The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

=l-,..9%. Tel -r 4 4 .;„ lie 1 4:3 34 •••4 SN:s COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England weekly return, made up to the 10th inst, is of a more favourable character than was generally anticipated. The diminution in the other securities and the addition to the reserve of notes are nearly equal, and shows that commerce still labours under considerable depression. The bul lion, notwithstanding the withdrawals of specie for the continent, exhibits a slight augmentation. The public deposits have considerably increased owing to the active collection of the revenue ; the private deposits have decreased, and in the active circula tion there is a falling off of about half a million. The various items in the balance-sheet and the changes they present are shown in the following table : Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase Reit Increase Public deposits Increase Other deposits Decrease Seven-day and other bills .. Decrease Government securities No alteration. £19,497.505 545.885 17,713,242 95 959 3,889,360 5,608 5,977,542 784.434 13,900 771 825 310 892,147 9,625 9,902,450 Other seeurities . Decrease Notes unemployed Increase Owing to the withdrawal. for export to France, it was expected in some quarters that the bullion would have exhibited a slight decline ; but it appears that, in addition to the accumulation through Australian and other supplies, there is a steady influx of coin. Yesterday about 100,00 W. was taken out of the Bank ; but, as several vessels are overdue from the Antipodes, it is thought that the deficiAncy thus occasioned will be SOOII replaced. The Continental exchanges yesterday afternoon underwent no particular alteration. The inspectors of the estate of Messrs. Harmann Cox, and Co., have announced a first dividend of 4s. in the pound. A similar payment has been decided upon by Messrs. Rehder and Boldemann. These firms suspended during the crisis. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices continued to decline. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the speculators and exporters. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about 861,6231., and the exports 177,3381., exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin. Boulogne ... 4,145 Oza. ft 17 if It „ Bars Boulogne 2,000 „ Pt PP Silver Coin Boulogne ... 1,400 „ ~ ~ There is little inquiry for money to-day, and the terms continue very easy. The funds opened with an improved appearance ovring to the settlement of the misunderstanding between this country and France. A rise of k per cent. took place, but this has not been maintained, . owing to a few sales in speculative account. Consols have been 96; 97 for money, and 97 to 971 for account. They have since been 96 and 96i 97 respectively. The Funds are now firmer again, at the former quotations. The New 2 per Cents. were 80k. India Bonds, 30s.prem.; and Exchequer Bills, 38a. prem. The Bonds are looi to 101 k. India Stock has been transferred E at 220. 16,619,833 686,837 11,868 040 651,115 In Foreign Securities a rather quiet business has boon transacted, and prices are generally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1011 1.02/ ; Spanish 3 Per Cents., 44i ; Russian 5 per Cents., HO/ ; ditto 4i per Cents., 99/ 1001 ; Grenada 21 per Cents., 194 ; dliAcr Dvforica, b ; Foi lusuooo a ?or Cents., 451 ; Venezuela 4i per Cents, 33 ; Ditto Deferred, 12i ; and French 3 per Cents., 69f. The transactions in the Railway Share Market this morning have been of a limited character, but a slight advance has taken place in values. Caledo- I i - T u - Wan and North-Western have improved ss. ; Great Northern, Great Western, and South Western, 10s. ; P...a.st‘rn Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern, 1/. The Foreign and Colonial lines are quiet. East Indian have declined 11. ; Grand Trunk and Great Western of Canada advanced 3s 20 Mining Shares are dull. Alf re d C onso l s are 20 1.4 ; Wheel Edward, 7,-4, ; and Fortuna, 12. 20 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Sliares are I .7'' ikt rather lower rates. English, Scottish, and Ans_ st tralian Chartered have declined ; Ottoman Bank , 20 South Australian, It. Canada Land Share s 100 Nl:ve been dealt in at 140 ; Atlantic Telegraph at 2 ° ?'OO and 710; and Royal Mail Steam at 63g. st. BILITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. &% ( From the Official Ltst.t 20i Busineos done 190 3 Der ( - tent {\lnsole Annniti,,, 4 India`Nsr St ock Cent. Annuities B9i 100 Shut 220 100 lt.tis, i-;onds, .glOuU .. ..... .. .. -. .... 30 p Cotsols for Account Exehe quer Bill., .id 20 ='sB 0. 33 p 2' t rchequer Bonds, 1 , 158, 14 per Cont.— 103 Oitto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Vrenada New Active, 2} - Cent. 19 per Cent. . .Ditto Deferred 5l to rtuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 - Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent kaaiiaa Bonds, 11522, t: St., 5 per Cent ll i 10 Ditto, 4i per Cent. ~ .,„ih 30.15, .: per 4 1ent. a panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4k $ Itrkiin Ronde. o per cent T.snezuela Bonds ' 4i per Cent Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. IP roneh Rentes, 4} per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, money Ditto, Ao.ount Viscount and Viscountess Somerton are expected in to wn early next week from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Cremorne will leave town in a few days for Ireland. 'Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this livening at Cambridge House. Field-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Comber mere ve:e to arrive in London for a week, on Tuesday next. Sir John Potter, M.P., has arrived at Fenton'e Hotel, flora Manchester. The Rev. Montague E. Welby and Mr. Glyne Earle I kkvlby have left Fenton's Hotel for Allington Hall, near Gramtham. Moniteur states that 10,000 copies of M. de la ' ll7 .erronit)re's semi-official pamphlet on the English liaisons were sold in Paris during the first day, and it 'was necessary for the printers to recompose it with a 11 %oond set of types, in order to multiply impressions fast etiengh to supply the demand. ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZZ.—OXFORD, March 11— ' 4 e examiners appointed to award the Arnold Priza 41 e the beet historieal °may have this 'resin awarded t he, prize of the present year, on " The close of the tenth t tury of the Christian era," to Mr. Rich ar d W atson Dixon,*v 8.A.,, of Pembroke College. first dividend of 4s. in the pound has been an- Dunced by the inspectors of the estate of Messrs. H er .. 41 onn Cox and Co, and also of Messrs. Rehder and h e I 410 1demaan, two oithe houses which failed durin g t h e • ght of the late crisis. ofAPOTHECARIES'AIALL—The fallo wing are the na mes pintleinen who passed their examination in the science y, -.4°1 - Practice of medicine, and received certificates to I l L amtice, on Thursday, March 11 : — Edward Wynne Oswestry ; Hugh Bold Wynter, Kensington ; 4 'riel Kent Jones, Beaumaris ; Charles Roberts ; C 0 veatobert James Rogers, B r i g hton ; ward' Lynes, ry. th j kli ESTATE WITHOUT AN OWNER.—At a meeting of Historic Suciety of Llhca.hire and Cheshir e, held 0 t ha grand jury -room of St. George's-ball, Liverpool, Thursday night, Mr. Joseph Mayer, who pre ided, rtfer g to an interesting seal beloDging to the v , 13511 Y of Mnels, stakd that the lair. owner of the ' r °Ptrty at Moels had a eon of vdissolute character, Nvh o very t o , getting into debt, collected the rents of the estate would his extravagance,. His father, vowing that he ..,! t uld be revenged on his eon, set out to find hiin ; but 7 a u t , tiler he did so is not known, as to this day neither ~t_ sr nor son has been hcard of, and the whie of the ' . •,0 is now in the hands of the tenants, and would be quaa.ble ehuuld au heir be found. R T Shr. P 1 .A.R. (This Day ,~„._ -- V. A T.T, r uf A:r7l.. Cloning Prices this day. Business done this day. Id ! FAILIVATO, 10' Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June 11 Belfast & Ballymew 11 Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley ... 0 Birkenhd. Lance, eli Cheshire Junet 11 Blackburn 11 ' Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £4s)__ 0 Bristol & Exeter__ 0 Calodonian..... ..... ) ( Chester di Holyhewi I Cork and Bandon. . 1 Cork, Black. & Pass 1 Cornwall El Do. A 6 11 Do. B 11 Dubliarßelfast June. 11 Dun. P. drAber,June. 0 East Anglian ......... 10 Eastern Counties..... 0 EasternUnion,A.stk. 0 Do. ' do. B. , DNew A ...... i ,o. 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'lOO st. 100 121 1 1 5 31. 100 :5 f *ll Z 5 all It. 100 1.0 11 3t. 100 - 1 It. !100 15 I all LO i 9 41100 It.' too It. 100 St. [oo St. 100 St 100 n 1& St. LO; St 100 St. 1.00 .0 31.1 10 I all St. 100 10 I all LO 10 3t. 100 - it. 100 it. ilOO ;1. 1 100 .0 8 It. 100 it. 100 it. 1100 0 1 all 0 1 14 !O all all 15 20 15 5 16 St. 100 ;t. 100 15 22 it. 100 It. 1 100 0 all O all .0 all rl All 5 all !O 1 all I all all 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 100 40 50 20 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1858 1 tYi , AT PA !;` LI A .11 N 7 subject of the humblest State. (Hear.) He proposed to s wer y y h h hww t o h e ff ehl e rd e oe n . t m r c y i eebtrrthuahenugyeaanr w b o u the t y t because, iiotnvve ahx sa: ex ce pt p tb et having ehnat we been e tt e hh n e. B chliaa r hipd' i ci t ': i wub s u h rai'dl:4::tohtnSetabmitehirse": Government, tibg te a n beo d - I f uia r jBt i m ee tyht Ih'ect• themselves me e° 'g a a t ri at e-thes' ' he w ibftey h i:a i c ntt h oo circum stances having occurred so long ago as Jane last, that the rights of these men had been so long infringed. Ile was prepared with some statements which would explain the hitherto obscurity of the case. He would first give a simple narrative of the fasts. (The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded minutely to detail the facts of the capture which has already appeared more than once in Tire Sun.) • A proof cf the perfect innocence of the crew, and especially of the two engineers, was unexplained, sadei thatnameppg, country,eh a might ask Neapolitan hfaao tsr kl protectionp w, nor even because they found in the fact that when the steamer came in sight of the English squadron precautions were taken to prevent any of the crew being seen on deck, and the portholes were closed up to prevent the two engineers making signals with their handkerchiefs. So late as Feb. sth last, Lord Clarendon had stated in the House of Lords that the captain of the Cagliari had surrendered to the Neapolitan squadron ; but it now ap peared that this was not the case. The Cagliari was captured at a distance of 6 to 12 miles from any part of the coast. She was afterwards towed back nearly to the place she had come from, the object being to make it appear that she had been captured near the shore. It was clear that no sert of crime bearing the complexion of international crime was committed from first to last. When the insurgents rose against the captain t Joy were committing an offence against the municipal law of Sar dinia. When they disembarked in the Island of Ponza they were clearly committing an offence against the Neapolitan government ; but on neither occasion was there an offence which would bear the construction of international offence. It being impracticable for the Neapolitan government to treat this as a case of piracy, they had endeavoured to establish it as a case of war— not between the Neapolitan government and the Sar dinian government, but between the King of the Two Steilies and this small body of insurgents. And from this they educed the consequence that they had a right of capture, not only as against the insurgents, but as against all the parties who happened to be parties in this great war. They said that, finding this force on the high seas in time of war, they were entitled to lake the Englishmen into custody, to bring them back, and to have their innocence tested. The Prize Court was an institution belonging exclusively to the state of war. These poor men had been imprisoned ever since the 29th of June ; and from that hour to this nothing had been done by the Government of this country towards their liberation. The statement drawn up by Mr. Acting- Consul Barber showed the treatment to which these men had been subjected. He said : " Watt and Park were landed from the steamer Cagliari at the end of June last, together with the captain of that ship, her crew and passengers. The captain, engineers, and pas sengers were at once conveyed to the Vioaria prison un bound, but the crew were handcuffed. As soon as they reached the prison, the engineers, as well as the others, were desired that if they bad any papers they would give them up. Watt had none; Park gave up his pocket. book, wherein ho had a copy of a note which the insur gents had forced upon him when they took possession of the steamer shortly after leaving Genoa—the original remained on board. This note was not 'signed by any person, nor addressed to any one, and was worded nearly as follows, viz., 4 We have resolved to free our country from the yoke of slavery under which we hare so long suffered, and we call upon ail upright men to aid us. if you do your duty, no harm shall befall you, but, if other wise your lives are sacrificed.' They—the engineers and others—on arriving at the prison, were stripped naked by the police or prison authorities, and in teat position were jeered at by them. After allowing them to dress again, the two engineers, with the passengers, were con veyed to a prison on the ground floor, consisting of two small rooms, which were very damp, with one small barred window which looked into the prison-yard. Through this window the sun never entered, and scarcely were they able to distinguish daylight through it. To the misery of damp and bad-ventilation was added one still greater—viz., teat in lieu of a water-closet, a wooden tab was placed in the middle cf each room. Thee two tubs were emptied every evening, if the engineers paid some person to do so, but not otherwise, They were never washed, and the stench, especially at night, when the small barred window was closed, was very great, and their health soon be g an to suffer. These two men were i taken out when required by the police authorities to t ke he p y t I € * na year - 13 those l y r o A m u s g t r ! n a g the h . d tre hottest September.e ho They months a in ywere submit them to an interrogatory. On such occasions they were handcuffed before leaving the room, and brought back in the same manner. Park mentions that on ore occasion they conductei bins through damp underground prisonsbefore bringing him to be interrogated, and from the manner of the men who guarded him, he under stood that the intention was to intimidate him. The allowance made to them by the Neapolitan Government is—black bread of a very bad quality, and soup of so nauseous a nature that they had turned always from it iu disgust, and four graui per day each (less than 23.) in money. Money was occasionally seot to them by myself and some English engineers resident at Naples, by seteei, they were anahl.:l to buy b.tt.e food. Tl,oir beds consisted of boards supported on wooden trestles, with one mattress stuffed with bad tow, mixed with bite of straw. They suffered much from vermin. In the beginning of October they, with the captain and crew, were removed from the Yicaria prisons to those of Salerno. The manner this was effected wee as fol lows :—The police handcuffed Park, and passed a leather strap besides through both arms ; they attempted the same with Watt, but he resisted this indignity as long as he bad strength, but being overpowered, he was handcuffed and strapped in the same manner as Park. Taey were then tied together, put into a carriage into which three gendarmes likewise entered, The windows of the carriage were all drawn up, and thus, suffering from the tightness with which they were bound, they were forced to perform at a slow pace a journey of about 30 utiles by night, in a carriage hemetically closed. They begged repeatedly that a window might be let down, for the sake of air. Their request was not . com plied with. Wnen they reached the p r i son o f S a l erno the crew of the Cagliari were placed in two rooms—one a large airy room, the other smaller and well ventilated. Tae captain and the two engineers were pot into a smell room immediately under those occupied by the crew, which belonged to the gaoler. The room being situated very low, and the space occupied by their three beds leaving them little evac3 to walk in, the captain commenced suffering from bowel cemplaiut. Watt has threatened insanity ; and Park, who enjoyed very good health before his imprisonment, now suffers from fits/. A petition was sent by them to tee Attorney-General, begging that they might be placed in the same rooms with the crew, which was granted one day before our going to Salerno, viz., on the 24th of November. They have now a certain space to walk in, in the larger room of the two. Since their arrival at Sa lerno the engineers have frequently been conveyed from their prison to the tribunal to be examined by the Attor ney-General. On these occasions they have been paraded through the streets of Salerno, strongly guarded, and handcuffed. They have repeatedly begged that they might be spared the humiliation cf handcuffs, but their prayer has always been refu-ed. The handcuffs are made of iron. Park states that for several days after they reached Salerno the marks were still visible on their wrists and arms, from the tightness with which they were bound when they were taken from Napes to Salerno. The small sum of four grani per day, allowed to each man by the Neapolitan Government, enables , them to pay for the hire of their beds. The beds are of a better description than those they had at Naples. The company to whom the Cagliari belongs allows about 12e. 2d. daily to assist the crew in their subsistence, out this small sum, having to be divided amongst 22 persons, helps them but very little." Such was the cruelty to which they had been subjected that one of them had been suffering from illness, and the other had been un fortunately reduced to a state of iaaanity. t'a.u] Leaiing cConapanios. Closi:% - Prices this day rtasinar this day - -,~f:.~..,~. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The house reassembled to-day. Honourable mem bers commenced assembling about a quarter past three o'clock, and amongst the earliest arrivals were Viscount Goderich, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Card well, Sir W. Heathente, Mr. Bentinck, Lord Hotham, Mr. Ellice, sen., Sir F. Baring, Colonel Wilson Patten, Sir E. Perry, Mr. I. Butt, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. J. W. Fox, Sir J. Graham, &c., &c. At twenty minutes to 4 o'clock the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Lord Advocate, and Colonel Forrester, entered the house and took their seats in the place allotted for newly-elected members. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to 4 o'clock, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER — Though I have already spoken in this debate, I will ask permission of the house to be allowed to do so again ; for it would be an apparent want of courtesy to the hon. and learned gentleman if I did not answer the statement which be has made. No doubt the case of these two engineers is one of a very distressing character, aid one which bas the marked sympathy not only of every mem ber of this house, but of the country generally. (Hear, hear.) That men from the north of England, in the peaceable pursnit of that ingenious industry which was their means of livelihood, should be suddenly thrown into a prison in the south of Europe, under the circum stances in which these individuals find themselves, is a combination of circumstances which at once engages the attention of all. (Hear.) It may be that these individuals are morally innocent. Indeed, I would not hesitate to say, so far as I cilia form an opinion, that I have a strong impression that they are morally innocent. (Hear.) But the hon. and learned gentleman must know that a per. son may be morally innocent, and yet ay, by unfortunate cam-es, be placed in circumstances in which it is abso lutely necessary that, to demonstrate that moral inno cence, he mast submit to judicial investigation. Ido not clear:y understand from the lion. and learned gentle. man what it is that be expects from her Majesty's Go vernmentl Let us look at the facts of this cats. It happened about nine or tan months ago ; and of course that alone would render us most anxious to pay every attention to the position of these individuals. But there was no neglect on the part of the late Government in attending to these circumstances. They were submitted to the investigation and to the decision of the law officers of the Crown, and the course of the Government was taken in accordat.ce with the decision of the lsw officers. They have continued, during this long period of ten months, to act up'in the opinion and by the advice of those high authorities. It was not a casual or cursory opinion. The attention of the law o ffi cers was drawn to ; every incident that has occurred in these transactions and therefore it was the continuous and freq of the late officers that guided them in t a li t e: t cre of opinion policy o n urse they e have pur-ued. It is not, therefore, a m which can be changed by a change of Government ; it is a matter of law. Ma Government of this country has acknowledged the jurisdiction of the kingdon of the Two Siciliee in the instructions which it has sent out; and we have been interfering in the regulation and manage ment of their prisons. We have demanded permission that th, se two Englishmen should have the privilege of receiving the visits of their relatives and legal advisers. The question is ono of law, and not one of polcy ; and I have not heard from the hon. and Darned gentleman one reason why we should take it out of the chin in which we found it. I cannot presume to give an opinion thick that the opi n i ons cn this legal question. Some may . _ which have'guided the Government ought to prenonde raw Tor e are ether epiraens which may be stea , ly entitled to eespect. All will agree that it is a moot point of law ; and therefore all that can be done is that those who have the management of those affairs should be guided by the legal decisions which they believe to be most sound and equitable. This affair having gone on for ten months—the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies having beenacknowledged from the first by the English Government—the trial proceeding—aed they having interfered only as far as the Englishmen were concerned—it seems to ns that we are foreclosed from opening this question. We have admitted the jui i • diction, and I think the hon, and learned gentleman is labouring under a false impression in supposing that this was a mere affair of policy which would be changed by a change of Government. Ido not see that the Go vernment of this country could do more, in the position in which this question finds itself, than to take the most efficient steps to obtain for our unfortunate countrymen prompt justice, and to take care that while the investi gationiis going on they should feel that they are not de serted by their country. (Hear, hear.) Finding this state cf affairs, I can assure the house that her Majesty's Go vernment have not at all neglected it. It was the very first thing to which we gave our attention. Lord Malmes bury communicated immediately with a gentleman emi• nent for his ability and station, who was calculated in every way to exercise a very beneficial influence on behalf of our countrymen, who happened to be at Rome, and was directed to repair without loss of time to Salerno to inves tigate from the first the whole of the proceedings aeainst these two unfortunate individuals —to take every precaution that that trial should be conducted with im partiality, and that they should want no means of assist. ance in conducting their defence; in fact, " to do every thing (I believe I quote the language of the instructions) to comfort and sustain them in the grievous trial to which they are subjected"—(heat) —and to accompany all this with as stirring a protest as possible against any delay whatever in coming to a decision on this case. I hope the house will believe that, in the difficult position in which we found this affair, we have done all—l do not say that could be done—but all that it was advisable to do for the advantage of these two men. And I must express more than a hope that these exertions will not be fruitless, that we shall se e our countrymen restored to England, and that the end of this unhappy affair will not be so mortifying and so shameful as the hon. gentle man thinks. The hon. gentleman guarded himself against any expression which at this moment might produce ex citement or arouse feelings—unamiable feelings --to wards the Government of Naples. lam extremely glad that he spoke in that spirit. I do not think that the po sition of our unfortunate countrymen would be benefited by our departing from that courtesy which is usually shown to foreign Powers. After all, what i 3 more im portant than the question of law—what is more impor tant than any question as to sovereign rights and inte rests! and what really touches the feelings o' this coun try is, that we should obtain the release of those two men, and that they should obtain that release by the public recognition of their innocence. Such a result will be facilitated, no doubt, by temperate conduct and tem perate language. I can a.sure the house that the subj-ct anxiou-ly occupies the attention cf Government, and that no means will be spared by which we can obtain a thee individuals that justice to which they are en titled, and the rindicetion of their character from that charge of misconduct of which I believe them to be en tirely innocent. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HEADLAM Pa d that one of those unhappy men was a constituent of his, and he naturally f It a strong interest in the case. (Hear.) He cf course admitted that the mere change of Government dia net necessarily in clude any change of policy, and he did not say anything if the present government which he would not say of their predecessors. (Hear.) Bte;, be confessed he had listened with some dissatisfaction to the statement that the previous Government had admitted the juiiseliction of the kingdom of Naples, and that consequently the present Government were precluded from taking what he conceived to be the etrongeA argument in favour of these uncappy man, namely, a complete denial of the jurisdiction f the Neapolitan courts. (Hear.) Ho felt somewhat alarmed lost, between the two Governments, the lieulthe and the fortunes of our countrymen should be endangered and destroyed. (Hear.) He had for soiree time taken the deepest interest in this question. Like tLe late Government, for a long time he believed, upon the facts that were before the house and the country, that this strict letter of the law was with the Neapolitan Go vernment. Ile bad thought that the capture was legal— that the Neapolitan G..vernmeut bad a right to try thee men, and, as an incident to that right, had a right io detain them in custody. Such being supposed to be the facts the duty of the G overnmen t was li m i te d to what the late Government had fulfilled—namely, a mere suggestion that the trial should be a speedy one—an endeavour to obtain justice when it did come on—and an endeavour, by remonstrance or other modes, to miti gate as far as possible the hardships to which these m, n were subjected. Now the facts appeared to be totally dif ferent. And upon these facts he rested the very clear and self-evident proposition—that the Neapolitan Go vernment were not justified in the capture of the Cagliari in the manner in which the was captured, and that, con seqaeutly, not only hal we a right to complain of the ct uelty to which these men had been subj cted, and to say that they were entitled to an acquittal upon the merits, but far more, we were entitled to say that they never ought to have ban confined at all, that they ought not tr, h.e put upon their tri,.l and that every hour during which they continued in their state of illegal confinetnent was a humiliation inflicted upon thiscountry. (Chters ) It was an undoubted fact that this capture did take place riot within waters of Neapolitan jurisdiction, but upon the high area. (Hear.) But this was the essence of the whole question. (Hear, hear.) When the case was first made known to them it was supposed that the I capture was made within the Neapolitan waters, and not where it actually was made. (Hear.) The reason of the mistake was this, that immediately after the capture the Ca;,iltari was taken in tow by a Neapolitan war steamer, and brought within a few miles of the Nein pelitan shore. Consequently, when the vessel was first seen in capture it was within the waters of Naples, and therefore the impression arose that the capture was made within those waters. This was the first and most im portaut fact of the case. The second was, that when the vessel was captured nu act of violence was done by her which could at all be construed into an act of war or piracy, or invasion of the municipal law of Naples or any other country. However, she was taken forcibly by two armed vessels, a ehotted gun, he believed, was fired over her, and the captain and men were brought upon shore. Tee question under these cir cumstances, was one which any gentleman could decide urea] for himself. They knew of course that if any Englishman, however innocent, had been arrested in a street of Naples for any alleged broach of the peace they could not deny the right of the Neapolitan Government to try him All they could filo was to endeavour to miti gate his position and to get him a fair hearing. But if the Neapolitan Government arrested a British subject, even though guilty of a breach of the peace, on the high seas, they were r.cting without the sanction of law, and beyond their right; and it was the duty of this country to deny the right of the Neapolitan Government, and to demand the release of the party. (Hear, hear.) No dispute coral arise as to facts ; and as to the matter of Law, no doubt exietei as to the course which ought to be taken by this country. That coulee was taken by the Sardinian Government. (Hear, hear.) The Sardinian Government rested their case on this view, and he contended it was the duty of the present Govern ment, as it was the duty of the late Government, if they bad known these facts, to support the same view, and to bring the matter, not before the Neapolitan tribunal., submit to, but hefore the Neapolitan government for the purpose of insisting on the restitution of the subjects of this country. (Rear.) He felt that these men were our fellow-subjects —men on whom great and grievous cruelty had been inflicted, and be for one was not satisfied with the course which her Majesty's government had pursued. (Hear.) He understood from the newspapers that Mr. Lyons had been directed to attend at the trial, and to tee that justice was done. He doubted if that was sufficient or adequate to the gravity of the occasion. He believed that the truest course to take for the honour and dignity of the country, and the best for those unhappy men who had been now subjected to ten months of grievous perse cution, would be with firmness and dignity to deny the right of the Neapolitan tribunals to try them, and to claim in conjunction with the Sardinian government, that they should be restored to their liberty and their country. (Hear, hear.) three decker to the Bay of Naples and within a cannon shot of the royal palace. (Hear, hear.) That was what he would have done. The right hon. gentleman spoke of using amiable language. The amiable language he would have used would have been cannon shot. (Laugh ter and cheers.) They were told that— " Britannia's march was on the mountain wave," and that, " Her home was on the deep," but this would be true no longer if these things wore to be permitted. (Hear, hear.) When Spain committed an act of oppression and treachery on an Englishman, he, believing that his last hour was come, after describing the horrors to which he was subjected, cow. mended his soul to God, and vengeance to his coun try. He (Kr. Roebuck) said on the part of these men that though they went abroad, they went abroad with the great r gis of their country over them, and that they might walk the waters as safely as they might the floor of that house ? What was the worth of Rug. land's navy, England's name, or of England's power, if they did not protect English subjects wherever they went (Hear, hear.) These men were in pursuit of peaceful objects ; they did nothing contrary to any law and yet they were treated in this cruel way, and one of them lost his reason in consequence of the severity of a Neapolitan imprisonment. We stood by, and were told not to use unaitnable language. Unaimable language ! When he knew that one of his fellow countrymen had been rendered insane by the conduct of Naples—(hear, hear)—he should be unworthy of his position as an Eng lish representative if be did not raise his voice and lay that, in whatever clime Englishmen might be, and what ever Government might be in office, it was the duty of England and England's Government to defend them. (Cheers.) Mr. W. EVVA.RT said that it appeared to him that the circumstances of this case had conspletel changed, foe it was now clear that the Cagliari had been seized not in the waters of Naples, but on the high seas. It was upon that view of the case that Count Cavour founded his excellent and dignified despatch. He now wished to ask her Majesty's Government whether it was their inten tion to act with the vigour which signalised the Sardi nian Government by sending a memorial to the Govern ment of Naples on this subject ? (Hear.) The only consistent course for this country to adopt under the altered circumstances of the case who to demand the observance of international law, to vindicate the rights of Englishmen, and the claims of justice. (Hear.) Mr. HORSMAN said he agreed with the hon. and learned member for Newcastle that this question could not be suffered to rest where it was, and whether it was the present Government or the late Government who were in fault, it was now high time for the House of Commons to take this question into their own hands, and that they should make themselves acquainted with all the facts of the case. (Hear.) If, as appeared to be the case, these facts were uncontradioted, he must say that, after these two countrymen of theirs had been for ten months in this state of imprisonment, the position cf that house was most humiliating, and the conduct which had been pursued was not creditable either to the Ministry or to the house. (Hear, bear.) A despatch of Count Cavour's appeared in the public papers which had out been laid before the house. That docu ment bad, he presumed, received an answer from the Neapolitan Government, a copy of which answer was no doubt in the possession o f her _Majesty' s G overnment. He wished to ask whether it wad not the fact tbat the Neapolitan Government admitted that the capture of the Cagliari was made on the open Seas ; and if that vessel was such as was described, and her capture effected in the ~ pen sea, he would ask the late Attorney-General or the present Attorney-General, or any lawyer in the h 'use, whether that capture was not an illegal capture. (Hear, hear,) Ante if the capture was not legal, wheth,r tee detention, the imprisonment, and every subsequent proceeding was not a violation of international law ! (Hear, hear.) If that was the fact, and the state of the law, was it any answer for the right honour al,le gentleman to tell the house that the last Gc ve:nment chose to submit to have two British sub jeets imprisoned and tortured, and dealt with in such a manner that both lost their health, and one his reason f (Hear, hear.) Though her Majesty's Government knew tbis to be illegel,iheugh they knew twat those outrages were perpetrated against their countrymen in violation of international law and every principle of justice, were they to be toll by the Government that they found themselves iu this condition, that they c )uld not back the demand of Count Cavour, and that Sardinia must fight this battle by herself ? li, when the new facts be came hnown to the present Government, they persisted iu that course, especially when the despatch of Count Cavour wad made known to them they were as much to blame as the late Government. He wished to know from the right hon. gentleman whether there would be any objection to lay on the table all the papers connected with this subject. He should like to have the communi cations that passed between the late Government and the acting consul at Naples, between the acting consul and the authorities at Naples and between her Majesty's late Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Neapolitan ministry. He thought the time was come when they should have before them all the information, so as not to remain any longer in ignorance of the real circum stances of the case—(hear, hear)—tbat the time was come when they should insist ou putting an end to that system of secrecy—(cheers)—which might be wed suited to despotic governments, hut which was alien to the feelings of a free constitution, and in consequence of w'eieb our own international affairs were so constantly getting into difficulties. (Hear, hear.) He thought it relit to give the Government notice that whatever they did new this house would justly bold them as respon ( sail° as if they were in offic e six months ago—(oh, oh, and hear, hear)—for eveey act which they now commit ted with a full knowledge of the real facts—as respon sible as if they were originallypartiee to the transaction. The house should insist on the production of all the papers without reservation, in order that they might be enabled to form their opinions on the judgment they ahorld pronounce. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE said he felt they were falling into a discussion, or rather into a half discussion, cf a mat• ter of immeasurable importance, under disadvantages which must preclude any progress ---at least any satis factory progress towards a solution. His principal ob ject in rising was to express a hope that her Majesty's Government might be inclined to accede to the request of the right hon. gentleman who had just spoken, and produce the papers asked for. (Hear.) lie did not understand that any negotiations were at present in pro gress, he thought the aspect of the facts was such as to make it the duty of the house to take them into their careful consideration. (Hear, hear.) He was not pre pared, in the present state of the information he pos sessed, to join with those who were prepared to cut blame on the Government which now held office. Ile thought it impossible, without a much more minute knowledge of the facts and circumstances than the house possessed, to pass any opinion with regard to the culpability or blamelessness of any Government with respect to this question. It turned very much upon dates. It appeared that originally there was a complete misunderstanding with regard to the facts of the ewe. He regretted that his hon. and learned friend (Mr, Roe braked ) entered whatit awtouaildl be o t t o be th d e ut b y ysz f th th e i t s G ical ov c e as rn e, me a a n t d a to ' do if this vessel had been captured in Neapolitan supposed d ha in t Neapolitan waters, waters. They now t k h n o e u w gh th it at w s a h s e at w first not t t she was. From where fault did that error arise I The error arose i I not from the fault, at least ou t o f th e pro- ceedings of the Neapolitan Government. This print seemed to be of essential and vital importance in the consideration of the question ; for if the error arose out of the prooeedings of the Neapolitan Government, it clearly followed, as it appeared to him, that the Neapolitan Government could not be entitled to take any benefit whatever by its own wrong. (Hear.) If the admissions made by the late Government were admissions which were made when they were mis informed as to the facts, these admissions were not binding on her Majesty's present advisers, and still less on the House of Commons (Hear, hear.) But what he trusted m i g ht prove not to have been the case—what he trusted he should be informed not to have been the case—was that no further admissions had been made, because it was now a long time since they read the account cf the despatch of Count Cavour ; and he con fessed it was with pain, shame, and astonishment, he found that the duty of vindicating the law cf nations— of vindicating the rights of Englishmen—should have fallen into the bands of feeble Sardinia, and not of mighty England. (Hear, hear.) He trusted they should have all the circumstances of the case before them. It was true our position was most unfortunate, because the proceedings had now reached a point that any expres sloe of the wishes of the house might be too late, and appear ridiculous in the face of the world—that was to say, after the trial bad been brought to a conclusion. But, at the same time, partly with regard tie these men, but still ore with guest to the principl es of public right invo m lved , and the qon of ministerial responsi bility, it was most imp( //tent, in his judgment, unless it could be shown that public inconvenience would arise from the contrary course, this house should be placed in immediate and full possession of the facts (Near.) He niust say this, that, if there was any reluctance on the part of the present government to produce the papers, it could not be any interested reluctance, because be knew they could not have any selfish motive in refusing them, and if they refused to produce them, he WAS sure they would be able to state strong reasons of public conveni ence and principle for such refusal. (Hear, hear.) If none such existed, he hoped they would accede to the request which he thought had been judiciously made by the right hon. gentleman. Lord PALMERSTON said the case to which the die cussion related was one which occupied for a considera ble period the anxious attention of the late Government, and they should have been moat Oita if they could have found any ground on which to make some demand upon the Neapolitan Government which would have led to the lieeration of their two countrymen. (Hear, hear.) Bat through the whole course cf the transaction, they were guided by what they were told, by those who were the best able to judge, were the principles of international law. It certainly was for a brig time the opinion that these men had been captured within the Neapolitan waters. But it tur n ed out by th e recen t publicat capture ioof jurisdiction papers by the Neapolitan Government that the cf the Nea politan Government. The circumstance,rtbdic was made beyond the territorial he shouldhat the] :could have thought, might have altered th e case; but in t 1. inion cf those most com petentwould be also guided by the opinion subject. But that sub ject at the time we retired from was under cons ideration to give au opinion on the . m°. With regard to the question respecting the lay ing cf papers on the tails, he had to remind the house that some portion of the papers had beer_ laid on the table last session, and, speaking from general recollec. tion of what bad passed since, as ferns he was coecerned le saw no cojecll_n :o she proAt);ion of the oorrespou Mr. ROEBUCK said it anything could astonish him .n that house, it was the language of the right hon. gentle man on that occasion—language which was wholly un worthy of a British minister. (Loud cheers.) Two Englishmen had been seized unjustly on the high seas, and subjected to ten mouths of horrible imprisonment, and the government of this country were cognisant of these facts. The right hon. gentleman was not answer able for what occurred in the first instance. He (.Ir. Roebuck) did not care whether there men were taken in the Neapolitan waters or out of them. (Hear) H. o e,s t ir e u tn ld enhance his case by saying they u waters ° but he would say that even if taken laNeapolitan been protected by ' were takeno t 1 being Englishmen, they should ha h ve . _ a . fair and Hume the power of England, and h v av t e d what was the case I diate trial. (Hear, hear.) . guoedtoadungeon,where privations, and wo looked T th h e e y y the I , oked ten—whilst Neapolitan go. were not tried, b h ut rr o i o b n le si is t committed these indignities on English hear.) But the ease did not rest one—wtaemreeleyx t ( lo il ey ear w ' •ere captured out of the Neapolitan (Hear.) Then the Neapolitan government there,wevueall t , j-eereterc. for attempted to say they were pirates. The piracy was on the part of a. Neapolitan government, and not on the part of these men. (Hear, hear.) They were going f rom Genoa; they were seized, pistols put t , ) their head,, and commanded to do certain things. They did them. When released they went back, and were on their way to Naples to give information of what had occurr, d. They were taken by the NespolitanAvliestshele,stehlrao:ini cane prison, and treated in a way which was a disgrace to a The ea G r',, v h e e r a n r. m ) eat now sitting on that anything 4ll,i!ig. f one to vindicate to c' v t i h i i : ed knowledge cocountry. of (Rear, hear.) ‘Ve ( t h e opposition) bench. Was l, the honour of England ? N recalled our minister ;we enacted that farce. What happen e d a ft erwards ? Why, (Cheers. tw jects were su bj acte d to this horrible imp o ris E onl i e i n sh t, saunbd st h ti eorueldwhaas have eobn do one tow t a e tch over th e i r i n t erests . 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Land ••• 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln • C o . Up. Can 100 1 - 28. van Dlomeu'a Laud lO 12 - 95 iiii L . : 1.(54 ••• "" • ... • .. • 6 - 6 108 - 112 HO - 114 115 - 120 112 - 117 130 - 135 ••• ..... ~ 74 - 76 1116 110 - 112 102 - 104 fil - t 33 10 . i - 11 5i 92 - 94 87 - 89 88 - 90 99 - 101 10 - 16) 16 - 17" 10 - 11) 72 - 75 19 - 20 8 i - 10 14 - 15 38 - 140 Po -""" ... .• '-- ••• • sr• • ... 160 - 185 • ..... . , . 121 - 123 66 - 70 .'''' ••• -. •.. "... ••• -- 139 -- 101 -- a ••• ••• 11 11, "". ••• ''' ••• - 109 - 96 - 6 •- par 23 121 MR 100 , - 122 - 120 - 75 - I.oi - 24 1 - 192 - 102 -.." • • • - iii 681 91 103 2 id 91i 2 96, 5i 91 4 i 9 7i i 1 st• I 100 26i 93 2 3 13A 20 . St. I St. 13i St. 76 i St. 17 • 20 123 25 20 st. gSt. St. I 25 L 0.61 St. St. St. St. # 1081 9 8 11 3O 20 371 1 20 5 30 9 211 I 20 1 NNW MEMBERS SWORN. - Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, for Buckingham County. Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, for Cambridge University. Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, for Droit wich. Right Hon. Lord Stanley, for King's Lynn. Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, for Huntingdon Borough. Right Hon. Lord John Manners, for Leioester County (Northern Division). Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, for Oxford County. John Inglis, Esq., for Stamford. Right Hon. Charles Bowyer Adderley, for Stafford County (Northern Division). Hugh WCalmont Cairns, Esq., for Belfast. Lord Henry Lennox, for Chichester. Right Hon. John Thoma s Henry Sotherton Estcourt, for Wilts (Northern Division). Right Hon. George Cecil Weld Forester, for Wen lock. Lord Lovaine, for Northumberland (Northern Dili sion). Sir Fitzroy Kelly, for Suffolk County (Eastern Divi Henry Whitmore, Esq., for Bridgnorth. On the front opposition benches, amongst the earliest arrivals of the members of the late Government, were, Sir B Hall, Sir W. G. Hayter, Mr. J. 1). Fitzgerald, Sir H. Keating, and Lord Duncan. Lord John Russell arrived shortly after 4 o'clock and took his seat on the front bench, immediately below the gangway—the seat usually occupied by Lord Palmer ston whe❑ that noble lord was the leader of the Oppo sition on a former occai-ion. Sir C. Wood, Mr. Labouchere, Sir G. Grey, Sir G. C. Lewis, Mr. V. Smith ; Mr. Lowe, and Lord Palmer ston entered the house about half-past four o'clock, and took their seats on the front °op .Bition benches. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read h second time :—Cheater and Hulybead Rail way ; Dareath Valley RAilway ; East Suffolk, Yarmouth and Had discoe, and Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Com panies Amalgamation ; Electric Telegraph Company ; Middlesborough Improvement ; Mid-Kent Railway (Croydon Extension) ; Tyne River Improvements WAi lasey Improvement - - PAPER DUTY. Mr. GILPIN presented several petitions from prin ters and others, in London, against the paper duty. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir W. JOLLIFFE a new writ was ordered for Durham, in the rosin of Mr. J. R. Mow bray, appointed judge-Advocate General. THE CASE OF MR. ISAAC BUTT. Sir J. GRAHAM brought up the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the charges against Mr. Isaac Butt, relative to the A.oueer Ali Moorad, the particular.; of which have already been published, and on the motion of the right hon. baronez,, the minutes of evidence and the report were ordered to be printed. MILITIA. General PEEL brought up the supplemental estimates 'or the militia. SUEZ CANAL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on the 26th he should ask her Majesty's; Government whether they had any objsoticn to a ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Mr. DISRAELIsaid it WAS due to the house to state that within the last hour her Majesty's Government had received a communication from the Government of France, and he was happy to say that those painful misconceptions which had for some time unhappily prevailed had been entirely terminated in a manner and in a spirit friendly and honourable, and in a manner which he believed would be satisfactory to the feelings as he was sure it would be conducive to the in terests and happinees of the people of both countries. (Hear, hear.) He would lay the despatch on the table as soon as he received her Majesty's permission to do so. (Hear, hear.) PUBLIC BUSINESS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I will also take this opportunity, with the permission of the house, to indicate the course which we propose to take with respect to public business. Tbe requirements of the public service are at this moment so urgent that we shall have to appeal to the cordial assistance of the house to enable ur tt, ork*rp avah th,lock tirton2nrt. n erb urn t.Egin lutily necessary for the service of the country. There are at thin moment supplies to be granted for the service of the present expiring financial year, and it will also be necessary to go into committee of supply with reference to what will be immediately necessary for the financial year ensuing. The house will remember that at the close of last session of Parliament, in the month of August last, in consequence of the rebellion in India, a bill was passed, permitting her Majesty to embody the militia under circumstances different from these which were contemplated by the then existing law. By the then ex isting law her Majesty could not embody the militia un less the country was iu fear of an invasion, or was actu ally at war. In August last we were no - at war, but the house thought tha. under the circumstances of the case it wag necessary to give her Majesty power to embody the militia without reference to the conditions impo-ed by law. Now, the state of affairs in In , tio are not such as to render it prudent to withdraw that power from her y, and we therefore propose to ask the house to continue the act of last year. One consequence of the passing of that act in August lasr, however, has been that a considerable expenditure was incurred beyond that contemplated in the estimates whoa they received the approbation of the houee. A vote of 200,0001. was taken for the militia ; but the expenditure which has been in curred in consequence of the act of August last I should take to be about 700,000/. ; and it will, therefore, be ne cessary to pass a supplementary vote for the present financial year, in order to meet the increased expenditure on account of the militia. That vote has been presented to you to-night, hut, of ceurs e , we cannot pass it in a com mittee of supply till Monday. With regard to the supplies to be granted to her Majesty fer the coming financial year, they must be voted b e f ore the Mutiny Bill oan be in troduced ; and wh a t we propose, therefore, to do, is to take the course whi c h h as been usual under extraordi nary circumstances lik e t h ose of the present year — v i z., to ask the house to let us take the votes on account for the great services of the Country. It would, however, be extremely difficult to p ass the votes o f ways and means that would be th e result of agreeing to those votes on account, and also t o pass the Mutiny Bi ll b e f ore Easter. I trust, therefore, that the house will on Tues• day permit orders of the day to have precedence over notices of motions. I hop e also that hon. gentlemen will on this occasion forbear from any discussion on the estimates. Of course it is not, and never will be, our taken, desire to curtail dis cuss i on on the estimates, an d i f the house will take th e course I have ointed out, will per mit the votes o n account to be m y right hen, friends will postpone their exposition of the state of their respective departments until the estimates are regu larly brought before the house, and then hon. gentlemen will have an opportunity of proposing those motions which now appear upon the paper, and which, under other circumstanc es , th ey might hare t h oug ht it th e i r duty at onc e t o b r i ng forward. I trust the house will consent to this proposal, by which, according to my calculation, the vote s of ways and means might be in troduced on W e d nesday next ; but with the utmost for bearance on th e part of ourselves of every opportunity of pressing it forward, we should not b e a bl e to carry the Mutiny Bill till the end of the month. I h ope that the suggestions I have made will be agreeabl e to the house—that they will allow us to hon, a members, obtain thi s a s nd up p b i y em availing onta ry l voteof or the g militia, into s p ad to u take votes on account for the army and navy, and to permit or d ers of the day to have precedence on Tuesday ; and th en, I think, we shall be able to accomplish before April th e passing of those measures which are absolutely necessary for the public I now t a k e t h e lib er ty service ve of th th at e t e h o f u e n b t o ry u . se ( e H t eftasr.r)teing do adjour n t o Mon day THE OATHS BILL. Mr. NEWDEGArE gave notice that in consequence of the elevation of Sir F. Thesiger i \now Lord Chelms ford) to - the woolsack he should take upon himself the line of opposition pursued by that noble and learned lord to the Oaths Bid of the noble lord the member for London. THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. seeing llai 8 Chett ]Majesty's 's the hen. Governmentand to 3' s i ta r. te ß t l h C e ll po c li a c l y ied on uwphoinchhetrhey intended to conduct the peculiar circum stances government of the country, learned gentlemen connected withotfhTehheeGr :iciTiaeuirnenstmrtyye,nBhtapdbraead. made different statements to their constituents on mat ofto stances under great dsuere w ah political isc ttteh i ren m em p n o te r m t f a rb o oe ( m : r e s . sent Government obtained office. (Efear, hear.) Mr. P. O'BRIEN also addressed the house, calling on the Gov-roment to state their views on con-piracy, r t iegr mat ters t education, reform, church-rates, and many (.ther ques tions of importance that were occupying public attention. THE CAPTURE OF THE CAGLIARI. Mr, KINGLAKE rose to call the attention of the house and of her Majesty's Government to the facts which have now tratopired respecting the capture of the Cagliari on the high seas by Neapolitan cruisers, and to the continued imprisonment of the English engineers, Park and Watt ; and to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there were any further papers on the subject which without detriment to the public service could be laid on the table of the house. He trusted that he should be saved from the difficulty of being regarded as disrespectful to the King of Naples. He thought it very unadvisable that uncourteous lan guage should be used in that house. At all events, he would be no party to it. The right he was endeavouring these en S w t aatse one in Eu a r t u might pe that j t u o s a ti s y se a rt ss o e n rt t e h d e h p y ai t t h of e humblest did not ask for any privilege for Englishmen more than .He be others, but merely for that justice which was due to a 118 1141 75 i 114 121 1001 21 1 i 119 toi 191 484 8 82 4i ]94 93j 58i 9