The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

on of a the hsures 3 con nebes ilarly etitta- Y. 6. 47 50 50 - 1 0 - :3 2 5 0 55 - 58 75 LO. Dom and ;dom es of ueen ee of s3sor nons, sl - 3 very and and alder MONEY MARKET AND C OIYIDIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocg. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with an i m p rov i ng t en d enc y. Co m p are d w ith rriday's r a t es pr i ces o f a ll ki n d s were ex t reme . Tbe Hales were estimated at 12,000 bales. By the Alnerica we learn that the receipts and shipments little cotton h a d b een l arge , p r i ces h a d un d ergone ' u ttie or no change, and the peace news had not reached further than Halifax. With a fair amount °f , boldness, th e R a ilway Share Market did not ex ii'bit much activity, and prices were barely sup- Ported. etunmercial advices from the chief manufacturing di stricts, throughout France continue to be satis factory, and trade is very active amongst the whole liale houses. Speculation, which had for a time re ajued dormant, is beginning to guide the opera "°°e of merchants ; still there is much caution e vinced in their transactions. All kinds of colo nial produce is in demand, and much activity exists 4t the ports of Havre, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Mar- The trade with North America continues u t , ja k, and orders for mar u acturt goods are heavy. "utherto the importation of American produce was ° I greater value than the export of French geode, a nd the balance was remitted in cash. Now it is Probable that the United States merchants will have t° remit to France in money payments. The trade W : i th Germ any i s i ncreas i ng i n conseq uence of some °ll see buying on Russian account. In the event tf Peace being concluded this spring, it is expected that 4 considerable trade will be done with Russian pre paring The retail merchants in the towns are busy askfor spring novelties, but they purchase luck with caution. Accounts from New York by the American picket t o th e 29 t h J anuary h ave come to hand. le vessel brings no specie on freight. The money mark et i n t h e Amer i can cap i ta l cont i nue d easy , I ti d though the demand was brisk, yet the p 141 1 ., 1 ,' was beyond it, as the banks were amply il v ded with bullion, and acted cautiously. rumours relative to financial revulsion% nd warlike measures were considered absurd, t here exists a strong under current of confidence Ca tes in the public mind, between the United ), -I `es and Great Britain. The pacific news which fo ltl e a gitated the whole of Europe during the last t i, 4 night had not yet reached New York, and in th e co mmercial reports of the day they considered et ; the conti nuance o f th e war will result to the tri eat o f t h e United States, as it must keep up the tilieie of their breadstuff's. There is every probe toi:): therefore of the export trade of Am e ri ca b e i ng pe t : ld erably checked after the receipt of this ini fte,nut intelli gence . Th e ex p or t s f rom N ew Y or k 3,,C o the Ist o f J anuar y t o th e 25th am ou n t e d t o ih 0 ,.. - ; ,3 74 dollars against 2,000,402 dollars in 1854, au increase of 1,459,972 dollars. ( 14 0 meetin g has been held to-day of the cre- Ith e r . a of Messrs. Scott Russell, of Millwatl, ti t C sus erasion was announced a short time eh ai ; Samuel Beale, Esq., presiding. The se eu rn lan said the meeting was called, in con ticte„en a circular issue% by the firm to con il. what wa s best to be done in the present W I nu of their affairs. He (the chairman) believed it e e : e ase in which, by united action, steady f zbear spoliband consideration, a very material advantage st k e Probably be derived. Mr. Fresbfield Veen 0 e , 41 ° . a statement of the circumstances that had eetu al , ° , ll ed the suspension, and mentioned that, t hit the beginning of the present year, the large in t o entered into presented prospects of great t eor Ti but th?y , were then dissipated. There were rei 4 gag'es for a considerable amount on the pre field tar exceeding their value. He (Mr. Fresh er, under , r ecommended that the estate be wound ma de inspection, and such arrangements could d u itis ize ter er i !th the mortgagees, the Government, Steam Company, and private indivi ike a w l % with whom contracts had been entered into, th e rd, at the expiration of six months, enable declaration of a dividend of 10s. in the pound. re e Cnigh a furth er di v id en d wou ld no d ou bt b e d ecid able it was not deemed expedient to make any th e v et' statement in reference thereto, owing t o a rieus contingencies that might in the mean the t►hile arise. M r . J. E. C o l eman then explained following balance-sheet : Letererrms. °reditors on open balances and accept ftlinCea £113,940 19 10 b 'reditors holding security £15,000 ' 'Atinnted value of sonority held 6,000 9,000 0 0 The £122,910 19 10 'Astern Steam Navigation Company aeserve their right Donau claim which the', breach of contract, in case satisfactory th e t'llement cannot be carried out with ASSETS. £159 3 8 ay gash balance 12,800 0 0 000 k debts considered good 1, Asmets, consisting of materials, engines Zte „,ot i c., at w orks ” L '°. I,dr• Russell's interest in various 23,002 8 8 B hlps 40,000 0 0 ~.. )) "L'o. , cont rac t s f or vessels and machinery ,392 0 0 ho w constructing 4 ' lOO 353 12 4 I, Debts Ander 10/. 118 0 5 $/Y eholTej£loo,233 11 11 ti the Eastern Steam Navig,a paieemPany, upon which calls have been ar . a 'uutintin g to 22,410/. ttb s ,., l " 4 questions were then put to the chair, the k e 'vel•s to which were deemed satisfactory, and g e , BBrB . teal, Grissell, and Jones, selected from the 1 4 , - h e r ai body of creditors, consented to become in 4- t e l et ars. Mr. Scott Russell will actively assist th e Le various works. Resolutions embodying the above recommendations were then signed by r ,.' r editers present, and the meeting separated. tre e- 4, disposition was evinced throughout the Ilell e ;','ng3 to meet the wishes of Mr. Scott Rus- I'llu his advisers. kt - d ge re is a buoyant market for English Stocks, C on 411 advance of about per cent. has occurred. Ti i 4 es are 91?, money, and 92i for account. itiereased firmness is probably owing to the sbieter tone of the American advices. The New llii r i ee s are 921 and the Reduced 921. Exchequer to 226 84 re 7s to 3s. diicouut. India Stock is 220 in T he re has been very little business transacted vi ah ° A reign Stocks. Buenos Ayres are 55. Peru a4,l",`"l,l per Cents. 79 3 / 4 . Spani s h 3 p er C en t s . 42/ ; he' the Def erre d 23/. Turki s h 6 per C en t s . h ave N t e a.done a t -93 3 / 4 , and the 4 per Cent. G uaran t ee d Sto ll at 100; „ Th e • 1)t o ,. 4 ' l -Lowing are the nominal prices of Foreign 203 -4 :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6174; Mexican, Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 56 ; e e r tuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per 3 ,104 6 ; ditt o 4i per Cents., 92 94 ; Spa n i s h ev ,lllBe r Cents. 424 ; ditto Deferred, 23/ 24 ; ditto e.tiaeateS, 4 5 ; ditto Passive, 64 I. 4 4 he Railway Share Market shows firmness in rat'lliotations at a slight advance upon previous e e ; but there is not much business doing, ex veTg in Great Western, London and North tra ; er n, and Midland. In Foreign railways 4-IQti are limited, but rates are fully main tained. 0118 Tb © l Banki ng Sh ares th ere i s not much doing. ti o - II " Projected B a nks have commanded atten- P a nd are still quo t e d at a premium. a limited ; M ining and Miscellaneous Shares there is also -- "ed amount of business doing, with an Ml °velment in ye s t er d a y' s prices. HRl T'llii PUNDS THIS DAY •A T ONE O'CLOCK. ( f,rem t , ; / . OfioW -6"'"'; 3 Bee q w ,, d o ne. l P " Cent. Red Annuitiag„, g a or Cent • Consols Annnities i 91i $ i ll t' I,o o w 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuitie g e x Aro sth Jan. 1560 3l ,IlarDliiattno 30 Yea - i . s, - e i xpire sth April, 1885 l6l . mock 2241 6 .cant Bonds £ lOO O Ditto, und i er ...-01009 Ercheoner Bilis, 21d. c=lOOA . ...... ... . . Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cen 1 8 Ditto 1859 ...... P RICE OF FOREMIT—FUTN. DS AT ONE O'CLOCK 114 ouos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent '7,5 1' •O,,,lrlrviau Bonds, 41 per Cent. bifteish Bonds, 3 per Cent ... tto Account Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. „, Litt') Account . inrlcie.h Rends, ii per cent 'hitt° Account big° Cuarauteed, 4 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above Payable in T.n r o or, 7 W 91iO O'CLOCK. •• . ; .. .. 92 92i ri mgolß Ditto Account Mehemet Dj ern il B ey, t h e Turkish Ambassador atr t Paris, arrived at Turin on the 6th . , and was Duke t the day a f ter at a gran d f e t e given by the de Gramment, Minister of France at the %Au/a-Court. SHARE MARKETS, au's DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. CI o*pir rricet Astimday l~k~ ~~ _„ .znbg. liottng. Bost aad Eastn. Junct ;Arming. Wolverb tnur Valiq LanuaL. 4 )o. Chesia. it Birk. £5O and £25 Cons , Do., ...... &Tynaorigina'.j £25 (land. at £45; 1 Oiristol and Exeter 'aledonian. 'arm. and -digar l'lhester dr ilolybewl. and Bandon ~. cork, Black, is Pas 3 riortrwall Do. A Do. B Cric Junction DLblinezßelfsstJune nun. P. etA' .Jne Kin Al..3lian. • Eastern Counties.. iTnieu, A BO De., B. 5t00d.... . Do., Now A....,,„ East Kent le.neashire Mint urgh ri Glaego Edinb. and Peeblee.. Edin. PAL et Dupl. , . , urtb & Clyde Jan !. Furness Do. Extension........ Glaszow Groat N. of Sootbad. Great Northern „ Do., A. Stock.. B itoev. !Cit. F. 7, ,th. kWest.(lre l Oreat Western D... Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk [rich South-Eastern. Egtnesster & Carlisle IDo., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lencneh.andYorks' , Do., Wst. Riding Tro Liv.Crsby.k.Southpf London & Blackw& 1 Lond. Bright & S.Csi Loud. and N. Westn Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M& 8..„C Do. Eighths London and S. Weatn. Do., £5O. Do., £4O. Lndw Ivry& Cotentin , Ludiadrin & Ennisk lifunch.Sh cf.& Linea Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan I Midland )o. Birmng. &Derl); Widld. G. West. (Ire, . Do. rfalf Sharos Newcastle& Carllsl, Nwpt.Aberg.&llrti Newry & Newry Warrenpoini And Rostrevor Norfolk lorthn.Connties Un North British._ Rn.i . . & Dock Stock i;o., A Stock r‘o B Stock Do., B Guar%ntee N. tstern—Berwi, Do. do. Fatongion Dodo. O.N.$. Throb Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. "4„&S.Wstrn.,Ftain: , stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir North Western..,,.., & 9. Westin. Jun, Nuneaton, Hinckley, And Leicester.. ..... . Ox, Wore., WWI , . L'urbmiouth ottish Co itral Scottish Mi lap Shropshire th i " , enth Devon %nth Eastern ionth Wales S. Yrksh. ik Riv. Dm. I`3ta , nes, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlia• 5t.,...11(t0n & 1-hrtlopl Taff Vale .. Do. Prof., No, 1..„ ITharnes ijay. R. I..Tlverstone 6z Lance IVAIe .1t Nosth... IWatertl. k Kilkentk. I?illt.orfordArLimor;.A.. !Wont Cornwall iWest End' of London lasi Crystal Palace Do. B !West Lonclon... WimbleclutiCroydor' 25 27 4 - 41 8 - 81 16 - 15 13 - 14 g.- 85 -- 8,7 551 - 56; 4 • - 2. 12 - 9k 10; 26 30 19 - 21 72 - 73 52 - 54 9 1 - 22 - 24 82 - 86 . 64 - 7 -91 i '6 MI - 1..`16 103 -- 10.5 55. E6i 74 - 77 64 74 64 - 74 811 81/ 7 97 99 1006 101 par t d - par) 94 95 3 3 26, see ... 24} 25 id 69 —69 i 10 42 •N ... .... ... • .e• • 50 - 52 29 3.9 ... . 75i 76i 6i -5/ 4 - 14 - 51 14 i~.' 7f~, 23 - 25 104 -- 106 75 - 77 II 45 - 47 1211 62i - 71 - 73 5 3d 2d : 87 • • oh. 33 -- 46 _ 4 .6 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rott , Mt= Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. atpar till'64 'Ardennes Hulgiat, June I Llozlers to Oraissessacl i lenibay, P.s.roda, and 1 Contra]. Indis,SeriT Do. Demerara Outch Rhenish Eastern of France 1)0. New Rast ;Indian, g. 5 p.Q EYLCTIGinii Do .41 p. e.Bnds. ,'57 no. do. do., '59, Gee one Melbou lac guar. 5 per c nt... Do Lou.allot do. , ,Gd. Tk of enus(lqA. is Do. Cert. of De ben. con. into Stk. till'6:' Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. enAtral of Fran , Gt. Indian Peninsu% groat Lnx2mbotm; Constituted ShareF Do. Ohliv.tiont.... Do, re-is. forftd. Sh. (it.W:)stern of Cana , a shares Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dc.. do., '73, withoni option Hamilton & Torontr• Do. per cent. Laki , Const. k Bash Lierre and Turnhout Lucca St Pist. 5 p. c. p Lyons and ilimew , Lyons & Meditorran Andraf, guar. 4 , p.c Do New • 0., 5 p. c. ro. 4i p. c. Eiten war Antonia . Do. do. New sTarnur & Liege (wit} iateroet) Do. (ex intcroot•)... Northern of Franoe. no.2ol.Shs :)o. 201. 3 p. c Bds (ftny.B.dc Ams.Shs. l'orwerianTrankPre . 2aris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ...... Parif4 And Orlean Rome and Frascati .:opal Danish Royal Swedish ----- Do. Obligations . Sambre and Mouse_ Do. 5i p. cent. Scindi, guar. 5 p. s Do southern of France— St. Androw'o and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 64 Per e. Pref W. dr, N. W. of Franc West. of Switzerland IN'icabarlon &Wand 8 -- 81 1(1_1p - .24) 3 -' 2 i 4 H ',••• - 34 —3B 11 —13 n 21 21i 4 r 14 t - 15 63 07 82 - SG 5 - 5.1 20A - 4i - 3 - 34 25- 95 3 - 34 99 - 11'0 117 - 122 118 123 101 10,1 4 25 IIT -- 12 ... - ...d *-- Pm 91 - 19 - 19 7 1 9 2 - 3 - 6 5i - 5 1 36i - 3 7 12 12 48i - 49, ig 19 20 2a 94 9i • a• ".". • f - 1 • ••• .... --- pro ••• •• 3i - 4 33 - ... •-• . lei ----- 16 JoINT-sToCi BANKS. tinstrala.la ...... Bank of London Rri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C. tritish N. American :lliartd. Bank of Asia "Thrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, Ist China City lonial Commeridal of Gond r ng,Seot.S Ans. Cht fond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New Einr.idon and County I Did. Bnk g. Corp ;London Joint Stock `Gond. & Westminster National Pro.of Bug Do. New National of Ireland Now Smith ;Oriental Bank of 1 Corporation rovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anstraln.Bkg.l 41t1,1 Imp C o Royal British =oath kustralia ijnion o f inhtralia 1 o. New ... Qni~u9.• Londc:a 92 - 1,4 65 - 67 ... - ... ••• ..... •• par -... 1 • p e:is .7. *7.0 4 17 18' 17 17) 2 lid Par 2'l) ... •M ~~ H• ~ "'" .• ... - ... 37 - 39 39 -- 41 .. •••• .... •N •s, 70 - 72 7; 8A 23 le §0 Business done this day 100 111 2p to 2 2) 50 21 10 20 5 20 18 10 4, 14 44 20 8') at) 14 all all all , , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1856. LINES LEA§, RdtLWAYSi Bedford and Blet chley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pe E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direot Do. Now...—. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlcsbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.6pe N.& Est.s Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prost. & N'M y:e Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth.and I Goole g. 5 p. o. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent._ Do Wilts&gornrst Yawing Compane London liz N. Wort. L. &N. W. Calvion E. Un. & E. C t.Nrthu E. Count •ldonian Gt. 'Matt Yk. Now. Berw. , Y. & N k Do lasterr. 'eto k Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Stckton & Darlingt. En. Conn. ,E. Count Do L. & N. W Do at Northn Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy hi.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt 'Do IDo.. lat'M PREFEREP St.l St. St. 6 10 10C 100 100 100 100 100 tiberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c... Do. Debentures Birth and Tyne pei c. prof. (issd. at 501) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chce.&Ho.Qn.si pc Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Do. do. Prcf. No. 2 Cork drßandonsip.e Dun.Prth Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. Eas. Co. Es, speN 0. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St . East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Dcbentr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Laneash. 6 p. cts ' &W. York. J. stl* Edit). & 01. 5 p.c. sh. iild. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness Gifts. & S. W. 0.5 P.C Great Northn. 5 p. 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. S. is W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Prif. S W.(B. ;zll.Ffipc Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Dq. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. a. red. pref Do. do. do. Do. Birm. Pref. Do. Chester 8 p. c. P.S. De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gina. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2) Do. 6 p. c. Stock ~ Lon. &Brigh. G.sp.e. Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St . Do. New ouar.6 p. e Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct LOU. & S. W. 7 per et all Londy. j Sh. all Londy.&Ennis.i ST. 103 )1.,5.,& L.,New,lC/ 4 Do. £6 all Mfarypt.&Carl.4p all Du. 4 per cent 10; Do 100 Kid. Consol.6 p.c St 1(10 Do. Con.Br.B'r. 6pc 100 Do. 4i p. c. Prof. S . all Pref. 4i pcx cc , . all 'Do. 5/. Pr f. 4 p. c. . (00 Ditto L. &H. Prof. St hall New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p c. Norfolk Dobentuit• • o.Pref. 4 p. c. St ck I Do. 5 p. c. Eat Da. 5A per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.a. P Do. do. do Do, Leeds 6 p.c :No.l Do. do. Quarters ... Do. York S. Pur. North Staffordshire. 0x,W0.kW.15/ pc. Do It. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,Now Pre' ISouth Devon DO. fixed, 4i per cent 8. Eastern (Reading: Ann.) of £1 Os. fid iDo. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4a p c eh. S. Wales Gua. 4 p, c. iDo. do. 4} p. c.... tS.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hard. g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '55 Watered. & Kilk. g p c 100 100 100 100 'lOO 100 100 100 100 all all all 'oetn. SHARES. 80 85 92 -94 05 -- 97 Ibi -16 i • .• 6 1 - 6i I 12 ... '' ... •N fyi - 66 sa — llB 108 110 103 - 105 9a -- 10 6 - 6i F 9 -- 91 79 - Si 79 - 81 95 - 100 9 9 : 1 1 0 0 4 1 161 - 161 70 - 72 18 - 19$ 9 4 - 9 i 13t - 141 1 - 131 133 ••• ...... ••• .0. ...." • . •N ~~ ~~~ *1: i* 1 2 - 134 95 - 97 1 - 4 - - ... ." - ••• ..." • •• re. ..... ••• - 101 91 - 93 - 51 - N• 1 ' ~d ••• ..• l3i - 14 23 - 23 95 - 100 9i -- 9i ••• 1111 MINES. kEetth f• na . . ,Anglo Auetrin. Gold •Anglo Californian 'Australian Australian Cordillera Are Maria Baden (Gcl.Duchy of • Bhenar. Iron & Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp.(isened at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaos & Cniaba Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cow. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo. Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeitißeg. Great Politooth . Gt Wheal V.r United Liberty Linares Lusitanian Variquita. ...... New Granada ,Nouveau Monde Pontgi. S . il. 4% Le. Min, Port Philip Quartz Rock R o hym N ney Iron ew S:.ntiago de Cuba Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian.... Do. Scrip o. 10 per cent Prel am. S. & L. Min. Co Cin Croft ...... ....... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining o Australia Ynba I - I 3 - 5 - 21 11 - 4 4 27 - 29 - iP 66 - es 35 38 2i 27 21 23 id 14 16 11 21 id 6 rl, 12 - 14 h $ 19 - 21 6' - 8 2t - 31 4 - 41 ... - . . 41 - ij 3 - 4t - I ... ..... "ea MI SCELL.&NEO U ti. Australian Agrleult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada C. Go. 6 p. o. Jar, & Jnly Do. 6 p.e. Feb & Aug ; Do. 6p. e. Mar & Sept' Crystal Palace.. Do. Preference.. Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam En.&Aus Cop Sm Co Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Iron Se Collier Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish B"otroot Sz.gar Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig Mediteran. Elec. Tel. liexican&S.Arecricn. Nat, Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do. 8 p c P iss at I d New B. & N. S. Land N. R. Australasian._ Nr th. of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Now Portland Iron C 0...,, Royal Mail Steam Scot. An Aral. Invest Ditto New South Austral. Land Submar. Tel. Scrip 1)o. Revisternd ['rust& L, CO.ll. Can v as I ) iwmwn'w Land Yeed,•61'.0.1113414 25 -- 2611 -- 0 i 47 -- 50 127 -- 132 107 4 -- 1083 105 -- 107 108 -- 110 2i -- 5 -- 54 - 1 7 7 19i -20 i •H ""*" ••• ••• - ••• 8 - 10 5i - 51 •1 la •• 2 3 id 18 22 ••• --... ••• 1 -•• 1} 21 2 : il • - ... I •,• --- ...pl 75 i -- 366' -- 1 154 16 H. a 14 ._,. --_. D BANTAM HsNnees tkla thy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---(YEsTERDAy). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord SHAFTESBURY presented several petitions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Earl GREY presented a petition from Gateshead in favour of the adoption of the recommendations contained in the report of the commissioners upon local dues upon shipping. COMMISSIONERS' REPORT ON THE MANAGE MENT OF THE WAR. The Earl of CARDIGAN said, sediTg the Secretary of State for War in his place, he was anxious to call his attention to a statement on a subject which was of the greatest importance to him, as involving his character and conduct. In a report from the commissioners to inquire into the management of the war, which had recently been published, he felt that his character and conduct had been reflected upon in a very unfair manner. He felt that as a peer of of that house he ought, in his place in the House of Lords, to defend himself from those attacks. He now begged to give notice to the noble lord that to-morrow he would feel it his duty to transmit to the noble lord a full explanation of his conduct as far as it had been unfairly reflected upon by the report referred to. He felt that he could refute every charge that had bean brought against him, and he could prove that up to the last moment of his command at the seat of war he had paid everyattention to the welfare and comfort of the men and horses. It was hi s s i ncere d es i re and wish that the noble lord should give every possible pub licity to the statement which he would place in his hands. The Earl of LUCAN said he felt that he ought to take this opportunity of replying to the reflec• tieing made in the report upon his conduct and profes sional character. Immediately upon seeing that report he addressed to the noble lord the Secretary of War a letter, in which he refuted in the most positive terms every part of the report in which his conduct was impugned. The noble lord also knew that he requested that that letter should be given to the public at once. As such publication had not yet taken place, he thought it only reasonable to ask the noble lord to place the letter on the table of that house. Lord PANM.URE said that in the full and elaborate report of the Commissioners be was quite sure that it never was their intention to attack in any manner the character of the two noble earls as peers of Parliament. They simply expressed their opinions as to what had taken place at the seat of war in the winter and spring of 1854. He admitted having received a letter from the noble earl who had last addressed the house, addressed to him officially. That letter he had referred to the commissioners. One of those commissioners, now in London, stated that the charges contained in the report could be sup ported by returns given on the spit. In a few days he hoped to be able to lay that letter, as well as the reply, on the table of the house. The Earl of DERBY—The question, as it seems to me, is not so much one affecting the character of the two noble earls who have addressed your lordships, as what may be the intention of the Government with re spect to the cases that may arise upon the production of the report which the noble lord says will be laid upon the table. Various persons naturally feel themselves aggrieved at the charges that have been made or implied against their proceedings in this report. My two noble friends have the privilege of making statements in their defence in this house, though I do not thick that it is very fit place in which to discuss such matters. (Hear, hear.) But undoubtedly one of two things ought to be open to every noble lord. I understand that my noble friend who has laid his letter before the noble lord oppo site asked permission to make that letter public, and that the noble lord is now inclined to grant that per mission. I want to know whether the tame indul gence, or rather right, will be conceded to other offi cers who have been reflected upon. What course, for instance, is to be taken with respect to the communica tion of an officer who may not have the advantage of being a peer, or of possessing a seat in the other House of Parliament, and who may feel himself aggrieved by statements in such a report affecting his military cha racter ? Will they be precluded from making public any answer which they may have to the charge ? Ought they not to have the same opportunity to make it pub lic, whether by letter or otherwise, as others who have greater advantages ? I want to know what course the Government intend to pursue with respect to the answers made by such officers as feel themselves aggrieved by the charges in this report, and also whether it is the inten tion of the Government to prejudge the case by granting rewards for distinguished services, or by imposing penal consequences on any officers who are so accused 1 I want to know whether that report is to stand as it is at present, open—either for reward or punishment—to any answer which may be made by officers whose conduct may have been spoken of in it? Lord PANM.GRE.—My answer with respect to the proceedings taken by the Government with relation to that report is this :—All the Government has done has been to take steps, as far as they could, to prevent the recurrence of the evils which that report has exposed. The noble earl opposite (Lord Lucan) asked my permis• sion to publish in the newspaper." a letter addressed to me. My answer was that I could give no official autho rity for the publication of an official letter referring to a report of a commission not before the house. I have, however, no hesitation in saying that in case any officer feels himself aggrieve." by_atatemente made, not in this report alone, but in any public document which bas b een laid upon the table of your lordships' house, and chooses to address either to me, or to any other member of the Government who may lay such a report upon the table, anything in justification of his conduct, or which puts it in a different light to that represented in the report in question, I conceive it would be bet justice that those answers should be laid on the table, and I shall at all times be ready to do that justice either to a peer, a mem ber of the House of Commons, or any officer reflected upon. (Hear.) The Earl of HARDWICKE said that if he were in the situation of either of his noble friervis, and that full opportunity was not given to him to refute the charges, he would consider himself justified in removing the de corations from his breast and returning them back to his Sovereign. Lord - PANMURE said that the decorations were Oven for distingui.hed services against the enemy. Nothing contained in that report, or that could be said elsewhere, could detract from the merits of those services. THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, seeing his noble friend (Lord Lyndhurst) in his place, he begged to ask him what course he intended to pursue to-morrow, as the committee of privileges was to inert that day at two o'clock. He thought it ought to be known what course was to he adopted when the committee met. Lord LYNDHURST said that when the committee met he would state the course he intended to pursue, and he had no doubt the noble earl (Granville) opposite would also have a course to propose, and that other noble lords would likewise offer suggestions. The course he proposed to adopt was teis,—that e hen all these suggestions were before the Committee of Privi leges, to leave that committee to adopt the course they thought best. A conversation here took place, in which the Earl of Derby, Lord Brougham, and Lo r d C am pb e ll t o ok part, and the matter then dropped. DIPLOMATIC DESPATCHES. Earl GREY rose to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the question of which he had given notice, namely, whether he could give any explanation of the apparent contradiction between Colonel Rose's despatch of the '2sth of March, 1853, and that of Lord Stratford de Redeliffe of the 27th of May following ; the first of these despatches contained a memorandum of Mr. Pisani of the account given to him by Rifaat Pacha and the Grand Vizier of the substance of the note verbale presented by Prince Menschikoff to the Porte on the 16th of March, while Lord Stratford de Redcliffe states in hie despatch of the 27th of May that Mr. Pisani had assured him that Rifaat Pacha would never be brought to admit the existence of his note. 'Your lordships will, lam satis fied, always concur with me in considering that it is a matter of the greatest importance that the accuracy of information transmitted to her Majesty's Government by the diplomatic agents of the Crown, and especially of information which is to be laid before Parliament, in order to jiistify the policy of the Government, should be unimpeachable. If, therefore, Circumstances should ever arise of a nature to throw doubt upon that accu racy, and those circumstances remain unexplained, the consequence must be that suspicions will be entertained as to the trustworthiness of the diplomatic servants of the Crown, of whatever rank they may be. I say, therefore, that if such circumstances should arise, it is the duty of a member of either House of Parliament to ask for some explanation with regard to them. This being so, I feel bound to ask for some explanation with regard to circumstances to which I have already on a previous occasion called your lordships' attention. Last year, in discussing the policy of the war, I endeavoured to show that there existed no ground whatever for an allegation which had been made that Prince Menschi koff, the Russian ambassador, had used threats in order to inclace the Turkish Minister to conceal from the British Government the real nature of the Russian de mands. I at that time argued that the Turkish Ministry desired for their own purposes to create that impres sion, and had made a dupe of Colonel Rose in the first instance, and afterwards of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and that they had been induced to transmit to her Majesty's Government an erroneous intima tion, which produced at the time a most unf or t unate effect upon the minds of the Government an d o f r tb ec e al p i e t o o pl y e o e u f r th re is co one o wishr two now, my country. I nsis, my lords, to the gro un d s upon which I relied in support of that opinion, I n t h e month of March, 1853, Prince Menschikoff p resente d llection an import an t p a p er t o th e T ur kish Governm en t , and i n the same mouth Colonel Rose transmitted to the British Government a despatch enclosing a memorandum bear ing the signature of Mr. Pisani, and stating that its purport was founded upon what had been told to him by the Grand Vizier. Colonel Rose said : " Your lordship will see that, in spite of Prince lien schilsoff's denunciations against the Turkish autho r iti es should th ey reveal his secret demands, they, in considera tion of the danger which would ensue from a compliance with them, determined to make them known to her Ma jesty's Government." Shortly afterwards Lord Stratford de Redcliffe addressed a despatch to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of which 3, short but important extract appears in the papers which have been laid on your lordships' table. Lord Stratfcrd de Redcliffe said : "I think it my duty to record that the note verbal ; pre sented to the Porte by Prince Menschikoff on the 4th (16th) of March, and enclosed with Count Nesselrode'e despatch to &Pa DEWW Oa the 9th prat) ulti to 3 vii zwor municated to this embassy. I questioned Mr. Pisani on the subject, and he assures me that Rifaat Pasha would never be brought to admit its existence. That Minister was probably restrained from disclosing it by the Russian ambassador's threatening language." Your lordships will observe that on the 21st of March Mr. Pisani signs a memorandum, containing a full re port of the contents of the 'note presented by Prince Menschikoff, as ascertained in a conversation with the Turkish Minister, and two months afterwards he as sures Lord Stratford de Redcliffe that the Turkish Ministry could never be brought to admit the existence of that note. This, my lords, as I stated last year, is a matter affecting the character of members of the British legation, and I think that blame is attributable to a higher quarter than Mr. Pisani. Lord St ra tf or d d e Red- cliffe was not justified in transmitting to the English Government statements reflecting upon the conduct of a Power with which we were at that time on terms of amity without ascertaining their correctness. It wal his duty, when he returned to Constantinople in the then critical state of affairs, when the awful issue of peace or of war was trembling in the balance, to make himself accurately acquainted with the steps which had been taken by C donel Rose in his absence'; and if he had ne glected that part of his duty, be had still no right to transmit an assertion to the British Government that the Turkish Government had concealed an important State paper unless be was convinced of the correctness of the statement ; still less bad he the right to ground upon tint assertion the inference that they had been threatened by the Russian Minister. I say, my lords, that he had no right to adopt that course, when five minutes' search in the archives of his embassy would have afforded him every information upon the subject. My lords, I wish to know what explanation her Ma. jesty's Government can give of these circumstances, and I do not think that the importance of the subject is at all diminished because these transactions are of three years' date, for Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is still ambassador at Constantinople, and Mr. Pisani occupies, I believe, the same position in the legation as he did then. My noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs last year offered no explanation with regard to these circumstances, nor did I expect him at that time to do so, as he probably was not then acquainted with all the facts of the case ; but I did expect that, when a statement had been mae involving a grave charge against the British ambassador, and reflecting upon the honour of a member of the British Legation, I did ex pect, I say, that when each a s tatem e nt had been pub licly made in your lordships' house, even by a member so inconsiderable as myself, some explanation would be offered by those whom the statement concerned. I need not tell your lordships that, in the present state of affairs, duties of the very greatest importance are en trusted to th . e British ambassador at Constantinople, or that the position occupied by Mr. Pisani is also of the highest importance. While we employ in the East an ambassador who is not conversant with the Oriental language, the truthfulness and trustworthiness of the interpreter or dragoman attached to the embassy afford the only security which the country possesses that its affairs will be properly transacted. Upon these grounds I ask my noble friend what explanation can be afforded of the discrepancy which I have pointed out ? The Earl of CLARENDON—My lords, my reply to my noble friend will be a very brief one, because I am not able to give any complete explanation in answer to the inquiry which he has addressed to ma. At the same time I cannot help expressing my regret that my noble friend should have broaght forward this subject at the present moment, and should have preceded it by the speech which he has made, because I think that he has failed to show either that there was any urgent necessity for bringing it forward, or that any practical good could be expected to result from it, at a time when both your lordships' House and the other House of Parliament have given such unequivocal proofs of their determina tion to avoid anything that can be likely to produce embarrassment or irritation. (Hear.) In so doing, Parham. at has acted from the highest sense of duty, and I believe that it faithfully represents the feeling of the country in resolving to wait with patience for the result of the negotiations which are about to be entered upon—anxious for an honourable peace, but if that, un for,unately, cannot be obtained, determined to prosecute the war with vigour. Feeling, my lords, that the meet ing of Parliament will rather tend to facilitate than to render the negotiations difficult, and feeling confident, also, in the sincerity of our intentions, I believe, if we are but met, as I trust we shall be, with similar sincerity on the part of those with whom we have to treat, that these negotiations ought to be neither long nor difficult ; but, if we have reasonable grounds for anticipating the conclusion of peace, I cannot see the practical utility of ripping up 'transactions that occurred previous to the conamencearent of the war. My noble friend com plainsithat I did not answer his speech upon this sub ject last year. My noble friend certainly made a speech of very great length and very great power upon that occasion, to various portions of which I could not reply, because my attention had not been drawn to them previously ; nor did I then, nor do I now, attach the same importance to the discrepancy that my noble friend does. It is a matter which concerns the Turkish Ministers, who, from some motive or other, first denied the existence, and afterwards would not admit the con tents, of a certain document ; and, having once deviated from the fact, they have never since been able to make a consistent story of it. It is perfectly true, as my , noble friend has stated, that Colonel Rose on the 24th of March heard that Rifaat Pasha had received a note verbale from the Russian Government. He went to in- quire whether it was true, and all that he could learn was that the Turkish Government believed that the Russian Government intended to propose a secret treaty, but he was not sure that Use Turkish Govern ment would inform the British Emlllassy of it. A week afterwards Col. Rose saw both the Grand Vizier and the Minister of Foreign Affairs ; and he then heard, as was reported by Mr. Pisani afterwards, that Rifaat Pasha had said that a note verbale bad been presented by Prince Menschikoff; but they stated that Prince Menschikoff had used the strongest language to prevent any com munication of it to the British or French embassies, and hal endeavoured to extract from Rifaat Pasha a promise that no each communication should be made ; and that on Rifaat Pasha hesitating to give that pro mise Prince Menschikoff left him in great anger. My lords, T think there can be so doubt that the Turkish Ministers were intimidated, for at the same interview Rifaat Pasha informed C donel Rose that he did not consider that Russia had specified or declared what her intentions were. I ;think, therefore, that the Turkish Ministers were intimidated ; nor is it very surprising that they should have been when they knew the circum stances ender which Prince Menschikoff was there ; when they knew that the very predecessor of Rifaat Pasha had been compelled to quit office on account of Prince Men sohikoff ; when they knew the vast power of Russia and their own want of preparation, and were ignorant of the c turse which Franca and England were about to take. Under such circumstances, I am not surprised that the Turkish Ministers, after the language which had been held, should have been somewhat intimidated, and some what cautious in the proceedings they adopted. This is further confirmed by Lord Stratford, who, upon his arrival at Constantinople, wrote that the Turkish Minis ter had broached the subject to him, but that he was un able to draw any explanation from him; and he added, that the fear which induced the Turkish Minister to withhold the truth arose from the language which had been used towards him by Prince Menschikoff, and that it greatly embarrassed the settlement of the question. But it is perfectly true that the note verbale never was given to the British embassy at all. It was placed in my bands by Baron Brunow, and by me it was sent to Lard Stratford. Lord Stratford writes that Mr. Pisani says that the Turkish Government could net be brought to admit the existence of the note; and Mr. Pisani says the same thing now. I thought that the best way of meeting the inquiry of my noble friend was to send his question along the telegraphic wires to Constantinople— (hear)—and I will now read to your lordships the answer which I received yesterday. Lord Stratford telegraphed to me from Constantinople on the 7th inst. the following answer : " Mr. Pisani confirms to me what I stated in my des patch to your lordship of May 27, 1853, viz., that the Turkish Foreign Secretary at that time would not then ac knowledge the existence of the document called Prince Menschikofl's note of March 16 or 17,' in the same year. The Pasha was pressed to give use a copy of it, and he ap pears to have resorted to subterfuges and disavowals in order to avoid the importunity. Mr. Pisani affirms that subsequently a search was made by him, with the assist ance of Noureddi Bey, the Porte's chief interpreter, and that the paper was not to be found in the archives of the Turkish corferpondenee." In fact, the Turkish Ministers would not allow the ex istence of that note in order that they might not be pressed to give a copy of it, which they were afraid of doing. My noble friend, however, tries to fix blame upon Lord Stratford in this matter in a manner which shows, I think, that he is not quite familiar with the contents of the note, and that he is unmindful of the original cause of the war. The note contained a long recital of Russian grievances against Turkey with respect to the Holy Places, and demanded that certain things should be done in reparation of those grievances and in fulfil ment of engagements with Russia which it was said had been violated the year before. Some of those things, however, which were required to be done, were contrary to the arrangement which had been entered into with the French Ambassador, and the Porte was greatly embarrassed how to act ; but by the friendly interpo sition of Lord Stratford the Porte was relieved from its embarrassment, and Lord Stratford received the thanks of all parties. It was only after that matter had been satisfactorily settled that other demands were brought forward by Russia, to which the Turkish Go vernment could not assent, and which we could not re commend them to concede. I will pursue the subject no further, but I beg my noble friend to bear in mind that Lord Stratford was perfectly aware of the contents of the note verbale ; that he acted upon it; and that if no other demands had been made by Russia beyond those which were contained in the note verbale, Lord Stratford would have prevented a rupture between Russia and the Porte. (Hear.) My noble friend concluded by some remarks upon Lord Stratford which I do not think were alto gether fair. Lord Stratford, like all the rest of us, may have his defects, but no man will deny Lord Stratford's high sense of honour and extensive qualifications. There is no man who is more intimately acquainted with Ori ental questions, no man who more desires to see the progress and prosperity of the Ottoman empire than Lord Stratford. Lord Stratford has rendered great services, and he is still rendering great services. As I came down to the house this evening I received a letter from him, stating the progress of events, and I can safely say that by his knowledge and ability he has been eminently use- Jul in procuring a settlement of what is called the Fourth Point, and in securing to the non-Mussulman subjects of the Porte a position which I believe will be highly satisfactory to the Christian Powers of Europe. (Elear.) Earl GREY—I am extremely gorry that my noble friend has thought it necessary to question the propriety of the step which I have deemed it my duty to take this eYlOal u g. die Sap that r 4 lianavnt has Very propelly abstained from embarrassing the Government in the pre sent delicate posture of affairs. Though I believe there is no matt in the country who more thoroughly disap proves the policy of the Government upon foreign ques tions than myself, I am equally confident that there is not one in either House of Par!iament who has more cautiously abstained from doing anything which night in any way embarrass them. Certainly, I have ab stained this session from saying a single word upon a question on which I feel the deepest anxiety. But is it calculated to embarrass the Government—l hope not—to point out circumstances which, if left unex plained, may injuriously affect the honour of the country ? What has the question now before your lordships to do with the impending negotiations ! How can it embarrass them ? And does the Government really mean to close the mouths of independent peers upon questions of this kind by talking to as of negotia tions which have no more to do with the subject in hand than negotiations in the moon ? (A laugh.) I must de cline to follow my noble friend into the question whether the present war is to be attributed t? Russia or to Tur key, or whether Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has rendered great services to the ceentry or not. Upon these points I may entertain very different opinions from my noble friend, but they are not before us at present. I raise one specific question, whether there was or was not a contra diction between the despatches of Col. Rose and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ? My noble friend says there was not. Allowtme to read the two passages, and then I will leave your lordships to judge whether there was a contra diction or not. On the 25th March the memorandum of Mr. Pisani contains the following words : "Rifaat Pash-t, in the interview I had with him yesterday, stated that Prince Menschikeff ha' left with him on the 17th a note verbale." On the 27th May Lord Stratford de Redeliffe informs us that he had questioned Mr.Pisani on the sub ject, "and he assures me that Rifaat Pasha would never be brought to admit its existence," speaking of this very note verbale. The question then is, whether a certain gentleman, having stated that he had received from a Turk-ish Minister an account of a note left with him, and 2 months after writing that the very same Minister could never be brought to admit its existence, has stated that which is correct? This matter may be passed over lightly by mynoble friend, but I say it is of the very deepest im portance, not for the reputation of the British Embassy only, but also for the honour of the nation. If England is to be represented by persons whose statements are thus contradictory, I say that its honour suffers ; and, where there is so much suspicion, the power and moral influence of the country may depend upon regaining that high character which ought to belong to all engaged in the diplomatic service of the British Crown, so that no, shade, even of distrust, may rest upon the accuracy of their statements. I think that it was right to bring this subject before the house, and confess I feel the deepest regret that my noble friend, instead of giving some explanation showing there had been a mistake, has found it necessary to go into various other questions, but not to touch the only point at issue. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. MARTIN took the oaths and his seat for Rochester. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were then severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed : Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Corn. panies Amalgamation ; Alford Valley Railway ; Ban bridge Junction Railway; Barnsdale and Leeds Road ; Bath GAR ; Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway ; Chel tenham Gas ; Colonial Bank ; Conway and Llandudno Road ; Cirk and Yonghal Railway ; Coventry (City) Gas; Darenth Valley Railway; Daeping Fen Drainage ; Denny Junction Railway ; Dorset Central Railway ; Dunblane, Donne, and Callender Railway; Dundee Harbour : Eastern Counties Railway ; Eastern Union Railway ; East of Fife Railway ; Edinburgh Munici pality; Edinburgh Water; Ely Tidal Harbour and Rail way ; Filey Water -; Formartine and Buchan Railway ; Glasgow Courthouses and Public Offices; Glasgow Paving; Glastonbury and Bruton Railway ; Gloucester Gas ; Halifax and Huddersfield Road; Heywood Gas; Knares borough and Green Hamel:warm Road ; Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge Road ; Knottingley Gas ; Lambeth Water; Lancaster Gas; Leicester and Welford Road ; Lin coln Water; London and North-Western Railway ; Lon don and South-Western Rail way (Yeovil to Exeter) ; Lon don Dock; Lowesteftand Beccles Railway; Luton District Road ; Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction Rail way; Monmouth Roads ; North Shields and Tyne mouth Dock ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Railway (Extension of Time, &c) ; Renfrewshire Roads ; Rhosydd Railway ; Scottish Central Rail way ; Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway; Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway ; Shrewsbury Water ; Sleaford and Tattershall Turnpike Trust ; Southport Water ; Stockton and Middlesbrough New Road and Bridge ; Swansea Vale Railway; Thames Haven Dock and Rail way; Ulster Railway ; West Ham Gas ; Westminster Terminus Railway ; Weymouth and Melcombe Rsgis Gas ; Worksop Gas. PETITIONS. Mr. DAVIS presented a petition against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Manchester against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Leicester against the Metropolitan Police Bill. Mr. PELLATT presented a petition from S iuthwark against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. lIASTIE presented a petition from Glasgow against the opening of the Crystal Paiace on Sundays. Mr. SPOONER, presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire against the opening of places of amusement on Sundays. POOR RELIEF (SCOTLAND). Mr. E. ELLICE moved for a return in reference to the record of applications to the board of supervision for relief of the poor in SCotland, stating in each case the amount of relief. whether in money, food, clothing, or any other shape (but if not in money, then giving the money value of such other description of relief), which formed the subject of complaint ; the decision of the board as to such allowance being insufficient or the con trary, and in cases where the ground of complaint was removed, stating the additional amount and kind of re lief that was granted, from the let day of July, 1854, to the 30th day of June, 1855 (in continuation of former raturns). 7 —Agreed to. PROPRIETORS (SCOTLAND). Mr. DUNLOP moved for returns of the number of proprietors in each county in Scotland, stand;ng on the valuations rolls, made up under the act 17th and 18th Vict., c. 91, as owners of lands and heritages therein of the value requisite to qualify for acting as commissioners of supply in terms •f the 16th section of that act, and also of the number of proprietors pos sessed of the former qualification as owners of lands and heritages valued at 1001. Scots of old valuation ; together with the total valuation of the county under that act, and the total valuation in pounds Scots, according to the valuation rolls, prior thereto ; and of the number of proprietors, in each parish, of lands and heritages valued at 1001. Scots, and the number owning lands and heritages valued at 1001. ster ling yearly under the act above mentioned ; together with the total number of proprietors in each such parish, of whatever valuation, standing on the rolls made up under the said act, and the total number standing on the old valuation rolls.—Agreed to. DOCKYARD APPOINTMENTS. Lord 116T11AM moved for a, clpy of any order issued by the Admiralty in 1355, regulating appoint ments in her Majesty's dockyards. —Agreed to. ASSAULTS ON WOMEN. Mr. DILLWYN moved for a return of the convic tions and sentences within the police districts of the metropolis during the years 1854 and 1855, under the act 16th and 17th Vict., c. 30, for the better prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults upon women and children.—Agreed to. BURIAL GROUNDS. Mr. A. BERKELEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why burials were allowed to continue in metropolitan graveyards, now that ample accommodation existed for interments at a distance from London ? Why the churchyards of Saint John, Hox ton ; St. Mary, Haggerston ; St. Giles, Camberwell, having been repeatedly closed by order of the Council, have as often been allowed to re-open, and were, to gether with the Blue Lion burial-ground, in Grays-inn lane, and Trinity, Brompton, now in full operation ? and why the objectionable practice of placing more than one body in one grave was continued in the cemetery at Brempton, which bad been purchased by, and was under the control of, the Government ? Sir G. GREY said the burial grounds referred to had not been repeatedly closed, but an extension of time had been granted some of them till the new city of London Cemetery was co•npleted. That cemetery would soon be ready for the reception of burials, and then those places would be permanently closed. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. HUME asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government had had under its considera tion the question of assimilating the weights and mea sures and tales in Irel and ; and, if so, whether it was their intention to b rin g in an y measure upon the sub ject this session ? Mr no t m t h e e a s i u n r t e e noffi the kind e Government N said t S t M o b A ringf i o d rw it as a w rdany this session. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Mr. EWART inquired of the First Lord of the Trea sury whether any, and (if any) what, measures had been adopted for the establishing a system of examination, or other educational test, for candidates in the diplomatic service of the country ? Lord PALMERSTON stated there had been commu nications with the commissioners for the examination of candidates for public appointments, and he would have no objection to lay that correspondence, relative to the examinations for embassies and consular appointments, on the table of the house. Mr. RICARDO gave notice that he should move on that day fortnight for a select committee to inquire into the system of Government contracts. THE POLICE BILL. In answer to an HON. MEMBER, Sir G. GREY Fair]. he believed it was t h e general wish of th e h ouse th a t thi s m easure should be proceeded with as speedily as possible. He had postponed it already for some days, on the understanding that it should be proceeded with on Wednesday next. Under these circumstances, therefore, he could not comply with the wish of the hon. gentleman to further postpon e the second reading of the bill. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING. In answer to a question relative to this bill, Lord P.A.LMERSTON said it was the intention of the Government to go on `pith the bill on the 25 . 11 ) if zucusstacci permitted, 551 61 97 8 101 1001 Do.. I i 12i hi 15 NAVAL ESTIMATES. On the motion of going into committee of supply on the naval estimates, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to call the attention of the house to a practice relating to the public expenditure, which might he productive of much mischief. On referring to the financial accounts for the year ending March 31, 1855, he found that a considerable expenditure had taken place in excess of the estimates which were passed by the house, which he submitted was a most dangerous principl e as one whi c h t oo k a ll contro l eut o f the hands of the house. In the estimate of naval stores for that year the house on three different occasions voted 2,828,0001., but he found that the expenditure had been 3,264,000/, being an excess of 436,0001. expended without the sanction of that house. There was a clause isi the Appropriaticn Act by which the Lords of the Treasury were allowed to take any surplus, and to apply it without actually coming to the house. To that principle the house should object, because if expenditure could be thus incurred in excess of the estimates agreed to by the house, they might as well not troable themselves with estimates at all. Sir C. WOOD said the first vote he should have to move would be one to cover the excess of expenditure last year, and he thought it would be more convenient to postpone his explanatone till he brought the subject before the house in movirg the navy estimates. ___ ___ Mr. W. W 1 ELIAMS thought it would be much more conducive to the public interest if the navy estimates were • postponed till they knew whether they were to have peace or war. He did not wish that the Government should in the least relax their preparations for carrying on the war with vigour; but if they voted the estimates now, h e was . afraid, although peace might take place, that the country would be saddled with a war expenditure. There was an increase of 6,000 in the number of seamen to be voted this year. Of course the house would expect some explanation from the Government as to the reason for this large in crease at a time when there was not a flag belonging to Russia to be seen in the Black Sea. The country had a right to expect that something more would have been done in the Baltic than had been accomplished. In the estimates about to be submitted there was a considerable increase for the marines, although the number of men was the same as in the year before, namely, 1,600. He wished to draw the attention of the right hon. gentleman also to the cost of the coast guard and the riggers. No doubt that body of men had been of the greatest possible use, but after the fleet had been trained for two years he coal& not see the use of continuing those men in the service any longer. The extra cost of these two classes of men was 67,0001. this year and 55,600/. last year. In three years they cost the country 164,703/. Now during the war 20,000 extra seamen had been called out. This extra cost, there. fore, would have enabled them to pay a bounty of 81—and able seamen might be had for less - to each of these 20,000 men. This point deserved the attention of the Government. He would next call attention to the vast increase in the nusuberof admirals • in 181-6 there were 153 a d m i ra l s o f a ll grades on th e list, admirals; whom 14 wereemployed; in 1853 the number had risen to 268, but only the same number were employed. The present estimates provided for 314, al though only 18 were employed afloat and 4 in the dock 3ards. He thought such an increase of the number of admirals was monstrous. There was also an increase of 43,0001. in the half-pay and pensions this year over the last. This could not be owing to the war, as none of the officers employed had yet come on the half-pay list. With in last ten years this deal weight had diminished only 51,0001. The amount now asked for was 1,297,0001. H e hoped some explanation would bo given of the increase. He also wished to call attention to the mode in which the good-service pensions were given away. He believed the grossest injustice was done in this matter. He found a noble lord had just been placed on the list. He did not wish to disparage his gallantry, but he had seen very little service, and there were at least four hundred captains and twice that number of lieutenants is the service who had performed more meritorious services. An honourable cap taiu had also received a rendon whose services were not of a nature to deserve it. In conclusion, he would only say he would offer no objection to the most efficient esti mates for the vigorous prosecution of the war. The SPEAKEZt then left the chair, and the house went into committee. Sir C. WOOD said it was his duty to propose the naval estimates for the year ; but the first vote which he would have to propose was one which had no reference to the ser vice of the coming year, being a vote for the excessive ex penditure of the year ending on the Ist of April last. He thought the explanation he would give of the circumstances of that vote would entirely refute the assertion of the hon. member for Evesham (Sires. Willoughby), that any expen diture could bo incurred without its being submitted to the house. Any person who paid attention to the subject would nee that in an expenditure of eight or ten millions it was hardly possible to measure the amount so accurately as that there should not be excess one way or other. The estimates were framed by the department some time before they were laid on the table. Sometimes at the end of the year there was a surplus, which was carried to the credit of the account at the Exchequer; sometimes there was an excess of ex penditure, which it was always necessary to submit to Par liament. With regard to the particular excess incurred last year, he thought he woul I be able to satisfy the house that it was hardly an excess of expenditure at all, although, technically, it came before the house in that shape. Last year, when the right hon. gentleman, the then first lard (Sir J. Graham) was moving the naval estimates, he re called to the recollection of the committee the great changes ho had made iu the adaireistration of the Admiralty in 1830. These changes had effected an amount or adminis trative reform larger than lid even been hinted at in mo dern days. Many purao) a raga d ,c 1 the late Sir G. Cock burn as a great authority in naval matters, but it was a fact that every ono of these improvements had beers strenuously opposed by that gallant °Meer ; amongst them was the introduction of a bettor system of accounts, and a system of bookkeeping by double entry, and from that the accounts of the naval expenditure had been most satisfactory. For 20 years of peace the system hail worked without any difficulty, and it had hitherto borne the pressure put ou it by the war. Ta point of fact, there tore, the item of 204,000/ for excess of expenditure ap peared in the estimates, not because a greater sues had been expended than had been calculated on, but because eovviug to a better system of--accounts a sum of near 300,0001., which in the ordinary course of things would have been defrayed its the course of the current year, had been carried into the accounts of the past. In the report of the accountant-General he refers most favourably to the change thus made, and to the exertions made by the officers of the department Ito bring about this result, and the Commissioners of Audit corroborated his statexaent. So far, therefore, from any blame attaching to the officers of the department for this excess of expenditure, it, arose from circumstances highly creditable to them. He was sure the hoe. member for 'Lambeth would bo glad to learn that the public accounts were now kept in the same manner as those of the great mercan tile establishments. A great deal of the result oh taMed was owing to a change recently made in the mode of paying off ships on arriving in port. Formerly the books were sent up to London, and examined by an esta blishment of clerks from the Accountant-General and Pay master-General's offices. Considerable delay, therefore, took place before the men could be paid. Within the last two or three years the system has been changed, and the paymaster of each ship paid all the men belonging to her. When the Baltic fleet returned in 1854 and 18.3 e, each ship was paid up as she came in : no complaints were made, no difficulty was experienced, and the men were set at liberty either to go ou leave or be transferred to other ships. The paymasters of the flout deserved the highest praise for the manner in which they had discharged the new and dif ficult duty devolved on them. Intimately connected oith this subject was a further change which he proposed to make in the mode of payment at the dockyards. As the paymasters of the ships had been substituted for the pay clerks foom the Accountant-General's office, a great portion of the duties of the latter had been douo away with, and he proposed to relieve them alto gether, and recall them to London. In their place ha would substitute in each dockyard an officer to be called the accountant, who would pay the allotments and all the wages of the yard. This was now done by the storekeeper. He thought it better they should be entirely disconnected with the monetary transactions of the yard. The new dicer would be able to inquire into and check the dock yard accounts, which he feared at present were not checked as they ought to be, especially with regard to contract work. He next came to the actual estimates for the year. As had been already stated they were framed on the supposition that the war would continue, for they were !prepared when the prospects of peace were not so favourable as at present. He believed they were perfectly right in presenting to the hou se a war est i ma t e. (H oar, hear ) As had been stated on the first night of the ses sion by his noble friend at the head of the government, they did not propose to ask at ,once the war estimates, for the whole twelvemonth, but he hoped the house would sanction them for such a time as would cover the longest possible delay of the negotiations. The beet security for peace was to show that they were ready for war. If they showed the least doubt, the least hesitation, the enemy would take advantage of it. Let it be seen that if the negotiations for peace should fail, and the war pro ceed, they were prepared to carry it on as war was never carried on before. He appealed with confidence to every member of the committee, not only to those who bad give n on all occasions a generous support to the Gove rnme nt, but to those who were most anxious for peace, because he believed this was the best way to secure peace and promote the objects for which they were honestly anxi o us . (Hear.) Although he only intended to propose a vote for part of the year, he begged to remind the house that the y must not w ith the hope that a very large reduc tion would bo possible in the event of peace being made. If hon. members would re fer to the debate w hi c h too k place in 1816, on the termination of the great war, they would find a very curious statement made by the then Secretary of the _Admiralty, to the effect that at the termination of every war during the preceding century the estimates for the first year of peace had beenlurger than for the last year of war. Although the system of paying the ships close up would diminish the increased expenditure in the event of peace, yet there must be a greater expenditure than if the ships were continued in commission. (Hear.) The house would observe that there was an increase of 6,000 in the number of men to be voted. This involved an increase of 350,0001. in the vote for wages. This was principally owing to the increased number of men, but partly to an increase in the rate of pay. The hon. member for Lambeth had re ferred to the pay of the coast guards and riggers. No doubt as soon as the fleet was reduced these would be the first per sons to return to their ordinary avocations ; but as long as they required a large force, and were raising new men every day, it would be most unwise, and utterly destruc tive to the efficiency of the fleet to remove these men, se whose experience they depended for the training and disci plines_ expenditure owi ng to of the newly raised noon. There was J o e an increas e d for the marines. A portion of this w as ; n h t e w wherev er p a .rpe a e: n es d elesed te it e visable change which had been made, by inorear that most to recruiting, but the more important portion whole number of the force, but the number 0 The experience they had had of this force during the 8 . valuable branch of it, the marine artillery. The l ' e l g v n er o y t the (Hear.) With re 't most advisable was employed, rendered fi rg en ' pr to inc th service it had rendered at Sweabo number of trained and scienti _ ,2oo to , t ooo ake t. only a portion of b e prop osed r g it ar o cl e t a o cco th u e n v t o . te T i h t only on account. The next vo t to take a vote of two millions a trifling in 9 On this there was crease. 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