The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-24 00:00:00

THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published containing all the LA VEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Nein spaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1865. Earl RUSSELL, in his remarks last night in the House of Lords concerning our relations with the United States, displayed that hesitation of manner and that fear of giving offence which very often go far to create the evils that are apprehended. It is really too bad that year after year the Foreign Secretary of this country should persist in following so mean-spirited a course, and in taking so false an estimate of our position. It must exercise a de leterious influence upon the condition of affairs abroad, and altogether lower the tone of our foreign policy. Last night the noble lord laid upon the table of the house a communication from Mr. ADAMS, which contained the formal notice of the Federal Government concerning the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and Canada. [lad a more determined course been pursued from the outset it is not likely that things would have come to such a pass, or at all events the Government at Washington would not have acted so hastily, and with so little moderation and respect towards us. However, Earl RUSSELL gives all blame, if there be any, to the people of this country, and seems to infer that it is all the fault of those who have expressed opinions over here that any differences should have arisen between u s and the States on the other side of the Atlantic. Can anything be more absurd than this argument. The noble lord virtually assumes that nothing is to be done or said that may offend the Americans, whatever they may do or say. It is quite impossible that this in terrorem system can be carried on, and it will defeat its own purpose in the end, if carried too far. It is impossible to peruse the passages in the noble lord's speech which refer to the Confede rate States, without recognising the fact that, although bound by the law of nations to recognise them as belligerents, he really regrets the necessity of having had to do so. If not, why does he so often return to the subject, and endeavour to ex plain away the false impressions which should never have arisen. Surely it is quite unnecessary at the present time for Earl RUSSELL to make any expla nation regarding the Alabama, and the alleged supineness" displayed by this Government respect ing it. It is also too late in the day to attempt to explain away the course pursued by the Government in respect to the rams at Birkenhead. As for say ing that the honour and interests of England were not concerned in this question, but that it was a private consideration, where no injustice had been done—in the first place, great injustice was done to private hands, and afterwards the honour and interests of England must always be concerned when the rights and privileges of her subjects are interfered with. It seems strange that Earl Rus- SELL says nothing of the armaments with which the Federals have have been so liberally supplied by the manufacturers of this country, and nothing of the recruits which are constantly swelling the ranks of the armies towards which we profess such a profound neutrality. Earl RUSSELL'S speech is altogether unsatisfactory when we consider the im portant interests which it referred to ; and it is not likely to allay the indignation felt here and ex pressed in some parts of America. The noble lord declares that the United States are justified in giv ing notice of the termination of the convention with respect to the armament of the lakes. Even with respect to the Reciprocity Treaty he finds excuses ; and indeed it would be difficult to say what the Washington Government could do or say, and what the Congress might not approve of, which he would not be dexterous enough to account for in a satis factory way, or give a plausible turn to. The eulogy passed upon Lord LYONS by the noble Earl was well deserved, and will meet with the concurrence of all who have observed the prudence displayed by our Minister at Washington in trying circum stances. The debate of last evening upon the defences of Canada will be read with the greatest interest, not only in this country, but in the American provinces, and the result will be as satisfactory to English men as it will be gratifying to the colonists. The remarkable feeling of unanimity which was dis played by the majority of the speakers, and which the faint attempt at opposition only served to ren der more conspicuous by submitting the motion to the test of a discussion, will, of itself, give fresh strength and courage to the colonists. It will sho w them that whatever a few politicians may urge as to the extravagance or folly of retaining such outlying portions of our Empire under our own protection their views are altogether exceptional, and the sentiments of the great body of English men of all ranks are fully in accordance with the action of the Home Government. The question at issue is one which every man can readily under stand. It needs no extended acquaintance with the principles of political economy, no knowledge of the intricacies of state craft, or the subtleties of diplomacy. It is a plain question which addresses itself directly to the common sense and right feeling of every man who has sufficient reason and education to give an opinion. It has been sometimes debated whether or no colonies give strength to a nation, though when we look at the table of our exports and imports and see how largely our colonies figure among the consumers of our articles of trade and manufacture, we can hardly hesitate to acknowledge that they are an important source of commercial wealth. The immense increase of our commerce is principally due to the vast increase of our possessions, for it is a well known fact that colonies always deal principally with the mother country. If there are two opinions as to the ad vantages of retaining - our dependencies, there is now at least but one as to the folly and injustice of the course pursued by GEORGE 111. and Lord NORTH in attempting to enforce their subjection, and that blunder is hardly likely to be repeated by any English statesman at the present day. But it has never before been said that a great and powerful country did well to cast off a colony before that colony was self-dependent, to be the first to say to a young and struggling colony, " You must stand alone, and if you prove unable to defend yourself, we will take no further responsibility. We will not regard your territories as under our charge, nor your population as fellow-subjects. Rather han incur a certain expense and a possible risk, we prefer that you should be absorbed by some other power, more inclined to take the trouble of defend ing you." The debate of last evening, we are happy to say, was more worthy of Englishmen, and the general tenour of the speeches was such as to reflect credit on our House of Commons. Mr. LowE took, indeed, what Lord PALMERSTON happily called " a very low ground ;" and Mr. BRIGHT, as usual, in dulged in some theories which had nothing to re commend them but their novelty ; but the main part of the speakers showed not only sound common sense, but a considerable knowledge of the subject. Lord BURY, who has a personal acquaintance with the colony, strongly supported the proposal of the Government, and declared his conviction that the Canadians would do everything in their power to defend them, selves. Mr. HALIBURTON'S opinion was of even more value, since, as he told the House, he had seen sixty winters in Canada before he settled in this country, and he very positively asserted that a pro longed winter campaign in Canada was a simple im possibility. But argument and illustration alike failed to convince Mr. LowE. He resolutely main tained that he at St. Stephen's knew more about Canadian winters than a man who had seen sixty of them, and wishing perhaps to acquire distinction by eccentricity. The impossibility of defending Canada is his great argument. Englishmen, who are not fond of admitting impossi bilities, will be surprised at this argument, but perhaps still more surprised at the schedule of their duties which the right hon. gentleman pre sents to them. We are bound, he thinks, to tell the Canadians that we are willing to defend her to the utmost of our power, but that we do not think we are able to defend her, and that, if she thinks it bet ter to stand alone or to join the American States, she is free to do so. The " forty years' peace" which so marvellously increased our population and our resources, has certainly diminished our military skill and spirit, if the England of 1805 and 1815 confesses herself unable to assist a brave and united people to defend themselves against a nation in ferior to England in number if larger in extent, when that nation would come to the war with exhausted finances, and a population already reduced by four years of a tremendous war ! The American giant which Mr. Lowe thinks this " small country" so unable to face will soon be in the enviable position of deciding what to do with his enormous debt. Mr. DISRAELI, in the course of an address -which was worthy of his reputation and his ability, briefly touched on this dilemma. Either, he said, the Americans must keep faith with the national cre ditor, in which case they will be oppressed by taxes, or they will repudiate their debts, in which case sacrifice their credit. Th e " giant, " too, they will with his " strong nerves" and " bloody hands," is obliged to reinforce his armies from the despised small country. But Mr. LOWE, as we have seen, quietly puts aside acknowledged facts, and reiterates again and again that we cannot defend Canada. Why not ? Can we defend Australia ? Can we defend Ireland ? Can we defend the Channel ? Perhaps Mr. LOWE thinks not, and would advise us, in case of a threatened invasion4to make an immedi ate surrender. Certainly we are improving. A few months ago it was impossible for England to risk offending forty millions of Germans, now it would be certain destruction for our troops to face the Americans. If there could ever have been any doubt of the courage and military ability of our Anglo-Saxon kindred, the experience of the last four years must have totally dispelled it, but it is by no means a consequence of our admission of their soldierly qualities, that we should cry quarter before a blow is struck. America, with all her armies, will sca rce l y matc h N apoleon ' s veterans led mismbyhisnaa rsll ~a ls, and even by himself, and if the all country emerged triumphantly from a direct encounter with one of the greatest generals in =lent or modern history she need scarcely be aver whelmed by the terrors of GRANT, SHERMAN, or BUTLER. Mr. DISRAELI very pointedly observed that Mr. LOWE argued in the same spirit as the Whigs of 50 years ago, who opposed the Peninsula, war on the ground that no one could stand before NAPOLEON. The right hon. gentleman justly said that the high spirited population of Canada would most likely, under the pressure of excitement and patriotism, bring into the field 200,000 fighting men, which a proper system of fortification would render eq&va lent to 300,000. The crude and' extravagant theories of the right hon. member for Calne were easily confronted by the leader of the Opposition. Does the right hon. gentleman mean to say, asked Mr. DISRAELI, that an extensive frontier cannot be defended, because if so, he contradicts all the esta blished rules of military science. The words of the member for Bucks, regarding the future of Canada, expressed finely the sentiments of this country. " The provinces of British North America," he said, " have the means of sustaining not only millions but tens of millions, and why should we doom them to absorption by another State. Canada has her own future. It has all the elements which make a nation. It has at this moment a strong development of nationality and a feeling of attachment to us of whichwe ought to be proud, and it is our duty to consider whether we will not cherish the connection, whether we are bound by honour and interest to do so, and that aided by us the provinces have the means of establishing their independence of any foreign foe. And," concluded the right hon. gentleman, " with the full conviction on our part that these provinces can ultimately become an independent country, we shall find in that circumstance not a source of mortification but a source of pride." Not less worthy of an English statesman were the words of Lord PAL3IERSTON, who may safely be trusted on an occasion like the present to represent the honour and dignity of the country. With his usual good sense he drew up an apt illus tration from the war now raging in America, and pointed out how the Confederates had for years protected important positions which even yet re sisted all the power brought against them. " Look at Richmond," exclaimed the noble lord," is Rich mond taken ? What are its defences ? Why chiefly earthworks, with a force behind them." The mere occupation of a country is no conquest so long as its fortresses remain unreduced. If Canada has an extended frontier, so have other countries, so have we ourselves, and we might as well say we could not defend our coasts without lining the whole of them with defensive works. As for the fancied security which Canada would derive from inde pendence, are there no motives, asked Lord PAL3IERSTON, that would lead a stronger neigh bour to pick a quarrel with a smaller State ? But as Lord PALMERSTON justly said, "This is not a Canadian question ; it is not a local question : it is an Imperial question. It is a question which affects the position and character, the honour, the interests of this great country," and it is in this spirit that the House of Commons have dealt with it. The colonists will see that in relying on the protection of the mother country they have leant on no broken reed, but that the sympa thies, the resources, and the material assistance of the first country in the world will be promptly proffered in their cause. As time progresses it is evident that the Prussians are becoming more and more involved in doubts and difficulties. The Minister of War has made a speech in which he clearly showed that affairs were approaching a crisis ; he said that if the Committee succeeded in carrying their propositions there would be a proof given that the Chamber intended to extend its own power, and not to respect the rights of the Crown, which would inevitably be circum scribed by the adoption of such a course. This is coming to plain speaking at all events, and it shows how correct has been the opinion of those who have all along declared that the policy of Herr BISMARCK must before long occasion another domestic crisis, now that the foreign tumult has partially. subsided. But the Minister of War went further and made some astounding revelations, which must have amazed his hearers, and will doubtless cause much surprise to all who read them. He said that they had been advised to resign, but that they re mained in power from a sense of duty, and not from any ambitious motives. How very conve nient is the aspect which duty sometimes assumes in the eyes of some people, and how aptly its dic tates concur with the ideas of the Ministers them selves. The Minister says that they do not stop in from " ambition," and certainly they are not gaining much credit from their tenure of power ; but they, of course, will please themselves, and put in duty and such like reasons to suit their purposes. As for dissolution, the Chambers are told that there will be no good gained from that step, but at the same time a hint is given of such a step being taken if any contumacy is exhibited. Therefore they are exhorted to co-operate with the Government. It is really a farce to call the Chambers together at all, for the members are not allowed to give any opinion that weighs at all with the authorities, and if they venture to assert their rights and claim their privi leges, they are forthwith told that the " question at issue is no longer one of rights but of existence, and they must make their choice." This is a melan choly state of things to witness in a country from which so much was once expected, and which pro mised to set an example of constitutionalism to the other nations of Europe which were devoid of that blessing. THE ATR E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. After which, AS YOU LIRE IT. Messrs. James Ander son, Walter Montgomery, Waiter Lacy. Sinclair, Rayner ; Miss Rose Leclercq and Miss Helen Faucit. Concluding with the Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' 3/y T IiUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots ; terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene ; Miss Lydia Thompson, THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. Chippen 'ale, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss telly Moore, %Jiss Snowdon, &C. After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE : Yessrs. So:hern, Compton, Howe, Farren, Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, &c. Mesdimes Stuart, Lovell, Bucicstone, And EASY F HATING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. Wight; es,rs. Clark, Gordon, Rogels, &a. To ccnamence at. 7. E W THEATRE-ROYAL, AD ELPHL Vr..zirtutur nail MAU:I4W. air. it 14 PHIS EVENING, ICI ON PAELE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Tools., Mr. Ashley, Mr. Billington, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billlng,ton. Alter whicJ, THE LOVE CHASE. Wi ldrake (his origi nal character), Mr. B. Webster. Messrs. Billing,ton, Ashley, Stephenson. Widow tireen Olth time) , Mrs. t i ringSil ninth ; Con stance (9ta time), Miss Henrietta Simms ; r appearance), Miss Sophie Young. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Tools , Paul Bediord ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. locchter. THIS EVENING, THE ROADSIDE INN. Robert Ma caire, Mr. Emery , Bertrand, mr. H. WiddirOmb srs. C. Horsman, Eitzpatrick, Moreland, Garden, Raymond, Collett; Miss E. Lavenu and Miss Elsworthy. To be followed by THE STRANGER The Stranger, Mr. Ryder; Mrs. Haller, Mdlle. Beatrice; Messrs. Horsman, Fitzpatrick, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond ; Miss M. Remade, E. Lavenu, and Mrs. C. Horsman. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev. n till Five. CYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Atter which, AIIRAII NA POGUE : Mes3rs. Dion Bonet eault, J. Brougham, IL Vandenhofi. 1). Fisher, D. Murray; Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Messrs. Belford and J. Thome ; Misses Carson and Hughes. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE.. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Miss Swanborough. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Messrs. Fenton, James ; Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. THE LATEST EDITION of "TH SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER. (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Uavendisti-street, Oxford-street. IHE LAST EDITION OF ,4 THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPOUTING INT ELLIGEN Sun be had Every Evening of G. 2 GLENIE, Istzwa AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. " A SUN PORTRAIT." The Photographic Curiosity announced by us, some time since, as in active preparation, is at length, we are rejoiced to say, completed, and completed, we will add, most successfully. The difficult task of its production—by means of an entirely new application of the wonderful art of photography—has been delayed until now solely by the unpropitious state of the weather, that is to say, by the unusually lengthened continuance of a murky and misty condition of the atmosphere. One bright day, however, has at length put an end to the difficulty—the result aimed at being now completely and triumphantly accomplished. An all but microscopic facsimile of the front page of The Sun newspaper of MONDAY, the 2d of January, 1865, has—in other words—been pro duced by this hitherto undreamt-of application of the photographic art. It is hereby announced in fact as ready for publication, on Monday, the 3d of April, upon which day a copy of this Miniature Photograph, entitled " A Sun Portrait," will be presented gratuitously to every purchaser of h e it it of that evening—the Photograph being accom panied by a Supplement reproducing the front page of our Journal of Monday, the 2d of January. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuis DAY.—Morning, 11h. 40m.—Afternoon, h. in. To-Monnow.-Morning, 12h. 14m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m. J , ` 6C. '; • t f y,,, • , km 4* •:1 OW ; \ ''",o It THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1865. Bank of England, 1865. The following is the House List of the Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOVERNORS. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq., Governor. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq. Edwd. Henry Chapman, Esq. Robt.Wigram Crawford, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. James Pattison Currie, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. *Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. John Saunders Gilliat, Esq. Geo. Joachim Goschen, Esq. James Alex. Guthrie, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. N.B. The gentleman agai is placed is a new candidate John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, E. John sq Gellibrancl Hubbard, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Edward HowleyPalmer, Esq. Clifford Wigram, Esq. Lnst whose name an asterisk for the Direction. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will he held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 4th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the bth April, from 10 o'clock in the forenoon till 4 in the afternoon. DEATH OF SIR HENRY POLLARD ILLOUGHBY 7 M.P.—We regret to announce the sudden death of Sir H. P. Willoughby, M.P. for Evesham. The deceased was discovered by his valet dead in bed shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning. Dr. Brewer, of Great George street, and other medical men called in, were unanimously of opinion that death arose from a diseased heart. It was known to his medical advisers that he suffered from angina pectoris. The deceased was the second son of Sir Chris topher Willoughby, of Bladon House, Oxfordshire, by his second marriage with Martha, daughter of Mr. M. Evans. He was born on Nov. 17, 1796, and succeeded to the baro netcy on the death of his brother, Sir Christopher, in June, 1813. He was unmarried. He was first elected, inllB3l, for Yarmouth, hie of Wight, when he supported the Reform Bill. At the general election in 1832 he was returned for Newcastle-under-Lyne. At the general election in 1837 he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Poole in the Con servative interest, and in 1841 he opposed unsuccessfully the present Lord Lyveden and Mr. Daikes Currie for the thetown H o o f us N e o r of h amp t Commons. Ho s h i ncaed 1847,represented and by Ehvi his s d ha ea m in t ha is vacancyHe ne e o d c e e d u r s b n. formerly I.P. for Leominster. h t i h s e . b r r e o p t r h e e s r e , n j ta o t hil ion p o o f l t l h ar a d t b . ; v r i o l u i oguhg. hby, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 23. The Noticias of to-day says :—" We are autho rised to contradict the rumours of a coup d'e'tat being contemplated, the Government wishing, on the contrary, to observe the constitution." GALLICIA, LEMBERG, MARCH 21. The following proclamation has just been issued here in Polish and German : "In accordance with the Imperial decision o: March 6, it is ordered— " 1. That on and after the 18th April next, the state of the siege in the provinces of Gallicia and Cracow shall be abolished, and that the exceptional measures taken to carry out such state of siege shall cease from that date. " 2. Legal proceedings against civilians, pending on the said 18th April next, shall be transferred to the competent civil courts. Appeal against sen tences passed upon civilians by the military courts prior to that date shall, however, be referred to the consideration of the chief military tribunals." FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 23. The International Telegraphic Conference, sitting in this capital, is progressing with its labours, which will, however, not finish for a fortnight. It is understood that the following principles have been agreed to : Telegraphy is a public service, from which Go vernments ought not to derive fiscal advantages. It must only be considered a means of multiplying the social and commercial relations of peoples. The State from which a message is forwarded shall re tain the entire price of such a despatch, and shall not be financially accountable for the same to the State receiving it. Statistics proving that a com pensating balance exists as to the number and value of the despatches exchanged between different countries, this system has been adopted as the most simple. PARIS, MARCH 24. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the text of the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded between France and Sweden. It will come into force on the 15th April next. BOURSE, March 23.—The market is somewhat flat, still there is a good deal doing in cash securities. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. The Italian Loan 64f. 60c. Mobilier have been done at 863 f. 25c. Railway Shares show signs of improvement, and prices are generally well maintained The fol lowing are the last quotations : 41- per Cents 65 20 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 67 25 Do. end month 67 20 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3540 Credit Foncier 1285 Roman Italian Loan 64 70 Do. end month 64 70 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes 45 75 Home Debt — Deferred - MAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOl7 50 ... 1020 Lyons and Mediterranean 972 50 ... 973 75 Southern 583 75 ... 582 50 Western 542 50 ... 545 Eastern Sardinian 303 75 ... 300 Austrian .. Lombard 548 75 ... 550 North of Spain 302 50 ... 301 25 Saragossa 373 75 ... 375 Ditto to Barcelona — ... 170 The Yelverton Oath Case, (From the Scotsman.) If the recent decision of the majority of the Judges of the First Division in the deplorable Yelverton Case had proceeded only upon legal grounds and involved only legal results, it might have been equally presumptuous and useless to make it a subject of popular or non-professional discussion. But it is a striking peculiarity in this decision that confessedly it not enforces but rather suspends or withholds the law on grounds only of reason or " discretion"—and as reason and discre tion are not the exclusive gifts or province of lawyers, other people are in a manner free to express either concurrence or doubt. Nor ought it to be lost sight of that judgment, if it establishes some questions of legal rights and status, rather raises than settles some social and moral questions, which are less for judicial than popular judgment. Whether such a law be wise or unwise, a law there is, under which it was, to say the least, competent for the Judges to refer the Yelverton case to Major Yelverton's oath, at the stage of the case at which they were prayed so to do. That there is such a law, and that that law makes no exception as to cases of disputed marriage, are facts on which all the Judges were agreed. The ground on which a majority of them refused Mrs. Longworth Yelverton's prayer to have this law applied to her alleged husband, was substantially that the eliciting of the truth under oath might be injurious to a third party. The decision of the majority proceeded, indeed, partly on the ground that in all cases where there is a third or non primary party, that party might be injured by either truth or falsehood being stated on the, oath of one of the principal parties ; but they also declared that they had in view " the peculiar circumstances of the present case," and in the present case no injury could have been inflicted upon the third party ex cept by a reluctant speaking of the truth. This, in the popular view, is what renders the decision hard to understand and harder to approve—that, in a case between two parties, one of them has hypo thetically to suffer injustice or ruin lest the other, by speaking the truth upon oath, should do harm to some one else. It is easy to see, with the majority of their Lord ships, that in cases of disputed marriage, the ex istence of a second claimant to the position of wife, is a fact of great importance, and that a man, by swearing to untruths favourable to claimant No. 1, might prejudice or destroy the claim of No. 2. But then it seems equally easy to see, though only Lord Deas saw it, that, as the law has been laid down, or laid aside, by the majority, the same kind of man might, by the very act of marrying No. 2, prevent proof of his marriage with No. 1. " Whenever," said Lord Curriehill, • a profligate husband wished to get rid of his wife, he might be able by an easy artifice, and with the aid of an equally unscrupulous female accomplice, to effect such an atrocity"— the female accomplice asserting that there was a previous mar riage, and the profligate husband admitting that assertion when put upon oath. Of course, such a case might arise, and, whenever there was the appearance of such a case, the Court would, equally of course, exercise the " judicial discretion " which it is admitted to possess. But to provide for that hypothetical case by putting in the same category all cases where there is a competition between allegedwives, would have, among other inconvenient effects, the effect of always prejudicing the case of the first wife. A profligate husband might, no doubt, as the majority of the judges say, seek to get quit of a real wife, by admitting the existence of a prior marriage ; but it would be quite as easy, and under this judgment a great deal easier, for a profligate husband to get rid of his real wife by taking a similar course as to a subsequent marriage. All that a man would require to do to save himself from having to give answers which would prove his marriage with the woman who was his first and so necessarily his real wife, would be to per petrate a marriage with a second woman. As Lord Deas remarked, in his most masterly argu-: ment, " a man would have power, by committing a li crime, to deprive the, woman of the proof which the law recognises to be the proof of her marriage." By committing bigamy, he would at once deliver himself from his wife, and marry himself to another woman —bigamy being thus treated as a virtue, and bring ing more than its own reward. This is one of the results that may flow from such an application, or rather non-application, of the law as has been made in this case, and it is a result quite as likely to occur as the opposite result, against which the decision is meant to guard. But " the peculiar circumstances of the present case," which their lordships stated ought to form the ruling consideration, are admittedly quite different from, indeed directly opposite to, those circum stances to provide for the hypothetical occurrence of which the Court framed its judgment. The de cision proceeded upon the fear that a man placed in the position in which it was proposed to place Major Yelverton would have practically the power of choosing which of two women should be his wife, and, by swearing falsely, might choose the one that was not rightfully his wife. Therefore, the Court, in the interest of Mrs. Forbes Yelverton, would not allow the oath to be put to Major Yelverton at the instance of Mrs. Longworth Yelverton. But, in the particular case the only injury that could be done to Mrs. Forbes Yelverton would have arisen in the event of Major Yelverton speaking the truth contrary to his own desires, interests, and previous statements. He may be regarded as having all along had a choice of wives, for he could have chosen Mrs. Longworth Yelverton and rejected Mrs. Forbes Yelverton, if not by abstaining from litigation against the former, at least by refraining from assertions and denials which he alone could make. For six years he has struggled strenuously against the claims of Mrs. Longworth Yelverton, which is practically struggling in favour of the claims of Mrs. Forbes Yelverton ; and here he is, still resisting the proposal to state on oath whether or not he married the former, on the ground that he might thereby prejudice the latter—the Lord President himself arguing that Major Yelverton was justified in resisting the reference to oath because he was " interested in the status of Mrs. Forbes." Yet the judges decide that Major Yelverton ought not tb be sworn, on the ground that he may be in collusion with Mrs. Longworth Yelverton and in a conspiracy against the other. Surely it is plain as day that, if Major Yelverton swore anything tending to validate the first and invalidate the second marriage, it could only be because, when under constraint of an oath, he told the truth. And what the lay or non-legal public will not understand is why a court of justice should fear or keep out the truth, and why one woman, however innocent and injured, should be protected from the consequences of truth, at the price of in flicting on another woman the injurious conse quences of the untruth. Of course, nobody knows what Major Yelverton would have sworn, though anybody may draw inferences from the fact of his strenuous resistance in getting an opportunity of sup p or ting his own case by his own oath ; but what is known is—that the reason for the Court refusing to make him be sworn was that he might perhaps injure the lady for whom he fights, and benefit the lady against whom he fights, by telling the truth. Of course, this decision must, in a legal view and as to legal results, be held as pretty nearly fatal to the claims of Mrs. Longworth Yelverton. But it thus becomes only the more necessary that heed should be paid to the truth that, we shall not say in kindness or in pity, but in justice, the position of that lady requires to be regarded otherwise than legally, and to be considered by others than lawyers. Under the circumstances of this case, legal failure does not imply social or moral condemnation. Miss Longworth, or Mrs. Long worth Yelverton, has, in the opinion of a ma jority of the Scotch Judges, and of all but a majority of the English Judges, proved her marriage with Major Yelverton. If the Scotch Judges and those English Judges standing highest. for learning and acumen, are herein mistaken, what wonder that she should have been mistaken? Though a majority of the English Judges have an nulled the decision of the Scotch Judges upon the main question, that woman cannot be held as mo rally condemned who had failed only by one or two votes in being declared even legally triumphant. The accidental presence or absence of one man in the House of Lords on a certain day might have brought the case to an opposite result—to the re sult to which it was brought by the Judges in Scot land. Should such accidents, though necessarily making the difference between legal success and failure, be allowed to make the difference between honour and dishonour? And what have we been seeing now ? The woman has said to the man she claims as husband—" I leave it to yourself—swear that we were not married, and all is ended." And he will not swear. He may have good reasons— better reasons than those which most readily sug gest themselves ; but his refusal is to her, though a legal defeat, something of a moral victory and testimony. THE EDMUNDS' SCANDAG. The following is the award made by Lord Cran worth on the arbitration submitted to his lordship last December with regard to the transactions be tween Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Wm. Brougham : " Whereas by an agreement in writing under the hands of William Brougham and Leonard Edmunds, the said William Brougham having signed the same on behalf of himself and Lord Brougham, it was agreed to refer all questions and disputes between them, the said Lord Brougham, William Brougham, and Leonard Edmunds, to the award of me, Robert Monsey Lord Cranworth, and the parties to the said reference having agreed that the subjects so submitted to me were embraced under three heads : —lst. Whether Lord Brougham is liable to the pay ment of all or any part of a sum of £5,000, secured by a mortgage dated in 1811, or the interest thereof. 2d. Whether William Brougham is liable to Leo nard Edmunds in respect of a bond for £1,200, dated in 1845 ; and 3d. Whether W. Brougham is liable to repay to Leonard Edmunds all or any part of a sum of £9,300, alleged by Leonard Edmunds to have been paid or accounted for by him to W. Brougham as a trustee for the family of John Brougham, deceased, but which William Brougham has not applied on any such trust. Now, having taken on myself the burthen of the said reference, I decide as follows : " Ist. As to the said mortgage, I decide that Lord Brougham is liable to repay the principal sum of £5,000 thereby secured, with interest thereon, from the 24th of June, 1864, up to which time all parties admit that interest has been paid. I come to this conclusion on the facts as stated by Lord Brougham and Wm. Brougham. I place entipe confidence in what Lord Brougham states, namely, that he did not receive any part of the £5,000, and had alto gether forgotten that any such mortgage existed; but his brother James Brougham joined in the mortgage, and Lord Brougham and James Brougham jointly and severally covenanted with the mortgagee for payment of principal and interest. James Brougham died at the end of 1833 ; but shortly before his death he came to certain arrangements with Leonard Edmunds, under which it was stipulated that Leonard Edmunds should thence forth pay the interest on the mortgage (£2OO per annum) which James Brougham was by virtue of his covenant bound to pay. Leonard Edmunds has accordingly regularly paid this interest, which I consider to be the same thing as if James Brougham, one of the parties liable, had himself paid it. The mortgage, therefore, is clearly a sub sisting mortgage valid against Lord Brougham, who, though appearing on the face of the deed to be the principal debtor, was, I have no doubt, merely a surety for his brother James. 4 , 2 d. With respect to the £1,200 bond there is no dispute. William Brougham is clearly liable to the payment of the £1,200 thereby secured, with interest from the 24th June, 1864, up to which day it is admitted that all interest has been paid. " 3d. As to the £9,300 claimed by Leonard Ed munds, I decide that he has no right to recover any part of it. He says it is the amount of payments of £3OO per annum which, for the last 31 years, he has paid to or on account of Wm. Brougham as a trustee for the family of John Brougham, but which sums Wm. Brougham has appropriated to his own use. William Brougham admits the receipt of £lOO per annum, but no more ; but he denies that he re ceived it as a trustee for the family of John or on any other trust, though it was well understood be tween him and Leonard Edmunds that it should be made available towards the liquidation, of the debts of James ; and, accordingly, it is established that in the year 1840 Wm. Brougham effected a policy on the life of Leonard Edmunds for £3,000, and he has ever since applied the £lOO per annum (within a small fraction) to keep alive the policy, and so form a fund for payment, or towards payment, of the £5,000 at Leonard Edmunds's death, when his pay ment of the int eres t wou ld cease . Ido not think it necessary to pursue any investigation as to this part of the matters re f erre d to me, f or even , taking the facts to be as represented by Leonard Edmunds, they do not give him a right to recover back from William Brougham money which he holds as trustee for the family of John. If the facts be as Leonard Edmunds represents them to be, the family of John may have a claim on William Brougham which this award cannot reach. Dated this 26th day of January, 1865. 4 CRANWORTII." The Lock-out in the Iron Trade. WOLVERHAMPTON, Thursday. The secretary of the masters whose men are now upon strike was present at the meeting in this town yesterday of the Committee of the Ironmasters' As sociation, and the pledge of the committee was volun tarily given to him as the representative of the North Staffordshire employers that the association would stand by them to the last. Much sympathy was ex pressed towards the North Staffordshire masters, because they had been selected for an attack which was intended to apply equally to both divisions of the county, and it was hoped that the present disas trous state of things would by the scheme for intro ducing temporary workmen into North Stafford shire be soon terminated. If such a result should not be attained, the struggle, it was thought, would have to be continued until the men had learnt that they were not able to force their employers to adopt their terms. Instances of the interference of the district secretaries and others in the management and conducting of works were given by most of the members of the committee present ; and it was de clared that the whole power of the masters must now be exercised to prevent the contimiance of such an unseemly state of things. This result the com mittee believed would be brought about by the em ployers being able on this occasion to show that they were more powerful than their men, and the attain ing of such an end was declared to be of more im portance to the employers than the granting or withholding of the wages for which the strike had been begun. To effect the object which the masters have in view, it was declared to be unnecessary for them to aim at the breaking up of the men's union. Their right to a union was fully admitted. BIRMINGHAM, Thursday Evening. There was a very large attendance of the iron masters and others interested in the trade in this town to-day. The first and apparently a very ex citing subject for discussion was the announcement made in the newspapers that Messrs. Lloyds, Foster, and Co., of Wednesbury, are reopening their works. Such is not the fact, and there was but one feeling on the subject among all present to-day—regret or extreme vexation that such an announcement should have been made. In reference to this matter we have received the following letter from the firm referred to : " The statement that Messrs. Lloyds, Foster, and Co., of Wednesbury, contemplated reopening their works is erro neous. They had no intention of doing so without a general resolution to that effect on the part of the Ironmasters' Association. The firm suggested that the workmen should sign a declaration that they would not, individually or otherwise, assist the men on strike in North Staffordshire; and they hoped that in the general adoption of this docu ment the masters' association might see a way of putting an end to the lock out.' The men referred the proposed docu ment to the Brierley-hill executive, for their approval, but the executive, instead of approving it, contented themselves with stating that no contributions should be sent to North Staffordshire from the union, and that the executive would not countenance any collections by their members for that purpose." This, it will be seen, was by no means equivalent to the declaration suggested by Messrs. Lloyds and Foster, and therefore those gentlemen could take no further steps in the matter. It should be added that they have not set a single puddler to work." At the meeting to-day not a very encouraging view was taken as to the future. Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.P., and all the influential members of the trade were present, and the question—" What is next to be done about the lock-out ?" was very anxi ously discussed. Eventually it -was determined to request the Earl of Lichfield to meet a number of the men from North Staffordshire and those from Brierley-hill and the southern part of the county, in order that means may if possible be devised to bring this unfortunate strife to a termination. In the event of Lord Lichfield assenting, it is not unlikely that the conference may take place on Saturday or Monday next. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Thursday Afternoon. The prospect of an early settlement of the dis pute between the northern ironmasters and the pud dlers who are locked out seems much more hopeful to-day. Mr. C. Al. Palmer, the chairman of the Northern Ironmasters' Committee, issued a letter this morning explaining the position of affairs from the masters' point of view, and suggesting the basis of an adjustment of differences. A meeting of the ironmasters, it is stated, will be held in this town to-day, and it is strongly believed that the Gateshead Executive will call the iron workers' lodges together immediately, to deliberate upon the proposals made by Mr. Palmer in his letter. The emigration movement is still going on in this district. Mr. Millington, the secretary to the Gateshead Executive, has had 370 applications for passages from persons to go to ,America. But the prospect of a settlement will soon put a stop to that movement. Seventy-nine labourers were paid off at Jarrow yesterday, and about 1,000 workmen are out of employment at that place. From Middles borough, Darlington, Bishop Auckland, and other parts of the iron district there is nothing special to note. The mass of unemployed men are conducting themselves in a most orderly and exemplary manner. Some of the more improvident are beginning to feel the effects of being kept out of employment, as the majority of the shopkeepers have refused to give credit. Last evening a meeting of the London Trades' Council was held at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie street, Fleet ; street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the lock-out in the iron districts. Mr. Coulsen having been voted to the chair, Mr. Lanton, from the north of England ; Mr. Biddlestone, a delegate from the Millmen's Association ; Mr. Baker, the secretary of the strike in North Stafford shire ; Mr. Phipps, from North Staffordshire, and Mr. Allkins, a member of the Brierley-hill Execu tive, addressed the meeting. Mr. CREMER then moved the following resolution : " That this meeting regrets exceedingly the great suffering and sad feeling which the cruel act of the employers in locking out so many thousands of the workmen has created, and hopes that the workmen in the iron trades will agree to submit the whole question to arbitration." Mr. ODGERS having seconded the resolution, Mr. APPLEGARTH supported it, but considered that the arbitration should be entered into condi tionally. Mr. POTTER considered the resolution very am biguous, and proposed an amendment, which was seconded by Mr. How. Ultimately the resolution was carried by a small majority. Mr. THOMAS next moved that, in the event of the employers refusing to accept arbitration as a means of an amicable settlement of the question, the dele gates present pledge themselves to use every means in their power to support the men on strike. Mr. APPLEGARTH having seconded the resolution, it was adopted by the meeting. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. AUTHORS NOT GOOD CRITICS.--Waller said " Paradise Lost " had no merit but its length. Voltaire called Shakspere a barbarian. Burnet told Dryden " The Hind and Panther " was the worst poem of the age. Horace Walpole thought Jephson superior to Beaumont and Fletcher. Peacock compared Scott's novels to the pantomimes of the stage. Wordsworth insisted that Thomson's seasons won popularity by common-place sen timentality and a vicious style. When Brougham " woke snakes " by remitting the " Hours of Idleness " to that class of poetry "which neither gods nor men aro said to permit," Byron vindicated himself by a ferocious onslaught on his follow-poets, criticising them with considerably greater vigour than fairness.—Chamberis Journal. -," tfi rt GM lilEry Cirnihr, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 23. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, and attended by the Hen. Florence Seymour, went out in the Great Park this morning, and in the grounds in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise drove out. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal Family yesterday. Professor Hoffman gave his second lecture on chymistry before the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leo pold, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and some of the members of the Household. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colone l Keppel, hunted with his harriers near Windsor yes terday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. The Prince and Princess of Wales went i n the evening to a ball given by his Excellency the French Ambassador at Albert-gate. PARLIAMENTARY DItISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARCH 23. THE DEFENCES OF QUEBEC. In committee of supply, motion made, " That the item of £50,000 for the improvement of the defences of Quebec be omitted." The committee divided—Ayes, 40 ; Noes, 275. AYES— 40. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Dalglish, R.T he Antrobus, E. Ayrton, A. S. • . Pilkington, J• Aytoun,. H. S. Greene,. J. Potter, Si. Barnes, E. Gregory, W. H. Seely, C. Barnes, T. Grenteit, H. H. Sheridan, R. B. Bazley, T. Greville, Col. F. Smith, J. B. ...,. tilack, A. Gurney, S. Sturt, 1,t.-Col. N. Blackburn, P. Sykes, Col. \%. ~• Gilpin, C. E. C. lge'eto°,nS°irr D0n,3.1. Hadfieid, G. Bowyer, Sir G. Bibbert, J. T. Taylor, I'. A. Bright, J. Lawson, W. Chum, Sir R. Leatham, E. A. TELLERS. Cogan. W. H. Lysley, W. J. Cos, W. MacEvoy, E. White, J. Crossley, Sir F. Miller, W. Leievre, G. J. S• A OES —275. A.dam,W. P. Gavin, Major Packe, Col. Adderley, C. B. George, J. Paget, Lord C. Angerstein, W. Gibson, T. AL Pakington, Sir d• Anson, Major Gilpin, Colonel Palk, air L. Anstruthcr, Sir R. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Sir R. . Astell, J. H. Glyn, G. G. Pahnerston, Vise' Bagwell, J. Goldsmid, Sir F. Parker, Major W. Bailey, C. Gore, J. R. 0. Patten, Col. W. Baring, A. H, Goschen, G. J. Paull, H. iii W Baring, Sir F. Greaves, E. Peacocke, G. ,=•• Baring, T. Greenall, G. Peel, Sir It. Baring, T. G. Greaten, C. Peel, Gen. Bateson, Sir T. Gray, Lieut.-Col. Peel, F. Bathurst, A. A. Grey, Sir G. Pevensey, Viscount Bathurst, Co'. H. Griffith, C. D. Ponsonby, A. Beach, W. W. Grogan, Sir E. Powell, F. S. r• T„• Beaumont, S. Gurdon, B. Powys-Lybbe, Beecroft, G. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Pritchard, J. Bellew, It. Al. Hamilton, Major Proby, Lord Bentinck, G. C. Hamilton, 1. T. Pugh, D. Bereshat, D. Hanbury, R. Quinn, P. vv. Blencowe, J. G. Hankey, T. Itamsden, Sir J. " Bonham-Carter, J. Hardcastle, J. A. Repton, G. W. J. Bovill, W. Ilartington,Marquis Ridley, Sir Al. Tl' Brady, Dr Hartopp, E. B. Robartes, T. J• ^ l *'' Bramley-Moore, J. Hervey, Lord A H. Robertson, H. Bramston, T. W. Headlam, T. E. Rose, W. A. „ g Bremridge, IL Henley, J. Rothschild,BaX°" Bridges, Sir B. W. Henley, Lord • Russell, F. W. Bromley, W. D. Hennessy, J. P. Russell, Sir "W • 0 Browne, Lord J. T. Hesketh, Sir T. Salomonm,A , de rill Bruce, Lord C. Holland, E. Schneider, 11. IV - • Bruce, Lord E. A. Holmesdale, Lord Sclater-Booth , er , Bruce, Major C. lioi midi, T. B. Scott, Sli. W. ...,. Bruce, H. A. Horsmun, E. Seourfield, J. 1 , - Bruen, H. Howard, C. W. G. Selwyn, C. J. Buckley, Gen. Howes. E. Seymour, Daily , Buller, Sir A. W. Humphery, W. Shafto, R. D. ~,.. Burghley, Lord Hunt, G. W. Shelley, Sir . 1 . T Bury, Viscount Ingham, R. Sheridan, H. B. ButlerJohnstone,U. Jackson, W. Smith, Abel .... Calthorpe, F. H. Jervis, Captain Smith, Aug - 11 14 u' Cardwell, E. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Sim i'. Cargill, W. W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, M. T. Cartwright, Co:. Janne, H. Smith, S. G. Cecil, Lord R. Kekewich, S. T. Stacpoole, W. Chapman, J. Kendall, N. Staniland, Al. Childers, H. C. E. Kinglake, A. W. Stanley, Lord Clay, J. Kingscote, Col. Steel, J. Cobbold, J. C. Knight, F. Stracey, Sir 11_,. v Cochrane, A. D. B. Lacon, Sir E. Stewart, Sir •32.. r.: Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Laird, J. Stuart, Lt.-CoL TT Collier, Sir R. P. Layard, A. H. Surtees, H. E. Corry, H. L. Lefroy, A. Taylor, CoL I. $' •-r Courtney, Lord Lennox, Lord G. G. Thompson, t 1 .... Cowper, W. le. Leslie, C. P. Thynne, Lord J. Cranford, E. 11. J. Lewis, H. Tollemache, k'• J • Crawford, R. W. Locke, J. Torrens, R. . 00 1. Dawson, R. P. Long, It. P. Tottenham v • Dering, Sir E. Lopes, Sir Al. Tracy, C. It D. Dickson, Col. Lowe, it. Turner, J. A. Disraeli, B. Lyall, G. Turner, C. Duke, Sir J. Mackie, J. Vance, J. , Dunbar, Sir W. Macklnnon,W. A. Vandeleur, C 1.0 Dundas, F. Maguire, J. F. Vansittart, W. Dunne, Col. Matins, R. Verney, Sir IL Du rre, C. G. Manners, Lord J. Villiers, C. P. Edwards, Col. Marjoribanks, D. C. Wyse, Co'. Egerton, A. F. Marsh, Al. H. Egerton, E. C. Martin, J. Egerton, W. Merry, J. w Wa a l i co de t g t r , a A v d e r e a she Walker, J. R. Elcho, Lord Miles, Sir W. Walpole, S. 11. Enfield, Viscount Miller, T. J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Ewart, W. Mills, J. It. Warner, E. Ewart, J. C. Mitchell, T. A. leane, Al. Col. Moilatt, G. Farquhar, Sir Moncreiff, J. Fellowes, E. Monsell, W. w i li V ivr a aea g u t tt k ri l ne n nig , E oiB elfin, Fenwick, :ic,7. 1...1 5 L. H. leenwick, E. M. Montagu, Lord IL Western, S. Fenwick, H. Montgomery, Sir G. White, L. ___ Fergusson. Sir J. Dino ,H. Wickham, li-3r Ferrand, W. Moore, C. Williams, .F. ~.. IL Finlay, A. S. Morris,W. WilliaraSon , °, 1 ,.,i , Fitzgerald, W. S. Mowbray, J. R. Winnington, bi-. • Fitzroy, Lord F. Naas, Lord Wood, 11' C. Fieming, T. W. Neste, C. Wyld, J. P. P lOy Cr .). Newdegate, C. Wyndham, r Forde, Col. Noel, G. J. Wyvill, Al. Forster, C. North, F. Yorke, J. IL l'ortescue, F. D. Northoote, Sir S. 11: Vortescue, C. S. Ogilvy, Sir J. TEL LERS. Gallwey, Sir W. P. O'Logillen, Sir C. Brand, Li• , f .,,eas (lard, It. S. O'Neill, E. .Knatchbull-nuo, BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, MARCU 2 4. The following is the return of the Bank of Fo il° for.the week ending to-day, together with the Ccir responding figures of the previous account :--- DEBTOR. March 23. marc h 16. c. fr. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,038,528 72 7,0357 05 22 Reserve of te Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,1057 750 Reserve in landed pro- PertY Notes in circulation . 7747:5005° Banknotes to order and receipts payable at og 90 ^ Arr. - - 441,1 av sight 6,656,867 50 5)0 Treisury account cur- 972 tv ' rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 122,907,284 88 12 9 ,6 47 ?" --' 679 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 1,497,162 75 I-1 589 " v Discounts and sundry 176, p78 83 - interests Rediscounted the last 7,598,669 -- 77- ''' 05 , six months 2,789,444 05 2,789,' - o„, it 4 55 Sundries 4 il Al Total CRED lE rr a o r ß e . h 23. March 1 6 . c . fr. C. Cash in hand and in fr. 98 ;Branch banks Commercial bills over- - - 774,80" og 90 --- -- / due Commercial bills dis- 4 counted, not yet duo 239,803,985 40 240, 228'-84 .., , Do. branch banks 269,669,271 273,9 4 ' b ai 55 Advances on deposit of ri7 a ,- bullion 16,854,131 55 1 5 ,/,, 400 Do. branch banks 2,806,339 2, 8 ' ' 7 Do. on ,ZA French Public na , Securities 14,006,000 I'Boo Do. by branch banks 8,473,000 8,4' Do. on and debentur railway es 28,632,300 —29,10081 b 00 --- 5 D. branch banks 16,529,900 IG,I- '4OO Do. on Credit Fonder 487, 100 "-- Bonds - Do. branches Do. to the State (Con- vention, June 10, 1857) , 60 000 000 Government Stock re- ' ' serve l2, 980, 750 1 4 :2:9, 000, ; ' 6 6 : ' 7 0 0 1 3 0 : 1 0 : 9 , 'I Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisdes (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000, Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed 8,420,48 ''' of bra ma, neh n e a s g; . - 8,420,483 Expensespror property y— ), - 47 0 653, 5- 01 ment 829,258 19 v, , ° 7 , 36 3 Sundries -----. • Total 1,271, 34 8 ,099 67 1,258,1 s 447 ' _O , raoe , (Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of - ROULAND. y e s A t e b r o d l l a t y " 5,000 in gold was taken into the 1301‘. ae ° , FiII The Australian Mortgage, Lan d, and ; an d Company held its first annual meeting tn -ua , 1 1 ,.' ,20 the report, an abstract of which has alr ea d; peared in these columns, presented, recontniejl dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per ann ll , l3l ;, During the last few days there has been ~,.`e " „ - a ice mation in the Foreign and Colonial Markets. Sugars have been in -very lim ited de e lti g a ; cl; without, however, any material change es . •teclt prices. For coffee the demand has also been 111311 00 and rather lower prices have been eurr erlt a . yefi public sales of China tea have proeee_ie, the slowly, while in rice, fruit, saltpetre, and ta1 " .° ,.,:i0 10 dealings have been unimportant, at bareli rates.