The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL LITELLIGENCII CITY, Two o'CLocK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but somewhat heavily, and prices of all descriptions were unchamzed. The sales were esti mated at 6,000 bales, 1,500 for export, and the re mainder for the trade. The sales comprise 30 Per nam and Maranham, bbd. ; 100 Egyptian, 7d. to Bid ; and 150 Surat, 40. to sid. per lb. In the Railway Share Market yesterday's prices were a shade lower. The Colonial Produce Markets this week hare continued firm, and the quotations of some of the principal staples have advanced. Sugar has been in fair request, and the prices have rather tended upwards. Coffee has been in fair request. Rice quiet, and saltpetre steady. In spices the dealings have been limited, and tallow has been inactive. The public sales of colonial wool comm9nced yes terday, and it is expected that about 52,000 bales will be offered during the series. Letters from Naples mention that the king has promulgated a decree which prorogues the law allowing the export of wheat, maize, barley, and other cereals from his dominions to the 15th June. The duties to be levied upon these articles of food are reduced to onc-l►alf. Advices from Riga, by way of Hamburg, state that the navigation of the gulf re-opened on the 26th April. The first vessel which entered the port was the Swedish steamer Hull, with a cargo of salt, which came to a good market. There were 24 sailing vessels in sight, making for the harbour When the ice broke up. Accounts from Holland state that the Minister of Finance had brought forward a measure in the Chamber of Representatives for the purpose of mortgaging the sum of 10 million florins of the National Debt, which was unanimously adopted by the Legislature, on his satisfying the mem bers that the money would be applied for the construction of public works of utility, particu larly a further extension of the lines of railway communication throughout the State. The Cham ber likewise adopted a treaty of commerce and navigation with Austria, which tends to establish the commercial relations of the two countries upon a more liberal basis than has previously existed. The announcement of the New Loan, which will be found in another column, had no material in fluence upon the English Funds, the amount, viz., 5 ,000,000/., being so much smaller than most Parties anticipated. A decline of per cent. Only has occurred, Consols being 92/ to 93 for money, and 93i I for account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 92 to 92.± and the Reduced Annuities 91i The Exchequer Bill Market is firmer, the March issue being at 2s. premium, and the June ditto at 2s. discount to par. The Bonds have been 98i. Bank Stock is 211, and India Bonds are worth about ss. to 2s. discount. The Market for Foreign Securities is extremely quiet and no charge of importance has occurred in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., however, are flat at 97 1 1 2. The Guaranteed 4 per Cents. are firmer, bein g 101 Mexican Stock is dull at 221 In Spanish Bonds a very limited business has been done, the New Deferred being 25, and the Passive 71. Russian 4 per Cants. are 95. Dutch 21 per Cents. 63- to 64, and the 4 per Cents. 94 The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 ; Mexi can, 22? j. ; Peruvian, 77 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 5 4 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 ; Rus °inn 5 per Cents., 104 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44f ; Ditto De ferred, 24: ; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas sive, 7 7i. _ _ Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market for A.merican Securities a 3 remaining without ma terial alteration, at the following quotations Redeemable. Per Cent. trnited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...105 lu6 'United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-105 106 STATE SECURITIES. A labama 5 per Cent ... 80 Alabam a 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) California 7 per Cent. Bonds 1870... 80 82 } Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 186$-1872... 90 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88i 89. Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ... 99 100 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 45 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bondi 1877... 80 82 Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds B7 89 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 84 85 Virginia 6 per Cont. Bonds 1886... 86 87 LOANS OF CITIES. Boston 5 per Cent. Bonds (Divers) ••• 90 92 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 85 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875— 79 80 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1360— 81i 85:' ; Michigan Central Bp. Cent. 1860... 00 92 New.,,, York C e ntral 7p. Cent., Convert 1861.. 93 91 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 78 80 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort gage 1867... 93 100 'Cow York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 84 85 N. York an d E r i e 7p. C en t. Convertible 1862... 79i 81A -N • York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 81i 8.2 ?anama Sterling Bonds 1 q64 93 Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent.. Ist M0rt.1830... 90 91 Railway shares generally remain at previous rates, but rather a flatter tone pervades the market. North-Western, Great Western, and South-Eastern have been most dealt in. The Foreign lines are quiet, but Great Luxembourg are a shade firmer. Banking shares are generally at nominal prices, but Union of Australia are lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Oficial List.) Amines, done. ......... ..,...... Dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reddced Annuities ..... . 1 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3 12i 3 2i 3 `lew 3 per Cent. Annuities ...... ....... : 92 i 2 i 14 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860..... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l India Bonds, £lOOO . .. Consols for Account - $ 2,1 3 Exchequer Bills, 24d. March. June. 4000 X5OO small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9SR Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Ditto Account Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 99 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 — Ditto 5 per Cent • 1013 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 43 per, Pout. g r.- T.is), Bowls, 3 per Vent — Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive kipaaiiih Committee Cert. of Coup. n-. 4 fun 5 a p o lurltit.h Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 97 a 8 i I Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl3 i r.l - J‘Aends o.n the alsrls, ;.• Imne Dutch Exchange, 2. : 1 per Cent., 12 Guilders C 4 33 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money 923 Ditto Account (June 4) ... 93 Lord Wodehouse will go, not as ambassador, but as Envoy Extr a o r di nar y an d Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Russia. This appointment will vacate the office of Under-Secretary for Foreign AffairA. Lord \Vodehouse's successor will probably by the Earl of Car narvon, unless arrangements can be made by which Mr. Ilyng can bold th a office consistently with his seat in the House of Commons, where the presence of an Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs is at present most required. The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian left Vienna on Monday evening for Paris. In his suite is Count General Mensdorff-Pouilly, ex-envoy at St. Peters. burg. The Belgian papers reproduce with much eagerness the remarks made in our Houses of Parliament, and in the British journals, upon Count Wa'ewski's crusad e against the liberty of ' the press in Belgium. Sergeant 0 .ven Guinea, of the 68th Light Infantry, stationed at Ferrnoy barracks, was shot dead on Tues day by Private Charles M . Cready, of the same corps. The act was, committed in revenge, Al`Cready having felt exasperated at some slight punishment to which he had been subjected. The culprit, who expressed no Porrow for the crime, has been handed over to the civil Power. THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—The amount of the original navy estimates for the current year was 19,876,665/., and the amount of revised estimates 16,568,6141. The amount already voted is 16,780,1541., leaving. 811,2601. to be voted, The estimates already voted include 756,487/, for the packet service, and 6,000,000/. for the transport service and prisoners of war. There is a sup plitnentary estimate of 41,0001. for new works, improve ments, and repairs. 20 5 20 18 20 23 LO') o by seve per cent. )1y in the heavy lax ,r nations, loud coat rs. Thy' !avy taxes :o greatly it could prices, its extended. s doctrine ne-half in no doubt, of those inposition :onsurners d greatly' ) seems to apply, ex' t very rea . 'aye been okers will expense, vied upon Lit beyond title being the quan ,st invete e. Some aid before the case. re, in the rigorously where it )lic place, in your isle does h inhabt the most ys be kept If Europe, he heavy consume [t appears lough the at Britain . 11; Mr. ation of the ttention to 'al opinion ,u right to dues, but them, and h right og Li ve rpool ;cedent for was in the .etions 11 0 til the last .e been in• ax was not rtained re the Go- ion that it Witness Municipal noved that remained eadmitted, in, witnes o lity of the flg of the inserted to a produced the collet• of the hil Crown, he be proved , r, in other ; and this :for to of I with ani re must be ver to lavf 6t the dueg withstand' i tariff WO 3 were 11(3 the Crowe Sion at the rted at the d a grant, rticles uu• hant, said rpool town upon salt► 3f the eV t on trace► t bad been 'ge comps' z, Lisbon► generally mport and the advair e made to 'his would Llso be an existing way. Wit- f compen• had a title .ct of Pay ipensation cumbrance ,t facilities to the int of the le tax We s es he paid for other one of salt a freemar, on. _ s recalled, tes in the I. to 1855, had been and which in the last committee Ml, Which St BroroP' tients and inter, the lore gene' .cial :Men' an deemed here of Ito carry out )ndon and neath one e in Pic ,nnon-rotir enevolent in public mes more consider• be appre' able inbt'" ecretary'd 3 0st-olliCe 113 TURD© S. the Court le future, clock on MajestY 9g t a s pecial a pubno iblic bell ying an d e holiday SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RMLWArti. Closing Prices this day 25, -• 26 . 4i -4; N 17 - 18 9 15 - 16 12 - 13 87 -8) - 59; - 16 .' e: .:rte. kroallg. Nottng. .And Ea!3tll. Jnnot... ginning. ?Volved! hour Val iey in esjui. La/I,st & •:thetiiaire .o. & Birk. £5O and £25 Do., £20...... s:, TyL origina £25 (iattd. at £E4 11 - ristol and Exeter... • a‘loclonitn Cam, and CIA digat ' l ,llester Cork and Bandon... Black, & Pas Do. A Do. B Crie junction__ Dub!indr.BelastJunc, Dun. P. di Jnc, East Anglian Eastern Counties q;ast. TTnion, A Sti Do., B. Stern's. Do., New A. East Kent -':ast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgo , Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith it. Dun (I‘., , orth & Clyde Jun. , . Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. West- kret . Lt N. of Scotind. ;reat Northam Do., A. Stock...., o. B. Stook It. Sth. &.,West.are. }rent, Weetern Stour Val. Ra! Gua. Stk.. . Lrish South-Eastorr relneaster Ai CarHs!, Do., Thirds Do. Now 'rhirds. !..e.ncash.andVork; )2., Wet. aiding T_To '.lv.ers'ny.&South;.t London & ':ond. Bright & S.Cst. ~ ond. and N. West=.•. h.,. Fifths Do.lol. MS6B 10. Eighths *,ondon and S. 19, , 5t, £su. Do., £4O , . ndnrirry& Col orai n & Enni!..k 4anel - nef.& Lind. )0., Mar, k Lin. Mx getropolitan ltidland ...,.,. :o. fiirrang. & Der',) . I:tidld. G. Wcist. (Ire )o. Half Shares Niewcastle Z Carlini Nwpt.Aberg. sHrf , ewq Newry Warrenpoir4 And Rostrevor....,, corfolk 'forth . - F , C-v!., , Rai'. & Dock Stock , f)., A Stock ;., B Stock Do., 0:lavotto-• N. Eastern—Bonvi , i)o., do. Sxtension (I.N.E.?urot Do. Lomb.. no. York.. North Lon3or, , N.S6S.Wstru.,Finan stead, and City Jr,.. Seed; Staffordehir NTortli Western.„._ & S. Westrn.June. Nuneaton, Hineklp , , and Leicester.. )x., Wore,. AL WOIV. icottish Coatral ISeottish Midland tiiiropshire Uni )n ",ontli Devon South Eas+c,rn South Wales. S. Yrkoh. 6; Riv. Dux. no , Hltaines, Wok. &Wol; Stockton & Darii yt.o.kton do Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1.... Hay. fl.& R 11:11verstone & Lanes IVnte of Neath Waterfd. & iWaterford&Limer , ol. West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ......, Do. 13 IRest London..., jWimbledn Si Croyi or A.mtworc.. .tt r' n Do. 5 p.c. 01)lgs. con in Sh. atpar till '64 Ardennes I . ;.:aAn. Jun, teZierß tOOrm•F‘St-FEM Baroda, an 8; --8 i r!ential Ind i a.gcri Do. temerara ►ntc! Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Fast Indian, g. 5 p. va-%4quain , p.c.Bnds.,'s7 I Do. do. do., d Gee ong "7. iNfelboulne guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do.' ; (11. r.rk of Car aoft.A 11 - 10 14 - 15 Do. .................... Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'g• !)o.Cotup. 6 p. c., do t. Cm...tral of Fran , Gt, Indian Ponintini Great 'mambo= Constituted Shares Do. Ohlimitions... Do. re-is. orftd. Sh. at. Western of Cant.,' a S $ - - 3i ......... Do. New............ Rds., payable's7. with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73, without' option Hamilton Itc Toronto Do. 6 por cent. Lrlre Const. & Basl , Lions and Turnhout Lucca ix Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Genova Lyons & Moditerran Ntadras, gua'... 4 p.c Do. New • 0., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Nramnr 6 Liege (wits interest) Do. (es interest) Northern of France D0.20/.Shs. Do. 20!. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B. es Am s. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans. ~ Rome and Frascati.. !Royal Danish Royal Sworlish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse.. Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scinde t guar. 5 p. c Do :lotithera of Prtince St. Andrew's Quebec (11). West Flanders Do 5): per c. Pref & N. W, of Prape. west. of Switzerland Wiesbaden 7,sdand 4i - 5 Arxntr ~~i r~..,~, " •-•.• !Bank. of Egypt 'Bank of Loudon Col. Ln. C gmeriean Chart& Bank of &s•? Chrtd. Brk. of India, A.nstralia, & China City .. Colon al Cormuordal of Loroi & &us. Cht. Land. Chart. B. Australis oitto New Ilndon and Com. I,na.SLE. Wig. Col London Jciut London and Paris Loud. & I. , N'epttniuste , National Pro.of Eng Do. New.. Nations' of Ireland New South Oriental Bank 3f C , moration Ottoman Bank Royal British par 2 P 71 2 24 4} 4i: lf 1 -1A pl - 421 221 - 22§ - 21 65 - 75 78 - R 2 21 91 - 9i - 221 261 31 - 3 ip 99 101 100 - 102 125 - 130 108 109 26 124 - 128 12 - 11) 191 - 201 r P 7 - 7i 6 - 6t 44. E -44 i 124 -12 i 8 - 9 574 - 57! .55 - 57 19 - 20 11 - 11, 9+ - 2 - 2i ... - pir, 36 - 37, 01 YT-kil'‘ )OR 8A.N1115. ILt `. stra Tinion or AT:at, lit.. f Western Bk of Lon, •°• ..".. ... 17 - 91 1 33 --• 350 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 27 : 23 88 - 92 7 - 8 93. - 941 78 - 80 125 127 102 104 601 61 57 59 67 - 70 5 1 - 51 64 88 89 7 - 7i 101 103 100 -100 i d * p #d Sri A 94 - .95 • •e ..... INV 281 - 28: - 741 - 75 43 - 45 .. "" 134 13 53 - 55 3} - St. 34 35 77 • 78 6i -- bid 34 3 d 15i )6 54i 554 85 90 6 - $1(1 - 6i lot 10 26 - 28 103 -165 75 - 77 1 4 4 5 i - 1 4 5 71 70 - 71 71 - 73 4 - - 9 - 7 36 •- 37 • •• "... 19 - 20 4i - 5 6 -- ii 6 - 8 - 2A 5 - sjp - 4 7 "i Business done this day. 100 100 1 00 1)0 100 100 8 100 10 all 14 4; ) 9') s.ll t 4 20 Ail &II 28i 8 61 1 57i s>gi9 8j 1 1013 I 11004 100 f i lk 2 94a i 29 8a a 74i i i i 44 i 15 141 70 iiiii 72 21} 121 -- --• 15'141 231 f 5 i I 3 26 9 9 93 4P 63 - 65 ••. - I , p 63 - 65 15 i 16. ii 18 2.k - par 2p 4 • - 2 ill ... ." *•• • • a : ii 41 - 43 31P, 71 7} Si "ii I 5i i THE SUN, LINP,S LEASED I' itENT I'fiii', P.LIX.73IsIr Isedfovd apd •BI td.Thley Bueltghanish. Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and Hal. n.z.6pe .6 E. Un. H. Sh. Gam. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... LOA3IR Compzw. Glstr.& Dn. Irr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Hull & Selby Do. # Shares:. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bztn. and Matlock Middiesbro' 117 Loudon & N. We=t. L. &N.W. I Caloclon... , E. Un. Nrti;n. 'E. Count. Caldonian. all all 100 100 W esti Yk. New, & Berw. Y. & N M Do Do.. 311(1.1d.BrA.:11 - i Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.& p.o. Do. 6 per et. Do. Pixeds p c Prost. & IN , yr Do. A Shr3. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth_an , i • G0010g.5 p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Woar Valloygr 6 per cent Do Eastor Do Pet° & Co all all INorfolk.. D 0...... ... ilts lorn rst L.& N. W & Rtckton Darlingt. CI 1!1 rlllO, this day. 95 97 94 -- b 8 11 - 13 132 - 134 4k ... 4i ••• 104 : 166 = no 115 2a 2f 0 - 94 i - OP 56 - 58 En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... Do.. L.SLN.W. 45 - 47 I Gt Northn Lancash & Yorksh. Brassey MClean Stockt. & Darlingt D 0......,. , 133 - 135 ;1 7 Q dl ltWostn. 313 -32 i PREFER IA berdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Do. Debentures I tlyth andTyn, 10p , c. pref. (issd. at 50/ Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO `llces. & flo. tau. 5i pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandon 5 ho.e Dun.Prth A her. J. Z. Anglian Cis. A Sh., Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c.' Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. NSF. Co. F spe Vo Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. c. St , 2.2.5 t Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 nor cent Do. 1131. Del3eutr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent. ',aQt Lancash. 6 p.ct. , W. York. J. sth. Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh, Pah. &Dun.4p.:: Purne.s Pas. & S.W. p.c h-eat Northn. sp. ►o. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 4 p. c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... 3d.N. of Scot. I st Pre It. S. W. (Ireland, Do. 4per C. Pref 7t 7 .03. Ir,xspc )o. con. red. 4 p.c. D. eon. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. do. do. Do. Birm. Pref. Do.CtiesterBp.c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. an Do. 6 p. c. Stock .. TAO n.& Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Ito. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct. on.& S. W. 7 per ct .cndy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. L.,New,lo/ 00. £6.. ;1w 100 al? ItoO 'too ton 100 all *ll 10 4 4arypt.tz Carl. 4 p o -ou. 4i per cent 100 I 4id. Consol.s p.c.St 10(1 1)0. Cott.'nr.Pir. 6pc ,11 1 0 Do. 4 p. c. Pref. S all Do. Pref. 4 k per cen all Do. 5/. Pref. 4 p. c 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. S , an New., Aber. , &c., pr. 1_ f p. c. red. sp. c. pm. *ll ,Norfolk Dol;eature 100 Do. Prof. sp.a. St a 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat 100 Dq... 5. per ct. prof..., 100 'Do. Wiv. Val. 5 p. c. ,100 ;North British 1100 IN. E. Perm. 4 p.o P 100 100 100 all I'Do. de. do Do Loeds d p.c iDc, do. Quarters ... Pnr 'North Staffordshire. Oz, Wu, ' , :W.lf5/fipe ,Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. ;Scot. Cent. , New Pry' l Aouth Devon Do. faxed, 41 per cow S. Eastern (Readi-i , Anna of £1 Os. 6(1, Do. 4 , per cent...... IDo. Fixed 41 p c sh. iA Wales Gua. 4p, c. D ^. do. 41 p. 0.... Ei.Vorksh.4p.c.Guar. qtock.Sc Dar., 5 p. c. !Do, do. di 'cock. & Hartl. g. c. till July 1,'5:1 Watertd. & Kilk. 6 tguft Ulglo Austria. Gob , Anglo Californian ~ kuutra lian kustralian Cordillera. A.ve Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blions.r. Iron & Coa Britiah Iron Brazilian Imp. (issue' at pm.) Do. Comes & Cuiab Do, St. Joh'' , Del Rol eflarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica.. *4, 31 - 31 23 - 3 25 - 27 Cobra Copper .., Colonial G01d... it - ip 63 - 65 1 Copper Min. of Eng 11 Do. Prof. 7i p. con+ E Copiapo Fortuna LI Genezal ... . . 30 3 . 5 25 27 17 19 14 ii 16 id n Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 11 Great Polcootb 11 Ot Wheal Vor United 11 Liberty 11 Linares Lusitanian.„ i - 3 - i 1 I k • #d 7 i - 7i I A t 6 12 22 -4 6 - 21 - 31 2/ - 3 t - I Nariquita New Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min. Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhyraney Iron Do. New Santiago de (Alba.. Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian...., Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. riu Croft `Tnitari Mexican Nailer Ne3t Mariposa Northing Mining 01 Australia Wnha.. „ ...... 21 - 34 - - 41 - all %II all 1.25. ... ..'-.- No MISCELLANEOUS. 25 : 9 Australian Agricult. 29 31 ,30 le , 111 us`..raln. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 -. 6. 50 .0 American Land _ 100 :2 Canada l3B 14 0 140 (I.Go.ep.e.Tan&inly 11 1114 St. 100 Do. G p.c. Feb & Aug 1094 1106 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 109 101 6 w 1 k I..yst3 ) Palace 2l 3 2} 5 all Do. Preference s# 51 4 , 3rystal Pal. of France 1 4 Diiston Iron Ore 20 13 Eastern Steam..... 5 all En.LlzAus Cop Sin Co 11 2 St. 100 glectric Telegraph 95 97 1 all Electric Teleg. ot Ir 517 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ••• 15 14 'len. Steam Navi gat. 18 all flenerni Screw Steam . 101 4 all Loud. Gail. Omnibus 31 - 31 3i 2) , 10 MagdAlona St. Nav:g 10 all , :tediteran. Elec. Tel. S - 10 10 9 wexiean&S,Americn. 51 - 6 51 t 1 all gat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 'Nletherlands Land._ 21 10 all Do. Do. 100 5 1 822) New B. P. u c as P tNr ia. S. s a ia t l Land.d. 20 15 -grth.,,f EuropeStaam - 1 all Oriental Gas l4 14 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" PM all Peel Rt. lA. & 21 3 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 65 67 66 151 50 10 Do. New 34 4:p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 11 1 a Ditto New. 25 all inutb .Austral.Lawl '7 - 38 374 7 al: Submar. Tel. Scrin -• 1 70 at . - 1 `rust t L. Co.IT. elan. 100 28 ; '.7... . 7 N 44 151 V.oo.6p.c.J.tu3l l TlY •to 40 5 St. 85 10 zsi, I t i S . CE SHARES. 115 - 118 115 - 117 84 90 94 -- 96 96 - 98 16 w 17 • .e . 51 --6 k - 112 97 - 102 P 124 12; - ••• ... •so '''. • .• 69 - 71 108 - 110 1102 104 - 10, • •• ••••• , 6 - 64 95 - 97 88 - 90 89 - 91 98 • 100 94 - 10 . 16i 171 10 - 101 73 -75 19i - 20 - 14 4 - 15 . - ►36 -13 S 135 - 140 ••• ..PI • • § 115 - 137 95 - 97 87 - 89 1 - - - 1101 -IC3 93 -95 Li - 51 1 id .._ 98 10) ••• 141 - 23i -23 i 98 - 100 91 -- 10 ii ---- iiPj 2 { l - 20 . .1 i Pin pm 118 17 95. 901 89i 1011 21 93g 4 LONDO, FiIItDA Y EVENING; MAY 9, Ism c ilt. * Ifre k tttall this I.ay. SARDINIA AND AUSTRIA. IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION TO THE CHAMBERS AT TURIN. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) (From a Third Edition of the Morning Post.) TURIN, MAY 9. The memorandum presented by the Count de Cavour and the Marquis de Villa Marina to th• Chambers, shows : That Austria having, at the Conferences, refused to discuss the condition of Italy, Sardinia, as the only State which offers a barrier to revolution, demands the co-operation of England and France in carrying out reforms. It shows that the evils of Austrian occupation are opposed to the interests of Italy and Europe, and contrary to treaty, humanity, and justice. Finally, the memorandum calls on England and France to unite with Sardinia in the applica- Lion of efficacious remedies. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCff. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Campbell and a Special Jury.) BOX V. SIR J. L. CIOLDSXLD. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the pro prietor of the Egremont Arms, Brighton, to recover of the defendant the sum of 120/., for board, lodging and attendance, supplied to Mr. Moses Goldsmid, the de fendant's brother. The defendant pleaded never in debted. Both houses met yesterday at two o'clock for the pur pose of conveying the addre,ses voted to her Majesty on the restoration of Peace. It appeared that the brother stopped at the defendant's house in company with s, female, and was supplied with everything they required. At the end of four or five days, the bill was handed to Mr. Moses Goldsnoid who referred the plaintiff to the defendant for payment. Application was then made to She defendant, and he, not knowing the female in question, was residing at the Egrernont Arms with his brother, sent to the plaintiff and informed him that he would be an swerab'e for all that was necessary that was supplied to his brother. Subsequently the bill, amounting to 120/ , was sent into the defendant, in which there were seve ral items for champagne, claret, &c., when inquiries were instituted, and the facts above stated were known to the defendant, who refused to pay for the luxuries and what had been supplied to the female. A verdict was taken by consent for 601. There was not the slightest excitement on the occasion, and the attendance of both Peers and Commoners was not near so numerous as on the usual occasion of convey ing addresses to her Majesty, viz., the opening of the session of Parliament. The Speaker, wearing his state lobes, accompanied by the members present, proceeded to the House of Lords, acd from thence the members of both houses proceeded to their carriageß, and drove to Bucking ham-palace. The bells of St. Margaret's of course rang a merry peal on the occasion, and the attendance of the police in the vicinity of Westminister Hall wa exceedingly nu merous, but their services wtra not required. cordial union between the two nations, and planted good ' feeling so deeply in the minds of the soldiers of both nations, that when new levies joined a similar inspira tion seized on them, and during the whole of Lord Rag lan's career the cordial friendship which existed between the armies of England and France was most remarka ble. Not only that, but when Lord Raglan's sun went down, it left its genial influence behind. He attributed to,Lord Raglan's influence the cordial friendship which existed to this very hour between the armies of Eng land and France. It was not necessary for him to remind their lordships of the career of that army. When it first landed on the shores of the East it was not immediately called into action, and the first blow which it had to endure was from a foe which it was most difficult to meet—disease. When that army lay at Varna and in its neighbourhood it en countered that fell disease of the country which swept away many a gallant and ardent spirit, before the army had an opportunity of showing its might in battle ; but it had the effect of assuring the people of this country that their army had gone forth possessed not merely of physical but of that moral courage which enabled it to endure disease as well as to fight their battles. He need not call attention to the victories of Alma, of Inkerman, and of Balaklava. On no one occasion when the army of England was called upon to face the foe during the whole war did it suffer the smallest reverse. He need hardly recall to their lordships' recollection the circum stances of the siege of Sebastopol—that siege so long, so wearisome, so full of adventure, in which the pateince and endurance, as well as the gallantry of the army, were for a longer period than was on record with reference to any other siege so constantly tried, yet through all thedifficul ties and dangers of that siege, all the privations to which that army was exposed, never for a moment shook its courage or impaired its efficiency, and at last when the siege resulted in the surrender of the town, the army was found ready to repair the disorganisation which such a siege must cause in its ranks, and its formation was re-completed, so that it was at this moment one of the finest armies that England ever possessed. He was tempted to read a portion of a despatch, already given to their lordships, which would prove to them the con dition in which the army was, and of which the nation might be justly proud. Sir W. Codrington, writing on the 19th of April, speaking of a review of the army be fore the Russian general, said— The English army was formed at a short distance in front of these head-quarters ; the siege train and the Sap pert on the right of the infantry ; 49 battalions in contigu ous quarter distance columns of regiments ; two troops of horse artillery and five batteries on the L ight of the line, six batteries and two heavy batteries on the left of the line —in all SG guns. Two regiments of the Land Traneport Corps were complete and in good order in rear. Gen. Lu tiers rode down the line, accompanied by a lalg3 assembly of Russian, French, and Sardinian officers, and the troops also marched past him. I have the satisfaction of assuring ! your lordship of the steady, the good, the healthy appear ance of the army ; of its very apparent efficiency in every branch; of the order, quietness, and regularity with w hi c h every regiment passed 'by ; an d it was a subject of pride to I us ail to feel that such was the appearance of the army of , England in the Crimea. That was the testimony of the present Commander•in- Chief of the army. He (Lord Panmure) must take the opportunity of stating that he attributed that condition not to anything that had been done at home, but to the exertions of the officers at present with the army, and to the cordial co-operation of every one of those officers, from the lowest to the highest, with the Commander-in- Chief. This was not the time fur him to expatiate on the sanitary condition of the army, but he was happy to be able to say, that though it was at a considerable dis tance from home, and exposed to encampment in the field, it would bear comparison with the condition of th e army at home. The last account of the sanitary con_ dition of the army, on the 20th of April, giving the strength at about 70,000 men, gave the admissions per week into the hospital at 1.56 per cent., the proportion of deaths to strength 0.02 per cent., and the proportion of sick to well 5.72 per cent. He had had the curiosity to compare this with the sanitary state of that portion of the army that was in this country in camp at Alder shott, and he found ithat at Aldershott the assumed strength was 16,000. Of these the proportion to strength admitted to hospitals was 2 71 per cent., deaths 6.006 and sick to well 3.59 per cent. It was very gratifying to find that after all the army had gone through its sanitary condition was so good. There was one point more that he wished to advert to, and that was to the casualties that had occurred during the war. There had been unfounded and exaggerated statements on this sub ject. He had drawn up a table which would shortly show the loss which the nation had sustained in these two years of war. Total. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (Before the L.)rd Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Alderson Mr. Justice Wightinan, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Crompton, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Baron Bramwell.) COOPER V. BLADE, Q C.-THE CAMBRIDGE JUDGMENT. Their lordships delivered judgment in this case, which has occupied the Court several terms, and was with re ference to what constituted treating at an election. The defendant, who is the well known Q.C. of the Western Circuit, was returned, ie conjunction with Lord Maidstone, at the last election for Cambridge. After the election the defendant was sued by the plain tiff under the 17th and 18th Vie., cap. 102, for certain penalties of 1001. each, for promising money to one Carter, an elector of the borough, for voting for him and Lord Maidstone, and fur having paid Bs., the railway fare of the ♦oter from Huntingdon, where he resided, to Cambridge to vote. The case was tried before Mr. Baron Parke, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A bill of exceptions was tendered to the ruling of the learned Baron, which, it was contended, was contrary to the law in regard to the construction. of the act of Parliament in question, and the case was afterwards argued before the judges, who took time to consider their judgment. Mr. Baron Alderson to-day delivered the judgment of their lordships, which, with the exception of Mr. Justice Williams, was unanimous. The learned Baron said the question which the Court hal to decide was the proper construction to be put upon the 17 and 15 Vic. c. 102, which made it illegal for auy person to promise money to a voter to induce him to vote at an election for a par ticular candidate. After looking at all the circum• stances of the case, their lordships were of opinion that the promise of money to be paid to Carter, intimated in a circular forwarded to him by defendant's committee, and that of his railway fare from his residence to the poll, had not been made with a view of inducing him to vote for Lord Maidstoue and the defendant, and that consequently the defendant had not been guilty o f aey act that brought him within the provision of the above Act of Paraament. It was difficult to say why a promise to pay a voter's travelling expenses should be held to be illegal when a promise to give refreshments was not. If it were illegal it would render every per son taking a vote to the poll in his own carriage liable to a misdemeanour, which would be an alarming doctrine. It was true that rainy committees and also many Learned Judges had held giving refreshments were ille gal, whilst others had decided differently, but that dif ference of opinion might have arisen from a difference of circumstances surrounding each case. The judges iu this case were of opinion that the payment of the rail way fare as intimated in the circular issued by the de fendant's committee was not the payment of money to a voter for corrupt purposes, and therefore reversed the verdict of the Court below, and ordered it to be entered for the defendant. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—It is to be desired that the authorities at the National Gallery will apply an unwontedly mild treat ment to their fragment of " wall painting" by Giotto, as, a day or two before the sale of Mr. Rogers' pictures took place, I was informed by one of the attendants in the auction room that it was safely deposited in a dark corner, and could not be moved, because it was "falling to pieces !" From this I infer that the beautiful picture of Puck— Shakspere illustrated by Reynolds —is not as yet in a sufficiently mellow condition for the connoisseurs at the National Gallery.—l am, & c ., Kemptown. WILLIAM CONINGHAM. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, May 9 . — Wind this day at noon, N., strong breeze and dull hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, May B.—Wind N.E.--Arrived-11.31. (str.) Magicienne and Cruizer, from Westward. FALMOUTH, May B.—Wind N.N.E., strong gala —Sailed —Jane Lowden, for Quebec—Off the port—Calypso Suri nam, for Amsterdam. WHITSTABLE, May B,—The Good Intent, of Whitby, has parted her cable and driven on the mai n , BRIDLINGTON, May B.—Wind N.E., a gale.—Arrived— New Darlington, from Seaham, ve ry forLonclon, leaky. HOLYHEAD, May B.—The John Shell e y, of Yarmouth, ran on the Flatters Rock, last evening, but came off soon after. HARWICH, May B.—The Charlotte Maria, of and from Fowey, for Newcastle, was abandoned on the 6th inst. off the Kentish Knock, with loss of foremast, ma i nmast and bowsprit, &c., having been run into by a brig of about 500 tons, with white painted entices and black posts —crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) S O UTUAMMPTON, Fliday Morning. Arrived- Coralinda, from Cherbourg ; Friends, Cardiff; Clyde and Don, Newport ; Catherine, Sunderland. Sailed—Unity and 'Vulcan, for Cardiff. LITERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.E. Sailed —lrene, for Buctonehe ; Jarlen, Ri o J ane i ro ; Helena, Bay onne ; M ar y Ann, St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, May 7. Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Albert, from Maderia. Sailed—Montery, for Marseilles. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TRLEGRApn.) . _ __ GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.30 a.m. Wind N.E. fresh and fine; tide , last hour's ebb. Arrived, 9th—Dorothea Catharima , from Skive; Fresia, Emden ; Hilda, Stockholm ; Barbara, Nykiobing, Sailed, Bth—Nereide, for Jamaica. Sailed, Vth—Governor Morton, for Port Philip. DEAL, Friday 9.50 a . m . ____ Wind N.N.E., fresh. Passed, Bth—Limena, from Shields, for Caldera ; he Majesty's steamer Hecla, Sbeerness, Portsmouth. Pasedd, 9th- -Her Majesty's steamer Black Eagle, from t - Portsm ou th, f or Hi rer ; T a lly Ho, London, cons SD 1- nuple. Hen MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The reopening is fixed positively for tomorrow evening. Alboni makes her first appearance in England these five years. The Royal Commission which has been appointed to consider the working of the purchase system in the army will probably include the Buke of Somerset, the. Right Ron. Ed ward Ellice, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord' Stanley, Mr. George Carr Glyn, Sir Da Lacy Evans, I Lieut.-Gen. Wynyard, Sir Henry Bentinek, Sir Harry I Jones, and Col. Wetherall. 118 12. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTERD,ky). the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord DUNGANNON presented a petition from Dublin against the Oath of Abjuration Bill. The Earl of ELGIN gave notice Viet he should post pone the bringing forward of the motion of which he had given notice until an early day after the Whitsuntide recess. THE ADDRESS—HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER. The LORD CHANCELLOR read the answer of her Majesty to the address of that house presented this afternoon. The Queen, in reply, stated she had received with great sati-Action the loyal and dutiful address of their lordships presented to her, and thanked them for the cordial support they had rendered in the mea• sures that were deemed necessary for the prcsecution of the late war, and which had led to a safe and honourable peace. PENSION TO GEN. WILLIAMS, K.C.B. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the house that her Majesty, being desirous to confer some signal mark of her approbation upon Sir William Fenwick Williams for his eminent and list►nguished services as her Maje.sty's Corrirnis- sioi2er in Asia, and particularly for his gallant defened of Kars, she recommends to the Honse of Lords the propriety of making a provision of 1,0001. a-year to that distinguished oflicer during his natural life. Earl GRANVILLIE said that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to confer upon Sir W. Williams the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom, under the title of Sir Wiliiam Fenwick Williams of Kars. THE MARITIME LAWS. The Earl of COLCHESTER, gave notice of his inten tion, on the 2:3d inst., to bring under the consideration of their lordships' house those articles of the treaty agreed to at Paris which affected our maritime laws. Lord 11110IIGHA.M expressed a hope that the noble lord would not include in his motion the arrangements entered into fur the abolition of the practice of pri vateerinz. The Esrl of COLCHESTER, said he would lay on the table a copy of his resolution in ample time for the noble and learned lord to fully consider it. THE MURDER OF MISS HINDS IN IRELAND. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from Thos. Dunn, who had been convicted of the murder of Miss Hinds in Ireland. He stated he had applied to the Attorney-General fir his fiat to obtain a writ of error under the circumstances, which he set forth in his petition. That fiat having been refused by the Attorney- General, he prayed their lordships to take his case into their consideration. On the motion of the noble and learned lord, the peti tion was read at length at the table. Lord CAMPBELL said it was his opinion that, under all the circumstances of the case, the Attorney. General had acted properly in so refusing. The LORD CEI.A.NCELLOR was of a similar opinion, and observed that it would be impossible to carry out the sentences in such cases if writs of error were to be allowed to all persons who, like the prisoner, were con• victed of the capital offence. MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT ACT. Tne LORD CHANCELLOR said in deference to the wishes of the merchants and bankers of London, as well as to other parties, he wou!d consent to refer the bill to a select cntnwittee. Lord CAMPBELL said the measure was a very valu able one, and regretted the referring of the bill to a select committee, as it would now be very uncertain as to whether this bill would be proceeded with any fuNher this session. After a short discussion, in which Earl Gray, Lord Overstone, and Lord St. Leonardi took part, the bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee. THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord PANMURE, in movinc , that the thanks of the house be given to the Army and Navy and Marines em ployed in the operations of the late war, and to the em bodied militia, said the house had that day presented at the foot of the throne its thanks to her Majesty for the announcement of the return of peace ; but before they surrendered themselves to the enjoyment of that peace, before they hung up their sword against the wall, from from which, he trusted, it would be long ere they should take it down again, there was a duty which remained for them to perform—namely, the duty of returning thanks to all the branches of her Majesty's service for for zeal, their courage, and their endurance dur ing the war from which they bad just emerged. (Hear, hear.) In so doing be should endeavour to avoid •very controversial point which might tend in any degree to lead them from that unanimity which he was quite sure their lordships would with to ob serve on the present occasion. The first branch of her Majesty's service to which he would refer was the Navy. They had on this occasion no great triumph to celebrate ; but they had services on the part of her Ma jesty's navy to acknowledge which, though not brilliant were nevertheless of the utmost importance, and must . . command their gratitude. In the Baltic they had seen the navy maintain in that inhospitable sea one of the most difficult blockades which he believed could possibly be, and yet they had maintained that blockade under all difficulties without the sacrifice of a single one of her Ma jesty's ships, and alinost without injury he might say, to any individual. They had distinguished themselves by re ducing one of the strongholds, they had blockaded with success the strong fortresses and harbours of the enemy, they bad swept from the sea every vessel belonging to the enemy, and confined within its ports the navy of the ene my. Such were the deeds done by the navy in the Baltic. In the Black Sea, although, again, no brilliant action had been performed by the combined navy, yet by their attack on the fortress of Sebastopol, their attack on Kinbourn, hand the manner in which they twice swept the Sea of Azoff, they had rendered the greatest service to the army. But the services of the navy had ❑ot yet been generally known in a direction which he should take the liberty of explaining to their lordships. The assistance which the navy had rendered to the com bined army in carrying on the war, by furnishing the means of transport of the army and its stores, he thought ought to be more publicly known. The following was an account of the troops, horses, stores, &c., conveyed in British transports, ships-of-war, during the years 1854 and 1855 : L—TuooPs. British, from Great Britain (including militia) to Mediterranean, Foreign Legion, Transport Corps, (te 123,105 British, from Mediterranean to Black Sea 26,659 Total British French, from France to Baltic and Mediterranean 52,919 Sardinians 221,984 170,634 43,185 435,803 Total troops to seat of war Troops moved in Black Sea... Troops moved coastwise, &c.. Grand total troops convoyed British, from Great Britain British, ftom Mediterranean French Sardinian-, Total British 2,195 3,325 Total horses to seat of war 2B, 538 Horses moved in Black Sea 24,038 Horses moved coastwise. Grand total horses convey° 1 lII.—STORES. Tons. British, from Great Britain... 281,001 British, from Mediterranean 35,735 Tons. Total British French Sardinian . 316,7.19 . 18,881 4,298 Grand total stores conveyed He might fairly assume that their lordships with one voice would accord to that branch of her Majesty's ser vice their cordial thanks for the services they had res. dered during the war. He could not close this enume ration of the services of the navy without saying how fully he concurred in the tribute paid by his noble friend (the Earl of Ellesmere), the other night, to a gallant admiral now no more. He meant Admiral Boxer, who endeavoured to organise some system in the small and narrow harbour of Balakiava, which they afterwards worked out in greater perfection on the principles that he laid down. He passed now to the next branch of her Majesty's service, which he did not hesitate to say had most won his affection and sympathy, seeing that in that service he passed. his early days. In moving their lordships to accord their thanks on the present occasion to the army he had no doubt that he should secure their cordial concurrence to that proposition. The army of England first embarked in the year 1854 to take part in the war upon the enemy's territory. In alluding to that service he could not forget that this army was led from England by one to whom it looked up to as its great leader—the most distinguished pupil of the illustrious duke, one who perhaps better than any other man knew almost every individual officer in the army, who com manded its affection and respect, and who concentrated in his own person its fullest and entire confidence. It did not please Providence to permit Lord Raglan to see the end of the triumphant career which he commenced. But when that army left this country, so full of vigour and eo small in number, no one felt any doubt that the honour of the country was completely safe in his hands —no one felt any doubt that its banner would be al. ways carried foremost in the fight—no one felt any doubt that the fame of England would be fully maintained. But there were some considerations which gave room for some doubt. That army was called upon to fight in the same field and on the same side with the army o f .Fr.,ince. Old animosities and antipathies were to be 'wiped away and forgotten, new rivalries of friendship to be established, and he had no hesitation in saying that ley the tact, skill, chivalry, and generosity by which L Lord Raglan was dietingutehed, he accomplished that ~_ Officers. Iren. Killed in action from 19th Sept., 1854, to 28th Sept., 1855 l5B Died of wounds during the same period Died of cholera Died of other diseases to 31st Dec , 18.55 Died of wounds and disease from Jan. Ist, 1836, to Maroh 31st, 1856 1,993 51 1,513 1,599 35 4,214 4,279 11,425 11,451 1,775 3,000 323 322 Total deaths 270 19,314 19,581 Discharged from the service since commencement of the war to 31st March, 16u6:— Wounds Disease 1,875 998 Add deaths as above 2,573 19,58 i Total loss Now, when he came to compare this with the loss of the Russian army and the loss of our allies, he thought we ought to be thankful to Almighty God for having thus lightly permitted to fall on this country the scourge of war. He was told on good authority that the loss of the Russians was not under 500,000 men. He had no autho rity to state tho loss of our allies. He would not mention the names of any of the living officers engaged in these operations, bcoause he found that o❑ returning general thanks to the army it had not been the practice to do so ; and, besides, the number of those whom they should have to thank would make a catalogue of almost every officer in the service. But they could not but remember with gratitude the names of Cathcart, and Goldie, and Strangways, and Torrens, and Adams, and Sir John Campbell, besides many others who had died in conse quence of their wounds. He was happy to say, that while they reposed on the field where their fame had been earned, the cemetery in which these herles lay in terred would, be was certain, be regarded with respect by that nation which was now no longer our enemy. He also proposed that the thanks of their lordships should be given to the foreign legions which had entered into her Majesty's service. They amounted to fully 15,000 able•bodied activesoldiers, ready, had the war continued, to enter into active service. These consisted of the British German Legion, under the command of Baron von Stutterheim 22,457 At home Abroad . 5,195 3.855 - 9,051 Swiss, at home . 1,027 Swiss, abroad . -3,13 S Italian, abroad 3,662 3,662 15,821 TURLISII CONTINGENT. Natives V 17,271 British, the ranks 3,203 20,479 Osmanli cavalry Ditto artillery All those nen were drilled, organised, and ready to march to the field had there been occasion to require their services. Some wore quartered at Scutari, two regiments of Swiss were at Varna, and all were eager for the field, desirous of showing what they could do. He trusted that when the time came to dispense with the services of these troops we should not forget the zeal they had shown in rallying round the standard of England, and that by our treatment of them we should make our good name respected throughout Europe ; and should occasion arise again, which he trusted never would, we might be able to invite them again with the expectation that the invitation would be cheerfully re sponded to. The only other portion of the British army to which he would refer was more intimately connected with Turkey—he meant the Turkish contingent, The Turkish contingent was made over to the service of this country by a special convention with Turkey. It was officered by officers of the British and the Indian army, and was commanded by an officer of great distinction, General Vivian, of whom he must do the justice to say, that he formed that contingent so effectually, that had it been called into the field it would have been found that it was amply provided with transports, and that all its arrangements for active service were fully organ ised. He now came to the last branch of the service to which he would refer, but he did so with as much satisfaction as he had felt in asking their lordships to give their thanks to those branches of the ser vice he had already named. He proposed that their lordships should thank the militia of this country for their zeal in her Majesty's service. (Hear.). He bad promised not to introduce any controversial point. He would not say that the militia had been placed upon the most advantageous footing ; but this he would say, that all the assistance which the zeal and energy of the militia could bring to her Majesty's service had been zealously and promptly afforded. There was a remarkable fact connected with this war to which it was necessary for him to draw their lordships' attention. In all former wars in this country we were compelled to have recourse to press i ng for the navy and to the ballot for the m iliti a . On this occasion we had mustered a more numerously manned fleet and a larger body of troops than upon any former occasion without its being necessary to have re course to the pressgang or the ballot. It was a proud position for this country that we could assemble so nu merous an army, every man in that fleet and in that army being a volunteer in his country's Eervie.. (Hear, heat.) The militia upon this voluntary system now mustered 63,603 men, and it had given to the army, since November, 1854, no fewer than 33,102 recruits. It had not only done that, but it had exhibited its de sire to serve her Majesty in foreign part , „ No fewer than eleven regiments of militia, mustering very nearly 6,000 men, were now serving the Queen in the Mediter ranean garrisons. And not only that, but they lia,l been obliged reluctantly to decline the offers for foreign ser vice et no fewer than 52 regiments. It was only the knowledge that their services would not be accepted that prevented every militia regiment in the United King dom from tendering their services, not only for Gibral tar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, but for any of the colonies ; nay, he knew that many of them were most anxious to enter the field with the allied army. (Cheers. ) He had great satisfaction in stating that on those regi• ruents who had been fortunate enough to go to the Mediterranean service, her Majesty had been pleased to confer the honour of bearing the word" Meditetrineate l upon their colours. (Cheers. He could not expreee all that he felt on the services which the militia had ren dered during the war. Their example had proved, that while apparently the gentlemen of England enjoyed themselves at home during peace, they were ever ready to give their services on the breaking out of war. He had much gratification in finding that those country gentlemen, who joined their regiments for the first time, bad shown such zeal and desire to perfect themselves in their new profession, that many of the regiments of militia had become in a very sho time equal to regiments of the line. (Cheers.) In the garrison of Gibraltar, a militia officer commanded the regiments there, and received from Sir James Far gusson the highest encomiums for the military talents he exhibited, which had only been drawn out since the commencement of the war. He trusted that the zeal and energy of the militia would not be allowed to sub side----and that while the whole country would not for get what it owed to the militia, that body would not be permitted to forget what it had learned in tksse 2 years. One other subject he could not omit. It would ill be come him not to remember how much we owed to those allies with whom we had been acting. To the army of Franca we owed much, for he believed from them we bad learned something of the mode of conducting war. W e owed them much for the cordial manner in which they had united at all times with our troops, and for kind and friendly feelings which had always existed between all ranks of the two armies. Much of this had been due to the conduct and ability of those officers who had been entertained as commissioners with each army. Too much praise could not be given to them, and he regretted that one of the French commissioners, Col. Leflo was not alive to receive the th an k s o f thi s country, which they, as well Sir Hugh Rose and the other English commis sioner with the French army, had so thoroughly merited. With reference to the Sardinians, they too had played a distinguished part in the allied forces. In the combat at the bridge of Traktir they made a successful resistance against overwhelming numbers ; by this time they had returned, the greater part of them, to their own country gratified at having acted with the French and English armies, and carryin g with them a> a memento of that co-operation, the Engliah battery to which, on the occa sion of the attack upon the Traktir, Gen. Marmara said that he attributed some portion of that victory to a battery of 4 guns, which Sir W. Codrington, with that courteous spirit which belonged ti an English officer and gentleman, begged Gen. Marmora would carry back with him to Sault' ia, in commemoration of the co operation of the English and Sardinian arrties. (Hear, hear.) As for our allies the Turks, for whom we took up arms, and along with whom we had fought, he (Lord Panmure) had read the records of the war, as re ported by the public press, and he found that the troops of Turkey, on almost every occasion when they came in contact with the troops of the enemy, had beaten them on the field of battle and won for themselves im perishable renown. (Cheers.) We had seen enough to be convinced that there was no nation in Europe which could furnish more efficient troops, if properly formed, and organised, and led, than could the Ottoman Empire. It was upon the leading and organisation of these troops, that success must depend. It was because the British troops were properly organised, and were so gallantly led by officers, who possessed the best blood of the first families of this land, they succeeded in all which they undertook, wherever their duty called them. (Cheers.) Now that peace had returned he earnestly entreated their lordships not hastily either to part with the vast and imposing navy which we had, after two years, collected together, or to part with that fine and noble army that at the breaking out of this war we found, to use the mildest term, the inconvenience of the want of instruc- lion of our officers, in the operation of moving the troops in anything like large masses or divisions. We had now an army formed in divisions and brigades, and he should advise the Government not to lose sight of that forma tion, but to keep the officers and men well instructed in the formation and movement of those bodies. (Cheers.) Above all, be would entreat Parliament and the country not, merely because peace was now restored, to go back to the false and mischievous economy which had been practised in former times, and for which he did not be lieve one Government had been more than another to blame, by which very large expenses were ultimately in curred, because our military and naval establishments had been allowed to fall into inefficiency. Ho hoped we should have derived a lesson against that error from our late experience, although it was right to observe a true and proper economy in the establishments of the coun try, so far as might be consistent with their efficient maintenance. If we had our army trained and disci plined as it should have beer, we night have increased it, when the war broke out, at a far less cost than was actually incurred, and we might have rendered it avail able in far less time. Let us then take advantage of what had now been done, and maintain the efficiency which the army had now attained, with such an esta blishment that it might be always available, and that we might not be required to form an army almost for the occasion, as we had been obliged to do in the last two years. (Cheers.) He had now the honour to move : "That the thanks of this house be given to the officers of the Navy, Army, and Royal Marines who have taken part in the operations of the late war for the meritorious and eminent services which they have rendered to the Queen and the country during the course of the war. " That this house doth highly approve and acknow ledge the services of the petty and non-commissioned officers and men of the Navy, Army, and Royal Marines who have taken part in the operations of the late war ; and that the same be communicated to them by the commanders of the several ships and corps, who are re spectively desired to thank those under their commands for their exemplary and gallant behaviour. " Ordered—That the Lord Chancellor do signify the said resolutions, by letter, to the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom and to the I+eld•Marshal Commanding-in- Chief of her Majesty's forces. "That the thanks of this house be given to the officers of the several corps of Militia which have been embodied in Great Britain and Ireland during the course of th• war, for the zealous and meritorious services which, at home and abroad, they have rendered to their Queen and country. "That this house cloth highly approve and acknow ledge the services of the non-commissioned officers and men of the several corps of Militia which have been em bodied in Great Britain or Ireland during the course of the war, and that the same be communicated to them by the commanding officers of the several corps, who are desired to thank them for their patriotic conduct. "Ordered—That the Lord Chancellor do communicate the said resolutions by letter to the Secretary of State for the War Department, in order to be by him com municated to the colonel or commanding officer of each respective corps." The Earl of DERBY seconded the motion, saying that whatever doubts might have been entertained as to the address presented to her Majesty on the subject of peace, with regard to the results of that peace, which had been obtained by the efforts o f our army and navy, he was sure that in the motion now made, and in the sentiments of the noble lord's speech, there would be an universal concurrence and approval ; and if he intruded himself now upon the notice of the house, it was only because, in the position which he had the honour to hold there, he was desirous of testifying, in the amplest man ner, that between parties on this occasion there could be no difference of opinion. (Cheers.) They were all agreed in this tribute of praise and gratitude to our gallant land and sea forces and the militia of the United Kingdom, as well as to those who had been associated with us in the conflict and the victory, and whose close friend. ship with us, as between nation and nation, he trusted would not terminate with this war. In the praise given to thesoldier-like qualities!, high bearing and distinguished services of the lamented late commander of our forces, he was sure all who had had the happiness of being in any way connected with him would concur, and would feel that the noble lord's eulogium did not surpass, but, as most eulogiums must, rather fall short of his merits. He (Lord Derby) attributed to that noble and gallant commander net only much of the good feeling and good understanding which existed between the aided armies during his lifetime, but he believed that Lord Raglan's memory and example had, even since his lamented death, exercised no unimportant influence. He felt that no words of his could do justice to our army, and their de voted commander, for their courage in the field and their gallantry in battle, but still more the unflinching heroism with which they sustained disease, famine, and privations of every kind, keeping up under all their sufferings the strictest discipline and an unhesitating performance of their duty, which reflected as much honour upon theta as was ever deserved by the army of any nation in any part of the world. And, although no doubt it Was true that the naval service had not had equal opportunities of distinguishing itself by any brilliant actions, yet in every quarter where their services could be made available they had brought those services with admirable zeal and energy into the common cause. If they had not achieved any conquests over hostile fleets, it was because no hostile fleet had ever faced them ; but wherever they bad come into action, officers and men had shown themselves not inferior to their predecessors in the high qualities of Bri tieli seamen. The noble lord had very properly ab stained from mentioning the name of any individual in either service, who was still living, to receive in hit own person this token of the national gratitude, but one omission the noble lord (Panrnure) had inadvertently made ; and he had been near making another omission, when he postponed to the latter part of his speech men tion of the valuable services of the Naval Brigade,— services which it was impossible too highly to appre ciate—services which were rendered by them, not on their own element, not in the exercise of their own pro fession, but which excited the admiration of all the troops with whom they acted, and to whom they showed 'an example of almost reckless courage and of superhuman exertion, which might well excite the rivalry of the soldiers. But when the noble lord alluded to those officers of the army, whose loss the country had to des plore, and whose names were to be cherished in our me mory, there was one man, belonging to the naval service, which might not unworthily have been intro duced. It might have been invidious to select from those still living the name of that gallant admiral who had returned home to reap the honours which he had merited, but it would not have been inappropriate to remember that the glory which Sir Edmund Lyons had obtained would scarcely console him for the melancholy recollection of his bereavement, by which his country had also been deprived of an able and distinguished offi cer, who might have been expected at some future time to follow in his father's footsteps. There was another omission of the noble lord's, which was, of course, like wise an accidental one. He (Lord Derby) had not heard a single word said by the noble lord of the service of the Royal Marines, and yet there was no body of men whose services were more valuable, or had been more cheerfully rendered, especially where they occupied a most exposed position, on the heights of Bas laklava. (Cheers.) With regard to the Turkish Con tingent and the foreign legions, he felt no doubt that, NG. 10:) 00 100 1 100 100 FOR :GN. 541 35 41 77i 7 15} Ili i 7# 1 111 i 64 i 'ES. 1591 117;