The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-13 00:00:00

f r LIR Eki A L TITLE ASSURANCE- COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 CL, in 80,000 shares, of 23/. each. Prelitriniuy Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospeltuses awl full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary uril es of the Company, 12s, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication t. G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec.. Pro term 11OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME PE ItSIANI'S BENEFIT. On THURSDAY EVENING, June 21, will be performed IL 31/LT111310NR) SEGRETO. After which, the Third Act of LA SOSNAMBULA. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT , in which the principal Artistes of the Ballet Department will appear, The performances will commence at Eight o'ctock precisely. Composer, Director of the Musics, and Conductor. Mr. Costa. JAMES'S THEATRE. ST. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE• THIS EVENING, micas' will commence at Halt-oast Seven o'clock with 31ADLLE. MARGUERITE. To conclude with YE TOUCHEZ PAS A LA RUNE. LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, 3f. Couderc ; Gil Perez, 3t. ituguet ;Angele, Mdlle. Charton ; Brigitte, Mdlle. ‘lattial ; Ursule, Mdlie. Morel ; Jacinthe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, Mulle. Vigny. Ninetien begs aLso to announce that, notwithstanding the in expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis s on are determined as tollows Boxes .. • • • • • • •• 6s. Od• Pit .. •• •• • Amphitheatre •• .• 28. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till ave. T.A. Pi HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signwr LABLACHE'S BENEFIT. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRDTO. !II the course of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at Bez-office of the Theatre, where Pit T i c k e ts may be obtained as Banal, price 10s. Oct. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, Dtit- RUR EVE N 11,14Y-LANE.GERMAN OPERA. T 4. Will be produced the admired Opera, MARTHA ; Or, The Starke of Richmond. Performances to commence at Light o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office; and at Mews. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-310BROW EVENING Will be performed LEA HUGUENOTS. With the following powerful en4emble, viz.:— Madame Grist, Mdlle. Angri, Signors Tamburini, Marini, Lavin, Bache, Sold', Tagßatko, Polonia', Luigi Mel, Mario, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Boxes from one guinea and a half; Stalls, 155. ; Pit Tickets, 5i., at CRAM ER, BEALE, and Co., 201, Regent-street. Composer. Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costs. f'F} A Tit 1.: ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :Aele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. . _ Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha racters by Messrs. J. Waßack, Wigan, Keeley, Buckstone, and Web ster; Miss P. Horton, Miqi Reynolds, am! Mrs. Glover. To conclude with the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. James Wa la k ; Harry Thunder, Mr. 11. Yandenhoff ; Lady Ama ranth. Miss P. Horton. TlLEAflilt ROYAL, ADELPEIL Under the direct:l,n , a Madame Ogees. TUN EVENING, Will he per'ormed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. After which a new grand Extravaga , za, entitled THE DEVIL'S TlO ,IN AND TILE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To he folL)wed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAR RANTABLE: I NTRE-;IO N, which will be committed by Mr. Wright to the annoyance of Mr. Pawl Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ttOTAL IACzU.3I THEATice. Under the Stanagement ot Madame Venn& cola Lessee. Mr. Charle a , he AS. THlct EVENING will be performed PROMOTION. To be followed by A WO.NI)ERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress os. , Upper 80xe.,, 4.1. ; Pit., 2s. ; Gallery, le. No Ulf-Price to any part ot the house. The litm Box-orate, No. 2, Wellington. street, Is open to the pvbile " f . r7 lay. from Ten till Stx. .A.za LEY ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronaire of her MnJesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, scc. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Mdlles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Wooliord, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in :mount ing that he has engage I that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. T,. nr allowed by an inimitable display of SCENE , . THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the drst Equestrian talent of the , 131.% To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE WHITE FARM. Box-oftice open from Eleven till Four. rtswe MAnnzer, Mr. W West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Enga4en.ent of M. JULLIEN. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Mes Gracious Majesty, he , Majesty the Queen Dowager. h!s Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sic. - The Pu .lic. Press,has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Radaloz to be the most perfect ant life-like exhibition. The N..bliny, Gentry, and- the Pahtic are respectfully informed that thin favourite place of fashionable resort is open every f.tONDAY, TUF,WAY, NVEDNEsDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF DADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public op`nlon td be the most perfect and life-li:te exhibition ever pre-7ented—Splendid Menagerie—Ju lien's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder-Solos by Kcenig, Richardson (Flote)—Violin and Violon cello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge—end other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Stormit , of Radajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence— rush to the breacl by real troops—and final te'deaux In honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelican - . and White Bears h df-past N ive ; Concert at Six ; itorming of Iladajoz, •it Dunk.—Admission One shilling. REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these G rdens have long complaint d that Refreshments from the Conteztionary.rooms only could b pr. cured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quali'y, and at the usual l'rices. T: E WEATHER , .—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 13. THEE.IIOIIE2E3, Lotveit, 45. Eltrtest, 62 , 59, BAROMETER, 30.12. WIND E.S.E.-I , lht brPt v. and fine. 1.4):. Tnls Dar —Morning, 27 min. after 6 I Even'n' .52 min. after 6 li 19 rin. after 7 i Evening, 49 min. after 7 4:c?• '" y• r=" !•1 44:14e. ely „A, - Atnii, _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1849. The Navigation Bill is now virtually the law of the land. It was read the third time last night in the Hou-e of Lords, its noble opponents contenting them selves with merely reiterating the objections they had already put forward at considerable length against the measure, but without going through the useless form of a divi-ion, from which (as was candidly admitted by the Protectionist Leader) "it was im possible to anticipate a different result from that which followed on a former occasion." A clause, subsequently moved by the Bishop of OXFORD to be added to the Bill by way of rider, to the effect that Brazil should be excluded from the advantages afforded to other nations by the measure, was ultimately rejected by a majority of 14, and nothing now remains but that the It yal assent should be formally declared, and the unwise and impolitic restrictions established under the Protectorate in 1651, and confirmed, with some slight modifications, in 1660, under CHARLES H., will be at once, and, we trust and be lieve we may add, for ever abolished. The beneficial results of a free and unfettered com merce are now thoroughly appreciated. The spe cious fallacies of protection have ceased to impose upon the nation, and although interested parties may still ascribe the evils under which the country has suffered to the removal of the monopoly, by which the industrious classes have so long been taxed for the benefit of a privileged few, they can no longer hope to deceive the people, or to produce a reaction in favour of their narrow and shortsighted views. Some degree of hope, however, existed while the navigation code remained on the statute-book. So long as the unnecessary impediments to free inter course with any nation remained—so long as it could be asserted that any class were still protected that any duties were imposed for purposes other than those relating to revenue— ". lingering hope remaiaed that the "good old times," as they we re p l ease d t o ca ll th em , o f hi g h pr i ces, might be restored. If our merchants were prevented from transporting, without let or hindrance, the commodities which they were entitled to purchase in any country, it could not be said that commerce was really free. If the principle of buying in the ch:eipest, and selling in the dearest market be really well founded with respect to articles of con sumption, no v 1 reason could be assigned why the doctrine should not also be applicable to the car riage of those articles, and to the vessels in which they might be borne from one psrt or country to another. By retaining, therefore, an exclusive system with respect to ships, it might eventually be re-established in every other respect. There were certain grounds on which the naviga. tion-laws might be maintained which did not apply to the corn•laws. In the first place, it could not be expected that•the Members of either Lure of Farlia. ment were personally interested in their continuance. , The. great majority of " hereditary " or " elected " legislators know but little of shipping, of ship owners, or of sailors ; they do not speculate in freights, or undertake maritime specula tions. They might be charged with having arrived at an erroneous and impolitic decision, but the purity of their motives could not be assailed ; no charge of selfishness could be preferred if the code should still be maintained in all its stringency. An adherence thereto might, therefore, have been regarded with greater indulgence than if they had been more directly interested in the result. Many wealthy Peers and Commoners might be induced to persevere in their opposition to the mea sure, who for very shame sake could not offer so determined a resistance to enactments demanded by the entire community, and by the passing of which they might suffer serious pecuniary losses. Several votes might have been influenced in the existing state of affairs by such a consideration. But the argument chiefly relied on by the opponents of the Bill was the probable results of the abrogation of these laws on the maritime defences of the nation. The " wooden walls of England" would then, indeed, cease to afford protection to our shores ; " the honour of the British flag would for the first time be tarnished ;" " the sun of England's glory would set for ever ;" and " a gloomy darkness would succeed the brilliant light that had so long shone with a clear and steady lustre." Such were the vaticinations uttered with grave aspect and in por tentous tones. The high authority of ADAM SMITH was adduced to show that " the Act of Navigation was one of the wisest of the commercial regulations of England," and that " opulence was of greater importance than wealth," was repeated in every pos sible form. Many enthusiastic free•traders were de ceived by these prophecies, and induced to sanction the continuance of a code which their reason condemned. The cause of truth and justice has, however, triumphed, notwithstanding those difficul ties. Sagacious and prudent counsel! , have at length prevailed, and we may now congratulate the nation on the removal of the last remnant of mono poly and exclusion, and the establishment of our national trade on a basis of perfect freedom, without restriction or impediment. Nothing further remains to be done, at any rate this session, in the Imperial Legislature, with re ference to the, scheme of Arbitration. After the lengthy debate of last evening the public have had quite enough of it for one while in all conscience. Of this we are the more particularly satisfied, from the knowledge that the masses of our countrymen have no very great appetite for those " political crotchets and 'international vagaries" which yesterday passed under the incidental sarcasm of the Hon. Gentleman the representative of the county of Buckingham. However ingenious may be the arguments of the Member for the West Riding, they failed to persuade the House of Commons that the acceptance of his motion would be other than a subject of scorn and ridicule to every nation in the European conti nent. Surely we don't want Mr. COBDEN'S assurance that war is wrong to satisfy our judgment upon a point which, eighteen centuries ago, was decided by the divine and inspired pen of the Evangelist. The blessedness of peace among nations, as among families, is too self-evident to require any illustration that can be gathered by the uiembers of the Arbitration Society. Both the Hon. Gentleman who frittered away the time of Parliament last evening by introducing his very amiable but very absurd, because very im practicable and visionary scheme, and the sup porters of the Honourable Gentleman, have com mitted a most extravagant blunder in supposing that the Houses of Legislature have to be schooled by them, forsooth, in the doctrines of Christianity. Why, there was not a man with two grains of com mon sense who had not long ago known and ac knowledged that war was a grievous and perilous necessity, contrary to the impulse of every humane feeling, and in direct opposition to the dictates of religion. Mr. COBDEN is marvellously mistaken in imagining that the world waited to be enlightened upon this sul - ject by himself and his coadjutors. The world knew it years and years (and the truth bad been discovered and proclaimed ages and ages) before he was born. The whole project, however, being one vast fallacy, one preposterous day-dream, it has been appropriately based upon this preliminsry blunder. Another monstrous error which the Peace Society seem to be very solicitous to promulgate is this, that no one but themselves and their sympathizers can entertain a proper appreciation of the horror► of blood- shed, that no person opposed to their idle and im possible aspirations can be sincerely and conscien t►ously solicitous for the general pacification of man kind. This impudent pretension we altogether and at once repudiate. And we insist upon the truth which has long since been condensed into an axiom that virtue does not exclusively belong to those who announce themselves to be its po'sessors. Because a man does not choose to make himself ridiculous by joining, in the demonstrations of some eccentric phi- lanthropists at Exeter Hall, he is not surely on that account to be regarded as a bloody-minded indivi , dual, gloating over the returns of the killed and wounded received at one moment from Hungary, at another from Jutland, at another from the Italian peninsula. Neither is a Member of the House of Commons to be abhorred as a hater of his kind—a sort of compromise between TIMoN and SAWNEY BEAN—simply because he votes against some fanciful project introduced by the Hon. Representative of the West Riding. Let Mr. COBDEN carry out his project for the sub stitution of Arbitration for War, and consequently for the ultimate disbandment of the army and the total abolition of the military profession ! Let him send the artillery to be broken up and melted into peaceful articles of ironmongery—let him turn the swords and hangers into toasting forks—let him re strict the employment of gunpowder to the brown paper pods of the pyrotechnist—and what would be the result? Why, we warrant him, the noble science of self. defence would be very soon in the ascendant. The military tacticians would be succeeded by the heroes of the Ring! Mr. BENJAMIN CAUNT might hope to replace the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Horse Guards. We should find Mr. THOMAS SPRING gazetted vice the Right Hon. Fox MAULE, and Signor BENDIGO in lieu of the Marquis of ANGLESEY. JOHNNY BROOME might hope one of these days to be Governor of the Tower, and OWEN Swwr aspire to become Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Deprived of all other means of perpetuating contention, men would fly to any accidental instrument as a weapon of self defence or of vengeance. Turn, in proof of this, to the popular of re outbreaksbruaroy. We a of the French. to b. by the Lookat hs in v a emen in t thatm multitudes t t when udes historians of th at the populace were gre s a t t rea m m o through the streets in the direction of the Tuileries, for the purpose of storming the palace of so many sovereigns, they were armed not merely with swords, and muskets, and daggers, and knives, and pistols, but that among the combatants hundreds were recognised with all descriptions of outlandish weapons. One man, says Mr. WALTER K . ELLY, in his narrative of the " Days o f February,' ' was seen carrying a rod torn from some area railings and sharpened to a point, the surface still glistening from its recent application to the grinding stone. Another, says he, bore a huge block of granite pendant from a cord. Another toiled along under an immense plank, to be used as a battering ram. Another had no better contrivatc,e than a piece of steel wire, heated, to be employed as an instrument for puncturing. Besides these, there were numbers of children, the enfant de Paris, carrying stones, gathered in their caps and pockets. This, be it remembered, was for war in the streets ! And yet we are told by Mr. COBDEN and his colleagues to disband our army, to do away with our navy, and to set about establishing an universal system of Arbitration ! If History, past and present, assures us, as it does, that it is impossible to pre vent fighting within the frontiers of one country, does it stand to reason that this system of general international arbitration is in the smallest de gree feasible ? Ne : before the Peace Society can work this sublime miracle tbey must effect a complete change in human nature. They must eradicate from the breast of man all evil pas sions, all hatred, all envy, all rage, all revenge, all cruelty, all cunning, all impetuosity; they must po pulate the earth not with fallible beings like ourselves, but —with infallible; they must improv e upon the creations of the Great GOD, and people the globe not with creatures liable to sin, not with French, or Rus sians, or Italians, or Americans, or Anglo-Saxons, but with Angels. Non Angli sed Angell. A witty essayist may undertake, in a spirit of jocoseness, to disprove the accuracy of old adages, as was done so merrily by our immortal " Elia." But Mr. COB DEN will find it rather tough work to attempt any thing of the kind with the heavy weapon of political argument. The scimitar of SALADIN was required to sever the gauze veil. The broadsword of Cceur de Lion was effectual only upon some obstacle more massive. So will it be with the present adventure of the Peace Society. Si cis pacem, para bellum, will survive all their attacks. Let them remember, moreover, the fate which attended the venerable 'Leader of the Pickwickians, when he endeavoured to illustrate the advantages, first of arbitration, and then of mediation—his philanthropic interposition between Mr. POTTS and his antagonist being re compensed on the one hand by flagellation with a kitchen shovel, and on the other with the descent of a carpet-bag on his " organ of benevolence," the said carpet-bag being rather un pleasantly stuffed with a very hard hair• brush in one corner. So much we fear awaits all those simple hearted gentlemen who revel in the practicability of Arbitration. The members of the Peace Society had better " look out" for the movements of the carpet-bag and the shovel, especially if they intend to hold their next congress at Paris! MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was steady and closed firmly, but without animation. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 5,000 American at 34d. to 60., 1,100 Pernams, &c. at 4;d. to 5d., and 300 bursts at 3kd. to 31d. per lb. Railway Shares were rather better. In the Corn Market there has been no alteration of moment. Accounts from Belgium represent the grain crops as presenting a most luxuriant appearance. The rye was strong and full, the wheat thick and vigorous, and ap t parently ot excellent flavour, owing to the night dews and the dry days. The potatoes also are well spoken of, and this, with the large supplies of corn on hand, in duces the opinion that prices will be much lower for corn before the next harvest. The quantity to be ob tained from St. Petersburgh, Odessa, New York, &c., is considerable. The Amsterdam market was firm on Monday for Dutch Securities, but Mexican and Peruvian were lower. At Berlin, on the 9th, there was no variation generally. The market was good. The Frankfort Bourse- on the 9th was steady. The Five per Cent. Austrian bonds were at 73. The letters per Canada steamer were delivered yester day afternoon, :and confirm generally the outliae given under this head. Trade was in some respects rather dull, but this may be a pause after the large imports to meet the anticipated Californian demand. At the latest date, however, the imports were much smaller than at the corresponding period of last year, or indeed of any period tor the last three years. That the wants of California will be great we have not the slightest doubt, and it is equally certain that there will, in the course of a few months, be much prompter means of sending remittances in return, the chief drawback hitherto, and the cause of that pressure in the American Money Market which has subsided only upon the arrival of bullion from England. There is a great deal said about the Cotton crop in the States, but the conclusion we come to after a perusal of the various accounts is, that although it may be a week or two behind- hand, there is no fear of the yield not being adequate to the consumption of Europe. Trade in Canada ruled very dull. The accounts from New Grenada are more favourable, and great anticipations were formed of the result of the administration of the new Governor, General Lopez. Venezuela, on the contrary, seems to be retrograding. There is reason to hope that the civil war in St. Do mingo will now be early brought to a close, President Solouque having sustained a signal defeat. The Port au-Prince market was necessarily very dull. The Severn had arrived at Mobile from Vera Cruz and brought advice. from the city of Mexico to the 14th May. The ministerial crisis in the city of Mexico, has passed. After the refusal of Senor Munos Ledo, it was proposed to confide the portfulioof Foreign Affairs to M. Larraiozar, but having met opponents in the body of the Cabinet, it wan aban doned. The choice was then fixed on Senor Penay Pena ; but having been numbered among the traitors of his country in favouring peace, his confirmation was refused by the Chamber of Deputies by a vote of 38 to 35. The Deputy Dun Jose Marin Laeunza was then proposed, and his nomination to the portfolio of Foreign Affairs was confirmed by the Chamber ot Deputies, thus completing the Cabinet. M. Arrangoiz had submitted a plan for liquidating the national debt, which amounts to dollars 138,000,900. In the neighbourhood of Jalapa new mines had been dibcovered which were about to be worked. The Alexi ' can Boundary Commissioners were expected to occupy about twelve mouths in their labours. The effect of the settlement is not yet over in the Stock Market, but as the Bears have nearly brought their accounts to a close, the quotati•eas are left with out artia,A,l support. Consols have been 924 to 924, with the dividend and for money. Bargains for the opening have been made at 901 to 9(-1 ex div. Batik St ck has touched 1941 to 195. Exchequer-bills are 455. to 435. premium ; and lodia Bonds 68s. to 71s. The New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. have been 914 to 914. The prospi et of the Sti ck Matket appear to be good, and the ultra-Republicans at Pads are not expected to gain the ascendancy, while there is an impression that when the French succeed in entering Herne, which eventually they are fully expected to be able to do, they will show that the satisfaction of their amour propre was the chief point aimed at, and that having yin :icated their military honour, they may be di,-pused to be very liberal, and leave the Romans to act freely in establishing a new form of government. This, while keeping the Austrians in check, would have a very good effect generally. The arrangements for adjusting the Foreign account are in prog ress to-day, the settlement t a king pl ace to morrow. Spanish Five per Cent. Stock has been 161 to 161, and the Three per Cent. 33i to 334. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 27i. Dutch Two and-a -ll& per Cents. have touched 501. Mexican Bonds are 294 2, with the Coupons. Grenada 16 to 4, and Bra zilian 78. Peruvian Four per Cents. are 51 to 524. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have received a letter dated Mexico, Ma) 12, from Mr. W. P. Robertson, who states that the negotiations are proceeding favourably for the appropriation of a portion of the American indemnity money, to the part payment of the overdue dividends, accompanied by an arrangement for the payment of a graduated interest on the principal sum due by Mexico to be hereafter agreed on, and Mr. Robertson speaks highly of Senor Arrangois. Railway Shares generally are firm to -day, and in some cases higher. Midland, North• Western, and the York lines are an exception, but Great Western, Brigh ton, and Eastern Counties are buoyant. CLOFING FUNDS PRICES Hank Stcck ... l9 l l /2 195 195 3 er Cent. Reduced A-ms ...... 90 1 4 91 91 per C3r.t. Consols Annuities 92N qi,/,%% 92 1 4 New 34 per Cent. Ann 5...... 01 5.a043i043% 913 / 4 song Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 8 Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 B% 83k India Bonds, 1,0001. uitto under 1,000/........- 7l p 71 p Consols for Opening .. 92%A 5 , 1 % 92 LA 2 W,actiequer 13ilia. I iyd. & 2d. 1,0001. June ..... ..... 45 p 48 p 5001. June ............ 45 48 p 48 p Small. June 45 p 45 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONL CLOSIN e 0 1 1:LXIC. ?RIC r:s. 3razilian Bond's Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent 1 6 14 16 15 Ditto Deferred 3 Mexican, > per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 29% 29% Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account 27'%41/4 27% Peruvian Benda, 6 per Cents Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto Deferred l4 Portuguese 6 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. 27% 27% ltirsisin Bonds sss WI 101 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — 20 1 4 Ditto, Deferred 6 Dividends on the above payable in London. T;U2shper SHARES. Cen AI Cent., 12 Guild 50% 50 50% 50 RAILWAY % • PRICES OF PD. A ri T trs o Ig3 O 3 ,C D L O oc N K E . CLOSING Abe rdeenso Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly Bristol pa i i t d o :a r i n7d iii i t E r h d .: '9 4% 7:: 7 1914 ..... - Buckinghamshire ... 161.4.. ..... -** aledonian I 26 1 4 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Eastern ..... 20 ......... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. Ditto, Extension, 5 per Lincolnshire p East sj —. 6 . 1' . 2 1 2 3 0 5 8. 1 7 5 - G EdinburghrDe Great ttt Cent., N o Northern t ha N a l ef n o r n d Glasgow Shares h i a.r. .e:2 5 0 0 15%.............. ...... .... . . . 2 - 9 5;4 79 79% Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 60 ...... 16% Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 23 ..... Gr DDD ea o: t .: 16 Ditto, Fifth,............ 20 ...... 13 , Ditto, New 171....... 15 ... 10!4 Hall and Selby ...... 50 97 1 /e • . C-ee.d.n.t.:1012027%11/1.....- Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto 34 Ditto, Shares ...... 46 ... 34 Do. Fifth 5............... 10 Do. Thirds 15 7 •..- 4 Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ... 4 ...... 37% Western BA t e n6DsPieoefner r: Do.( Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 4 Shares (A.)... 9% ............ 10 1 4 London & Black wa11...... 12;4 •• ......... •• Viz L midon, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 361,4',54..•....•• 36% London and N. Western 100 ......125 126 125% Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 7 .2 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, IMO, Lon 4. & S. Western Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls bianchester,l3u.Kton,and Matlock... Midland ...... ........ —IOO Do., do., 501. Shares 25 ... .. 12 1178 12 1 4 •• Do. Cousol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 North British ... .... ... 25 ..... ... ..... , ..... Ditto, Halves .. North Staffordshire 17% l2 11% Shrewsbury and Bina... 11 ...... Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) South Devon Do. Preference South Eastern ..... 33 4; 2O Do.. Registered No. 4 10 6sq 13% 20% 6% Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. . 25 Do Newcastle E gter. 20 ......' 13% 1 3 1,4 Y:, k and North Midland 50 ..... 31 3 / 4 44% % 314 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWA la. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 .... . Central of France (Or- Vierzon ) Northern of France l3 ...... 8 MINES. - Barrossa Range ......• 28s. Brazilian Imperial Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Union of L0nd0n........ 10 loth, 10 7 4 11% 23% 10% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—.(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 13.—Wind N., moderate breeze, and fine. . _ CLYDE, JUNE 11.—Arrd. Scotch Lis, Campbell, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sid. Sophia, Mlienzie, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. LEITH, JUNE 11.—Std. Marti, Grenade. FALMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Telegraph, Herlofsen, Savannah. Off port, 11th, Nelson, Lomond, Port Philip; Aboukir, Calcutta. OFF TORBAY, JUNE 12.—Aboukir, Scott, Calcutta and Cape of (hoo d Hope. Dzat., JUNE 12.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd from the river and std., Charles, Fleming, Tohno; Bolivar, Brown, St. Vincent; Prince Albert, Freeman, Quebec; Ma) flower, Joll, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Arrd, H.M. steamer Grap pler, Sierra Leone. Off the Start, Georgia, Savannah, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 12.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.— Arrd, Ancona, Pi•rry, Laguna and Bermuda; Pero, St. Andrews. Sld., Anna, Purt Philip; Swordfish, Pernain buco• S:ddons, New York; Tuscarora, Philadelphia; Pandora, Quebec. The Glenroy schooner, Cardiff to Liverpool, is on shore on East Hoyle, with rudder un shipped. Off port, Peterel. DUBLIN, JUNE 11.—Some deckplanks, fastened with composition nails, fresh painted, and part of bulkhead; also a barrel for holding tar, marked " Belfast," were fallen iu with about 3 leagues S.E. by S. of Kish light ship, by the Mary, Harvey, arrd. here from Wismar. MARKET NE Ws.—(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAN 61— WEDNESDAY A slight increase has taken place in the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, since Monday; yet the show of samples today was again small. AlLhough the attendance of buyers was limited, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady, at fully Monday's quotations. The import of Foreign Wheat has been confined to 2.530 quarters, and the number of vessels off the coast grain.laden is small. All descrip tions were in moderate request, and prices ruled firm. No English Barley on show, but the supply of Foreign was large. Grinding sorts were quite as dear. Other kinds ruled dull. The sale for Malt was again inactive, at last week's currencies. We had an extensive supply of Foreign Oats on offer; hence, the Oat trade was heavy, at the late decline in value. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, scarcely any business was transacted. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Flour. 1,320 qrs. 40 qrs. I 2,930 qrs. I I,7losks. - 8,160 I 17,730 I -- Malt, 820 qrs. BOROUGEL BOP IVX2I.ItIOET. Reports respecting a great increase in fly being very prevalent, the demand for Hops is film, and prices are again higher. The duty has been as low as 90,0001. Sussex pockQts, 21 lOs to 318 s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2115 s to 41 ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 718 s per cwt. English Scotch I Irish. foreign ...• 2,820 WEIXTECIIAPEL. Our market was tolerably steady to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 3s to 33 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 53 103; Veal, 3s to 33 10d; and York, 33 2d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—A youth, named Charles John Worrell, aged 18, and described as a poirman, was charged with stealing a post letter, the property of the Postmaster General. The prisoner was a sorter attached to the Charing cross office, and as he had more than once been suspected of purloining letters supposed to contain money, a watch was placed upon him, when it was discovered, that in stead of placing the letter in question in its order for delivery, he concealed it in the office. The letter was taken from where it was secreted, by the head officer of the department, and the prisoner was taxed with having conceal' d it for a felonious purpose, upon which he at once aitnitted that he had intended to appropriate the letter to an improper purpose. The prisoner denied having confessed that he intended to steal the letter, while several witnesses who had known him for years gave him an excellent character for honesty, sobriety, &c. The jury found him Guilty of concealing the letter with a telontous intent, recommending him to mercy, and he was sentenced to Lo imprisoned for eighteen calendar months. SHOOTING AT HER MAJESTY. —The grand jury have returned a true bill against Hamilton tor feloniously shooting at her Majesty, and the trial is fixed for to morrow. —.- THE SATIRIST CASE. —The Me of Martin Amen, the editor and proprietor of the Satirist, for attempting to extort money trom a gentleman named Bevan, was put off till next session, the defendant being too ill to attend. MA RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Eliza 6uswell, a ma. , culina looking female, wa s brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Just as the constable was about to state the charge to the magistrate, the prisoner rushed from the dock, and seizing hold of the police officer by• the throat, nearly strangled him. Considerable force was obliged to be used before she could be made to let go hfr hold. She was then placed in the dock guarded by two constables, when she made use of such dreadful language that it was truly frightful to hear, and conducted herselt with such gross obscenity that the magistrate at once committed her for a month. The prisoner, on hearing this, called down the most horrible imprecations on the magistrate, wishing that he might sit on the b e nch till th e d ay o f j u d gment, when scribed to ed .6 a certain gentleman, who se d we lli ng is de be rather too hot," would come and tetch him. She was then removed from the clout t and locked up in a cell by herself, where she continued howling for more than two hours. THE SPECTACLEASAIERS' Costram—The livery of this ancient company dined together yesterday, at the Castle Hotel, Richmond; the Lord Mayor, as master of the company, presided, supported by the Marquis o: Down'hire, Mr. Barry Bahia in, M.P., Sir erecrge Carroll, Mr. Hill, (the late Sheriff of London), Mr. 1). Hill, Mr. Dollond, Mr. Claikson, and the past masters and wFdens of the company. The usual loyal toasts were given, and the conviviality of the company was kept up to a late hour with great spirit. Pon- corm NOTlCE.—Arrangements have been made for forwarding between this country and Ham burgh, in the Closed mails transmitted daily (Sundays excepted) by way of Bel.ium and - Prussia, newspap e rs, prices current,•and commercial lists, when such publica tions are specially addressed to be sent by that route. Newspapers and- s t am p e d p r ices current and commercial lists, forwarded in these closed mails, will not be liable to any charge in this country, on dispatch, but those unstamped prices cu rrent an d c ommercial lists which are allowed to circulate i n the United Kingdom, will be chargeable with a p os ta ge of one penny each, payable in advance, when addressed to Ilansburgh, and payable on delivery when brought from Hamburgh. THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BALL. •—• On Monday night the grand Caledonian fancy dress ball took p!ace at Almacks (Willis's Rooms) for the benefit of those two excellent charities the Caledonian Asylum and Scottish Hogpital. As usual, this costume ball took priority of all bitnilar gatherings in this " the great me • tropolis." Above eight hundred member s of the leading the u in l‘tlhue m Scottish families gr ace d the scene of festivity. ildink gtsh ofe reb BRITISH MUSEUM.—It appears from a return made sculpture elp to the House of Com mons that the total amount expend e d on the i eoern awr ass buildings i t he that l am d t i a n ty h g es be a determinedamudout commencementnet fi w t h t o i i e; h to will sanction, yet b e required will for be year 1823 until t h e present ti m e, h as b een 695,9951. It as uap p ears f completin g th e b u il d i ngs , exc l us i ve of such decorative 56,500/. TUNBRIDGB WELLS AND HASTINGS.—These works are now in active progress from Tunbridge Wells south wards to near Ticehurst. Gangs of men are working the heavy tunnels at Wadhurst and Strawberry-hill night and day, giving employment to upwards of 1,000 men. Tunnel bricklayers seem much in request, getting high wages. Eight large brickfields are in full operation. —Maidstone Journal. AN INVISIBLE TIIIEL—On the estate of Letndrill, near Donne, a couple of coats, with a dinner in each of them, belonging to two men at work in the neighbour hood, suddenly disappeared, with a whole washing spread upon the green. The former were deposited at a considerable distance from where they were taken, and the dinners all safe, but some of the articles of the wash ing have not yet been found. Tne thief escaped, not withstanding several of the articles were found marking his track for a distance of 400 or 500 yards. It was a whirlwind.--Perthshire Courier. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Royal yacht Fairy is in dock, being expedite d for the service of Prince Albert on the 30th instant. She is to be in the river by the 25th. His Royal Highness will embark at Deptford for Gravesend. The Grappler iron steam-vessel, Commander T. H. Lysaght, arrived this afterit;:on from the coast of Africa, and came into the harbour to coal. She had upwards of eighty supernumeraries on board. her dates are— Sierra Leone, May 2; Madeira, June 1. She did not touch at Ascension. The Shearwater steamer, Lieutenant-Commander E. E. Tumour, with Viec-Admiral the Hon. D. H. Mackay on board, arrived this morning from Cork, and came into harbour. The Goodwill lighter,: with stores from Plymouth, arrived this afternoon. Wild—N.N.W., moderate and cloudy. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—Henry Dickson Parker (1836), from the brevet retired list, to be retired commander under the order in council of 1816. Lieutenants—W. H. Fen wick, just promoted, to be additional of the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth, for service in command of the Rolls, o. tender for exercis ing the apprentices ; Thomas Cull (1812), to the Agin court, depot-ship of Devoeport ordinary ; Alfred Luck raft (1846), late of the Melampus, and who brought home and p4id off from the Ea,t Indies the Ringdove, 10, has been appointed to the Ranger, sloop, for service on the coast of Aided; J. W. Webb, recently promote,' to the Ranger. S.3 . ond-Master—R. 0. White (1842), acting-master, to the Ranger. Clerks—A. F. Benham (1842), acting paymaster and purser, and William Dewan, to the Ranger. Master Assistant—J. S. Wortley, to the Ranger. Boatswain—Simeon Ruby (acting) and carpenter James Tegg (acting) to the Ranger. OBlTUARY.—Lieutenant Henry Walker (1810) died at Manchester on the 7th, after a protracted illness, at the age of sixty-five years. This neglected officer was midshipman of the Bellerophon at Trafalgar, of Fou droyant at capture of Marengo and Belle Poule, 1806; of Polyphemus during the attack upon Buenos Ayres, 1807; of Cleopatra at capture of French frigate Topaze, under a battery at Guadaloupe; and at the reduction of Martinique, 1809, together with many other minor ser vices. Lieutenant of Menelaus, and assisted in her boats at capture of two vessels of war and convoy in the harbour of Corigeou, 1815, and of Leander, and wounded at Algiers. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The asylum for aged governesses, %inch has recently been established as a branch of the above institution, in Grafton -street, Kentish Town, was opened yesterday, and the event was commemorated by a fancy fair, held in the grounds of the house. The attendance was considerable, and the weather being fine, notwith standing the cold and partial cloudiness of the atmosphere, the festival passed off with considerable klat. The tents were pitched on the east side of the building, forming a sort of open piazza, through which the company walked, and transacted business with the fair presidents of the stalls, who conduct e d the process of selling their merchandise with a deli cate and fascinating skill. The names of the ladies who thus lent their services as amateur shopkeepers were recorded over the booths, and among them we observed Lady Bra lumen, Ledy Robert Grosvenor, Lady C. Egerton, Lady . Guernsey, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lady C. Bathurst, Lady Donally, Lady Geor gians Fullerton, Viscountess Masareene, Countess An trim, Mrs. J. Buller. Mrs. Coombes, the Hi nouratie Mrs. Ashley, Mrs. W. Kinsey, and other kind and strenuous patrons of the institution. The articles of sale were, of course, chiefly of drawing-room manu facture, laborious feats of Berlin work preponderatiug among the prints, trinkets, and ornamental nicknacks with which the tables were loaded. Tho band of the Scorch Fusiliers were in atteAttnce, and played a variety of exhilarating airs, aided by the boys of the Scotch School, who marched in battalions round the place, and regaled the hearers with pungent tunes on the bagpipe. The arrangements for the fair were admirably plannf d and excellently carried out, and reflect the highest credit on Mr. Thomas Belshaw, of Manchester, to whose judi cious superintendence they were confided. The asylum was to have been opened by the Duke of Cambridge; but his Royal Highness was unfortu• nately unable, through indisposition, to fulfil his pro mise. The ceremony, therefore, was performed by the committee, followed by a brief address by the honorary secretary, the Rev. D. Laing. The building was then thrown open, and the visitors were allowed to saunter through the rooms during the remainder of the day, having every reason to admire the comforts which the refuge provides for those who are unhappily in need of a home and protection. The asylum is a nea t structure i n the Tudor style, com prising some eighteen or twenty bed-rooms, seven of which are furnished ready for occupancy. There is a large dining-room and a drawing-room, and a convenient basement of household offices. It is purposed, when the funds of the asylum are in a sufficiently flourishing state, to add a couple of wings, which will not only complete the architectural design, but multiply the opportunities of relief. • It is calculated by the architect," say s the printed statement of the committee, " that 2001. will at any time secure the addition of rooms for two more Occupants. The endowment required is 5001., or 15/. per annum, I.gally and 1 ermanently secured ; and a definite oject is thus offered to donors." FOUNDERING OF MORE EMI GRANT SHIPS.— ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. Advices d yesterday from Q u eb ec s t ate th at at midnight on the 10th of last month, the Maria, from Limerick, an old vessel, manned by a crew of ten hands, with 111 passengers, when within fifty miles from St. Paul's, ran into an iceberg wiih terrific force. The whole of her b•;ws were stave in, and the next moment the see was rushing into the hold with the violence almost of a cataract. A piercing shriek was heard from below, but it was only of a few moments' duration, as the ship went down almost immediat, ly. It was the mate's watch. who, with one seaman and a cabin boy, succeeding in saving three lives by one of the boats which floated from the wreck as she foundered. About twenty of the pas • srngers managed to reach the deck ju=t before she went down, some of whom jumped on to the ice, while others clung to the floating spars. Nine only, however, could be preserved, six men, two women, and a boy, who bed got on to the ice. Nothing was seen of the master or the rest of the crew; they all perished with the remainder of the passengers. Exposed in the boat to the most inclement weather, the helpless survivors remained the whole of the fol lowing day. Eventually, a barque, named the Roslyn Castle, and the Falcon, a brig, approached, .and took them on board. The poor creatures had suffered severely from cold,: and their condition was the most heartrend ing. Their names are given as follows :—Michael Cos sack, Joseph Linch, Bridget O'Gorman, spinster, Conners, William Brew, John Hogan, and Patrick M•Teque ; the survivors of the Maria's crew are— William Collins (mate), John Pickering (seaman), and Michael Tague (cabin-boy), making in all, out of the one hundred and twenty-one souls on board, only twelve saved. In consequence of the brig Falcon being short of water, those who were picked up by her were trans ferred on board the Res'yn Castle, which proceeded direct to Quebec, and arrived there last Saturday fort night. In addition to the loss of the Maria, the Hannah, an other emigrant ship, foundered near the same bearing. The master portion of the crew left the ship when she was foundering with the two hundred passengers, many of whom were subsequently rescued, having been picked up four days after the melancholy event, and had been landed at Quebec. The Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., is to be Lord- Lieutenant of Fiirfar, in place of the Earl of Airlie. Lord Dufferin will succeed the Earl of Morton as Lord in Waiting. _ _ Mr. Pattison - paired off in favour of the Parliamen tary Oaths Bill with Sir Edmund Hayes. NEW POTATOES.—We have seen a good-sized basket of new potatoes, of the finest and largest descrip tion, grown on Mr. Kay's ground, on the Blackrock r. ad. They are perfectly free from any trace of disease. The gardener, Daniel Creedon, states that they have been dug at various times since the 15th of May.—Cork Examiner. ..... -- - UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN FRANCE. —A " Red" - journal has the following statistics of the distribution of wealth in France :—Thera are 19,119,000 paupers, 5,750,000 quasi paupers, 6,180,000 persons in embarrassed circumstances, 244,000 persons in a state of affluence, and 6,600 persons having at least an income of 6,600 francs. " Such," exclaims our Red contempo rary, "such is the society that the Malthusians and the Moderates would save!" APFROACHING GRAND SCOTTISH FETE IN LONDON. —A knot of patriotic Scotch noblemen whom fortune has located in the "great metropolis," have, as our readers are already aware, lately formed themselves into a society called the "Scottish Society of London." In Hanover-park, Peckham, they have established a club-house and laid out practice grounds, their object being to enjoy the exhilarating amusement of archery, encourage Scottish national sports and pastimes, and give a grand benefit once a year to the London Scottish charities. The first annual "gathering" of this great national association is fixed to take place on Wednes day, the 20th of June. Lord Holland has granted the use of his spacious park, at Kensington, for the purpose, and the arrangements now in progress are on the most magnificent scale. The ground will be alive with archers in Lincoln green, sinewy Borderers to throw the hammer or toss the caber, " lads wi' the philabeg" to dance the strathspey and sound the pibroch, and " ladyes fair" to smile approval of the successful competitors. The fete will last two days, and will con clude with a grand banquet under the presidency and vice-presidency of the Marquis of Breadalbane and Viscount Drumlanrig, at which the various prizes offered for competition will be delivered to the cham pions. To complete the strangeness and moral interest of the spectacle, and reader it still more illustrative of the altered times and manners—of ancient feuds forgot ten, and martial exercises transformed into gala-day sports—a large body of the French National Guards are expected, we understand, to mingle their showy uniform with the picturesque and sculpture,que costume of the Colts, the graceful attire of th e b e l te d f o ll owers o f Rubin Hood, and the newest fashions of Bond-street and Regent's-park.—Glasgow Citizen. We understand that the beautiful estate of Glen ormiston, in Peebles-shire, has been purchased by Wil liam Chambers, Esq., of this city, at a shade above twenty-five thousani pounds, which may be considered as a moderate price, but not one arguing the prospect of any considerable decline in the value of land.—Edin burgh Advertiser. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 12. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. Mr. COBDEN (in coutinuation from our Third Edition)—There was also anot.her ca..° which nearly in veigled them in a war with France, he meant the impri sonment of Mr. Pritchard by the French, in the island of Otaheite. That gentleman acted in the double cap city of Missionary and British Consul, and when the news of his imprisonment reached this country, feelings of the greatest animosity towards France were excited in this country. So much was that the case, that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tatnworth, who was Prime Minister at the time, was oblige d to confess in his place in that House that a gross insult had been committed, and he put it to the Right lion. Baronet whether, in 1844, when the bad feeling caused by that 6iiqu . e was at its height, he would not have telt happy could he have been enabled to put in operation a system of arbitration for the settl-ment of that dispure such us he proposed?—(Hear ) lie might e told that none of those disputes had led to war; but although they did not leAd to actual confliet, they had already cost the country fifty millions sterling. lie could, therefore, c :neeive no argument for the refusal of so simple an expedient as he proposed. It was true the Hon. Member for Stafford - (kr. Urquhart) had put on the paper an amend ment to his motion,•but that amendment was founded on a wrong idea of his motion. The Hon. Member had coaceived that he had found out some p'an for putting the whole world under a sort of court of peace officers; but that was a mistake, arid if lion. Gentlemen had pre pared their speeches in opposition to his motion on that understanding, they would be altogether mistaken.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Thu Hon. Member for Siaffurd seemed to be exeeedingly happy in tacking himself to the tail of some other Hon. Member, in order to get a hearing in the House.—(Laughter.) But he did not at the same time think it right that his motion should be confused and adulterate d, by mixing it up with the amendment the Hon. Member had proposed to it.—(Hear.) He had no doubt that he would also be told that the aspect of the present times, more especially that of the country, was a reason against the adoption of his proposition. But he thought the position of affairs on the continent and elsewhere was a strong reason why it should .be adopted. The exhibition they had there had of war certainly could not prejudice them in its favour ; and in one case, that of Den mark and Schleswig Holstein, it had been attended with the most disastrous consequences to the commerce of the country. In no case could arbitration have been more eff,ctually used. Without it there would be no end to the quarrel, for the one party was strong at sea, and the other was strong ashore, so that they would never fight it out. Were the Government by this non-intervention punishing the people of Denmark or of Sicily? No, but they were entailing the greatest losses on the manufac turers of Manchester, and on the miners of Northemb r iand, and also the people of Gironne and of America were suffering much, which could be alleviaited by arbi tration. Yet it should be understood that he did nut mean that arbitration should be adopted in the case of the pirate of Borneo or with the savage native of Tim huatoo. but his object was that the Noble Lord the Secre tary for the Foreign Department (Lord Palmerston) should enter into such arrangements with the United States of America, with France, and even with the weak est nations of Europe, such as Tuscany, Belgium, and Holland, so as to prevent, by every possible means the probability of warfare, as even the probability create d much expense and serious losses to this country, and to the others to which he alluded. He did not at all agree with those parties who were for the congress of nations, but he thought that great civilized nations would be all powerful, for they would be looked upon as authorities in the case of any disputes, and that thus peace, harmony, and concord, would be settled among nations.—(Hear, hear.) He did not see anything Uto pian in his measure, nor did he see anything in the state of European society to prevent this measure of arbitra tion from being brought to a safe, useful, and happy conclusion. He did not mean to dwell on any topics that may tend to thwart his motion, for such he believed would tend to mischief; but if others, who were opposed to him, touched on them be would say it was better not to go too far, for his plan did not tend to any other re sult than that of benefit to society at large. The worst opposition that could be offered to him was that he did not wish to go to war, and such was the wish and opi nion of 2,000 petitioners, buch had been declared by numerous meetings, by mayors and town councils, and by the immense body of society. He then moved, "That an humble address be presented to her Maj-sty, praying she will be graciousiy pleased to direct her principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs to enter into com munication with foreign powers, inviting them to concur in treaties, binding the respective parties, in the event of any future misunderstanding, which cannot be arranged by amicable negotiation, to refer the matter in dispute to the decision of arbitrators." Mr. EWART seconded the motion, and said that he knew from the last message of the President of the United States, that it was consistent with the power of great nations, that arbitration should be adopted as much as possible, and he believed that the good and great of all nations would lend a helping hand to bring about this great and imp•trtant measure of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden). lie felt assured that all persons who were for the abolition of the slave-trade, and the abolition of death, would support the motion; and that ere long the wish for such a measure woud prevail throughout all Europe. He would therefore give it his most cordial support. Mr. B. COCHRANE said, that whatever might be the opinion of the House about that motion, there c uld be hut one feeling that it was brought on at a very inju dicious time. Ile remembered that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) stated .SOll.lO time since, ti at there could ' be no great revolutem such as that which occurred in the year 1789; when six days after that assertion France broke out in all the violecce of revolution; and when such was the caee, he would ask the House, could any more inappropriate thee be chosen for such a re solution than the present. He recollected that two members of the Peace Society, Mr. Crisp arid Mr. Lloyd, stated after their visit to Paris, that there existed the most amicable feeling between France and England, and that those feelings would be yet more strongly cemented, but yet the Hon. Member (Mr. Cobden) disowns that they represented the opinions of the Peace Society. He did not mean to allow him to shirk from their doctrines and principles, though he (Mr. Cobden) might disown them as friends. Ho recobected that Mr. Elihu Burrit stated at a meeting over which the Hon. Member for Ashton (Mr. Hindley) presided, that they went to Paris and had an interview wi:h Lemartine, and he (Mr. Burritt) stated that the Peace Society must compensate Lamartine by making him President of the Universal Congress.—(Leughter.) He saw that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs was help ing out the views of the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and that he had already acted as a mediator in Sicily, in Russia, and at Reme.—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, if he did not mediate at Rome, Captain K ter, of the Bulldog, was there, and in several other places, and was always on the alert to interpose, by whose orders he did not know. On the whole he ob jected to the Noble Lord's policy to srttle mat:ers as he had attempted-, for nothing could tend to bring England to a war more than such intermeddling, for he thought that the greatest principle of this empire was sacrificed for the sake of peace. He would press the pel;cy Mr. Pitt, who stated that there were occasiuns when the interests of this country should be supported, even at the risk and expense of war. Look what the President of France stated lately. "We hold the des tinies of Europe, for if France is tranquil Europe is so; if not the whole continent must feel the result." He did not think that the p,esent was a time to bring forward such a measure, and considered that there was a great similarity betwe,n the Montaigne of France and the Montaigne of England. Ho hoped that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) would not only disown his friends but his motion for the present. Lord R. GROSVENOR said he did not think that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. B. Cochrane) had responded to his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden). He %las not ambitious of martyrdom, but was pr. pared to share whatever odium may be cast on him for this motion. He recollected, as he passed through Belgium, having seen over the gates of Tourney, " Li pacem velis pare bellum," and in that he coincided, for he wished, in concurrence with his Hon. Friend, that this country should be always pre? pared to meet hostilities. Mr. MACKINNON considered that this motion was likely to prove beneficial to all Europe, if carried, for the state of war and all its evils were as rife in thi s _ _ age of civilization as they had been eight hundred years ago, in the middle of the dark ages. He hoped, therefore, that so important a motion would not be lost sight of. The alteration introduced into the mili tary art, by the invention of gunpowder, had materially benefited the human race, by rendering battles more decisive and more speedily concluded, thereby lessen ing very considerably the amount of bloodshed which was formerly the great incident of a long war. So great was the change thus occasioned, that a great war in mo dern times must be a war of necessity, whereas in former times it was commonly a war of invasion or ambition; and, therefore, as wars were at the present time fur less likely to occur, the motion of the Hon. Member for the West Riding, considering it in no other light than as a mere experiment, might be entertained and adopted with no real apprehension of danger. The principal objection to the plan of the Honourable Gentleman was one, cer tainly, of much weight, and he wished to draw the attention of the Honourable Member particularly to it. If a civil matter were in dispute between A and B, and it were agreed to refer it to arbitration, and ultimately to an umpire, in case of the arbitrators disagreeing, they would be bound by a rule of Court to submit to the decision of the arbitrators or umpire, and the Court would have power to enforce the award. But in a national dispute with another country, referred to a similar process of decision, the stronger nation might endeavour to enforce its views by violence, notwith standing the decision. Mr, COBDEN—The same argument applied to all treaties. Mr. ACKINNON—But treaties were not successful if they ended in a war. Mr. COBDEN—But you have not yet trie d whether these decisions would be successful.—(Hear.) Mr. MACKINNON—That was very true, and he was quite disposed to admit that the proposed system of arbitration was an excellent thought. At the same time he thought it would be of peat service, by ex pres,ing a favourable opinion upon the question, to show to Europe that this country had peaceable intentions, combined with the desire to give effect to them. For this reason, and out of respect to the Hon. Gentleman who had moved the resolution, he should give it his willing support.—(TlPar.) Colonel THOMPSON said that having instructions to support the motion, he should do no more than state that he did so most heartily, and that he trusted it might meet with all success. lie felt convinced that political societies would go on improving on the question of war; and with regard especially to the present question, he thought it wutahaed so much that WAS wise, according to human reason, that he hailed it as the beginning °f a greet Europe to and worldly reformation.—(Hear.)' Mr. URQUHART rose to move an amendment in the fie m of the foliuwing resolution :—" That, to settle differences by any extranational judicatory, would, if practicable, ho the subversion of the independence of each state, and the ex, metion of the law of nations.'' The lion, Metuber said that if the motion were agreed to and carried into practice, he could nut understand how they could cal: upon a Minister of State, fur F. reign leffuirs for an explanation of his policy with regard to any interne tienal qusstion. The natural effect of such a system would be to deprive him of all judgment and power on any sudden emergency. The power of the Crown would be abrogated, and the independence of Parliament itself extinguished. The Hon. Gentleman who moved this resolution had himself destroyed the chiet argument upon which he recommended its adoption to the House. The Honourable Gentlenem said that the argument of the insecurity oe arbitration applied equ illy to ell treaties, aid that was equel to an admission of the in; security of his own. He (Mr. Urquhart) much regretted that the attention of the country should be diverted by propositions of this kind from matters of greater lat . portance. He had intended to move a resolution by weY of anneadmeet, but finding the case of the lion. Mem . bar opposite so obviously weak, he should abstain fr om doing so: Mr. HOBHOUSE supported the resolution, and said it had been treated as many great innovations had he? before, as a mere chim e r a , unwort h y o f attent i o n. P a conceived that all the wars that had affl:cted Europe were in a great measure from the want of this arbitra tion, as in many instances a nation would have fa• linquished its design if it could have found a p AUS e ibl e pretext for so doing. If th a t were not so, w h a t Ma nt their protocols, diplomatic notes, demands, and re' joinders, except that eac h nat i on w i she d to place sawn before the world in the best light possible. 1 , 13 ; 13 adoption of a general system of ar bi tra ti on wou ld in his opinion, supply the want w hi c h h e was conv i nc ed bad been the cause of much mi sc hi e f. Th a t se emed, s' least. to be the common sense view of the matter.- It might be that the stronger nation would atterwarde r em suit to the settlement of the sword, f or men we re too AP' to set might against right. But was that to reason "v ll they should not attempt to prevent evil consequences 111 the first instance?—(Hear.) Let them endeavour to ce ment nations together in a general compact, by applYi n g to them the rules which governed the relations el:; isting between individuals. Let wars be avoided, and right and justice substituted in their place. For his own part, he was grateful to the Hon. Member for f having moved :the resoltvion. admired the ski,'" wisdom, and firmness, with whi c h th e N o bl e L or d at t"° head of the Foreign Department h a d p revente d in ibis country the horrors which had recently desolated the fairest portion of the word (Hear, hear.) But b e wished to atm him with new powers, and to ask hil a who her it was not better at once to lead the way in a reform of this kind, than to be perpetually talking 1 ° favour of peace and doing nothing t o procure it ?" (Hear, hear.) He should Ile to see the power of neg u " tietiog and enforcing peace, and see i ng that that W L lk li , practicable, as in the recent case o f Si c ily, he though t the House ought to give full attention to the motion be; fore it. He should like to see the experiment tried, an" he counselled his Hon. Friend, if he might so call Mali to go on in the course o f . ju s ti ce w hi c h h e h a d marke d out for himself. The Hon. Member then adverted t9 l ‘ ; Council of Sovereign s recent l y convened as the Con te• nout, tor the purpose of !slinging about peace by.arbitrs' tion. It was a just course, and had been found, In M all instances, where tried, a successful one. He wi.thed, then, to give to that whi c h h a d b een f oun d P ract i ca ble is e . stamp of Parliamentary au th or i ty , an d s h o uld, from full sense of the, justic e o f th e course p r opose d by the Hon. Member, give him his support, feeble though I was, and vote for his motion.—(Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON assured his Hdn.. Friend the Member fir the West Riding, and the House, that it was e far from his intentio n t o regar d t h e mot i on no w untie' discussion with indifference. He agreed with his I t nourable Friend that it was of th e greatest c onseque°4 that questions involving the peace. o f na tions should 1 '; settled, if possible, without the intervention of war e r whose horrors and calamities no m an cou ld h a ve a deeP t sense cf than he bad,—(Hear, hear.) He Would a% contrast the advantages that m i g h t ar i se out of t h e horrors of wer with those which were t° t obtained from peace. Ho b e li eve d th e re did o ° . exist a man who did not do all in his power to no des your to save his country from th e calamities of ii w ar; o, and although he could not himself agr e e with his .°1 1 5 ,1 Friend so far as to vete for his motion, still-he woe g be . that his Hon. Friend had br oug h t it f orwar d, for he lieved that there was, in th e min d s o f t h e people ° thi , , f Ahe mu to country, and of every hon est man , a d es i re t o e horrors and calamities of war. But he was lt anxiun il . o, impress at ti e same ti me on t h e m i n d s o f a ll penile that while England w as anx i ous to h ave peace, Y s di, was ready, and it was h er i nterest t o be re. ev , to defend her rights against f o r e ign aggree si tj u id come from what quarter it might.—(Hear.) cot conceive nothing that could bring into jeopardy _ to , „i peaceful relations of this country more than 1 that 1 foreign nation should suppose that they were attacn.r; to peace, that they dare not go to war, or draw "lee sword in their defence.—(dear, hear.) He quite ag re :! with his Hon. Friend, and with tho s e who acted vvi him, that it was moat desir a bl e th a t th ere s hould not ts.w any wastevul application of the funds of the country 1 : keeping up a larger amount of force than nece ssary fe b h the deteoce of the country.—(Hear, h ear .) But v'i t 4 regard to their defe nces , th e a b sence o f t h e mesh be attended with the worst conseq uenc es. j ' a was necessary, also, that they should h e so provi"es against the first outbreak of war, as to be ready 0 ! 1 . t „ moment to met t the exigency with naval and W. tary means. IL said he could not agree with the p ro ; posal of his Honourable. Friend, because he tho n Ce it W - 143 founded on erroneous principles, and th at : would be impracticable. His Honourable Friend :7,, to his concluAoos by the analogy which he life. between the affairs of private and public.,6o He said that in ordinary transactions betwee n "' set s and man matters of dispute were not uncommon l y tied by arbitration; but what might be effected bet w eeee individuals was not so easy of accomplishment be tw oe t nations. Besides, if the question in arbitration w!,5 . . 0 ,1 conformed to by individuals, there was a higher trluhmich to which they were at lib er ty t o a pp ea l, and t° le they eummonly submitted their differences for meet, and by whose decision they were obliged t° 'c ate rs His Hon. Friend said that e l emen t was wa nting in in the naConal questions. His lion. Friend hal alluded V eto , question of mediation between nations. But Hon. -we eett hers ought not to lose sight of the distinction betwfre, arbitration and mediation —a distinction which w a c s ie fiei• quently forgotten. The Noble Lord here gave a , tion. in the diplomatic sense, of the two terms, finae!, ceeded to remark that his Hon. Friend was so well r am of the difficulties of his own plan, that he abandonen6irst course which he marked out fur himself in the instance. h Mr. COBDEN assured the Noble Lord that hade never altered his plan. Lord PAL NIERSTON—The plan of his Hon. .c r .-- ;ad, if acted upon, would rs.qtare the intervention of so ri a third pwer. But the plan of his Honourable Fr, ie- pu had never been acted upon. It was true there had cases of international arbitration ; but there wer° o l, such cases as his Honourable Friend alludtd to. Honourable Frien f who had just sat down (Mr t-l ? e g house) had said that it would be a very desirabl e tht ld if an European tribunal could be composed which w°ti ot act in matters of dispute between nations on princie w s justice and mediation ; but unfortunately the ve er / I /ea r, not yet equal to that - hippy state of thing s • — ,k„hey• hear.) If they could find persons perfectly just, ' fie cl co could find persons impartial, if they uld hid persons perfectly disinterested —if t h e y could ads might wthare tri (izo s ll e pe b ea e rr t ie w ch e te e iso n 2 fl ot e fbe nt u. : th, a l mt i tos n i i s e e h w to as such, all Governments might easily sett le .„: 1 outfliotrttl e uhna d : i ii s en e l (;s escu w ocu h hr i nature, that Governments acted upon lilts individuals, and were aw a d ctu b a Impres ji sions and cottflictine interests of variousae kinds• was, in effect, so differenr, that it would be * 11 %; impossible between two nations to form a GoYer° ll3 ,,, u - ld with which those nations, in a matter of dispute, /iv - , be satisfied. There was one ease in which this coun,q submitted to arbitration, that of the Oregon boueo%, between the United States and British North Alue r . i t e e a and in that case, after some temporising, the ds States chose a S.,vereign—the King of the Netherlan —to whose arbitration the question between the two l ag tions was submitted. But the United States, notai lik the award, refused to submit to it, and the result was t the case was left once more to take its course betwoo the two nations, and was it not for the good sous e . L f " two Governm e nts, the matt e r might b e yet in "f With respect, then, to the proposal of his Hon. Fl,' e t ha the answer would be the conflicting interests eul no ltl hostile policy of nations towards each other. Itch be quite impossible to bring,nations to agree with - de l other in the manner and on the principles recolnra e , ° for by the Hon. Member; and he (Lord Palmerston) et one must say, that it would be most unwise to st lie England to the chances of such a plaa.—(lle l T ) o wes not sure that he ought to compliment the f xr d posal of his Honourable Friend. The Nobl e a ts here gave an outline of his notion of Mr. C° b " e t wo plan, and said that he thought the proposal for set nations to name a man of science to arbitrate se g o s , was not free film objection. Now, if it W 5 ° OO jectionable, as he thought it was, to commit the intere of their country in matters importing their dearest, ti lt most essential rights, he must say he thought they °g o o to be cautious how they took any step that would esp ie d those rights and interests to the decision of any t ", - ut party, and that would be by, displacing a Governolsor. substitute as a person in private life; because G° ° ,,„ e ut ments acted in a manner before the world, and diffel, from individuals in private life. And if they, to t ' or man in private life whose mind was not quelifi e m• such a position, in his humble opinion the sa me obJ e ne Lion would apply. They all knew that there was e c iy, pmblem which was considered a great difficulty, n, uln- but the ascertaining of the longitude—(Laughter) ascertaining the latitude was always considered v,eee,, easy.—(Renewed laughter.) Now, in the first pa'' t o suppose a Commissioner appointed to endeavo ur e r trace disputed territory, and that they wanted to es r i.. tain the boundary. as in the case of the Oregon ter n 6 tory, his Honourable Friend says—" Oh, you are 11 , 0 -- ; to proceed unless on geographical principles."--( re ,.. laughttr.) Well, two scientific men—philosopb ell fe a astronomers, he would call them—such as the celebrS.o Professor Humboldt, and another, are called in , a n d they are told that they are to ascertain the latitude, "go to give the limits of the respective territory. i rb e l of to work, and one of the astronomers says...—. The /int o difference is only to be ascertained by striking the itbe through the centre of the earth"—(Laughter)—a nd die other says, *.No, it is wide of; that; the line of Iwo terence can only ba ascertained by striking the ri a t through the centre of the sun"—(Much laughter) —l. " 04 so those two learned men left the question cab ers hO° found it. Now, in his opinion, met persons ss 6