The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-27 00:00:00

314 NE 1 7 MA 't T AND COMMERCIAL lIVTELLIGE,NCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday Closed heavily, and compared with Friday's rates, Prices of all kinds were tending downwards, but the decline is barely i-d. per lb. The gales were estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 bales, and Consisted of 120 Sea Islands at Is. to 2s. sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market was tolerably firm, and business more lively. The sum which foreign shipping contributed to 'wards our light and pilotage dues was, in 1853, 4 4,478/., and in 1854, 52,7911. The proportionate trade of the various ports of flgland is not generally known, and the comiiari -B°n is in some respects curious. If tonnage were to decide the question London would stand above Liverpool, but when exports aro brought under notice the latter stands almost doubly as high as the former. The tonnage inwards, and the declared value of British and Irish exports in 1854, was as follows Tonnage. Exports. London Liverpool 2,190,404 ... 46,719,177 Roll 13ristol Newcastle Southampton 262,276 ... 2,334,141 Leith Glasgow 125,482 ... 4,905,557 Greenock Dublin Cork Belfast The extraordinary amount in favour of Liverpool avast arise mainly from its proximity to the textile I lla nufacturing districts, and the great trade with he United States. Accounts from Russia state that orie of the Im- 12 Aer ial transports, the Wolga, on the 27th May, I 161 when on a voyage from Sweaborg between the fibi.o a nds of Kuorsalo and Stamoe, took the ground, 3 and in spite of the strenuous exertions of the 20 8t al e arner 4adjoschinij, on the 30th ult., she could st, : t be floated. A portion of the stores were trans f .r ed to the steamer, however, and the cannon 10 . her e e re throw n over b oar d. As an English gun- 121 1 bc) at then ma d e h er a ppearance and prepared t° attack, the transport was set on fire and shortly t o afte rwards blew up. 25 Th e • the private bankers aro excessively annoyed at s 2s t. N e e s disgraceful revelations in the bankruptcy of 5• ° Strahan, and the frauds committed 8 8 7 . 1 tog both their indignation and regret. st , toaPpily such cases aro rare, but to prove 110. their customers how entirely they desire to g unres erved intercourse and investigation, they held !! 4 1: neeting yesterday afternoon at the Clearing t°llse and passed a resolution to the effect that the r e ?" Was wrong in asserting that a banker w ould ° a • ended if his customer asked to look at his ei curit ins. On the contrary, as the resolution de h are ; they consider such examination " a most ero, c li c' and business-like proceeding." This is a 1110 n-sense view, for even as a check upon the -51erous clerks occasional reference is desirable. The Medway, from Port Philip, 91 days out, Le a , bee n spoken in the Channel. S he has on 1 „. N. 2,000/" or, as some accounts state, 20 , 0001 . Th e g k it , elude Railway Bill was read a second t ime co 48 Lord s l as t M on day night, and passed through etrittee yesterday morning. The Com p an y is Perreceiving instalments in advance, bearing 5 cent. interest from the let of the month after Pay ment, T h e ( l, ll English stock market has been excee din g l y D''' and the quotations have re mained almost 51e1selY as they left off yesterday, Consols being at ' l5 9 4. The fact that money is worth 4 p er cent. P aris may have a little influence in conjunction is let ' the Frenoh loan. The New 3 per Cents. have l 92g to R., and the Reduced 92 1. Ba nk St ock 17 1 7 been firm at Mi. Exchequer-bills have im kved Is., being 16s. to 20s. premium. Where has been a bargain or two in Turkish ads at the previous rates, 81k to a transaction at 86, being an advance of I to 1, and b atch 2i per Cents. at 64k. 0t.,,,z!0110 wing are the nominal prices of foreign eat) ,••.--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& to 7; Alexi- Ilter o 44l i to 21.1. ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three tt tn eats,, 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., i litk; 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; koi / . 'our-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; Ditto 3 per b itt o — ' 3B- i to "39 ; Ditto Certificat es, 4 to 4i ; Th e -c assive, 4 to 41. ahi ti Itallway Share Market has been very heavy he Nord buyers mostly have the ad vanta g e . aid;,th-llrestern, Midland, Scottish Central, Gre at Gr eat Western have been chiefly dealt in. th at extern of f or _. ern of Canada shares are buoyant, and The Fe lines are mostly steady. j `' ° reign Mines are heavy. The Joint Stock h ti ea ,l,' are in less, request. Crystal Palace are I at the decin -4 ' ll FUNDS Tlll6 DAY AT ONE O'OL'it.'l^,. (;Crory the Oficial List.) 10 5 20 18 20 20 20 100 Bg 'd i lt tit 13n.iness done k i : tl. C„ o i ciE ..".• ...... L'a a .. deduced Annuiti33,....... lift, A, 13 ' 31. Cent Annuities a a ~!-, i tt-,-,n,,, ,i ti(ss,.Empirestl Jau., 1860 '4 o li V Years, Expire . sth April, 1885 16,1 15.16 til e , , t o °r Account, 1011 J u ly 91/ 1 ~T , t ier Lille, 24a. 1 2d. k4)O ............. .- .4 '19201520 I 14 17 11 17 Itte.fit7a4il ................ . .................... 111 17 leit4ect e r...... et; . •k t zu lB5B, 3i per Cont. lOl 1634- t h ,silliay, „F FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OLOOK. "Aish — ,,,i) l3 nds, 5 per Cant. UN ...... -.---• 86 Fonds, ~.- -81 i i p v per cent "t o i l Dividendsz on the above payable in London. ° d°, 21 por Cent. 12 Gull 648 C° lasois HALF- PAST TWO. 91 1- Z, 5 5 5 20 ' 4o 3?"D's SHIPPING—!THIS DAY.) tLOCKIDE OF THE WHITE SEA. , i tel e ‘ t er received this morning at Lloyd's, from Arch ,'',l3,ader dat e th e 13th in s t., states that the blockade iNc i all ,v ri c3 rt s, roads, and creeks in the White S&a has been i tee b — .` Y the Commander of her Britannic Majesty's i nsaid sea. ' l oii it. ; l3 , ON, Juno 27.—Wind this day at noon, N .E. ; Tdyath"tts and fine. A e Medway, from Port Philip, with 17,000 oz. of gold- A' Was spoken on the 22d inst. (a.) , IMOUTII, Juno 2G.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Ethi opa f or the West Coast of Africa. r.,I,FAsT, June 25.—Wind, W. Arri ve d—Ohi o, from IpLn • IVERrooL, Juno 2G.—The Thomas Sharp, from here t s . 4 lcutta, which put back yesterday, will discharge, and Itl to the Graving Dock. (rEn ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. 19. 4(1 , N.W. 1,04 ' l .ll ---- John Barbour, and Miltiades, from St. John's, ; 'lames Foster, New York. QUEENSTOWN, June 25. A tli we. 'ittn a Z ed . — E st ckford Webb, from Charleston; Inconstant, , DUBLIN', Juno 2G. da m e d.—Adeline from Cadiz ; Due Gebroders, Rot ; Pidanyante, ( BY SUB/TARINE'AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.11 a.m. Ot t i v , E.; tide, hour's flood, weather fine. ed, June 26—Empress Eugenie, from C e yl o n ; Satl"zs Alexandria ; Corinna, Leghorn ; Fourteen, Be 'ld°, Porto Rico • John and Isabella, Konigsberg. e ' s— Sea Queen 'for Port Adelaide. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.20 a. m . Nna, calm, fine. Jurle 26—John Prone, from Newcastle, for _ „-- L' l tty " course of the last meeting of the Asiatic S . o -' at Par - M. R mud laid on the table an Arabian treatise, is' just rebeived from Abd-el-Kader, ; Il if4 tti ea tten . by that personage. The Emir has always e 4Ni p ,' a high reputation among his countrymen for his g and liter my taste. ), (4 11 4 „El'' , MUSIC \LE —The Marquis and Marchioness ilc)tiart;adalbane have generously allowed the use of their iget - Park lane for a matinee musicale, to be held 1 7 .11 0,." July 13, in aid of the funds of the 4 ' 1 1 0 1 1 40- i so a ciati? d n e c n f t. the Friends of Poland, of which 1 : 14 [ 1 4 ta5 ,, 4 41 ' I f ai i z s rlt e LEY.—Yesterday a Government bill Itouse of Commons was printed, to repeal the wept p duty on orders for army prize money. At pre .4tity°7lcrs for a rm y p r i ze m on ey are liable to a stamp „I . l .ll e ° ' 18 , and the object of the bill is to repeal the s'e e ',„arld to give the benefit to all non-commissioned i; at.id soldiers, 7 ,Zir'ls letter, in the Independence of Brussels, says : ,•'-itr.,.`"u mare of Col. Fleury, Aide-de-camp to the .11 /i r- t e i;_ r ' C a o - t 6 nniandant of the Guides, with Mdlle. to , 4 ul, is shortly to take place. A. brother of M. sh_aiabrgue, equerry to the Emperor, is about to "gee the niece of General Lawmstine.", SiIARE MARKETS (THIS _LAY.) RAILWLYS. RALLLTTATS. LOU .kberdeen ...„.„_ 8:, -kmbfr. Notteg. Bost aad Eastu. Janet all ,I , 3lfast .r Estilyrnana all Birming. Woli Ali i Stour Valley ...... 29 1 Birk,,ithd. Lancsl... d Cheshire Jiinct all Do. Cherh. 4 Ma. ; LEO and .f.:25 Cons. 19 Do., £2O all Myth & Tyne origin a £25 (ised. at £45. .00 Bristol and Exeter 'lOO Caledonian 1 615. Carmarthen and Car 1 digan al.. 'Chester 4 Holyhead. ,all Clork and Bandon , all Oork, Black, & Pass. 16 Cornwall 1., 01 -IT Junction 45 Diwlin&BelfastJune all DundeePorthdrAb , 3l Aeon Junction all Do. N ! .., v 100 Fast Auglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock .. 100 Da., B, Sto,s -8! Do., New A. 100 last Lancashire 106 Edinburgh& Glasgovs, all Edinb. and Peebles LW Edin.Prth drDnuclee 9 ~ ' orth & Clyde Ju• J. all Furness. all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Western: 1.00 =rest Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1)0 It. sth. &Wast.(lro4 100 Great Western 1.00 DJ, Stour Val. Rai! Gua. Stk all Trish &nth-Easter, all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksl , i D,.,Vast. Riding Un all Liv. rsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond.Brigh t & S.Cst. 100 Load. and N. Westn, 16 Do. Fifths - '5 D0.101„5h.,M&8...0 24 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 47. Do., £5O. 1 i 8 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Ludndrry. & Enntsk. 100 Nlanch.Sh c.f.& Lineln all Do. i Shares, No. I R2s. Do., Afan. & Lin. Un, 1.00 Midland ......... ....., 100 Do. Birmng.&Dorlys all Midld. G. West. (I - Le: ' all Do. Half Share 9.., ... all Veweastle & Cal, i-:I,, 23 Nvrpt.Aberg. & Hrfd a govay kEnniskillar, all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor [GO Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties the 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Doferrod all Do., 1 B Guaranteed 1.00 N.Eastern—Derwiel 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do. do. G.N.E. Pureli all Do. Leeds 00 Do. York all North London all Do. Now .ClO It N.&S.Wstrn.,llanip. stead, and City Jn., 17? North Staffordshire., all .ierth Western......, all N. &S. Westrn. June , 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Loicester.. 00 Oxford, Worcestor,& Wolverhampton .... 8 Portsmouth 100 Se.,ish Central 130 Scottishtlidiand 1100 Shropshire Union a I South Devon 00 South Eastern all South. Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Due, 5 Do 14 Staines, Wok. &Wok a'l Stockton & Darlin 16i Stockton 4 Hrztlopl 100 Taff Vale .. 9 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. L._ 21i Thames Haven Doe[ and Railway ... tilverstono & Lanes. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 171s.,Wimbledn & Croydon ChAnt. yesterday 23 - :.5 4i - 4 - 131 - 12;1 35/ la, 7i 90 - 92 62/ - 63 13. - 14 9 - 11 ..: - :::a 15 - 16 121 - 12. 32 - 36 23 - 25 - 774 68 - 60 - 81 - 19 - 20 ••• -... . 70 - 72 92i - 63, 75 - 77 . 26 00 - 102 67 6%- 75 - 80 8 - 10 8 -- 10 81& 81i 74 - [Ol - 103 1014 -102 i - 83 - 84 26i - 27 8i ,- 8i 73i - 74, 41 - 46 9 7 la 2 50 - 53 ~. 31 Busincr.o 4ona this day. 25 St. 20 Et. 30 ~ - 75 - 61 - St - 141 51 - - par qc - 7 -t ar .•• - 30 - 105 - 69 •- 48 14} - - 30 pai - 41. -'" ••• - 5 2: - 24 - 8 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rott-rdam Belgian Fastu. June Beziers to Gra!saesaa- Bombay, Baroda,e.w4 Central India,Scri; Demorara Dutch Rhenish Eastern oZ France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c EY';ension Do. 4 p. c. Bits., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do.. W. Tin of Canc..l.3A Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben„ con. into Stk. till's:' Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent. Do. Extensions.... Do. do Great Luxernbour, Constituted Share , Do. Obligations Gt.WestarnofCanad Shares Do. ids., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60.. . Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. LAk.r., Const. & Basle Luoca & Pistoj a 5 P.C. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur Liege (with interest) Do. (as interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Brquelines guar. 3; p. c. & red. at 22?!. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jau. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B. do Ams. She. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans—. Paris and ParisCaen & Chcrbrg. Rouen and Havre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse... 1)o. 5 p. cent. Pref &inch Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), -- all West Flanders all Do 5 per c. Pref.,, 16 Western of France._ 16 W 0 5 0:,. of Switzerland all Widsbaden all ZoaLlnd JOINT-STOC all Aristra l cvsia all Flritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company all N. Am6rican 5 .';hartd. Bank of Asia 4 , Jhrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 30 City ....... 25 Jolonial 20 Commercial of Lond all ~ 1 7,11gYisli Scottish and Australian Chart all Lond. Chart. Bk. of A.rstrP.li3, 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & WeStminster 35 National Provincial of England.... 10 Do. New 22 6 , National of Ireland, all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Irela n d all Do. New 1 Itoyal Australu.Ekg. & Gold Imp Co._ all south Australia all Union of Australia.., 2i Do. New Uniou of LQP.doq u„, 8 - 9A 2i 2i - 2 • 11 - 1 d 35i —35 i 9 10 25} 26 31 6 - 174 - lEq 65 - 67 94 - 96 4 -4/ 5 -6p • $1) fln 51 - 6 4 4A at 22t 224 100 102 ' 106 --109 110 115 104 106 22 - 224 107 - 10) ... —. (Its 5, —6, - 1111 2} 24p 5 7 2 - 3 a . 6 id/ I2i 13i ". -- • g - 9 . 29 -- 29i1l : 48 45 - 47 25 26 21 - 22 -Is4 9i - 108 23 -23 P ... - Pm 4 ,1 - 61 10.} F. i• .= ri :Ic B.A.NNIS. - 84 - E 5 66Axd d 4 p s a = 4 17} 18 19i -- 2N d 35 -- 37 48 : 49 • ..i ''''• •` • 35 - 36 38 - 39 52 - 51 74 - 44 75 8 - 9 20 20 10 10 1 2 all L 3 34 13 50i 49 d 22 - T 1 4 if N . , !4 014 I) c; l'=f WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27 1855 gib•.► >~~ St ;t. 10) St. ILO) 25 all o I all ;5 all all !O all .9 all se.! too St. LOO 5! . all ft. ICO 54 io I all ;Ct I all : 5 I all .2' all 4t. i 8 LO all 2 ;0 all .t 5 all >t. 100 RAILWAYS. Bedford and • Blotz.:aley Buckghamsb. ' Clydasdal Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. 0 .14n. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr„dy, Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Salby Do. y Sharer. Do. 1. Shares. Lon.&Grecnw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 par cent. Do; 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock MiddleAaro' & Redcar Micild.Bradfa Newmarket Bury Exton-. N.& L7st.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedri p Prost. &Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Shel.Rethand Gooleg.sp.c. Shrews.&Her S. Str.ffordsh. IN( Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Lctiair-4. Conlpan ;Ikon(lon N. Wesq ,1416,10 n.. Un. it.Nrtra,. Gt. West] irk. New Berw. V.&NSI Do.. Is. Mister ?et° & Co Norfolk.. Do.. N. \V & laid d. Stekton Darlingt. )(Lifland.. Ea. Coup. 6. Coaut D 0... Do L. &N.W, Do iGt North , Lancash Z Y.rksh, T. Brassey itock t. Darlingt T.Westn. 98 - 100 100 - 102 = 17 27 - 29 - 169 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 11i -- 124 2i - ii 04 - C 6 - 2P 58 - 60 133 - 135 8 - 9 2i i - 2i 32 - 33 93 -- 95 PREFER Otostue Pm. yestcr,:ay. NCE SRAR ftB. , t. I lik !Aberdeen 1100 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. all SITU' and Tyne 1 0 pe . c. pref. (is::d.atsol 100 Sri& & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO ...., ail rll:ester & 1101711 es. Guar. 5a per cent., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Do. do. Prof. No. 2. all Cork ezßandensip.e all Dun,Prth .&Aber..l 2 E. Anglian Cle. A Sh, 100 Do. do. Cs. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Eastorn Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . c. St. all East Un., G. 6 p. c all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. all Do. 10. Detientr.Sb. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Eaat Lancash. 6 p.cts. all E. E.W. York. J. sthe 100 Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.e. all Furne.s . 14. A & S. W. G. 5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. sp. c, 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram 100 Do. 44 p. c 5 Do, sp. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. all Gt.N. of Scot. letPret 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) 9 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Borks fi Rants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do.con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p.0. all Do. Birm. Pref. ti's.,. all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. e. do 1.00 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do ...... • 6 Lan. & York. F. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 100 Lon. & Brigb. G. 5 p.c 1.00 Do. Pref., sp.c. St 100 Do. New Gnar.6 p. c 100 Do. do. 5 per coot.. 1.00 Lon. &N. W., Coy. e Nuneaton 5 p. et . 5 Lou.& S. W. Con. 3 all Londy. &Color. Sh. all Londy. & Ennis. 4 all Man., Shef., & Lin New, £lO 41 Do. £6 all Niarypt.&Carl.4p all Do. 4. per cent 10i Do 100 Mid. Cousol.6 p.c. 1.00 Do. Consol. Bristol , i firm. 6 per cent. It. 100 Do. 4:1- p. c. Pref. St 114 Do, Pref. 41 per cen 5 all Do. 51. Prk:f. 4p. a. 100 Ditto Leictstcr ani Hitchen Pn.S. St... all Norfolk Del eature Do. Pref. 4 p. e. Stoc 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext 1.00 Do. 5i per et.pref 100 Do. Way. Val. Li p. c ,00 North British 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do ,Leeds 6 p.c :No.] 9 De. do. Quarters 10 Do.YorkTL&S. P,:r, all North Staffordshire., 100 Oxford, Worcester, zi Wolverh,£ls.6p.r 7 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pro all South Devon le Do. fixed, 4. per cons all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 0, por cant aD S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. all Do. do. 4i p. C.... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock. & Dar. ,5 p. c. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & r. c. till July 1, '56 4 Waterfd. & Kilk.6 pe - . - 101 3' - 4 6 - - 136 - 14 6) - 63 :12x0 .10 - 112 .04 106 0 in 9 9i 6 -- el 99 -- 101 90 -- t 2 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10f 103 74 -- 76 19i -- 20} 91 -- 101 14f -- 154 137 -- 139 •••1 -- - •• • 2 13i -- 14 0 in 129 - 141 98 - 100 - 1 1 - jot 103 95 - 97 3/ - 4 i = D 105 - 107 13 - 14:3 id -- par 23 23? 99 101 i'6 = I'' 2 - 3p ..• - -. 21 - 2.}C; 1 all A. 5.11,1, Fria . 1 all Anglo Anstrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian ... 20 6 Australian 1 14 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria -- 1 all Badcu (Gd.Dncby of i a 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal ..,. _ 5 7 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issueri at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiab 24 34 20 15 Do. St. John MAR:33 j2B 30x6 1 Carson's Creek 4 - 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica n Pp 40 all Cobro Copper 5B 60 5 1 Colonial Gold — A St. all Copper Min. of Eng 25 all Do. Pref. 7? p. cent ... le Copiapo.. • - 2O 22 5 all English and Austin Copper Sineltg C 1$ —l3 2 1 Fortuna A 20 all General.. l5 —l7 1 all Gt•Nu , ,.r. et Veinlteg,. a _ 4i all Great Polgooth — 2 1 all Liberty - 1 3 all Linares. 7 74 ... 34 D). B .. 2 2i 5 1 Lusitanian ip 1 all Mariquita 1 all Nev Granada — 1 all New Linares Minin and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Mondo ••• ••• 20 all Pontgibaud Silva Lead Min. & Smelt. 1G 17 5 1 Port Philip 4 - 1 all Quartz Rock a - 50 all Rhyrnney Iron l9 '2l 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 124 Santiago de Cuba 54 6 1 all South Australian — 10 n. Tin Cr0ft...... — 28i all United Mexican 34 44 4 1 all Waller 4 - 1 all West Mariposa A 12s. Wortlaing Mining of Australia 1 all tuba • MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricolt. 29 31 10 all Ans:;raln. Royal Nail 4 10 7 Berlin Water Works 24 2 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 60 57i 5 1 Brit. & Coin. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 100 Canada 119 121 123 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July ll4 115 5 all Crystal Palace 24 34 24 5 5 Do. Preferenef , - 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Dustou Tron Ore ..„ 20 8.11 Eastern Steam . 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Electric Telog. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steals Navigat 20 all General Screw Steam 16 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Medi teran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Alexican&S.Araelien• 64 64 10 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 14 24- 2 1 N. S. W. Coal di Inter. Stamm Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian._ 1 20 15 Nrth, olEuropeSttani ... 13 1 all Oriental Gas ls all Peel Br. Ld. & Minrl 2l 24 50 all Peninsnlar & Oriental F+ 5J 10 Do. New — ...pi 13 2 all , Portland Iron Co , 11 1 4 1 4 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 74 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 2 1 1 Ditto New 25 all South Austral.T_And 37i 38. 33 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 - 1 all Do. Registered I 1 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can ) sL 4 Yiku Diemeda Igumit - 7,3 "•-• ••• - 100 93 Bas•»oss this day. NEWCASTLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGIUPII.) LATEST BETTING. NORTfiIIMBERLAND PLATE. 4to 1 agst Viudex sto 1 agst Boltcn. 5 to 1 agst Lady Tatton Bio 1 agst Courtenay 10 to 1 apt king of Trumps 10 to 1 agst Arribas 16 to 1 agst any other VT PE BIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMaNS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at .l 2 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the Electric Telegraph C( ornpatiy Bill, and the International Life Assurance Sc .ciety Bill were considered. The Bradford Corporation WatA. Bill, and the Liver pc Improvement Bill were read a third time and passed. The Airdrie Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill, and th e Connaught Mining Company Bill were considered an d ordered to be read a tfti,-,1 time. CARNEGIE'S RESTITUTION BILL. On the motion of Viscount 7DIINCAN the following vtlemen wero nominated ss the select committee on th ei above bill :—Viscount Duncan, Viscount Palener4- to r, Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, Mr. Dis ra al, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. So licitor-General, the Judge Advocate, Sir Frederic The sis e Sir Jchn Pakington, Mr. Horsinan, Mr. Brand, ac d. Mr. Sothcron ; and all the members of this house wl to are of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Coun cil, and al; the Gentlemen of the Long Robe. Five to be the quorum. That the committee have leave to sit an d proceed and report forthwith. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Viscount Eliringtin from St .Neotts, from Sbi.ffnal, and from Montgomery in favour of the Marriages Bill ; by Mr. SpOmier, several petitions In .m different parts of the country against the Maynooth GI ant. FORMATION, &o , OF PARISHES BILL. , Da the order of the day for the second reading of the above bill, T 1 .e Mtirquis of BLANDFORD said that, though the sessi, m was so far advanced, he felt bound to ask the house to cc , nsider its principle and agree to the second reading, even though it should not pass into a law this session. The Church Building Commission had been founded some years ago, to dispose of a grant by Parliament f 1,5;00,0001. for the purpose of building churches in various districts. He should take the first descrip• tion of districts, called the district parish, in which ch arches were built by the commissioners, and pots ers granted to levy rates fur the repayment of t?ie original loan. The entire district was to he liable to Church-rates for twenty years. There were 79 of th, e e districts ; but the commissioners found they were not sufficient, and they then formed 92 consolidated chap elries, in which services were allowed to be per forini2el immediately on their formation. The next description of districts were district chapel rie3, amounting in number to 578, and they aff:eted the largest portion of the country, and therefore the t'aws affecting them were of the greatest importance, and. the noble lord averred that those laws were in a state of the greatest anomaly. The result of this variety of -districts was a source of the greatest complexity, whi ch would require almost a lifetime to unravel and de ter: nine. With regard to the question of church rates, he believed the law must soon deal with it, and he was far fro; a wishing the law should deal with that question in any niggard spirit. (Hear.) But there was one pecu liar grievance under the present system, where the pa risleieners saw the rates raised from themselves applied to churches in another parish, not in their own district, and with which they had nothing to do. Under the 6th and 7th Victoria, commonly called Peel's Act, 242 parish es had been created, in which 189 churches had been built, and he controverted the simple working of that met with the cumbrous machinery of the Church Building Commissioners Act, which amounted to 18. By an act of last session, the duration of these com missions was limited to the 26th July, 1856, and attonipts bad been made to consolidate these acts and coni'zlnue the powers of those commissioners, but instead of di ling that, be thought it would be better for the honed to repeal the 18 acts alluded to and the commis sion ibe allowed to terminate, and any property they may have vested in the Ecclesiastical Commission for Eng land, and extend the powers of Peel's Act as far as ne cesaary to continue the subdivision of parishes to the ex tent required. It was all very well to make parishes and build churches, but it was also necessary they should be endowed. (LEFT SITTING.) L.A. W INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sitting& at Guildhall, before Lord Justice Campbell and a Special Jury.) VAN "WAGENINGEN AND ANOTHER V. MARSLURLE AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, ship owners of Holland, to recover damages from the de: fen. cants, Australian agents of this city, for an alleged breach of charter party. It appeared that in March . 1354, the defendants' chartered the plaintiffs' ship, tl'e Osiris, at 51. per ton for a voyage to Australia, she being at the time discharging her cargo at Dort. She was to be surveyed and got ready for sea with all possible despatch, coming to London to ship her par. senge re. She did not arttive at the London Docks until August, when the defendants refused to take her be. cause, as they alleged, all possible despatch had not been used to get her ready. Freights having gone down the defeneants, however, afterwards chartered her without prejudice to the first charter, for which they gave 4/. per ton, instead of 51. The action was for the differerce of amount. The case was proceeding when our report left. COMMON PLEAS; (Before Lord C. J. Jervis.) The court sat this morning at Guildhall, for the dis posal of common jury cases; but the whole list only occupied the attention of the learned. judge for a short time, and the court rose at an early hour. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Guildhall before the Lord Chief Baron and Common Juries.) The Court sat this morning for the first time this term at Guildhall, and proceeded with the Common Jury list. Up to the time our report was despatched no case of any general interest had been heard. BOW STREET (THIS DAY). THE CISE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. The excitement created by this case appears to in. crease rather than diminish. This morning the ap. proaches to the polico court were densely crowded by a highly respectable body of persons, anxious to catch a glimpse of the prisoner, although it was understood that the proceedings would last but a few minutes, the remand being only a formal one, the power of the magis trate only enabling him to detain persons in custody for a week. At five minutes past twelve the door of the court was opened for the admission of the public, and in about two minutes the body of the court was filled to suffoca. tion. The three prison#rs Sir Joltn Dean Paul, Bart., Wil lianz, Straltan, and Robert Makin Bates having been placed at the bar, Mr. Humphries said that, as the attendance this morning was merely a matter of form, he should not address any observations to the worthy magistrate fur ther than to ask that the prisoners be again remanded till this day week. Mr. Parry said ho appeared there on the part of Mr. Bates. He did not attend to make any opposition to the proposition for a remand, but he thought it right to state publicly that whon the proper time arrived he should be able to show, that whatever fault had been committed, as far as regarded any offence against the criminal law, he (Mr. Bates) bad committed no such offence. He felt it right to state this publicly, as the conduct of the de• fondants had been so freely commented on by the most influential portion of the press, even in their leading articles. Mr. Holt said, when the proper time arrived, he should be prepared with a proper answer to the charge on the part of the other two gentlemen. Mr. Humphries said, as this was merely a formal proceeding, he did not think it necessary to answer the remarks made by Mr. Parry. Mr. Parry—For one of the best of reasons, you have no answer to it. Mr. Jardine asked dr. Humphries if he would be prepared to proceed with the eve on 'Wednesday next ? Mr. Humphries said he would. The magistrate then ordered the prisoners to be re mended till this day week. The Monitcur de l'Annee, of the 12th inst., says—The Russians are beginning to run short of cannon balls and grape shot. A recent order of the day of General Osten Sacken would at least seem to indicate it. To supply the deficiency they use fragments of our shells, which the enclose in canisters. _ _ The Germanic Diet held a sitting on the 21st, when it received a letter from the Senate of Hamburg, inform ing it of the rejection of the bill on the Constitution. The letter was referred to the Political Committee. The Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to consider Earl Shaftesbury's bill for the limitation of .the hours of labour amongst needlewomen, report that it is inexpedient to proceed with the consideration of the measure. • 4 . 6 ., Orgir t , ? "4 -* 11 .4riti f 4' I-4 NEWCASTLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) .....--.--.-..,0 . ..,-- (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Whitelo . Vindex.. Fifteen ran. STAND STAKES. Tilly ~ Hebe Seven ran. IMPERIAL PAIZLIAATEN T. HOUSE OF LOUDS-(YESTERDAY.) The Royal assent was given by commission to the filiowing bills, viz. : The Consolidated Fund (10,000,0001.) Bill, Education of Poor Children, Instil% mice on Lives, Abatement of Income Tax, Continuance of Ecclesiastical Courts, Stamp Duties, Repeal on Ma triculation and Degrees (Oxford), Grants of Land, Public Libraries and Museums, Spirits of Wine, Water ford and Li mer i c k Railway, St. Helen's Improve ment, Cron& rd and High Peak Railway, Limerick and Castle Connel Railway, Newcastle-under- Lyne Railway, Limerick and Foynes Railway, Mary port and Carlisle Railway, Newport Gas, Weston-super- I Mare Gas, Alford and Boston Road, Wigan and Preston Roads North of Yarrow, Lands Improvement Carn pany;Charlbury,Witney. eze., Roads; .Lyme Regis Roads, Newtown and Oswestry Railway,Dundalk and Blackrock Railway, Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health, London and Bl ac k wa ll R a il way ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire R;dlway (Lincoln Branch) ; Notting ham and Newhaven Road ; Warrington Water ; Caledo nian Railway ; East Kent Railway ; Regent's Canal (Hertfordshire Canal) ; Glasgow and South-Western Railway ; Newton and Makerfield Improvement; South Wales Railway Consolidation ; Newcastle•upon-Tyne Improvement. The Lords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Harrowby. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of the same noble, lord the folhawing bills were severally read a third time and passed Cork and Yonghal Railway ; Metropolitan. Railway ; Goinersal and Dewsbury Road ; Basingstoke, Sto3k bridge, and Lobcomb Corner ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Lightfill and Birdlip Road, Peterborough and Wellingborough Road; Stroud, Cairncross, and Minchin hampton Road ' • Stroud and Ch ar lf or d R oa d , Rhymney Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Lord PORTMAN moved that the house go into com mittee on this bill. The house having gone into committee, Lord RAVENSWORTII moved the omission of the proviso in the Friendly Societies Bill which brought building societies under the operation of the Stamp Act. After a short conversation, in which Lord PORTMAN defended the proviso, the house divided, and the amend ment of Lord Ravensworth was carried by a majority of 4; The proviso was therefore struck out. The bill then passed through committee. The Union of Contiguous Benefices in Cities and Towns Bill was reported with amendments. The Accidents on Railways Bill was then read a second time. ' The National Gallery, &e. (Dublin), Bill was read a second time. Carnegie's Restitution Bill was read a third time and passed. The Weights and Measures Bill was read a third time and passed. AUSTRIA. AND THE WESTERN POWERS. Lord LYNDHURST then rose to call the attention of the house to the treaty of the 2d Dec., 1854, and the re cent conferences at Vienna, with reference to the position of Austria in her relations to the allied powers. He had been told thai the question to which he desired to call the attention of their lordships was a very delicate one, and must be treated with great caution ; but as he in tended to confine himself to a mere statement of facts, he did not think that any inconvenience could result from the discussion. Every person conversant with pub lic affairs must be aware that both Prussia and Austria, but especialli the latter, had a more deep and immediate interest in the result of the aggressions of Russia than either of the Western Powers. If Prussia and Austria bad acted in concurrence with the Western Powers with energy and decision in the early period of the dispute, he believed the effect would have been to have restrained the proceedings of Russia, and we might not have been in volved in the present unhappy war. He confessed-that he had no confidence that an active co-operation would I taioe plac e ou th e part of Prussia. He knew well, the history of the last war between Russia and Turkey. Ile observed the conduct of Prussia at that period. It was clisractortsed by complete. subserviency to Russia, and indeed Prussia could then scarcely be c‘insidcred in the light of an itidependf.nt power. But with respect to Austria be entertained different expectations. The fact that here was a great empire presided over by a young and high-spirited monarch, deeply impressed with the injustice of the proceedings of Russia, and fully con vinced of the deep interests which he had at stake, led him to hope that some active assistance and co-operation might proceed from that quarter. It appeared, however, that cautions and timid counsels had prevailed at Vienna, and he regretted to say that the actual position of Aus tria was in some degree one of humiliation. (Hear.) He had asked himself several times to what the inaction of Austria was to be attributed. He ascribed it, as every man who looked at the state of Europe must ascribe it, to her actual position, and he traced that po sition to one of the greatest political crimes committed in modern times—the partition of Poland, or rather the successive partitions of Poland, to which Austria was a party, and in the spoils of which she participated. (Hear, hoar.) What bad been the result of that pro ceeding ? Three-fourths of the extensive territory of Poland, with its enormous population, had been incor porated into the Russian empire, and by the last acqui sition, that of the duchy of Warsaw, Russia extended her boundaries to an advanced position in Europe, pressing upon Central Germany, and dividing the domi nions of Prussia from those of Austria. She had pur sued her ordinary course of policy with respect to that territory, namely, constructing in an advanced position a series of the most formidable fortresses along the banks of the Vistula and at other points, not for purposes of defence, but with the view of availing herself of the first favourable opportunity of continuing her aggressions in that direction. Any person who looked at the map of ' Europe, and took into consideration the facts he had stated, would agree with what was stated in another place by a noble lcrcl— that the position of Russia might be considered one of menace to Germany, and in parti 'cular to Austria, corresponding to her menacing position at Sebastopol with respect to th% Turkish empire. (Hear, hear.) He admitted that Austria could not have taken an active part in military operations against Russia without considerable risk. But risk must be encountered where great interests were at stake and great objects were to be attained, and he did not believe that Austria, by her policy of delay and postponement, had at all improved her position. On the contrary, he thought she never could have had a better opportunity of vindicating her rights, and encountering the dangers to which he had referred, than by an offensive and dg fensive alliance with the Western Powers, which had been open to her at any time since the commencement of the contest. (Hear.) He did not mean to say that we bad derived no advantage from the policy of Austria. The large armies which she had maintained in Gallicia, and at other parts of her frontier, had necessitated a corres ponding armament on the part of Russia. That was an advantage which we had felt during the whole of the con test. But he was sorry to say that there were at the pre sent moment symptoms and appearances which led him to believe that this advantage would not be continued,and that at nodistant period we should find a great diminution of the power of Austria upon her frontiers, allowing Russia to detach her forces and direct them against the allies. The moral support which we had received from Prussia and Austria had also been a great advantage. As far as Prussia was concerned, he believed that moral support was 'Elsie entirely, not only to the disposition of the Prussian Government, but to the strong feeling of the people of that country, who were no supporters of the humiliating course which their rulers had pursued. With respect to Austria, on the contrary, be believed her support had been sincere, straightforward, and consis tent, arising from a deep sense of the injustice of the con duct of Russia, and from a strong feeling of the interest she had in restraining the ambition of Russia and check ing her aggressions. When he spoke of the moral sup port we bad received, he referred to the protocols, begin ning as far back as D ecem b er, 1853, extending down to May last year, stating in the strongest terms the injustice of the conduct and proceedings of Russia, and declaring in a forcible manner that the object of the alliance of the four powers was, first, to procure the evacuation of the principalities, and next, to secure the indepen dence of the Sultan and the integrity of his dominions. Those documents ended in May last year. About that time it would appear as if Austria had been conscious that she was not aoting a very bold part, and she deter mined to take a step in advance. Towards the close of May, or early in June, she required Russia to evacuate the principalities. That demand was made in very strong terms, with something like a n intimation that, if not complied with, Austria would resort to force, if neces sary, for that purpose. Now, we were not to suppose that ,that demand was altogether a departure from the cautious course of policy which Austria had pursued. At that time the Russian troops in the principalities had suffered greatly by disease ; they bad been defeated in several encounters with the Turks ; and they were pres sing, not very successfully, the siege of Silistria. The allies had advanced to Varna, and a large force of French troops was at Adrianople. It was under these cir cumstances that Austria ventured, for the first time, to make the demand to which he had referred, and he thought, therefore, it could not be regarded as a depar ture from the cautious and abstemious policy which she had attempted to pursue, (Hear.) But what followed ? Russia refused to accede to the demand, not in distinct:, terms, but in a counter-proposition amounting to a re fusal. What course did Austria then pursue ? Did she immediately make an attack upon the Russian forces ? Did she even attempt to enter the Friocipalitie4 f Far from it. She abstai ne d from doing anythi n g for several weeks ; but at length, when the siege of Silistria was Iraised —when theßussian armies were not only in retreat, but when they had served a notice that within a given i time they should leave the Principalities and recross the I'rutb, and there act up o n the d e f ens i ve —it was not till then that Austria ventured to take possession, i l freso,iri.ti i ii hc o aj u pt t a.pi o iut p lr. e pi o, s s i e t i i l w o a n vil. and without firing a shot, of the i p en , d ? Russia, with previouslygreat r s t k e i . l l a N e n t t h e a r p t e , ) a d i t i it intoi e c r a a address, d i r l e , treatyps: had stated that she Would act upon the defensive— , a declaration which could be interpreted only as a re ' p re o q in ci t e . st t T o h A e Austria to act y wa th s e part of a neutral at that Austria. N o attempt was ma p d r e ac t t 3 ic c a r i o ly ss ac t c h e e de P d ro t t o h b — y ;no demonstration for that purpose took place—and what was the consequence ? Wh y the whole of the Russian armies---tne army lei Bessarabia and other forces which had ri aiea with g retired front t principalities—werethe e tv.‘ s t e e n d t at against the allies with muc h effect. expedition, and statement (aear,heamr.i)th I r t es w e a e s et n t ot ) hie intention t o ma t e any • the conduct of the Austrian army in the principalities, which they entered with the avowed object of Protect ing, because he was not sufficiently conversant with the facts of the case. But, although it wai one of the articles of the treaty between Turkey and Austri a , that the privil eges o f the Moleta,vians and Wallachiane should be strictly guarded, be understood that mar tial law had been proclaimed throughout the principeli ties by the Austrian generals. Austria having taken pus session of the principalities in the middle of August re mained there undisturbed by Russia, and while ire were struggling in the Crimea in support of the common cause, and sheddlng our blood, and spending our treasure in support of an object in which Austria was more deeply interested than ourselves, Austria was spinning innu merable nutes and memorials and letters addressed to Prussia and the different German Powers, and weaving a complication of negotiations as compared with whin the comp:ications of the Court of Chancery in its worst days was a matter of simplicity. Such was the state of things when the treaty of December 2 Was signed be tween Austria and the Western Powers. Now, so far al related to the latter, the obligations were clear and in telligible; but as to the obligations which it imposed on Austria, nothing could be more vague, undefined, and almost unintelligible. For whiletheWesternPowers were bound to engage in an offensive and defensive alliance with Austria if she were attacked by Russia ; it was, on the other band, only stipulated that, iu the event of peace not being concluded before the end of the year, on the basis of thefour points, Austria would simply deliberate with her allies on the most effectual means of attaining the oL ject of the alliance. Now, if that really mea it anything, it meant that Austria would in that case concert with her allies the means of giving effect, to the alliance, and would take an active part in the application of those means. And that was . the interpretation placed upon the treaty both by the French and English Govern ments. But what had been the subsequent conduct of Austria ? Russia having, after sonic explanations, con sented to enter into negotiations on the basis of the four points, it was thought that if peace was not then concluded on account of the disinclination of Russia to ) make peace on that basis, Austria would then take active steps in conjunction with the allies. Well, it was proposed-by the allies to come to some arrange ment for diminishing the power of Russia and Turkey iu the Black Sea. That propositiou was supported by Count Buol, the Austrian plenipotentiary, with the utmost fairness, ability, and energy, but the Rus sians refused peremptorily to . accede to it, and made counter-propositions, which were stated by Count Buol to be altogether unsatisfactory. Well, the casus fmderis had surely then arisen • and Russia having re fused to make peace on the basis of the four points, Austria was bound, according to the treaty of December 2, to take active measures in concert with the allies. But those who came to that conclusion were not aware of the resources of German negotiation. Another and a final meeting of the conference took place, at which Austria made certain proposals, which some people said she did with the knowledge that they could not be ac cepted by the alike?, and simply with a view of sliding out of the obligations she had contracted by treaty. He did not make any such charge, but he could not help seeing that there were plausible grounds for making it. The proposal was that Russia and Turkey should, by a separate treaty, arrange the amount of the naval forces they should each maintain in the Black See. Now, the Russians had during the negotiations refused to assent to a proposal that the Russian and Turkish plenipotentiaries should come to an agreement on this point in presenre of the congress, and that the document containing it should be annexed to and form part of the treaty ; and when Prince Gortschakoff made a proposal similar to that of . Austria, fur settling the question by separate treaty with the Porte, the Ottoman plenipotentiaries refused to do so, because such a course was inconsistent with the obli gations which they had by treaty contracted with the Western Powers. How, then, was it possible that after these proposals had been discussed, and after the confe rences had been terminated on the 26th April—the ple nipotentiaries of the allied powers stating that their powers were exhausted —Austria could imagine that under such circumstances the allies would consent to renew the conferences ? It would have been as idle and as fruitless a step as could have been taken, and he thought that the Western Powers were therefore amply justified in rejecting the Austrian proposals. In what position, then, did we stand now? Was the treaty of the 2d of December binding on Austria or not 1 Acting on that treaty, we had front time to time consulted with her, de'erred to her coon: el s, and consulted her interest, la,p ing that the would eventually take active measur e s in co operation with the Allies. We bad, however, been lum innate time disappointed, and now at the last stage wo seemed to have been supplanted by that power and left to our own resources. ft reminded him of a story cur rent amongst sailors of a mariner who sees what he con siders a friendly sail at a distance. He alters his course and pursues it ; but she runs before him—often disap pearing in one part of the horizon, and reappearing in an other—and he does not overtake her. At last she dis appears finally, and the mariner finds himself in an ut e known sea, surrounded by rucks and quicksar ds—there left to his own resources. The popular name of that vessei was well known to their lordships, but he would not men tion it lest he should be considered personal. (Laughter.) Ho believed that Austria had now entered into a silent understanding with Russia t) withdraw her forces from Gallicia, and other places where they bad been stationed, and that this avas no better than, in fact, a silent treaty of neutrality. He wished now to say a few wends with re spect to the manner in which the negotiations at Vienna had been conducted. A noble viscount in another place was said to have complimeuted the noble lord who repre sented this court at the conference upon the very great talent which he displayed there. Now, no one had a higher opinion than himself of the abilities of the noble lord, or of the skill and address with which he got him self out of a difficulty. (A laugh.) Indeed he believed that the noble lord would voluntarily place himself in a position of difficulty for the sake of exhibiting his skill in getting out of it. But he waa at the same time, bound to say that the only power that had obtained any ad vantages from these negotiations was Russia. The first two points were the only ones in which the German powers had a direct interest. These were discussed in the beginning of tse conference ; everything went on with smoothness and calmness in the negotiations, and these points were settled to the satisfaction of all parties. When the third point came on Lord John Russell, with great suavity, proposed that Russia should take the initiative. Prince Gortschakoff saw his advantage. Ho had, or pretended to have, no powers to make pro posals, and said that he must refer to his court for in structions. Eighteen days elapsed before an answer was returned, and how were those days employed ? Through the medium of Prussia and other channels, communica tions were made to the lesser Powers of Germany, repre senting that Russia had conceded everything in which they were interested--the abolition of the protectorate of the principalities, and the free navigation of the Danube. And this was followed up by a distinct com munication from Russia ; to the effect, that if they would remain quiet and not take any active part in the contro versy, she would adhere to the engagements she had made with them, whatever might be the result of the conferences. Russia thus obtained an immense advantage, for the lesser German powers cea.ed to make exertions to aid Austria, who did not consider herself safe unless she were backed and supported by the lesser powers. After an interval of eighteen days these negotiations were resumed ; but, although they were apparently conducted as before with the ut most courtesy and smoothness, it was evident that this was mere outward show, and that there was an undercur rent of a different character. Allusions were from time to time made to the siege of Aden by the English, and to the supposed designs of France on Tunis, with an air of triumph that peeped out now and then through the subsequent negotiations. Now, he must say that, ac cording to the best of his judgment, the propositions made bythe allied plenipotentiaries at the conference with respect to the reduction of the naval power of Russia in the Black Sea were not worth the paper on which they were written, for they could never have been carried out, would have been continually evaded, and must have given rise to incessant quarrels and disputes, which would have ul timately terminated in another war. And when the noble lord who represented England alluded unfortunately to the treaty of Utrecht and the destruction of Dunkirk, he thought that that might have given him a little hint as to what was likely to be the result of the acquiescence of Russia in the proposition of the allies. That treaty was evaded in the most marked manner, and gave rise to continual disputes, and nothing was eventually gained by it. (hear.) As to the counter-propositions of Russia, they were quite wide of the mark, and he thought that the Russian diplomatists must have laughed in their sleeves when they laid them before the conference. (Hear.) That brought him, then, to the question of our present situation and future prospects. The object of the war was clear and distinct. It was to procure the inde pendence of Turkey and the integrity of her dominions., And we had been told by the principal members both of the late and the present Administration that no peace should be concluded, unless in case of extreme necessity, unless these terms could be obtained. Nor did he find that any member of the late Government dissented from those opinions, with which they must therefore be taken to have agreed and be responsible. He confessed it was therefore with surprise, and almost with astonishment, that he observed the conduct pursued by four respectable gentlemen who had left the Cabinet of the noble vis count. He admired the eloquence and ability of the right hon. gentleman the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, the great administrative capacity of the right hon. baro net the late First Lord of the Admiralty, and the re spectable talents of the other two gentlemen ; but still he did not regret, but on the contrary rejoiced, that they had retired from the Cabinet. With all the talents which rendered their services of the highest utility in times of peace, they did not seem to possess that manly character, that vigour of mind, that fixity of purpose, which were essentials in a Cabinet Minister at a period like the present, Wh a t then was his (Lords, dhurtiro) yn Perseverance. To accede to the proposed terms would not only not attain the object for which the war wee undertaken, but would disgrace ourselves in the eyes of the world: Character was power; we should have lowered ourselves in the sight of other nations, whilst our rival Reessia would have ascended in the scale. She wculd have been considered by the Ea tern nadons as possessed of supreme power ; no one wcull have dared to oppose her, and the k.- fleence she had acquired in the West would have in creased a hundredfold. The chains of the German States would have been rive tted, and a severe blow would have been struck at civilisation. (gear.) He rejeiced, therefore, that tho terms prepoeed were not aciepted. He felt as deeply as any man could do the arduous nature of the etruggle in which we were engaged, but lie felt confident as to the result. In the seat of war we now occupied, with the command of the sea, we could maintain and support a much larger army than could be brought against ue, and even with equal forces he did not doubt as to the result. But what were we to do in the event of euccess ? He ventered to say, if he might give an opinion at the risk of some little sareesm from the noble earl, teat we niust destroy Sebastopol. That for tre 'ft bad been censtructed for the subjugation of Turkey ; for 20 years the Russian Geverronent had been expending enormous corns of money in order to make sure of that object. Its destruction, therefore, would be an act of re tributive ou A ld nebbele Turd, regarded by Turkey and byjustice,h send w . in that house for his clearness and sagacity o f t intellect—the late Prime Minister—stated in o ne e w n o of his speeches last year, that if there was one thing more vital than another to the safety and indepen dence of the Turkish empire, and more fatally injurious to the power of Russia, it was the destruction of the fortress of Sebastopol, that this was the direct object of the w ar , and that which every one must have had in view from its commencement. If he were supposed to hold e x t ravagant opinions, it was at least a consolation to him to reflect that h e was sanc ti one d in th em by th e most cool-bead e d members of their lordships ' house. The Dike of Newcastle, in his evidence before the late com mittee, expressed himself in the mine terms ; and the noble lord who conducted the recent negotiations spoke tbreeesns employedw hi eh c oi nbii impregnable, Sebastop o l, i n the other house of Parliament, as a for o: n o a f b le, art and a led t s h c e i e nce continu ancehad of which could only be regarded as a standing me nace to Turkey. He might be warned of the dangers attending an eager pursuit of vengeance, but ho could not forget that the same doctrine would apply to inor dinate and unmeasured ambiticn. He was not deterred by the misfortunes which assailed us during the last campaign, because he ascribed them to the toiseonduct ing of the war by the late Government. For 50,000 men, enfeebled by disease, the chole ra rag i ng among them, wi scanty supply of cavalry and a very insufficient materel for operations in the field, at an advanced pe riod of the year to make an attack on the greatest mi litary power in the world, with the view of laying siege to one of its strongest fortresses, was a most injudicious enterprise. It was well known to every man that, as far as regarded siege defences, nothing would be stronger than the north side • but there was some vague surmise that on the south side these defences were not complete. A little reflection might have satisfied any man that there could be no foundation for such a belief, since the com pletion of its fortifications was a favourite object with the late Emperor Nicholas. The design of the Govern ment was supposed to have been to surprise the place; but the Russian sovereign was not taken by surprise ; he had a s efficient noticefrou the declaration made by the noble lord then leading the other Houseof Parliament. Anyone who had read the work of General Mackintosh, who had had an opportunity of viewing the precincts of the fortress, must have'been satisfied that there was no foundation for the belief to which he had alluded. It was supposed, also, that the Government were ignorant of the real strength of the military force which Russia had stationed in the Crimea, though they had it in evidence from the right honourable gentleman lately at the head of the Ad miralty, that a person thcroughly acquainted with the 'Crimea, and with Sebastopol, informed him that it num bered 70,000 men, of which 40,000 formed the garrison of that fortress. Now, it was an axiom i n war th a t, i n order to besiege a place with success, besides a covering army in the field, the besieging force should amount to three times the number of the army invested. It was hardly necessary to do more than state that proposition in order to satisfy their lordships of the injudiciousness, the absolute extravagance of this undertaking. He knew ho might be reproached with rashness in giving an opi nion on military matters, but some points were so clear and apparent, that even a civilian might discover and ex pound them, and he considered this to be one. He must say also that he had not met with a single military man who had not expressed the same opinion. Sir Howard Douglas stated, while the siege was going on, th a t th e undertaking was hopeles s , an could never succeed, and if any person wished to know the foundation of that opinion let him look to the excellent publication of that gallant and distinguished officer, and the unanswerable reasons therein stated. Having forced the entrench mects*of the Russian army at Alma, it was found vain to attempt to besiege the northern side of the place, with an army, inferior to the besieged in force, and our efforts were therefore restricted to the southern face. The bombardment opened, and at the expiration of the very first day it was seen that a protracted siege must be looked for. Then commenced that series qt teuffer inge, painful, horrible, heartrending, which no language could exaggerate or oven adequately describe. Strange to say, a Government composed of enlightened men expected to hear from day to day of the sur render of Sebastopol, and the noble lord then at he head of the Government, in an address delivered to the ' people of Aberdeen, said be thought it not improbable, that at that vary moment the city might actually have. fallen. The country saw with horror the indifference manifested by the Government during the last autumn, when, instead of every man remaining at his post to watch over an enterprise on which the result of the war depended, which involved the character of the Govern ment and the safety of our army, the members of the Administration; with one or two exceptions, spread themselves in all directions, some going to the High lands, some to their rural retreats, and a noble lord, to whom Le had more than once alluded, lecturing upon history to the agricultural audience of Bedford, .and amusing with philosophical speculations the industrious inhabitants of Bristol. He could riot be surprised at the 'n iignetion felt by the country, or at that me morable outburst of aggrieved feeling which overt! crew the lets Ada inietration. As the ancient Ror sans elected a dictator in the crisis of their destinies, so the people looked out flr some eminent states linen . to repair our disasters and restore our fortunes, and the public voice was in favour of the noble wis count. How far the wishes and expectations which lead led to the noble lord's elevation had been satisfied he would not say. But he begged to remind the noble v is count that those who depended on popular favour rested on an unstable basis, and that the people were apt, sifter a certain interval, like children, to break their favourite toys. In a moment of indignation they had been known to destroy the idols on which they rested for sup port and defence, and the hieroph an t s who engaged to perform a miracl e were greeted, when it failed, oath hoots and groans by the impatient populace. The Earl of CLARENDON thought his noble and learned friend, during three-fourths of the highly eloquent speech he had just delivered, had deviated so far from the subject of the motion of which he had giteer notice, that he was warranted in calling the attention of their lordships to this contradiction. Hfis noble and learned friend in the early part of his speech made, as he was sure to do, a most able and lucid statement, though he was not aware of the practical utility of the course pursued, nor had his noble and learned friend offered any suggestions, or made any particular inquiries. His noble and learned friend had, however,,, adopted a tone in speaking of the late negotiations, and, of our relations with foreign powers, of which he highly approved. It was a very different tone from one that had been too frequently held during the last few years, both in speeches made in that house and in writings Gut of it, and on which it had been more than once his duty to animadvert. He was sorry to say that the course -pur sued by heated and over-ardent partisans in this country had done us much injury abroad, and especially in Ger many. When this war began we had with us the warm sympathies and good-wishes of four-fifths of the G-e rman people. They were exasperated by the thraldom in wvhich their Governments were held by Russia, whose influence they well knew was directed to overawe Germany, to repress progress, and to extinguish freedom in every form. There was, therefore, at first, a feeling almost of shame amongst the Germans that England and France should be left alone in this contest. But he was sorry to say that this feeling had greatly changed, in 01)12se quence of the tone that had been adopted here towards foreign countries, and Germany particularly. There had been so little cordiality on the one hand or discriminaa tion on the other, so little care to distinguish between our friends and our enemies, so great a proneness to conei der all those who were not entirely with ua as being with our enemies, that a feeling of resentment had been en gendered against us, and extreme industry had been used, especially since the termination of the late confer ences, to spread abroad whatever could be injurious to this country. He rejoiced to perceive that his noble and learned isrnpa es teahinkeeupn friend. not des ietbriyoa theddhidee e n t peh o eedanbdtsdehe the o o dhf e t rop h ent e soe s :u e or.i tra o idifficulties fill he himself,a( h n : and sbr embar rassments d meate : r n • mined that he would not go beyond the strict line of his duty, and he would rather expose himself to the censure of their lordships for undue reserve than for indiscreet loquacity. (Hear.) In the few observations he was now about to address to their lordships, he would neither be the apologist of Austria nor her accuser. He agreed with his noble and learned friend, and he had said so on various occasions in that house, that Austria would have better consulted her dignity and interest, with respect both to Russia and Germany, if elle had from the first adopted a firmer tone and assumed a more elevated position. He believed that she would have greatly promoted, nay, that she would have secured, the restoration of peace, and would have prevented those Russian intrigues and German campliances and submis- SiollB which we bad witnessed. But Austria was a great and independent power, and although we might lament that her line of policy should not be identical with our own, we had no right and no reason to abuse her on that account. 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