The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-01 00:00:00

MONEY itIARKET ,COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Shr. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed somewhat heavily, and, compared with Friday's I , rates, prices of American were little changed. The sales to-day were estimated at 8,000 bales (1,000 export American) ; and comprise 80 Pernam and Maranham, 6 . 4 d. to 7d. ; 120 Egyptian, 7d., to 10d.; 2,000 Surat, 4d. to sd. (1,000 speculation) per lb. The Liverpool Share Market has been steady, and there appeared to be a demand at former rates. The progress of trade in Manchester during the past month is thus reviewed by Messrs. M'Nair, Greehow, and Irving :—Although no excitement was occasioned by the fact of peace having been concluded, and now officially and authentically confirmed, as intimated in our last monthly cir cular, the result was to produce greater confidence in mercantile and political relations. So far as this market was concerned, the anticipations had been indulged in confidently, and, as will have been seen from our previous report, very •considerable operations had been entered into, upon the faith of such a desirable c onsummation. Since the beginning of the month, influenced, however, materially by the action of the cotton market, which in respect to the value of that article, has kept continually advancing, and which, in a general way, may now be considered about one halfpenny per pound higher than it was at the commencement of the month, the values of all the staple productions of this district have kept gradually advancing in value, until within the last fourteen days, when they had advanced to a such rate as to prevent operations being entered into, unless for immediate, or imme diately prospective wants. Since then the action of the market has become gradually more circum scribed, with a more determined indisposition on the part of the operators to secure nothing beyond what was indispensably necessary, and at this mo ment it wears a very quiet and inactive ap pearance. Production continues to be in creased ; and, although to some class of producers, such as manufacturers, who are not spinners, "the prosecution of their business is the reverse of being remunerative ; the general producing in terest of the district is healthful, and more especi allY as refers to the class of what may be termed fine spinners, who are realising large profits accord ing to the rates realised by them. Throughout the month the transactions have been, to a very large extent, aided, of course, by the previously heavy existing contracts." The advices from Jamaica by the West India steamer state that trade was inactive, the demand for merchandise both for immediate consumption and on speculation being very limited. Accounts from the South American Republic mention that Peru was still in an unsettled state, but the Echinique party was nearly exhausted. The Senate was occupied in the formation of a new C onstitution, but very little progress had yet been made. Business remained dull, and in the port of Callao there was a smaller amount of shipping than has been known for some time previously. A treaty of commerce between Chili and the Argen tine Republic was being arranged. The project of . a railway from Cordova to Rosario was expected soon to be carried into effect. The railway traffic returns for the past week, as cenapared with those of the same period of last Year, show the following results :- 1896. beeside Itendal and Windermere London and Brighton Manchester and South Junction North London North Stafford S outh -Eastern 36,856 South D evon West Cornwall West H ar tl epoo l Belfast and Ballymena - Ulster Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... 5,294 Glasgow and South-Western .Northern of France Great Western of Canada 15,563 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Luxembourg Dutch-Rhenish North-Western South-Western great Northern The Money Market continues stringent, but as the demand for capital to arrange the speculative accounts at the Stock Exchange has increased the Pressure, some relief will, it is anticipated, soon be experienced. Rather a favourable feeling has been produced by a statement that the New Loan will not be taken until June, and that its amount 'will be comparatively small. ...The Stock Exchange, as usual on the Ist of 434 Y, is closed, and the prices of all speculative securities are consequently nominal. In the neigh bourhood of the Stock Exchange a few of the ope rators have congregated, by whom Consols are quoted 92k I for transfer, and about 92h for the Bth inst. 1855. £2lB 176 12,524 690 2,025 6,075 16,055 630 1,623 829 1,402 10,994 5,277 5,596 36,427 10,302 3,867 1,202 56,170 5 5 20 10 20 5 tO 18 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(This Day.) bre LONDON, May I.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; li g ht ez e and hazy. ....PLYMOUTH, April 30.—Wind N.—Arrived—H.M.S. ?under, from Spithead. Off the port—Dale, from Mau ritius ; Helena, from India, for Hamburg. t PO RTSMOUTH, April 30.—Wind W.S. W. —Arrived.— T i L ereign of the Seas, from London for New York master H.M.S.'s Centaur and Dragon, from Sheerness. Sailed—H.MS.'s James Watt, Exmouth, Gorgon, Con flict, and Magicienne, all for Devonport ; H.M.S.'s Ajax, ~R o yal George, Colossus, Horatio, and Harrier, eastward ; Jdney (tpt.), Jersey. GET THE WlGHT.—Emigrant, from Bremen, for New fork ; Heinrich von Gagern, Bremen, for New Orleans ; -Kleanor, Hamburg, for Vera Cruz. QCORE, April 29.—Wind N. — Sailed—Margarita, for uebec. HenTLEPooL, April 30.—The Doctor Daniel, of Cux haven, came ashore yesterday, close to the pier. COWES, April 30.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Orion, from Sierra Leone. CROOKHATEN, April 28.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived— Princess Alice, from the Chincha Wands. STORNOWAY, April 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mars, from Grangemouth, for Quebec, leaky. MONTEGO, April I.—The David Lyon, of and from Lon don, for Antigua, arrived here on the 29th March, after being on shore near the latter port. ANTIGUA, April 12.—The Zephyr, hence for London, struck upon the Diamond Rock on the 6th inst., but came off the next day and will be examined. (PIZ ELECTRIC" TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Light and Sign, from Shields ; Florida and Anne, Cardiff; Quintis, London ; Le Coq, Cherbourg. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind E. Arrived- Grecian, screw steamer, from Alexandria ; Santura, Bilboa ; Delta, steamer, Havre. Sailed--Rita, for Trieste ; Sophie, Drontheim ; Ricot, Curacoa ; Louisa, Otto, Warb e l ow , C openhagen ; Hermo dez, Stettin ; Teneriffe, Naples ; Ranneys, Palermo • Philomene Adine, Marseilles ; I n d us t r i e, Buenos Ayres ; Blanche Marie, Bordeaux ; Astrea, Galatz ; Langreo, Bar celona ; Spirit of the Deep, Calcutta; Franzeska. Galves ton ; William Vail and Anglesea, Quebec ; Canmore, Richibucto ; Henry and Margaret, Rotterdam ; Albanian, Steamer, Trieste ; Kate, Vera Cruz. QTJEENSTOWN, April 29. Wind N.N.E. Arrived.—Otter, from Girgenti ; Cariacca, Philadel phia ; Raintra dos Accores, St. Michael's. Wind N.B. KINGSTOWN, April 30. Arrived—lsalia, from Barbadoes. 20 20 31, 10 (BY SUBMARniz AND BRITISH TELEGRAPI4 GRA.VESEND, day, 10.37 a Wind N.E. ; tide six hours' flood ; Thurs fresh ; cloudy.. M. 25 Arrived, Apmii 30.—Mignonette, from Trinidad; Japan 10( and Heather Bell, Mauritius ; Sumatra, Colombo ; Fran- 40 cis Ridl e y, C a ll ao ; Graham, Madras ; Cordelia, Calcutta; 60 James Holmes, B ar b a d oes , 25 Arrived, May 1. —Laura Ann, from Ch aren t e ; F erona, 20 Teneriffe ; Guernsey ; Lord' Provost, Requijada ; Gordon Rebow, Requijada; Bryn-y-Manr, W. Coast Africa; 100 Charlotte Knuth Rio Grand; Catherine, Fignn a; Mary Fel- 100 ker, St. Übes ; Prow Martha, Emden; Isabella, Marseilles ; 100 Fairy, Lucy, Don Colino, Alexander, and Cossack, Guern- 20 Rey ; St. Fort, Santander • Alfred, Terceira ; Thcmas 20 Young ant Br , Venice ; Agatha, Bremen ; Fant ome , J amaica ; Emden. John y, Baltimore ; Cath car t, Si erra L eone ; Kida, 20 Sailed—Sir James, Hong Kong. DEAL, Thursday, 10.10 a.m. 50 Wind E by S., fresh. 100 Passed—Marmora, brig, from Shields, for eonstanti- 100 nople ; United, London, Newport; her Majesty's ships 100 Russell, Horatio, and Harrier, Portsmouth, Sheerness. 20 Anchored—Her Majesty's ship Majestic, from Ports- 50 mouth. 20 Ssiled—Her Majesty's ship Cressy, for Sheerness ; John 25 Courier, Mobile; John Spencer, Liverpool. The st a ti ons to which French Consuls or Consular 2 10( 0 a E.; ent3 will !:. , e sent in the Black Sea are said to be 25 Rertch, Cherson, Bakshi-Serai or Simpheropol, Nico• 25 lait Tagautog, with, as before, a Consul General go at Odessa. 1 -- speed ilways, for ex he two ; hence ivanced 3ral, le aproye model 3arriers 3o that hat the Joint at nice, to ()natant hich the )id deli a of the ome n its own each of lus, in r-aquars isider I bl' intaii iit!S in eory intri eats n for 0 6 Luce si ry rem illt• late of a ictl3rietit strivia S cola upd )0 Ible tri rth eqn I. a 29 d: mind t he, Lod rot] tic ed for see e eolipt ic, ion ron k. 1 m. Ito eting bje must au> ceptio ; ,angel 3 0 tions), . angul n latitu a ,n tens bl )- full moQ , showi es to WI Rude, h ot vitude her ro.O• 1 and ne• tppeari nit ymboli eel st imp er guised,i nfer that that this .he mood. must as a hough in he moon, earth al by in nil PLEY.. ORI trna of VII and Wale TRAP. 39s 2d PEAL 388 lEd C. ; Beans, generally 4s 2d ; 48 Od mse. sale for otations• ef, from Od to eos . Blbs, to nactive, 6d to 50 ; Pcrk, la to 270 ,ver do., ar load. over do., er load.. ; clover er load• of the Med to tion of to Mr• party isistipg e town serving tations. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. IPaid.l RAILWAYS. t. 10U Abercleen. ?.4 F Axabg. Nottng. Bost and Basta. Junet... ) all !Mast & Ballymena all filming. Wolverh Stour Valley L 29 4 . Rirk eand. & Cheshiro Junct all Do. Chosh. & Birk. £5O and 1125 Cons 19 Do., ..... all myth &Tyne origin& £25 (iesd. at £45 . 100 llristol and Exeter . [OO Caledonian. 61s. Carro. and Cardigan all Chester di Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon , all Cork, Black, di Pas , 1S Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. 13 1i rieT Junction.... 45 DublimtßelfastJunc all Dun. P. di Ahor. Jne :100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 1100 'test. Ernion. A Sti 10t,, Do., B. Stout SA Do., Now A.. 10 East Kent EX) t;ast LAneashiro 100 Edinburgh& Glasgo all Minh. and Peeblos 100 Edin.Prth di Durd, 9 Forth & Clyde Jon !, all Furness . all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. West, , all Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 Great Northern 100 'Do., A. 5t0ck....., 100 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Bth. &West.(lre. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk.. all Irish !'south-Easter. all & Carlisi. 141 Do., Thirds 8 Do. New Thirds__ 100 Lancash.andYorksi Wet. RidingThi all Liv.Crioy.&Southil all London & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 00 Lond. and N. West? 16 Do. Fifths 5i Do.101.1511.,Id&B ( 2. Do. Eighths 100 ! London andS. Wostr all !Do., £5O. St 3t. E 0 all Do., £4O 25 all Lndndrryds Col oral n 25 all Ladadrry.& Enn:sk, St. 100 Hanch.Shef.&Lincl 725 'l2s. Do., Man, At Lin. tin 10 1 Metropolitan t. 100 Midland 9t. 100 Do. Birrang. &Derh , 50 all Ifidld. G. West. (Ire. 25 all Do. Half Shares )0 %11 Newcastle & Carlisle !I' all Nwpt.Aberg. &Her] 50 84. Newry & Enniskillor, E 0 all Newry Warrenpoins and Rostrevor. • it. 190 Norfolk 43 I 3i "Zortbn.Counties Urn t. 100 North Pritish Nth Devon Rail. & t. 100 Dock Stock t. 100 Do., A Stock... 8 all Do., B Stock 8 all Do., B Guarantee t. 100 N.Eastern—Berwic' 5 214 Do. do. Extension 5 15 Do.do. O.N-E. 'tura 0 all Do. Leeds t. 100 Do. York t. 100 North L0nd0n..,,. ) 31 Is &S.Wstrn.,llami - stead, and City Jo,. ) 17i North Staffordshir.-- ) all _ North Western ) all N. &S. Westrn. June. ) I Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester • 100 Oz., Wore., & Woly. ) 8 Pc.rtsatouth ;. 100 Scottish Csatral... ▪ 100 'Scottish Midland 100 Shropshire Urbn 1 a 9 South Devon • 100 South Eastern . 100 south Wales 15 S. Yrksh. <ls Itiv. Dur 5 Do 16 St Nines, Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darli , 4 - .o;:kton & Hartlepi , 190 Taff Vale . WO Do. Pref., No. 22 Thsrnes Hay. D.& R Ulverstone di Lanes all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all WaterforddiLimeric! all West Cornwall all West End of London and. Crystal Palace all Do. A 3 Do. B all West London. all I Wimbledn&Croydon FOR] 411 n twerpikßott rcl , •m 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sli. at par till '64 10 Ardennes all •telgian Eastn. Jim; l 4 Reziere to Oraise , ,isan 4i Bombay, Baroda, an Central India,Seri all Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish sll Eastern of France 19 Do. New all Cast Indian, g. 5 p 15 110. 'A:/tension all Do.4i p.c.Buds.,'s7 all Do. do. do.. '59. d 16 Geelong Az Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt. . all Do., Lon. allot., do. 226 Gd. Tk of Canada A.is rl Do. ..................... 9) Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 14 Gt. Ceutral of France all Gt. Indian Peninsul. 14 Great Luxemboury Constituted Share., all Do. Obligations 11 Dare-is. forftd. Sh. all Gt. Western of Cause a Shares 5i Do. New %11 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto ail Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Coust. & Bade all Lierre and Turnhout ill Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p 16 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras, guar. 4 p.c 10 Do. New c 0., 5 p. c 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten all Maria Antonia all I Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (4ritl interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France ell D 0.20/. Shs Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.diAms.Shs. all NorwegianTrtmkPre all Paris and Lyons..., all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans.. 5 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all ROyalSwedish: all Do. Obligations ..,. all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c all Do all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's an Quebec (A) West Flanders 911 Do 6} per c. Prof 18 w. &N. W. of Pr i m e , all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . all Zealand ....... • ••• .......• Closing Prices yesterday 25i 26 3i 8i -- 9 - 15i - 13. 88 - 90 59i - 60 151 - 16 ••• ....... ••. 16 - 17 5i 10 33 - 35 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 27 - 28 • gm ... 88 - 92 7 - 8 94i - ( 35,1 79 - 80 [24 126 [O2 104 62 • 62; 70 - 75 6 7r 5i 6A 88 88i - 102 103 1001 - 101 Ad p, 4,c 1 - 4 P; 94i - 95 fl • ei "... - 731 - 74. 42 44 .» ... 13 - 13 53 - 55 3i - S T , 34i ••• .. ~ ... ...... . 77 6} - 34 - 3] 15} - )5i 55 -56 87 - 91 6 6id 51 6 10. E 101 26 - 27 103 105 75 77 45 47 /4 15 71 711 71 73 4 2 id 10 8 - 37 44 - 5 64 - 74 6 - 8 - 2} 5 - sii - 6 7 -i '.IGN. 81 - 8j pm. - 2 - 61( 2 24 3 30( 1 1 41 i i p 22 4 234 22§ - 23 ••• ea* ""'"' 8i 8 d 17 75 77 813 - 87 8/ - 91 21i -22 t - 7k 3$ - 3t 26 1 - "i 3i -33 r 99 - 100 120 - 1,2.5 125 - 130 108 109 251 - 96 124 - 128 iii - - 1 i 24 19 - 20 it - 7 - 74 5 - 421. - 43 12i - 8 - 9 56 - 574 55 : 57 20 = ii - 12. gi 2 2i pin - 35 - 364 TOIINT'r-STOCK BANKS. 1) A aqtrl. 5 Bank of Egypt .. 50 Bank of London .. ** ill 3r,„ Col. Bk.& bn. C. all 'iritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Aso, 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City .. 25 Colonial 20 Cominercinl of bond all F,ng. Snot. & Ans.Cht. all Loud. Chart. Bk. oi Australis 5 Ditto New ..........• • 20 London and Conn' ps i 50 Lnd. &E. Bnkg. Col p. l 10 London Joint Stock. 10 London and Paris 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. New 22i National of Ireland all New South Wales— all Oriental Bank M Co n 5 Ott rpo oman B ratio ank 50 Royal British all Aouth Australia all Union of Australia 94 Do. New • - ••• sumo.. 101 .Tnion ~1 London Western px -4 Long 93 4 4 iP 63 - .. - .. i -1• P 6 ---- 'al .. . ... 15 17 —• 18 3 2 d. • - ••• - 2p -• 4 - 2 PIM .N IV. • 101 vow .. ... -- ••• 41 - 43 41 43 P ... ••• • • • 41.011 69 - 71 7 si ••• ••• 5 C ! _ ~ ~s~rn~- Business done yesterday. 69 591 95 79i 80 1251 62i 2 i 56 88k d i 16 . 1 i 100 28 k 7i 74 3 i 3i 5 1511 53i 26 7 47 6 71171 701 11 1 - 78 5/a 26i j 9 i 9 12i i I it 5 1 33 i 21 11 .~' , THE ii ', ',,ONDON, THURSDAY EVENINCI, MAY 1, 1856. &N Ali - 7•1 ;t`.i ' X • e ,orsg, !"Ve. RAE4I, Aril. °Lai:l:fat C y " : " st n erra r r i .' ' , ester lay 50 ail 9edfor6 and London & Bletcbley _ N. We 't , - St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W 95 97 St 100 Clydesdale . Caledon 94 V 8 211 all Col. Stour Vy, E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. C ll 13 5+., 100 IT. Li tt . fr ,6 p c Gt. Nrton• 133 135 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4.1 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonlan. Neils. Direct St. 100 Do. New. Do ••• ••• r. all Glstr.&Dn.Pi Gt. I. 10 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Now. Railway__ & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 104 106 104 6 25 all Do. Share:. Do ••• ••• 1.2? all Do. I , Shares. Do .• 12; all Lon.&Greenw S. Easter/ 12i 1: 2 4 2d all Do. Preference Do — St. 100 Lon., Til., &S. Poto &Co — 115 St 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk._ St 100 Do. 6 per ct. Do ••• 5 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & 2$ 2i 50 all Middiesbro' & itekton & Redcar. Darlingt. 3t. 100 Ilidld.Bradfd Midland 92 94 64 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. o pm 50 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count.. 56 58 10 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do 7 5 all Prest. haw yr, L. &N. W 45 47 all Do. Simi. A Do St .0 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 133 135 ?5 8i Shot. Roth .an , i Lancaah& Goole g. 5 p.c. 'forksh. [0 all Shrews.&ller T. Brassey 7 8 2 9t S. Staflordsh. ILMClean 3i io all Wear Valleygr Stockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt !5 all D 0....... ......Do 3li —32 i 1. 100 Wiltsk;omrstlgtWestn B6l PREFERENCE SHARES. St.l 100 Aberdeen I 114 11 7 A t. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 11) ll9 St. 100 Do. Debentures B4 90 4 5 %1 thandoTyne iOpel c. pref. (issd.atsol t. 100 [iris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 94 - 96 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares...... — St. 'lOO ,- ."sledonian £lO 96 - 98 15 all - Ihes.&Elo.Gu. 5i pc 15 —l7 16 4 Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 — 41 all Cork 4Bandonslp.c all Dun.Prth .&Aber.J si 61 10 2 g. Anglian Cle. ASh ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c 197 - 112 St. 100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. 97 102 99 4. all q,ae.Ce.F.T,spc No. a a p pm S ' all Do. No. 2 P Pm 10 al! Do. New 6p. c. Si. —12 a 20 all Plast Un., G. 6p. c 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. 10 all Do. M. Debontr.Sh.' all Do. do. 4 per cent. ... St. 101 '7;ast Law:a-11.6 p.eti all 7. fr W. Vork..T. sth- 1 10 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. S'•. 100 1 , 1 Prth.&Duu.4p.c 69 71 20 all Furne•is .. ••• St. 100 Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.c St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 116 118 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. 107 109 St. 100 Do, 4. 1 5 p. e 121 76 Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red ‘t sp. c. . j 10 all lt.N.ofSeot.h,Pre 9a 104 St. 1 100 Gt. 5..5127. (Ireland ... 20 11 Do. 4per c. Pro". S SO 6 it. W.(B. 1 01.Ex5pc 6 64 St. 100 )o. con. red. 4i p.c. 95 97 St. 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c. 89 91 100 Do, irrocl. 4p. c, St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. red. pref 98 • 100 10 all Do. 40. do. ... 8 all Do. firm. Pref. 10 all Do.ChesterB p.c.P.S l6a —17 f 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0... 10 104 St 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 73 —75 73 165 all Do, Ches. Qua. Sh.. 19 1 20 134 all Do. do. do 94 104 ZO al Do. do, do l4a 154 L 6 6 [.an. &York, F. £2O $d ;t. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock .. 136 - 138 It. ,100 Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. IT. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. - t' 100 Do. NevrGuar.6 p. a, 135 140 t. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . It. 100 Lon. &N. W,, Coy. 4; Nuneaton sp. ct.. •.• it 100 on.& S.W. 7 per et 2.1 all Lndy. & Color. Sh 2A a , l Londy.&ElllllB.i ;t, 10' L.,New,lo/ 6 4' Do. £6 ll 5 i .23 ail vfarypt.&Cs.rl.4p e .2A all Do. 4. per cent 2; 10' Do •• ••• t. 1.00 vTid.Consol.6 p.c ' t. 100 Do, Con.Er.Bir.o - I'4 136 t. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. L. 95 97 .61 all Do. Pref. per cen 87 89 5 all ,Do. 51. Prcf. 4p. c. It. 100 ;Ditto L.& H, Pref. 1.0 . 11 I New., Abor., dm., pr. t j 15 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm- 1 *** .0 all Norfolk Debenture ... • L 100 , Do.Praf. 5 p.c. St. ck it. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Est It. 100 , Do. SA, per ct.prof — 4. 100 ;Do.Way.Val. 5 p.c . t. 100 Northßritish lO2 —lO4 t. 100 'rt. E. lierw, 4 p.e P 92 94 7 7 Do. de. do 5l 5a 0 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.] 23 9 Do, do. Quarters ..1 5 10 Do.Yorkll.& S. Per 1 id 91 D all North Staffordshire, t. 1(10 Ox, Wo. W. 1518 I) , 98 100 98 9 ) 9i Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent. ,New 5 all South Devon l4) - 154 ) 11 Do. fixed, 44 per cent .6 all S. Eastern (Readin, /inn.) of £1 Os. 6.1. 231 —23 i 100 Do. 41; per cent 9B 100 . 100 Do. Fixed 4i pc sh 9a - • 10 100 18 Wales Gua. 4p. e ) all ID 1. do. 4A p. c.... ) all 'S.l7orksh.4p.e.Guar. 5 all Stock. & Dar. ,sp. e. 5 15 iDo. do. do. 1) 2ip .4 all Stock. & liartl. g. P. o. till July 1, . i 4i W.Atortd.B4Kilk.6pc 2i 4,1 20 113 It. 1100 t. 100 t. 100 ;0 all 0 I all M all .261 all 5 1 4 i 1 all 1 all 1.08 .11 1 all 1 all 1 all ►0 all 1 I 6 K) I all 5 1 1 3t. all 15 , all 2 1 li 10 I all ,5 I all Hall 1 all 1 'Si au 1 all 1 all 1 12a. 1I 11 kips E rin Ouglo Austria. Gold A.nglo Californian nstra Han Australian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Duc - •of Filamar. Iron & ,Joad British 1r0n...,,,,,,,, Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes Sr Cuiab, Do. St. John Del Rex Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Colonial G01d..... Copper Min. of Eng Do. Prof. 7i p. cew Copiapo Fortuna Genc:al It.NuggetVeinßog. Great Poleooth.... Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares Lusitanian kiariquita New Granada ......... 'Nouveau Monde Pontgi.Sil. Le. Min Port Philip 4uartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New -Santiago de Cuba Sort. Cons. Min. Co south Australian.. Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per cent Prof Tarn. S. & L. Min. Co. fin Croft United Mexican . Waller Yost Mariposa Worthing Mining o' Australia Pubs - I IL, ..i : 5. 31 - 31 2i - 3 24 - 26 h - ip 62 - 64 25 27 17 19 $ id 14 16 1 1 • id 4 7 7 $ I 6 11 12 21 23 6 2! 3i 2! 3 $ 2+ 3 1 - 4f 3 - 4 ... --- ... ••• """`• ~ 1 1 i 3i i 2i 7 4 x a 1111 i i NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LATEST BETTING. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. Even on Mincepie. sto 2 agst Manganese (offered) sto 1 net Mary Copp (taken) THE GREAT TRIAL.—YoUTT Mi. GRAY has great satisfaction in stating that the trial has come off as he anticipated. The horse at 50 to 1 won, and beat one that is almost the first favourite in "betting." All my friends will receive full particulars by this day's post. Terms.—The Chester Cup winner and nine others, ss. ; to the Derby, 12s. 6d., and per centage. Address, 15, Charing-cross. If any one is neglected, the fault is theirs, through not supplying addressed envelopes. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) The Board reassembled at the usual hour. Lord Lunn, at the commencement of the proceedings, explained a statement made by him on Tuesday last with reference to Lord Raglan's orders, that he (Lord Lucan) was not to interfere with the Light Brigade, or exercise authority over it. He meant by that that he was not to interfere with the duties of the Light Brigade. They were not to assist him in military operations. But he was not deprived of exercising any divisional superintendence over it. His lordship also sail that in consequence of what occurred en Tuesday. he felt it necessary to refer to a letter written by him on 30th Sept., 1854, explaining his reasons for putting Mr. Deputy Commissary Cruickshank under arrest. He did so on account of his disobedience to orders, and for making a verbal report to him (Lord Lucan) which was not founds ,in fact. Mr. Cruickshank was very neg ligent in provisioning the 4th Light Dragoons, and dis obeyed the order given to him. He remained under arrest for nearly a week, and was released after Lord Raglan had expressed disapprobation of his(Mr. Cruickshank's) conduct. Mr. Cruickshank was called and examined by the Judge- A.drocate-General—He said that if he had bad means of transport he could have supplied the horses at Inkertnan with barley after the 16th of November. He did every thing he could to provide forage with the limited transport at his disposal. He then read a report he made to the Commander-in• Chief relative to his arrest, wherein he de nied that he was guilty of disobedience of orders. and asserted that the report lie made to Lord Lucan was founded in fact. Lord Lucan accused him publicly before other officers of having told a lie, and said that if he repeated the lie there should be a court-martial upon him. After he had boon under arrest about a week, Lord William Paulett came to him froiii Lord Raglan and released him ' saying he "had orders to release him." Witness objected to his being released in that quiet man ner, considering he had a right to a public recognition of his innocence. To that Lord William Paulett gave no answer ; and, in consequence of the critical state of things, he resumed his duties without first having his character cleared by a court-martial. To-day was the first time he had ever heard that Lord Raglan had ex pressed dissatisfaction of his (Mr. Cruickshank's) con duct. He thought Lord Lucan must be under a misappre hension with respect to it. Lord Lucan—The letter containing it would be found in the Quartermaster-General's office. He supposed Lord W. Paulett had read it to Mr. Cruickshank at the time of his release. Mr. Cruickshank said that if such a letter existed it bad been most unjustifiably withheld fi mu him. He bogged to state, although Lord Lucan was a General of Division, that he had no right to tell him (Mr. Cruickshank), an officer in her Majesty's service and a gentleman, that he had told a lie. (This statement, which was received with loud applause, was speedily suppressed, Sir A. Woodford observing that if there were any more such manifestations of feeling he should clear the court.) Colonel Douglas was recalled, and, in answer to questions from the Judge-Advocate-General, said that it was not till after the 14th November that the supplies for the horses fell short, and he then applied for permission to send horses to Balaklava tip fetch up forage, but he was told by Col. Mayhew he could not do it, in consequence of 100 horses being then unfit for duty. Colonel Lowe was also recalled, and stated that after the 14th of November a proposition was made to him by Mr. Cruickshank to send down 25 horses for supplies to Balaklava. if permission could be obtained from the bri gadier. He (Col. Lowe) was prepared to accede to the proposition, as the horses wore then equal to the exertions. The Earl of Cardigan then rose and said—Before my case is closed I beg to remind the commissioners that the commissariat transport animals were not said to have failed before the 14th of November; that I have shown that I was not asked to send the troop horses for forage till about the 16th of the month, that at that time the horses were receiving a full allowance of barley, which is proved by the Brigade Major's returns in your possession to have been the case up to the 23d of the month. It is proved by the evidence of the commissariat officer which has been laid before you, that there was no hay in Balaklava for some time after the 14th of November, therefore, it would have been useless to send down for it, even if more cogent objections to such a measure had not existed. Mr. Cruickshank stated positively that he applied more than once to the Lieut.-General com manding the Division for the troop horses to be sent down for forage, which was refused, and I think the Court will admit that if Mr. Cruickshank's letter of the 18th Nov. was not a written request for troop horses to be em ployed, it was, at any rate, a pretty strong appeal on the subject. I have stated, in reply to a question from the Judge-Advocate-General, that I had no power to send down the troop horses without the sanction of supe rior authority, which opinion of mine was fully confirmed on Tuesday last by that of the Quartermaster- General of the army, viz., , that "certainly he (Lord Car digan) could not have detached_ any portion of his force without the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief." I with confidence leave my case in the hands of this honourable court. The case of General Airey, Quartermaster-General, was then entered on. Sir Richard presented himself at the table and read a voluminous statement to the Court, com mencing with the date of his appointment as Quarter master-General lot of Sept., 1854, until he was ordered home on duty on the 17th of November, 1855, and his opinion that the Commissioners' inquiry in the Crimea was to have been confined to the deficiency of the commis sariat supplies, and divided itself into three heads :-Ist. An inquiry into certain deficiencies in the supplies. 2d. The cause of those deficiencies, if any ; and 3d., the course that should be adopted to prevent such deficiencies arising in future. The instructions to the Commissioners did not contain one word which pointed out to the Commissioners that their inquiry should form the basis of animadversion on any military officer, and he proceeded to argue that the Commissioners were not the proper persons to examine into military affairs and the conduct of military officers. Colonel Tulloch said that Sir R. Aire) , might have saved himself the trouble of making those remarks. He had already said that the Commissioners had no instructions to inquire iato the conduct of military men, but into the supplies entrusted to them. Sir R. Airey said that he was personally acquainted with Sir J. M'Neil, but he had not the slightest idea that when the Commissioners were in the Crimea, he (Sir R. Airey) was on his trial, and that gentleman was one of his judges. Ho was of opinion at the time, and he continued of that opinion now, that the Commissioners, when in the Crimea, had no idea of blaming his department, and he had no idea till the London report was presented, that their inquiries had tended is that direction. He had never been personally examined, as ho ought to have been, if the Commissioners intended to have blamed his department. The Commissioners had unfortunately undertaken the important duty of suggesting improve- ments, and in pointing out what they considered defects they had used words likely to thro w bl am e on those con- necied with the departments requiring reform. A series of written questions had been put to him by the Commis sioners, nearly all of them having reference to the Adju tant-General's and Commissariat departments. Referring to Lord Panmure's determination to remove the Quartermaster-General in the event of its being ascertained that he was unequal to his duties, lie thought his lordship bail acted with the greatest pro priety. The Minister of War acted with the greatest promptitude, and received a most satisfactory report from General Sir James Simpson, and it was not likely that the Minister, after such a report, would have entrusted to the commissioners the duty of inquiring into his conduct, and report thereon. When General Simpson succeeded to the command of the army, on Lord Raglan's death, he retained his (Sir R. Airey's) services as Quartermaster-General, as did General Codrington on his succeeding General Simp son, until the 17ch November, 1855, when he (Sir R. Airey) was ordered home on duty. lie quite concurred i❑ the opinion of the Crimean Commissioners, that the suffer ings of the army there were attributable to overwork and want of transport. (To be concluded in our last edition. ) SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Tho market has been steady to-day, and transactions limited, closing at the following rates : —Caledonians, 291—South Eastern, 21—Midlands, 74 4i 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 814 tri 6—Great Western of Canada, 26i 4—Ditto, new, second issue, 3a lls. 3d. p.—London and North-Western, 1004—North Eastern, Berwick, I'4 —Ditto, York Capital Stock, 274 . — Buffalo and Lako Huron, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 28—Dutch Rhenish, 1. Bs. 9d, 6 Eastern Counties, 10. MANCHESTER, APRIL 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was doing an im proved business to-day, and prices closed firm. London and North Westerns, 100—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28I—Electric Telegraph, 23h. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 30. STOOK ExoRANGE.--There has been a dull business to-day, being settling day, and prices were about the same as yesterday. London, and North Westerns, 1{,0,i 100 g. DUBLIN-APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, Ditto for Account, Bth of May, 911 i—Ditto, for new Ac- count, Bth of May, 0 - New 3 per Cent. Stock, 914 --Ditto, for Account, Bth of May, 91 —Great Southern and Western, 1. ACCIDENT TO LADY CANNING.—Wo read in the Delhi Gazette of March the 22,1 :—" On Saturday a fear ful accident befel L a dy Canning, from which s h e pro videntially esc - iped without serious injury. In return ing from the Bethune School, which her ladyship had inspected, her carriage came in contact with a hackery, and was completely overturned. A native gentleman offered his carriage, in which Lady Canning returned to the Government-house." THE POPE AND THE ITALIAN QUESTION. —The high ecclesiastical circles of Rome are panic stricken at the Cavour programme, and irritated at the strong l anguage made use of by the English press respecting the mal administration of his Holiness's dominions and the ne cessity of reform. The sudden departure for Paris, on Saturday last, of Monsignor Berardi, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Aflairs, is generally attributed to the consternation of the Court at the bare mention of a question of such vital importance as a limit to the tem poral sovereignty of the supreme Pontiff, and the con sequent desire to have a negotiator of sagacity and de votedness on the spot, to assist the Nuncio in his re monstrances and counteract the baleful suggestions of Plenipotentiaries,—Later front &Ito (April 24), PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES HELD AT PARIS RELATIVE TO THE GENERAL TREATY OF PEACE. (Continued from, the ..run of last night.) PROTOCOL No. 10.-IsT SITTING OF MARCH 18, 1856. Present —The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. The Protocol of the preceding sitting is read and ap proved. The Plenipotentiaries of Russis and of Turkey present the draft of Convention arranged between them, relative to the number and dimensions of the light vessels which the coast Powers shall maintain is the Black Sea for the police of that sea, and for the security of their coasts. After having examined its terms, the Congress, finding the draft to be in conformity with the bases which had been laid down far it in the Preliminaries, decides that the copy. deposited by and marked with the initials of the Plenipotentiaries of Turkey and Russia, shall be annexed to the present Protocol. The Commission for drawing up the Treaty gives an account of its labours, by the mouth of its reporter, Baron de Bourqueney. In this capacity the second Plenipotentiary of France states that the Commission occupied itself, in the first place, with the order in which the different stipulations shall be inserted in the Treaty; and he adds that it had adopted the following distribu tion :—Re establishment of peace ; Evacuation of occu pied territories ; Prisoners of War ; Amnesty ; Entrance of Turkey into the European System (concert) ; the Con dition of the Christians ; Revision of the Convention of 1841 ; Neutralisation of the Black Sea ; Freedom of the Danube ; New line of the frontier of Turkey in Europe ;1 the two Principalities ; Servia ; Mixed Commission for the revision of the frontier in Asia. Proceeding' to read the texts prepared by the Commis sion, Baron de Bourqueney communicates a draft of pre amble thus drawn up : " His Majesty the Emperor of the French, Her Ma jesty the Queen of Great Britain and Irelatd, His Ma jesty the Emperor of all the Russias, His Majesty the King of Sardinia, and His Majesty the Sultan, animated by the desire of putting an end to the calamities of war, and wishing, in concert with His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, to prevent the return of the complications which occasioned it, have come to an agreement upon the means of securing, through effectual and reciprocal guarantees, the independence and integrity of the Otto man Empire ; and their said Majesties, having settled the conditions adapted for the attainment of this two fold object, invited His Majesty the King of Prussia to associate himself to this work of general pacificatioh. "Their Majesties have accordingly named," &c. Baron Bourqueney reads the following paragraphs : " From this day, there shall be Peace and Friendship between His Majesty the Emperor of the French, Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the King of Sardinia, His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, on the one part, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, on the other part; as welt as between their heirs and succees sors, their respective dominions and subjects, in per pettiity. "Peace being happily re-established between their said Majesties, the territories conquered or occupied during the war shall be reciprocally evacuated. "Special arrangements shall regulate the mode of the evacuation, which shall be as prompt as p o s s ibl e . "His ajesty the Emperor of all the Russias engages to restore to His Majesty the Sultan the town and cita del of Kars, as well as the other parts of the Ottoman territory of which the Russian troops are in possession. "Their Majesties the Emperor of the French, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, engage to restore to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the towns and ports of Sebastopol, Balaklava, Kamiesch, Eupatoria, Kertch, Jenikela, Kinburn, as well as all other territories occupied by the allied troops." Lord Cowley observes that the placing in conjunction of the last two paragraphs may admit of its being sup posed that the belligerent Powers are 'making an ex• change, whereas the Preliminaries imply that Russia, in exchange for the territories occupied by the allied armies, consents to a rectification of her frontier with European Turkey. The'second Plenipotentiary of Russia replies that the question here is that of a mutual restitution of territories occupied, on either side, by the belligerent armies, and by no means that of territorial cession ; that this latter point will come in in its place, when, as the Prelimina ries stipulate, the rectification of the European frontier is proceeded with. The Reporter of the Committee then proposes the lowing Paragraphs : " His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russian. and Their Majesties the Emperor of the French, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, engage to set at liberty the prisoners of war, immedi ately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty. "Their Majesties the Emperor of the French, the Queen of Great Britain, the Emperor of all the Russian, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, grant a full and Mire amnesty to all those of their subjects who may have been compromised by their participation in the events of the war in favour of the cause of the enemy. " His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria, Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the King of Prussia His Majesty the Em peror of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to partici pate in the advantages of the European system (concert). Their Majesties engage, each on his part, to respect the independence and the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, guarantee in common the strict observance of that engagement, and will, in consequence, consider any act or any event tending to its violation as a question of general interest. " The Conventions or Treaties concluded or to be con cluded between them and the Sublime Porte, shall henceforth form part of the public law of Europe. "If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one of the Contracting Powers, any mistinderstanding calculated to threa4en the maintainence of their relations, the two States, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Powers the opportunity of prevent ing such an extremity by means of conciliation." Count Buol announces that be has received the in structions of his Court on the second point, relative to the Danube. He declares that Austria assents to the entire application of the principles established by the Act of the Congress of Vienna, to the Upper as well as the Lower Danube, provided, however, that this mea sure is combined with the engagements previously taken bona fide by the river-bordering Powers. Ile conse quently proposes a new wording, having for its object fully to meet the principle of free navigation laid down in the Preliminaries, taking those engagements into ac count, during a fixed period. After having heard this new wording read, the Con- gress decides that a copy of it shall be annexed to the present Protocol, and defers the discussion of it 0 the nexb sitting. The present Protocol is read and approved. (The signatures follow.) ANNEX 1 TO PROTOCOL No. 10. SEPARATE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE SUBLIME PORTE AND RUSSIA. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russian, taking into consideration the principle of the neutralisation of the Black Sea sanc tioned in the General Treaty under the date of to which they are Contracting Parties, and wishing, in consequence, to regulate, by common agreement, the number and the force of the vessels which they have re served to themselves to maintain in the Black Sea for the service of their coasts, have resolved to sign, with that view, a Special Convection, and have named for that purpose : • His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier and his first Plenipotentiary at the Paris Confer ence ; and Mehemmed Djemil Bey, his Ambassador EX traordinary and Plenipotentiary ; And His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, Aide-de-camp General Orloff, his first Plenipotentiary at the Paris Conference, &c., &c., &c. ; and the Baron de Brunnow, &c., &c., &c. ARTICLE 1. The High Contracting Partie;mutnally engage not to have in the Black Sea any other vessels of war than those of which the number, the force, and the dimensions are hereinafter stipulated. ARTICLE 2. Each of the two High Contracting Parties reserves to itself to maintain in that sea six steam-vessels, of fifty metres in length at the line of floatation, and four light vessels of a tonnage which shall not exceed two hundred tons each. (Initials of the two first Plenipotentiaries) ORL. A. ANNEX 2 TO PROTOCOL No. 10. ARTICLE I. The Act of the Congress of Vienna having established the priuciples intended to regulate the navigation of rivers tzaversing different State, , , the Contracting Powers stipulate among themselves that those principles shall in future be equally applied to the Danube and its mouths. They declare that this arrangement henceforth forms a part of the public law of Europe, and take it under their guarantee. The navigation of the Danube cannot be subjected to any impediment or charge not expressly provided for by the following stipulations. In consequence, there shall not be levied any toll founded solely upon the fact of the navigation of the river, nor any duty upon the goods which may be on board vessels, and no obstacle whatever shall be opposed to free navigation. ARTICLE With the ♦iew to carry out the provisions of the pre ceding Article, a Commission composed of the Delegates of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sar dinia, and Turkey, shall be charged to designate the works necessary to clear the mouth of the Danube from the sands which obstruct it. .... In order to cover the expenses of such works, as well as of the establishments intended to secure and to facili tate the navigation at the mouths of the Danube, fixed duties, of a suitable rate, may be levied, on the express condition.that, in this respect as in every other, the flags of all nations shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality. ARTICLE 111. A Commission shall be established which shall be com posed of Delegates of Austria, Bavaria, Wurtern berg, Servia, Wallachia, Moldavia, and Turkey. It shall be permanent : a. Shall prepare regulations of navigation and river police ' • b. Shall remove the legislative impedi ments which 8611 prevent the application to the Danube of the arrangements of the Treaty of Vienna; c. Shall order and cause to be executed the necessary works throughout the whole course of the river. ARTICLE IV. It is understood that Ow European Commission shall have completed its task, and that the Riser Commission shall have finished the works described in the preceding Artic'e by the letters a and b, within the period of two or three years, or sooner, if possible. The Congress sitting at Paris, having been informed of this fact, shall, after having placed it on record, pronounce the dissolu tion of the European Commission. MINES. MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult. A.ce,raln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Work Brit. American Land Canada rt 0 p. Jan Maly Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Onston Iron Ore Eastern Steam En.&Aus Cop S m Co Electric Telegraph I Slectrio Teleg. of Ir Gen. Iron Sc Collier lien. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig vlediteran. Elec. Tel. 4exican&S Americn. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do.SpcPissatld New B. & N. S. Land N. B. Australasian NAIL of Europe Steam Oriental Go Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. PeninsulArtz Oriental Do. New ...... Royal Mail Steam ... Scot. Austra'. Invest. Ditto New............ South Au stral.Laud Stamm. Tel. Scrip... DD. lit:gistered. . . rrnst4 L. ro.u, Can. Vas Diemen's t.said V.Clo,6p.e.Jan&JalY 33 - 32 G - )40 - 14 . 5 ill 111 - 114 1100 - 114 3 -- 3t 5 11 5i 14 2 94 - 96 3i Si 10 51 - 6 - 3i - 4} - ip 18 - 22 11 - 16 - 21 3 70 - 75 1 11- - 111) 37 - 39 i. . . . .- - 1 15 - 16 • a ^ -- IS 1 9 Le nil LU all zt. tr 0 it. 100 it. 100 6 ekti 5 all 4 1 j 5 all it. 100 1 all 5 all 15 14 L 8 all 4 all ~_ !, :.~. r .. ~.. Y ~ ARTICLE V. In order to ensure the execution of the regulations which shall have been established by common agreement, in conformity with the principles above declared, each of the Contracting Powers shall have the right to station (one or two) light vessels at the mouths of the Danube, PROTOCOL No. 11.-2 o SITTING OF MARCH 18, 1856. Present.—The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. Count Waiewski announces that the arrival of the I Prusaian Plenipotentiaries at Paris has been noticed to him by the Count de Hatzfeldt. The Baron de Mauteuffel and the Count de Hatzfeldt being introduced, present their full powers, which are found in good and doe form, and ara deposited among the Acts of the Congress. A copy of the Protocols of the preceding sittings is delivered to the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia. The Baron de B)uripaeney reads the paragraphs pre pare,l for the renewal of the Convention respecting the Straits ; these paragraphs are drawn up in the following terms : " The Convention of the 13th of July, 1841, which maintains the ancient rule of the Ottoman Empire rela tive to the closing of the Straits of the Bosphorus and of the Dardanelles, has been revised by common consent. "The Act concluded for that purpose, and in confor mity with that principle, is and remains annexed to the present Treaty." Count Walewski proposes to confide to a Commi.-rfon the care of drawing up the invtrument destined to re place the Convention of July 13 , 1811. The Congress agrees, and the Commission is composed of the first Ple nipotentiaries of Prussia and of Turkey, and the second Plenipotentiaries of France, of Great Britain, of Russia, and of Sardinia. (Th© signatures follow.) PROTOCOL No. 12.—SITTING OF MARCH 22, 1856. Present.--The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. The Protocol of the second sitting held on the 18th of March, 1856, is read and approved. Count Orloff informs the Congress that the Court of Russia has approved the draft of Convention arranged between the Plenipotentiaries of Turkey and of Russia, and which was annexed to the Protocol No. 10. Count Walewski proposes to appoint a Commission to be charged with presenting to the Congress a defini tive draft of preamble. This proposition is adopted, and the CJramiseion is composed of the second Plenipotentiaries. (The signatures follow.) PROTOCOL, No. 13.—SITTING OF MARCH 24, 1856. Present.—The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. The Protocol of the preceding sitting is read and ap proved. The Baron de Bourqueny !reports the labours of the Commission charged with the preparation of the definitive draft of the preamble of the General Treaty. Tile Com mission, says the second Plenipotentiary of France, had for its task to discover terms which, taking into accouut the position of all parties, might be equally satisfactory to each of the Powers who are co-operating in the work of peace. The project, unanimously accepted by the Commission is read in these terms : " Their Majesties, &c., animated with the desire of putting an end to the calamities of war, and wishing to prevent the return of the complications which occasioned it, resolved to come to an understanding with his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria as to the bases on which peace might be re-established and consolidated, by se• curing, through effectual and reciprocal guarantees, the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. " For this purpose Their said Majesties named as their Plenipotentiaries, &c., which Plenipotentiaries • assembled in Congress at Paris. " An understanding having been happily established between them, Their Majesties the Emperor of the French, the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of the King dom of Great Britain, the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, considering that in the interest of Europe, his Majesty the King of Prus sia, a signing Party to the Convention of the 13th of Jnly, 1841, should be invited to participate in the new arrangements to be adopted, and appreciating the value that the concurrence of his said Majesty would add to a work of general pacification, invited him to send Pleni potentiaries to the Congress. "In consequence his Majesty the King of Prussia named as his Plenipotiaries, &c." The Congress adopts it. Count Walewski observes that the Congress decided, in one of its preceding sittings, that mention should be made, in the General Treaty, of the hatti-sherif recently issued by his Majesty the Sultan in favour of his non- Mussulman subjects ; that it had been agreed, however, that this mention should be made in such terms as at once to establish the spontaneous action of the Ottoman Government in this matter, and so as that there should not, in any case, result from it any right of interference on the part of the other Powers. Count Walewski proposes to insert in the General Treaty, on the fourth point, the following terms, which seem to him to fulfil the intentions of the Congress : "His Imperial Majesty the Sultan having, in his con stant solicitude for the welfare of isll his subjects, with out distinction of r e li g i on or o f rase , i ssue d a firman which equally records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his Empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the Contracting Parties the said finnan, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will. " It is clearly understood that this communication, of which the Contracting Powers recognise the high value, cannot, in any case, give to the said Powers the right to interfere, either collectively or separately, in the relations of his Majesty the Sultan with his subjects, nor in the internal administration of his Empire." The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of Great Britain, and of Turkey support this proposition, as fully answering the proposed object. Aali Pasha adds that it would be impossible for him to assent to any other terms, if they tended to confer on the Powers a right calculated to limit the sovereign authority of the Sublime Porte. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia reply that this point deserves particular attention, and that they cannot ex press their opinion before they have caiefully examinel the terms proposed ; they demand that it should be re ferred to a Commission. The Plenipotentiaries of France and Great Britain combat the proposition of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia, insisting, in their turn, upon the very importance of the question, which requires to be considered in plcno. It is decided that the discussion shall take place in Congress at the next sitting. The first Plenipotentiary of France communicates the Articles relative to Servia, which had been drawn up by the Commission for the Principalities. Upon the proposition of the Earl of Clarendon, the Congress determines that the Articles shall be inserted in the present Protocol, and defers the examinationof them till the next meeting. The Articles are in the following terms : "ARTICLE " The Principality of Servia shall continue to hold of the Sublime Porte, in conformity with the Imperial Hats which fix and determine the rights and immunities which it enjoys. "In consequence, the said Principality shall preserve its independent and national administration, as well as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation. " The ameliorations which it may become necessary to introduce into the present institutions of the Princi pality of Servia can only be the result of a concert be tween the Sublime Porte and the other Contracting Par ties. PROTOCOL No. 14.—SITTING or MARCH 25, 1856. Present.—The Plenipotentiariee of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. The Protocol of the preceding sitting is read and approved. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia are invited to com municate to the Congress the observations which they had reserved to themselves to offer upon the terms in serted in Protocol No. 13, relative to the fourth point. Baron Brunnow states that, by insuring to the Chris tians of the Ottoman Empire the complete enjoyment of their privileges, there has been bestowed upon peace an additional guarantee, and which will not be the least valuable ; that on this ground it would be impossible to appreciate too highly the importance of the hatti-sherif which had recently emanated from the sovereign will of the Sultan ; that the Russian Plenipotentaries do not hesitate to acknowledge, and, moreover, happy to dec lare that this Act, each paragraph of which clearly attests the benevolent intentions of the Sovereign who has pub lished it, realises, and even surpasses, all their hopes ; that it would be an act of homage to the excellent wis dom of the Sultan, and a proof of the solicitude which equally animates all the Governments of Europe, to mention it in the Treaty of Peace ; that this point is agreed upon, and all that remains is to come to an un derstanding respecting the terms. M. de Brunnow adds that the special interest felt by Russia in the Christians of Turkey had induced her to give her full assent to the terms first proposed, which appear, however, to have g i ve n rise to certain objections ; although th ose t erms , in conformity with the unanimous opinion of the Con gress, ascribed exclusively to the sovereign and sponta neous will of the Sultan the Act which it is desired to re cord in the Treaty, and stipulated that no right of inter ference whatsoever on the part of any Power could ensue from it. He further states that, out of consideration for sus ceptibilities which we respect, we accordingly renounce it, and we propose to the Congress terms which appear to us to effect a',l that is requisite, whi!e keeping within the limits traced out for us. The Baron de Brunnow then reads those terms, which are thus drawn up :--- " Isis Majesty the Sultan having, in his constant soli citude for the welfare of all his subjects, without distinc tion of religion or of race, issued a firman which records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his Empire, has resolved to bring the said firman to the knowledge of the Contracting Powers. " Their Majesties the Emperor of the French, &c., re cognise the high value of this spontaneous act of the so vereign will of his Majesty the Sultan. Their said Ma j esties accept this communication as a fresh pledge of the amelioration of the condition of the Christians in the East, the common object of their desires, in the general interest of humanity, civilisation, and piety. "While manifesting, on this point, the unanimity of their intentions, the high contracting parties declare, by A. '4" cstmoon consent, that the communication of the above mentioned act cannot hive rise to any interforetice, col lective or is o lated, i n the affairs of the internal 16drninis. tration of the Ottoman empire to the prejudice of the independence and dignity of the sovereign authority in its relations with its subjects." The first Plenipotentiary of France, and after him the Earl of Clarendon, observe that the draft preasnted by the Plenipotentiaries cf Russia does not essentially differ from that for which they demand that it should he sub. stituted, and that by insisting on it they would place the Plenipotentiaries of Turkey under the necessity of again referring to Constantinopl e respecting it, and would thus give rise to fresh delays ; that the differences to be ob. served between the two texts had either a bearing deservs ing the attention of the Congress, and in that case the Plenipotentiaries of Russia should define their character and nature, or that those differences are insigniho met, ae might be supposed from a simple perusal, and that ac. cordingly it would be best to adhere to the terms which have already obtained the assent of the Ottoman GI overn. ment, the party principally interested in the quest ion. Count Orloff replies that, in concurrence wit h the Baron de Brunnow, and taking into consideration the motives set forth by the Plenipotentiares of France an d of Great Britain, he gives up the project presented by the second Plenipotentiary of Russia, and adopts the one which had been presented by Count \Valewcki, recroiring„ however, a slight alteration, and reserving the approba tion of his Court. Lord Cowley says that he cannot let pass the expres sions which had been used by the Baron de Brannow, when speaking cf the special interest felt by Russia in the Christian subjects of the Sultan, and that the lute. rest which the other Christian Powers have unceaningly shown in them is neither less great nor less special.. Baron Brunnow replies that, while referring to the dispositions by which his Court had always berm Atli matsd, he had nut intended to throw a doubt ou, or to contest, those of the other Powers for their co-relis gionists. After having stated that his instructions do not permit him to agree to any modification without taking the orders of his Government, Anli Pasha, admitting that the alteration requested by Count Orloff consisted in a simple transposition of words, assents to it, and the Congress adopts the following terms as denitive, subject to the reservation made above by the Plenipoteataiies of Russia : " His Imperial .Majesty the Sultan having, in his con stant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects, v. - ithrnt distinction of religion or of race, issusd a fireman, which, while ameliorating their condition, equally records hie generous intentions towards the Christian population of his Empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the Contracting Parties the said finnan, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will. "The Contracting Powers recognise the high value of this communication. "It is clearly underetcod that it cannot, in any case, give 'to the said Powers the right to interfere, either collectively or separately, in the relations of his Majesty the Sultan with his subjects, nor in the internal adminis tration of his empire." Count Walewski says that the state of war having made void the treaties and conventions which existed between Rucsia and the other belligerent Powers, it is proper to agree to a transitory stipulation for settling the c mimercial relations of their respective subjects, dating from the conclusion of peace. The Earl of Carendon expresses an opinion that it would be advisable to stipulate mutually, as regards commerce and navigation, for the treatment of the most favoured nation, until each allied Power shall be able to renew its ancient treaties with Russia, or else negotiate new ones. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia reply that they are without instructions in this respect, and that it would not be allowable for them to enter into engagements mien lated to create a state of things different from that which existed before the war, and that before assenting to the combination proposed by the Earl of Claren don, they must refer to their Court on the subject ; that Russia has, moreover, concluded with cer. ta;n frontier States, Treaties which grant to their respective subjects advantages which it might, perhaps, not suit her to concede even temporarily to the subjects of other Powers, seeing that a just reciprocity might possibly not result from such a course ; and, for these reasons, they propose to agree that the Treaties and Conventions existing before the war shall be revived for a period fixed and sufficient to permit the Contracting Parties to come to an agreement as to new stipulations, The question being reserved, the Earl of Clarendon says that, while admitting Turkey to form part of the political system of Europe, the contracting Powers would give a striking proof of the dispositions which bind them together, and of their solicitude for the gene ral interests of their respective subjects, if they endea voured to come to an understanding among themselves with the view of placing the relations of their commerca and navigation in harmony with the new position con ferred on the Ottoman Empire. Count Walewski supports this opinion, and insists upon the new principles which are about to emanate from the deliberations of the Congress, and on the guarantees which the recent measures taken by the Government of the Sultan afford to Europe. The Count de Cavour observes that no Power posf ea ses a commercial legislation of a more liberal character than that of Turkey, and that the anarchy which reigns i❑ the transactions, or rather in the personal relations, of foreigners resident in the Ottoman Empire, results from stipulations which bad their origin in an exceptional situation. Byron Manteuffel says that Prussia having had to negotiate a Treaty of Commerce with the Porte, he has had an opportunity of verifying the difficulties of every kind arising from the multiplicity of Conventions con cluded with Turkey, and stipulating, in favour of each Power, for the treatment of the most favoured nation. Count Buol acknowledges that certain advantages would result from the regulation of the commercial rela- tions of Turkey with the other Powers ; but as intermts differed with the respective situations, extreme cirou:m• spection is indispensable in proceeding to a readjustment which would affect a state of things already acquired, dating from the earliest times of the Ottoman Empire. Aali Pasha attributes all the difficulties which fetter the commercial relations of Turkey and the action of the Ottoman Government to stipulations which are obsolete. He enters into details tending to establish that the privileges which Europeans have acquired by the capitu lations are injurious to their own security and to the de velopment of their transactions, by limiting the inter ference of the local administration ; that the jurisdiction by which foreign agents protect their countrymen, con stitutes a multiplicity of Governments within the Go vernment, and, consequently, an insuperable obstacle to all improvements. Baron Boirqueney, and the other Plenipotentiaries with him, acknowledge that the capitulations apply to a situation to which the Treatc, of Peace will necessarily tend to put an end, and that the privileges which they confer upon individuals circumscribe the authority of the Porte within limits to be regretted ; that it is opportue e to devisa modifications calculated to bring all things int o harmony ; but that it is not less important to adapt them to the reforms which Turkey is introducing into her administration, so as to combine the guarantees ne cessary for foreigners with those which will result from the measures which the Porte is engaged in applying. After these mutual explanations, the Plenipotentiar'.es unanimously recognize the necessity of revising the stipu• lations which regulate the commercial relations of the Porte with the other Powers, as well as the position of foregners resident in Turkey ; and they decide upon re cording in the present Protocol their wish that a delibera tion should be opened at Constantinople, after the con clusion of peace, between the Porte and the Represents.- fives of the other Contracting Powers, with the view of attaining this twofold object in such a manner as to afford entire satisfaction to all legitimate interests. The Congress resumes the discussion of the Articles relative to Servia ; Count Walewski reads them. ..4.ftsr having been revised, these Articles are agreed to by the Congress in the following terms : ARTICLE . "The Principality of Servia shall continue to hold of the Sublime Porte, in conformity with the Imperial Hate which fix and determine its rights and immunities, placed henceforward under the collective guarantee of the Con. tracting Powers. "In consequence, the said Principality shall preserve its independent and national administration, as well as the full liberty of norship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation. H is majesty the Sultan engages to examine, in con. cert with the High Contracting Powers, what ameliora tions the present organisation of the Principality ad. mite of. ARTICLE "The right of garrison o f th e S u bli me P orte, as stipu ated by anterior regulations, is maintained. No armed ntervention can take place in its territory without pre- vious agreement between the High Contracting Powers." The Congress further decides that the Ministers of the Porte shall come to an understanding, at Constanti nople, with the Representatives of the other Contracting Powers, upon the most suitable means for putting an end to proved abuses by an investigation, the nature of which they will determine among themselves. Count Buol considers that it would be advantageous, with reference to the different points upon which the Congress had been engaged, to obtain from the Plenipo tentiaries of Russia assurances on the subject of Monte negro, which they are probably disposed to give. He adds that circumstances, dating from different periods, may have given rise to a belief that Russia intended to pursue in that Province a course of action having a cer tain . analogy with that which had devolved on her the Danubian Provinces, and that her Plenipotentiaries might, by means of a declaration which would be re corded in the Protocol, remove all doubts on this point. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia reply that no mention was made of Montenegro, either in the &Turnouts which issued from the Conferences of Vienna, or in the Acts which had preceded the meeting of the Congress ; that, nevertheless, they do not hesitate to declare, as the question has been pat to them , that th eir Government has no other relations with Montengro than such as spring from the sympathies of the Montenegrins for Russia, and from the friendly dispositions of Russia towards those mountaineers. This declaration is deemed satisfactory, and the Con gress proceeds to the examination of the Articles rela tive to the Danubian .Principalities, w hi c h h ave been re vised by the Commission for drawing up the Treaty. After having formed the subject of a fresh discussion, these Articles are recorded in the Protocol as follows : " ARTICLE "The Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia shall continue to enjoy, under the suzerainty of the Porte, and under the guarantee of Europe, the privileges and immunities of which they are in possession. No exclusive protection shall be exercised over them by any of the gual '~: < 'rA ~~ ~~~~~ 7i 7 42 i 53 li 2 2i a .. 'aY RI (