The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1859. _ 1 ' -,------ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. .21/ OA_E i -1/ii REF, T AND CITY NEWS. SRARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) r• Closing I Business • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I • Paid. Price. Done. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ‘ Closing I Business i Share Railways. Paid. The markets for foreign and colonial produce Price. 1 all 83 85 Leased at 6 per cent. .1 during the last few days have not exhibited much 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. Do Atlantic &St Lawrence! 134 1 1 d 171 and Eastern Junr. l- ion 10 Si 6 4 18 activity, although a fair amount of business has 50 "Belfast and Bally - men 2.. all - - Bo r m : , s ß p ar e Cent.lnd all - - been transacted in most of the principal sta 1 p es, 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 81 St ' Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesh. 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 3 1 d 18 Do. Do. B 11 f 1 d 18 °d r ce a tt chiefly, however, for home consumption. Tea con- Junction lOO 60 62 61 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 64 25 Blackburn 204 Do. New l6l 8 9 d tinues in active request, and prices show anupward 25 Birth and Tyne all 32 35 91 93 100 i Buffalo,Brant&Godrich / 100 80 85 tendency,the trade having bought rather freely owin g Stock too Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 82 to the advices by the last Overland Mail. Sugars Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 187 100 75 80 p have been in steady demand, and in the refined Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 1 par all - - 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - -- market the dealings have been to a fair extent at 20 Cornwall all 5 51 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1d lf A roves. no div all - - 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- about former rates. Coffee has been inactive, but 10 Do. A until6p.c.per an I a ll _ - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 71 1 I d ' 10 Do. B been pd toB 174 Demerara - - at public sale a fair quantity of the new crop of so Dubli has • • 11 n andßelfast June. a - 20 Eastern Bengal.g-u.sp.c. 5 1 I d Plantation Ceylon has been disposed of at about 2 5. Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc. all 8 4 9 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 101/ 102 1011 1 2 100 15 16 Stock East Anglian 2O Do. C Shares all - - former values. Rice continues in brisk demand Stock Eastern Counties losa 571 58/ 5 74 8 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 1 1 p 100 44 46 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - and at full rates, and ram has been in Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - moderate request. For saltpetre there has 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 131 20 Geelong•& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 18 20 ' all 12 14 25 East Kent been a rather active inquiry, and prices remain Stock East Lancashire lOO 90 92 90 i Sto. 1 Geelong Corporation 6 lOO _ - L per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 :33 35 34 1 firm. Tallow, in consequence of advices from St. v , East Suffolk Suffolk .. all - - all - - 711 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 79 76 Petersburg, has again exhibited more firmness and s rmness, S tock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 7 14 721 Stook Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 61 27 100 Do. 6 percent. Pref..... 100 91 93 , ~ ~ 24 GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. all 994 101 mot * prices show an improving tendenc PY C 10 Forth & Clyde y, . . ~ on Junction all - - 100 - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 4d I the s pot, being quoted 545. •; April to June delivery, Stock Furnessl db 92 94 Glasgow& South Westn,2o Do. do 20 5 Gt.S.of Ind.Llm.-Scrip 1 2a. _ • 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 - 545. 6d., and last 3 months 5 The ss. per cwt. 100 loot loli. 100; ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 3 Stock Great Northern 2Ol Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 151 15f 161 1 public sales of indigo are announced to commence Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 85 8 7 85 201 Do. New 131 133 i on the 10th of May, andof F • and y, those oreign Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld‘ 100 1" 104 105 ..,„,, , 100 I Do. Bonds pay. ' 76 sw l th 1 all 102 104 • ' 100 57 4 .58 °it 2 1 opt. till '6O Colonial wool on the 28th inst. Stock Great westernloo Do. do. '73 till '6O all 102 104 Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 56 68 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 102 104 The Liverpool Cotton Market t dclosed 12 Irish South Eastern. .. all - - yes er ay B3/ 100 Do. 51 p. a do. '77 do E heavily, and • prices remained unaltered. The sales 50 Lancaster and 161 Do. Thirds Carlis l e. all 82 86 141 11 12 p 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 161 171 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 194 101 amounted to '7,000 bales. In the Railwa Sh y ar e 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12 p . 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 175 18 • Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 2 4 93 92 1 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 ssd Market business was very inactive, and previous 16 Do. . 6 1 4ct do. F 216 2O Do. Fourth do. 9 Do. do. 29 shares.. 7 itid Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - quotations were barely supported. 3 Do. West Riding Union / - - Newßrunswick&Canda. Subjoined are the particulars of specie on board •20 Do. Southport - - 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.epc 16 --d r Stock London and Blackwell all 62 65 631 21 Class ACapitl.s hare.. f the Pera, which leaves Southampton to-morrow - Do.Newiss.at 2510sp.sh. - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 112 111 i the 20th, for India and China :- 9 Stock London & North Westn 100 93 04 23 1 k 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 10 - --d . .. Do. do. Land d 0... 3 ' Ceylon, gold __ _ Northof India Trararoad 9 - - 904 M 90 4 1 20 i , Stock London& South- westn. 100-a Madras do. ' Ditto, silver - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all f• 8 ,„ 20' Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde ss. - - ,_,.....; 15 / d Tar Calcutta, silver Hong Kong, silver f Shanghai, silver 2 Manilla,. gold 6,000 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 7 5 77 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk,.," 10 : 1 3 d ii 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - Alexandria l,OOO 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - r 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 10 iTrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par 100 Nevreastle and Carlisle all - - 9 Total £709,284 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 10 12 I, Of the above amount, £377,750 is forwarded on 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS.- Stock Norfolk lOO 57 59 Government account. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 ' 5 45 ;, 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 3 d Although well maintained, the demand for money Stock North British lOO 55 1 56 4 551 1 20 Ardennes all - - p t created very little activity in the general discount Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk Stk 100 - - Stock DO.A Stk.- Aree.no . div: 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 3 1 fd 21 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 1 a 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all - - , market, where the supplies continue abundant, and . until 6p.e.hasbeenpdß 100 - - Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2 21 the quotations moderate. Towards the close of the Stock No 894 North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 8 80 20 Dutch Rhenish I 25 Do. 21 do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 d . d 6 Eastern of France d week - the applications for allotments of the new Stock Do. Leeds lOO 45 161 45 1 20 Euphrates Valley 2s - - p Indian Loan, which must be accompanied with a 'Stock Do. York lOO 74 70 741 20 Great Central of France all - - ,t Stock North London • 100 102 105 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs.. all 6-1 61 64 11 deosit of 2 per cent., may stimulate the inquiry, 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 10 Italian Junction ....... 8 - - p2O Lake Constance & Bale all - - a and some further effect will probably be created and City Junction £.3 Is. - - 7 20 North Staffordshire l7l 41 4 4 . d 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - 1 by the payment of the subsequent instalments. 20 North-Western 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - - IS 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all ~,? 8 , i 1 ,, Meanwhile the efflux of specie continues, upwards Stock Oxford, Wor &w 1 100 isz 33 " 4 " , - 0 Ter. 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - y of £lOO,OOO having been withdrawn from the g Pe e b les all - - 334 Maria Antonia all - - 20 Do. do. New - - + P or t smouth 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 r Bank yesterday ; and under these circumstances, 10 Rhymney lO - 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. all 191 201 Stock Scottish Central lOO 107 109 a especially if they should remain in operation, an Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 26 27 16 Northern of France .... all 355 36 i,Bl 83 82 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 20 Do. New Shares - - p )1 advance in the m i n i mum may be looked for at an Stock Shropshire Union lOO 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 94 f early date. 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d • 20 Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent 7 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 32/ 33 49 Stock South Devon lOO 42 44 431 The .exact amount of gold withdrawn from the lee 68 68 4 681 8 20 Paris and Orleans_...... all 49 51 Stock South-Eastern 20 r Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) 9 1 . 2 11 d Bank of England yesterday was £104,000. Stock South wales 20 - SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 6 4 67 ..r• ' 1 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... j - 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - A call of £4 103. per share, or £125,000 becomes 20 Do, do lB - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - 20 Staines Wok & Wek all 8 11 20 Royal Danish all - - t, due to-day on the Bombay and Baroda Railway, 25 Stockton .: & D . ..rlington. all 36 37 ' O 5 Royal Swedish - - and £2 per share, or £120,000, on the Ottoman 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all ' - - ~ 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - 20 Sambre and Meuse. .... all 61 61 r , Railway. • - Stockton & ilartlepool 161 - - 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... alt 9 94 11 Stock Taff Vale lOO - - i The Indus has been announced this mornina• Stock Do. Preference. No. 1 - 20 Southern of France .... all 19 20 81 West Flanders all 51 6 a from Alexandria with £13,950 in specie. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 10 Do. 51 p. a Preference is Stock Vale of Neath lOO 62 66 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 20 214 The half-yearly meeting of the Sambre and Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - .0 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - a • Meuse Railway Company was held to-day, Mr. 20 West Cornwall 6 Wiesbaden - - > 5 Richards in the chair. The report was favourable, 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - r 5 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Z ea l an d a ll - - 1' and stated that the net available balance of revenue 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 1 35 31 all 7 71 7 1 for the half-year was £29,495 7s. Bd., from which 5 1 A,31 3 London all - - , ' • BRITISH MINES. the directors recommended a dividend of 4s. 6d. per 10. Do. Ist Class all - - share. The traffic was increasing, but the • question Do. 2d Class 20 all - PREFERENCE SHARE - S. Share Mines. , Paid. \ Closing Business if Price. Done. about the guarantee was not vet decided by the Closing Business • T legal tribunal. After some further observations on. Share! Railways. . Paid. Price. Done. .• - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 I 61 71 ✓ 20 British Iron the general business, the report was adopted. 25 Blythe and Tyne if per _ .49 51 - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 ' - - it There has been rather an inactive market to-day c. pref, (issued at 250) all r Stk Brig. & Exet4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 10 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475 for public securities, but quotations, which opened 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 215 225 .11- ' . . Stock Caledon 210, 41 per cent 100 99 101 101 - Great South Totems... 17s 134 141 rather heavily, have since tended upwards. The 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. t 7. 10 - - • -• G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack . ) 11.18.8 , 2 3 (5 , - G. Wheal Vor (If elston) 91 4 intelligence received from the Continent this morn- Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 - - . ._ • et • Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO ' - Ladd Bertha ' 18s 6d 5 1 - North Frances (Mogan) 81 71 8 t. mg confirms the pacific opinions expressed in Par- Cork & Bandon, 51 p. a all - - North Wheal Crotty- 7.9.4 8 9 Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 5f 61 - liament yesterday evenino• • purchases have souse- Stock t, , 21 E.Ang,n. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 - N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 84 91 itStock Do. do Class B 6 pc 4OO 112 116 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 13 ,14 ~ )0 quently been effected, which, although limited, ' Stock Db. do. Class C 7 pc - - 4 have created a beneficial influence. Consolsafter Stock E Coun. Ex 5 pct, No • 1 100 113 115 1141 .- 1 - Sortridge‘Cons. Min. Co. , E. •- • • 6s 1 1' . - SmithCaradon (StCleer) 21 245 255 r t ' ,_, Stock Do do No .2 100 111 113 bei ng 94a I, have since rallied to 94 1 -I and t o U%-4 Stock Do. * New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 130 ' -, Soeth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 , 4 SI .^. S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 195 205 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84 I, 9 5. The Government broker has h d £21,000 pure ase Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead )0 stock for the Savings Banks. The New Threes 5 E.& W. York. fifths all - - Mining Co. .., 10 Tin Croft 4l 2 21 9 41 44 Stock Edin &Glas SDC shares 100 - - t 0 and the Reduced have receded to 93-2- 3 ; E h ' • 15 ice 70 72 17 xo c- Stock Edin. Perth,& un. 4 pc. - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 4 rt quer Bills remain steady, at 355. to 365., and India Stocksoc as Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - 1 - 1 1 SrS West.- a. 5 pc. 100 1 0 1 2 - West Basset Ullman). 14 224 234 234 Stock at 2201 ; Bank Stock has improved to 224 -1, Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 0 116 118 116 17 al card) . 20 B'. 84 1- 3 17 - v 74 ,e ic a rlar se (j_ ( l i s i lit ogain): 5) , 195 205 200 • Business in Foreign Securities is very quiet, and Stockoc Do. oo I.n. R e e . d d m o." - ( l l ° O. ).c.Pna 100 103 iO4 1044 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 123 135 ' 100 Do.lip.c.Redm.,s pc. pm. Go 63 64 64 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 24 3 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 104 114 tf prices in most instances have declined, but there are 10 Gt. Nh of Scotld let of . all 11 114 - Wh '1 Mary Ann (111enhe) 8 46 48 10 now some indications of improvement, Turkish Stock .' c) 4 1 100 - _ 1 Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) p. et. pref. Stock ... J - 41'1 Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 30 32 or 6 per Cents, being 86 to 861 ; ditto New Loan, so Great West. (Berks and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . . FOREIGN MINES .>' 761 to 77. Dutch 4 per Cents. have improved to Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pa. 100 95 97 951 981 99. ' Venezuelan Deferred have receded to 17 ; Stock Do. Rede emable, 4 p . ct. 100 86 88 il Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 87 89 881 20 Australian Spanish per Cents. to 44 ; ditto Deferred to 30 ; Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem.Pre 100 100 102 1 Boil Acc,ordCopper,Lim lOB par t p le and Bare nian to 771 Brazilian 41 per Cents. are 8 - Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p) 27 1 14 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 12 13 0' firm at 94. shares all 16 17 5 Do. Land and Mimngeo. all - - 01 The following communication has been received SlO Do. do. sp. ct, pref all 91 104 1 Clarendon Consols Min tock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74 ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d 1 il' by the Committee of Spanish American Bond- 264 Do. Ches 131 Do. do. do ter guar.shares all 18 i 191 . all 9 1 01 • 40 Cobra Copper - Ceplapo all 36 33 16 10 12 v, holders relative to the affairs of Venezuela:- 20 Do. do. do. ril , • "The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders York*6 c stock 100 140 142 Stock Lan. p, . N Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. 0.1 100 - - 117 2 Fortuna 20 General all 15 2 all 23 25 et have receivecl, this day, a letter from his Excellency Senor Stock Do. pref., sp. a ...No. 2 100 - 3 Linares all 91 10 , Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 5 Lusitanian Rodriguez, enclosing the copy of a decree of his Excellency 16 1 Mariquita all 1 E 4 4 Stack Do. do. sp. a No. 4 100 - - 115 15 . the President of the Republic of Venezuela, confirming Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 • New Granada all - - ia , • . 'in all its parts' the agreement concluded between the eaton, sp. et. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 100 118 120 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 1 p 20 Pontg,ibaud Silver, Lead o f said Senor Rodriguez and the Committee of Spanish Ameri- late 3d shares lOO 160 165 Mining and Smelt.... all 31 41 , ' 5 Port Philip 1 f ; ' can Bondholders, on the Ist of March last. A copy of this 125 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. all - - to , communication will be published as soon as it shall have 125 Londondy.& Ennis 4 'sh. all 81 91 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 111 cl' Stock Man.,Sh., & Lm., 6p. ct. 100 123 125 28.2.8 t 1 United Mexican , all 21 21 been translated. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have 6 Do. 26 44 4 IP a t accepted the agency of the Venezuelan Government." Stock Do . 31 p er cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - et The' Railway Share Market exhibited increased f Do. 4 per cent. .. - - Share Securities. p _ il l Closing Business 12/ Do , - - "' Prices. Done. ' O heaviness the few transactions reported being at Stock Mi. Con. 6p. c. Stock. 100 - - t - ; - , 0. decline of about ito 3 per cent. on previoas rates, Stock Do.Con.Brishßir.6p.ct. 100 140 142 140 - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1141 1154 1141 15 141 , Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 e ~- Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 114 although more firmness is now exhibited. Edit:- 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 I P 0. Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. 100 93 95 - Do. 6 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 114 burgh and Glasgow, Lancashire and - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1105 1111 111 Yorkshire, 10 ( NewportAbet&c.pret.s 1 all ... et 10 1 , - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - North Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester, 1 P• c• redeem, at sp.c.n m i - N. S.W. Gov. sp. a Deb. 106 1004 101/ 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. a with and Wolverhampton declined 55.; Great Western, option till 1866 all 111 111 - NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. a , i Norfolk Deb. 4 p .c. shares all 9 91 9 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 h E London and Blackwall, Brighton, Nortastern 10 Stock Do. sp. a Ext. Stock,lB46 ICo - - - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 111 112 (Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s. Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - 1 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - . The Foreign lines have been exceedingly quiet, Stock North British, sper cent 100 109 111 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - Lombardo-Venetian being the chief undertaking Stock Nth.Dev.Rlol.& DA.Co. 100 - - Closing Business dealt in ; the old shares were steady at 81 and the Stoc k N-East. ii: 4 red. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Shari Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. price:, I Done. • Stock Do. Berwick, p. a Pref. lOO 964 975 261 ; new at 81. 17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 1 1 d In the Colonial Market Great Indian Peninsula Leeds, 6p. a No. 1. 13 - - 20 Do. 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 I 40 Australasia all 82 84 83 have receded about ss. ; East Indian advanced 55., 25 Po. York, H. &S. Pure h. 10 1 d par . 11 '3 1 North Staffordshire .... a ... 23 • 25 Bank of Egyt all 24 241 and 100 Bank of Lon d on 5O 45 47 the New Debentures and shares are a shade St W ock Dx. Wr. & Wol. ape. Ist g 100 122 124 122 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - firmer. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 118 120 60 British North American all - - Joint Stoc k Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 11 lid all - - Stock Bankand Miscellaneous almost negle cted, Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 Colonial l London and Westminster have Stock Do. 35p er a pref. stock 100 - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - declinedto 81 .100 - - Do.Aberdeen.f.tua.6p_c. 155 - 100 Commercial of London. 20 18 19 Electric Tel Australian Agricultural to 30 301 ; S t oc k egraph Stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock.• 20 Eng., Scet., & Aus. Ch. all 151 161 have improved to 1033 • 10s. South Devon , A nn. 10s. all 101 101 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - -- 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21/ 221 BRITISH FUNDS 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50, London and County - - Bank Stock ...... - - . 3 per Cent. Reduced A ... '. . - ........ 224 1 Stock Do .41 per cent ....... 100 102 104 102 31 100 London & Westminster 2O - - 481 1 millthes 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ......... 93 5 4 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . 100 102 104 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - New - 3 Per Cent. Annuities .......... 9 „ 4 „ . i 5 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - 20 Do. new lO - - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 50 National Bank 25 - - LonF Annuities, expire sth Ja n . .. : •ii 3 6 •.... u° '1 /di 3 100 - - 20 New South Wales - Stock Do. 41 per cent Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, • 1885 * * 17a 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all - - 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all -- - India Stock ...... . ................ .. • ' 4 i 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e all 28 29 20 Ottoman Bank all 181 191 .. 2201 all 321 335 Provincial of Ireland Ditto Delientiires ...................... 96 1- 25 i Do. 6 per cent faC ~ Consols fcir 'Account (May 5) .......... 9 .4 • 4l ii 5 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- all 50 5 10 Do. New 25 South Australia all 294 304 Mardi 25 Do. New - - Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d,.. 36 3 , . J , m e, nn e. 25 Union of Australia all - - 501 50 ____ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O - -- I Ditto L5OO ... ................... 36 3 - - 50 Union of London lO --.- to , . Ditto Small, lid. ................ 36 3 Leasing Closing Busines - 100 Unity Mutual -- FOREIGN FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES , Railways. Paid. Co. ' s. price, Done. 100 Western Bk of London 50 22 21 d Share Railways. Paid. Closing I Business I Price. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Jupi , *ion 10 5 1 6 1 50 I.lelfast and Ball - ymen 2 all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 81 Stoek Birk., Lane., and Chesh 100 60 62 61 Junction 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85 Stock Bristol and Exeter .. 100 91 93 Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A no div all 551 10 Do. BIA roves. I all msitil6p.c.per an. a ll hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast Juno. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June all 8/ 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 16 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 571 58/ 5 74 8 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 25 East Kent all 12 14 13 90 92 901 Stock East Lancashire lOO 20 East Suffolk .. all 10. , Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 2711 27721 71 100 1 Stook Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 61 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn, ldb 92 94 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern lOO 1004 1011. 1004 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 87 85 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 13 8 1 5 133 Stock Gt. South.& Wetn.(lreld) 100 104 105 Stock Great Western - i Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 58 12 Irish South Eastern all — 0,, 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 8 2 86 °"9 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 2 4 93 92 1 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 lid 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 ild 3 Do. West Riding Union / 20 Do. Southport Stock London and Blackwall all 62 65 634 24 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — Stock Lon.,BriLliton &S.Coast 100 111 112 111 i Stock London & North Westn 100 93 04 23 4 k 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South- westn lOO 90 01 90/ 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 1• 8 ~..‘ Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 38 4 ' )4 .1• 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 1004 1011 100 1 4 (11 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 7 5 77 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Nevreastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 10 12 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all Stock Norfolk lOO 57 59 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 3 d Stock North British lOO 55 1 56 1 551 1 Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO Stock DO.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 8 80 89 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 16 13 4 2 14 d d Stock Do. 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Gl A n . m Ol t n m i bu L s IB Co.) all :11 —l 2 DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A WATER - MM. — Yes - ssiloft:::tsht::::::fle..cci.lo Netherlands Land terilay Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for Southwark, received Wear Valley, g. 61 1 0 . information of the death committed of Mr. Benjamin Pritchard, of Do. self-destruction. do. ~ . ...... Wills and Somerset.. The deceased had been in a very desponding state of • el Wrimbled min for some weeks past. On Saturday morning ho got out of Shrowtbry& Here or 18 a 1 l 1 6 T T ' aßnr. att ' s.l°' k Y —9 4 -5 4 on& Croydn. Do ... all • West. 90 92 Gt. . _ 9 10 Do do dn.______ l a o o ll 100 1 ND.oN.&eNwosvhaSacroestiaLand 80 --: 4 all :4tk.& Dar . — 2 _ 1 Oriental Gas 1 2 61 0 North NDßBl: o .B f Pt E rr a le u f Europe o is p e st as n'a(tLi Steam idnli s.; aaal a ll : 1 1 - -1 4 —lll 15s. 4ls Par re' bed and put his trousers on, and went down stairs. His N R Aze i w v o e r i r e L n a t n a l d wife oil going into the yard was horrified at finding him Done. it ; drowned in the water-butt. No cause is assigned. Share Clo s sing Businessall 80 21 8 2 2 4 3 84 14 10 121 134 p THE GALWAY LINE OF PACKETS.—The Cireas- 1 20 60001 RedltßDhooyy. Royal oeterya& Registered l Mail l. Steam Tel c g r all 23 2 t1) • 4 fa" sian sailed yesterday from Galway with the Newfoundland DOLC.FP:Sarig.:II price. Docks. 100 S & te 3 a i m in . , mails and 32 passengers. The next steamer from Galwa 15 Do. New all 61 74 8 S t t 0 0 e c k k 1 D C o o m 4 p m e e r r c e will be the steam ship Adelaide, 1,810 tons register, 2,70 Y 0 ' Stock East - and el : ll re 's P t I I e n t a l i a l 1 . n . ro 0 —6O 60 62 • 6 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) all 1121 125 __. tons burthen, and 448 horse-power. This ship has just had Stock London lOO -- 25 South Australian Land. 11 36 37 304 a thorough repair. She has a new poop, and her saloon and 100 Stock St. Katharine 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip, all / 1 other a ccommodations are of the best description. She will Stock Southampton lOO all ' 1 1 ' leave the Thames this day to take her station at Galway, 100 102 191 101 20 4 rr.& Ln.Co.of IJpr. Can 5 ——. and will sail from, th,at port on the Nth inst. Stock k Victoria ....... ........ t 18 = 100 ,Van Dien:l=lll4nd . 2te . 9 la IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Vienna. Before he went there he came to a perfect under standing with the Court of France as to their ideas respect ing the Italian difficulty, and he had a complete knowledge of the particular points which the French Government seemed anxious to reform and to settle. At Vienna he was received, as I informed your lordships before, with the greatest frankness and cordiality by the Austrian Govern ment. Lord Cowley and Count Buol, the. Austrian Prime Minister, discussed those points calmly and with all the feeling of personal friends—as they were—and of political allies. I cannot, indeed, venture to predict what would have taken place under those circumstances ; but I must say I believe that if the negotiations had followed the course in which they were first commenced•—if Lord Cowley had been permitted to continue as the sole mediator between the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Austria, the negotiations would have been further advanced, and we should have had a greater hope of their success than we have at present. (Hear.) I say this, my lords, because, if one mediator alone had been employed, and such a media tor as Great Britain, through her Ambassador, Lord Cow- HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The Earl of DERBY laid on the table, by command of her Majesty, the report of the Civil Service Commission. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, in the short dis cussion that had taken place on Thursday last, he under stood the noble earl opposite (Derby) to state that the guarantee of the Government would not commence until the line was in working order, but he saw, from a letter signed by a gentleman named Deane, that the contract entered into came into force immediately it was agreed to by the Treasury. He also understoodthat an actual instalment of the 4/ per cent. had been advanced, although no vote of Parliament had sanctioned such a payment. He wished to ask whether any such payment had been made. The Earl of DERBY said he was inaccurate when he stated on Thursday evening that the Government were not to make any payment until the line was in working order. It was quite true that an instalment had been paid, in anticipation of the sanction of Parliament, but in making that payment they had only followed the precedent of the late Government in the case of the Mediterranean Extension Company. He would not at that moment enter into any discussion as to whether such a course was regular, but the late Government had initiated the course, and the present Government had fol lowed it. ley, I think that difficulties would have been avoided which are naturally brought forward when a more formal and complex mediation is placed before the eyes of - Europe. When Lord Cowley returned on the 16th of March to Paris he found that some communications had been going on be tween Russia and France, the result of which appears to be, that Russia proposed that a Congress should sit upon the affairs of Italy, that Congress to be composed of the five great Powers. This was stated to me first by the French Ambassador in London, who told me that such a Congress was to take place, and asked whether I should approve it, observing that France entirely supported it, and wished to know what England was inclined to do. My lords, my conviction with regard to the best means of settling these matters was that which I have just explained to you ; but I felt that if that plan should fail a very heavy responsi bility would fall upon me if I refused the invitation which the Russian Government gave us to enter a Congress and make a combined effort to settle the Italian difficulty. I don't think that I should have ' been justified in declining to take part in that Con gress, whatever my private opinion may have been as to the result. I therefore did assent. But before I re ceived the Russian proposition, knowing as I did what the ideas of France were in respect to the particular points to be discussed in the Congress if it took place, and knowing also what were Count Buol's views on those points, I thought it better to anticipate the offer of the Russian Government, and to submit a basis for the Congress. This I did on the 20th of March, and on the 22d of that month Baron Brunow brought me the official proposition that a Congress should be held, and at the same time agreed that it should be based on the four points which I had laid before the Russian Government. My lords, the four points were these :—First, the means by which peace should be preserved between Austria and Sardinia; secondly, how the evacuation of the • Roman States by the armies of Austria and France might best be accomplished ; thirdly, whether any, and if any, what reforms could be made in the internal administration of these and other Italian States, whose present administrative defects might obviously be attended with danger to the peace of Europe; and fourthly, the substitution for the treaties between Austria and the Duchies of a confederation of the minor States of Italy for their mutual internal and external protection. We further required as a condition to our assent to the Russian proposal that it should be distinctly understood that the Congress would not entertain any question of in terference with the actual state of the territorial possession of Italy, or in any way disturb the articles of the treaty of 1815. Now, my lords, these four points were received and admitted by all the other Powers as the basis of the Con gress. But there were collateral questions which arose ; and the two principal collateral questions were, first, the composition of the Congress ; and second, the disarmament of the three great Powers who were antagonists to one another. Your lordships will observe that the question of disarmament involves the first of the four points which I had laid down—viz., the means by which peace should be preserved between Austria and Sardinia. With respect to the question of disarmament there occurred a difference of opinion. It was proposed by some that that disarmament should be accepted only in principle, and that its details should be the first question considered in the Congress. By others it was supposed to be much the preferable alternative that disarmament, real and effective, should precede the Congress, and that the Congress should be entered into upon grounds entirely political, and with a . peaceful atti tude. My lords, I have no hesitation in saying that it was the opinion of her Majesty's Government that a previous disarmament was the preferable course. (Hear, hear.) It seems consistent with sound policy and common sense that persons who are antagonists', and who have to discuss thorny and difficult questions, should not enter the council chamber armed ; that they shbuld nbt have the power, if they disagreed, of having recourse to force ; and that they should have the means of violence taken from them before they engaged in discussion. (Hear, hear.) That point, as I will tell your lordships later, was considered And is not yet settled ; but the question of the composition of the Congress was, after some discussion, arranged. Your lord ships will recollect that the Russian Government pro posed that the five great Powers should alone sit in Con gress. This has been the custom of Europe for a great many years when the great public law of Europe has been discussed, and there appeared to none of us any reason why we should depart from the usual practice, and make an exception by calling in any other Power to assist us. But, my lords, it at the same time seemed to me, inasmuch maw were going to discuss social and politital questions of the, greatest interest to Italians, that Italians ought somehow or other to be heard before the Congress ; and, although upon the different points we had no intention of imposing either reforms, or confederationsor any other improvement which we might wish to propose on any one of the Italian States—(hear, hear)—although it was our intention, if we entered into Congress, only to recommend those reforms after we had deliberately entertained them, yet it appeared - to me that it would 'be of very great-advantage to those deliberations that theitalian nations• should be represented, and shOnld, on the one hand, hear what we had to propose, while we, on the other hand, should hear what they'had to say to bur propositions. (Hear, hear.) I therefore proposed that they should be invited and admitted whenever we wished to hear them during our deliberations. (Cheers.) And that no want of respect might appear implied in this proposal. I reminded the great Powers and the Italian States of the analogous case that occurred in this country in 1830. At that time your lordships will remember that the dispute between Holland and Belgium was proceeding, and the important operation of dividing that kingdom, and erecting • Belgium into a new monarchy, was settled in London. Hol land and Belgium were the principal parties to that arrange ment, but they were not received into the Congress, or rather conference, as principals. They were heard in the conference through their respective Ministers, who were first called commissioners, and afterwards commis sioners extraordinary, to that conference. It appeared to her Majesty's Government, that there would be nothing derogatory to the dignity of the Italian States in following that precedent. But there is also another, that of the Con gress of Laybac,h held in 1821; Russia, Prussia, and Aus tria, made the nucleus of a Congress l which, after sitting some time, came to certain decisions with respect to Italian affairs, and then they invited the Italian States to sit with them, and share the discussion. But Sardinia, when the proposition of her Majesty's Government was made, claimed to sit in the Congress as one of the antagonists ; all the great Powers resisted that demand, and agreed that it would be very inconvenient to depart from the usual prece dents. If Sardinia claimed to sit as a principal in the Con gress, because she is interested in Italian affairs and the preservation of the peace of Europe, then the same claim might be made by Switzerland, the smaller German States, or any other country on the confines of Italy. It was, there fore, completely determined .by all the five Powers that Sardinia and the other Italian States should be invited to sit on the Congress only after it should have assembled ; then those States might send delegates to inform the Con gress of their wishes. My lords, while this discussion was proceeding another was taking place with respect to the question of disarming. Austria put forth, with con siderable tenacity, that she would not attend the Congress. unless Sardinia previously disarmed. That appeared to her Majesty's Government an unfair proposal ; but it sug gested this course—that if Sardinia would consent to dis arm, it would invite France, together with England, to guarantee her from any attack on the part of Austria ; Austria at the same time offered to make a public declara tion that it would not make any attack on Sardinia. (Hear, hear.) But that proposal fell to the ground because the •French Government declined to make such a guarantee. Her Maiesty's Government, therefore, have never proposed to Sarftia to disarm, because it could not obtain for her the necessary security. (Hear, hear.) But after consider able discussion, with which I will not weary yourlordships, thee ise stands at present in this form :—Austria and France have agreed to the principle of a disarmament, but have not agreed as to the time and manner of it. Austria pro poses a disarmament previous to the Congress. France proposes that the principle of a disarmament shall be ac knowledged before the Congress meets ; but that the details of that disarmament shall be considered after it has met. But I think the Congress is not the most competent body to discuss the details of the disarming of three great armies. This would be better done by a commission of officers of the three armies, so that when the several Powers enter the Congress there would be nothing to disturb the minds of the representatives but the questions they are sent to discuss, which will be entirely of a political nature and having nothing to do with military operations. (Hear.) I am sorry to say, therefore, that the question of disarming is not settled, it stands as I describe. Sardinia has also been invited to disarm by Austria, exactly on the same footing as Austria and France ; but she has not consented, grounding her hesitation on her exclu4ion from the Con gress. My lords, it is a source of considerable regret, as you may well imagine, to her Majesty's Government that it is not able to give a more satisfactory account of the negotia tions that have been so long pending on this subject. I feel all the responsibility and all the gravity of the situation. Her Majesty's Government having such a task on its bands would for its own credit have applied all its energies to it. But there is an object• much greater than the credit of indi i viduals or of the. Government, that object is the peace of Europe, and when you consider, if unhappily we are to have war, what a war it will be, the responsibility of those men who have refused or neglected any occasion of averting it is great indeed. (Hear, hear.) It will be no common war; it will be no conflict between the chivalrous nations in a distant land, like the Russia war in the Crimea. By a war in Italy, elements will be upheaved, that will scarcely be settled again within our time. It will excite the hopes of persons without the slightest patriotism, who will endea vour to obtain their own desperate objects by such a war. It will evoke every wild theorist, aLd every impossible theory, of Republicans of every hue and colour ; all will ex pect to find their account in this war ; there are exiled princes who will expect to reap advantage from it ; it is impossible for any human being, whatever his experience, to say when such a war would end, or what would ae its termination. Then, my lords, I may be' permitted, as the Minister of a country as great as either of the Powers in volved, ,to implore the Ministers of those countries, to think once more, how serious is the responsibility of the question in, which they are engaged, and how great may be the calamities that may be caused by any neglect, or hesitation on their part, to adopt the measures that may prevent hos tilities. The only consolation we have, personally, is that, as her Majesty's Ministers, we have neglected no single ate (hear, hear)—or means of averting such disasters ; and if they do occur, m a y Al m i g h ty God pardon those who are the occasion of them. (Cheers.) The Earl of CLARENDON said,—The speech of the noble lord has laid bare a state of things so perplexing and so difficult that I do not wonder the noble lord postponed it till the latest possible moment. I do not wonder he wished to postpone the communication while there was any hope of bringing these protracted negotiations to a conclu sion that might have realized the expectations he held out to your lordships, that unless some untoward and almost impossible event occurred, the Congress might assemble at the close of this month. lam not complaining of tho de lay that has taken place ; I think it is not unnatural that her Majesty's Government should have wished to wait, in the hope of being able to give a more satisfactory account of the negotiations. I think it not unnatural that the rs Go vernment should have feared the effect of Parliamentary discussion upon them; though I believe in this case THE STATE OF EUROPE. The Earl of MALMESBURY appealed to the noble earl opposite (Lord Shaftesbury) to postpone a motion with reference to the disturbances at Travancore of which he had given notice, in order that he might at once make the state ment with regard to the condition of affairs in Europe which their lordships were all anxious to hear. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the question which ho wished to bring before their lordships was one of great importance, but as it was not of such immediate inte rest as that to which the noble earl referred, he could have no hesitation in postponing his motion. He might, perhaps, take that opportunity of giving notice that he should in the next Parliament call the attention of their lordships to her Majesty's Proclamation. Of that Proclamation, as it ap peared in England, he heartily approved, but it had been so perverted, misunderstood, and mistranslated, that very seri ous consequences, indeed, had arisen from it in India; of which there could not be a more striking proof than those disturbances at Travancore, which he had intended to bring under their lordships' notice. The Earl of MALMESBURY then rose to make the statement of which he had given notice. He said—My lords, I must begin by returning thanks to my noble friend for giving way to me on this occasion. I hope that your lordships, whom I have twice disappointed before, when I promised to make a statement upon the position of affairs in Europe, will believe, not that it was from any reluctance on my part to lay before you all the information which I might be permitted by public duty to give, but that I thought, by waiting three or four days longer, I might be able to give to your lordships more at large that informa tion which you desired to obtain. Your lordship& will easily recall to your recollection what was the state of Europe at the commencement , of this year. On, its very first day we were alarmed by the additional proof which was supposed to have been given by some words addressed by the Emperor of the French to the Austrian Ambassa dor at Paris, that the relations between France and Aus tria were not so satisfactory as we should all desire them to be. That belief, on the part of the public, was very soon strengthened by several incidents to which it was not neces sary that I should advert. But while the relations of France, Austria, and Sardinia were certainly in an unsatis factory, and indeed in an alarming condition, the relations of this country with the whole world• were, on the contrary, of a most satisfactory character. I do not say this with any desire to obtain credit for her Majesty's Government, be cause I know that questions of peace and war are in hands higher than those of men ; but it is remarkable that at that time the position of this country and its relations with all other States, great and small, in both hemispheres, were those of the most profound peace and tranquillity, and that in the events which subsequently took place England was from this circumstance and from her power the country which in all Europe was best suited to act as mediator and negotiator between the States whose relations were not in that happy condition. I need not go at any length into a discussion of the relation occupied by Austria towards this country. Your lordships know that the feelings of Eng lishmen towards the Austrian people have ever been to re gard them as ancient allies, who have been sharers in the events which are recorded in some of the most glorious pages of our history ; that we are of the same TeutoniC origin, that our respective geographical positions are such that no jealousy can exist between us; and that therefore our sympathies are, for all these reasons, entirely with the Austrian people. But, my lords, if for these reasons our sympathies, are given to the Austrian people, so, on the other hand, they are, to a certain extent, alienated from them by the signal difference which exists between the two. Government& Theirs is an essentially despotic Govern ment, and ours an-essentially free one ; and there certainly exists—neutralizing the feelings which,' have described as prevailing between the two nations—that other feeling as regards the Government of Austria which is so different from that of this country. It appears to mo that it is in Italy especially that the Austrian Government has given rise to this feeling with respect to its administration.. No Minister of this country, and I believe no subject of her Majesty, will deny the undoubted right of Austria to her Italian dominions. She possesses them by inheritance, by conquest, and by treaty ; and I know no other titles by which her gracious Majesty holds the king dom of Scotland, her empire of India, and some'of the colo nial dependencies of the British Crown than these three — right of inheritance, of conquest, and of treaty. The Italian possessions have been secured to Austria by treaties which our Sovereigns have signed, and those treaties are not only held sacred by every person in this country who is inte rested in politics, but are looked upon as of the greatest con • sequence to the security of the whole of Europe, and as en gagements which must be upheld by any Government which administers the affairs of Great Britain. It is not, therefore, on account of her possessions that our feeling towards Aus tria is less sympathetic than it would otherwise be. It is be cause when in possession of that part of Italy she has not, as we think she ought to have done, wisely restricted her self to the management of her own affairs, and to the ame lioration of the condition of her own people, but has been in duced by political reasons to interfere with other States of Italy, and had thus become unpopular, not only in that country, but to a certain degree, as far as her administration goes, also in this. (Hear, hear.) It is in private life a most dangerous and unpopular employment to be a constable to preserve the peace of a town or city. Austria had assumed this position in Italy. By keeping in awe those populations which could not be restrained by their own rulers she has not only assumed a great deal of what I should call mine cessary unpopularity, but has also diminished her strength in her own part of Italy; and there can be no doubt that if her policy in this respect was changed she would both se cure the peaceful possession of her own dominions and strengthen her political importance over the rest of the pe ninsula. (Hear.) With respect to Sardinia our feelings are different, and the contrast is remarkable. We are not of the same race or the same descent as the people of that country, and therefore there is no smypathy of race or of descent between us and them ; but there is such a resem blance between our Governments ; they are so nearly iden tical in character that the greatest desire for the !prosperity of Sardinia has always existed in this country. Wo have always admired the way in which she gained her liberties, and has made herself a living refutation of those assertions which have been constantly put forth, that constitutional Governments are impossible in Italy. For some years her Government proceeded in apeaceful and prosperous manner, and when she was obliged to have recourse to arms her behaviour and her deeds were admired by all men in this country. (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, more lately, lam sorry to say, she appears to have forgotten that her mission in Italy is one of example, and that she ought to stand forth as a model and a pattern to the other States. She seems to have forgotten that military glory may be an appendage o constitutional government, but that it is not its object. (Hear.) She seems to have forgotten that every victory gained which was not in support of the principle of self-defence and the preservation of her own liberties, would be a fruitless vic tory, and one which would involve her in the greatest diffi culties with other countries. It is under these circum stances that the Italian difficulties have arisen, and it is for these reasons, which I have imperfectly sketched, as far as I can understand them, that the position of the northern part of Italy is such as we see with so much regret. Austria and Sardiniabeing in this position with respect to one another and with respect to public opinion in Italy and Europe, there remains another great empire. which did not look on with indifference as to what took place in Italy. That empire, I need not say, is France. Now, my lords, it is difficult for Englishmen, and for anEnglish Minister, to understand by what process of reasoning, and by what principle of sound policy, the ruler of that prosperous country should bo in duced to interfere with ether nations, and toinvolve himself in the difficulties in which they were involved. Of all countries in the world France has the finest climate and most, equal soil. Her wealth and resources are capable of almost incalculable improvement, and there is ample room for the energies of her people and those of her Go vernment in bringing her to a much higher state of pros perity and development than she now enjoys. But, my lords, France in her policy has deemed it fit to unite herself com pletely with the cause of Sardinia, and appeared determined at the time to which I have referred to assert her right of interfering in the affairs of Italy, and of restricting what she regarded as the encroachments, both moral and mate rial, of the Austrian empire in that country. My lords, this could be seen only with regret by her faithful ally, Great Britain. No one would suppose us, or would suppose any. English Minister, capable for a moment of assisting the Austrian legions against the subjects of the Emperor of Austria. That is utterly foreign to our principles and oar policy all over the world. It is contrary to our policy to interfere in the internal arrangements of foreign nations, to seek to emancipate them from any real or supposed oppres sion, or to endeavour to change their existing institutions. We accept the revolutions which they bring about by their own hands and their own judgments. We recoeise their de facto but not their de jure Governments. It is, there fore, not easy for us to understand the policy under which France appeared to be desirous of taking part in a contest in which she had no direct interest. My lords, the state of things daily grew worse, and at the end of th e month of February it reached -such an alarming point that, as I have already told your lordships, Lord Cowley was sent to the fear has no foundation, because during the ten weeks so many conflicting reports have been in cir culation, the conduct of Parliament has been emi nently judicious. (Hear, hear.) A complete absence of party spirit, and the calmest [forbearance, have marked the sense Parliament has entertained of the gravity and im portance of the interests involved in these negotiations; and its unanimity on more than one occasion expressed its con viction that the national law of Europe ought to be main tained. I wish that my noble friend had been able to snake a more satisfactory statement to your lordships. I wish that on the eve of the dissolution of Parliament, when during six weeks this country will be deprived of the assistance which Parliament might have given to the Ministers of the Crown, my noble friend had been able to allay the public anxiety. But, my lords, assuming that there is sincerity on the part of the Government , assuming that they are not pu rsu i ng a hidden policy which they dare not avow—(cheers)—and whichwould entail that frightful:responsibility to which my noble friend alluded in the concluding part of his speech, it is difficult to apprehend how matters have arrived at their present stage. (Hear, hear.) Austria declares that she will not attack Piedmont, Piedmont declares that she will not attack Austria, and France declares that she will not attack Austria unless Austria attacks Piedmont. England, Prussia, and Russia have been employing their good offices unceasingly, according to the statment of my noble friend, in order to bring about a satisfactory settle mein. All profess the utmost anxiety for peace and the utmost abhorrence of war ; and yet, during all this time, preparations for war upon a gigantic and ruinous scale have been made. (Cheers.) Austrian corps d'artnce have been pouring into Italy. The troops which have arrived from Algiers and those which have gone from Paris are to com pose an army of the Alps. There is unusual activity in the arsenals and dockyards of France. (Cheers.) In short, everything in France denotes an approaching campaign. Piedmont is checking the industry of her people by the large army she is keeping on foot, and by the maintenance of those great bodies of volunteers which she invites from every part of Italy. The warlike spirit of Germany can scarcely be kept under control, while the newspapers are full of offensive and hostile articles. And yet, in the pre sence of this menacing state of affairs, in this hourly in creasing danger of war, this Congress, which is said to be the only means of maintaining peace, cannot meet because the parties have not agreed upon the sine pans non condi tions of the negotiations. (Hear, hear.) My lords, I must say this does not bear out the assumption that there is an honest purpose or desire to keep the peace. (Cheers.) This fact justifies mistrust, and to that mistrust I attribute the proposal which my noble friend has just mentioned. I think that Austria should not have made a demand upon Piedmont to disarm—(hear, hear)—and I think that that demand should have received neither support nor encourage ment, for Austria thereby has rendered herself liable to the charge of proposing that which she knew could not be agreed to, and therefore of creating an unnecessary amount of obstacles to the meeting of the Congress. And, my lords, in the present excitement and enthusiasm in Pied mont, no matter how that arose and whether justifiable or not, I really can conceive nothing more likely to bring about that rupture which all profess to dread than the disarma ment of those inflammable materials collected everywhere —those corps of volunteers, amounting, I understand, to about 10,000 men. (Hear.) All these are now under the control of military discipline, but once let loose from order, they would have committed acts which Austria would have punished, and Piedmont would have resented. I have heard with very sincere satisfaction this evening from my noble friend not only that this proposal did not originate, as was at first imagined, with her Majesty's Government, but that it proceeded from Austria. But, my lords, Aus • tria has made another proposal for a general disarmament, according to the statement- of my noble friend. Although, abstractedly speaking, such a proposal would be most de sirable, yet when considered with reference to the meeting of the Congress it does not appear to me to be a wise pro posal. If Alistria were to recall all those troops that she has lately sent into Italy, and if Piedmont were tti adopt a similar course, there is no doubt the result would be bene ficial. But, my lords, things have gone too far for that. None of the parties can have sufficient security as to what will be the result of the Congress to disarm at the present moment. It seems to me that the proper course to have taken was simply to have entered into an understanding by which it should have been agreed that no further prepara tions should be made, that no troops should be moved from their actual position, and that no attack should be made by either party until the Congress should have deliberated upon the questions in dispute. (Hear, hear.) The points for deliberation might then have been settled. This might have been done if the parties sincerely desired to do that which was right and just and likely to be lasting, and it would have been found that the business of the Congress lay in a nutshell. (Hear, hear.) I was glad to hear from my noble friend, although his statement was far from satis factory, yet that the idea of a Congress is not abandoned. After all that has passed, after all . the expectations that have been held out, I think it would be unfortunate if a Congress were not to meet. (Hear, hear.) A Congress is necessary . , after a war in which several I°owers have been engaged in order to settle the terms of peace, and to make those arrangements which ate necessary for the establish ment Of peace, in which 'arrangements all the Towers con cerned are interested but in the present case it is difficult to understand 'what are the questions uponwhich the libqiations Of a Congress are If,, my lords, it is intended to require Austria to withdraW front that territory to which she has a treaty right, why, my noble friend and her Majesty's Government know very well that the answer of Austria would be that she recognises no authority on the part of a Congress in 1859 to abrogate the rights conferred by the Congress of 1815. Austria would reply that she was preparedto defend her rights, and there would be an end of the Congress. If it is intended to require Austria to with draw from territory to which she has no right, we all know that she is prepared to do so as soon as Franco withdraws front Rome. If it is intended to demand an abrogation of the treaties between Austria and the Italian States, that is a matter for negotiation. In fact, if what my noble friend says is strictly true it would appear that when Lord Cowley returned to Paris he had in his hand, all the means of bring ing matters to a satisfactory solution. (Hear ' hear.) But I believe that all my noble friend knows is this, that one despotic Power has proposed to another despotic Power that, by means of a Congress, 'a third despotic Power should pave the way for liberal institutions. (Hear, and laughter.) The principle of referring to negotiation all matters in dispute was adopted at Paris, and one may rea sonably expect that when the plenipotentiaries of three Powers meet round a table, the armies of those Powera will be less liable to meet in the, field. It appears to me that there should be preliminary arrangements for the meeting of the Congress—first, that the rights conferred by treaty shall be strictly respected, and secondly, that the rights conferred by treaty shall in no respect be exceeded. If we are parties to or in any way sanction the violation of those treaties by which the Austrian possessions in Italy are to be secured and maintained, we may rely upon it that that pro cess will not stop there, and that we shall soon have to con sider other and more important questions of territorial right. However objectionable the treaties of Vienna may be, after a lapse of 40 years, be thought to be in some cases, yet it cannot be denied hat, upon the whole, they have served their purpose of maintaining the peace of Europe, and the best proof of the beneficial consequences of the arrangement which they effected was the universal satisfaction with which all Europe hailed the declaration of the Emperor of the French, " L'Empire c'est la paix." But if Europe is to be scrambled for as we have heard, there will be nothing but endless confusion and strife. (Cheers.) It is, therefore, not only to the interest of Austria, but for the general secu rity of Europe, that rights conferred by treaty, and which now form a part of the international law of Europe, should be maintained. We must also remember what were the ob jects of the Powers by whom the treaty of Vienna was con cluded. Their efforts were mainly directed to creating a barrier against France, more especially in the north of Italy, and therefore it was the unanimous wish of all the great Powers of Europe that Austria should resume her posses sion of Lombardy ; and it was for precisely the same reason that Genoa was added to Piedmont. (Hear, hear.) All the territorial possessions which were maintained or secured to Austria are to be found enumerated in great detail in the Treaty of Vienna; and the nature of the possessions of Austria in Italy was, I believe, most correctly described by my noble friend when he said that they were the result of conquest, inheritance, long tenure, and treaties which for upwards of 100 years had been recognised as part of the national law of Europe. Upon those treaties, then, Austria has a light to take her stand ; and, so taking her stand, she should be upheld by the other Powers of Europe ; but when she does so I think that she is bound to make every conces sion compatible with her honour to avert the calamities of war. (Hear, hear.? I think that she is bound not to exceed by one single hair's breadth the rights conferred upon her by those treaties. (Hear.) But it is contrary to those treaties and it is contrary to international law that Austria should claim to occupy, and to reduce to a condition of political vassalage, States that ought to be independent. I think that those exclusive treaties between Austria and the Lege • tion States which, on the one hand, give them a rightto call in her aid, and, on the other hand, enable her to occupy their territories, were a great mistake on the part of Austria —that they were unnecessary, and have proved injurious to Austria. I do not believe that. such treaties could be made at this time with any chance of being carried into effect ; for in the p resen t t emper of Europe I believe that the occupation of any of those States by Austria would be looked upon much in the same light as we regarded the occupation of the Principalities by Russia. I believe that it is in the interest of Austria that those treaties should ter minate, because while they exist she is made responsible for the state of things which has arisen, under which the Sove reigns of those States are enabled to disregard the wishes and opinions of their people, to sacrifice their interests, and to govern without any reference to those reciprocal duties which belong to Sovereigns and to people, because, as one of them said, "I have 300,000 soldiers to back me, and I can do as I like." (Hear, hear.) The occupation of the Papal territory has hitherto been justified by Austria as a measure of security called for by disaffection of the people. But that disaffection is occasioned by misgovernment. (Hear, hear.) Men are not naturally disaffected or turbu lent ; men do not naturally rebel against good laws and good treatment, but they do resent injustice and being made miserable by bad laws • and it is remarkable that in a small sovereignty like that ofi the Pope the normal state of things should be such as to require one foreign army in the capital and another foreign army in the Legations. (Hear.) The French occupation of Rome has been a great misfortune to France, for it has placed her in a false position, and a false position always becomes worse with time. France has long felt that her army could not remain there with credit, and that it could not be withdrawn with safety ; but while . it does remain there France is in the eyes of the world vir tually - tually responsible for the acts of the Papal Government. but r n t n t the a s (Hear, hear.) Good advice has not been been often tendered in vain, and all offers t nasi i al a i v ge e i internal affairs of the Papal Government, exceptt i r the pur pose of maintaining order and rep ressin g the j ust of the people, have been peremptorily refused. No position, I think, can be more false or more mini - to ono a great na ti on than that. I brought th is sub j ect of the occupation of the tnagreed Papal territory before the Con g ress of P aris because I foreign B u 0 I troopshefrom thought that the moment was an opportune one, when we were taking measure s for withdrawing the Russian, the Greek, and other territories, to su.ggesttheir remov al also from the Papalstates Count that the Austrian and French troops should be removed as soo n as it could be done with a due regard to th e t ranqu illit y of the Papal State s and the consolidation of the authority of the Holy See. My lords, three years have now passed with out anyeffect having been given to that resolution ,• whereas I believe that if that arrangement had been carried out with foresight and in a becoming spirit, most of the present com plications would never have ensued. (Hear, hear.) Her Ma jesty's Government could do no more than pros the expedi • ency of giving effect to it, as they did ; and even if we had had diplomatic relations with Rome any representations of ours would have been disregarded. Some six or seven Meeks ago, however, we were told that the Pope had of hia• own accord asked the withdrawal of those foreign forces, 'stating that he was able to dispense with them; but how that re quest was made—in what form it was presented, inwhat manner it was received, how it was acted upon, or why the French and Austrian troops still remain Just where they are, we are entirely, in the dark. I have been informed that the Austrian Government expressed the greatest readiness to comply with our request—that two battalions of Austrian troops actually left Bologna, and that the rest of the garri son would have quitted in a few days, when, somehow or other, something occurred to put an end to their -.removal. I believe that with proper precautions for maintairinktran quillity those troops might with safety be withdrawn. (Hear, hear.) I believe that all persons of influence in the central States of Italy have a great dread of revolution and a great desire to arrive at a better system of government by peaceful and legitimate means. I believe that the bubble of Italian unity has burst. (Cheers.) I believe that the partisans of Mazzini and their detestable doctrines are extinguished. I believe that there is no longer any faith in republican.insti tutions • but that the example of the Sardinian Govern ment has not been without its beneficial influence by-prov ing that liberty and monarchy can co-exist. (Cheers.) If the treaty of 1815 is to be maintained—if Austria is pre pared to withdraw her forces from the Papal States—if, alive to the inconvenience of those exclusive treaties, Austria is prepared to make all such concessions as will not be dishon ourable or humiliating to her, we might ask, in the first place, where is the necessity even for a Congress ? (Hear.) Still more might we ask, where has been the necessity for those great military preparations which for three months have kept Europe in a state of anxious suspense, have put a stop to all commercial enterprise, and have already inflicted incalculable losses upon the countries engaged in them ? And with still greater reason might we ask where is the ground and where is the pretext fo r war ? (C heers.) , My lords, war may desolate Italy ; but it will not settle what is called the " Italian Question." The country may be laid waste, the fiercest passions may be called into action, all those parties described by my noble friend may join in the affray - after a time the Austrians may be driven out of Lombardy, Tuscany, Parma, and Modena, and Lombardy may be annexed to Piedmont; but I believe that suet an arrangement would soon prove more distasteful to Lom bardy than the present. There is no affinity between the Lombards and Piedmontese—not even that of language— and I cannot believe that the proud aristocracy of Milan. and 'Venice would approve of becoming dependents of Pied mont, having Turin for their capital, and sending deputies to the Piedmontese Parliament, any more than the Pied montese would like to be dependents of Lombardy, and to have Milan or Venice for their capital. Great dissensions would arise which might endanger the ' liberties of Pied mont, who might find too late that she -had been no 'snore than the pioneer and advance guard of France, and that'in grasping at the shadow she had sacrificed the substance of liberty. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that an attempt should be made to unite all the minor States of Italy into one confederation; but that would be the act of the victor— that would be the act of France, and whether the Prince were native or French who was elected to reign over thefn, he would require the support of the French army. And se also would the Pope, for all his subjects to a man would -rebel during the war unless they were kept under by a force far superior to any that France has hitherto kept in Rome. There would be then the substitution of one foreign domi nation for another, and the position of France would be more onerous and untenable than it is now, as she would soon fearn, for there can be no greater mistake than to suppose that:even among the bitterest enemies of Austria there is any other; feeling than that an armed French intervention in Italian affairs is an evil of the greatest magnitude. French domination would be as odious as Austrian. The Congress could perform no more useful task than to , esta blish the principle of non-interference—the principle letting the Italian States alone. (Hear, hear.) I think the are as well educated, as intelligent, as civilised! and ets;cap able of understanding their own interests and conduetiig their own affairs as any other nation in Europe. In the Treaty of Paris you will find it stipulated that there shall exist no separate right of interference in the affairs of the Danubian Principalities, and that even in the event of the disturbance of tranquillity there shall be no armed interven tion, except with the previous assent of all the allies. If my noble friend by his eloquence and arguments can 'persuade the Powers about to meet—the same Powers which secured to the Moldo- Wallachian provinces this immunity'—to agree to place the Italian States upon the same footing, he will have performed a service of the greatestvalue. (Cheers) I have only further to say that I hope my noble friend will carry with him all the strength and the moral support of this country, Which he will need in what I fear he will find a difficult task, and I 'can assure him that nothing shall fall from me to embarrass him or to rob him - of that support. My noble Mend's services have lately been made use , of to a certain extent for party purposes by his friends, but he himself is the last man to think himself indispenable tst the peace of Europe. (Hear, hear.) Probably he will agree with me that the indispensable man has yet to be born— (hear, hear)—but certainly the injudicious ardour of his friends has not a little increased his 'responsibility and ex posed him to harsh criticism, in which, I can assure him, I am not at all disposed to join. (Hear, hear.) His task will be an arduous one, but I can say for myself, and for those who sit behind me, that no spirit of party shall prevent our making the fullest and fairest allowance for all the diffi culties with which he may have to contend, or shall damp the satisfaction with which we shall learn that success has crowned his efforts. (Loud cheers.) The Earl of DERBY—I should scarcely have risen to take part in this conversation had I not felt it my bounden duty to bear my testimony to the fair, candid, and impartial speech just delivered by my noble friend—(hear, hear)4-and also to express' My concurrence in the commendation which he has bestowed An t4e,courie pursued by parties in abstain ing, at a time et great difficUlty, from putting any questions or originating p.ny discussions which might tend to embarrass the Government or to lessen the chance of the preservation of peace. But having expressed my gratitude to my noble friend opposite, and to Parliament generally, I wish also to state my firm and entire conviction that if there he; yet, as I hope there may be, any chance of maintaining the peace of Europe, the best chance is to be found in tht' con viction and the impression on all the nations of Europe that with regard to the main principles embodied in this.:ques tion there is no difference of opinion between English, par ties. (Cheers.) It is, therefore, with more especial,grati fleation that I have listened to the speech of my noble friend without finding in it from beginning to end one single gelid ment expressed, or one single principle laid down, to which I cannot give my hearty concurrence. It is the source of the greatest satisfaction to the Government to know that the highest authorities are agreed upon the main principles which have been laid down by the Government as tqbasea upon which a satisfactory arrangement might be arrived at. (Hear.) The noble lord has acquitted the Government of any desire or intention to introduce into Congress any'lleubt ful question as to the maintenance of the treaty - 0f4815 ; but, not only can there be no doubt as to the istentnns of the Government and their feelings as to the obligiiion of maintaining those treaties, but my noble friend behind me, when he laid down those four bases of negotiation' n the part of the Government, also added a fifth, which wa4 to be a sine qua non, that we regarded it as a condition preqedent to our acceptance of the Russian proposal, that there should be a distinct understanding that the Congress would riot in tertain any question of interference with the actual date of territorial possessions, nor in any way disturb thelmties of 1815. (Hear, hear.) It is impossible for language to lay, down more distinctly that principle than it was laid down by my noble friend. It was assented to by the four great Pawers ; and in the adoption of that principle I think a great tiervice has been done in the maintenance of peace (Hear,. hear I do not understand that the noble earl opposite objects in the slightest degree to the various points which have been. laid down as the bases for negotiation. He has, indeed, raised some question as to the time and mode Of . .4a,rryiß4,put the disarmament; but, with regard to the prtgriiik,:bp assents to it in the light of a guarantee for peace. He agrees to the propriety of stipulatin g f or th e evacuatitatra R oman States by foreign armies, and in the recomnititliaidn'of re forms in the separate States of Central Italy such as may do away with abuses which would ob , riously endanger the continuance of peace. My noble friend also laid consider able stress on the impossibility of substituting fitr the treaties now existing between Austria and the Duchies a confederation of the minor States of Italy. IV trust that this will go forth to the world and that, there will be no ihisrepresentation that to the mai/Ala:Lance of the treaties of 1815 being a sine qua son," d to the four principal bases on which the Congress is t enter on its labours, and which have been accepted by all the great Powers as just, fair, and reasonable, there is an una nimous assent on both sides of this house, and, I Ave no doubt, of the other house of Parliament. (Cheers.), n will - not pretend to vindicate the precise course pursued t)y the Government, nor to say that on any and every occasion they have done exactly that which was most likely to lead to the object they had in view; but I will venture 6 say that from the commencement to the end they havtinva riably taken that course which seemed to lead most 4rectly to the . prevention of an outbreak in Europe, the end of which it.was impossible to foretell. (Cheers.) I believe en tirely with my noble friend that there would have , been a much better chance of bringing matters to a satisfactory settlement had the original proposition made by this coun- • try been accepted, and the mediation been left in the able hands of Lord Cowley, because during the short tinte that Lord Cowley-1 can hardly say was conducting' , nego tiations but—was engaged in communications W#ll the different parties, he actually succeeded in laying d own a basis of negotiation to which both France and Austria were prepared to assent as calculated to lead to a satisfactory settlement. I cannot but think that the subscOent or rather contemporaneous offer of a general Congresp made by Russia has interposed all those difficulties which have been found to retard agreement—in point of fact, hat the p ro position for a Congress, although it was imposslble for her Majesty's Government to refuse it when once, it was ma de, and accepted by France, really was less likely to lead to a speedy solution of the question than if the mediation of Lord Cowley had been continued. My noble friend says, that supposing all parties to be sincere, it is difficult to account for the state of Europe. I agree with him, for if the treaties of 1815 are to be maintained, and if an agreement has been arrived at by the Powers prin cipally concerned, with regard to the questions which alone cause any ostensible difference of ,opinion as to the basis on which an amicable settlement may be arrived at, it is difficult to account for the vast armaments and for the enormous preparations which are being made more or less ostentatiously and more or less openly. I must say, however—and it shows the importance of carefully guard ing words and expressions coming from persons in high places—that I trace much of the distrust, much of the anxiety, much of the preparation which we have to lament, to the unfortunate words which fell from the lips of the King of Sardinia at the opening of the Piedmontese Legis lature. (Hear, hear.) When the King of Sardinia, step ping out of the legitimate course of watching 9 ver t. he p - sperity and welfare of his own people, cpsolida m g "I!r liberties, and securing to himself and to h is countryme. approval and support of all nations, especially_ of those which, like England, have at heart the c , g.u , _s , e of spoke of the cry of anguish which came forth Italy assumed that to that cry Sardinia could not be indifferent., and alluded to the cliscoutent vkic.): prevailed throughout