 18 11 ; vonezuelan Deferred are flat at 17t, and Spanish Deferred at 304 ; Russian 41 per Cents. are firm, at 1001, and Sardinian at 821. The New Austrian l'oan is 19 to clis. The Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but a downikvard tendency has prevailed in some instances, while in others there has been a slight improvement, owing to the favourable traffic returns. Caledonians and Chester and Holyhead have improved ss. ; Great Western and Midland, 103 ; and Great Northern, £l. Eastern Counties, South Western, and North Eastern (Berwick), declined ss. ; North Eastern (York), 10s. ; and Brighton, £l. The Foreign undertakings have been depressed. Lombardo-Venetian have declined about 55., and Paris and Lyons, 10s. Great Luxembourg brought former rates. In the Colonial Market, East Indian have receded about 58. ; Great Western of Canada, 10s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada have exhibited a considerable improvement in consequence of the new arrange- Ment published yesterday being quoted 35, 35i, 36. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. London and County have improved 10 8 . ; London and Westminster, ss. ; Electric Tele graph and Madras Irrigation brought former rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank' Stock ~(3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Shut 961 Uer Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 96 i i i i Lon g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 Shut Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 Shut Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 Shut. India Stock Ditto Debentures 99 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (April) tXchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 1.1 d.. 36 9 1 ~PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... .• • • • Ditto Deferred Atexin a n 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . 30a Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Ac s count Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Lon don. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 4 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 95- 6 Consols- for Account (April) 96 k YO UTHFUL MINERS. I remember one morning, after our mill was at Work, seeing two children loitering about the engine -house, with bags on their backs. At first I thought it was curiosity, but, observing that the elder made one or two efforts to engage my atten tion, I inquired " what he wanted," when, in a silent, cautious way, the wily mannikin asked leave to use a pestle and mortar that was kept in the canvas workshop for testing quartz samples. I gave the child permission, but insteadof instantly avail ing himself of it, I remarked that he and his com rade waited until the dinner hour, when the car penter was sure to be absent and even then they entered upon their little business with a degree of wary circumspection that made me femininely curious. So after a short lapse of time, making a slight circuit, I camenoiselessly to the tent entrance, and found this pair of Lilliputian miners laboriously at work, pounding quartz pebbles in the mortar. My entry was a surprise ; but when they peeped and ascertained that none of the men were approach. ing, they became re-assured, without, however en tering upon any explanation or confession, until I put the mortar on edge towards the light and saw its glittering contents. The elder child then told me, with reluctant candour, that he and his mate, when at play the other day, found a " little quartz reef with a lot of gold in it, and, without telling father or mother, they picked out the two little bagfuls, and came round to the mill by a back gully, for fear anybody should get upon the scent' * * * According to my estimate, the tw o parcels of stuff they had with them would not have weighed together much over 201 b., certainly not 301 b. * Anxious to ascertain the re sult, I took the pestle, and pounded the remainder in a short time, and made them carry the produce up to my private tent, when to my astonishment I ascertained that it reached within a few penny weights of 131 b. of pure gold, or—" oh, ye gods and little fishes !"—within a fraction of the money value represented by £624.—Life in Victoria in 1853 and 1858. By W. Kelly, Esq. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the Countess of Clarendon with their company last night, at her ladyship's " reception" in Grosvenor-crescent. Colonel Home Purves Was in attendance on their royal highnesses. A small circle were present to meet the illustrious visitors. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning a fatal accident occurred to a man named William Baker, aged thirty years, who resided in Thames-street. It appears that the deceased went to drown a cat at Southwark-bridge, when he slipped from one of the barges and fell in, and, being rapidly hurried away by the current, was drowned before assistance could arrive. 'HARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Share) Railways. I Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. NARY SHARES AND STOCKS. • , i i I Closing Business • Share Railways. ( Paid . p rice. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 20 Ardennes all - - p 1.:.1.0 Am berg., Notting. Bost. 2 0 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 d and Eastern Junction 10 * 6 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all , # 1 1 I 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessae„ all j - • 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all n 81 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 11 21 Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish Junction lOO 62 64 6 Eastern of France ...... all 261 261 25 Blackburn all 11 111 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 $3 20 Great Central of France all - - Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian - - Stock Chester and Holyhead - 50 Cork and Bandon all - • - 20 Lierre and Turnhout .. all - - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 1 1p 9 1 20 Cornwall all 5 Si 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf. all - -- f A rcves. no div i all - - 2 0 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 10 Do. A until6p.c.per an all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - , 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New - - 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Namur and Liege all 81 8 6 1 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc. all 8 1 9 1 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19. 20 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 16 16 Northern of France .... all 36 3 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 6G' 61 60} 4CO 20 Do. New Shares - - p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 20 Ottoman, g - ,ua. 6 per cent 7 -- - 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 324 33 334 25 East Kent all 14 15 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 51 53 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) ) 9 1 1. d H 20 East Suffolk - - I gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... j 10 Do - - 71 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 -71 -- Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 70110 Rome and Frascati .... all - - . Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 27 271 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - ' Stock Furness - ~,-,„ 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn 161) 95 vi 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 6 7 10 Great North of Scotland 1110011 102 10 102 10 4 1 1021 31 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref .... all 9 93 Stock Great Northern 2O Southern of France ... . all 19 261 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 88 89 81 West Flanders all 5 5 r5l Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 134 10 Do. 51p. c. Preference . all 9. 91 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1031 1041 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 Stock Great Western - - Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 12 Irish South Eastern all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 90 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - 111 161 Do. Thirds - .- 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p , Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 1 06 93 4 I I 16 Do. do. F 416 6 Id BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 . id 3 Do. West Riding Union 1- - Shares Railways. I rma : Closing Business " 20 Do. Southport - - Price. Done. Stock London and Blackwall all 66 68 67 1 - Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh - - B t s Atlan tic & oda t S a6 t &p L ce a e r nc et . e ni n nt ce . a all Stock Lon.,Brighton dzS.Coast 100 111 112 111 1® B A o t L m lan e . a , Stock London & North Westn 100 95 4 051 95 1 I gu. 5 per cent 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 9 3 934 93 } i 18 Do all - - 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 18 D o. Add i t. Capital A 6 1 # d 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all a• ..,„- 18 Do. Do. B 41 I # d Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 38 6'it 10 Metropolitan 3 - - d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 64 71 Stock Midland lOO 100/ 101 1001 ;/ 1 201 Do. New l6l - -- d Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 75 77 100 c Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 1 00 85 90 6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug 187 2 j ~ 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 100 Nevecastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Ckutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par 1 p 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 114 12 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. - - pm 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - 61 . 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 4 4p 64 50 North. Counties Union 3/ 3 1 3 d 174 D emerara - - Stock. North British lOO 59 5 91 59 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e. 5 4 i d Stook Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 1031 1011 .1051 4 Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div 2O Do. C Shares all - - until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 4 4 p 154 Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 51 Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 921 )21 92 1 it 100 GeDe°loAingP.Cc.orßitalosr.aPtaioYn:s69 1 all - - 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 11 d 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s 1). c. all 19 191 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 47 171 47 61 Stock Do. York lOO 76 4 77 1 77 6 1 Sto. f per cent. Bonds lOO - - Stock North London lOO 101 102 • Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 28 30 351 56 5 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 68 71 and City Junction._ .43 ls. - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre.. _ 100 S 9 91 20 North Staffordshire l7l 13 41 4 14 1 d 14 13 20 GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e, all 1 001 101/ 1021 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 20 Do. do Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 32 3 4 33 4 20 j Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 10 Peebles all -- - t guaranteed 5 per cent. .1 2a ' - - 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO - 201 Do. New Stock Scottish Central lOO 113 115 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76 ' with 1 all 100 105 Stock South . N.E., Aber. Stock 100 26 4 L 74 t ept. till 60 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 4 8 7 5 lOO Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 105 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 100 Do. do. 73 without opt. all 100 105 10 Sitting;bourne & Sheer all 34 24 d 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d o .. all 96 98 Stock South Devon lOO 37 4 38 100 71 1 7 2 1 71 1 1 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c, all 174 18 Stock South-Eastern4 66 64 100 20 Do. do. 5 per cen t . a ll 19 201 65 Stock South wales 12 14 121 Stock Melb. CsdisiLiralfcnßa.dt.6( 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.e. 10 1 1 d 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 20 Do. do - - 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok.. all 8 11 5 i d par 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 3 6 1 374 ni 7 Ca 'P t na l .c. Bonds : h . t ) g a a d i t e d e P c .o . .. . 100 1 1 : 11 --- 7_ d d Newßnmswick&Canda. 25 Do. do. 1854 224 - - ' 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - - Stockton & Hartlepool ni - - Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 22 00 1 D DB o ooert . :lYa.s& do. Land do. - Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - - 20 j Northoflndia Tramroad - Stock Vale of Neath lOO - - t Limited, Scrip 2s. Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Oude (Limited) - - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde . 4 -..s 15 i 1 p 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal, all - - 20 D o. New C, , 10 1 d 1 p 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub ~,,w 5 / i d 7 B. has been pd. to B all 21 3 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. b , 0,7 10 1 1 d 5 Do. B all 61 61 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 20 West London all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 4d part 10 Do. Ist Class all I - - 20 Do. 2d Class all - - ..., PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Shure Mines. Paid. I Closing i Business Share Railways. Paid- I Price. Done. " , Price. Done. I . . . , . Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 8 20 13ritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 210 220 • Great South Tolgus l7s 12 13 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 31 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 1 Lady Bertha .. 4 7 1 North Frances (Mogan) 81 DI North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 4 6 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 9 10 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 151 161 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 4 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 450 460 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 210 220 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 14 2 10 Tin Croft 9 31 4 UnitedMines(Gwennrp) 40 - - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 1 4 West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 22 W. Caraclon (Liskezrd) 2O 721 771 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 210 220 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 5l 31 4 3/ Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 .... Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe 8 48 511 -- Wh'l Trelawney (Lick. ) • 41 31 33 I FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 800 AccordCopper,Lim los i It p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 11 20 Do. St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 101 111 5 Do. Land and MiningC o all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cohn? Coffer all 36 39 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General a ll 22. 23. 3 Linares all 9 9/ 91 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 . 4 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 4 p 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 1 i 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 11 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid Share Securities. ' Closing Business Prices. Done. • - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1131 1141 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 ll2 113 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &Jifly 100 1111 1124 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 101 103 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1114 112 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan &July 100 1101 1114 • Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Caledon 210, 4 per cent Do. Quay. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5i pc Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lanc. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. r.r a. 5 Pc• Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 41 pe p. c. do. do. Redm.,s pc. pm at. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf G t.Sn.& w (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Do. Redeemable, 4i pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lop : StS : W, 7 p.ct. stock,l late 3d sliares Londondy & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis, sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. 26 Do. 3} per cent. I Maryport & Car., 4 p.c IDo. 4 per cent - ID° Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock 860 . Do. Con. Bris.&Bir.6 p.ct. Do. 4a p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. prat .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c- p m Do. Perpet, 6 p. a with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 percent Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dek.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua .. Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N. -Eastern deb Do. 3a per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 4 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c ' Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 1 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 1 Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1859. NOTTINGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] FOREST PLATE. Muffatee colt , , Brandy Ball Nine ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) 14 to 1. agst Mutineer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Shafto (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rio (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 3 agst Queenstown (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jordan (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT, HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS D. r). This being Ash Wednesday, the Speaker ace onipanied by several members of the House of Commons, attended Divine service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, and did not take the chair until two o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Colonel LYGON took the oaths and his seat for Tewhes bury. WEEK. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented, praying for the admis • sion of persons employed in provincial post -office Is to the benefits of the Superannuation Act ; that marriag a with a deceased wife's sister might not be legalised, &c. (From the .Registrar-General's Report.) FOREIGN OFFICE. Sir G. LEWIS moved for a copy of the report of Mr. John Phipps, on the state of the buildings now occupied as the Foreign-office, dated Jan. 12, 1859. MENT. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,215, a number which shows but a trifling decrease on that of the previous week. In the ten years 1849-58 the avcrage number of deaths in the Weeks corresponding with last week was 1,199 ; but as the deaths in cluded in the present return occurred in a popu- lation which has increased, they can only be compared with the average after it is raised in proportion to that increase, namely, with 1,318. Hence the deaths of last week were less by about 100 than the number which would have occurred if a mortality equal to the average rate had prevailed. At the present time the population appears to enjoy a fair amount of health, if this is measured by the experience of London itself in former seasons ; sanatory defects become apparent on comparing its mortality with that of places in more favourable conditions. Whilst the deaths were low, th e bi r th s were high, and the result is an excess in the latter, as compared with the former, equal to 726. The mortality from small-pox again shows an increase, the deaths in the last four weeks having been successively 29, 13, 11, and 22. The disease seems to prevail in parts of the St. Luke and Bethnal-green districts. Last week there were 50 deaths from scarlatina, and 27 from diphtheria, being altogether 77, as compared with 68 in the previous week. Those from diphtheria occurred in sub-districts as follows :—Brompton 1, St. Paul Hammersmith 1, Chelsea North-west 1, Belgrave 1, St. John Westminster 1, St. Margaret, West. minster 1, Cavendish-square 1, Reget's-park 2 Tottenham-court 1, Kentish Town ,1, Islington West 2, South Hackney 1, Goswell-street 1, Old-street 1, St. Leonard Shoreditch 1, Bethnal-green 1, Ratcliff 1, Poplar 1, Kent road 1, Lambeth Church second 1, Kennington first 1, Brixton 1, Clapham 1, and Wood wich Dockyard 2. Scarlatina was fatal in five cases in St. Peter, Walworth. Out of 15 deaths from all causes in Somers Town, 10 were from zymotic diseases. A child died at 12, Brand-street, Islington, from cholera, after 22 hours' illness. A sewer cleanser, aged 30 years, was " poisoned by sewerage miasma." A woman died at the age of 93 years, and three men at the respective ages of 94, 95, and 97 years. Last week the births of 1,001 boys and 940 girls, in all 1,941 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,703. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WHITEHALL, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland appointing the Right Hon. Chas. Henry Gordon Lennox (commonly called Earl of March), to be a Poor Law Commissioner for England. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William White Cooper, Esq., to be Surgeon Oculist in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Henry Alexander, Esq., deceased. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, to appoint Sir Charles Henry John Rich, Bart., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Edward Hayward, Esq., resigned. MARCH 5. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, to appoint Captain Frederick Sykes Daubeney, late 44th Regiment, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, vice Benjamin R. Williams, Esq„ resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 8. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA- Borough of Bury St. Edmunds—The Hon. Alfred Her vey (commonly called Lore Alfred Hervey), in the room of the Right Hon. Frcderibk William Hervey (commonly called Earl Jermyn), now Marquis of Bristol, called to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 8. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel E. W. Wilton Passy, from half-pay of a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, paying the difference between in fantry and cavalry, vice Brevet-Colonel John Douglas, C. 8., who exchanges, receiving the same ; Major James Miller to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Passy, who retires; Captain Harrington Astley Trevelyan to be Major by purchase, vice Miller ; Lieutenant Frederick Shells to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trevelyan ; Comet the Honourable James David Drummond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shells. 7th Light Dragoons — Cornet and Sub-Lieuteant George John Brudenell Bruce, from the Ist Life Guards, to be Cornet, vice Harding, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. James Lyon Browne, from half pay 21st Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel Crutchley, appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum. Major Thomas Francis Hobbs to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice the Hon. James Lyon Browne, who retires. Captain and Adjutant Ellis James Charter to be Major, by purchase, vice Hobbs. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share] Joint-Stock Banks, Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. AgradzUnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London !Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot. ' & Ans. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustraL London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank I'rovincial of Ireland . • Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 251 261 45 47 1 i 62 65 d 100 20.11 161 1.61 21 22i 48 49 all all 17i all 211 22 16} 221 2 294 ..., .... 21f1 271 7 20 19 d PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Lord J. RUSSELL said—On the motion for Viz second reading of the bill to amend the representation of the people, I will move an amendment, of the term of which I shall give notice to-morrow. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Lord NAAS said the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill, but as they intended to bring in a bill almost similar, he suggested that the hon. member who brought forward the present measure should: postpone its further stage until both bills could be laid befo re the house. After a few words from Colonel FRENCH., Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said he would. -agree to post pone the committee of the bill till this da: . ,r fortnight, in order to meet the view of the noble lord. The bill was then read a second time. CHURCH RATES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of.' this bill, Sir J. TRELAWNY moved as an arc zadmont that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He strongly objected to the principles and details of this bill, which he considered faulty in varims particulars. He thought the provisions with reference to ownerships and the constitution of the incumbent and churchwardens into a corporation was very objectionable lie did not see any necessity for the alteration in those points that had been introduced in the present measure. [LEFT SFEAKOZG.] THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. PUBLIC MEETING THIS DAY. A public meeting of the inhabitants of West minster was held this day at St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, for the - purpose of adopting such mea sures as might be deemed expedient respecting the Reform Bill pror,osed by the Government. The hall was about half filled at the commence ment of the proceedings. At one o'clock the chair was taken by T. Prout, Esq. AmorLgst those present we observed Sir De Lacy Evan s, M.P. ; Sir John Shelley, M.P. ;D. Nicoll, Esq., M.P., &c. Letters of apology were received from Sir B. Hall, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Byng, and several other members of Parliament, who expressed their in ability to attend, in consequence of the county rate bill being under discussion in the House of Com mons. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he trusted the meeting would support him in the performance of his duty. He thought the bill brought forward by the Government on the subject of reform was a hoax attempted to be palmed upon the people, which would lead them into a labyrinth of folly. (Cheers.) Mr. POUNCEY, in moving the first resolution, denounced in strong terms the Government bill, as by one of its clauses it disfranchised no less than 10,000 of the 40s. freeholders. He condemnenhe bill, as it contained no opening for the working; a sses_ (hear, hear)—and he deemed it his sacre and solemn duty to oppose any measure that did not admit the working man to the exercise of his undoubted right, the franchise. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That this meeting considers the proposed measure'of the present Government for Parliamentary Reform utterly un worthy the acceptance of the people, as, by still excluding the great body of the people from the exercise of the fran chise, by perpetuating the gross inequalities of representa tion, by retaining the small, corrupt and nomination boroughs, and by withholding the Ballot—the only security against bribery and intimidation—it leaves the chief evils and anomalies of the present system untouched." Mr. ROBINSON, in seconding the resolution, said he did so because he thought it would be acceptable to the great majority of the people. He viewed the Government measure as a trick, a sham, and an attempt to impose upon the intellect of the people. (Loud cheers.) The popular voice, in his opinion, was decidedly opposed to the measure, as they had, after waiting for years, determined to have a much more comprehensive bill than that now put for ward. [A person in the body of the hall called out " Bright's bill," which elicited cheers, hisses, and cries of " No, no."] The Times had stated on a former occasion that there was no need of reform, but that journal was again turning round—(cheers) —it was only watting until the people had pronounced, and then it would be ready to advocate the necessity of reform. (Hear, hear.) The bill of the Government did not give the people the ballot. Now that cir cumstance alone was a great mistake, for without it all extension of the franchise would be worse than useless. He called upon the meeting to do all that was possible to defeat the measure which had so many omissions. Mr. MANTLE then came forward, and, in a long speech, said the bill was unworthy of the support of the English people. After a stormy discussion the resolution, was carried with the following addenda : " That this meeting is further of opinion that the only legitimate basis of a national reform is to be found in man hood suffrage, and that no bill will meet with the concur rence of the inhabitants of Westminster unless it contains that vital element of reform." The following resolutions were also agreed to : " That the plan of Reform propounded by John Bright, is worthy the support of this meeting; more especially as the principles therein promulgated are those which the Reformers of Westminster have advocated during the last half century." " That petitions be presented to both houses of Parlia liament, in accordance with the first resolution, signed by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting; that the Eail of Ripon be requested to present it to the Lords, and to the Commons by Sir De Lacy Evans; and that Sir John Vil liers Shelley be requested to support the same." The meeting shortly afterwards adjourned. COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT.-GOLDIE. Adjutant-General's Office, Allahabad, Jan. 21, 1859, At a general court-martial assembled at Allaha bad, on the 24th day of December, 1858, Lieuten ant William Clefden Goldie, of her Majesty's 12th Royal Regiment of Lancers, was arraigned on the following charge : Charge.—For conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having, when in command of a detachment of recruits, proceeding by bullock train, been drunk on the road from Sydabad to Allahabad, on or about the night of the 14th or the morning of the 15th of November, 1858. Finding.—The court is of opinion that the pri soner, Lieutenant William Clefden Goldi e , i s gui lty of the charge preferred against him. Sentence.—The court sentence the prisoner, Lieu tenant William Clefden Goldie, of her Majesty's 12th Royal Regiment of Lancers, to be dismissed from her Majesty's service. Approved and confirmed. (Signed) CLYDE, General, Commander-in-Chief. Camp Rankie, January 3, 1859. Remarks by his Lordship the Commander-in- Chief in India.—The court committed a great irre gularity in asking► for the production of former convictions against the prisoner, such a course being only admissible in the case of non-commissioned officers and private soldiers. Lieutenant Goldie will be struck off the strength of her Majesty's 12th Lancers, from the date on which this order may be communicated to him at Allahabad, which will be reported by Brigadier Wood, C. 8., to the Adjutant- General of her Majesty's Forces, and the Military Secretary to his Excellency the Commander•in- Chief. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. The Rev. Robert Halpin, Chaplain to the Forces, to be chaplain of the Third Class. The commission of the Rev. J. T. Twining, D.D., as Chaplain of the Third Class, to be antedntod to Ist April, 1842. • The commission of the Rev. Edward J. Rog ers, as Chap- Lain of the Fourth Class to be antedated to 26th March, 1845. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 8. MEMORANDUM.—Lie ' utenant John William P. Field, having obtained a first-class certificate at the School of Musketry at Hythe, has been appointed by the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secre tary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the Honourable Artillery Company of London. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Shirley Max well, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain, vice Jacson, resigned. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Anglesey Regiment of Militia.—Ensign William McGee to be Second Lieutenant. Royal North Lincoln Militia.—John Cowell Heiden, Gent., to be Ensign, vice A. F. Tanner, resigned. MEMORANDUM.—Ist Regiment Royal Cheshire Militia. —Lieutenant George A'Court Webb, resigned. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Howkins to be Captain, vice Plevins, resigned. Ist Regi ment—James Crosswell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edmund Augustus Gunn Cunninghame ' promoted. County of York—Sir Lionel Milborne Swinnerton Pil kington, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Thornton Salvin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thomas Leonard Hill, whose Commission has been cancelled. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 21st January last.] 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia— Francke Mucklestone Allen, Esq., late Captain Royal Car narvon Rifles, to be Captain, vice Bower, who retires. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last, the 4th inst : Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia — William Bredin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Daunt, whose commission has been cancelled. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Rowland Price, share dealer, Stourbridge, Worcester shire. ' BANKRUPTS Charles Duff, printer, Cheapside, City, to surrender, March 17, at one, and April 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Webb, apothecary, Carnboro' House, East India road, March 21, at eleven, and April 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William John Foweraker, innkeeper, White Horse Inn, Tiverton, March 18, at one s and April 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. George Merrony, licensed victualler, Maidstone, Kent, March 22, at half-past two, and April 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwin Frederick Unwin, hosier, 164, Strand, March 22, at two, and April 19, .at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Cadman, brickmaker, Upholland, Lancashire, March 18, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Thomas Newman, shopkeeper, Hindolveston, Norfolk, March 23, at half-past one, and April 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alfred Metcalfe, draper, Bridlington, Yorkshire, March 23, and April 20, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Robert Mabbs, milkman, Upper-street, Islington, March 16 and April 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Gibbons, linen draper, Edgley, Cheshire, March 21, and April 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS: John Sinclair Swanson, farmer, Ham, Caithness-shire. Wm. Ferguson, bootmaker, Coupar Angus. G. and J. Laidlaw, farmers, Contin and Letterewe, Ross shire. Robert Wilson, flasher, Edinburgh. David Niven and Sons, blacksmiths, Glasgow. ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam ... Short. 11 15k 11 15f Ditto Rotterdam — 1 i 171 11 18 Antwerp Brussels — 25 32 25 371 Hamburgh - 13 6 Paris ___ _ _ Ditto Marseilles — 25 32i Frankfort on Maine —117 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —35 t Madrid Cadiz — 49 Leghorn — 29 75 Genoa — 25 4.5 Naples Palermo —119 k Messina — 120 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • .... - 2.5 371 25 371 1181 11 0 11 0 35 49 49 29 0 25 521 40k 1201 1204 52 53 . E.I. Co's bis. Houle Lis. GOd. Calcutta, Co.'s rupee -- 26 2Ai 26} 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24i East India Company a Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. t s the Bth inst. Bengal Madras..... Bombay ... £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bare (Standard) ....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars :1 0 0 1 Silver in Bars (Standea 1:1) ft 0 6 t 49 51 94 96 1103 105 1125 127 116 118 6 6i 98 101 110 116 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 80 82 74 76 113 115 118 120 110 112 104 106 63 65 11 111 94 96 85 E 7 86 88 99 101 91 101 16 17 9 11 72 7 4 184 191 9 91 14 141 140 142 1.18 120 160 165 122 124 I an E9l 71 139 141 100 102 94 9C P, 9.1 111 111 9 9i 112 114 - - 90 974 t (11 23 i d 2 3 122 124 113 115 99 101 lo} 10 24i 25 102 104 102 104 16 17 28 29 32 33g 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing I Closing Business d ' Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire ... Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c E Union,HarwiehShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Nells,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartipool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference .. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. 11lidsb.& Redcr,...*Ap.c. Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 pr Do. Fi sxed per cent. Preston and Wyre. I Do. Shares A. Rovstn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g. s p.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire.. Wear Valley, g. 6p. C. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Share Docks. Stork Commercial lOO Stock Do4pereent.Pref.Min lOO Stork East and West India lOO Stork London lOO _ Stork St. Katharine lOO Stcs k Southampton lOO Stock Victoria lOO 102 101 20 ,no New 00000000 ....••• 18 Ln& N.W Lit & N.W Caledonin E.U.ALE C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. D 0....... . ...... Do. Dm...... .. L&N w & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. Lan. & Yk T Brassay M'Clcan . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 97 99 103 105 17 18 143 145 4i 4; 64 66 115 , 120 91 92 96 98 I IP 57 59 1138 140 1 pl 11 11 90 92 8 9 I p aid Closing Business Price. Done.,' stock 1 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26i 13k Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] r3t Stock 6 Stock - 12 i 121 f Stock Stock Stock 8 Stock 101 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8 Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25$ Stock' all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. MISCELLANEOITS, Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlig Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Amt. Cop.St.Co. Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. IMed. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p. e. Pref. ,iss. at ldis N. Br. &NovaSeotiaL an d N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & had. Telcgr Do New Rhm Iron Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered iTr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can ri'au Diemen'a Laud • all all all 15a. all all Paid 1 Closing Butiness dons ' Price. 121 134 1 :20 250 32 34 1 21 31 36i 381 19 21 13 15 120 126 9 10 24 25 11 41 5 1100 102 id I 1 I i t d lt 1Z -.11 5i 1 7 di 1 2 1 11 I A I 1 die pa 84 2 3 85 3:1 12 131 p 24 25 P I 7 7 62 64 1 ' 117 k 127} 36i 37i. 9 U IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS — (YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Bishop of LONDON presented two petitions from the president and fellows of Zion College, one against the Marriage Amendment Bill, an d t h e ot h er against the aboli tion of church-rates. Lord FAVERSHAM presented a petition from the East Riding of Yorkshire against the abolition of church-rates. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Thurs lay next he should introduce a bill upon the subject of rlriminal charges and indictments before grand juries. PURDAY'S DISABILITIES BILL. This bill was read a second time. TRADING COMPANIES WINDING-UP BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE CHARLES ET GEORGES. Lord WODEHOUSE rose to move that a humble address be presented to her Majesty for a copy of the telegraphic despatch of the 16th of October, 1858, referred to in Mr. Howard's despatch of the 27th of October to the Earl of Malmesbury, as printed in the correspondence respecting the Charles et Georges. The noble lord said, in bringing this subject under the attention of their lordships, he must notice an important omission in the blue book that had been presented on the subject, viz., the absence of dates in many instances of several of those despatches. In the observations he should have to address to their lordships he should have to refer to the French Government in terms of condemnation. It was known that the French Government h:.d entered into a plan for supplying labour to her colonies which, no doubt, was sure to degenerate into a practical revival of the slave trade. Having stated then, in outline, the affair of the Charles et Georges, the noble lord said it would be remem bered, that a gentleman named Macleod, the British consul at Mozambique, had drawn the attention of the Por tuguese to the fact that French ships were sent to their territory apparently for the purpose of prosecuting the slave trade. The Portuguese Government despatched a vessel to the place mentioned, when the ship was seized, and 110 ne.groes having been discovered on board, some of them were interrogated, and it was elicited that they had been brought there against heir will. The defence of the French was that the vessels were not in Portuguese waters, and also that there was an official on board which legalised whatever business the ships were engaged in. The noble lord then quoted several passages from " Wheaton's International Law" to show that the mere presence of a French delegate was not sufficient to justify the ship engaging in an illegal traffic. It had been said that the presence of such a personage would prevent illegal conduct on the part of the crew, but this was absurd, as slaves were actually found, and they had been brought there against their will. The conduct of Govern ment had been such, that if proper measures had been taken that which now presented a very serious aspect might have been very easily settled. During the whole of the negotiations that had been carried on Lord Cowley had been lett entirely without instructions, and, there fore, he was entirely precluded from taking any decided course, and the French Government was I left to , pursue its original line of conduct, as if the British Government had taken no steps whatever. There was the same want of instruction in the case of the British Resident at Lisbon, and the Portuguese Government was eventually advised to accept a miserable subterfuge, and compelled to get out of the difficulty in the most ignominious manner possible to imagine. He concluded by moving that a humble address be presented to her Majesty for copy of the telegraphic despatch of the 16th of October, 1858, referred to in Mr. Howard's despatch of the 27th of October to the Earl of Malmesbury The Earl of MALMESBURY said—My lords, I am sure, as a member of her Majesty's Government, I do not at all find fault with the noble lord for bringing forward this subject. It is his duty, as a member of the Opposition, to watch carefully whether the Ministers of the Crown faithfully maintain the honour of the country and the faith of treaties. I will go further, and thank the noble lord per smally for having brought forward this subject, which has been more mistaken and misapprehended than any other I ever remember. lam therefore obliged ao him for giving me an opportunity of setting the house and the country right upon many points involved in this case, upon which, as I have said, there have been grave misapprehensions. I will begin by explaining why the despatch for which the noble lore has moved was omitted from the papers placed before Parliament. The explanation is very simple. That despatch was in the same sense as the one of the 15th of Oct., to which the noble lord has referred, and was, in fact, a telegraphic despatch, which anticipated the other, con taining the same sentiments in a necessarily abbreviated form. Your lordships are aware that our diplomatic corres pondence is now conducted somewhat differently to what used to be the case, much of it being conveyed through the telegraph. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for any Minister to produce to Parliament entire and faithful copies of those despatches, for this reason, that he would run a very great risk of allowing our cipher to be discovered—a consequence of too great importance not to be deeply con sidered. (Hear, hear.) In laying such papers before Par liament, therefore, a Minister is obliged to alter the terms and expressions, at the same time that he furnishes, as far as possible, a true and faithful outline of the terms of the despatch. (Hear, hear.) In that, of course, Parliament must trust to the honour of the Minister to give the real sense ; and I am sure any Minister of this country will be always willing, if it be supposed that ho has mistaken or imperfectly stated the sense of a particular despatch, to show the exact terms to any member who may desire it. But it is much more difficult to alter the terms of any despatch, if written at any length and placed in juxtaposition with another despatch, as this was with that of the 15th of October. I can only say that if the noble lord wishes to see that despatch, which I hold in my hand at this moment, it is at his service, and that of any noble lord opposite; or if it should be thought likely to prove of public service, I will have it printed and added to the papers before Parliament. I will now enter upon the case of the Charles et Georges, to which the noble lord has called attention. In the first place I must remark that if the Government is to be judged justly, they must be judged according to the knowledge which they had at the time, and not by the facts which have become subsequently known to them. The noble lord has alluded to several points connected with the case of the Charles et Georges which have become known since the period when those matters were under discussion. The whole conduct of the Government depends upon the truth of their allegation—and truth it is—that the case was at the time utterly obscure and uncertain. They had only one side of the case, and that full of contradiction from begin ning to end, so that it was impossible to find any evidence upon which to decide whether Portugal had entirely right on her side, or whether she could justify the peremptory step she had taken of seizing the ship and imprisoning the captain. When the point first came before me I could not discover at the time whether the captain of the vessel was aware of the new proclamation that had been issued against the slave trade. It is probable, indeed, that he was not, for that proclamation was not issued until the 20th of Nov., and the vessel was seized on the 27th of that month. Here is the statement of Mr. Howard on the ISth of August upon that point : "It is necessary that I should here state that the late Governor of Mozambique, Senhor Menezes, not having given due effect to the prohibition of the exportation of ne groes as free labourers, contained in the Portarias of the Minister of Marine and Colonies of February 27, 1855, and July 30, 1856, was recalled on that account, as I reported at the time, and Col. Tavarez d'Almeida was sent out as governor by the Viscount de Sa for the express purpose of enforcing that prohibition, and of otherwise suppressing the slave trade. Colonel Almeida arrived, it appears, at Mo zambique about 15 days, or three weeks, before the affair of the Charles et Georges took place, and it was under his directions that the measures for her apprehension were taken." Your lordships perceive that the new governor only arrived a fortnight or three weeks before, and it was by his direction that these measures were taken. At page S your lordships will find that the date of the proclamation was November 20, and the vessel was seized on the 27th, many miles away from the Mozambique. It struck me that the first point to consider was, whether the captain might not have been ignorant of the policy of the new governor, the former governor having been dismissed for not only conniving at the slave trade, but actually taking part in it. At page 48 of the papers there is the French account of the matter : "What had happened, his Excellency said, was this : The captain of the Charles et Georges had receis'ed orders front the Governor of Reunion to procure negroes under the emigration system; but he was expressly forbidden by his instructions to take any from Mozambique, the Portuguese Government having prohibited all emigration from thence. The captain, however, received information that this prohi bition did not extend to the district of Matabane the Sheik of which had authority from the Portuguese dovernment to furnish negroes for emigration. He went there accord ingly, and th Sheik furnished a certain number." Well, then there was the custom-house question; for your lordships must remember that there were two complaints made by the Portuguese Government,—first, that the muni cipal laws had been violated by the ship anchoring in a place where vessels were forbidden to enter ; and next,that she was engaged in the slave trade. It must also be borne in mind that the Portuguese Government subsequently dropped the first ground of complaint, and confined themselves to the latter. Now, my lords, if I may refer to subsequen t proof, it seems to me to be extremely doubtful even at this moment whether the French captain violated the municipal law of Portugal—that is to say, whether his v essel was ever ' anchored within three miles of the shore, a!alleo - ed. In support of that view I would refer t o the evidence of G the captain himself, which has never been refuted by he o any one else, and which has vernor of Mozambique, or by been published by the Portuguese " These," alluding to the ne g ro labourers, " which I took at Matibane and Conducia Were procured for me by the Sheik named Ali lierY, w ho holds an authorisation of hi s Excellency the Governor-G e . nera 1 of . Mozambique, dat e d September 25 , 1856 and who has taken a commi ss i on o f 6 piastres, or 30 f. per,head."Now, it is true that the authorisation in question is said to have been a forgery, but there was at the time nothing to prove to us that such was the case, and her Majesty's Go vernment could only form a judgment on the matter from the cx parte reports. The statements made by the Portu guese were met by counter statements by the French, so that your lordships will perceive her Majesty's Govern ment had no data upon which they could rely in order to enable them to arrive at a correct decision as to which of the contending parties was in the right and which was in the wrong. (Hear, hear, from Lord Grey.) The noble earl cheers because, no doubt, it is in accordance with his opinion that a rapid, and therefore, in all probability, a rash decision should be arrived at on a question of this nature. But what, my lords, does the French captain say in answer to th e questions put to him by the commander of the Portuguese cruiser? He was asked : " Was the Charles et Georges above a gunshot from the shore ?—Most assuredly, if you take in the Island of Quin tangonia, which is net part of the continent. " Captain, was your gun shotted ?—Yes, captain. " Did the ball touch the shore ?—Almost. " But did you send the ball from. the spot when you dropped your anchor ?—I am not compelled to do that ; the rule is, when you are within range you fire your gun and board the ship. "My impression has always been that when a man-of war is m sight of several ships or boats and also in sight of land, and if he does not hoist his flag, he ought at least to have the streamers of his nation ?—True, but nevertheless not obligatory. " But would the ball have reached the shore if fired from the place where I was anchored ?—No ; but you lay on Portuguese ground with 11 or 12 fathoms of water. " The fact is, you are pretty certain that the ball would not have reached the coast if fired from the place where I lay, and it did not reach it from the place where you lay?— No answer. " How far does the Portuguese territory extend to the S.E. or the S. S. from the Isle of Quintangonia ?—No answer." Now, I do not mean to give any opinion as to whether the French captain was right or wrong. All I say is that her Majesty's Government had during the progress of those transactions—nay, have not up to this eleventh hour, any data upon which a sound opinion in reference to this question could be formed. The noble lord who has just spoken has a great horror of the system of immigra tion with which these events are mixed up. lam as much opposed to it as he can possibly be • but the question is not a matter of mere f ee li ng , it i s whether we as responsible Ministers of the Crown were to be led away by considera tions of that description, and not to form an unbiassed judgment upon the rights themselves which were involved m a case of this immense importance. You do net suppose, my lords, that I wa s i gnoran t o f th e t rea ti es w hi c h exis t e d between this country and Portugal ; nor can you, I am sure, fail to be of opinion that before we resolved to commit our selves to a course involving serious consequences it was our duty to make ourselves perfectly certain that Portugal was in the right and France in the wrong in the dispute in which they were engaged. (Hear, hear.) And, my lords, I repeat that even up to the present moment we have been furnished with no data upon which such a decision could fairly be pronounced. (Hear, hear.) Now, what, let me ask, was the course which, under these circumstances, her Majesty's Government adopted ? I am accused by the noble lord opposite with respect to two points. He charges me with .having lost time, and with not having written enough. Well, the first intimation which I received that this matter had assumed a serious aspect was upon the 18th of September, when Mr. Howard wrote to me to the fol lowing effect : "The affair of the French vessel Charles et Georges, condemned at Mozambique as a slaver, treated of in my despatches of the 6th and 7th inst., has assumed a very serious aspect." That despatch wag received oEthe 24th, and I might per haps have telegraphed on thatday fo Lord Cowley. B u t b e that as it may, I lost scarcely any Eine in the matter, inas much as I telegraphed to th4:noble lord on the 25th. Now Lord Cowley, as your lordshiPi are aware, is one of those Ministers who do not require that a long rigmarole, if I may , so term it, o f ph rases an d i ns t r uctions—which are gene rally, I believe, written rather for Parliament than for the Minister—should be addressed to him. It was therefore quite sufficient, I am sure you will think in this instance, to inform him that our good offices were offered for the set tlement of the misunderstanding between France and Por tugal, and that to enter upon any len g th ene d ex pl ana ti on as to what the words good offices " meant would be as useless as absurd. 'Well, my lords, I telegraphed, as I mentioned, to Lord Cowley on the 25th, and within five days from that time he informs us — as you will observe by referring to page 17 of the papers—that the case, he be lieves, may be settled. He writes : " Count Vv - alewski's language was very conciliatory. I feel certain he regrets that the cause has arisen, and will gladly see it settled. But the noble lord seems to think that, having received that announcement on the 30th Sept., her Majesty's Govern ment ought to have writtensome eloquent despatch, threat ening the; French Government with the treaty, and ex pressing in strong language the views which we entertained. Now, I do not pretend to know human nature so well as the noble lord, who is a diplomatist, and has represented this country in that capacity at one of the ()Teat courts of Europe; but I doubt whether, in using the petulant lan guage which the noble lord appears to regret we did not use, aro should b e act i ng wisely, particularly when we were told that the language employed by the French Minister was of a most conciliatory character. (Hear.) But to proceed, my lords, her Majesty's Government had every reason to be lieve on the 30th of September that this question would be satisfactorily settled. Upon the 3d of October, however, Lord Cowley complained that a change had taken place in the language of the French Government. He says : "It seems now that at a Council of Ministers held yester day morning, and presided over by the Emperor, the fact that the vessel had been condemned as a slaver was first broached, and it was decided that the condemnation as a slaver of a French ship having a Government delegate on board, authorised to hire African labourers, was tantamount to connecting the Imperial Government with the traffic in slaves, and was derogatory to the honour of France. It was resolved, therefore, that the release of the Charles et Georges and of her captain should be peremptorily demanded and insisted upon." You will perceive from this despatch, my lords, that the affair had assumed the aspect in the eyes of the French Minister of one in which a point of national honour was involved. The noble lord opposite, however, seems to sneer at the axiom laid down by the Government of France—for it is laid down—that if a vessel has a French agent on board her, who is responsible for his acts to the Government which he represents, she is no longer to be looked upon in the light of a mere private ship, liable to be confis cated for an infringement of municipal law. That is an axiom which is borne out by international law, and the noble lord will find that it is supported by much higher au thority than mine. But there is involved in this view of the subject another point, which is of considerable impor tance ; it is that in the case of a vessel seized for an infrac tion of municipal or international law, if she be a Govern ment ship the question at issue must be solved by diplomacy , and not by a peremptory act such as that which was re sorted to by the Portuguese Government. Such I believe to be the opinion of the best lawyers of our day, and if that practice were not followed, as it has been in almost every instance, constant disputes would be the result. (Hear.) The Portuguese themselves have not always been so prudent on these points as they may perhaps expect others to be, and one of the greatest outrages committed of late years upon a British ship, has at this moment been committed by them not far from this very sea. The fact is that this system of negro immigration is not to be put down by force ; and I feel sure, that had her Majesty's Government acted in the spirit which characterised the noble lord's speech, the result would have been very different, and we should not now have been able to enter into negotiations which it may be hoped will lead to the abandonment of this system. I said that on tke 3d of October a change took place in the language of Count Walewski. I felt it my duty on th e in stant to put forward the protocol of 1856, which, I submit, was quite sufficient, inasmuch as Lord Cowley was present when it was signed, and must have known its sense and its full value ; and I am rather surprised that the noble lord should have treated so very cavalierly my reference to so important a document, your lordships well knowing that that protocol was ono of the most beneficent and useful public acts on record. It is a document which lam sure will prevent a great effusion of blood hereafter, and it has already tended to put an end to more than one dispute be tween nations. I say I am surprised that the noble lord should treat so cavalierly the instructions given by me with reference to the protocol, and considering that he may be regarded :in some sort as the political pupil of the noble earl (Clarendon), I am still less able to understand the views he has expressed on this point. Acting, then, on the instructions which he received to insist on the protocol of Paris, Lord Cowley put himself in communication with Count Lavradio and the Marquis de Paiva, and on the 13th he reports that an amicable solution will be arrived at. Her Majesty's Government were induced by his despatches to believe that if the Charles et Georges were given up and the Captain released, the French Ministry would ad mit the mediation of a friendly Power, both as regards the legality of the seizure and the question of indemnity. There is no doubt that the French Government acceded to this proposed arrangement, for Count Walewski himself says he did so. Lord Cowley, in reporting (November 9) an inter view which he had with the French Minister says,— " I said that the 23d protocol was exactly framed to meet questions of this nature, where both parties claimed to be in the right ; but Count Walewski interrupted me by declaring that the' French Government had never de clined to submit the question of right to friendly mediation. What they had refused was mediation of any kind so long as the Charles et Georges was detained, but he could give me the positive assurance that if, even at the eleventh hour, the Portuguese Government had released the ship, and proposed to settle the question of right and wrong, through a mediator, the proposal would have met with the assent of the Imperial Government. But Portugal could not retain the ship and propose mediation at the same time ; at all events, it was impossible for the Imperial Govern ment to entertain such a proposition. I remarked to Count Walewski that it was to be regretted that M. de Lisle had not better understood the sentiments of his Government, for that on inquiry being made of him, he had stated that that the o only point on which his instructions would the amounthim to accept of accept the principle of mediation was that of oun was true the indemnity to be paid for the detention of the Charles et Georges. Count Walewski replied that it instructions addressed to M. de ed oola wi d 't sa h y it w t h h a e t demnity as the subject for mediation, Lislehuotnlythnoitenittiosntedoodinto question of right, s reason that the question of obfe inde mnity fore m e d i c a a t o r n r amount of indemnity was due, he must satisfy himself that the right to receive an indemnity existed. I rejoined that although it was of little value now as regarded the main question, I rejoiced to receive this assurance from his Ex cellency, because it showed that I had faithfully reported his intentions to her Majesty's Government in saying, that if the ship was released the French Government would con sent to submit all the questions arising out of it to friendly m ediation. Beyond doubt, said Count Walewski, ' such was our intention.' " Now, what blame can be attached to her Majesty's Government for not expecting that that agreement would be fulfilled ? (Hear.) We did not possess the gift of prophecy, and could not predict that the French Minister at Lisbon would mistake his orders. Lord Cowley, as I have said, obtained a positive assurance that an arrangement would be come to, and surely we were justified in crediting it. A great deal has been made of a despatch which I wrote subsequently on the 16th of October. My explanation with regard to this despatch is very simple. I was out of town at the time, and when I wrote it I had not received the letter of the 13th stating that an amicable solution would be conic to. I wrote that des patch, thinking its contents might be useful in the way of suggestion to L or d C ow l ey if he fa i led in h is offer o f th e good offices of this country ; but as it was it was never acted upon, and has no bearing whatever upon the results which followed. H av i ng receivd the assurance that a mediation would be admitted by the French Ministry, I do not deny that the Government were greatly astonished when a week afterwards they heard that the question had been suddenly and summarily settled. The noble lord:says Mr. Howard was without any instructions. Of course he was. We could not give him instructions upon a case which we never could in this sense : " If the French Government eat their word s be expected to foresee. We could not frame his instructions —if the French Minister makes a mistake—you must do so_ and so." When, at last, Mr. Howard's advice was sought for by the Portuguese Government he was perfectly e r o igh m t o i n giving it as he did, and in suggesting as a mattertefe offerin sense that they would do well to accept at oncteonh ofto ques to refer the questionof indemnitywithout the i down This is the last place in which I sheuld attempt lay right. dual or national any principles with regard be judged by himself, honour. A man's honour can best blame the Portuguese and so it is with a nation. Ido not either' to individual was at last made to them ,• was to refuse the offer which accept the mediation; Government ifthey thought that the only l honourable d.t course ea • ister would regarded, I think can avoid id the question of right, friend, as e as n tthhoeyEasoglcleidshth3emadsavic.e of a ea ho mtin ism erest at all can be given by the mediator unless d have . lost nothingg.by th ln e that Portugal is in the wron " M i he decides first that f pO rr : n s.n t iHom o ofdPwalas viewsrdai bg lweFes mao Portugal ulaigtg li ahtl o th‘ w weiyon a ui rd suggested ; and this wa that s the con cession which r. viewwhich, as, I have shown, Count Walewski himsel took on the question. (Hear.) We have been blamed for not acting with sufficient vigour and decision. Well, there certa i n ly was another alternative, and I really only know of on e, which would have been if, feeling certain that Portugal was right (of which at this moment we are not convinced), or not caring whether Portugal was right or wrong, we had said—" We will stand by you according to the treaty of 1703, and if you will resist France we will support you." We miqht, indeed, have said this, but should we have been acting in accordance with a case very analogous—the case of the Cagliari ? The French Government denied from the beginning the jurisdiction both of the first court in which the Charles et Georges was condemned, and of the Court of Appeal to which the case was afterwards carried. They denied the jurisdiction of Portugal just as Sardinia did that ..~_th~u ...no. 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