The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-21 00:00:00

v eyed by convey tbe bad ) places, , saack ar morning p to the :ar, eight th. The service, den with Is in the sr, seven •, arrived ad by the id was to the Dar am, from ring some R. Lowe, ) Crimea, ►m -trans ty's float y on tile the Glat- Kamiesh ;fore pro -12 out of ell as all uropa, $ 0 ;o easter. he steam g to take battery), fit for the England ras about rain taken Prepara to Vale n place she tee to the I, Captain rom Nesv ?ork, coir veying to rernment• Iglis, four ith 76 in' rho steam the morn troopsbi kioi 29th, valids, in Etegiment , 3s, Assist' 3ser), and .es). The Spitbeat l i mei Laing ved in the Deptford• EE PAP 'ertiscr. he nesertv to accora. by whoul rers should. f SaxonY9,. is share 0 1 n this ar e, but her the throne all probar upon this Ind to her . kely to be i question , nd by tbe pleas, And ! . PANY. dinner last are, includ- amllloll3 ion. Sir J. ►mes Duck- ne, Mr. G. vbray, Mr. geraid, Mr. -Hale, Mr. , Mr. Cot• , raeli enter- Grosvenor' :'ountess de excellencies the Earl of Countess of trlot LOns bild, M.P., James For- MONEY MARKET AND COM KERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but steadily, at the extreme prices of last 'week. The sales were 8,000 bales, 1,000 for export, and 1,000 on speculation, comprising 400 Pernarn and Maranharn, 6,1 d. to 6FI. ; 300 Egyptian, 6d. to Bd. ; 1,500 Surat, 3d. to .4(1. ; and 200 Sea Islands, 91d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, at steady rates. Letters have been received at Hamburg from the Russian port of Libau in the Baltic, stating that the number of vessels which entered the harbour during the partial opening of navigation at the close of the year was 23 ; and that the value of the Merchandise imported amounted to 32,000 roubles, and the produce exported to 140,000 roubles, or about 22,0001. Accounts from the principal French markets for raw produce show that the'recent activity and ad vance in prices has for the time subsided, and business is going on more steadily. At Havre cotton is not so much in demand, but the im proved prices of last week rule firm. In Sugar there is not much variation, Musco 'ado is in demand at fifty-four francs per 5 0 kilos. The market for foreign breadstuffs is quiet, with an inclination to advance in prices. American flour is firm at 50f. per barrel ; and 900 ! lacks of wheat from the United States sold for 79f. the 200 kilos. At Paris the flour market has been influenced by the rise in the departments, but sales Of best qualities not easily effected at the advanced Prices. Much firmness, however, exists in all kinds. Telegraphic advices from Madrid mention that it is probable the Cortes will , adopt the financial atheme of the new Minister of Finance, Senor Santa Cruz, but with some modifications. very voluminous report has been issued by the directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company. As the business of quartz crushing in the colony is now so very remuneia !it'e) a supply of machinery sufficient for commenc nig operations is now in preparation, and will be 'hipped as soon as possible to Melbourne. The 4 , 6 seta of the Company are estimated about 4 ,000/., and the funds in band are, it 18 expected, sufficient to prosecute the ° llerations of the company to the benefit of the shareholders, notwithstanding the expenditure al ready incurred has been. great and unprofitable. T he directors, who have been energetic in their efforts to render the undertaking remunerative, ' ti ll appear to have confidence in its ultimate sue- CeSs. The Board of Trade returns for the year and m outh ending the 31st of December last have at Icrigth been issued. The value of all the articles elPorted into the United Kingdom for the month, 111 comparison with 1854, was as follows : 1855 .. 1854.. £8,815,442 7,344,473 Increase last year.. £1,470,969 25 F or the 12 months, however, the statement is less I V 4,oltrable, viz.:-- 1854 £97,184,726 1855 95,669,330 20 Decrease last year £1,515,34G The list of applications for participation in the New Loan and Funding at Metars. Rothschild's is 11 ey'? clos e d, an d it i s s tated that the deposits have been so large that the subscribers will only receive „, 4 C I per cent. on the amount they have asked for. Th ere will be a meeting at the Treasury to-morrow m orning, when the tenders will be opened,but it hal bet transpired that any firm except the ono already mentioned will bid. As the amount is so small, : I _ ° .virever, some of the leading capitalists and their 'lends may make an offer, although they have not Publicly announced their intention of doing so. "'jugs in the scrip for the issue have taken place 'mg morning at 14 to 2 premium. The English Funds present a buoyant appear -I;nee, an improvement of fully to per cent. it aving occurred, and the market is exceedingly quint. No particular cause is assigned for this advance; but the easier condition of the money market after the recent heaviness in prices exercises a favourable influence. Consols for money opened at 90i 4, and have gradually I lleu to 91 ; while for account they have readied 911,- -a. The new 3 per Cents. have 11 / 3 Pd from 91i to 921, and the Reduced from 901 to 91i. Exchequer Bills have been 55., 4 e., and 2s. discount, and the Bonds are 97i to 98 k , India Stock is 224. The quotations of Foreign Securities have algo tended upwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 4 per cent. higher, viz., 93 and 941. The Guaranteed 4 Per Cents. have not been dealt in. Peruvian 4i ler Cents. are firmer at 80 to soi. Russian 4, 3 / 4 per Cents. are 93 to 93i, Sardinian 90, and Spanish !ferred 23i. French 3 per Cent. Scrip is 7 . 1 pre zniutn. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign ' i oeks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6:171; Mexican, I ° l ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per ee 444 .404 6 ; ditto 4ts per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish , u Per Cents., 01 ; ditto Deferred, 231 24 ; ditto ditto Passive, 61 Y. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 491 his date, are in round figures as under 1856. 1855. - -- Ureat West ern No rth-Westera bZ~ hton Aland "ntti-Eastern 12,881 10,95 0 r,Caledonian rreat Northern tansashire and Yorkshire Manchester, Sheffield, a nd Lincoln 7,850 7,143 vi a •r, Jti at Lancashire 5,262 4,599 Chester and Holyhead 0 .. „Yord, W orces t e r, and Wolverh. 3,200 2,488 ( ~‘Aaßgow And S ou th-Western 5,552 4,945 fi cottish Central 4,902 4,724 rand Trunk of Canada Railway Shares are at slightly enhanced quota ti°na, but no increase of business is noticeable. great Western, South Western, and Midland are 6 a. to 10s. higher. The Foreign are firmer. Mining Shares are neglected. Ottoman Bank shares are i to 1, and Egyptian 11 to 1i premium. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES Prom the 01ficial Lid. - uu.E... done. 3 Per Cent. Redsced Annuities 9 Ol 13 1 " u rcr Cont. Consols Annuities 9os 1 1 901 1, 61° 3 per Cent. 'Annuities —o ng Annuities, expire 6th Jan. 1860 3l Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 1 India Stock 224 India Bonds £lOOO . ...... ..,..... 7 Ditto, limier £lOOO 7 %TlEtels for Account E 7 cheque r Bills, 21d. 21 2 (I 00 . " ••••••. " 4 5 Sfillo 5 d par Small 5 d par • Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 9l 84 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2l Ditto Account Ditto Small hiszican 3 per Cent. Ditto Aeconnt Peruvian B on d s, 41 per C oa t . Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St lO5l Ditto 41 per Cent Ditto Small - 931 • Sardinian Bon4s, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .... ...... Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nit fun 5 p c terkich Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account .. ......... .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . Ditto Account ........ .......... 100.} i ' Dividends on the above payable In London. French R en t es , 41 per Cent. ............... Ditto 't per Ceut. Ditto Scrip, 2d Loan of 1855 .... .......... 7i p in THREE O'CLOCK. Console, money Ditto Account, March 11 ... .... ..... .. 911 A deputation from the Royal College of Surgeons of „L li ngland had an interview on Tuesday with the Ri g ht 1 ,1". W. Cowper, President of the General Marl of J",e%lth, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation con aleted o f M r . Wm, Lawrence, president, and of Mr. B. Tr avers and Mr. Edward Stanley, vice•presidents of the oollege. THE SUN, LONDON, THU-RSDAY-EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1856, SABBA 'ANCE. RULITATI. rAastak Company (From the Times of this day.) There are ponds which will bear drawing about once in five years, and the process is very exciting. That is about the interval at which the British public will bear a good brisk agitation. The crop is rather an exhausting one, but the soil is gener ous, and will bear it without utter desolation. Not to commit ourselves to the opinion that the object has always been in proportion to the zeal with which it has been prosecuted, we must confess that the old adage of " great cry and little wool" is ful filled in the present instance. Here is nearly the whole population of this isle, the Church of Eng• land, and all the sects,—for they are many,— towns, parishes, chapelries, congregations, schools, presbyteries, 'stewartries, associations, vicars, churchwardens, office-bearers, teachers, a whole column of them in our yesterday's paper alone, — sending earnest petitions to Parliament not to al low the opening of the Crystal Palace, the National Gallery, or the British Museum on the Lord's-day. Sometimes, indeed, the prayer goes to silence the band in Hyde Park, and stop everything in the nature of amusement on the Sabbath. The resolu tions adopted and the speeches applauded at public meetings go very much further. Strong men, able to walk their five miles an hour, forbid invalid ladies an hour's airing in a carriage ; and men with home, wife, and children, and warm friends be sides, forbid the moping bachelor his newspaper and his club. There is no end to the burdens and prohibitions which a certain sort of zeal will lay upon those who are or may be the least able to bear them, and who aro the objects for grace rather than law. No doubt it is very amusing to hunt the poor creatures who try to find a little amusement somewhere between the neces sity of labour and the obligation of " rest." No doubt gentlemen who are prevented by the decencies of their profession, or by a regard to appearances, from hunting any other description of vermin, find some equivalent in the chase of a Sabbath-breaker through all his places of resort. It is great and noble sport to scent him as ho is listening to the band in Hyde Park, to head him on his way to Pall-mall, and run him down as he is entering the Waterloo-station. No doubt, too, that preachers find the amusement very cheap. Sunday is their working day, generally their only one, and they can afford to rest salvation in doing nothing else in it but what they are paid to do. As, toe, they are preparing their sermons on Sa turday evening, they can throw it into the bargain, and denounce Saturday evening parties without losing much by it. Nevertheless, there are people, not wholly destitue of religion, who are apt to sus spect a cheap and noisy goodness. It wants the mark of sterling virtue, which, though bold and strenuous, is usually quiet. The greatest of preach ers, in the presence of his largest congregation, began a long discourse with warning his particular friends to " beware of hypocrisy." So we cannot be very far wrong when we warn people in general to distrust a crusade of which they enjoy the ex citement, leaving the difficulty, the cost, and the burdens to others. As to the particular instances of Sabbath dese cration on which the run is now made, they seem to us hardly to deserve so much "good indignation." They seem amenable rather to a quiet discussion on their respective merits. As to the Crystal Palace, —why, may we not walk in a private garden ou Sunday? If in a private garden, why not in a pub lic garden ? If in a garden out of doors, why not in a garden under cover ?,If a vast conservatory is not too like a Paradise, or another place, why may it not comprise ornaments of an artistic, scientific, and historical interest ? Why may not a man, woman, or child Lava tea and toast, or cake and wine, or bread and cheese and beer, in such a place, if nature requires it? If you cannot have it next door, why may you not go a " Sabbath-day's journey" to it—that is, a mile on foot, or ten miles by rail ? No doubt some sort of answer may be made to these questions, but they ought to be quiet, reasonable, special answers—not howled or screamed, hut in a conversational tone and arti culate utterance. If the answer merely means that his Lordship may go down to his seat on Sa turday, stroll about his grounds half Sunday, and return to his house in town on Monday afternoon, while the artisan, after leaving off work at 8 on Saturday evening, is to confine himself, his wife, and children, the whole of the Sunday to the pavement between Stinkpool-court and Bethesda Chapel, and return to his work at 7 on Monday morning, then we beg to decline any further atten tion to the answer. We have not time or heart for him who gives it. To us it seems a very open question, resting rather on a comparison of con veniences and inconveniences than on any law from the Mount of Fire. If the British public and if Parliament come to any conclusion that the work ing classes may lawfully do what - all Parliament men do themselves, but that, on ;lie whole, the Crystal Palace does not supply the best possible opportunity, then this legion of petitioners would do well to affix their cheap signatures to a chari table prayer that Parliament would give the com mon people public walks and gardens, adorned with works of God, offering necessary refreshment, and so near as not to require that even a horse or a servant, much less a locomotive, should have to break the fourth commandment. Certainly the Crystal Palace is open to fair objections. For example, its statuary has on the whole a sadly Pa gan character. But that might easily be mended. As to the British Museum, we suspect that the great hulk of the country petitioners have nottho slightest notion what sort of a place it is. Certainly it is not a place of " rest." Nothing takes the strength out of a man so much as a walk through those long, • close, crowded galleries. You return home with weary limbs, a stiff neckandaching eyes, and nothing left in your brain but a sort of dust-haze of stuffed beasts, Egyptian idols, mummies, and fossil bones. Few artisans, we should think, go there more than once iu their lives, and we should advise them, for their own sakes, to wait till they can go there on Saturday, and then rest well on the Sunday, just as they would after a strong dose of physic or a walk to Barnet and back. The principle then, of opening the British .Museum on Sunday we feel feel we are hardly competent to canvass when we confess we are the last to recommend the practice. As for the National Gallery, seeing that we do not admit pictures into our churches, it would be but reasonable to let people see them somewhere else. A speaker at Exeter-hall, indeed, asked, " if ever a man was made virtuous by looking at pictures." This is a hard test. Few men are made virtuous by anything in particular, or even by all things together. But, if we put pictures into our nur series and schools, and illustrate the Bible with . pictures, why not let them he seen on Sunday ? It is true, as this speaker said, they teach nothing to the man whose mind has not been previously pre• pared by education ; but this is a reason for pre paring men's minds by education, not for shutting them out of picture-galleries. Nothing remains but the band in Hyde-park. That, however, is in the same boat with the hand on Windsor-terrace, which we believe to be well able to defend itself. What is most to be feared from this sort of move- Business done tkte day. meat is the encouragement it gives to a dull, tyran nical, and prohibitory religion. It is the " touch not, taste not, handle not," and we may also add, the " see not, hear not, know not, move not, do not," old superstition still among us. It reminds one of the dull parent, or the heartless mercenary schoolmaster, who can only just screech or thunder out " Don't do this ?" and " Don't do that !" till the mental condition of the child or the pupil is that of a wild beast in a cage. Our fanatical gaolers are setting up first one bar, then another ; closing first this opening, then that ; riveting chain after chain, and darkening light after light, till we, whom Nature has made to walk at large, are com pelled to change the moral of the famous lines— "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ;" thing but darkness and bondage of body and soul. No doubt all people could spend the Sunday muck better than they do. In private society it is a high and precious gift to be able and ready to guide a Sunday evening's conversation to the holy pur poses of the day. But this is only to be done by initiating, suggesting, and supplying the topics. It is not to be done by throwing a wet blanket on every spark of wit, or burst of feelicg, or natural expression that may break through the tedium of the day. So we think these good people who are telling our legi: , lators bow to de4 with the Sabbath had better direct their attention to some positive and practical way of enjoying God's rest, instead of merely banning us from this and from that. In fact, the people will not be dealt with in this way. They want instruction and elevation, and a great deal more ; but it's of no use to lay down a number of justice-laws, and send below every man who does not observe them. THE COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS POLICE BILL. MEETING AT HERBERT'S HOTEL: Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a large and influential meet ing of Mayors, and other civic and municipal authorities of cities and boroughs throughout the kingdom, was held at Herbert's-hotel, Palace-yard, Westminster, to protest against the bill recently introduced into the House of Commons by Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for securing a more efficient system of police for the counties and boroughs in England and Wales. Upwards of 100 gentlemen were present, including the Mayors of York, Birming ham, Leeds, Portsmouth, Leicester, Buckingham, Ban bury, Brighton, Bedford, Cambridge, Worcester, Bol ton, Southampton, Nettingham, Newark-upon-Trent. Chichester, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Beverley, Droit: witch, Doncaster, Wakefield, Halifax, and Winchester. Representatives were also in attendance from the mu nicipalities of Liverpool, Bradford, Itorasey, Blackburn, Walsall, Worcester, Sheffield, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Scarborough; and a deputation, headed by the Mayor, and appointed at a special meeting of the town-council of Newcastle-upon. Tyne on Tuesday, is now on its way to London, to join the movement. Several members of Parliament were likewise present, and, among others, Lord ii. Lennoi, Mr. Roebuck, Colonel Smyth, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Crook, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Milligan, Mr. Base, Mr. Crossley, Sir J. B. Johnstone, Mr. Gardner, Sir Joshua Walrnsley, Mr. C. Forster, Sir J. East, Mr. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Wells, Sir George Goodman, Mr. Saedars, and Mr. J, B. Smith. The Lord Mayor of York was celled to the chair, and, in opening the proceedings, said they were met together on that occasion not for the purpose of considering the arguments for or against the Counties and Boroughs Police Bill. The large municipal coun cils throughout the kingdom had spoken out with a promptitude and unanimity highly creditable to them when they considered the rapid and stealthy pro gripes the measure had made, its insinuating tone, and the handsome deuceur which it offered. (4. laueb.) They were met for devising and carrying out the best means of opposing and putting an end to a bill which they thought dangerous and unconstitutional. (Cheers.) When he first glanced over the clauses of the bill he thought, as an individual, that some of its provisions were desirable, and that a contribution of one-fourth of the cost of maintaining the police in boroughs from the public purse, which the bill offered on ceitain conditions, would operate as a healthy stimulus to good manage ment in that respect ; but he was convinced on reflec tion that the measure was deeply impregnated with the old leaven of centralisation, and that it would serve as a platform for meddling and interference on the part of the Government, to a degree which would be highly ini mical to the existence of focal liberty and self-govern ment throughout the kingdom (Cheers.) On looking, over tee 21 and 3d of Victoria, chap. 93, for the esta blishment of county and district constables by the au thority of justices' of the peace, and the 3-1 and 4th of Victoria, chap. 83, which amended that act, be was sur- ' prised that they had not been opposed more strenuously at the time by the county magistrates. It vas true an option was given by those acts to county magistrates to place themselves under their operation or not as they might elect. But the present bill proposed to take away that option, and to force these enactments on the aceep tanee of the county magistrates. thus furnishing a fair specimen of the aggressive and encroaching spirit which animated its promotere. If the magistrates of this country allowed such a bill as that to pees into an act without opposition, or without some material altera tion, all ho could say was, that they were certainly not " the fine old English gentlemen" for which he took them. (Bear, hear.) By section 6 the Secretary of State was from time to time to snake roles for the go :eminent, the pay, the clothing, and accoutrement of the police ; and by the 11th section, the bonus of one fourth of the cost of the police was not to b paid out of the public Treasury unless a Government inspector reported, among other matters, that they were up to the Government standard. (Hear.) He telt convinced that a police f ,ree so appointed and paid would almost inevitably Inc ene the tool iif tl eGo o lament of Vie day. He apprehended it was in reaiil the old battle which the people in the provinces had now to fight over again. The issue no w wa-, whether the people of the cities and boroughs throughout the kingdom were to have all power and control within their several localities taken from them and centralised in the Ministry of the day, or wh-ther they were to retain their charecterhtic and time-hallowed municipal government ? (Cheers ) Tne Secretary of State was only asking for a handle to his axe, and if they conceded this measure the downfall of their local and municipal influence and independen e would speedily follow. (Hear.) fie trusted they would one and all unite in of-Teeing this obnoxious bid, and that in eking so the counties would stnnt by the boroughs and the boroughs by the counties. (Cheers.) Mr. .Alderaian Liseeresr, of York, said be had hoped the ventilation which the queation of centralization re ceived on a former occasion, when they met to oppose a measure similar to this, had settled that question at least for their titne—(l. leugh)—aud he re g retted that an occasion should have so speedily arisen for the muni cipalities throughout the country to meet together in such great numbers fcr the purpose of discussing the bill which had been introduced by the present Government. He might remind them that in 1353 a conorittee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the then state of the police of the country ; and he would repeat now what he stated to Lord Palmerston in 1854, that the attention of that committee was entirely confined to ' the state of the police as it existed in counties, and that not 100th part of the boroughs in the kingdom were even aware that such a committee was sitting. They would remember that when the report of that commit tee was published, such was the surprise with which it fall on the municipalities of the country that they did not i wait a moment for any ,legislation en the subject, but immediately put themselves into communication with Lord Palmerston, the then Secretary of State for the Home Department, arid came to London and expressed themselves in terms of the deepest indignation in refe rence to the arguments and representations contained in that report. They called Lord Palmerston's attention to the one-sided character of the evidence taken before the committee, aud asked him, as a fair and candid mail, whether he saw among the witnesses before the commit tee the representatives of shy of the large towns in the kingdom. (Hear.) They also denied with indignation the conclusions to which the committee came, and asked to have an opportunity of being heard in their defence be fore a committee of the House of Commons previously to any legislative step being taken on the part of the Go vernment. But no such opportunity was afforded them, though they eventually euccowied in satisfying Lord Palmerston that he ought to withdraw the bill, founded on the report of that committee, and he did withdraw it. He (Mr. Ald. Leeman) wished now to ask the meeting I what bad transpired since 1854 to justify the introduc tion of the present measure, based as it was on the same objectionable principle as the bill of that year ? (Hear.) Had there been any popular outbreaks in any of our large towns to induce the belief that the police in our cities and boroughs were not adequate to the mainte nance of the peace and the protection of life and pro perty 1 If there had been any such outbreak it had hap pened in this metroeolie alone, and this bill did not pro pose to interfere with the metropolis. He undertook to say that, however modified this bill might be as con trasted with that of 1354, the same objectionable prin ciple of centralisation lay at its root ; and he believed it was only the thin edge of the wedge which, once intro duced, the Government would afterwards use in wresting fresh concessions from the people in the provinces. (Hear.) It was, in fact, a virtual repeal of the Muncipal Corporation Act, under which, during the last 20 years and upwards, the middle classes in our large cities and towns had risen in influence and intelligence to a degree never before known. (Hear.) • Mayor said of th e ß b m il e l i two sections, The d lN iv G i H de A ci m, ot the bill iiinseplfroiptiotosing the first re solution,certain clanses of it, or the p and it became a question whether they s hould oppose alto gether. .Speaking, as he did to t state that they Council of Birmingham, he had uld not admit the prin ,-inanlaciePneame of the Town ob jected to the bill in Solo, and wo e wh t (H ) a ever. eas e ciple of centralisation in any shag to the apparent ten dencynaaelgnislsyta which i on as O h subversivecongenial i o al of The "That resolutionthis n heeetiiintai:oltsfoiredilleostvoscevesrntenrtomwr of legislati on that principle of local se -g to the spirit o f this free nation and which e x p er i ence h as shown to ha ve materially contributed to advance the pros perity an d promote the liberties of the country." (Cheers.) The resolution was seconded by the Mayor of SOUTH AMPTON, who stated that in that town, where the popu lation was 40,000, they bad at present 38 policemen—a number amply sufficient ; but, if the present bill became law, they would be saddled with the maintenance of 80 policenien. Mr. C. FORSTER, M.P., reminded the meeting that he bad given notice of his intention to move that the second reading of the bill be postponed for six months. He thought the meeting ought not to withdraw its opposi tion to the second reading except upon such terms on which they might agree, perhaps, with the Home Secre tary. It was said by some that if the town councils get Government money in support of the maintenance of a police force, they ought to submit to Government super vision. But they had never asked for Government money, and he greatly misunderstood them if they over would ask for it. (Hear.) After all, the offer was a mere delusion, because the money trust come from the pockets of the people before it found its way into the Consolidated Fund. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., said, the hon. member for Wal sall (Mr. Forster) bad talked of speaking to the Home Secretary and listening to what he might i have to sathe y. He (Mr. Roebuck), on the ' con trary, would go to Home Secretary with the determination of listening to that he might say. (C4t n othing ers.) Ile was sure SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAL) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day r. 'raid t 2; +pi an 3/ 411 a I 7,9?, i 7 ~G ~" 22 , 19 35 I all 1 100 00 Bt. to ,4 3 1 R 5) I all 53 all 20 all 20 , 18 .0 8 .0 1 ZS; 15 efl 5t.1100 t. !wo ,L. J Ith 25 26 L per , Ireu kmbg. Nottng. BOW, tml Eastn. 4k - iloyast & Ballymena Welye rh Stour Valley Sirl e.xLd. Lan,:el.. Cheshire Junet )o. Chezh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £2O >.lytll cC Tynsorigins , £25 (Ind. at £45 and Exeter aledonian. , larm. r.nd. 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W bt Midld, stekton h Darlingt. Comm E. Coant, bo L. & N.W 1t Northi,l .Lancagh YorkeA. T. Brassey hielmo Stockt. 4 •Darlingt Do lotWostn 94 - 96 94 - 98 133 -- 135 ... 4i ... ....." .. 16 - 13 - lSi 23; - 246 1.076 - 1126 - 92 - 55 P - - .. ...- ... - 8 3 •-• 2i - 31! -32 i 83 85 Lt EN CA zskiAtt iii = A 95 - 97 154 -16 i = 6 ••• i = ••• i li P :2 - 123 65 - 67 Ii • - tlB 109 - 111 103 - 105 A ill 9i - 10 - 6A 91 - 93 R 1 - L. 3 8•) - 82 95 • 109 91 - 101 16t - 16/ 9/ 101 70 -72 18 -19 A - 9 13t - 141 - 1 32 134 ••••• . -- mi. toe ...... Me ... ...p I - i .. - _ I. - 134 4 - , .... ••• f. , 11 _lOO 91 -!3 5t •• i •• 1 d iii --- 141' - ... - WP. P 5 - 100 9t - 9i 2~ _ ~~, Rosiness Oda day. THE (COVE: The deputation from various boroughs and cities to protest against this bill; reassembled this morning at Hibbert's Hotel, New Palace-yard, at one o'clock, pre vious to their waiting on• Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary. Several Al.P.'s were present, and amongst them were—Lord 11. Lennox, Alderman Kershaw, Captain Scobell, Mr. Roebuck, Dr. Michell, Mr. Had field, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Laslett, and Mr. Tite. Mr. Leek, the Lord Mayor of York, in the chair. The CFIAIILMAN said it would be desirable to follow the plan laid down on a former occasion, and appoint a small deputation to wait upon Sir George Grey. Alderman Li EMAN (York) said that on, the last occa sion the deputation confined their remarks on the general principles of the bill, which it was necessary for them to do now, and in as concise a manner as possible. The members of the deputation should im press on the Secretary of State that they did not apply for a modification of the bill, but its withdrawal from Parliament. (Hear.) The CIIAIRNAN — Tben in my address to the Secretary of State lam to represent to him that the boroughs and cities are against the bill in tote. The Mayor of BRIGHTON said that, after he left the :meeting yesterday, he saw the members for the borough of Brighton, and in a c - inversation he bad had with them, Lord A. Hervey informed him he had seen Sir G. Grey, who was impressed with the idea that he should carry this bill, and at the same time asked Lord A. Hervey it he thought the borough and cities would be satisfied if be withdrew that part of the bill which interfered with the boroughs. (Cries of "No, no.") He (the Mayor of Brighton) said it would not, and that the boroughs and cities were determined to fight this bill from the commencement to the end of the chapter. (Applause.) Alderman SHAW (Leeds) thought that if they obtained the withdrawal of that portion of the bill they ought to be satisfied. They ought not to interfere and dictate to the counties. Capt. SCOBELL, M.P., said they should not entertain the question of separating the boroughs from the coun ties. Several of the counties were against the bill, and assisting the boroughs ; and as the latter were opposed to the principle of this bill, they should continue to express that opinion, and assist them to get rid of it. The MAYOR of Portsmouth said the deputation bhould have an understanding from Sir G. Grey, that this ques tion should be agitated year after year. Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., said that yesterday he charac terised this bill as an insidious one, and the statement that bad been made to them that Sir G. Grey was will ing to withdraw a portion of the bill and divide their forces, confirmed it. (Rear, hear.) It was the prin ciple of the bill they objected to, and ithey should admit of no compromise if they hoped fur success. After scare conversation a resolution was prop)sed and carried, that it would be imprudent on the part of the borough, &c., to withdraw their opposition to the principle of this or any bill interfering with the local management and efficiency of the police. The deputation, consisting of nearly 200 gentlemen, M.P.'s, Mayors of Boroughs, aldermen, &c., then re• paired to the Treasury, and had an interview with Sir George Gray. The Lord Mayor of YORK, 'after thanking Sir George Grey for granting them the present interview, composed of deputations of Mayors from all parts of the kingdom, and who had at a meeting yesterday expressed their opinions against the police bill before Parliament under the auspices of tke Government, said it interfered with the principles of local self-government—(hear)— and against which they protested as a precedent for fur. ther aggression. They considered the proposed interference of the Home-office by this measure unconstitutional and dangerous, and they regretted, therefore, these repeated attempts to introduce such a measure should have emanated from a professed liberal Government. (Hear.) The Mayors of boroughs forming the deputation expressed the feelings of the inhabitants of the localities when they said that they would rather the Government took away from them their munic'pal charters openly than indirectly destroy their local independence, and that they should be left magni nominis umbra. The Lord Mayor then banded to Sir George Grey the resolution passed at the meeting yesterday. Sir G. GREY asked if he wag to understand that the object of the deputation was not to suggest modifications in the hill but to oppose it entirely on iti principle. The LORD MAYOR of York—Yes. We oppose it on its princiules, an I ask y?u.to withiram it. h Sir G. GERI* said he canld not undertake to with draw the bill. He should move its second reading at the proper time when its principles would he discussed, and it would be for the house to adopt or reject it. Mr. FOSTER said he should persist on that day with moving his amendment that it be read a second tint that day six months. He asked the Home Secretary it he intended to proceed with it on Wednesday next ? Sir G. GREY said, no. He would take rn opportunity of stating it to the house when its second reading would take place, The deputation then withdrew. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNIESDAY MORNING. PAZLIADIENTARY CANDIDATES. The friends of Mr. Francis M'Donogh, the recognised chief of Irish nisi prius lawyers, speak very confidently of that gentleman's being the successor of the late Mr. fiwileir as representative of the borough of Sligo. For many years Mr. M'Donogh has had enormous practice, chiefly in the common law courts, and had hitherto taken little or no part •in politics. THE HERDER Or MISS HINDS. The Attorney-General will attend in person at the approaching assizes in Cavan to prosecute the persons now in gaol charged with the atrocious butchery of the late Miss Charlotte Hinds. The two circuit indges are Baron Pennefather and Mr. Justice Torrens. The latter will try the case. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. Four estates were sold yesterday b.fore the commis sioners, the gross produce being over 40,0001. The properties were situate respectively in Armagh, C.rk, Longford, and Tipperary. , FATAL ACCIDENT. Mr. John Eyre, of Eyrecourt Cagtle, in the county of Galway, a gentleman of large property, while out hunt ing on Monday with the Eyrecourt hounds, was throw', from his horse and killed on the spot. H is death has cast a deep gloom over the neighbourhood in which he re sided. THE Tirrnnany 13<tNIC. The Evening Mail learns to-day from various quarters that the branch banks in Clonmel and elsewhere are open, and business is still carried on, though the mana gers require ten days' notice of the withdrawal of de posits. It was rumoured yesterday evening that one of the branch banks in the county of Tipperary had been at tacked by the people, and the interference of the police was necessary to protect the building. TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION. An advertisement in the Cork papers notifies that the steam-ship Brenda, 300-horse power, will sail direct from that harbour for New York about the 31 of March next. The Brenda will start from Landon, and will call at Cork on her outward. voyage to ship first, second, and third•olass passengers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) to th%s day at t"hemi:thNi.nEst• Ir T in h d ere was a slig to ht um f , a l l a l d o e f n snow h us to the f e r a e r r i li : Nb t r h r e i ° s elfz m 'e oarFundeibnc.gl cloud y. On ooo u being reuTanhoe,Ewuarsoptoaw, szid in t t o o b F e n o y f a tb p ou re t y l io , 30th The observations January, for wh e her s h chronometer wasl,l w ere 2, made Nir . surveyd anger holes were found bored in ber bottom. Her pump well was being attended to, and she would be de spatched as soon as possible. Mean. —The Europa, RidlGy, sailed from Callao en the 6th Nov. for England. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 20.—Wind N.B. — Arrived—Ocean, from Amsterdam, for Cardiff, leaky. Sailed—Cleopatra, for Balaklava. SCILLY, Feb. 18.—Wind E.Sailed—Ariel, for Per nambuco. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 20.—Wind B.N.E.—Sailed—Hypo lita. for Calcutta. HULL, Feb. 20.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Truelove, for Greenland. WEXFORL, Feb. 19.—The schooner Bess, from Liverpool to this port, is aground on the Hantoon Bar, full of water, with a strong breeze and rough-sea. and confess ourselves prisoners, thought outwardly free. Nothing is so easy, nothing so agreeable to despotic, harsh, and unsympathising tempers, as to lay these heavy burdens. It is only saying "No !" with an implied anathema, and you may flatter yourselves at once that you have done a noble deed and testified to a perverse generation. We cannot do this. We must have more sympathy with people, especially the large mass that requires a little comfort, and even indulgence. We are bound to consider not jest what they ought not to do on Sunday, but what they do, and what they may do. We are bound also to institute some sort of comparison. Is it better an artisan shou'd spend the long hours of a summer Sabbath iu a public-house, or simply basking in the sun, or dozing in the shade, torpid and sullen, than with his wife and children, and very many other men) wives, and children, in a beautiful garden, breath ing sweet air, and gazing on a glorious landscape f Cannot a little charitable contrivance enable him to do this without robbing other men of all their Sunday rest ? Thousands upon thousands sp end their Sunday evenings in " tea-gardens," where they have scarcely standing room, where they drink beer and spirits, breathe tobacco, and what ever other perfumes a great crowd brings with it. For our part, we don't think the custom so utterly vicious and the people so " accursed" as to inter pose a conscientious scruple against our so much as trying to improve it. Of course, it takes only a drop of ink and a stroke of the pen to pronounce any poor creature who gets into a boat or an omni bus on the Sunday afternoon " a child of perdi tion," and have nothing more to do with him. This is not the way to mak e anybody better. It has made man y a bad man, and many a hyp ocr it e ; b u t Wind E.N.E., strong. : Passed.—Eugenie, screw [steamer, from London, for it tells waling, teaches Acthiuga and come to no Nantes. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTILIMPTOit, Thursday Mei/ling. Arrived.—Wonder, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed.—Le Coq and Carolinas, for Cherbourg ; Gideon and Matthew Thompson, Sunderland Tess urveyor, Swan age ; Despatch, steamer, Jersey; Exp, steamer, Havro. Livzuroot, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E. QUEENSTO WN , Feb. 19. Sailod.—James Scott, for Singapore. Wind N.B. Sailed.—lsla of Wight, for Malta ; Martha Elliot, Oscar 1., Mercurins, and Atlantic, Antwerp ; Toledo, Rotter dam ; Far Away, Gibraltar ; Carrier Pigeon, Matanzas ; Johanna Henrietta, Hamburg ; Clio , St. Michael's. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.51 a.m. Wind E.N.E. ; tide one hour's flood ; snowi ng f as t. Arrived, Feb. 20.—Johania, from Embden. Arrived, Feb. 21.—Essea, from Embden; Swantie , Embdon. Sailed, 20th.—Tweedside, for Cape Palmas; Nil Despe random, St. Helena. DEAL, Thursday, 9.20 a.m. LICE BILL. L 2 all i 0 all .63 14 ,63 8 It. 100 tO afl .14, all It. 100 It. 10G Vii , it jlOOl it. 'lOO !2? 4 525. l 0 1 st. 100 it.lloo 15 I all St. ft,,10 34 It. 1100- t. 100 t. 100 S all S all it. ,1.00 21.1 100 It. 100 .0 3s h al: .0 al] .0 It. 1 KJ 8 St. 100 1.3 t: St. 1 ,4)0 10 a!i 4 4 •,. it IC: R. 1100 U 1 30 '6 50 55i f 6i 13 101 10 0j 84/ 92. 2 77 107 584 9 81j 2 97i 63 101 1001 13 1 92i 34 2i d 70 I 42j 76 5i 15k it f 14f al} loi i i I 65 41 72 201 17i 17 16} 16 . 2i 38 7 6 t 29i 71# t 61 i that nothing he could say alter the character of this bill He had always thought that the political education of Englishmen took place in their own localities, and that in each locality every man became accustomed to govern himself and his own affairs. He looked with extreme suspicion upon any attempt to wrest out of the people's hands the management of their own concerns. (Cheers.) He looked upon this as ore of the most iosidions at tempts of that, kind, and promised them that so far as his abilities permitted he would oppose this bill in every respect. (13enen el chetr,.) He was not content with any one of its provisions, and he hoped the hon. member would steadily adhere to his determination, on the mo tion for the second reading of the bill, to move the for ma! amendment that it be read a second time that da♦ six months ; but at 11 meaning by that amendment to turn it out with every possibte ignominy. Some gen tlemen had talked of the candour and good intentions of Sir George Grey. He (Mr. Roebuck) had uo faith in them. (A. laugh.) It a man brought forward a bill of this kind he did it with his eyes open ; and the only effect which this measure could have would be to wrest power out of the hands of the people, and to place it in the hands of the Government. It was the peculiarity of the Whigs to fancy that they had an eternal lease of power. (A. laugh.) It had been his fortune, however, to see them out of power on several occasions, and he anticipated that be should see them out of power again, nntwitbstand n 7, their strong vitality. If power was withdrawn in this case from the hands of the people, and put into the hands of the central Government, the meeting might assume that the police concerns in their several localities would be no better managed than the Government conducted their own affairs. (Hear.) H. bad, as they knew, taken part recently in an inquiry into the way in which the Government had managed its own affairs in a memorable case ; and of anything more disgraceful than their conduct in managing the army no body of men in their senses were ever guilty. He was sure that if the management of that army had been intrusted to any municipal corporation in the kingdom the country would never have heard of the disgraceful proceedings and disasters which Lad ensued. (Cheers.) That being the case, he.. looked with jealousy on any relmquishment of power into the hands of the Government. He believed it was for the benefit of the whole country that the people should look to municipal government. It was part of their education, and every extension of municipal privi leges was pro tanto an increase of the power of the people. As he had great faith in his countrymen, as he had faith in the municipalities of this kingdom, and as he had great faith in freedom, he would oppose this bill. (Cheers.) The resolution was also supported by Mr. Alderman Lloyd, of Liverpool. the Mayors of Leicester, Brighton, Leeds, Sheffield, Worcester, Stratford-on-Avon, and Winchester, and by Mr. Bass, M.P., Col. Smyth, M.P., and Lord Henry Lennox, M.P. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Mayor of PORTSUOUTE briefly moved the second resolution, to the effect that the meeting, having taken into consideration the bill in question, felt bound to offer it their most strenusus opposition, and, at the same tisae, regarded the continued endeavours of the Government to reduce the responsible representatives of free munici pal constituencies to the condition of mere fiscal agents of a Mini,ter of the Crows as displaying a tendency towards centralisation of a most objectionable character, calculated ultimately to subvert and destroy the prin ciples of local self-government, deliberately recognised by Parliament, and confirmed and extended to the people by the Municipal Reform Act. Mr. DuNN, a member of the town-council of New castle-upon-Tyne, seconded the resolution, expressing fully and faithfully as it did the feelings of the municipal body to which be belonged, as evinced at a special meet. ing held to consider the provisions of the measure on the preceding day, and at which a deputation, headed by the May( r, was to proceed to London to take part in this movement. The resolution was supported by the Mayors of Sur • derland and Nottingham, and carried unanimously. Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., wished to impress on the meet ing that the whole of this battle would really be fought in the Housi of Commons, and he hoped every con stituent woul I do his utmost to put the member v;hore• presented him there in the right course. (A. laugh.) The tneetin; was subeequently addressed by Sir Joshua Walms'ey, M.P., Mr. Wells, M.P., and the Mayors of Cambridge, Halifax, and Rochester, and by Alderman George, of 11,,tutscy. In the course of the meeting Mr. Roetuck, Lord Henry Lennox, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and the Mayor of Birmingham proceeded to the Home-office to learn from Sir George Grey when he would receive the meeting as a deputation, the right hon. genilmiau havingprevionsly written to them to say he would be prepared to grant them an interview. They did not find hint at the Home office, hut, before the me t og separated, a letter was re ceived from it George stair g that he woult receive them to-morrow (this day) at 2 o'clock. A vote of thanks to the i.hairtnan concluded the pro ceedings. THE MOWER GUN AT THE MERSEY STEEL AND IRON COMPANY'S WORKS. This marvellous piece of ordnance, the greatest wonder in weapons of modern warfare, is progressing rapidly to completion. As soon as the huge mass left the hands° the forgers it was transferred to the lathe-room, in an . - other portion of thee extensive works, and tinily since has been undergoing the operation of turning. The first effort of the artisans in this portion of the este bliArneet was to turn the outside of the piece, and give it the ordinary appeeranc3 of a cannon, which it now assumes. This, though it is not finished as regards tae polish to be given to it, proved the sterling qualities of the iron. But, evidently to show what would be the ultimate finish of the ote;sde, a little more than two feet from the muzzle has been perfected, and certainly no thing can exceed the richness of the polish imparted to it, which is a further test of the excellence of the ma terial. The exterior being so far completed, 'the opera tion of boring was commenced about 10 days ago with a cut of 11 inches, and up to Saturday evmen: about 6 feet 6 inches of a eavite had been made. Strangers who are permitted to witness the progress of the work are a4onished to see with - u hat ease the huge mass is turned by the machinery ; ande tint% itbstending the out is so large in oismeter, not the slighte. t in pediment appears to be imparted to the momentum of the peat revolving body. The uninitiated in such a seem are amazed to know that the operation of boring is going on, so noiselessly does the instrument cut its way into the iron. As may be expected, from the great bore which s hem. - made, the operation is very slow. The success attending the forging of this immense piece of iron at once disproves the statements which were made some time aro, that large bodies of iron could not be forged for ordnance without crystallisation. A finer and - better material in every respect was never turned out of the hands of the artisan than this great body, which, so far, has been the admiration of everyscieritific man who has seen it. Some idea of the vastness of this gun may be gathered from the following particulars of its dimensions : —When finished the barrel will be 15 feet long ; it will be 27 inches. in diameter at the muzzle, or 84i inches in circumference, and 44 inches in chant ?ter at the breech, or 1381 inches iu circumference. The bore will be 13 feet 6 inches long, and 13 inches in diameter. When completed, it is estimated it will have cost the company 3 : 0001. in material and labour alone. The gun is ex pected to be ready in about six weeks, and, with the trunuions complete, will weigh something over 24 tons. When finished, it will he drawn through the town by 20 of the company's fine horses, and will ultimately betaken to Waterloo to be tested. The charee will be over 100;b. of gunpowder, with one of the shot of 3021 b. Mr. Clay, the talented manager of the works, is superintending the whole of the work.—Live pool rims. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENErtAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 21,1856, made up from the Returns n: the Inspectors ln the ditierrilteitiov and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. I STAN.. rr All 71i 7.1 37s 2.1 23s 101 50s ad Ale 71 Ole 6d TILE SIX WEEKS' Av ERAGE. WHIAT. I BARLTY. OATS. lIIE I BEANS. I FRAIL. 75S 11 37s lld f 25s 4 d I s is 91 I 44s 81 43e 5d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 87,501; Barley, 91,879 ; Oats, 20.709 ; Eye, 25 ; Beanel 5,832; Peas, 1,974 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATTI AND LEADENHALL.—Tho trade ruled steady, at luotations. Beef, from 2s 10,1 to 4s 2a. ; Mutton, Veal, 4s Cal to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4a 8d Ofidiltlo(-48 41 ' • p er Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 20. —To-day's market was moderately supp.l , • .d with each kind of stock, in which a s t ea dy busi ness was transacted, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; 3iutton, 3s 2d to 4s lthl ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2c.; Pork, 3s 2d to is 8d nor Sibs, to sink the offal. ItomFoßD, Feb. 20.—We had a firm trade to-day, and prices were on the advance. Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 8d ; Muttan, 3s 2d to ls 10d ; Veal, 4s 2tl to be 4d ; Pcrk, 3s 4d to 4s 8,1 per Sibs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 22s to 283 each. HAY MARKETS^ SMITIITIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 Os to Cl Os ; clover ditto. 4l 83 to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s Od to 1/ 9s Od per lord. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to Cl 103. ' cloves do., 4/ 8s to Cl 123 ; and straw . 11 5 s to 11 10s per load. Trade rather dull. WRITECIIAPEL.—Meadow bay, 4/ Os to Cl 6s; clover do., 4/ 63 to 6/ 15e; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Os per load. Trade steady. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. D. L. LEWIS.—At the Court of Bankruptcy, yesterday, Mr. Commissioner Fonbianque gave J o ,judgment in the case f Mr. D . Lewis, and awarded an i nmediate certificate of the third class. This bankrupt was largely mixed up in transac tions connected with Westminster Improvement Bonds, Mr. M`Kenzie, and Mr. G. Hodson. PUBLIC SALES OF SILK.—The February public sales of silk commenced yesterday morning, and, according to a circular of Mr. H. W. Eaton, the attendance of buyers was mu ch as usual, and everything that wail sot sold was taken in at full prices. The demand by private con tract recently manifested has continued during the week, and the advance on China silk of 2s. per lb., already established on the lowest rates of January, has been well maintained. Bengal silk has also sold more freely. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AN D SOUTH COAST RAlLWAY.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wm. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held a long inquiry at. the White Horse, Epsom Common, relative to the cir cumstances attending the death of William Bird, aged 73, a labourer, who was killed on Sunday last, at the Epsom Railway station. The inquiry excited consider. able interest at Epsom, as it was at first stated that the deceased had met his death by the door of the carriage having been opened by one of the officials before the proper time, 100 100 100 20