The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

A Y@ K E T -11-14"-117.1-401.A AND L INT ELLIG EN CE. CITY, Two o'CLocic. Ile sotton market at Liverpool yesterday cloyed .Ameri can With much excitement, at au advance of d.i per lb. on at 20,000 and Surat. The sales were estimated 9(2ple%en°lation),balesS prising , coin l7 000 American it 8 ' of which were for export, and 8,000 o including 1,000 Egyptian at Sid. to ih d ,. l) 4 , 114 2,000 Surat at 3d. to 40. r,,-"'allway Share Market closed firmly. per lb. , T here has been a good inquiry for colonial pro etlee thisesWreeerakll .411 14 and holders have shown much o at full rates, Y. Sugar has been taken freely, and Madras has risen ls. per cwt. b: ffee has been dull, but firm, very little having _ !la brought forward. Foreign has realised high t va as itie s , -kr ni ruled much has been done in rice, and tea Iblieern;ultielrienanviiy,. Of spices the purchases have not and Pimento has declined slightly. ` 441 , at steady rates, a large business has been 414 2 act a k m e•-• S hy etr e has br oug ht 6d. a d vance , t b... cochineal II Weaker. gone rather c h ea p er . T a ll ow h as ~ -.e Ia . 13., "Vurtir,ng 4430,ivr and rarkinson state : upon the leather trade, Messrs. Nati e.have reaso n to believe that the amount of leather hal:cousidrra the past month throughout the country a li nd eh:110a oyurexceeded that sold the previous mon . h B uPplie s of both British and Foreign'hav e ! th eac '.1,,g4e stocks do not increase, and vast quantitiest t o b e °ZB required for the purposes of the War continue csu sec au ieeteourued. The irnprobability of peace has r I le o i, th e firmness, not only in prices of leather, but treptity'o,?aw material. Tbo general home trade has rather of th e 111 ( 0 1 sluce Iv..' last addressed you, and the easy u st ., a e t n e 494 max ace n'-.3' market will produce a favourable effect lon. 14 ft tl f eh " ° f our home and export trade. The long c ,_ "ola of — cold dry weather is adverse to general consurol . „a leatherW and there is no doubt but a change to we . t . il e'R tll/1:111r3r temperature would I bf th e uughout the country. This not being the lesson give an impetus to 10 , We b e i: e r in which we expect to do the mosttrade. (:) _ leather c, ° + e k 44 e mr.y safely predict a scarcity_ buy rent are 1 , - '..-.5 Btuttuer and autumn, and some of our b ,o`liertileerefuertil_tntßsiunfthtae e c e o u n n tr t a ry ct quietly with the &c., atsrade for their butts, and 1te 4 7 1 ; This is quite a new feature in t e intanners they .._"°o deepi 4 l(l advise the tanners not to engage them elves 'Rent s thi,",,14 have have already repented %Mi n , re Y nave ode, and could do decided t l h y a b a e i tTer by At " &wally their factors." a bl ark eliS et ra. I°. Bell, Son, and Co. report that active silt' f°l' Arnerican Securities has been lvss ac itlteltangt;,,t_h Past Week, and prices are without ..0 .--. • - Cent. nit e d ti Redeemable. P Nit, states 6 per Cent. Bonds kita o,stes 6 Per Cent. Inscribed 1071 i. 106 107 If s --'' .. i t e i s le v r a lt n . it .s ie j i . .pe e i n e t !i d i o .;i; .. . .............60::: 809° 81 1.14_ BYlvanitt 5 Per CCent. Bonds 44" 44;lehnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1 1 8 8 7 6 7 8 : :....1 8 9 4 2 1 I E 2 5 Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —B3 84 4,4,''.:14..5 Per Cent (Sterl. Bonds) 1858 9-66..• 86 87 Vir ° " l4 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —lBBB 87 88 ''''li4 6 Per Cent. Bonds 1886 ••• - , lo tit i , LOANS OF CITIES. - .N'el v r ci"' "P• Cent. (Ster. 80nd5)...1857-18635::: 83 82 ilea, . . . 189 bo. t, per Cent. Bonds 1874... 7i _ _ b o do. do. 1884•• •72 74 do. do. Illinois RAI LROAD BONDS. apses4ie bi Central 7 Per C en t . B onds 2 Central 8 per Cent. Bond, 1ip,..4 Per ' nits B --r °eta., lst Mortga g e (Ster- 94 95 1, a ,, 2, oud) - 1859... 'few‘,l/.,1132:1173i14 denira-1 .6 ..... . *.. Cent.* 1830.-- 88i 89. Atlorli i ,..' Oen vne4rtiEbrliee 7 P 9`) 1859... 90 P. Cent., 2d Mort- , g . 4 ork arid E ii i ........... t 3d Mort 'B4 86 Ige'tCoovertbl: ..Per,Ce: . lBB- 79 81 11.2/9:1144,1 Erie 7 . per*** t ** Co - n * ....................... r 411,1 and Pais p i l * Cent. Sinking . 78 80 The ie-w...e.ri.;:of•• ...e . value of moue iiiiids eialid bas not kept up the quoytabtyio?seoßf atnhke "Pea lastl. evening in Parliaunen b ill ade the face of the s t a t e m t. en r t rr s ohfe o ess ffi et c de i r a m l i l t y s_ kelt willie.oieli our Government regarded has s as puerile ;titer 111 g to make peace are iv . th e made ; • tkicr e ~ enormous sacrifices nt though ac tieked";44 such an arrangemet and few . ld 4,40 rd - 0, (11 by all the belligerent b ° bin '4O least security. against war l), r a e r n ti ( e 3w s ed wou 44%1 aptle,ltnpar tively brief period. Cons n o d ls B l B ia i v 4 e or R ,„ — { 11, am a i nce 884 i for transfer, from rl , - % °P iti rr, t ' Bank Stock has declined rowmill2lalp isrently .' 4 , 11 e profits of the Corporation 4 .4 e clill la , -114 er by the lower rate of discounts and 11 1 • 1 , to ---' tr ade. Exchequer Bills have . . ‘ " v e Oni a. ' u411,(1 ludia Bonds 12s. to 15s. premium. %-.1- °l% . 1. 14 11 4 1 -l' e , l '-": . ?nly realised i to # p remium ' A I L 41%11 Oontk`ilitlell have been very feebl a e t . 4 Th to e 721:Nrkith 110,,,te,e' certificate has been and since r n ee ed,tt rt ligo e ; e ".,bav e b een quoted 73 , zi p er ~,) 4 1i. i t iu °or per Cents. after: l b . ein D g u 4 t 2 c lii i , hav AL ‘'eata c-LeZican are firmer at . . - ‘en . a ve been 63i. T he f ~ at 86 . et Oekg . (111°Witt are Sardinian Bonds ,a, „ _ 2,7 , ~- - 4 o Grenada 2 n 7 i 0 786 i o n 7n a t l do _ s prices_6 ; to pereiof;folrfeeix9:l - 69 ditto Three _43 . : 41:nt'')88194 ;,..Pi ortuguesceents, I)ztiaZenr.4)aci.a.lia-r)fve Four 9 p B e r ttn C o e l n oB t o s 9 . l Per ee New b efell. d per per Ce l n B l.,: tii tto ,;Itia, 3 6 t ~ e , 18 to . The il a ti i i i v e, 3 to 4: d B7 itto Three . rar i • o ,3% • ditto Certificates, 4to4i , 1114rehee,,,„e-13veafYISha re Market was firm at the corn libeseht th e un quot:tllesss but is very dTuhlel, f a o n re d ig a n t i,troredlt..lllVortedi°n3 are heavy. s ciay to . 11l e lo e ti' '''theeri_ean Mine Shares have . f f all y e e n st l e s r 4 ()j ilt s 4. 'twat advanced priees.o itilistertarsa:liall wioti. b' a ° v e e k rillasenn. Shares are quiet, but . South 114 34 Crystal Palace are without 4t Plalsips THIS DAY. —CLOSING PRICES. Rai, l 4om, the ()New/ L. i,... a St oek Roginess done Tier e ........ 2111 9 , a a 1,„ eut• tieth, • ****** 87 4 4 °Q at • c ced Anunitias Loperbcite,,,i),,iti.itFiltli Illiiiiti es ..... ....... -•- f ril 71 ' 'lv '.l pe;,eaeola Annuities ...... .... , 0 1 4 IT.,i_ ............. . . ....,. Itiq i °uo year _ _ Lire . sth Ja n .. :s.f , _ b i 4 t itui,4. 1841txPire sth April, 188 ) 164 15 12 Cl e iti "Ro tl44rialeer t tolic o ' .......... . ... .........> l5 1 ! 44.1111141 count, lOth May ..... BBl i i QIO6 eI IN .......... ..................... i 4 1 Pm o (4 ' 1111 +8, 24d: ............ ik:__ ................ . ...... 1?i ........................ 74 8 gasem.l444oti: ..... .1„...p..0..R.. ............................... .. T lo m s ._ p e lies e 3 „ 4 ", 14 per Cent 11,41, Pup)! Cent. B_:tt,- ) ,7 '-'" d. , 5 per Cent., Con. 18+1 ,-, i , sA4 la Per Cent r 4; i . -4 to .. • f lgi ' 4 R 41sa pods, %:1 Per Cent 'klieh ii Auls, 5 per Cent... ...... ... •••••• RB6RA Datiah r; " ''ls, 3 pe t• -- 44 '441 B ° , ll '._ Tn,sitt.ee Cal•t i of Coup, not fun. 47344421 . bil . 1,1v2,,,, , c f, ,, per cent ~, in 1,01"" 11 zeiZg l iZ . „r the tpeheraoevtiet.l).l,2,llo% 11 634 3 ,LOCE. b ee lt e t a°lB - • •• • • • • - • - --7.R.:6::°8881:1°44 °' May Acc nt ou 4tOrrl ----- ills DAY.) -"'S 8131-IppING—(T 1,1,0,,_ 1 ,-..11 1)7 311 ,14 av & wi A .'d weather this day 't hn°(t)ltile e ll .. * frestC*Ce-- . -11- and weather thi day t an.; I'ZO, and cloudy.—A passenger --y t a y, 1 ~) r eze, and ia ' r 4 .el, att.! anived at Suez from Madr o a l e tve r r er w or a t s a , 3 1 toTosect to be the Peregrine 11 11 qi . tie latter port, and appeared to i be fast drifting tha A 114x„.e• -illt QATE th e Tyne, Goodwin, 1, , ve rh 4 Live ray 3.—Th e Queon of a t 4 et tof 0 rtli,(-;ihveortiool, which was assisted off the Goo d i b w een op i e dry do zour, discharged part of cargo, an fet,bll.l;wl)9l7-170Ttic•e `Emily, from Callao ; Sea Lark, Antwerp, f o ,, , liitip u , _ • a South Sea, ',.‘Ad elai. ,n, May 3.— Find, S.W. Salle...—. wip i , E s.e. 41 1 f "cliußcii —Ntlrchioness of Queensbery, from t... t or 4, 0 „,.... • f r , LliteuTu v‘;• Arrived—Delfino, litg allto ' Mal 2*—Wind' N.E. • Arrive Calcutta ; k i z tthet h. 8.;, Off Port —Anna Martin, from I.rlanr,h.l:ernambneo, for Stockholm ; Washington, b IrAlNtli IGr Quebec. tn e°4 '8 • t . TR, May e Gazelle, of -41cip„.'sed off 14arber Shod, and brought intoharbour, ti Wter, but will proceed. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 14 At. ••' 1 -- LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Si 4 1-A frisqttit o, from Rio ; Riq Hach e ; Bri etio Z Ln 6 A:lxandria. ieutta. -.La na, for Rochfort ; Cressida and Lalla Rookh, AVi 44 QUEENSTOWN, May 2. A r • ' ariabl ti rived e. th : . A --Flora, from Laguna ; Joseph Weir, Mimi , ~..,-, .44 411(.1 Sarah, Nuovo Luas ; Integrity, Alexandria. (81 nn V i'j ---- BMAR INE AND BRITIS H TELEGRAPH.) hA GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a.m. 1441 et,V T •t• ; tide, low water ; blowing very strong, ri Ar r i - , 1. -4e rtla e e ,,) ~1111,3, 3--Minerva from Droback ; Marnhull, ha aile44 ~,,,,Arri, Antwerp • Lina Marstrand. . . 6 to. : 4 4, ; (ii rl ilso • ops;t1. : rbL e re : rvr r :r l i ait;cnemeined: j f ao o nh r: in L ha a, toa n zyn n e c . ' , es f to ro n m ; U L n o i n o , n io , n f , or fo C r o v pe a n l i DEAL, Friday, 9.37 a.m. A "' N.E. • • 4 f3 fe, r ,p e ..-tintitio , turaltar (;:.:,' to i. f r rot . e London, for Bombay ; Odessa, Sophia M'Kenzie, London, for .sile,1 1) 1 183 transport), London, for Con k'ut t,a.oic asias, French frigate, for westward. (h i _ at —G ........° 4 S!ee , 0 ,_ .......... .1 f Newcastle._ ' kifiti! ANTINOPLIt A 1 23d.__ It is r eported that the 0 _ kin ~.., , pri 'Ar o , ' wi‘h, which MM. Murrayd Birrue were 1411 4, t ° the Pereinn Gr ,, vero Y nv.ot has bad an b*ep :ulAble result. On the Perhian frontiers there had tig liiia,'"at movement uf tro, R. It is Said that Boo k ~.. Ito the hands eiPthe Stueeiang." PAELLAMENT - I • _ HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) I The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a , . five o'clock. INDIAN OFFICERS-BOUNTIES.-NAVVIES FOR THE CRIMEA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUG 11. --My lords, as I see the noble lord the Minister for War in his place, I wish toask him a question which relates to a subject which has ex cited a great deal of interest. The first question relates to the position of the officers of the army of the East India Company as compared with that of the officers in the ser- vice of her Mjesty's army. A memorandum, dated the 25th of April, has appeared in the Gazette, which states that-- "In order to remove any doubt which may exist as to the rank and precedence of the officers of the Hon. East India Company's Service, it is her Majesty's pleasure that officers of the Hon. East India Company's Service, whose commissions shall be signed by authorities duly deputed to do so by her Majesty, shall have rank and precedence with officers of her Majesty's regular army, according to the dates of their commission, in all parts of her Mujesty's do minions or elsewhere." Now, the officers of the Indian army have by common courtesy held in this country the same rank and precedence as the officers of the army of the Queen, and no doubt it will be agreeable to them to have their right to such rank and precedence properly established, instead ef merely holding it by courtesy ; but what I wish to know is if this memorandum relates merely to their position in society; because, if so, I should have thought that it would have more properly proceeded from the office of the Earl Mar shal, or of the Lord Chamberlain, than from the War office. I cannot help feeling that this memorandum, in. stead of raising hopes of further advantage to the officers of the Indian army, will rather tend to disappoint hopes which may have been entertained that the Government were prepared to go further, and to give to all officers holding brevet rank in India the same brevet rank in her Majesty's dominions here and elsewhere. Your lordships must be aware that from the year' 1838, for nearly' ten years, a great war raged in our Indian dominions, and that, therefore, the officers of the Indian service have had the opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the practice and science of war—an advantage which has not been enjoyed by the officers of her Majesty's army, with the exception of those who have served in India. I rejoice, my lords, that there are some officers in the army in the Crimea who have seen service in India. Gene ral Simpson, the head of the staff, General Pennetather, General Sir Colin Campbell, all holding high command, and enjoying to a considerable extent the confidence of those under their command, and also Col. M Murdo, the head of the land transport service, and C6l. Herding, the Commandant at Balaklava, who is, I believe, no relation of my noble and gallant friend opposite—all these officers have seen service in India, and all of them acquired a knowledge of war under the late Sir C. Napier. There are other officers also. who have enjoye i similar opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of their profession, anti who have commanded with distinction brigides which con tained regiments of her Majesty's troops, and who have obtained great distinction in the Quartermaster-General's Department. It appears to me to,he contrary to all reason that, when we have at our disposal officers who have ac quired distinction in command where war has been carried on on a great scale, we should decline to avail our selves of their service's, and should employ the services of officers who, whatever may be their claim to dis tinction, have had no opportunity of showing any talent for war. It cannot Barely be held that to appoint Indi a n officers to command would be an invasion of the privileges of her Majesty's service. At a recent period, and contrary to all former rule, a regulation of the East In ia Company had been made, permitting officers of her Majesty's service to bold staff appointments of a particular description, and not less than 12 officers of that service now hold appoint ments which they could not formerly have held. Why, then, should there not be a reciprocity, and Indian officers be admitted to staff as pointments as officers of her Majesty's service are admitted to such appointments in India? I cannot conceal from myself, nor do I thiel: that any of your lordships can be blind to the fact, that a great and growing feeling of dissatisfaction exists throughout the country with regard to the conduct of the war, and that feeling is assuming proportions which are extremely alarming ; and I much fear that, unless it be determined by her Majesty's Govern ment to place the fittest men in command of all the divisions and brigades of the army and in situations on the staff—l much fear, I say, that a feeling will grow up with respect to persons in authority—(hear, hear) —and which will be fatal not only to her Majesty's Government, but which will go much further, and which will endanger the constitution of Government itself. (Heat, hear.) I wish to ask the nobledord another question, relating to a dif ferent subject. ,lisee there is a memorandum, dated April 30, which raises the bounty given to men enlisting for two years to the same amount as that given to men enlisting for a longer period. Now, with regard to that memoran dum, I wish to know whether it is to be understood as establishing the principle that the bounty given to men who enlist for a longer period is to be the same as given to men who enlist for two years only ? If that be so, I fear that the result will be that all persons who are desirous of enlistiag,. will enlist for this short period, because, at the end of that period, they will have the option of engaging for a longer service, anti with the certainty of receiving some further bounty. It seems to me, too, that men who emlist . for the longer period settle down better to theiiserk -and become better soldiers than those who enlist for two years only, and I would therefore prefer enlisting men for the longer period. But of this I am quite sure—that if the same bounty is given to men who enlist for two years as to those who enlist for a longer period, all will be desirous of enlisting for two years. I think that when this memorandum was issued it would have been advisable to notify that, if the bounty given to men enlisting for two years was to be raised to the same amount as that given to men enlisting for the longer period the bounty of men enlisting for the longer period would also be increased. I fear, however, that the noble lord has made the same mistake with regard to the bounty offered as was made in the case of the militia, and the consequences of which we all so deeply deplore. My own impression is that, if instead of offering the limited bounty of 20s. upon re-attestation, a higher bounty had been offered, a very large number of men would have been retained in the ranks of the militia who have now returned to their homes. There is another point to which I wish to call the attention of the noble lord. I am told that steps have been taken to engage the services of 1,000 navvies to work in the trenches, and that these navvies are to be placed under a gentleman who is to have a salary of 2,0001. a year, that is a salary which, within 761., is equal to that of a lieutenant-general, and superior by about 2001. to the salary of the officers attached to the quartermaster-general's department. I take it for granted that those navvies will not consent to serve for the same pay as that given to the Sappers and Miners, and it is a matter of serious consideration whether men employed in the same duties and exposed to the same danger should be paid at different rates. What I desire to know is, whe ther it is true that it is intended to form a corps of this description, and, if so, whether it is to be of a military or civil character? I can hardly imagine it can be Of a civil character, because it must be employed under fire like the rest of, the troops; but if it be of a mili tary character, what rank is to be given to this gen tleman who is to be rewarded with a salary which sur passes that of any officer on the quartermaster-general's staff; what difference is there to be between this body of 1,000 men and the Sappers and Miners ; what authority is to be given to the officers commanding them ; and under what authority are he men to serve? Lord PANMURE--My lords, upon former occasions I have had to complain that when questions were asked no tice was not given beforehand of the subject to which noble lords intended to refer, but I am bound to state that'in all cases in which questions have been addressed to me by the noble earl opposite I have always received the fullest in formation respecting the intended question and the nature and extent of the answer which he expected to receive. This has enabled me not only to meet the noble earl in the same spirit evinced by him to myself, but also to give your lordships the fullest information in my power upon the subjects to which he so ably refers. With reference to the question which the noble earl has addressed to me on the subject of Indian officers, I may state that the memoran dum to which he adverts goes no further in its spirit than it does in its letter—namely, to confer upon those officers a suitable position and authority, which has hitherto been recognised by courtesy, but with respect to which some doubt previously existed. No one can rejoice more than I do at any mark of favour bestowed upon officers of the Indian army, and no one would be more unwilling than my self to say anything which tends to detract from the praise which is clue to them. They have for a very long period maintained the honour of the British name throughout the vast territory in which that army has served, they have maintained the integrity of the Indian portion of the em pire, and they have assisted in extending it ; still it is my opinion, as well as that of many others, that the services and distinctions of the Indian officers have been somewhat unfairly used to put in the back ground, by comparison, Ithe services and distinctions of the officers of the Queen's service. I think, in a military point of view, the opportu nities those officers have had of practically learning the art of war have certainly given them great advantages; but I do not hold that those advantages ought to entitle them to more than fair consideration, and they should not be used as an argument to prevent us from giving the officers in the Queen's service the fair opportunities which that ser vice affords of showing whether they are able to carry out in practice the military knowledge which they already pos sess in theory. I cannot see, my lords, because the Indian officers have already carved with their swords the way to, military distinction why the same opportunities should be denied to the Queen's officers of carving with their swords the way to the same military distinctions. I have seen it stated that the officers in the Queen's service are now classed in two classes—the Peniusulars, who are said to be too old to be effective, a nd the Know - nothi n g s, who are too y oun g . That 'is not a fair mode of treating the officers of her Ma jesty's army; for, preserving my opinion that the services which are most calculated to advance the interests of the country ought to betaken advantage of, I know of ne reason why well educated and well trained British officers should not be allowed to go into active service in connection with the establishment. I am not one of those who would adopt the course of confining the services of the officers of the Queen's army, whether belonging to the establishment or to the Indian army—for they are alike the Queen's soldiers —and I am not narrow-tniuded enough to think that we ought to make a distinction between the officers of the two set vices. Although progress in these matters is slow, it is also sure, an,l, as an instance of the manner in which the subject is treated, I may refer to the fact that in the act of last session Vie office of Commander-in-Chief of the Indian army was thrown open to the officers of the East India situations, C aIP nY'B t o service . w i c i t ,nt h W o e t tcoauunse,deitrshtaanptpletnhsatth, rh i ejl t e h obsby r tla e oz g ffwe a (! r i t ir, l tli ue t h it atts the alluded, question a m o f g staff v dn ao numerous that they have In dian army, very much to the detrimen °t t hn o : f ni t nf h r e Eo been filled by offieers of the necesaary to recall some of We e . le! to of the regimental duties of that arm and it was found i m u ;c e r l any a fo n r d m o were a th n e c r e duties and Ell their places by of cers, their regimental Those are the circiunetences, tr:tit,'il,,,the Queen's artu • .greturl statetnent which the noitall:heicazhi form a just te. " 3441.1 ' I t il l iltlio" 414 aius alms of the LacliAnibroy . • ; THE SUN, _LONDON, FRI FDA EVENING, MAY 4 1855 i wore superseded by officers in the Queen's service, but I am informed that it arose from the number of officers on the staff appointments, and that the change was necessary, in order that the regiments in India should be made the more efficient. With reference to the next question— namely, the bounty given to the recruits, that is a subject to which my attention was called by the Commander-in Chief when the act was first introduced. My noble friend asked if it was intended to sanction the principle that, men enlisting under the new act should receive he same bounty as the men who enlisted under the act of 1847. After ma turely considering the subject—taking into view the fact that the men enlisted under the act of 1e47 were enlisted at the age of 18 for 10 or 12 years, that they had the op portunity, after 5 years' service, of acquiring an addition to their pay for good eervice, and that they had the oppor tunity, after the expiration of their first term of service, of re-engaging themselves for a second period ; taking also into consideration that none of these ad vantages will accrue to the men who enlist at the age of 24 for a service of two or three years, that the men who would enlist would probably be between the ages of 24 and 35, who, from their habits of labour, would be, oven it not efficiently drilled, efficient as strong men—l did not feel myself justified in giving to those men a lower rate of bounty. It must be remembered, too, that none of these regulations are permanent, but may be varied according to circumstances ; and if I find that that arrangement is such as to create discontent or prevent the enlistment of young men of 18 years and upwards, I may consider whether some alteration may not be required. With regard, my lords, to a general increase of bounty,lperfectly agree with the noble earl that an increased bounty Will, at all times, obtain an increased number of recruits, and probably be fore very long I may have to propose to your lordships to increase the bounty in order to augment the army. But it is natural that I should not wish to take that course until it is absolutely necessary. With regard to the question of navvies, it is the intention of the Government to form a corps of navvies, not for the pus. pose of working specially in the trenches, but for carrying on the general work of the army, which has hitherto been done by the Sappers and Miners and by the private soldiers, and the execution of which I am sorry to say has hitherto been detrimental to the health of the men. In order to obviate the difficulties suggestel, and to carry out the views of the noble earl of having as many fighting men as pos sible at our disposal, it is intended to attach, under the command of the engineers, a body of navvies of stout work ing men, who will be sent out for the purpose of working either in the trenches or in the camp, as circumstances may require, while the army is engaged in the siege. No defi nite sum has been fixed upon as amount of peyment to these individuals ; but it is utterly impossible to expect that men will come from civil employments, either in the capacity of labourers or of directors, for the usual pay given to persons in her Majesty's service. I have only this to say, that I shall endeavour, if I think it for the public service, to obtain proper men at the lowest possible remu neration ; anti I shall not recommend the adoption of any such corps unless I am convinced that the benefit likely to result from its adoption will be so great as to counterpoise the inconvenience that cannot fail to arise from employing individuals at a higher rate of p. 37 than that paid to the officers and men belonging to her Mejesty'e service. These men would be under the command of Major-General Jones; all the arrangements would be directed entirely by him, the men being at the same time under the immediate con trol of their own superintendents. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that the appoint. ment of her Majesty's officers on the staff of the Indian army was not an exceptional case, but was in consequence of the adoption of a new principle ; there must, however, have been sufficient authority to warrant that alteration of the rule. No doubt the paucity of officers in the Indian army might have been the cause of the alteration, but it certainly involved altogether a now principle. EMBARK 4TION OF TROOPS TO THE CRIMEA. The Marquis of SALISBURY rose for the purpose of repeating the question which he put to the noble lord the Secretary for War on a previous evening. The noble lord on that occasion complained that the notice of the question he (the Marquis of Salisbury) intended to put was not suf ficiently explicit. He could assure the noble lord that it was not from any want of courtesy that he did not in his notice enter more into detail. The whole matter was comprised in the very smallest compass, as it was simply reminding the noble lord what must have passed through his own office. With regard to what occurred the other night, their lordships must be convinced of one fact, namely, that the noble baron knew nothing of the circum stances of the case. On that occasion the noble baron laid the whole blame of the transaction on the quartermaster general. ‘Vhether that was just or not it was not for him to say ; but he thought, after that imputation by the noble lord, the country had a right to know on whom the blame might to rest, and who were the parties by whom a body of troops were despatched for foreign service. He had always understood that, when the Minister for War had received her Majesty's commands for such a purpose, he communicated with the Commander-in• Chief at the Horse Guards, and that, after conferring together they made an application to the Admiralty for the transport of those troops ; the quartermaster-general was then directed to take measures for their removal. It was essentially ue cessary to know who was to blame in this matter, and why the Guards were sent to Portsmouth for embarkation before the ship Alma was ready to receive them. The blame of this transaction had been shifted from one quar ter to another until it was impossible to find to whom it should attach. Ho hoped, therefore, the noble baron would be able to give their lordships some information on the subject. Lord PANMURE said, nothing had been further from his intention than to contradict anything which the noble marquis had stated. What he had said was, that he had heard for the first time from the noble marquis that the events to which he had called attention had taken place. If the noble marquis had given him notice of his inten tion to call attention to those events, he would have pre pared himself to give an explanation of them, and would have entered into the details of the facts the other, night ;, but all the notice he had received was, that the noble mar quis intended to put a question with regare to the ember cation of the Guivds on board the Alma. The noble mar quis asked what were the regulations for the embarkation of troops for foreign service? It rested with the Comman der-in-Chief to make arrangements with the Admiralty and the other authorities as to the embarkation of the troops that might be required ; and the War Department, having signified to the Transport Bod the number of troops that were to embark and the time of the embarka tion, the Transport Board provided tonnage for those troops by the day named. On the 201.1. of March the Admiralty had notified to the War Department that the Alma would be ready about the s:h of April to receive 1,420 men. The Alma was fitted at Liverpool, and 421 men of the 18th, 71st, and 50th Regiments were embarked there ; she then went to Portsmouth to embark the Guards. She had bee surveyed by the officer attached to the transport department at Liverpool, and re ported to be fitted to carry 1,420 men, and she had also been passed by Colonel Scott, the inspecting officer at Li verpool, its fitted to carry that number. When she went round to Portsmouth she was reported by the officer there to be incapable of carrying that number, and he believed this report arose from the fact that, while at Liverpool they bad calculated that a certain number of men would be constantly on deck and upon watch, they had not taken a t h u n t t b e c r i i r t c i u e n t s b t a e r n e c f e it e re n d o e t e c o r n m s i i d n e e r d a tn at that io tb e P o r s m vessel o e u o t u h l The ne t carry more than 1,048 men. In consequence of this re port, the detachment of the 18th, 71st and 40th Regi ments were disembarked at Portsmouth, were marched into barracks, and remained at the depot waiting for further orders. His noble friend (Lord Hardinge) re minded him that the commanding officer at Liverpool had written to say that the ship was capable of catry ing 1,420 men. After some delay—which he thought had been somewhat exaggerated—in landing the detachments and embarking the Guards, the vessel had sailed. A statement had been made that a large portion of the baggage of the troops which had disembarked were carried in the Alma to tee Crimea. He had found, upon inquiry, that nothing belonging to those troops was carried off, ex cept a couple of articles belonging to two officers, and he those su I r r e ti t e h l east would f e t u h l e d y b h a a v t e l take e u s e m d a . 1 1 e T s t u pa e re i pains of t b h of e en some mistake with regard to the embarkation of th e ba gg a g e belonging, butnot t to o the t be Guards detachmentuars alreadyof tbe Guards Crimea.wh thenich vir it With embarked, regard to the orders and counter orders which had been , issued, he bad to state, that two of these counter orders had arisen from the fact that a storm had taken place at Portsmouth, which had prevented the Alma from being brought into a position proper for the embarkation of the troops, but due notice of this circumstance had been given to the troops before they had left London. He had received communications from officers who sailed in the vessel, to the effect that, whether as regarded their ac commodation or that of the men, none of them had ever experienced more comfort in a transport, nor had the health of the men ever been a subject of less anxiety than while they had been on board the Alma. With regard to another question of the noble marquis, he begged to state, that it was his impression that every regiment which' had embarked from this country had embarked with the Millie rifles. He was happy to state that all the men who em barked for the East, whether in regiments or detachments were, as far as possible, trained to the use of the Minie rifle. It was desirable to carry on the usualdrill on board the vessel, and they were armed with the smooth-bore musket, which they exchanged at Constantinople for the 111inie rifle, which was kept in store there for that purpose He thought this a sufficient explanation of the circum stances ; and he had further to say, that the result of the inquiries he had made convinced him that the Quarter master-General was free from all personal blame in the matter, and that if any conftsion had taken place it lay between the district officers at, Livepool and at Ports mouth, who had reported differently as to the capa city of the ship and the number of men she could properly carry. There was a desire to send the men on board as quickly as possible, and if an error bad been made it was on the right side—namely, to adopt that ar rangement which enabled the troops to bo conveyed with the greatest comfort. The result was that there had been no corn; laint of overcrowding, and, indeed, none could arise in this case. The Earl of HARDWICKE regarded the present discus sion as throwing some light °lithe present state of the War Department. It was curious to see a noble lord entering upon details connected with a great branch of the service who had been brought up to civil life (for his having been bred a soldier was an accident) while the Commander-in- Chief of the army, who e as one of the most distinguished soldiers in Europe, and who had all the details of the army at hie fingers' euds, had to sit by and tutor a civilian us to what he was to say. The War Department seemed to be a bit of machinery that would not work. It uppeared that the Secretary for War wrote to the Transport Board, and they informed the Admiralty; then the Secretary for War informed the Commander-in-Chief, and then the embarkation took place. This seemed to be less simple than the former mode, when the communication was only between the Commander-in-Chief and the Admiralty. Lord PANMURE said that the mode formerly was for the Secretary of State for the Colonies himself to intimate to the Admiralty the requirements of the public service. Earl GREY—The Secretary of State for the Colonies used to signify to the 'Admiralty that such and such regi ments were to be embarked at such a place on such a day. The Admiralty then made the necessary arrangements. Earl MINTO would confirm this statement of the former practice. The Earl of HARDWICKE had thought that communi cations ware at present required between three officers in stead of two, as formerly ; but that appeared to be a mis take. It was singular that a ship which weuld convey 1,400 men at Liverpool would only convey 1,000 men when she arrived at Portsmouth. If the troops had embarked at Liverpool, it seemed that there would have been no over crowding ; but when the ship arrived at Portsmouth her tonnage had so much diminished that she could not con vey the same number. Ought there rot to be some clear definition as to the number of men who were to be em barked per ton, and whether they were to be under deck or not ? He saw a ship of 2,000 tons with a cargo of 4,000 soldiers going from Constantinople to Samoa, but the men were placed in tiers and fed by others, who went round, and no wan was allowed to move from hie place. • If this vessel had started from. Malta, perhaps, not more than 1,800 men would have been put in her. The conversation then dropped. The followingbills were rea d a sec ond time : Belfast and County Dow n R a il way • Colchester, Stour Valley, Sad bury, and Halstead Railway; Heywood Water; Medical, Invalid, and Ge nera l Life Assurance Society ; South Wales Mineral Rrilway ; Vale of Neath Railway; Lau ,:aster Water and Gas • Woolwich Equitable Gas • Grand Junction Water; and Southwark and Vauxhall Water. The report of arnenriteents on the jurisdiction of the - ;tannary Court Amendment Bill was received. LOAN BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of this bill. Lord MONTEAGLE did not wish to thrown difficulty .n the way of the second reading, bat there were portions of the bill which would excite remark, and he trusted an opportunity would he given for this discussion. Lord RAVENSWORTH asked for the usual indulgence of their lordships iu rising to address them for the first time. and said that he might be allowed to express his great concern that circumstances rendered the presentation and acceptation of the bill Lefore their lordships Kitimat impera tive—he alluded to the failure of those negotiations at Vienna, which he and the country were led to consider as evidence of the prolongation of the war. He had hoped, as peace was the evident wish and interest of all parties, that some pacific arrangements might have been entered into, and he deeply regretted that these expectations had been disappointed. As, however, they had but war in prospect, it became their d u t y t o turn their attention to the means by which the war might be carried on. He found that two burdens of no inconsiderable extent were to be entailed upon the country, and of these the present bill for raising by loan 16,000,000 t. f ormed an important it em . Th e esti mates for the p resent year for carry i ng on th e navy amounted to m ore th an 16,000,00 J /. ; almost an equal sum was required for the army ; the Ordnance esti mates were between 7,00.),000/. and 8,000,0001., while 3,000,0001. more were devoted to other military pur poses ; the expenditure in the whole amounting to 44,000,000/. The present Loan Bill bad passed the or deal in another place, which might be considered more directly the guardian of the public expenditure, and it might perhaps be thought presumptuous in him to offer any remarks on it. He did not, however, wish to offer any direct opposition to the bill, but at the same time he must say that it was of a nature to excite some discus. sion and criticism, and these ware bestowed upon it out. of doors on the ground that if at the end of the year her Ma jesty's Government felt that there would be a deficiency of 21,000,0001., it was asked would it not have been better for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to have gone into the market and raised a loan for the full amount rather than to have coupled with the demand for the loan other devices for raising the required sum by taxation both af a direct and of an indirect nature? He was not prepared to go a'.l lengths with those who objected on these grounds, out he went so far with them as to feel that this additional taxation was an earnest. of the apprehension of the Govern eieut of an indefinitely prolonged war. If there had been e ll y reason for believing that the war would have ceased n six or twelve months, theft he should have concurred with those who considered it unwise to resort to this mode of indirect taxation by levying additional duty on articles which entered so largely into the consumption of the work ing classes, and which would tend to disturb those arrange ments in taxation which had been made with the general consent of the people. If, on the other hand, there was reason —and he feareat there was too much—to apprehend that war would be prolonged much beyond 12 months, then he agreed with the policy which included articles of general consumption in the means for raising the required amount to carry on the war. Such he knew were the feel ings of the mere tntile classes, and he did not hesitate to give his sanction to and express his opinion upon them. He must confess that the prospects before us were dis heartening, and express the concern of this country and of the whole of Europe that negotiations for peace had been brought to a close; and he only hoped that those mistakes which had arisen in carrying on the war on the part of the Government, and that the profuse expenditure of the pub lic money without adequate i esults, would also be brought to a close. (Hear, hear.) He considered that up to this moment ber Majesty's Government had not taken all the steps which they might have taken towards bringing the war to a close. He could not help reverting to this time last year, when, in the estimates before their lordships, the expense of carrying troops as far as Malta was contem plated, and, at the same time, the expense of the return of those troops was also estimated. (Hear, hear.) He could not help recollecting that the noble lord, one of the meat distinguished members of her Majesty's Government, in another place, whom he could only de scribe as the unsuccessful negotiator of the icterests of this country at Vienna, seemed last year to entertain it trifling opinion of the war in which they were about to engage, and declared that it was so far from being an obj ction to the reform measure which he introduced, that he con sidered it rather favour:No at the same time that they were entering upon a war with the most colossal Power in Europe to engage also in the civil war of discussing reform in Parliament. These considerations would now press on his mind, because he had seen what the Government had attempted, and also that they were not even at present fully aware of the importance of having recourse to all their resources for the purpose of putting an end to the war. Although the Government had called on the people for large supplies, they had as yet neglected to avail them selves of other means in their power of distressing the enemy. The important question relating to the com merce of Russia had been brought before their lord ships about a week ago ; but owing to the limited num ber of peers present it did not receive much discussion. This was a question on which he felt so strongly that he intended to place a notice of motion on the paper for the purpose of again bringing this question under their lord ships' consideration. Having now shadowed out some of the main objections entertained to this loan, and in doing so discharged what he felt to be a duty, he would not tres pass further on the attention of their lordships but would conclude by thanking them for the indulgence which they had extended to him. s The bill was then read a second time. point that I hope that that prudence may be observed which I think the circumstances pf the case really de mand. My reason for saying this is that at the conclusion of the conferences, or when they were suspended, Count Buol expressly stated that ho considered that the, means for obtaining a peace were not wholly exhausted, and that it would be the special duty of Austria to endea vour to discover some mode of attaining that end consist. ently with the engagements into which she had entered with the other Powers. My lords, whether any proposal that may be thus framed will be likely to be satisfactory to her Majesty's Government, I am sure I cannot venture to say ; but on a question of such magnitude, as to whether it may be possible to conclude a wife and honourable peace, I am persuaded that your lordships will feel that any proposi tion that may be made to us should receive a patient and unprejudiced consideration from her Majesty's Govern ment—(hear, hear)—and the more so, as that consideration is at the same time compatible with the vigorous prosecu tion of military operations. (Hear.) The Earl of DERBY—My lords, I freely admit that the noble earl ought not to disclose to us anything which might be prejudicial to the public interests. Nevertheless, I must be peimitted to say that the statement which he has just made to your lordships appear, to me of a very unsatis factory nature. Undoubtedly, before discussions can take place in this house upon the present state of public affairs, it will be necessary that we should have before us the papers which have been promised, and which I am glad to find are not alone to contain the mere decisions and opinions of the various powers that were present at the conferences, but also the arguments and grounds upon which those powers based their respective conclusions. Undoubtedly, also, from such a collection of documents we may gain considerable light, not only as to what is past but on what is of still more importance—our prospects for the future ; but I must say that, although I concur with the noble earl that no prospect, however slight, of obtain ing a safe and honourable peace should be sacrificed by this country, yet I have heard from him, almost with feelings of regret, that an extent of forbearance has been shown on the part of the Allied Powers in regard to their demand upon Russia, the good policy of which may be open to serious question. (dear, hear.) The propositions of the Allies having been totally rejected, and no counter propositions—at least, none of a reasonable character —having been offered by the enemy, I must repeat that I learn with regret that fresh propositions and fresh negotiations are still in prospect, because I fear that they can have no other object but that of wasting time and in juring the cause of tho Western Powers. I must say, that I think the propositions which have been made by the allied Powers to Russia are even now below those which the requirements of the case demand ; and that the conces sions which were made to her, even if they had been ac cepted, would have rendered useless—if not worse than use less—the great expenditdre of blood and treasure which England and France have been put since the commencement of the war. I sincerely hope that the Government of Aus tria is earnest in its endeavour to bring about a safe and honourable peace—l hope it is in earnest in its desire to fulfil its engagements to support by active assistance the endeavours of the allies to obtain a satisfactory peace, and that it intends faithfully to perform obligations the hope of inducing Austria to contract which has cost England and France so much of precious time and valuable advan tage in their military operations. (Hear, hear.) My lords, we are now in the second year of this war, and throughout the whole of its progress we have been told over and over again that, although it was quite true that her Majesty's late Government and the members of the present Ministry -had clung to the hope of peace longer, pe r h a p s , th an they were even justified in doing, yet, that they had at all events, gained one great and important advantage from their singular forbearance, patience, and long-suffering— namely, that they had secured, both as to active measures and as to negotiations, the co-operation of Austria, and pro bably of Prussia also. Well, two years have since elapsed, and, according to - the statement of the noble earl to-night, what does that co-operation amount to in the pursuit of which your vigour and enterprise were altogether checked, and for the sake of which you adopted a dilatory course of policy, which must greatly aggravate the mis fortunes and calamities of war? At this moment, my lords, Prussia is excluded altogether, and even stands in an attitude of scarcely doubtful hostility ; while, on the other hand Austria, for whose support you have sacrificed so much, is now effectively an ally of Russia, and opposed to the policy of the Western Powers. Au trim still affects to entertain me hope that every means of negotiation is not yet exhausted, and she proposes by further attempts at negotiation, to continue—and no doubt with the same results—the same system of perpetual procrastination and delay which she has pursued for the last two years. (Hear, hear.) My lords, we are now in the midst of the second campaign and it is!), matter of the utmost importance—it is, in fact , the essential groundwork an d b as i s o f a ll our future operations that we should precisely know in wh a t position we stand, not only towards Prussia—for that is al ready pretty clear, I think— but towards Austria likewise. This knowledge must have the greatest influence, not only upon the course we should take in negotiation, but upon the military operations of oar army. It must have the greatest effect upon our conduct and plans to know whether or not we are to reckon on the hostility, the neutrality, or the active and cordial co-operation of the power and resources of Austria, and every day and hour that passes without our coming to a full and distinct understanding with Aus tria, and without our really knowing where we are and how we stand, seriously aggravates our difficulties and enormously increases our expenditure and our risks. (Hear.) Therefore, my lords, although Ido n o t w i s h t o press the noble earl to make any statement which he may consider would be detrimental to the public service, yet I could not hear the explanation which he has offered ns to night, leaving, as it does ' all the most import an t ques ti ons involved in these negotiations in just the same state of un certainty, hesitation, and vacillation as they have pre sented for so long a period, without expressing my regret at listening to such an unsatisfactory statement from a British Minister. This prolorige , l uncertainty is almost an equal evil to the avowed hostility of Austria; and therefore, however important it may be for us to lose no substantial prospect of obtaining a satisfactory peace, I trust that her Majesty's Government will take care, even al though deprived of the advantage of knowing what are the definitive views and policy of Austria, not to intermit the most, vigorous exertions for the prosecution of the war, and not to stiffer themselves to be diverted by these pro tracted and almost hopeless and illusory negotiations. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—My lords, it is not pos sible for her Majesty's Government to afford the noble earl . _ opposite the information which he not unnaturally wishes to gain, with a due regard to the public interests. I trust, however ' that +they will be enabled to f urn i s h it soon; b ut after what has fallen from the noble earl, I cannot refrain from saying on the part of the Government that, althouch they have had a desire—a desire which indeed it was their bounden duty to entertain—to secure the co-operation of Austria, nevertheless they have not been induced, from any vain hope of securing that important advantage, to delay the immediate making of those military and naval preparations which are essential to the proper conduct of the war. (Hear.) Undoubtedly, no expedient has been left untried in the endeavour to obtain that degree of co-operation from other Powers which we had a right to expect from them ; but during the whole course of the ne gotiations, up to the conference which lately took place at Vienna, certainly n o t a d ay has been lost in the advance ment of those military preparations and efforts which might bring the war to a conclusion ; and while I main tain that it is our duty to avail ourselves of every fair chance of effecting so desirable a result as a great European peace, I equally hold that up to the last moment we ought to relax none of our exertions for prosecuting the - war with energy and spirit. With the protocols about to be laid upon the table your lordships will receive an account of the arguments, the discussions, and all the collateral trans actions by which the agreement, based upon those proto cols, was accompanied. Undoubtedly, when they are laid upon the table, a good opportunity will be afforded for the consideration of the negotiations which have taken place, with reference both to the past conduct of the Government and to the future policy of this country, having in view the continuance of the war, if it should be necessary, in . order to prevent the recurrence of those unfortunate misconceptions which has thrown Europe into the state in which it is now placed. The Earl of MALMESBURY—As I ventured the other evening to express my humble opinion with regard to the propositions made to Russia, in the hope of bringing about a peace, and to state my regret at the probability of a peace having been diminished by the nature of those pro positions, I will not now make any observations upon that subject. But I think there is some discrepancy between the statement which my noble friend has made to-night and that which he made in answer to me about a week ago. I then understood, both from what was stated by my noble friend and from what passed in another place, that her Ma jesty's Government and the French Government, supported by Austria, and of course by Turkey, bad proposed to Rus sia two alternatives —one, the limitation of her fleet, and the other the neutrality of the Black Sea. To-night my noble friend confined himself to a statement that Russia had not accepted the propositions which had been wade to her. The Earl of CLARENDON—I said that the plenipoten tiaries of Russia had refused to accapt a proposition which we thought that country might have accepted with honour to herself, as well as another proposition, by which the Black Sea would have been tua-le a neutral sea. The Earl of MALMESBURY—My noble friend is cor rect in saying that he described the plan suggested to Rus sia as one quite in unison with her dignity and honour ; but he did not state what the first alternative was. I want to know whether it was that the Russian fleet should be limited. The Earl of CLARENDON—Yes. The Earl of MA L MESBURY:—Then it is, as I under stood; Russia had the choice of two alternatives, and re fused them both. With respect to the papers whi \ ch my noble friend proposes to lay on the table, I hope he will not confine himself entirely to the protocols, and I am encou raged in that hope by an expression used by the noble marquis. For nearly a year we have had no official know. ledge of any papers relating to this important subject, although at different times we have received information from the public prints, in which I believe many very ela borate diplomatic documents have been correctly copied. Among them are some very able ones emanating from my noble friend, which cannot, of course, have been obtained from the Foreign-office, but were probably taken from foreign newspapers. In one of these papers my noble friend has given his int er p re t a ti on o f th e f our points, or rather of the third point, which, as your lordships are aware, is one that may be argued upon and explained iu various y according to the opinions and interests of different l parties. I believe I am correct In saying that a very Lea o r statement has been published of what my noble friend in an tended by the third point, and that there afterwards tion, if not exactly the same, yet . similar in m l o t st w r o e u sp h e i ct b s e , by the French Minister for public, very satisfactory to the p i ub to os sinceconsidering the that bog noon beginning g pe o rs f have been communicated to this last year with respect question, if my noble friend would add othe different proctocols as many as t diplomatic documents that have passed possible of between him t a h n e dth e Court of Russia, and those documents would also greatly a ssist your lordships and the other Ho House of Parliament in understanding and taking a cor rect view of the protocols. The Earl of CLARENDON—I hope, after the descrip tion my noble friend has given of the desp itch which be has attributed to me, that it was my despatch—(a l aug h) —but I have no knowledge of such a despatch ever having bees published, I never saw it or hoard of it, and cer tainly I never communicated it to any one. To the best , o f m y belief, the intention expressed by the confe rence upon the first day of their meeting, that their pro ceedings should be kept secret and nothing that passed Rhould be published, bats been very- strictly acted upon. I cannot at this moment undertake to say what papers will be laid upon the table besides the protocols, but any papers necessary for the clear understanding of them will be pro duced, and I think my noble friend will learn a great deal more from those protocols than he imagines. The subject then dropped, and The house adjourned at 25 minutes after 7 o'clock. • HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. POOR LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. E. ELLICE moved the second reading of the above bill, which, after a short discussion, was with drawn. SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. The order of the day having been read for the second reading of this bill, Lord GROSVENOR presented petitions, signed by of the m 15,000 personseasure from all parts of the metropolis, in favour Petitions to the same effect were presented by Sir John Shelley, from Westminster; Viscount Ebrington, from Marylebone ; Sir W. Clay, from the Tower Hamlets ; Mr. Montagu Chambers, from G reenw i ch and Woolwich and Sir J. Duke, from the city. of London, signed by 9,000 persons. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the second reading of the bill. Mr. WILKINSON felt it his duty to o ff er the objec tions he conscientiously entertained to this measure, which would interfere with all the operations of trrde and inter rupt the pursuit of many avocations which had hitherto been exercised without prejudice to any one, and with advantage to the community generally. Ho could not admit that any religious principle was necessarily involved in this question. He regarded the measure as in fact directed against the interests of the poor, and going beyond all propriety of legislation, though he should not insist on himself dividing the house against it. Viscount EBRINGTON supported the measure, mainly on religious grounds, th oug h qu it e prepared also to a'dvocate it on the lower grounds of expediency and political economy. They had been told by Mr. Bianooni that horses which rested on Sundays did more work in six days than others did in seven, and he maintained that the repose of the Sabbath was necessary both for man and beast. The pe titions in favour of the bill were mainly signed by those who were suffering under the operation of the present state of things, which led to unfair competition between trades men, and to injurious treatment of workmen. He believed the amount of money spent and custom givdn to shop keepers would remain unaffected by such a measure as was now proposed. As regarded the labouring classes, he be lieved that six days' work with one day's rest was better than one continuous round of labour during the week. The Marquis of BLANDFORD supported the second reading of the bill, citing in its favour, the committee which sat upon this subject in 1832. One most important matter which he recollected on the subject was the bondage which one class of tradesmen exerted on another in this question of Sunday trading. Melly persons who would close their shops on Sunday were obliged to keep them open in consequence of others keeping theirs open. Now nothing could be more advantageous than to relieve those persons from a tyranny most galling to their consciences. He.was sorry to see that (no doubt, for good reason.) this bill while dealing with the sale of other articles did not touch the sale of beer or spirits on Sunday. He congra tulated the house on the introduction of this bill, by pas sing whicb, he believed, they would take the course most conducive to the glory of God and the advantage of their fellow-subjects. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY agreed in the propriety of sending the bill to a select committee, and he hoped 'that this attempt to check Sunday trading would be more successful than pre vious measures had been. It introduced no new principle, but merely attempted to remedy certain defects in the ex isting law. Under these circumstances h thought the discussion need not be protracted. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the working classes had no desire to desecrate the Sunday, but necessity compelled them to purchase their provisiens on Sunday morning ; and, before this measure could work, they must alter the system of paying wages late on Saturday night, and they must also improve the dwellings of the poor. He thought this law, if passed at all, ought to apply to the whole country. He would prohibit all Sunday trading on all subjects, and applicable to all parts of the country after 11 o'clock, and he believed that would meet with universal assent. Mr JAMES MACGREGOR supported the bill, and he believed that all the intelligent artisans of the metropolis wore of the same opinion. Sir J. SHELLEY objected to the bill being sent to a select committee. He found that both the tradespeople and the working cla saes of Westminster were in favour of the measure, and that it would be beneficial to both. There were portions of the bill to which he entertained objections ; but upon the whole he believed it was a ra tional and practical measure. Mr. M. CHAMBERS supported this measure as an effi cient means of improving the condition of the working classes, and especially of compelling masters to pay their workpeople at a reasonable time on Saturday. Mr. J. G. PFIILLIMORE objected to certain details of the bill, but would not divide the house against it. Mr. HADFIELD urged upon the house the propriety of putting upon the committee practical men, who under stood the system of paying wages early, as that was an essential point towards the proper working of this bill. Mr. W. J. Fox opposed, and Mr. KIM supported, the bill on theological grounds. Lord R. GROSVENOR in reply, objected to sending the bill to a select committee, which he was certain would only give the measure an intramural burial. He under took the bill at the instance of the people whose interests it was intended to affect, and its provisions he might say were framed under their auspices. He hoped the house would not insist upon sending the bill to a select com mittee. Mr. MASTERMAN also objected to a select committee ; after which the bill was read a second time. Mr. DUNCOMBE then moved that it be referred to a select committee, which was the usual course in all ques tions of this nature. Mr. WILKINSON seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY said there was no rule of the house to send such bills to select committees, and the fate of former bills did not encourage his noble friend to follow that course. Mr. DUNCOMBE withdrew his motion, and the bill was ordered to be committed on Wednesday, the 13th June. LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES DIVISIONS BILL. Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to facilitate the formation of divisions for which meetings of commissioners of land or assessed taxes might be he held in this country, the present boundaries of divisions being inconvenient to the inh ,bitants of them . He proposed to give power to the Treasury, upon a state ment made by five or more commissioners of land-tax for any county, to remove a parish from one division to another, where it might appear advantageous to do so. There were many cases in which much hardship was experienced from persons being compelled to go to a great distance to pay their taxes. The alteration he proposed was that, on a certain number of local commissioners making a represen tation to the Treasury, that they thought a transfer neces sary, the Treasury, after making due inquiry, should have the power to order the alteration to be male. There were often cases of appeal against what were deemed surcharges, and every facility should be given in those cases for enabling the appellant to appear before the local commissioners. He hoped the Government would offer no opposition to the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not aware that any great inconvenience arose from the present system, and therefore was not disposed to agree to the second reading of the bill. What he understood the bill tolpropose was that it should be competent for the local commissioners of any one division of a county to apply to the Treasury for the transfer of a parish from one division of a county to another, or even to another county ; but, as the rates varied in different counties, this might be found a strong objection to the proposed alte ra ti on. I f, h owever, the law were s h own t o be in any respect defective, he would be ready to bring in a measure to remedy such defect. Mr. SPOONER supported the bill, as he thought that under the present system there existed inconveniences which, though'not great in number, were very much felt in individual cases. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the bill Against it 35 Majority COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILLS. Mr. WHITESIDE prefaced his motion for the second reading of a series of bills for the reform of the Court of Chancery in Ireland by adverting to the beneficial results of the reforms introduced into the English Chancery, which these bills were intended to adapt, mutalis nottandis, to the former court. The first abolished the triaster's•office alto gether. The second amended the practice and course of pro ceeding of the court upon the model of the English Court. The third bill altered the law relating to the appointment of receivers ; it consisted of matter of law, which was as similated to that of England, anti of matter of regulation. The fourth bill provided for the sales of estates, by en grafting upon the reformed Court of Chancery all that was good in the Encumbered Estates Court about to expire, and transferting the business of the latter court to the former, giving it the power to add to its decree of sale a par liamentary title. As the business of the Court of Chancery would by these measures be increased, it was necessary to provide a local court of appeal, and this was the subject of the fifth bill, which did not create a new court or a single new judge, but would afford the suitor an opportunity of a re-hearing of his cause before the Lord Chancellor, as sisted by retired judges. The last bill modified the stamp duties to meet the altered practice of the Court. -Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said, if he thought that legis lation was requifed to work out the wonderful reforms which Mr. Whiteside had described in his exaggerated speech, he should not oppose these bills; but, believing that they would not accomplish those results, on the con traryt.s that they would have an opposite tendency, 1 Royal Commission was sitting to inquire into the mi.. at this inomedt, and when these bills were int h ro e d , ;n u a c b n e . 4.4 4 it was his duty to advise the house to reject did not now exist; abuses, to which he hat e l re l n l ow dealing Whiteside, however, had described a system reformed by the act of 1851, and they were suggestion con with a new system. But there was not. brought under the tamed in these bills which bad not been last, and which a a_n_( u l ( T e le , s w t h e r a e t notice of the commissioners in Dec 1 they.ll Whiteside), e a s d k c ie i r ) -, to . frame a bill upon the re portcwualas cir culated. not d. however, that when he came be should be ready to adopt any thingto He faosuenerdwiln the e e hpecientleiseesrti(osfors. of the commissioners bills, and would give the learned valuable inth gentlemen credit of e it. After a brief review of the bills, receivers, and for the constit t . ' u ion alemseavnerethceritcism of th c o o s i e n f p o a r:e u f g or t m he i i n r g p t r h o e vi p s r i o n :e s d wuirteh for the appointment of . m th i e ss suggestions contained in a draught report of the com loners, ho remarked that he thought the hon. member of an appellate tribunal, (ilr. Whiteside) would have acted a wiser part if he had contented himself with laying the bills on the table pond_ ing the report of the commissioners, and he moved to defer the second reading of the billsas faormsei:iummonethous.rse, that the fur 3 t r h r e . r C p A ro l g ß r N es B s osfugthgeesteildl's should be suspended until the house saw the recommendations of the commissioners. Mr. MALINS complained of the severe terms and sar by complained Mr. Fitzgerald in his cr iti c i sm of castic tone ils. employi , of a draft: him irregularly, he contended. commissioners —a confidential document. gH . t h h te e rd u ee s p o f e e r tn m d a oe d fd e the by bills against the strieturesof Mr. Fitzgerald, and gave them his mo,st cordial support. the rd.eßbaEte°Gshaourler heed a to - . 11r. Wins, and proposed that commission ers d j t o h u e rn t e atle u . nti H l t e he m effect. Was upon After some remarks by Mr. HENLEY and report m o moved to w t o o n f I T t z h that SIDE, the debate was adjourned for a month. The Dissenters' Marriages Bill was read a second time. The hous e a dj ourned at 20 minutes past one o'clock. I g c r , 1 I{P , . i SP OR TIN 0. INTELLT _I TAB CHESTER SPRING MEETIN THURSDAY. The Dee Stand . Cup of 50 soya added to a Sweepbtakes of 5 soya each. The second to receive 10 Bove out of the stakes. Seven furlongs. 10 subs. Lord Wilton's Orson, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Ashmall) 1 Mr. Baneroft's Helmet, 4 yrs, Bst (Wells) 2 Mr. Moore's Questionable, 3 yrs, 75t ... ...... (Kendall) 3 The following also ran :—Oetavia, Merry Monk, Rov ing Betsy. Betting-6 to 4 agat Orson, sto 2 agat Helmet. A fine race in with the first two ended in favour of Orson by a head, three lengths between the second and third, Octavia and Testy were fourth and fifth. The Cheshire Welter Cup , of 100 soya, the rest in 'specie, by subscription of 20 sous each, 10 fc, and 5 only if de clared, with 50 added. Gentlemen riders. Profes sionals 7lb extra. Penalties for certain winners. Gros venor Course. 12 subs, sof whom pay 5 soya each. Mr. C. Bevill's Georgium Sides, 3 yrs, Bst 6lb (Mr. Thompson) 1 Mr. R. Grey's Dalkeitb, 6 yrs, 11st (Mr. El wes ) 2 'Capt. Lane's Ephesus, aged, 11st 131 b (Owner) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agat Georgium Sides, 7to 4 apt Ephesus. Won by three lengths, same distance between the second and third. The Scurry Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Three qurters of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. El wes's Michaelmas Maid, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Quinton) 1 Lord Wilton's Orson, 4 yrs, 74 91b (A.shmall) 2 Mr. J. B. Morr,s's Polestar, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Fordham) 3 Falcon and Hothorpe also ran. 13etting-2 to 1 agst Polestar, 5 to 2 agst Orson, and 7to 2 agst Falcon. Michaelmas Maid held the lead throughout, and won easily by a neck. Three lengths between the second and third. Falcon was well up with the latte r . H othorpe and Polestar got badly off. The pee st a k es of 10 soya each, with 200 added ; for 'three-yr-old s ; colts, second to receive' 50 s o y a out of the s Bst 71b • fillies, Bst 21b. The ............... (H. takes. Grosve ' nor Cours e . 5 6 subs. Mr. Parker' s N o i sy, Bst 71b.., Mr. J. Oabor ne ' s L ord Alfred, • Bst 71b A Wells) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's L a d y Tatton, 84 ( 21b Goatee) 1 ( shmall) 2 The following al so ran : -- Claret Bloong Heather, and Corcebus. , Bloo m ing Betting-5 to 4,0 n Corcebus, sto 1 agst Noisy, Bto 1 each agst Claret and Lord Alfred. Lord Alfred • tarted with the lead, Lady Tatten taking second place, Noisy th:rd, Claret fourth, Blooming Heather and Corcebus lying off. At the workhous turn, Noisy took second place, Lady Tatton going on third, and Claret fourth. At the T.Y.C. post Corcebus drew up, and joined Claret, but dropped off after rounding the turn in the straight. Noisy gained gradually upon Lord Alfred, challenged him at the Stand, and at last beat him cleverly by half a length ; three lengths between the second and third. The others beaten off. Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. The second to receive 20 Bova out of the stakes. Penalties for certain winners. Grosvenor Course. 26 subs. Mr. F. L. Popham's Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs, Est 41b nJ 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco, 5 yrs, Bst llb Oninto(Flatman) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Catastrophe. 3 yrs, sst 41b (Cromwell) 3 Quince and Lily also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Orinoco, 2to 1 agst•Jack Shep pard, sto 1 agst Lily. Won cleverly by half a length ; a length between the second and third. DRAINAGE AND WATER SUPPLY. The Earl of CAERNARVON presented a petition from the Metropolitan Sanitary Conttnissiou as to drainage and water supply. He described the system of drainage and water supply now iu force, both of which lie said were in efficient. He said the stateliest mansions in the metropolis hao lying under them masses of decomposing matter, and the very walls of that house were sapped by pestilent abo minations. Considering the fatal results attending the visitations of cholera, he urged on their lordships the ne cessity of some measures being taken to render drainage more perfect, and to obtain better and more plentiful sup plies of water. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. The Earl of CLARENDON—My lords, before your lordships adjourn I wish to take the opportunity of apolo gisiug to my noble friend opposie house on a previous occasion. My absence gave rise to some s for having quitted the remarks on his part, of which I do not complain, because it is my business to be here, to answer any que.tion which may be put to me with regard to the department over which I have the honour to preside ; bat I quitted the house upon that occasion because there was a great deal of business at the Foreign-office waiting my return, and because Ithought that my noble ft lend behind me (the Marquis of Lansdowne) had stated that the Government would lose no time in giving to your lordships the information which you have a perfect right to expect. I hope that your lordships are not under an erroneous impression that the Government have any desire to withhold from your lordships any information, and, for my own part, I hope that I am able to say with justice that I have never shown myself unwilling to answer any question which has been put to me, or to afford any information which it was in my power to give ; and I consider that duty especially incumbent upon me at the present moment of intense and natural anxiety to be correctly informed with respect to passing events. Nevertheless, I have too often experienced your lordships' kind indulgence not to feel sure that even now you will not wish me to divulge anything which might be injurious to the interests of the service. My lords, as a proof of the spirit in which the negotiations at Vienna were cat ried on, and of the desire of . the representatives of France and England to do nothing which could offend the honour and dignity of Russia—as j mentioned the other even ing in answer to a question put to me by my noble friend —the Russian Plenipotentiaries were invited themselves to take the initiative, and to propose some method by which they thought they could carry out the principle to which they had assented. The Russian Plenipo tentiaries acknowledged as, indeed, they could not. help acknowledging—the spirit in which that proposal was made; but, somewhat to the surprise of their col league's, announced that they were without any instruc tiohs upon that important subject, and that it was neces sary for them to refer to St. Petersburg. The time neces sary for that purpose was given to them, but in the mean time the representatives of England and of France declined to alter the order in which the four points stood, or to take any discussion upon the fourth point until some set lement had been arrived at with regard to that most im portant subject, the means of attaching Turkey to the European system. When the conference was again called to receive the answer which had come from St. Petersburg the Russian Plenipotentiaries said they had no proposals to make. The allied Plenipotentiaries then submitted to them a scheme which they thought that Russia might have consented to without any hurt to her dignity, and in a manner highly honourable to her as a first classtow r a e s m a o s ve the uneasiness of European Power, if she h a d b een inclined to prove a gainst future acts of pacific as she had Ea t ol Europe sewaboyerelgldai giving gaitt guarantees r be p : o l o ie r a y aggres sion which she declared she did not contemplate. The Russian plenipotentiaries asked for 48 hours to consider the proposal which was made to them, and at the end of commercial war purposes from the that time absolutely rejected them, as well as another pro posal brought forward by the F renc h Ambassador, and and ag a le loft Vienna Bl r o e e e k d s t e o s b , by u u d s o t r o e n d e excluderita seaall for vessels f alone. The conference was the n suspended, not actually eco s in order to receive broken off. My noble friend Lord , J . Lhuys and th e E ar l of t h Russellt plenipotentiary o o smof n amßi t oba 3 p,e d otht,o o ii u t t tli:tnfeesntr:aimonth,ansfdueo,w),tih. Drouyn days, M. D rouyn de Lhuyse de r a nfereu ce and the Earl of Westmoreland w eive ero invited, on the part ussi p W ro e op a ot :e ha le i sn discussions possession w o f h t i the h e tu W enr e am s n t si m o Westmoreland those ed propositions,agr agree d eei (h t t o that e bt n hu tl et not took place upon them ; b ut the representatives o f th e a lli es m made were not likely to promote the object which we have at heart. My lords, this i s th e p resent state of things ; and, al though we are prepared to censider any distinct pro posal on the part of Russia, sill it is not considered desi rable that th ese nego ti a ti ons should be continued without the prob a bility o f th e i r l ea di ng to any satisfactory result. r l ee i p n ree r t e t h o ereufportfohtseo conclusionc d o i protocols toss discussions whichlt a h i a d upon s Y tbhe o ee untra arrived r re t i, l v s ne i hp t tYs will fianth at, place, and of the feelings that were expressed by the re presentatives of each Power. (Hear.) I think your lord ships may not consider the statement I have hadthehonour to snake t o be either satisfactory or conclusive— conclusive I mean as to what has actually taken p l ace s—unless I am able to inform you of the course which Austria intends to take hereafter—(hear, hear)—and it is on this particular' EWSPAPER ~+';r~==--i i=l4'-fig. ) rt-i - ‘.5 —, i.71 .fc -- ., s \ 4, ,;'-,.' m_- The Selling Stakes. Once round and a distance. Jenny Wren 1 3 Punch Box.. Noddy. Six ran. Won by half a length. The First Year of the . Fifth Triennial Produce Stakes. T.Y.C. Filly by Cotherstone—Delaine walked over Good progress was made in the settling, which was commenced in the morning. Mr. Howard, the owner of Scythian, wins a large sum exclusive of* the stakes. Mr. Parr; the owner of the second horse, stood. to win nearly 30,0001. to a mere nothing.. His friends were also well on. The Noisy party were actuated by the strongest confidence up to the very last moment, but the recent signal defeat of their favourite strikingly exempli fied the truth of the old adage about the "cup and the lip." In a wore, it was not their day of days. Of the race itself, it may justly be said that the Chester Cup was never more honourably contested. The sport to-clay Was marked by only one incident of prospective importance ; the signal defeat of Corcebus and Claret for.the•Dee Stakes. . After the race 1,000 to 5 was taken about Lord Alfred, and .I,oooto 10 about Noisy for the Derby. 40 to 1 was betted against the " Dee Runners." The weather was very cold and wet, and the attend ance of general cluipany was consequently scanty. Several turfites returnsd to London by the express train, and were not a little surprised on passing Nuneaton to themselvesfind in the midst of a somewhat heavy snow storm. The country, in fact, presented a most wintry appearance, and was thickly covered with snow. MARICHT NFW►S-.dT.EIIB DAY., 1 CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week have been on a very moderate scale, and the show of samples to-day was limited. The inquiry for all kinds was steady; but the enhanced rates demanded by the factors checked business, consequently the sales were only to a moderate extent, at about Monday's currency. Foreign wheats were held above the views of buyers, and the transactions were comparatively small, at fully the late advance in the quotations. • Tho demand for barley was far from active, yet prices were well supported. Malt sold on former terms. Oats, beans, peas, and flour realised Monday's quota tions, with only a moderate inquiry. •RRIV•LS TRIM WREN. English .. (risk .... Foreign .. Barley. j Malt. Oats. j Flour. 2,0t0 , :1,930 190 920 6,1-0 ( 6,680 0 -- 0 22,760 1 651Iscks. Wheat. 2,110 SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was well supplied with beasts, in which only a limited business was transacted, at Monday's cur rency. The demand for all kinds of sheep was in a very sluggish state, and the quotations had a downward ten dency. Owing to the cold weather the iamb trade ruled heavy, and prices gave way 4d. per 81b. Calves, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly, at rate rates. In pigs, scarcely any business was transacted. Milch cows were heavy, at from 141. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the orals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 Seconc quality ...3 10 4 0 iSuckling calves.. 22 0 29 0 Prime crse. -wll e d.4 2 4 4;Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Lamb ss Ctl to 6s Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY. - 1 roams SUPPLY. Beasts .. ~.• • • •• .. 1.025 j Beasts.. ..... ........ . 90 Sheep ••• • • ••••• • • • - •.. 7,220 Sheep . Calves ••• .. .- • • ••• .. 200 Cafes... ••••••• • • • • • • • 16° NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets ruled heavy to-day, as follows : Per Sibs by the earearse. s. d. s. d:1 e. d. e. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 S :; 10 Do., prime largo 3 8 3 10 I Do., prime 4 0 4 Dc- , do, small._ 4 0 4 2 i Veal 3 S 4 10 rvrk, large 3 4 3 8 i Pork, small 3 10 4 4 Lamb ... . 4i 8d to 6s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The show of s amples is small, and the demand is steady, at very full prices. The imports are only 57 bales from New York. mid and East Kent pockets, 141 to 20!. ;_ Weald of Kent ditto, ill lO s N I 15/ Ifik ; Sussex, 101 Os to 111 lls ; and yegrlings, 0/ Os to 0/ per cwt. tsas:vohinacevfoerniteiodvn : 6 t, 0d3;5369fi dearer , : 1 ,1, COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very flat, and common Coo gan is dull at 9a per lb. at 6,1 per cwt ad. active request, and in some instances. SUGAR.—EarIy in the week British plantation was in 36s Gd for mid, and at 37s to 41s for good to. fine. m - d brought 38s 6d to 396 Gd for good, an d vance Barbadoes sold at 32s to 31s lid for low, at 34a o to rara crystallise 6 13 ,,t en f g or al m ha id s r th eali fi sed m, to 18s for good to fine. like Muni grainy yellow, and 37s • 6 1‘ , 1 1 u pe sCo r v o a vi d t o o 3 d 2 v s o t t : c 33 e, sv viz., g 3 ozc l l to to fize s . and fine mid,viz ~ Foreign—Cubaat an 3 a st s t o 3 g 7 o s t oofdor 42a od for d 40s Gdgood to fine grey, a and l , (3 brow n Mauri tius. White Ben area brou d g i li s t p B r s es to . 30 to • t 28s to 295, yellow at s 31a Gd, and mid t4::s ord ne grainy Mauritius selling a, groce , y at 356 to hag s ly in the week was sold P at yellow went at 38 ra s srcalise h b ow to mid at : - 33s 6d to 37 8 6d. Yellow Havanna rought 34s 6d to 395, and 6d ised:n 4 b 6 l a ic 6d ly florettes 40s 6d to 41s. Brown lumps —Plantation Ceylon 46s Gd to 47s per cwt. for other sorts. Rio was taken in at 42s 6d since Gia!teFeiF6ngs : Gd for colony low mid t o mid, 53s 6d to 58s ed export kind, and at 54s to 56s for 5:: buyers at 49s to 588 6d, and ma r washed. Jamaica found cwt. Common good. ord NativeMa labar at 52s 6d to 56s per 1t ICE.—Bengal, Ceylon went at 47s per cwt. at very little has been auct ion , sold at 14 s t o 14 s Gd , b u t a large business has publ icly t offered ; privately, however, 14s 3,1 to 14s 6d, and een done. Bengal to arrive brought SPICES. --iikir heavy on the spot 134 91 to 14s 3d for mid. 41d per lb. Pit easy Malabar went steadily at qa to wore taken lento brought scl to 51d. Zanzibar cloves at 435. freely at sd. to sfd and sid. Cassi., Vera sold Rial.—There h 3s 9d for common has been a b r i s k inquiry for Jamaica at gallon h as b quallty. For proof Demerara 2s 5d per been refused. • SALTPE CR E.—A t auction Bengal 5 per cent. refraction has been taken in at 30s, 5i per cent. at '29s, and 6 and 1011 at 26s per cwt.; privately 2 to 5 per cent. •went at 30s, being 6d per cwt dearer. COTTON.—Very full prices have been obtained. • ARROWROOT. —St. Vincent's went publicl„TAt 3.1 d to Sid per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has ruled heavy, being-54s per cwt, on the spot. GREEN FRUIT. —The cold weather has checked con sumption, and this, combined with high pric es , ow i ng to want of arrivals, has caused a dull market for all kinds of fruit this week. Lemons have suffered a depreciation in value, a cargo per Vesper and Messina, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at a reduction of 2s. to 30. pop case. Black Spanish are 3s. per barrel lower. A parcel of Para nuts has been received via New York. The Government of Finland has received instructions from the Emperor of Russia to effect a loan of 650,000 silver roubles "or any less sum as may be required," for the purpose "of increasing the means for defraying ex traordinary expenses caused by the present state of war." 7 -r X*;_ a s E bOl the re from LB 5l. ngT ei h'lt t he ffT ed ,„ ,e ta• tIA le. (1 , ,tea ,a of t" e i:l r° o r c _,J ifh :ASP