The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00

----- •—•1 ----- - - . - . _ -,.....,.-- . • THE SU N, LONDON ......A.......... - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. WI 0N E Y MARKET SH A, .iit.• M ail i F... cS , This Day). J . . _.—.....----. Leasing Closing Prices Busines• TITION. COMMERCIAL AND RAILWAYS. ) 1 Shr. Paid Railways. Companies yesterday this day. embers of . INTELLIGENCE. -thr. Paid KAILWATr . Insirg P . ? 0 Basiness done I _ _____.---- ........... St. 100 IBuckgha.msh. Ln.&N.W. 93 - 100 Yesttr lay 'this day. gays, con- St. 100 ,Cl ydesdal e Je. I Cal edon ... 10 0 - 102 [.P. Mr. ---lar--_. _— -- - - • - " - 25 all ICol.Stour Vy. E.U.drE.O 13 - 15 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the p as t f ew days rather more activityst. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 13. , Gt.Northn 136 - 139 on, M.P., 124 10 Amin. Nottnz. Bo . " , & Eastn. June.... 5 i - 6 . Teulon, has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce 50 all Belfast & Ballyruten ... - ... 5 all E. Uu. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 - 41 St. 100 1 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. alley, W. Markets, and most of the leading staples have been 13i all Birmng. Wolyerh. _ Neils.Direot. Goodson, at full rates, while in some instances Stour valley.- ..... 7i -8i Bt. '.lOO Do. New Do y appoint- 25 1 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. ... - ... Derby, at few an advance has been realised. Sugar of good grocery quality St. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. ,$) Cheshire Junet.... 69 - 71 50 ' all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 108 - 110 t, on the has been in demand, and at a slight improvement. 25 all Blackburn . - 10 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 25 all Myth & Tyne origin,ai 124 . all Do. 1 Shares. Do ied on be- In the Refined Market dried goods are scarce, £25 (iss. at .E 45)... 26 - 27 ni all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 124 - 134 er burdens 24 - 25 Hon. W. and fu • 11 prices are current. For coffee there s Ei t t. .. 100 tristm iig Exeter...-. 88 .._ go 100 Caledonian. B5 - 8N 85 20 all Do. Preference Do St, 100 Lon. Til., &S. Pete &Co 94 - 96 95 4 has been only a moderate inquiry, and St. 100 (Theater & Holyhea 35 .-- 37 :'rade, was 10 I 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do prices have exhibited little variation ; spices have 50 all 'Cork and Bandon... ... - ... ' si, all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ... -.. I and Matlock & Midld 24 - 2 i ed the de- been • n dull, and at the public sales of cinnamon, 20 all ••• - ... St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland._ 94 - 96 10 all D. A. Cornwall 6i 51 Newmarket Prices, compared with those obtained at the last 'lour to be 10 MI Do. B • - ••• 1 BuryE.G.spc. E. Cotmt.. p - IP )f the Go- aalee, declined about 2d. to 3d. for first quality, 50 all Dnblin&BelfastJune ... - ...d 50 ; all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 57 - 9 ,e of legis- 2d, for second, and id. to 2d. per lb. for third qua- .„. , Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 8 - 8l 50 , all De. 6 per et.. Do ... - ..• he amount litres • Saltpetre has been iu steady demand, and 25 all tq. 100 East Anglian - 161' 161 St. ,100 Ea.stena Counties__ 604 -61 i 601 i 50 I all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 I all Prest. di Wyre •L. &N. W ... - ... ?erty was at slightly improved rates. The demand for tallow St.lloo Ea.sternUnion,A.stk 45 - 47 124 all Do. 4 -tihrs. A.. . ` ..; ~ - ... materially St. ilOO D o . do. B. 3O - 32 St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. c s , 136 - 139 has been moderately active, and prices have been ,hings, and 25 18 1 Do 'New A............ ... - ._ 10 : all Shrews.& Her T. I ••y 8 - 9 steadily supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 2 5 5 t.1 1 1 a 00 11 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M.3lCleiri 10 - 10.3 ered. He East Kent ... 14 - 16 •••••• • rniiture of 555. 3d. to 555. 6d. ; May and June, 553. ; July 87 - 89 50 all WearVal.g6pe Stk.&Dar. ... - ... East Lancashire 20 I all East Suffolk - 33 d been re- and September, 533. ; and last three months, 525. tO all Do. ... St. 100 ,Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn i B9 91 ••• - ••• waste his 3 d. per cwt. St. 1 00 Edinburgh& Glasgow 62 63 624 PREF ERENCE SHARES. d vantas, The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed t-1 1 - 00 Edinb.Prth.&Thand. 274 - 28 281 _____ Liu n their e.„,.,_ , •-- _r _ii .1 ---:—‘: 0 all F or th a .nd ClydeJunc. ... - ... 25 , all ,Blyth t . t . n , d . Tyne ,. lo P• 1 ..• 1 a Kll7 NI _ ... CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the past few days rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, and most of the leading staples have been at full rates, while in some few instances an advance has been realised. Sugar of good grocery quality has bten in demand, and at a slight improvement. In the Refined Market dried goods are scarce, and full prices are current. For coffee there has been only a moderate inquiry, and prices have exhibited little variation ; spices have been dull, and at the public sales of cinnamon, prices, compared with those obtained at the last sales, declined about 2d. to 3d. for first quality, 2d. for second, and ld. to 2d. per lb. for third qua lities. Saltpetre has been iu steady demand, and at slightly improved rates. The demand for tallow lia3 been moderately active, and prices have been steadily supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 555. 3d. t o 55 5. 6d. ; M a y and June, 553. ; July and September, 533. ; and last three months, 525. 3d. per cwt. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices of all descriptions were without alteration. The sales were estimated at 8,000 hale 4, 2 ,000 of which were taken by the speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. In the Railway Share Market an improving tone still prevails, and prices are steadily advancing. lour to be )f the Go ,e of legis he amount Derty was materially ,hings, and ,ared. He Inditure of d been re waste his d vantages, burn their iegislature. ?arliament Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) Bris. &EL , ' p.c. St. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches . & H 0.5 p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandon 5 ip.e Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. W. 0 per cent Do. 104. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane asb.6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sth Edin. tit Gl. 5 p. c. Sh Ed.Prth.&D an.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. ofScot.lst Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St ' Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon, & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. et Lon. dz S.W. 7 per ct Furness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... 'R. Sth. &We st. (Ire). Great Western. Do. Str. V. R gua. St ' Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., . Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshir Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Gs, Do. SouthpLat. London & Black mai Do. New, i=s. 51.105. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst London &N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ►lan c h Sh ef. &Lincln Metropolitan 4idland Do. Birming. & Devi , Aidland G. West.(lr. Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt..Aberg.cfsHrfd Newry & Armagh ewry, Warreupoit • & ReStrevOr No rfo lk_ . Northn. Counties IT, North British ..... North Devon. Rail. & bock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n....... N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire. North Western....... N. & S. Westrn. Jun( Oxford Worcester 4. wolverhampton . Peebles Portsmouth ••• - ••• 94 - 96 190 - 92 91 - 10 - 1033 87 - 89 1 126 - 127 99 - 101 56i - 574 56 - 53 iOi a great n addition competi- Brat thing the unjust ow on the 'tended for to parochial 3plaint was ion, which areholders, about by own bene the public. St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 100 100 57 i 61 'i -: Although a large amount of engagements is now falling due, consisting of long-dated paper issued during the crisis, and when money was at 10 per cent., the general inquiry for accommodation has not increased, and the terms still remain very moderate. Thesa bills, it is feared, in some quarters may lead to some embarrassments, even if no failures occur, because it is known that the depreciation in produce—for it is prin cipally among the East India trade that these en gagements are now maturing—must have entailed serious losses. lf, however, they should be punt• tually discharged, the East India firms will d. serve much credit for the manner in which they have been able to bear up against the vicissitudes of the last six months. 84 86 10 12 p 10 12 p 901 911 1 d 1k a 108 - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 127 - 132 90 89/ = enormous y spent in f two com ing carried 105 - 106 9n -94. i 1A - 93j -94 i 1051 5 6 944 i i 72 - 74 117 - 119 • •• .... • •• pay for it. re killed it payment to ,he Govern to protect Royal cow the matter, aeasures for 36i 37, _ 93a 94 65 67 110 - 112 102 - 101 94k i 3i 674 62 e 4 10/ Saturday next being the Ist May will, as usual, be observed as a holiday at the Stock Exchange, although the committee have not yet made the requisite formal announcement. The Committee of Spanish American Bondhol ders have issued the following notice :—" In con sequence of the very satisfactory nature of the last advices received from the Republic of Venezuela, the Committee have determined on despatching by the packet of the 17th of next mouth their com missioner, Mr. Elias Mocatta, to CaracJas, to ar range for the liquidation of the arrears due on the foreign debt of that Republic." To-day a meeting of the Sortridge Consols Mining Company took place at the London Tavern, when a report was presented, stating that the cost for the three months was 1,5131. 19s. 10d., and the ore sold 1,2011. 2s. 7d., leaving a loss on the three months of 3061. 14s. 9d.; but there was a general estimated balance in favour of the mine of 2,4081. Os. 3d. The report was adopted. The market for English Securities has remained firm during the morning, and notwithstanding the limited transactions recorded, there is still a dispo sition to extend engagements. A few purchases Lave been made, but they have been too unimpor tant to produce much effect apon values. Consols fortransfer have been 97 to 97/, and for,account 97i I. They are now 971 and for June 97i Tue New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 952 96, and the New 21 per Cents. are 80k. Bank Stock is 222, and India Loan Scrip 99i 100. Exchequer Bills are 345. to 375. premium. Foreign stocks are active, and plices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 98 to 98i ex div. ; ditto 4 per Cents. 104} ; Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cents , 8014 . Equador New Consolidated, 14a ; Grenada New Active 20i ; ditto Deferred 5i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 814 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56l ; Portu guese 3 per Cents., 45i ; Russian 4i per Cekts., 10 11 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 1 1 ; Perifiien Dollar Bonds, 561 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 66k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mexi can 3 per C en t s . , 201 ; P eruv i an 41 per C ents., ° 83 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 451 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 11 2 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., 101 102 ; 1 Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 ; and Ditto New Deferred, 26i I. There h as been a very limited amount of laliailless transact e d t o -d a y in the Railway Sh are Market, and . the variations have not exceeded about per cent. Eastern Cmin tiles, Edinb urgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great northern, Norfolk, and North-Eastern (Ber wick), advanced about ss. Caledonian, Lan sh ire and Yorkshi re an d N orth -W estern de clinedsss, and Great Western 10s. Brightons, Midlands, and South Easter ns, were at previous rates. In the other Foreign and transacted, a ,about Colonial u n d ertakings scarcely any business Bahia and San Frauciseo bas be en declined Canada Ss and East Indian ss. Grand Trunk o f Cana Western of C anada improved 10s. Great and Great Indian Peninsula were a sh a d e fi rmer. Joint St ock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very inactive, and exhibit no alteration in prices of any importance. fi = 13 FBI -- 92 -- 94 87 -- 84 87 -- 89 99 -- 101 93 --10 16 -- 17 9i -- 114 72 -- 74 1891 i -- -- 1 9i 133 -- 14 ;138 - 140 uggested to Lained of by ated to Par what other thought, be to anything 60 - 62 - (1 514 - 531 Commission tke evidence there was st ify them la istricts, each ugements to avenience of .ecover front or to reitore and trustees iment might adopting the 92 - 934' 2 - 47 - 48 75 - 76 92 - P 4 41 - 76 - 84 8 - 9 late 3d Shares Londy. & Color. Sh Londy.&Ennis. a Sh S. , &L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. - Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4t, per cent Do. do. 160 - 165 30 - 31 7 - 4 118 - 122 66 - 68 Rhymuey lOU 'cottish Central 1 LOU Scot. N.E.Abrdh.st 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 !South Devon 100 'South Eastern 1100 ; South Wales... ...... . all I S. Yorksh. RiverDn* 14 1D0..... ...... all IStaines,Wolt.,&Wok all !Stockton & Darling.. 20 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16i.Stock.ton & Hartlepl 100 jTaff Vale 100 IDo. Pref., No. 22 !Thames Hay. D. L . A. 100 Vale of Neath 100 Water fd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Coinwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all ; West London all I Do. First Class all Do. Second Class 107 109 26i •c 7 78 80 45 —• 46 2i . 14 36 37 71 72 82/ —83 i 13 15 7 5 8 10 35 ;!6 Royal Cony thing to an Consol. 6 is. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4A p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &B. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pin. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k D el% 4p. c Sh. Do. 5 P. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5. p.c. pf , 1847 5p..,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berry. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H.& S. Pur 'North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. ' Ist guar. Do. 613. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debeotr. St Scot. Cent. New Pro Sc.N E. Aber. g. 6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.3A p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed. 4A pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4a p.c. Sh Do. New 4} pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. IW a terfd&Kilk. 6 pc 137 - 139 99 - 101 92 -°4 at there Wag ;rs to make • e done with'. Tall. Is tlO DUO? Thi : ii h LO all LO all h. 100 St. 100 h. 100 h. 100 7 3. "St. 100 17 8j 3ry sorry fc ) ,, f be granted , her member s at difficult!, ttions woul d or contiror lo =la 96 98 ii i dl lion =lO2 24 9 ;5 - 10 all ;t. 100 4, - p.l 22 -- 23 115 -- 120 105 -- 107 98 -- 100 not say tor it was show ° be got from 2. - 61 - st. 'lOO St. 'lOO gi all St. 100 St. ,100 St. 100 25 all 10 all 1.0.6, all Lordship for 119 - 121 125 - 127 74 - 76 10 - lu ISSESSIONS. sate to blend'', and deserve ° oos i s ts in o b . an to recov er ierosity to tile, i all his 04 1 aid in Sal e first-nay:e h , as can Well the farcli th his cone e r c ig was nat u : o ital part nicety, nbe, and fit, ery gracefew St, 100 St. 100 St., 100 St. 100 St. 100 20 all 25 all 25 19 St. 108 24 -- 24 101 -- 133 101 -- 103 101 - 103 iii = ii; 46 • 51 BRITISH MINES. . . .2112 Alfred Cons. (Plink.), 101 116; 116 20 14 British Iron ... 20 C on d ur ow (Cambrn.) 80 -- 'A 110 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay. ) 450 470 30 East Basset (Mogan) 1:10 100 ••• . 17s P re at South Tolgus l3l 14 1; .. I. 17,5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk ) 5 61 ... 7i prt.W. Vor (Heist%) 31 -- 2 176 1 Lady Bertha ..... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 61 71, 7 N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10 11 ••• ••• .. 6115 North Wheal C ron y 4 5 .... 1/ Par. Cons. (St.Bla s y) 171 . 181 ••• 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... ••. 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 11, ••••• 2 2 1 S. cCaarra.ndßoinea(S(tiiCiolgener)l 3 4 75 1 -- __ 39 4 1 ... 19 S.W. Frances(llloan.)l2lo -- 220 5 46 -Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. a -- 11 10 9 Tin Croft 3l 4 ... 40 Un.Minos (Gwennap) ...2 ••• ... 1256 V. of Towey (Camar.) 11 la ... 16 W. Basset (Mogan). 23 24 ... 20 W. Caradon (Li s k rd .) 10) -- 110 ... 5 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 22 , 0 ... 5 Wh. Boller (Rdruth). 280 330 ... N, Wh. Edward(Calstck) 61 6 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 11 8 I Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 43 --• 45 4A wh. TroavT,ley(l26 ' FOREIGN &UN Etk. 20 71 'Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) / A 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiade ... !..., 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1 3 14 131 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica ... •••' 40 all Cobra Copper 4O 6 2 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 10 5 ri Lusitanian i 1 1 all Marignita 1 all New Granada 1 all Noreen Monde 20 all Pont • Sil.Lol.&Snalt 6 7 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 16a Santiago do Cuba all United Mexican....... 3a 34 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... --! t .,. ! 25 1.9 ,Australian Agricult. 28 30 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 11 11 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 36 41 10 2 'Do. New iss. at Si. d ... ... 50 40 Brit. American Land ... ... 100 32. Canada l3O 140 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 115 116 115 a i St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll 11 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France . 20 all Eastern Steam . 3 3 / 4 i A St. 100 ElectrieTclegraph 1 all l Electric Tel. of Irel .. , 5 all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo IA 14 10 I.os. l Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. . • 9 all iEur.&Am.Stm.(lini.) „ 4 _..."-- 41. 20 4.11 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... _ ..• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, .. ___ 20 5 ,London Discount 4 all ;Lon& Gen. Omnibus 31 3a 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all iMeditera,n. Elec. Tel. 7 i* 10 all Do. Extension Tele& ... 10 all IMexicau&S.Americz . _ i 25 5 (Nat. Discount Co 1 _ ' i 10 6 (Netherlands Land.,,, I —if 10 all iDo. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id. 2 26 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 120 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov. s p.c.D. 99 4 1 all N. B. Australasian... ..... -00 . i 0 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id 5 all Peolltr. Ld. & Minrl 2 27 1 2 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 8 0 50 10 Do. New 1 5 00 0 a 6O ll Rh y ymn al m ey ai l l r s on team LI .4 --, 7 2tP 62 1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest. 11 la 11 St. 100 3.Aus•Gov. 6 p.c.bds. 108 110 25 all South Austral. Land 35 33 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip — 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 truran.Co. Up. Can . a 1.00 28k Van Diollloll'll igUld lik 7.1* 1154 ge with gr e y finery is re a oi ;, Istio appl o r mrformers r.a iece was saber notice' irrey Tbesit r . Etz. reconra° ZRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE , ,() t OCR. Itaak Stock (Prom the Official i , ist.i 222 3 95/ 6 51 Per t‘ent heducee annum.. 9kk 7 i oer Dem . , Annuities 1 5 T..... t,onsoui 951 / 6 b .'' , per Cent. A u "" 11- b . •.. 801 ''' 'Ay Lo an er Cent. Annuities India Debentures 991 100 ~. Ditto sc r i p Allah, n<;xtb, £luut, - ****** ...**- 6 ''''''' 17 p `)itto, under £lOO6 Cot sol s Gir account . Exchequer Mlle, 2/d. March Juno. £lOOO ......... .... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Buenos .Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ._ Ditto Aoconnt _ Consolidatedactive. 2iper BO EGireuadnad°arNNeavw 20k Ditty Defeored . . 14 N Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4.A . Per 6 *********************** 811 Ditto 3 per Cent. ********************* - ___. Ditto Account ******************** ***** : *** ************ t6k Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent. ** * 1 . 853 ***•*** Ditto Account, .............................. 451 Rttssian Bonds, Ink:, i: St., 5 per cent.— Ditto, , P: per Cent. 101 3 / 4 Ditto Account oitto Accoknt 441 Turkieh Bonds, 6 pur cent....... bitto Account 98f 8 Ditto Guaranteed,i per Cent. Ditto Account 1044 11 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 66 Peruvian D o ll ar Bonds, 4a per Cent 56i T WO O'CLOt K. 97' 97f Consols, mone y bitt:o ,Account GREAT GLOBE, LE ICESTER•SQUARE.—Yesterday the following were among the distinguished visitors:— Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Earl of Cardigan, Lord Ellenborough, Marquis Breadalbane, Lord Tenterden, Lord Lennox, Lord P. Somerset, Lady Stanley and family, Duchess of Hamilton and party, Lord Paver. sham, Countess Howe, Countess Shelburne, Lady Cam perdown, Lady Dalrymple, Lord John Rupee Lundy, • Lord Goiford'a y, Counts s Pomfretßi-h op of Exeter, Lady Roth. Ila THE BOMBAY MAIL—Th e Ri pon, Capta in Powell, arrived at Southampton yesterd ay, with thehe a tion cf the Bombay marl. Her d a t es were A vy i, rn dria, April 12 ; Malta, 16 ; Gibraltar, 21. A„,,,,1,:t her car go v a s s pecie to the value of 6141 . Lord laNt..'s tquadren wa-i at Tunis. Her Mej sty's ship Curlew was at Gibraltar. The Hibernia, Vubure, and Caradoc were at Malta. The Rp >n exchanged colours with the Alhambra on the 22nd, near Lisbon, and on the 23rd she passed the Indian packet Indus near Cape Finis terre. TLe Riprn brought home 147 pas ier gets, amongst whom were Ladies Grant and Son ereet, Cols. 'VYeichman and Deacor, both of whom bad been at the blege of Del i, anti' tue former had his arm shattered there'' Captain Gihncyi who was wounded in the de ne e of Nainee J a l, in Rwohilcund ; and Lieutenan t 141 ' R.N., of her M a j es ty' s gunboat Banterer . He mas and arin, w sent up th e C anton r i ver i n a b oa t to capture a who was ill us i ng some men , snd waynt bey e li a Paurtd by a party of Chinese who lay in am b us h. Th e hi m terrant's revolver, which he made good use of, n a Vel and he has completely roc vered fr..m the wo" 16 nouetthen receiv e d. H er M ajesty ' s ship Vulture fitting Al en Malta, to convey some cf the Morocco princes t o 4 t Mecca on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Mahomet THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY,, EVENING, AT RIL 27, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .~:.- HOUSE OF LORDS._(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsaok at five c'clocic. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE took the oaths and his seat as a British Pe r. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail way Bill was read a second time. The Earl of CORK gave notice that on an early day he should call the attention of her Majasty's Government to a report issued by the commissioner of the endowed schools in Ireland, and found a motion upon it. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Birmingham, praying for a better system of government of her Majesty's Indian possessions. The noble lard said he had great pleasure in supporting this petition, beceuse it contained a practical suggestion for carrying out its principle. The principle had been ad• witted by the late and present Government, and it ap peared to him to be both practicable and beneficial. The petition recommended the appointment of a Sect e tary of State for India, with a sufficient number of assis tant Under-Secretaries —a suige. tion which was first made by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the idea had been most ably advocated by the leading portion of the pre=e The noble lord condemned the proposed plan of governing India by a secretary and conned, which he said was only another name for a double government, a system that had brought about the present lamentable state of things in India. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Their lordships then adjourned. , • , account that which with all rest:it'd 0 you, Sir, I may describe as a more important consideration, namely, what would be the effect of the vote of the House of Commons upon public opinion in England and in India. And although when the question of the intro duction of the noble lord's bill was brought before the • house it was the opinion of those who then became re sponsible for the conduct of affairs that the amendment was a wise and prudent one—although, with scarce!) an exception, those who now form the Administration in this house had voted in favour of that amendment —still it was impossible to avoid the responsibility of action under the new circumstances which then presented themselves for our consideration. Olsen hear.) Now, difficult as was the position in which we found ourselves, I cannot, upon inflection, kelp think ing that we could have taken no other course than that which we pursued. lam of opinion that it would be impossible under those circumstances to evade offering to the notice of the House of Commons that scheme of government for India which, upon the whole, we thought would be most advantageous to that country. We acted upon that conviction, and the house will permit me to observe that there was some similarity, but great differences, between the scheme of the nohle lord opposite and that which her Majesty's Ministers submitted to its consideration. (Hear, hear.) They re sembled one another in one particular. They both pro posed that the government of India, so far as it was con ducted in this country, should be carried on by a sole and responsible Minister, who shoul•I possess an and vided authority. The noble lord proposed in addition that there should be a certain limited number of indivi duals nominated by the Crown, who should be called the Council of this Minister. We, upon the other hand, proposed the appointment of a Minister with undivichd authority, who should be solely responsible for the ad . ministration of the affairs of India, and who should be assisted in the conduct of those affairs by a Coun cil which, in point of number and of the quality of the materials of which it was composed, should not be merely a council in name. (Hear.) Now, I would call the attention of the house to what in the consideration on Friday next of the Act of the Queen and of the resolu tions which I have laid upon the table is the main issue upon which we shall have to d-cide. There are, no doubt, a vast number of secondary considerations and arrangements which will have to be dealt with, some of which are unquestionably of great importance, such, for 1 instance, as the distribution ~ f patronage aid questions of that description ; but at the bottom of thisgreat su bj,et lies one main issue upon which the attention of the house ought to be concentrated before it proceeds to the con sideration of any of those other matters which will come under its notice. There are, if I may be permitted to use the phrase, two schools which have laid down cer tain dogmas in accordance with which the new Govern ment of India ought, they contend, to be framed. The first is one which boasts of the simplicity of its arrange ments. Its adherents tell you that there is no difficulty in constructing a Government fir India—that the sim pler the form of Government you devise for it the better —that all you have to do is to establish a great officer of State, with undivided authority and s •le respon-iinlity, sitting in a House of Parliament, and assisted in the ad ministia-ion of his office by a few clerks and an Under Secretary. The principle upon which this school founds its system is extremely simple ; it is this,—that India ought to be governed in the same way as every other dependency of her Majesty. Now, lat once, and with all due respect, join issue with that school. (Hear, hear.) I deny that India ought to be governed in the same way as any other dependency of her Majesty. (Hear, bear.) I deny the justice of the analogy drawn between teat country and other porbiot s of the dominions of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) India is en empire of many kingdoms and nations ; an empire inhabited by a population professing different religions, governed by different laws, influenced by different customs, and con tainit g a physical variety of race equal to that which exis sin Europe. (Urar, hear.) Now, from the consi deration of these facts, the conclusion, in my opinion inevitably follows, that he who govsrus India should be a Ivan possessing vast and varied information with re spect to the subject with which be would have to deal, and I cannot believe that any English statesman who might be appointed to the office of President of a Coun cil for India, or to that of Secretary of State for I n dia, and suddenly and unexpectedly appointed to that office, owing perhaps to his general reputation and the possession of great Parliamentary ability, could possess the requisite information and knowledge for the efficient discharge of the duties of so imp !rtant position. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, if that be so, he must consult with somebody ; and the consequence is that the perrnanentsifficereof hisdepartment, his Under- Secretary or his clerk, beenmes his Council. (Hear.) Now, I have the greatest respect for the permanent civil servants of the Crowr. (Hear, hear.) None one can have been placed in communication with that large and valuable body of her Majesty's servants without en tertaining for its members a feeling not only of respect but in many inrances of admiration. (Hear, bear.) It is, however, impossible to deny that if they are in any respect epee to be charged with deficiency, that defi ciency consists—and, indeed, I may say it is alevist a necessary consequence of the careers which they have rim—in the absence of that feel ng of responsibility which a e who are trained in this house all in some de gree possess. (Hear.) They necessarily live in a school of peculiar opinions —(hear)—to - which they become w dded, often from the force of conviction, but scone ' times owing to the influence of habit. (Hear, hear.) I do not, then, believe that this system of the simple school of suddenly effecting a great revolution, such as that proposed by the late Prime Minister, and substi tuting for the complicated government that still prevails in connection with India a Minister of the Crown, as sisted by some permanent civil servants, would be found to be one that would work in a manner satisfactory to the country. (Cheers,) But then, sir, the adherents of this school and they are both active and able to tell us that it does not signify much whether this new Minister for India is really capable from his knowledge and ex perience, or whether even the subordinates to whom he trusts for the information requisite for the ordinary dis charge of the duties of his office are efficisnt, inasmuch as in accordance with a second principle of their doctrine India must be governed in India. Now, I beg the house to consider how mach is involved in that phrase. " India must be governed in India," simply means that England is to be ignorant of India. (Loud cheers.) You place the Governor• General in India, it you adept the principle to which I have just alluded as the main rule of y 'tut new policy, in a position of power which the constitution of this country has net hitherto contemplated, and which may produce effects upon the fortunes of this empire, the magnitude of which it is im p to predict. (Cheers.) Why, sir, the Governor- General of India would under those circumstances, not checked by any one possessing sufficient knowledge or authority—which is always the child of knowledge in this c ,untry—bold a position which no despot has at any time occupied. (Hear, hear.) Conceive fora moment the career which might tempt• an individual placed in that position —ea career perhaps of conquest, which might exercise an immense influence over the finances of India —an fluence which would be sure to react on the finan ces of England—no one prepared to cseck, no one ready to control him. (Hear.) There may be occasionally com plaints of misconduct and mat administration, instances of the exercise of an arbitrary will upon his part, not to be justified ; but if these complaints come home and are r eferred to him for explanation, he will give that satis factory explanation which superior knowledge can always give upon every subject. (Hear.) What power, I would as k, would your Minister, with undivided au hority at home, possess to influence a potentate of that descrip• thin ; and in what position would such a Governor• Gen eral of India stand in relation to the Ministry in England, especially if it were a weak Ministry ? (Hear.) What an exercise of patronage at his command to sustain a weak and falling party ! If an inquiry should be insti tuted into his conduct how easily might he not in a moment put a stop to its progress by providing for all those claimants on Ministerial patronage whom his in exhaustible resources could alone satisfy 9 (Hear.) The more I reflect upon this simple plan the more I confess does it appear to me to be dangerous and impracticable. (Hear.) Well, there is another plan which has been brought forward, and brought forward in this house in the form of a bill, and which has been stigmatised as a complicated plan. I cannot, however, for my part, say that I thiek the plan of the noble lord deserves that epithet. Toe plan of the noble lord is indeed—soine what veiled no doubt and mitigated for form's sake — the plan of that simple school to which I have adverted —(hear)—because the Minister of the noble lord would possess all the Indian patronage, and his despotism in England would be veiled only by the appointment of some barren nominees. (Cheers.) These nominees could not perform the office of a Council, because each of the departments to which they would be called upon to direct their attention would alone demand and fully tax the powers of a single individual. (Hear.) What we require in the case of a Council for India is that every great dew orient, the military, the financial, the judicial, each should be subjected to the control of a committee of in fluence and of combined mind. If, however, you have a Council limited in number and consisting only of a few uominees of the Crown, you will find each department of our Indian administration under the control or one sole individual, and that individual, in point of fact, a clerk or an Under Secretary. (Hear, hear.) The bill which I had the honour to introduce was of a differe, t character. It was stigmatised as complicated ; in fact, the chi,f oljection which has been raised against it—one of invective rather than of reason—has been its compli cated character. lam not prepared to agree that that is a fault in the formation of a government for the adminis tration of Ind at. affairs. A great writer hsa said that of all the affectations the affectation of simplicity is the most off.nsive, and that which is true of composition or manners is, to my mind equally valid with respect to political institutions. Why, sir, we have during the last century had a great many institutions established in Europe, all of them remarkable for their simplicity. They have been the children of philosophers of an enlightened age. They bare been formed upon abstract principles — based upon abstract truths and upon first principles, and what has been the fate of those institutions ? But our own constitution is not a simple construction —our con• stitution is extremely complicated, and yet our own constitution has worked much better than any of those modern inventions. Certainly ? I am not p r epared o t u o l oye e it, my ad hesioet to the mn'ei fr India. e p i e that simplicity sh. the characteristic of any constitution know that it is very easy to ridicUle a pro o position for any governme . nt in government. I do not think there i is toured to g s flourished, existence—any institution w sad which we are perfectly Aeoli HOUSE OF COMMONS..--(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ The Alyth Railway, anti Thurlstone, and Oxepring Gas Bills were read a third time and passed. The Bradford Corporation Water, Burghead Harbour, Manchester A_ssizi Court House, Manchester Improve ment, and Tay Fislit ries Bills were fully considered ard orthred to be read a third time. . _ _ ..__. The Hainault Forest (Allotment of Commons) Bill was read a f. eco n d time. LUTON, DUNSTABLE, ANT WELWYN JUNC TION RAILWAY BILL (1855). Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill (1855) be referred to the committee on group 4of Railway and Canal Bills, in reference to the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction and Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Companies Arnalgarn;tion Bill.—Agreed to. tainmeut. nally writte: mived at t?, I , received el l " Mr. Ete na e r . l o l 4 ece, by with the 0 ' say that 6 tnot-t finie b h i . Except 7. sc a rcely h i ! 1, considerl, a to the atiL, welcome "" o i .fect I,torto. ,mpersoael o s o of the of g o that it fel l A ; the c ome dy at vocibilto The tw a • r Mr. B e ' for to former ABO istent and ggeratioa bi; The come u _, a whole leT, rere to Par t h a ve to lee' c, o i )ven those A lountry dg!y, Emery *el'a f the soo, may sal' REED'S INDIA. Mr. GLADSTONE presen'ei a petition front the creditors cf the East India Company who hold the ter ritorial debt of the company to the extent of a million and a half, praying that in any change that might take place in the Government of India their claims may be respected. _ _ GUARANTEED LOANS (COLONIES.) Mr. GLADSTONE moved an address for statement of any instances in which colonial acts or ordinances for raising money, in anticipation of a guarantee from the Imperial Parliament, have received the assent of the Crown vritbout the previous passing of an act of Parlia ment to give authority for granting such guarantee. — Agreed to. PLAYGROUNDS FOR POOR CHILDREN. Mr. bLANEY gave notice that he should on Thurs day week move f:)1. leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the acquiring of land for the purposes of play-grounds for poor children in the neighbourhood of populous dis trict?. EDUCATION. Mr. GILPIN moved an address for return "of the name and profession of all parties receiving 1001. per annum and upwards frota the Council of Education, as inspectors or assistant-inpectorq, with the amounts they receive ; and if any of such parties receive any and what further income from public sources,—Agreed to. IRISH MAIL coNtßA.ur VESSELS. Mr. CORRY moved for a return specifying the hour and minute of the arrival at and departure from the piers at Holyhead and liingstown, respectively, of the Irish mail contract veps-ls, during the twelve months ending Dec. 31 last ; shoeing also the time of arrival off the lighthouses at those places.—Aureed to. C Mr. LYGON gave notice ..tßO:rhe i:hould, to-morrow, move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of c'auroh-rates, RECEIPT AND DRAFT STAMPS. Mr. COWAN move j f•r a return of the number of penny receipt sr.amps Rold or i• , sued in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively. for each quar ter since the 10 h day of October, 1854. Like return of one penny draft stamps ; and, return of the total revenue f•it. the lbove f.ir each quarter (in con tinuation of Parliament►ry Paper, No. 297, of Ses sion 1855). —Agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES. - ' Mr. J. B. sNirrll moved for an account of the amount of assessed taxes paid in the ye4r 1856 for each county in the UL,ited Kingdom, exclusive of, and dis tinguished from, that (barged in the Parliamentary cities or boroughs; and similar return for each Parlia mentary city or lo)rough.—Agreed to. NAVY. Mr. CORRY moved fora copy of the Statistical Re port of the Health of the Royal Navy for the year 1856. —Agreed to. ,WORKHOLTSES. Mr. ALCOCK moved tor a return cf the cost of building workhouses m England and Waies erected since 1840 ; hating the number of inmates intended for originally, a n th d e l a a y s e t r fi a v g e e y e a a n r n s u , a o l f t e h x e p e s T al e d o w f o f r a d o u s and es forclothing, . to. EXPENSEi OF TETE W All IN INDIA. Mr. MACARTNEY as k e d the S ecretary o f W ar whether the entire charge for pay, allowances, subsist ence, cloihiog, appointm en ts stores, and horses of the increased forc e o f British troops now s ruing in India by reason of the mutiny, will be defrayed and provided for out of the Indian revenues sh ne, and it not, what pro portion will be charged on Imperial revenues ; also, whether any portion of the cost of transport from Eng land and her colonies of troops sent to India since July, 1856, by reason of such mutiny, has been borne by the Naval or War Department, and, if so, to what amount ? General PEEL said that every farthing of the expen diture arising out s.f the service named in the question would be paid by the East India Company. It would be chargeable to their revenue, and not .on the Imperial revenue. The expense was in the first instance by the Admiralty, arid afterwards through the War Department. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND (LOAN). Mr. C. FORTE; CUE asked the Secretary for the Colonies whether it was his intention to introduce a bill during the present session giving the Imperial guarantee to a loan raised, or to be raised, by the Government of Prince Edward's Island ? Lord STANLEY said he intended shortly to submit a bill on the subjeer, to the house. (Hear.) THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The orders of the day having been postponed until after the notice of motion on this subject, The CILINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, —I rise to move that on Friday next this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the Act of toe Queen which provides for the government of India, in order that I may then have an opportunity of proposing those resolutions which I have already laid upon the table of the house. I think it would facilitate the progress of affairs connected with this great subject if the house would permit me to take this opportunity of briefly, and I hope temperately, reviewing what has oc curred during the present session respecting it. At the beginning of the year it transpired that it was the inten tion of her Majesty's then Ministry to propose the trans fer of the government of India from the East India Com pany to the Crown; and, accordingly, ♦ery shortly after the meeting of Parliament, the noble lord opposite him self asked leave to introduce a measure to accomplish that object, stating with great and requisite detail what were the provisions of the bill. On that occasion an hon. f f er n the ish e a a g entleman who had p res id e d over th e grea t comm itt ee on Indian matters which sat in this house in the year 1853-4, and who was well entitled f or o th er re asons to claim the a pp t ao t or e et ; d i : o ba n un t o aa f :at ie i n) the ad 1 e h n n c e t u ni r a t e e rey x fro e t r us e s o ih u na i gs t u o u twh n ne i c c a 00 t np i n iv n g i ci ot w ino i n t h o —f p a t r n h y e house i o. that it wasinexpedient at thi s ti me to legislate upon the Go vernmen t of India. Whatever may be the opinions of the ho u se upon that p o i n t, th ere wer e no doubt very plausible and very cogent reasons w hy that am endment should have been fav oura bl y rece i ve d . Th e s tate of India at this moment, hardly rev i v i ng f rom an extens ive rebellion, with a n i mportant part of t h at co untry still the . .oat of doubtful war—the suddenness propositi on , and the grave conse quencesgevinhiiltemriaigtht result from it,--ar. d this certainly u good reason why- we s h ould hesitate b e f ore w precipitately entertained so vast a proposition. That amendment, I may re:sand the house, was amply and considerably discussed. It was rejected by a very large —by what is called an eve rwhelming—majority, and by that majority the noble lord obtained permission to in troduce his measure. I . apprehend th e no bl e l or d really formally obtaine d nothieg, else. (Hear.) None of the details of the no ble lord B ineasure were sanctioned by that vote, and I should have raid, g enera ll y speak i ng, none ef the prir spies contained !a it. But I think it would not be candid unless we adinittel that, besides permission to introduce the measure, we had a right from the gem ral tone and tendency of theelebate to infer that the opinion of the House of Commons, without giving any verdict in favour of the measure, was in favour of the transfer of the government of India from the Company to the Crown. (Bear.) Very unexpectedly, almost immediately after that large maj sity, a chaege of government took place, and those who then became responsible for affairs had to consider the very difficult position in which this important question wa s placsd. Thee hai t, consider, in the first place, in what rel ation the t ew G , ives fluent would stand with respect to the House of Commons, which had by so I large a majority a nnounced their opinion that this trans ferof the government from the East India Company to 1 the Crown should take place. 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Now, Ido not knoe at :` - which apeeare to t 1 more uaterial and inere simple than the - m lee ,n which the general administratiiii of this country is carried on by a committee of the Privy Cour cil called the Cabinet. That seems to us the most natural institu , ion possitle, the legitimate pro duct-of Peiliamentary government ; but if it were now prop° ed f r the first time, and I were in tion, I think I could shoe/ that of alt absurd invention-, of all impracticable suggestions, that was the most ridi culoust. I ehould say, "Only think of taking men out of one House of Parliament, and then taking men out cf the other House—these two houses being assemblies be tween which there is not by any means entire sympathy, but which are, on the contrary, often in conflict. Only think of making a man a Cabinet Minister because be ie connected with the agricultural interest, another be cause he is connected with the mercantile interest ; only think of making a man a Cabinet Minister because he can make a speech." (Laughter.) Every ono would say directly, "This is a form of government the most absurd ever known, it cannot wcrk, and the person who would propose it is not entitled to the public confi dence." But if it be added that the Government of the country thus constituted shall consist only of men who sit in the House of Lords or the House of Colt rnone, what declamation would there not be against such a special qualification? Wouid it not be said, "That is a plan by which you prevent many clever men eho shoal i be in the Government from forming a part of it. The absurd and heterogeneous institution yru propose would shut out Mr. Hallam, Mr. Grote, and Mr. Mill—it is totally impossible such an institution should work at all." Yet it does work on the whole very Fat sfactorily. (Hear, and laughter.) Now, Sir, although I ep-ak with becoming diffiden e on a subject like that of the government of India, of which I am bound to say, from all that has passed during the last two months, I cannot but feel there does not exist in this house er in the country that mature opinion— (hear, bear)—that mature opinion which should acconsparty, and always has accompanied in this country, the solu tion of a grave question. Still I cannot but agree, from what I have observed here, tbat a majority of thus house are in favour of a council to assist the new Minister of the Crown. But, sir, if they are in fa your of a council, surely they must be in favour of a real council. (Hear, hear.) Now, that in the preseet sy item of the Government of India in England there are great faults lam the last man to deny. Many of them are acknowledged even be the members of that Government. But that there are also great merits no one can dispute—(hear, bear)—and it does not require the assent of this house to prove that Iy:int—the existence and the maieteuence of the Indian empire demonstrate that satisfactorily. What are the qualities arid excellencies of the East India direction, which have ' , ever been questioned, but which are universally ac knowledged! The knowledge that exists there,---(hear) —the experience that exists there, the aptitude to deal with all forms and subjects of Indne administration. (Rear.) Those are the qualities that made the govern ment of the East India Company successful, and which counteracted the evil effects of delay and divided power, (Hear.) Therefore it appears to me that if you resolve to have a council, it should be a real council, and should possess those elements which the Court of Directors has been eminent for. (Hear.) I say, in the first place such a council ought to be numerous. Ido net think the any one who ha- investigated with attentioe ail tie; mat ters that come under ha consideration of the present Court of Directors can believe that they could be effi ciently dealt with by a limited number cf mete nomi nees, as the noble lord proposed. (Hear.) All those great subjects of business—to some of which I have al luded, and which I wi4 not weary the house by &scrib ing in detail—cannot satisfactorily be ranged under less than eight distinct heads, requiring the aid of c trninit teee to administer them. You may put two or three subjects together, and thus reduce tie number of com mittees, hut there are eight considerable heads of out i• dess which require the intervention of committees—if we are to have an effective council. Committees for the government of a depenoenee so distant provide those qualities of criticism and control which never can be ex pected frees a single individual. A -Ingle iudividualis a mere administrator, and becomes a mere clerk ; but if you want a council you toast have c fl:PnitteEs, and if you want committees for the macaeement of the affoiis relating to-the Indian army, to Indian finance., t Indian judicial establishments, to our dealings with ea, - iv, princes, to the home government of India, and oilier important subjects, you must necessarily have a nume rous council. (Hear, hear.) Well, if you are prepar,d to agree to a council considerable in number=, are you prepared at once to say the Crown shall nominate the whole of them ? I think that would be entrusting to tho Crown a power which the jealeus feeling usually pervading the house would make us hesitate to concede. (Rear, hear.) Ido not wish upo:t this occasion to enter Into any inquiry as to what should be the exact number of the council, but for the sake of argument I will as sume that the number should be that proposed in the bill which I had the honour of introducing—namely, H. Are you prepared to entrust the nomination of those 18 councillors to the Crown I Wear, hear.) I believe such a course would be unwise and dangerous—one vel Lb I could never approve. Teen you come to the plan of no mination, to a certain extent. Let us assume that the Crown shall nominate one-half the council—say nine. We proposed that while the Crown should noinipate one-half of the council, security shoule be takes that the nominees should be efficient men—that is to say, they should be men who had largo experience of India, that they should be men who pos-essed the kn .wledge which would enable them to give to the Minister for India iu England complete infermatiee upon ail eultjerets which corn- under the notice of the council. We reposed ar rangements which would have insured that Le civil ser vices of the three presidencies to the great Governineets and to the great armies of India should be represnet,d in this council. It has been alleged that these restric tions were unwise. (Hear, hear.) It has been ell-ged that by insisting upon those conditions yen roust shut out of the council very able men .oho otherwise might be placed upon it. Undoubtedly you would. It you make a general arrangement there may be e xceptions which you will have lust reason to regret. But are you to legislate for exceptions? Are you not to look at the great object of your legislation, which, in this assumed case ; is that the council shall be a real come. cil, possessing adequate knowledge and experience, and are you not to take steps to secure that object ? Ate you not to see that the Government upon any question re• lacing to the Punjab, Cr to Saluda, or to -the Soteliern Provinces, shall be certain to find in the council men w ho upon those subjects can give the beet and soundest ad vice? (Rear, hear.) I think that was a wise aid pru dent arratigetuent. (Hear, hear.) When I an) told that 1 some men might by those means be excluded from she council of India, allow me to inform the buss what would be the average number of iodividuals from whom a selection could be made, who have been connected with the great armies or civil services of that empire. The number of persons who have filled the highest offices in Italia would probably not be less than 80 ; and are we to believe that if the Minister for India in this country had to told ler each of those special qualifications from among not less than 80 men who have all occupied the highest offices in council or in war, he would tot be able to find men of very distinguished merit ? To say that lie would not is the most preposterous conclusion to which we could arrive. But lam told in the manifesto of the East India Company that this proposition was the worst proposition of the kind, because it represented class is terests. Now, I must say I was never more surprised than when I heard an objection raised to this pier), which is not insisted on in the resolutions, though it is quite open to be proposed in committee. I must say I was per fectly surprised that on the part of the East India Com pany this objection should be urged, that we were by this plan representing class interests. I have heard in this house often enough, and in other places, that nothing is more baneful to a state than class legislation. That I can understand. But what is class legislation I It means legis lation in favour of a class, because in tine assembly where the legislation takes piece that class preponderates. I agree that that is legislation of the most vicious character. But the results of the representation of class inte:ests would not be the same as class legislation is likely to leaf t t. It would naturally lead to exactly different con sequences, inasmuch as the premises are exactly con trary ; and I have always heard it maintained that no principle of popular representation is more sound than the representation of classes. (Hear, hear.) Is this the place where we should maintem a different doctrine! Ara not we who are some of us members for comities, some for towns, and soate for universities, all of us re presentatives of class interests ? And I want t, know what has made our Parliament so successful and so fa mug but the circumstance that it has always been an assembly which represented class interest'. (Cheers.) Well, Sir, so far therefore as regards the construe ion of this Council on the principle of nomination, I do main tain that if that principle of nomination be adopted by the Crown it should be limited, and that if yen have a numerous and real council it should not t xtend beyord one moiety of the members of that Ceuecil. How are you to obtain the other I I mention this subject because If we can arrive at a conclusion on that point by the time wl* i we are to decide on the resolutions which will soon be before the house we shall find our discussion much facilitated. I say, if you have this Council consti tuted with a power of nomination by the Crown to be exercised to the extent of one-half of it, how are you to obtain the other I can see no means of obtaining men of the character necessary for taking part in the govern menth of India—men possessing independence and high qualities, together with experience and special inci.know ledge, unless you have recourse to the elective rs r very ple. (Hear, Lear.) But, Sir, the elective princ, P r:s e l that a much ot-j cied to. We hear it is unconstitu i trted by the Royal and salaried councillor should popular voice. Well, Sir, I admit the i of encountering any argument which c n-titut onal objection, I have nev any c ed o ue l fi t , y : than anything " un-Engesh," more beflies ',Won of that epithet. It is on d e; which, leb e a'a x es c ee s ned p s e t ° nd t fit e h term u,tion et found else. (A laugh.)len t a R o ß e tt a t l w an h d a t s a a r l e a ri vt e d e t question ? al n in seat practical reatest anomaly that has dealing official waitnbo,masalousTlhtai freely t h Are we not dealing with the g existed in mode rn tines —theh .hat company—what pyttonuy not — w s h u a s t p i e s n t o h e e d ch t h a e - East India Company I Crown order to delegate it 10 a rEVba n x.che e tica l elective c toi t is i vf v eti e bt pse c o o w: M hheao t comm ittee ea l o t cf t ct e ate e hrree ? oefr ( t H ear.) What are the members of the Couit of Directors? Are they not in the language e f your laws the trustees of the Crown, and do they not receive salaries when elected ? And what is there me re unconstitutional in a royal and salaried council than in a royal and salaried trustee I (Cheers.) Well, I thiek t w h hi t ch th c a a t n i no a t n be “ m tj ai e maintained. But, if the 'ihtthee councillors are pr o iaciple to be elected, by whom should they be elected ? (Hear.) Sir, in the resolutions on the table we have indicated t as source from which they are to be elected in our opi cif; and let me say one word about that. Now, ,Ahat- ever may be tee f . ti't4 of the East India direction, all will afltui' thl‘t by "tile limited and ridiculous," as th e rt:eieilvt for Tiverton dEscrib,d the con- Aituerey'that preduces them, very able and eminent !nen hove been elected into that council. • No man car; urge it iv; an argument for the destruction of the . East India Company that the East India direct rs haVe been ii.etfic - !eue men. On the contrary, it is notorious that those wen, elected by this "limited and ridiculous con stituency." have been on the average tar above the usual rate e f public men in point of,ability atid intelligence. (Hear.) Well, then, we have troposed a. constituencji to elect a certain .rumber ef persons of a characier.analo-r gous to that constituency which at present(xlstsintlhas for so long a period produced such efficient representa tives, but infinitely improved in two great respenti: Ia the first glace, it is much more numerous; and in the coed, it is infinitely more varied. I have got apaperlieta with which I shall not trouble the house—drawn up with great care, which has been placed in my hands since I had the honour of ietroducing the bi.l which emanated from this side of the house; and it appeals from this documeet that the constituency to which we proposed to delegate the power of returning the elective mesUbers of the Indian Council would in number Lave been he. tween 7,oooand 8,000, and have represented 59,000,000 Z api f o r f i e e l t' F ' : e l r hear ) all a oi'fd as i t is capital n c i w n s v h :e l ii e z te d u ' heedlln) hen. which Ca b ( e ? ri et u rs) ged But t against there is an new is, that it will be impossible t o canvass them. (Hear.) 4s hear," says the hen. gentleman ; but what was the great arumeut used against the Cempany when we renewed the charter in 1853 ? True it was that very able men en the whole were elected by the constitueecy Ineterised by the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) as " limited and e s diculous ;" but it is not the less. true, as was then urged, that that constituency did entail on those who solicited their suff,ages a condition of affairs so degrading that the most eminent men would not sub mit to it. (Cheers) The difficulty ascribed to our new constituency is, that it will be impossible to canvass it. I think that is one of its greet recommendations. .1 think it would be a great improvement on the existing state of things that men who aspire.l to sit in the Indian Coun- oil should eimp!y issue their addresses to the constituercy and stand on their character, and on that alone (Cheers.) In devising the construction of this Itoyal Council, which is the great question that must engage the attention, and the deep attention sf this house, if they mean to legislate with effect for India, we bad to consider whe ther it Nicas tot important to bring the effect of English pinion upon that special Indian knowledge with which by the proposition to which I have adverted we had amply furnished the C,;uncil. "Mess .this could . bra ffected the inconvenience and the aril were-obvious. Men, it was said, who had rerved in the military and civil services in India might be gifted with great intellie Bence and possess great kno 7% ledge, but, born intim; abufM3 of a system, they are nut sensible of their existence.. If, on the other hand, you send to your Indian Government wtt E , i t, ) (a ge onegulhi i e dE h e tuhu your oo n l dus t. br n y iaoruffe protectionaathi ed affairs, only ;olo eou rubeegyi cannot ptinto odt English es onebes secure f p e e e e l t i n e e w o h tv i e e d o g e n i obtain that tot the redress inhabi tants of ledia, for any grievance which they may suffer. On the other hoed, if you have a merely Euglnit ele ment, you have the consequences which must result from the manners, habits, and the laws of the people of the various nations of India being outraged. Yoa have die tut b nee and di-affection. You must cotnhiue both the con,ervative and r forming e.ements to that there may be a due bre!arce of the advantages arid qualities of both, e;pecially cf Indian knowledge and English opinion. (Hear, hear.) Itqw is that to be done? Who are to be elected ? You could hardly propose to elect members of council from the agricultural interest. The agricul tural class has in no respect an ire.tact or immediate in terest, in the welf ere c f India. If India were lost to morrow it would be nothing more to the agii.tultural in terest than it wouli be to the great b3dy of the people from tho general impoverishment of the community. 1 1 - ‘ e . e a r ,us who an bear.) instan t But ar)d the immediate rehre iutertet PelBans in amongthe wellbeing of India, arid to whom the good government of India is oljtet of the tint nccßssity, because they send their manufactures to the population of that cAintry, and on it they must depend for their moot important raw mate• riali. (Hear.) They have a positive and instant inte- rest in the good goverutnent of India, because tilt) , can not have the ppulation of that country as good oust:- mars unless they are well governed. (Rear.) If there qe wawing a proof of the. truth and soundness of what I state, lock at . what Lai been the cour€e cf what is called Indian reform in this country. Where was the question of Indian reform first I rought f irward ? Have the people of England eves cared one jot about reform in India'? No ; and fur the simple reason, which I have before stated to the house, because the people of England do not pay for India—(hear)—because so long as Indian finance is sepaiated from English finance, and so longest the people of Et:Wand do not pay in consequence if the misgovernment of that country, they will care nothing for Indian reform. (Hear, hear.) But a cry for In dian reform did come, and whence from From Lauca- . _ ,hire. (1-I , ar.) The people thre knew very well that if the resources of India were exhauvted by unjust and impolitic wars, that if those resources were not developed their trade must suffer, and their prosperity be affected, and tht. , rt fore it was from that part of the cquLtry that the cry for Indian reform came, which said, Give us a Government that will Bemire for US opulent customers, at who will return for our rnanuf , ectured articles plenty of the raw material. (Dear, hear.) Indian reform, though it involves some ( f the highest considerations that can occupy the minds uf statesmen, and even touch the heart f nations, has never for a moment occupied the mind but c f a c:auparatively diminutive circ'e—those engaged in the great seats of commerce and manufactures in this country. We-therefore thought it, was a wise and expedie ent proposition, as I believe it to be sti.li, to bring repre sentatives of these interests into the Indian Council. (Hoar.) I shall not now touch on the constitutional objec tion, because that was disposed of in reference to the In dian constituencies, and it is not mere unconstitutional to he elec.ed by Indian constittuencies than by those we propose in this instance. (Hear.) In coming to the con clusion that the great seats of trade should, to a certain degree, be represented, we could not confine ourselves to toe pedantry of selecting only those places that were most remarkable for their commercial relations with India. (Hear.) As became statesmen a e bad to core Ller the claims of all the three nations of which this united empire is composed ; and, first, we proposed that the city of L.;ndon should be represented in the council. We were not unmindful of the anomalous position of the c ty of Loud •:n with regard to its metropol tau districts ; but when legi4Ating on such a matter as this you must take the Ina trials be!ore you. (dear.) The city of London was the great and ancient emporium of this country ; its port '•he great seat of trade, its relations with Indian commel ce close and extensive, and if we had attempted to deal on a large scale with the whole metropolitan population the whole scheme would have fallen to the ground. (Hear, hear.) Tutu we took the greatest commercial city in Scotland—one having very large relations with India. But, indeed, it would be impossible to make a proposition of any kind without acknowledging the claims of India. I should like to know who would have made a proposition to pass over Ireland. I can fancy the indignant invective with which such a prop; sal would have been re ceived ; but inas much as we passed over the capital of Scotland the capital of Ireland could not be offended because it was not included. (Hear.) We took in its stead the great and prosperous town of Belfast, which at this moment has no consiocrable relations with India ; but between all lama manufacturing and commercial towns there is a sympathy that binds them together—Manchester, for example, sympathizing with Belfast, and Belfast with Manchester—Liverpool with Glasgow, and Glasgow aga'n with Liverpool. (Hear.) We proposed to have these three cities—London, Glasgow, and Belfast— represented in the council, and to these were added those special seats cf industry that depend more upon India than any other interest in this country—Man chester and Liverpool. (dear, hear.) How can the representatives c f these places be chosen I I now come to the great objection that is felt rather than urged in this House. It has been suggested to me over and over again since I made that proposition that in the Chambers of Commerce and the municipalities of each of those towns we might have found a sufficient con cy for our purpose. I think I need net inform the House that this expedient had occurred to us before ; but no one can maintain that a Chamber of Commerce, composed as it is of the most fleeting and evanescent material+, can be taken as a constituency. (Hier.) And as regards the municipalities it was obvious to us that they would only be the means by which the patronage of the council would be divided among a small number of amities in the great towns ; and therefore.we availed ourselves of that macilinery which was ready at hand, and which has been stigmatised with so much alacrity in this House and in other places—viz., the o P t a b l e:r ai d f m nt r Y constituencies. (Hear, hear.) l o nav • e h n ut I have heard arguments again, t that proposition ded argument. I have heaheard something eve reylsephwrVechohf coassnuutPeturnely and every epithet upon that proposis ° w h om we wish to commitof indignation poure d to ybody, in every place, and on every occasion , tion and u pon the body that trust. (Hear.) Eer dt v otte astonished -that 13 called a t„.pounsedeeTeshould for a moment be wintartuswted franchise. (Cheers and laught er f rom the with this rr Mi nisterial benches.) Nor can I forget, arid never shall I f or get, the almost awe-struck tones wish one hon. mem ber rose to ask me if I really and seriously designed that this duty should be intrusted to the freemen of Liver pool. (Laughter.) Oct that subject I would only wish to-night to offer the result of my reflection and observa tion. I cannot fir a moment attempt to compete with that power cf sarcasm and invective with which the great body of the constituency of England, aid especially of the great commercial towns, hate been treated by the Liberal party. (Cheers and laughter.) But I remem ber that s , ote 40 years ago the freemen of liverpeol were ca led upon to exercise their trust and eh ct a mem ber of Parliament, and that they sent to this ho , . as Mr. Cs.nuir g. (Coecrs.) And e hat did we do in this house when we got Mr. Canning here Why, we made him as Loon a; possitle President of the Board of Control. (dear.) And can the freemen cf Liverpool not kiln tiu-ted with electing a member of the Indian Council, when a ram they did elect was thought trustworthy enough to b! appointed President of the Board of Con trol ? (H, ar.) What happened a few years afterwards / Mr. Canning thought right to retire from office, to quit those colleagues with whom he had tong acted, and, except retainining his seat in Parliament, retired into private life. There was another e . ection, and the free men of Liverpool again returned Mr. Canning, no longer a Minister, to this house. And what happened then ! Why, his Majesty. Bing George IV.—who was not par ticuihrly attracted towards Mr. Canning at that time made IrmGovarnor-Generalof India. (Hear.) It appears therefore that the freemen of Liverpool were quite saga cious arid intelligent enough to elect a man competent to be Governor General of Judie. But Mr. Canning did / not accept that office. A higher and nobler destiny