The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

) 7 't • r A d Er 0 lAL I . tv'TELLIGEN CE. CITY, TV•vC o'CLOCK. • 71, 3 cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed 7 111 . Y. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales 1 4 '9° 0 of which were for export, and 500 on specu 1 ), comprising 650 P ernam and Maranham, 4t 5 .1( 1 . to bid. ; 50 Egyptian, at 51d. ; and 1,000 ii . tir at) at 3d. to 3d. p er lb. Th e Railway Share 4411 cet was quiet, but steady. r a 't a meetin g o f th e p ro p r i e t ors i n the Canada vo rn — PatlY, held this day, the retiring directers 'ere reelected. The report showed a satisfactory 13 1.ptA r° greee of the company's affairs during the year 7) and upon the re-valuation of the land remain hg unsold it was estimated to be worth 225. 9d. 'acre. An increase was found to have taken place ad the transactions compared with the preceding ' ea r. The l an d s so ld an d l ease d exceeded those of th e • Previous year by 22,834 acres, at an advance i ' lit he price averaging. 2s. 10d. for the land sold, ti ittic i 8 8. 4d. for those leased per acre. The forma -4 of railways, the abundant harvest, and other e unistances, had contributed greatly to the en eftl,e,ed value of the company's property. A vote 'banks was passed to the chairman, .Charles r anks, E sq . p_ Th e rat es at which bills of exchange upon the ;';'_illtinental cities were yesterday afternoon nego 74ted here were steady generally. Paris, 90 days, 4 Hamburg taken at 25 42i to 45, at 13 64 to Amsterdam at 11 191 to 191, Frankfort at s'y h i to ink and Trieste at 12 36 to 42. • English funds have been flat and with scarcely 1 business doing. Consols realise 928 for Bfer, and 92 for account. Exchequer Bills 1 3 :e been quoted 69. to 95., and East India Bonds premium. The accounts from the Vienna tr i erence are professedly unsatisfactory, but tb ° majority of persons here desire no peace Clt does not insure the dismantling of Sebas , or some equally " strong material gua tee."h The necessity for borrowing a mil s to advance to Sardinia, is likewise against 4 11 1 ; 401 e, although it is not known whether Stock lb . cachequer Bills will be issued. Sardinia will 4 . 3 °9 the advantage, as she deserves, of the high edit of our Government, by having to pay only i ti Per cent., and 1 per cent. sinking fund, for wLat weri, t by the latter, instead of 6 per cent., which °h1 (1 be the terms if it borrowed of capitalists in 1 0 rdinary way. ether more is doing in foreign stocks, and % ek % are well maintained. Turkish Bonds are er however, having been done at 79i and 80k. krdinian Stock is at an improvement to 871. b e ,,liean Bonds have realised 20k, and Grenada D ef erred 54 to 6. Venezuela Stock is worth 271. 11 4,° 1 1 21 per Cents. are 62 to 63, and Danish 821, T he following are the nominal prices of foreign " :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; 111 ) 2oi to 202 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three cents., 50 t o 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., • ,_ 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; Ik t u Pour-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; i ll ti ieb. New Deferred, ist to 181 ; ditto Three Itts., 36i to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 51; tdaPassive, 4i to 4g. he e Railway Share Market has been weak, and 4: b argains have been of the most limited charac 40'e),,,h,eing principally in Caledonian, Great Western, ta t -Western, Midland, and South. Eastern. The lines are also quieter. 0 Foreign and Colonial Mines have been 1 2 and United Mexican keep firm. The t e ; t it Stock Bank Shares have been in moderate t er l iest. Crystal Palace are firm, and General ° lv-Steam likewise. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o', 'Lt ► ( Prom the (*mai I i :t. Bußiness done Oeut Consols Annuities 94 fl 4 Bonds, £lOOO C it to, under £lOOO 33 7: 1 4 ;or A ccoun t, Ap r il 92i i ,9 , eciner Bills, 2,0. 1.00 0 6 9 40 0 fir tka n 6 9 r i ,_ 1 t l L`"4 OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK ilh'h Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 52 i i lte k 7 o , ‘ a Bonds, Defrred 1 441 - 7., 4 3 per Cent. 1 4:' 4 1 Bonds, 5 per Cent. B7a b. l l Bonds, 6 per cent BO 79i Vi i ke tto for the Account . ztlela Bonds, 3a per Cent. Pro. , ividendw on the above payable in London. Ditto 10 Itentes, 3 per Cent. Dle Scri 0 'D,., a Zaeliap nge. 2. per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 6 Q 2 , 1 3 itto 4 par Cent. Certificates . HALF-PA , s'i l TWO. Console.. ................................... 92 i i Ditto, April Account. ... 921 A ANOTHER PRUSSIAN CIRCULAR. a The following is the text of a confidential circular 71 3 ateh issued by the Prussian Cabinet to its re "sentatives at the Courts of Germany. . " BERLIN, MARCH 16. Iteferring to my circular of the Bth inst., I hasten d o fo rward you, for the purpose of completing your 4tr t nents, a copy of the Austrian Circular of Feb. 28th, eli has been brought to our notice from various guar ! tf t ,'.,with the expr e ssion of surp r is e and displeasure that Isi Lk. ' . abinet of Vienna should have taken such steps piton previou s ly or even sim ultaneously informing us b l P ril,,, e4l . The text of the annexed (Austrian Circular of (14 ?.) 28th), which at the time of our circular of %A C? inst. was not yet known to us, is only cal !lstteo to strengthen us in the views expressed in the V e . It is evident, beyond contradiction, that the S: ilet of Vienna is desirous of substituting its own ,Nt ei , 6l : 'for these of the Diet, and to this end it attri - Nit !) us intentions which we do not entertain ; it kte Provocations where no impartial judgment can silt and adduces the views which prevailed at the 4 ti ti l ion of the treaty of April and its Additional Pepe le a s the sole guide of action, in the place of the IV principles of the Confederation. I t would take up too much space, by reference to the llt:XPressions made use of by our organ at the Diet, 1 ~°°o all the incorrectness contained in the Austrian and I confine myself in this respect simply to Put forward in my circular of the Bth inst. The 4e and and correctness of our views, as expressed there, so A o Perfectly beyond all dispute, that, with any one 'lltlijefuses to recognise them, reasons and argument tiardly be of any avail. dep t 4 40 not hesitate to designate as a decided mis-state tikli ' h at Herr von Bismarck-Schenha,usen either offi ol or non-officially has declared that Prussia would I ttl r ! for the entire Kriegsbereitsch,aft of the Federal S o Bsec. tits _fses, His Majesty's representative at the Confe tlip:°n, who has been more surprised at this expression J l cto, ) Plit into his mouth by the Austrian circular of than by the other Dais-statement it contains, has Na t ;• : e d in the most positive manner, that he said no- Ni l t s that could even be misunderstood in the sense % Vi e d, and confidently appeals to his colleagues for ,„°,booration. • ~,"t ' hat soon after the sitting, the expression alluded N I " Passed from mouth to mouth, as having been Zt t Rerr von Bismarck, by persons who could not ,ne k nown wl. at had passed in the tiltflOZ. is, indeed, 'ut4 "nencethis information originated we are ig , 4t. ''/Ote of Herr von Bismarck's (as member of the L'h o l • t i lit tee on the question of the garrison of Rastadt) , L`kled , however, had nothing of the tendency above al 10t, to, could not at the time have come to the know- I frok tif the Austrian Federal Representative, Baron von i N tS oh, and cannot therefore in the remotest degree lo u ''erved as a ground for the latter's report, which ktt t ij can have given rise to the statements made in the ...„'ar despatch of Feb. 28. he nature of this sort of reporting is thus put into \Per li g ht. I will not wast e a wo rd upon it. k h ', llo short remark, however, I cannot omit making. Buol strives in vain to explain himself how 1 0 at titude a t th e Di e t ca n possibly be brought into : 4 to tk , with the missions to London and Paris. our attitude at the Diet were of a nature offen -01,,—,,91e Western Powers, (as according to the fictions Cabinet of Vienna it is represented to be, but in . Nl l 7 . , not in the remotest degree), Count Buol's L N: i i,moo about seeing us involved in contradictions I.te k .7,congruities can at any time be removed by the ls - , 4 ) that according to the express command of his - e7 t Y the King a regular understanding with i ..‘tir 4 hinets of London and Paris cannot be attained , rrussia has, by participation in the peace a N PQ, r , e neeFt, acquired a thorough knowledge of the full 4% I ,;" of the bases of peace, for the attainment of which io . 4121 ( 1 have to enter into obligations. Our position in 1 0 - r • i Pect is exactly that indicated in the despatch of i t " . 23 addressed to Graf Bernstorff and Graf Ilatsfeldt. there has nothing taken place between us and the L (l eki" vrn Powers beyond a confidential interchange of . 1; 4 ' ‘% , l l , l : l ' o n l which we . , for our part, have net departed, I 4, 11 44 . L u ich character if it had been observed on all sides, • ,Perbaps, have prevented reany misunderstand et interchange of views, hoe evEr, cannot, with tp.„ - e B incere desire of arriving at an understanding, of all °D. us any obligations by anticipatten, and least S tirpo t 'eod the timid apprehension of an appearance ti • 11 to °cation prodivie in U 3 any intermission in acti g 00 51 t h ° III' convictions, based as they are on the Fire 41 11; 41 44 (1 the resolutions of the Diet, with their a.cconi motives. If Count Buol finds an incongruity , 1 k : 1 11 0. ', N ve confess ourselves unable t.) remove it for 1,„"e should, however, at the sante time, like to si,ftto: * the Cabinet of Vienna reconciles basing its we -I llation on the dangers that threaten on the 4 tlr o f P • t k to 4ti Prussia, and its urging the deploying of Ottri i ,Y 8 military power to meet them, with its simul. kt ltte i 14 Profession of hopes of peace, which it puts for th„ c onnection with the negotiations now opened, INC conciliatory attitude assumed at them by the 4• I).o_Otative of Prussia. have the goodness, on fitting occasions, rem Yourself confidentially in the sense of the fore arks. " MANTEUFFEL." SBARE MARKETS. ('hiB DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILM ATE, Machu Prices yesterday Businees done this day. At ei,fe6l Ambg. Nottrg. Bosi and Baqn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Welverh. S Stour Birkenhd. Lanesh. 6 Cheshire Juliet Do. Cheer. & Birk.. £5O sad £25 Cons Do., ..... myth ,k.rrynl origins £25 (issd. at Bristol and 'Exeter Caledon7a,n 20i z 1 - 41 84 -- Si Bi -12 i 16 - 17 74 88 - 90 64 - 641. Cal marthen and Car digan .. . . C este r d Holyhead 'Cork an.d. Cork, Back, &. Pas, Cornwall Ilricff Junction )üblin &Bens t.Tunc Dundee Perth &Abe: Been Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ...... 12 - 13 6 - 8 3i - 2i 5 - 14 - 15 11i - 114 23 - 80 20 -2:?, De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgost Ediub. and Peebles.. Edin. PAL, & Dundee & Clyde June ' Furness 72 74 57 59 2d par 20 Do. Extension.. Glasgow &S. Wester; reat Northern. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 68 - 70 88 - 89 72 - 74 123 - 125 91. - 65 G 5. Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk 60 - 62 Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 70 - 73 6 - 7 6 7 76 /6.3 Do. New Thirds„ Laneash.anclYorksb Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lOl. Do. Eighths London and S. Westo Do., £5O Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Vrmich.Shof Do. No. ] i)o.,Man.&,Lin. Un 7vfidland 7i 97 991 100 is -4d ea 1 83 84 8 8 7 24i - 25 8 - 69A - 70 41 - 43 )o. l3irmng. & Derb) Aialcl. Q. West. (Ire,; i)o. Half Shares NTeweastle & NTewnikt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrt:l awry & Enniskillei iev.Try Warrenpoint and Rostrevor ,lorfolk 11 -- . 1? 1 - 2 NTortlin.Counties Un orth British 48 - 50 3$ 31 28. ... 233 7 9 North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 )0., 2 A Deferred.. Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwie' Do. do. Extension .. D o. do. G.N.E. Pure?! Do. Leeds Do. York —1; 5 7 71 • 72 3i t 2 i 13 48i 49i 49 - 50 d par 441 6.1 1d ar 'forth Lonrton Do. Now £lO Nl.&S.Wstrn.,Haral , stead, and City Jn. north Staffordshire. north Western.,,,, v. & S. Westrn. June stuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ..... . Word, Worcester,& Wolverhampton .., "ortsmouth 29 - 30 leottish Central ~ 100 - 102 64 - t:5 Scottish Midland :Itrewsby. dz Ilorefd 41iropsliire Union 4outh Devon 45 - 47 121 13 61. 62, 1 , 27. - 281 4 - 2 2 - 1 -loatL Eastern.. , South Wales ;. Yrksh. SI Riv. Pm 3G - 38 i€stt a:, tftines, Wok. &Wol, itockton t Dar Eli -Acton 31 Hartle); raft' vale • . ')o.£10 shares :)o. Pref., No. 1 Pliames Haven Doel and Railway Vale of Neatil Watert & Vaterford&L:ineri , West Cornwall Vest End of Londc7 and Crystal Palace 'est London Nimbledn & Croyrim 4i - 4:1 16 16i 4 - 5 22- 4 5i - 6 - 7 FOR EIGN . intwerpaltotterdam Belgian Basta. June I I teziers to Graisseame Bombay, Baroda, and Central I nclia,Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and BeFancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Ey:iension Do. , q p. c. Bds., pay '57 convertible Do. do. (L: '59, do Tk of C laciaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc, Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle, Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c ' prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Aadras Do. New Nfaria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dg Liege (with inforant).. Do. (ex interost) Northern of Franco. Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854._ Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref l Paris and Lyons 1 Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish,. Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref.' southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . West Flanders...., all Do 5i per c. Pref._ 16 Western of France._ 11 Wer ., . of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan3 British N. America": Chartd. Bank of Asia (Thrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & ()him Colonial Commercial of Loud Erglish Scottish and Australian Loud. Cl a.rti. bk. 01 F)itto Nc,-; London a? County.. London Jc. int Stock.. Loud. & Wertminste) National I-'rovincia- of England Now National of Ireland 1 Now South Wales._ Oriental Bank of ' Corporation rrovivelal of Ireland Do. New Royal Autraln.l3kg 3.r, Gold Imp Co =oathAustralia I Union Jf Do. New ••• Union of LondOn,— 84 Sg 1 - 14 - 24 par 4 p 2 - 34A -34 i 5 3 - 6 i 21 - 2r 11 - '6 -- *i 9i -8, 49 511 89 91 24 2i I aP 2 - 2i 2i - 3 17i - 18 96 - 98 96 - 93 100 - 102 93 95 19 -19 i 93 - 100 ... -- (Us 2 -- 2ip par iP li ltip ni 7k 341 -34 i 121 -12 i - 9 22 -22 i pl 47 49 40 42 Pro 22 —22 i par 2 lid 8k 811 ••• ... ... pm 3i 4 Ei : fir i'il=iii BANKS. 82 -- 84 f'd = 0 3 —• 23,1 20 21 4 d :h) ... - •.. 33 - 35 39 - 41 37 -- 39 65 - 67 7} • 8 100 1 all all 100 100 all all 1 65i i 5 76 i 9S 99i 156 71i 2 li Gl} i '474 dies WEDNXIDAY RIPENING, MARCH IS , tisi‘ LINtB .LEAStD ATFIXED E:glll,ALg. Shy eat& ICU:LW/al. Leasing Ctosink Price, Business c, an s , yesterday. this day. 50 all ic, , lford and London & flietchlcy N. West. , St. 100 3nckghamsh. L.&N.W. 5 97 St. LA/ Clydesdale•Te Caledon 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C..... ... St. WO E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Calclonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New. DO ••• ••• 25 all G'lstr.esDn.Fi Gt. Weser 100 all rlrtlpl. Dk. Sz Yk. New. Railway & llerw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N 11 104 106 25 all Do. 6 Shares. Do.. • ••• 126 all Do. 4 -1 Shares. Do — 12 all Lon.& Greener S. Ea.steri 124 1: 4 1 20 all Do.Preferene( Do 23 —24 10 all Lon.,Til.,&S Peto &Co. 1.04 111 3t. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — • St. WI) Do. 6 per et. • ••• 56 all .`4anch. BAIL L.& N.W and Matlocl & Midld. 2 -44 50 all Iliddle%bro' SI Stckton Reckar. Darlinzt. •• • 10( all Midld.Bindfd Midland 9O 92 916 50 all Northern an Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do ••• ••• 50 all Do. Fixcels p•• Do • ••• 25 all ['rest. & Wyre L. & N.W. &Ln&Yk 126 all Do. 6 Shares. Do ••• St. 030 floystn.&Hit. GtNorthr 130 133 25 18 Shef.Roth an'. Lancash& Gooleg.sp.c. Yorksh.•l2 96 S. Staffordsh. NLMClean 21 2 d 50 all WearYalleygi Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 32 326 St. 100 Wilts&Comrst 14tWestn• 89 91 89 PREFERENCE SHARES. berdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 5012 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO St. 20 St. 15 Mester & Holybeae Guar. 5i per cent... Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. 'fork &13andon52p.e. Dundee Perth &Aber- 93 6 2i al] all all all deen Junction &astern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No. ) Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. ets Test and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dunde. 4 per cont. Glas g ow & S.Westeri Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. p.c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm_ Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre. , Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pr zf. St Gt. Westn. (Berks A Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4p. c Do. irred. 4p.e. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do, do. do Do. do. do 5 10 St. St. 5 Lan. & York. P. £2l Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Bright'' , Guaranteed 5 p. o . Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Wester Con. Thirds 12. 12i 10 I I Londonclerly& Cole. ) Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sl Wan., Shef., & Lin New, £lO 4 Do. £6 11arypt.&Carl.4p c ')u. 41 per cent 102 - 103 90 - 92 ii = ii 97 1 — go 2 4d 5i -- 6 -- 1 - 12i -- 131 58 - 62 • . .xa 1 . 5 117 07 - 109 .CO - 102 i - ip 6-6 96 - 98 87 - 89 - 91 10 - 104 16} - 17} 10 - 104 71 - 73 181 - - 9i 14 -14 i .33 - 135 ••• ..... ••• 2i - 3 r 12i - 13 i - iP NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. Foxhunter King of Trumps Fourteen ran. LATEST BETTING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 6 to 4 agst Scherz (taken) ALTHORP-PARK STAKES. 6t) 4 agst Queen's Head (taken) 2to 1 agst Slander C alt (offered) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Marc Antony A.RRlVED.—Hercules. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE --(THIS DAY.) The committee resumed their inquiry this morning w the usual hour: Dr. Menzies was recalled, and stated that his position at Scutari was an anomalous one, and he did not know really what to do. Dr. Cumming was his superior officer, and gave orders frequently without consulting hins, and he felt himself so awkwardly placed that he was often at a loss how to act. Dr. Cumming arrived at the hospital in November. The Chairman—WLat made you believe that he was your superior °Mc( r ? Dr. Menzies replied that Dr. Cumming was his senior in the service ; and on his arrival he (witness) considered himself superseded. He threw off all responsibility from his own shoulders after the day Dr. Cumming arrived. Mr. Layard—Therefore, that being so, Dr. Cumming was responsible for anything that went wrong after his arrival ? Dr. Menzies replied that he.should say so. He un derstood Dr. Cumming was his superior, and considered he ought to obey Dr. Cumming's order. He considered Dr. Cumming was responsible for the orders he gave. Lord Seymour.—You stated the other day that you bad the charge of that hospital from June until the Ist of January last ; do you mean to abide by that state ment ! Dr. Menzies.—l do. Lord Seymour.—Well, then, you were responsible. Mr. Drurnmond.—Did Dr. Cumming show you any document by virtue of which he superseded your autho rity ? Dr. Menzies.—He did not. Mr. Ball.—Did Dr. Cumming give any order which you considered interfered with your management of the hospital ? Dr. Menzies.—No. The Chairman--What authority did he give which led you to believe that he was your superior ? Mr. Menzies—He gave no authority at all. The Chairman—Then why did you obey his orders Dr. Menzies—l always regarded him as my superior. He was above me in rank and seniority. Examination continued—As all reports were made to him, and he was responsible for what was done in the hospital, perhap., strictly speaking, he ought not to have recognised Dr. Cumming's orders. He was under the impression that he had come there to assume the command of the hospital. Mr. Layard—Did you remonstrate with Dr. Andrew Smith on your "anomalous" position, as you term it ? Dr. Menzies—No. When Dr. Cumming arrived ho wrote to Dr. Smith, telling him of the fact, and asked to be relieved from a share of his responsibility. The Chairman —A "share" of your responsibility. Mr. Layard then resumed the examination of the witness at the point he left off at yesterday. He ob jected to the position of the dead house fixed upon by Dr. M‘Gre e gor, because it was inconvenient and dis agreeable to the patients. He did all he could to keep the hospital in proper order, but the Committee must allow that his position was a very trying one. The large numbers of sick who were continually arriving quite overwhelmed him, and the numerous duties he had to perform rendered it quite impossible he could see' to everything, All he could do was to give directions to the different officers. The Chairman —Did you complain of your position, or notify what you have just stated to any person ? Dr. Menzies—Nn. The Chairman—Then why do you complain now'? Why did you not complain then ? Dr. Menzies—Because I thought it was of no use— and I knee that there was nobody to relieve me at that time. Mr. Lay:ll-I—Sir. Osborne stated that there were no operating tables in the hospital. Is that true or not ? Dr. Menzies—l question the truth of that statement. Mr. Layard--Are yon aware that the boards and tressels used for such purposes were so rioketty that a pen.on was obliged to sit upon them to keep them steady I Dr. Menzi, s —I never heard of that. ARMY _BEFORE SEDASTOPOL COM- MITTEL. (Continued fr•onz our first edition of yesterday.) Mr. Flower, in continuation, said—To the sick it was generally given out, but not always. When the wet weather set in the illness increased amongst the men. The knapsacks were not given out to the men who were lying wet and sick in the tents. It was a regulation of the service against which strong remonstrances were made. The men suffered very severely from the want of change of clothing, which might have been prevented by giving them their knapsacks. The officers did not suffer a like inconvenience, because they took up their clothing with them. Up to the time he landed in the Crimea, in Sept., till he left in the middle of Dec., nearly three months, the men had not changed their clothing. After the battle of Inkerman there were between 200 and 300 men of his regiment fit for duty out of the 1,020 who were taken out from Ireland, and an additional 100 the regiment received out there. The men were_ greatly overworked, and exposed to the weather. Ho had fre quently heard men say that they Lad to work in the trenches two days and nights out of three. About twice a week the men had tea, at other time 3 coffee. Mr. Layard—How was the coffee served out ? Mr. Flower—Always green. Mr. Layard—How did the men roast it ? Mr. Flower—They roasted or charred it on the top of the camp kettle, and pounded it wail a large stone or cannon ball. Mr. Layard—Do you think that was proper for the men ? Mr. Flower—Oh, no. It was nothing like coffee. I tasted more like charcoal and water. Examination continued—He was taken ill, and sent on requisition for removal. That requisition had to go through five different departments for "permission." Ho remained a week in that state, but the permission never came back, and he was at last removed by order of the medical board. All requisitions for removal of the sick had to go through the same process. While he was in the Crimea his tent was blown down, and he and his men bad to lie on the ground 24 hours. The result was that he was frostbitten, and five of his men died. The sick on being conveyed from the Crimea to Scutari were lying about on the decks without any bed ding. There were 25 orderlies in the ship he was sent over in, but they were all sick, weakly men. The pa tients were in a filthy state, and covered with vermin. Between 20 and 30 died between the Crimea and Scu tari. Some of the patients were landed by means of a steam tug immediately ; others remained three or four days. The whole of the patients were not cleared out until after the expiration of ten or twelve days. Sir J. Pakington—•Do you think the number of deaths in that passage was increased in consequence of the defective arrangements made for their conveyance I Mr. Flower—No doubt. Examination continued—He believed that the pa tients were all supplied with food during the passage. He remembered an order which had been issued by Dr. Hall prohibiting the use of chloroform. The impression of the medical men out there was de cidedly opposed to that order. He (witness) always ad ministered chloroform in cases of amputation, both from motives of humanity and as tending to secure the suc cess of the operation. He did not believe that the use of chloroform was dangerous either in gun-shot wounds, or in any other cases. The official return in connection with the Victoria— the vessel in which witness was brought from the Crimea to Scutari—was handed in. It stated that 1G persons died on the passage, but witness said there were many more than that. He also denied the accuracy of other portions of the return ; amongst other things, the time occupied in the passage. Ly General Peel—The 63d Regiment consisted chiefly of recruits, and the regiment appeared to have suffer ed more than any other. He should not have complained of the hardships on the march had they not continued so long afterwards. 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Dr. Menzies—lt did not occur to me at first, but I thought of it when the wounded arrived. Mr. Layard —When the wounded arrived ! (A. laugh.) Nevertheless you had operations performed in one of the wards, in the sight o f th e o th er p a tients. Could you not ave appropriated some other place, or sepa rated that portion of the room from the others in some way Dr. Menzies—l directed the proper person to provide a place, but be did not do it ; and, as I said before, I bad so much to do that to see after everything myself was quite impossible. (Laughter.) Mr. Layard —Did you discharge, or report, or punish that person for neglecting your orders on such an essen tial point 1 Dr. Menzies—l did not. Mr. Layard—Then how could you expect your orders to be attended to in other respects ? No reply. Mr. Layard—Did you ever reprimand, censure, or dismiss any person connected with the hospital ? Dr. Menzies—Yes, I sent away one officer from the hospital. Mr. Layard—Who was he ? Dr. Menzies--One of my clerks. Mr. Layard—A copying clerk ? (A laugh.) Dr. Menzies—Yes. (Renewed laughter.) Examination continued—Mr. Wreford was, he should say, about 60 t) 63 years of age. He did not perform his duties to his (Dr. Menzies') satisfaction ; on the con trary, he opposed his authority. Mr. Wreford was still at the head of the purveyin g department. He (Dr. Menzies) was the responsible person for seeing that the sick and wounded were properly provided for on board ship for their pa:sage home. The Chairman—Then you were to blame if, as we have been told, they were sent away without proper necessaries? __ Dr. Menzies—Yes, I presume so. (Laughter.) Examination continued—First-class Staff-Surgeon Carr was his assistant in performing operations in the general hospital, and Dr. M`Gregor at the barrack hospital. He should say that there was not a sufficient medical staff in the hospitals to insure the safety of the patients. Although the numbers were few the men worked hard, and were engaged night and day in their arduous duties. He was not present at all operations, though it was an universal practice, at all general hospi tals, that the head of the medical department should always be present on such occasions. [LEFT SITIING.] MARLBO.ROUGH-STREET.-;-(THIS DAY.) THE EXTENSIVE BANK ROBBERY AT VICTORIA. A well-dressed and good-looking young wo man, who stated her name to be Mary Garrett, the wife of the no torious Henry Beresford G ar rett, who i s a t present under remand on the ch arge of being concern ed with others in robbing the Victoria Bank, Australia, applied to the court under the following circumstances : She said that she was married to the prisoner at Syd ney some few years ago, and that, about two years ago, she left Australia and came to England, he promising to remit her, from time to time, money for her support. She, however, never received a farthing, and was at present in the greatest distress. - Mr. Leadley (the chief clerk) inquired what her ob ject was in coming here. _ Applicant said .she had seen a report in the papers stating that prisoner was in custody on the charge of robbing the bank'at Victoria, and that he had deposited a large sum of money in the bank. She therefore wished to know if the court could not grant her an order to re ceive a portion of that money for her support ? Mr. Leadley said an attachment had been put upon that money, as no doubt it WM a part of the proceeds of the robbery. Applicant said she wag not aware of the robbery, nor did she know the prisoner was in England until she saw it in th 3 paperA. The woman who came over with him, and with whom he was ecxtialaing at the time of the robbery, was a married womi.n, and her husband was still living. Mr. Leadley said the court c mild do nothing for her. It she wa; destitute and in distress, she must apply to the parish in which she slept last. Applicant thanked Mr. L;,:tdley and left the court. THE MiurrA.—The Royal Hants Militia, quartered at 1 - falar (Glo,:pert).and Fort Monckton, were in a very insubordinate sta'e on l‘londay morning when mustered on parade. When the assembly sounded about 300 of the old soldiers--those attested under the former act— refused to tall in, and piled their arms at the other end of the barrack•yard. On being asked their reason far behaving so irregularly, they told the commanding officer they had served the time they were attested for, and they wished to go borne. The major commanding told them he would represent their grievances to the autho rities in a proper manner. The mild course bad the desired effect, and the men fell in as usual. Dr. Menzies was recalled—Having explained some mis-statements he made in his evidence yesterday, he proceeded to say, in answer to Lord Seymour, that the reports made to him by Dr. M`Gregor were not always satisfactory. Occasionally it was men tioned that lie had not sufficient assistance in regard to medical men. Some medical men were sent to him from Malta, but he never sent them away with the remark that he did not require their services. They arrived after the battle of the Alma. He did not apply for them, but Lord Stratford recommended him to avail himself of the assistance of any civilians who might offer themselves. His lordship went through the hospital and saw that there was not sufficient medical attendance. He (witness) was aware of that, and had made an application to Dr. Hall and Dr. Andrew Smith. He availed himself of all the assis tance he could obtain. He had no notes by which he could tell the dates at which he made the application. Dr. M`Gregor obtained two private practitioners from Constantinople. Including those who came from Malta, he thought he obtained the services of about seven civilians. When Dr. M`Gregor took charge of the barrack hospital he made no special report in regard to its condition. Dr. M'Greffor made several reports, but he could not remember what was the nature of them. He trenaemberal that on one or two occasions be complained of the want of orderlies. He (witness) on inspecting the hospital thought it was not in a proper state of cleanliness, but that there were many difficulties in the way of keeping it in a sati,factory condition. Ho represented the matter to the commandant, but be had no copy of the letter. Various reports had been made to him, but he had left them all at Scetari. (Laughter.) He hal no books here of an official character, or in which he had preserved documents re lative to the discharge of his duties. It was in the mouth of July last that he communicated with Maj,,r Sillery, the Commandant, as to the state of the barracks. The Commandant applied to the engineers' department, and they male the necessary alterations, but the evil could not be remedied. The engineers put it into as good order as they could, but he was always dissatisfied. Mr. Layard—Do you think that when you had made representations as to the state of the hospital you had done your duty, and were justified in then leaving the matter to take care of itself ? Dr. Menzies—l could do nothing else. I made fre quent representations as to the condition of the barrack hospital, and pointed out the cause of the nuisances. By Lord Seymour—He knew that some further means were taken to remedy the defects, and he became satis fied after August. He could not say that the barrack hospital was perfectly clean at that time, or that it was free from offensive smells. (Laughter.) Dr. Menzies then condemned the system of cooking adopted at the hospital, which he said was the fault of the purveyor. In reference to the charge which had been made against him, that persons unfit for duty had been sent back to the Crimea, he denied that any blame was attached to him, inasmuch as he had left the whole direction of the matter to another officer. If that officer neglected his duty be ought to be punished. He had no reason to complain of the medical men under his charge, who all did their duty well. He admitted that, in many cases, there was great irregularity in supplying the men in hospital with their dinners and other meals, and no doubt great suffering was the result. He wrote over and over again to the purveyor, but he would not obey his orders. At ten minutes before four the committee adjourned until to-morrow. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was moderately supplied with English wheat. All kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's quota tions. The general condition of samples was good. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Holders gene rally were very firm in their demands ; but the amount of business doing was trifling, on former terms. Floating cargoes were much neglected. We had a fair sale for barley, at full quotations; but malt was much neglected. The oat trade was dull, but no change took place iu Beans, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. ♦RRIVALS TIM WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 1 Flour. 1,620 2,180 2,480 190 i 1,560 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. - 3 520 sks. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is tolerably firm. Iu prices we hare no change to notice. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat moved off slowly, at our quotations : —Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 49 6d ; veal, 3s 63 to 48 6d; pork, 3s Od to 43 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 28.—Wind and weather this day at noon, E. ; light breeze, and hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, S. to W. Arrived— H.M.S. Malacca, from the Crimea. Sailed —American Congress, for New York. PLYMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, W. Arrived—Queen of Ava, from Falmouth, for Rangoon, to be docked. FALMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, variable. Arrived— H.N.M. steamer Merapie, from Batavia, for Helvaet. STOCKTON, March 27.—Wind, N. Arrived— Wildflower, from Prince Edward's Island. ANTWERP, March 27.—The Lenrwarden (s.s.), from London to Oporto, stranded near the latter port on the 21st February, remained in the same position on the 14th inst., with little hope of getting off. [Diem.—This vessel was reported front Amsterdam, on the 12th March, as having lo,:cn zot off, and taken into Oporto.] (PER ELECTRIC TELEGi:APII.) LIVERPOOI„ Wednesday Morning. Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Speed, from Callao ; Stan:lard, Charleston. Sailed—Theodore Dill and A. B. Simpson, for Calcutta; Rafaelita, for Aalsund ; Saxon, Demerara; Charter Oak, Savannah. (BY SUBMABINE AND Bra'us!' TELEGITAFff.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.27 a.m. 'Wind, N.N.W. ; light, and hazy. Passed—Paris and London (s.), from Paris, for London. THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS BlLL.—Yester day, at a Court of the City Commission of Sewers, a report was read showing the nature cf the above mea sure, and the machinery by which its provisions will be carried out. Oa the motion of Mr. Deputy Harrison, it was unanimou,ly resolved, after some discussion, that the bill should be referred to the General Purposes Committee, to examine and repurt upon its contents. Mr. COBDEN seeing his hon. and learned friend the member for Sheffield in his place, he wished to ask him a question, ♦iz., when it was the intention of the com mittee sitting on the state of the army before Sebastopol to lay the evidence which they had taken before the house ? He wished also to ask, whether the committee might Rot consider it proper to print and deliver the evidence daily, seeing that it appeared front day to day in the newspaper;, and occasionally in an incomplete form ? Mr. ROEBUCK said the committee had determined to report the evidence up to the last day of the sitting befQrc Easter. On the second point, he did not think the benefit which would be derived from daily printing the evidence would be worth the trouble and expense it would necessarily occasion. Mr. FRENCH wished to know from the hon. and learned gentleman when the committee were likely to make their final report ? (A laugh Mr. ROEBUCK said that was rather a difficult question to answer, but he entertained a cmfident hope that the committee would be able to close its labours shortly after Easter, (Hear, hear.) IMPERIAL PAltt hall NT: HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took hie seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from Rugby praying for the better observance of the Lord's•day. The noble lord then said, seeing his noble friend opposite, he begged to ask whether the two resolutions in connection with the speedy trial of offenders—which he saw by the votes had been postponed sine die —would be proceeded with, and, if so, at what time ? His (Lord Hatherton's) residence was in one of the most populous towns in England, and he was fully acquainted with the evils arising from the existing state of the criminal law. He was most desirous to see some measure introduced for the more speedy trial of criminals charged with petty offences. Lord BROUGHAM said that in consequence of the all-absorbing interest felt in the war in which we were most unfortunately engaged, he found it difficult to obtain attention either in Parliament or out of doors to a subjea which he deemed of the greatest importance. Notwit standinw, however, the difficulty which stood in the way, he intended to persevere in pressing forward the measure on the subject, and of either moving for the appointment of a commission, or of 'a committee, to inquire into the whole subject and t) report thereon. TREATY WITH SARDINIA. The Marquis of EREADALBANE brought up the reply to the address voted by that house, in answer to her Majesty's Message, relating to the convention en tered into with the King of Sardinia. The reply of her Majesty was as follows :—" I thank you for your loyal and dutiful a idress, and for your assurance that you concur in such measures as may be necessary to enable me to fulfil the engagement I have, in conjunction with the Emperor of the French, eat:red into with the King of Sardinia." THE PERSEVERANCE. Earl TALBOT inquired whether it was true, as was reported, that the screw steam-ship Perseverance,iwhich had met with the accident at the moment she was about to be launched, had been sold, and at what sacrifice There was also a rumour to the same effect with respect to two other steam-ships that had been purchased. Earl GRANVILLE said that the Perseverance screw steam-ship bad been purchased of the Messrs. Mare, of Blackwall, in May, and that the Urgent and another vessel had also been purchased. The second of these had been launched, but neither of the three skips had been sold or offered for sale. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Ecclesias tical Courts Bill was postponed till Friday. MILITIA (IRELAND) BILL. Lord PANMURE moved the second reading of this bill. The Earl of WICKLOW hoped that as soon as the bill passed into a law the noble lord would have the goodness to issue a circular, setting forth in detail what the duties and responsibilities of the militia would be under the existing law. Lord PANMURE said that as soon as the bill passed he would notify to the Lord-Lieutenants the state of the law, whose duty it would be to take measures for having it generally known. The bill was then read a second time. The Despatch of Business Court of Chancery Bill was reported with amendments. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four •'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. HIGGINS presented a petition from the Grand Jury of Mayo against the Irish Poor Relief Bill. Mr. LAVARb presented a petition from Merthyr Tydvill againot the opening of public-houses on Sunday. Mr. SPOONER presented two petitions from places ;n Warwickshire—one praying the house not to sanc tion the opening of any public place of amusement on Sundays, and the other praying for the repeal of Church rates. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from a place in the West Riding, praying for the repeal of taxes on knowledge. Mr. STERLING presented petitions from Perth, and other places in Scotland, in favour of his Scotch Educa tion Bill. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from the congregation frequenting Denmark-street Chapel, pray ing for the abolition of Church rates. Sir E. PERRY presented a petition from Stanehouse, praying that no terms may be agreed to which do not recognise the claims of Foland. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition from a place in Northumberland against border marriages, which were the cause of great misery and immorality, praying the house to pass a bill to prohibit them. Mr. BROTHERTON and other hon. members pre sented petitions praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. THE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. Mr. WILSON brought up the Civil Service Esti mates, which were ordered to be laid upon the table. THE NAVY. Captain SCOBELL gave notice that early after Easter he should move the appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into the management of the navy, with a view of reporting such reforms as they might deem necessary. E D UCATIO N. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that on Friday next he should ask whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure this session to alter the constitution of the Privy Council Board of Education! POSTAGE STAMPS. Mr. DUNLOP asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether arrangements would be made by which parties in Scotland and Ireland desirous of having letter paper stamped with the postage stamp would be enabled to have that done at the Stanop-offices in Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, or whether they would be required to resort to Londoni ■ order to participate iu that privi lege ? - 11 Ir. WILSON replied that such stamps would only be issued at the head-office in London. ARSENAL AT YARMOUTH. Sir E. LACON asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether any report had been received from the cora mrinding officer of engineers at Harwich, or from any officer sent down for the purpose, relative to the arsenal at Yarmouth ; if so, whether that report recommended that building to be converted into barracks ; and if it was intended to have an artillery force stationed at Yar mouth ; further, if it was the intention of the Board of Ordnance to erect new batteries at the entrance to the harbour, or upon any commanding situation in the im mediate neighbourhood ? Mr. MONSELL, in reply to the first question, said a report had been received condemning the arsenal. To the second question, he 'stated that it was intended to station some militia artillery at Yarmouth ; and in re ply to the third question, he said orders had been given for the erection of batteries at the mouth of the river Yar. INTRENCHMENT TOOLS. Mr. MONSELL took the opportunity of replying to a question put to him the other day by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. The hon. and learned member had asked him whether a commission which sat at the camp at Chobham did not report against the intrench ment tools which had been sent out to the Crimea. He bad made inquiries into the matter, and he found that no such commission sat at Chobham, and conse quently there could have been no such report made against the tools. THE MILITIA. Viscount CHELSEA asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, a distinct pledge having been given on the 14th day of May, 1854, by the Duke of New castle, then Minister of War, and an understanding ar rived at that militiamen enrolled under the provisions of the act of 1852 should not be called upon against their consent to serve for more than 56 days in the year dur ing the period for which they enlisted, the noble lord was prepared to give an assurance that it was not the inten tion of the Government to take advantage of the power which, in the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, was conferred by the 15 and 16 Vic. c. 50, to subject men, when ever enrolled, to the full obligations imposed by those acts, but that some method would be devised to enable such rcilitiaraen as express themselves unwilling thanlling to serve fo a greater number of days in each tiiey r year were originallyreturn t m e hatdeei r homes liable to s by ? th e terms of their enlistment, to Lord PALMERSTON said the law was framed by the law officers of the Crown, and the Government hal full right to require from militiamen complete obedience to that law, but it was quite true that there was a sort of expectation held out by the late Minister at War that ti:at obligation would not be strictly enforced, and the noble lord now Secretary at War was about to issue a circular to the militia, the object of which would be to give the men who enlisted before the act of last year the option of either re-attesting or returning home after the 56 days' service. RECONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF Mr. MU NTZ POLAND. from Birmingham, presented a petition n umerously signed, condition ref an indel:eanY(ilienttnhaattio' the Government to aid iu the restoration of Poland to the stepsn:' should be taken by Mr. PHINN rose for the purpose of submitting to the house the following resolution :—" That an humble address be Presented to her Majesty, praying that she will ba gra ciously pleased to command that, in the event of negotiations being commenced with a view to peace, her Majesty's envoys should use their best exertions for the reconstruction of the kingdom of Poland within its ancient limits, as a measure just and necessary in itself, in accordance with the ancient policy of this country, and as absolutely essential to the duo maintenance of the balance of power in Europe." The hon. Via SUN, LOW 63i 4 100 100 1 100 100 00 100 10 1.0. q 20 20 20 25 allreeeeeeee'ereeeeeekeessa l easeress*Merefee34l r axtt ltaireed iaetabile Stated tl,et a relt neAll444l‘o!i at e eulty in bringing this question under the notice of the house, because in the first instance a very strong opimon appeared to prevail that the idea of restoring Poland to its former rank and independence was a Quixotic notion—a speculative and theoretical notion, more fit for Utopia than for the calm, careful, and deliberate consideration of ' thinking men; and also because there had always been a certain amount of ridicule thrown upon those who had formed strong and decided opinions upon the subject. He felt, however, supported in his attempt to bring the matter under the consideration of the House of Commons by the numerous petitions which bad been presented on the sub ject, and by the declarations of able and distinguished members on both sides of the house, among others by the hon, baronet of an illustrious name who now held an office in her Majesty's Government, and also by the declara tion made the other night by the noble lord himself at the head of the Government, to the effect that he considered the position of Russia in Poland as a stand iog menace to Germany. If that were so, if Warsaw were a " standing menace" to Germany, as Sebastopol was to Constantinople, it became a question of the deepest importance, and one which must have a prac tical effect upon all the nations of Europe. (Hear.) But another difficulty which stood i❑ the way of bringing this subject mid& r Parliamentary notice was the opinion that questions of this sort ought to be left entirely in the hands of the executive Government, that they were ques tions too delicate for discussion in the House of Commons, and, if debated, very serious consequences might ensue. He was of opinion, however, that those who adopted this line of argument were very insensible to the tie uses of that house. It was, he conceived, a morbid and most un founded feeling that the discussion of foreign affair's ought not to be permitted in Pailiament. tt appeared to him to be a fatal error. We had a free press, the right of pets. tinning—of which a great community had largely availed itself—the right of public meeting, where strong and vicee lent inflammatory harangues, all upon one side, were con tinually addressed to most susceptible assemblages—end we had not the antidote of free discussion upon both sides of the question in the House of Commons ! Bydelegating to the press the duty of leading the public mind they exposed it to being very frequentlymieled, and, when so misled pub. lie opinion was too often used as a lever against the execu tive Government. At the present time the people of this country were really not in the mood to accept from states men the solution of every question according to their mere arbitrary Rill. He believed that the partition of the king dom of Poland would never have taken place had the at tention of the House of Commons been fairly directed to the subject. It was his firm conviction that that gross violation of public law, that invasion of the rights of states and nations, which had been the source of so many of the evils which had since afflicted Europe, would not have taken place had a sound and healthy public opinion fornd its expression in the Parliament of this country. There was a document which was supposed by some to be apocry phal—the will of Peter the Great —which developed in a wonderful manner the policy of Russia, and which foresha dowed history in a remarkable degree. That policy was that Russia should keep up a large army, should continually ag grandiee itself, at the expense of Poland especially—should make alliances with the States of Germany—and should, by every underhand means, set the States of Germany ono against the other. Within 50 years from the death of Peter, Poland was partitioned between the three great Powers, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, and thus a gross violation of the public law of Europe was perpetrated, and by the same means as attempted during the last two yeoas with Turkey. He might be toll that the effect of bringing forward that motion before the house would in jure our alliances ; but, in answer to that objection, he would draw attention to what had been the pokey of Aus tria, France, and England in relation to Poland. His opinion was that Austria he l soon repented of the part she had taken in the original partition of Poland, and that she had since sought the restoration of the independence of that kingdom. The Empress Maria Theresa expressed deep regret at the partition, and truly prognosticated that her empire would be left, by the denationalisation •of Po land, at the mercy of Russia, when she considered that there was no line of demarcation between Warsaw and Vienna, and complained that for a wretched piece of Poland and Wallachia she had given up her honour and her fame. The hon. and learned member quoted a variety of docu ments to establish that, in a short time from the first par tition of Poland, Austria was deeply sorry for the pat i she bad taken in that transaction, that on the second partition she received nothing, and that on the third partition she only obtained a sma" peat, while she saw Russia possess herself of three-fifths of the spoil of Poland. But what was the declaration of the Austrian plenipotentiary, Prince Metternich, at the Congress of Vien a in 1814? He said that the partition of the ancient and valuable kingdom of Poland had been the prelude to, and in some sort the cause of, the dangers which had since agitated Europe. (Hear, hear.) After the revolt of 1831 a circular had been ad dressed to the agents of the Austrian Government through out the Courts of Europe, conveying too sincere desire of that Government for the settlement of the Polish question in the sense of a restoration and security of Poland's independence. Such had been the policy of Austria, and he bad every reason to believe that her policy at the present day was similar in its character. (Hear, hear.) What had been the policy of France and England? Despite the ridiculous prejudices of George 111., all the statesmen of his time were favourable to the cause of Polish independence. Mr. Burke, in 1772, attributed to that act of partition the immediate evils which affected Germany, and the destruction of the political equilibrium of Europe. Mr. Fox, Lord Grey, and other statesmen de• nounced that partition, and described our acquiescence in it as a grievous political crime. At the Congeess of Vienna remarkable correspondence took place, which added to Lord Castlereagh's ferns and glory, and which placed his anxiety for the maintenance of the rights of public law and the interests of humanity in a light that it was difficult to appreciate. What Lord Castlereagh then wrote described as clearly as if written at this day the effects of that parti tion ; no description could have been more circumstantial or paint iu more distinct colours the evils which had since occurred. M. de Talleyrand, too, said that of the ques tions to be discussed at the Congress, the King, his master, would consider the question of Poland as one of the most important. The policy of France on this subject had been invariable. Napoleon restored a considerable poi lion of Poland and erected it into a grand duchy, and promised repeatedly that Poland should be restored to its nationality. The Chamber of Deputies and Louis Philippe upheld the principle of the maintenance of the treaty of Vienna and of the nationality of Polan I. He (Mr. Phiun) had, ha thought, proved that the three powers, two of which were now united in arms and alliance, and the third of which had used her good offices in the present quarrel, had always been of opinion that the maintenance of Poland as a dis tinct nationality was not only necessary for the interests of Get aeany, but for the public law of Europe. lint there was another power whose vacillation was described in another place in suitable terms by "the old man eloquent." Circum stanced as that power was, he should think that she would iind it her interest to support the representations of her Ma• jesty's plenipotentiary now at Vienna, if urged with firm ness. It might be said what would he have the Govern ment do? This question did not come within the four points, did not relate to the independence of Turkey and the equilibrium of Europe. But the four points were only the bases of the negotiations, and there might be alternatives proposed. A l l negotiations kept something in reserve. Poland was first a menace to Germany, but then it was a menace to Europe. He cos' l d not imagine how the dis cussion on the motion could have a bad effect en the ne gotiations. The independence of the Circassian tribes was not one of the four points, yet that was a question which would form part of the negotiations. He had introduced an unpleasant question to the house, and what, perhaps, was au unpleasant question for the Ministry; but he felt bound to call on the noble lord, whom the people looked on as— " A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger, when the WaYOS ran high, Ho sought the storm." The noble lord might say he bad no moans of raising the Poles into a nation; but the noble lord was a greater kingdom-maker and king-maker then even the great War wick himself, as witness his exploits in Belgium, Greece, Spain, and Po - _;,ugal. He (Mr. Phinu) did not wish to place the question before the house as one of sentiment, but one of policy, affecting Europe and the law of nations, and he would leave it in the hands of the noble lord, corfidont that be would take such steps as were in his powor to eflect the object which they all had in Niew. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SCHOLEFIELD seconded the motion. The question having been put from the chair, a parse of some seconds ensued, and no member rose to speak. A cry of " di‘ide" followed, and the Speaker was about to close tho debate, when me 3 r lr .o . c M ca . si M on l s le , N wh E e S n r th os e e. que ll st e io s n ai w d a i s t bwroaus g h h i s t f l o o r t w o a r n a f o b r y s his noble friend the late Lord Dudley Stuart, whose mi - mory was linked to an unselfish devotion to the cause, to express his opinions en the question of Poland. Bat he was anxious, before the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) spoke— (a laugh)—to say two or three words on the subject, for he thought his hon. friend was right in bringing the subject before the attention of the house. Taking the words of the resolution, they enunciated facts on which a'l were agreed. The historical summary which his hon. friend gave to the house was also such as they could r" agree upon, and he could not see how his hon. friend was wrong in sug gesting to her Majesty's Government that this was a ques tion which should obtain serious attention tinting the nego tiations which were now proceeding. At the same time he was bound to say that this was a question which was d'ffi• cult to deal with at the first partition of Poland, which was more difficult at the second partition, and yet more difficult at the third, and wbich at the present moment was surrounded with many perplexities. Ho thought that this should be considered as a Gerenan question, because, if the Polish question was of im • portance to Germany in earlier times, it was a little more so at present. If there was danger in former times from it, what was the danger now ? W hat was the state of Russian Poland? It was one enormous for tress. Russian Poland, at the present moment, threatened Germany with exactly the same kind of menace asSebastop_ol people threa t ene d Turkey. (Hear.) He did n o t w i s h the 1 • of. England should be deceived on this point, and he thought that in the case both of Poland and Sebastopol they s mild make no demand requiring the cl;sarmameut of the one or the other, unit -.5 they were prepared to conduct the present war otherwise than as they had conducted it— unless they could conduct it with military genius and offi cial aptitude. (Hear.) It was idle to talk of Sebastopol on the one hand, or of Poland on the other, unless they could show that they could back up brave words with brave deeds, maintain their armies in the field, and protect their soldiers under the m isfortunes of war. (Hear.) If they could not do these thine, the sooner they made peace the better. (Hear.) He believed the effoi Ls that had been made on the part of Poland, and the firm faith of the Polish emigrants in the reef notion of their country, afforded an eateest of the futeee destiny of that country, and that it would yet play a great part either for weal or for wee. (W e ar, hear.) Lord R. CECIL could not agree in thinking that the pro posed measure was required, or that the reconstitettion of Poland was just or necessary in itself. If they could not take a town six miles from the shore, or send au army that distance front their ships without being starved or nearly decimated by diseeee, how could they attempt to restore the independence of ae. eat ieland couetry, or to under take an enterprise before wl‘'clr the genius of Napoleon j had failed ? The provze awtieb sieetrie gained by the partition cf Poland were extensive and fertile, and it was scarcely to be expset: 1 that she would yield them up with out a struggle.' He scarcely thought that they were pre pared to embark in a struggle for the reconstitution of Po land, with Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They should look to the progress of their own country within the last century before they accused others. There was not a quar ter of the globe in which England had not increased its territorry by some aggression — (cries of " No,l no,")--and obtained dominion by the repression of oppressed nationali ties. They had taken the Cape and Canada, and had ob tained p ossess i on o f I n dia and the lonian Islands. They hail gone to war to d e fend a power that was itseilf the great oppres s or of nationalities. During 4GO years the Turks had oppressed the greatest nation in the word, and len ►nd 'l'3- sal the l ed el tv. 20i 100 20i 100 20 25 St, 20 St it 2e (Jo 9 100 21 all 141 s, LO 5 20 20 20 50 20 25 OR 6 12i 121 121 St. all 10i 100 1100 '.~ ~'; 1i 1 f 1 ~ G' i i~; I I