The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-14 00:00:00

VIE LATE SIR JAMES STUART, BART. ( From the Law Reporter.) Died at Quebec, on the 14th July, 1553, Sir James Stuart, Baronet, LL.D., Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada, in the 74th year of bis age. Sir James was born at Fort Hunter, on the Mohawk River, in the State of New York, on the 2d of March, 1780. He was the third son of the Reverend John Stuart, D.D., then a clergyman of the Church of England at Fort Hunter, and afterwards Rector of Kingston and Ecclesiastical Commissary for Canada. After passing two years at school in Schenectady, he went to the college at Windsor in Nova Scotia, then the only Protestant Collegiate Institution in British North America. Having completed the ordinary course of study in that college at the unusually early of four teen, he became, in 1794, a student at law with Mr. Reid, then Prothonotary of the Court of King's Bench at Montreal, with whom he remained four years, and in 1798 he entered the office of the late Jonathan Sewell, then Attorney-General, and afterwards Chief Justice of Lower Canada. With this gentleman he completed his studies, and was called to the Bar on the 28th Of March, 1801. Before being called, however, he received from Sir Robert Shore - Milnes, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, the appointment of Assistant Secretary, which he retained for several years, practising at the same time his profession at Quebec. In 1805, at the early age of twenty-five, he was ap pointed Solicitor-General for Lower Canada, and re moved to Montreal, which was then the usual station of the incumbent of that office. At the General Election in 1808 he was returned to represent the County of Montreal and also the County of Buckingham, and declared his option to sit for Mon treal. In 1809, in consequence of some differences with the Executive, he was removed from the office of Solici tor-General. He remained a member of the Assembly. until 1817, when he withdrew for a time from political life. In December, 1822, he was sent to England as the Delegate of the British inhabitants of the City and County of Montreal to advocate the re-union of Upper and Lower Canada, under one Legislature ; and while in England advocating that measure, he was offered' by the British Government the office of Attorney-General for Lower Canada, which he accepted, and to which he was formally appointed in 1822. In 1827 he was appointed a member of the Executive Council, and elected a member of the Provincial Parlia ment for Sorel. In March, 1831, in consequence of the part he held it his duty to take in the political strug gles of the day, he was suspended from office by Lord Aylmer, the then Governor-General, which suspension the Colonial Minister (Lord Goderich) thought it ex pedient to advise the Crown to confirm in November, 1832. But, in the following month of May after the change in the administration, by which the Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley (now the Earl of Derby) became Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir James received from him an official communication, acknowledging in effect the injustice of the decision against him ; and ac companied by an offer of the office of Chief Justice of Newfoundland, which was respectfully declined ; Sir James then returned to Lower Canada, and resumed practice as an advocate at Quebec. In 1838, the Earl of Durham after completing his well know inquiry into the state of the provinces, and before leaving Quebec on his return to England, appointed Sir James Chief Justice of Lower Canada, in the place of the Hon. Jonathan Sewell, who retired upon a passion. In Lord Durham's despatch to Lord Glenelg, dated Castle of St. Louis, 20th October, 1838, the motives for this appointment are given in the following terms : "In the place of Mr. Sewell I have not hesitated a moment to appoint Mr. James Stuart. Public opinion, with so universal a consent, points out this gentleman as the ablest lawyer in the province, that there cannot - be a doubt that it would be injustice and folly to place any other person in the highest judicial office of the pro vince. It is especially necessary that, in times like these, the capacious understanding, sound knowledge and vigorous decision of Mr. Stewart should be em ployed in the public service." During the administration of Lord Seaton (then Sir John Colborne) he was a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada, and acted as chairman of that body. And among the many useful acts of legislation which are generally attributed to his pen, is the first success ful attempt to introduce into Lower Canada a system of registration of titles and claims upon real estate. The incorporation of the cities of Quebec and Montreal, and a general municipal system for Lower Canada, are also understood to be his work, and his talents were also made available by Lord Sydenham in preparing the Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada and for the Government of Canada passed by the British Parliament in 1840, and now forming the Constitution of Canada For his eminent public services he was erected a Baronet of the United Kingdom in 1840 ; on which oc casion he selected for his motto :—" Just itice propositique tenax," which few words contain an epitome of his cha racter. He was married in 1818 to the only surviving daughter of Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Montreal.; and leaves four children, three sons, the eldest of whom inherits the baronetcy, and one daughter. His practice as an advocate was of the most extensive and varied character, his eloquence and legal ability of the highest order ; and of the estimation in which his rare qualities were held by his professional brethren, the Resolutions of the Bars of Quebec and Montreal with which we conclude this notice, afford ample proof:— "At a meeting of the members of the Bar, of this section, held in their rooms, on Friday, the 15th instant, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by the Hon. Henry Black, Q.C., seconded by Mr. Solicitor-General Chaveau, and resolved, That the members of the Bar have learned with the deepest sorrow the death of the Hon. Sir James Stuart, Baronet, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, for Lower Canada, and as such the head of the pro fession therein ; and feel it right to record their high estimate of his abilities and character, and their pro found sense of the loss which the profession has sustained by his decease. Moved by the Hon. R. E. Caron, Q.C., seconded by the Hon. F. W. Primrose, Q.C., and resolved, That throughout the long period of more than fifty years, during which Sir James was a member of the pro fession, and during a very great portion of which he held the highest professional rank and office, his great and varied learning, his profound legal research and attainments, his unwearied industry, and his inflexible integrity, have placed him among the foremost of the j urists of his day, and marked him as one of whom our country may be justly proud. Moved by Dunbar Ross, Esq., seconded by Louis G. Baillargd, Esq., and resolved, That in testimony of the respect of this Bar for his memory, the members thereof do attend his funeral, and wear mourning for one month. Moved by Francois Lemieux, Esq., seconded by Fred. Vannavous, Esq., and resolved, That the secretary communicate to the family of Sir James Stuart a copy of these resolutions, with the ex pression of the sincere and respectful sympathy of this Bar." "At a meeting of the Montreal Section of the Bar of Lower Canada, held at the Council Rooms in the Court house of this city, on the 18th day of July, 1853, in order to adopt measures expressive of respect for the memory of the late Sir James Stuart, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Appeals, in Lower Canada, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved—That the members of the Montreal section of the Bar, have received with emotions of deep regret, the intelligence of the death of the late Chief Justice Sir James Stuart, who for several years past has occu pied the position of head of the Judiciary in this section of the Province. Resolved—That his acknowledged abilities and deep learning in his profession obtained for him the respect of the Bar, whilst his integrity in his judicial office secured for him the confidence of the public generally. Resolved—That the members of this section tender to the family of the deceased Chief Justice, the expression of their sympathy and condolence. Resolved—That they will wear the usual badge of mourning for one month, in testimony of their respect. Resolved—That a copy of these resolutions be trans mitted to the family of the deceased, and the other Bar sections of Lower Canada." SHARE MARKETS.--(TELS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 194 - 204 1 1 4i - 9 - 9i 12 - 10 31 16 18 6 5 d 94 - 96 521 - 53 141 -- 163 14 -15 ii -: a ' 8 - 9 4/ - 5 12f- 13 36 - 42 26 - 28 62- 64 61 - 63 21 - 23 83i - 84 59 - 61 127 - 129 100 - 102 81i - 82; 92 . 951 12 —l3 i 63 64 1 71 7 d 13 —13 a 8 96 98 p 102 —102 k 1 d par par # p 6 75 77 13 12 d; 10 9 d' 21i - 22 614 -61 i 33 35 54 56 d— par 5 4d, 3 6 8 46 48 3a 34 d 31 —32 8 10 li - 2# 66 - 7i 52 ... 55 - sid 8 84 1 d par 35 - 37 91 - 93 56 - 58 55 - 60 Business done this day. 63 2i 55 60 2i 2dis 13 15 64 70 10 12 - 96i f 101 i 21 ii 16 59 —60 i 32 33 3 -- 2 d 4 5 27 -7- 30 21/ / 61/ 2 2il 14i - 154' 5 #- 25 - 27 7 8, - i. 63- 64 9 -41 d —46 i MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) The transactions in shares this week have been rather more numerous, but still the amount of business is be low the average. There is a great disposition to invest in good mines, but holders are firm, and decline selling even at advanced rates. In small shares there has not been so much doing, and some of the gold shares have not maintained their prices. The Metal Market is without variation from last week ; every description being in good demand at current quo tations. In the Bullion Market,— Bar Silver, with gold, ss. 11d, per ounce standard. Bar Gold, 775. 9d. per ounce standard. Spanish Doubloons, 78s. 6d. per ounce. Columbian Doubloons, 775. 6d. per ounce. Fine Eng lish Silver, ss. 6d. per ounce. Business in the Gold Mining shares this week remains in a quiescent state,and prices in the absence of demand have shown rather a dwindling tendency. The shares of the Agua Fria Company are still the best supported. Advices have come to hand, both froni California and Australia, of the increased yield of the gold fields in the several districts, but still none of the companies formed for working the auriferous deposits in those regions have been enabled to afford any definite information to their shareholders as to the operations which are sup posed to have been carried on at the various localities. The silence of the superintendents has tended greatly to embarrass the directors, and although, probably, the for mer may have nothing of interest to report, they have shown a great deriliction of duty in withholding infor mation. Had a little more candour been shown on their part, there is every probability that the distrust and ill f„ now unhappily engendered would not have taken place ; and this can only be dissipated by the arrival of actual results from the various localities. The exports of bullion in the past year for this country have amounted to 21,196,6001. ; the largest items were to European countries for supplies, and Australia in return for gold dust shipped from that continent. Mr. Hargraves has been voted by the Legislative Council of Now South Wales 4,0001., in addition to the 6,000!. previously ac corded to him ; and a further sum of 1,000/. was granted to Messrs. W. Tom, Jun„ James Tom, and John Lyster, for their services in the discovery of gold in a subordi nate degree, In the course of the debate it was acknow ledged that the good resulting from the discovery had more than counterbalanced any evil that had arisen from the new phase which this important event had caused in Australia. In Miscellaneous Shares, business has been 'very 0 7 5 I 3 !O all .7i all :0 10 ;0 8 !O all !O 2 5 all ,),0 10 ;0 8 ;03 203 ; - 0i 104 '0 all 51 4 'A) 15 .0 10 5 2 5 3 I 0 5 12 ?0 10 13i 29 10 !CI 2 !O all !O all ,6 all !O all ;0 6 !O 2s. 8i all !O 10 '.O 10 lG 4 ?.0 2 t (~, • . . - RAU.RATS. raid 100 w 8 i() 1 all A all a I 28 ;7il all 2 118 i 30 it. 100 3t. 100 0 all 0 all 2 all .2 12 50 45 ?,5 all 5 all 15 all 20 20 10 10 'Aberdeen ........... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dt Eastn. June....... Belfast & Ballymena Birrang. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey..... .... Birkenhd. Lancsb. dt Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cans—. 'BlyL & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... !Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead, ! Cork and Bandon.... !Cork, Black. & Pass. Corn;rall ,Dublin&BelfastJunz Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New — ;E a st Anglian(l2s L. 1 & E. & L. & D.) ,Do., (XlB E. & H.) 'Eastern Counties-- Ea,sternUnion,A.stk , Do., do. 8..... ........ Do.NewA(lateThirds 100 I East Lancashire 100 ,Edinburgh & Glasgow 3i Eclinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde ,, 1 ;Forth and Clyde June. 100 :Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.), 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Easters all Lancaster &Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds.... 100 Lancasn. &Yorkshire 17i Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So utb pt. all London & Blackwall 8 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud Brig,ht. & S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,1G/.5h.,M&8...0 2i Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Western 42?., Do., X5O 34 Do., X4O. all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch .She f. &Lincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland . ....... 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 471 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17i Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. l 100 Newmarket 5 Do. Bury Extensions' 17? Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. I 73 Newry & Enniskillen' all Newry Warrenpoint, do Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 3? Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No.l 111 Do., No. all iDc., A Deferred 8 Do., # B Guaranteed all North London 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead,* and City Jn.. 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, HinekleY, and Leicester O() Oxford Worcester di' Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herold all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. all South Devon 100 South Eastern ' all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok, all Stockton & Darling_ 16i Stockton & Hart 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shades 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall.. 1 West End of London , and Crystal Palace all West London Wmbledon &Croydmii 100 York Newctl. tit Berw 20 Do. Extensions 11 Do. G.N. E. Purchase' 100 York d; N. Midland FOREIGN. Antwrp Sz Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. i ßeziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara . Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula) Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France l Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luesembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. prof. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia IDo. New Melbourne Dk. & By Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) 2i - 1 - 4 - 12 -- is a - 2i - 4 A 4 2 Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.}3. iszAms.Shs.] NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref . Western of France._ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Comp ass al°4li7day."4 rndea7 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley • • • ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caladon.., 50 52 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. • . GtWorthn 140 143 140 25 all Glas, Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct, 5 all Do. New Do . ••• ••• . . 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Tirestn. 30 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull di Selby Y.(SiN.Md. 109 1.1 . 1 25 all Do. Shares Do ......... 544 —55 i 12i all Do. 4 Shares Do 27 —2B 12 all Lon. &Green , * S.Eastern I3A —14 i 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 —25 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. cent... St. 4 per 100 Do. 6 per et. Do all Mane• h Bxton. Ln.&N.W k & and Matlock Midld. 3 50 all Middlabro' (Si Stckton & R, e dear ... Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 99 100 99 50 all Northern and Ea 6 per et sternsp.e . : 5 all Do. 5 , all Do. Fixed sp.c 'Do 2J all Frost. & Wyre L. &1\ . W &Ln&Yk 1 12 Do. Shares. Do . . S 100 Roystn.&llit. Gt.Northn 140 I S-• 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4O 143 2 , 183 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh .;•;, 3 12 9i S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 Alu 50 all WearValleygr tockt. & 6 per cent Darling. .. •1 , 25 all 'Do. 99 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 97 30 20 1 40 1 10 1 1 It, 100 it. 100 :5 30 t.lioo !0\ 5 3t. 100 [5 all 6i 64 64 all 3LI all 5 all 7i 2 6i all 61 all [0 all !O all .0 all ;t. 100 all 51 all .0 10 .0 4 611 all it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 6 6 it. 100 ;0 13 .24 9 it. 100 M. 100 ;t. 100 ,2il all !,5 all .0 all 6 3 .2i all .26. all 10i it. 100 it. 100 .6i 5 .0 6 A. 100 A. 100 3t. 100 3t. 100 >0 all A. 100 ,5 13 8 all 8 all [0 all 10 10 25 all 10 14 .0.6 all .71 5 5 10 PREFERENCE BHARES. ,a 1 berdecn ..... ...... I Do., No. 2, 7 p. c. I Blyth Sz Tyne 10 per et. pref. (iss. at£so) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock o. Do., shares edonian £lO heater & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Bandou 53 p. c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction. EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (1;5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex-' tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2....... ..... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. ..... Glasgow & S.Westcrn guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. C. preen De. 4,i percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. , 1 st Pref Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. & red. 4i p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 P. c Lan. & York. F. Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and,Blighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St 1 Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loud. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds LondondeiTy& Coler. 6 Shares ...... Lonely. & Ennis. 6 Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £10......... Do., 26. .. (arypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. l Do. 42 per cent .. Do . Slid Consol. 6 p. c. St, 7 iiie 6i - 6$ 4 - 44 5- - 5 i P - llp - 1$ 1 ) 131 -14 f 2i - lii lie, Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4l per cent. Norfolk Debeut. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5. per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. 1.15,6 p. c. 103 - 110 i - if P 8 - 84 61 -- 7 101 -- 103 95 -- 100 98 -- 100 id -- par 140 -- 142 2i - 3 12/ —12 i 6} 7i 9i 10 par— p 140 142 i id 23 -: 25 100 - 102 - if) Do Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. e. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New ..ii ---- iti S. Eastern (Readings Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.e. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do 151 16 91 101 12 14 d 23 24 17 191 14 1d 94 97 3i 44 4 dis, York& N. Midland H & S. Purch 1 d —... par e d iP li i d 2 -- 3 id is 9 11 d 4 8 10 5 i 6 i 2 24 30 32xd d *45 47 124 12 65 —75 4 6p 21 2id 14 —1 6 par 2 d A 4c l 1... 17 d 6 71 d ..• ••• par iP ... -- 4 par 31 9 4i a 5 3 ... - i - h - i i di MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. A good business was transacted here to-day, at full prices. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Od to 6s Od each ; ditto colonial, is Oct to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes, Os Od to 8s; foreign ditto, is to 2s Od per lb; apples, 4s to 8s per bush ; pears, 2s 6d to 5s per dozen ; lemons, is Od to 2s ; oranges, 4s Od to lOs per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 00s to 00s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts, 85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, is to is 6d ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 6d to &I each; greens. 5s Od to 78 Od per doz. bunches; red cabbages, 2s to 5s Oct per dozen ; potatoes, 100 s to 170 s per ton ; turnips, 4s Oct to 5s 6d • carrots 6s Od to 8s Oct per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; celery, 9d to is Oct per bundle; spinach, 3s Oct to 3s 6d per sieve; onions, 6s Od to 10s Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, 1s to 3s per doz. • leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, &I to 8d ; small salad, ' 2d to 3d per punnet; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d to 2s Od per pottle; parsley, 2s 3d to 3s Od per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, is Od to is Oct per bundle. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s Od each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild ditto, is to is 6d ; Pigeons, 5d to 10d each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 9s each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s ad to 4s Od per couple; Capons, 8s to lls Od ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s 01 per couple ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is 6d to 2s Od; Hares, 3s Od to 4s Od; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od;Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Gd; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to 1s 6d; Teal, 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers, Gd to is each. English Eggs, lls Od to 12s 6d; French ditto, lOs 6d to Os Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter lls eal to 13s Od, and English 12s Od to 15s Od per ozen lbs. MINES. all all all all all all 13.5 244 Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dachy of) Blo3narvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at 25 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Crock Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. IDo. Pref. 7. p. cent, English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. IGeneral. Gt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lend. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.A.merien New Granada New Linare3 Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silvei Lead Mir. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New all all 15 11i all all all all all 12s, Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft ... . United Mexican Waller 'West Granada. Yuba West Mariposa Worthing Mining oft Australia 1001 95 I BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 22s ; Brills, 2s 6d. to 9s each; Salmon 3s Od to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 5s Od to 21s Od each ; Soles, 3d to 3s per pair ' • Eels, 10c1 to is 2d per lb • Lobsters, is to 4s Od ; Crabs, 6(1 to 2s 6d • Whitings, 6s to 980 d per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d to lOs ; Mullets, is to 3s each; Common Oysters, 10s Od to 168 Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od per bsh; Mackerel, 00s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 4s pr doz.; Skate, 10c1 to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 8s to 13s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnots, 4d to is Oct each ; Halibut, 8d per lb. ' • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to 4s Oct per lb. ; Flounders, is to, 1s 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6d per lb. _ _ _ BREAD. The prices of wheaten broad in the metropolis are frois lid to 110; of household ditto, 10d. to 10Ad per 41b loaf. - - NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 38 10d to Sc Od per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to Is 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d. per 81bs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, Od to 2 id; 641 b to 721 b, 2 i d to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 30 ; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 30 to 4d ; 1041 1 ) to 1121 b 4d to 44d. Horse hides, Gs 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s 0(1 to 3s 6d; ditto, full, Gs 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, 8s Ocl to 9s 6d; ICents, 7s Od to 9s 6d; Half-brods, 7s Od. to Os 6d. ; Downs, 4s 9d. to 6s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 53 to 5/ 10s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 61 63 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 212 s pe r load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLA.ND.—Meadow hay, 31 8s to 5/ 103 ; clover ditto, 41 Oa to 6/ 6s; and straw, 1/ 15s to 21 3s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 8 s; clover ditto, 41 4s to 6/ 10$ ; a n d s t raw , 1/ 14s to 212 s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. 4J.litr:l3 '4Wtion4 SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. We understand that Austria and Prussia have sent to the Cabinets of Paris and London a note, in which they ask for explanations relative to the en trance of the combined squadrons into the Black Sea, and relative to the limits at which they are to stop in their course of conduct. The note declares that if the squadrons have instructions to com mence hostilities against Russia, Austria, and Prussia will not be parties with France and Eng land in that mode ofproceeding. *We have no additional news of interest from the East to-day, and are obliged to be content with such gleanings as arrive from Germany and other quarters. The Voss Gazette announces that it was positively known at Vienna that the Emperor of Russia will not accept the resolutions agreed to at Constanti nople, and that his ambassador at the Court of Aus tria, M. de Meyendorff, had expressed himself to that effect. A letter, lam informed, was received in Paris, from M. de Meyendorff, on Wednesday, which speaks in a very positive manner of the writer's convictions as to the negative character of the Emperor of Russia's reply. The Czar, it de clares, has asserted that he would not make the slightest concession. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. B.—The Heraldo has an article to-day on the Eastern question, and the position of Spain, which it considers as evidently one of neutrality, and that Spain must profit by the capi tal which will naturally flow into it when the countries where it most abounds are engaged in war. It adverts to the numerous ways in which foreign capital might be advantageously employed here. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Froim the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, Jan. 13.—There has been a fair seasonable business done in the Cloth-halls this week, considering that we are only yet at the commencement of the new year. Both on Saturday and Tuesday there was a good attendance of merchants, and on the whole the markets wore a good aspect. The trade in the warehouses has not begun to move, and there has consequently been only a quiet week. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 10.—A moderate business for the season has been transacted in the Cloth-hall in broad cloths and plain troussrings ; but in the fancy vestings there has been but a small demand. The wool trade has been quieter to-day than for some time past. ROCHDALE FLANNEL, Jan. 9.—This has been the new market, which, in general, is more a day for the settlement of Christmas accounts, than for business. It has been rather thinly attended ; and the roads in many places being yet impassable, on account of the late snow, goads could not be brought to market. The demand for pieces has been tolerably good, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. Though we have had no great hilliness doing in wool, prices remain firm, and their tendency is upwards. BRADFORD, Jan. 12.—Wool.—The prices asked are such as to deter buyers, and the market is only flat. Noils and brokes without change. Yarns—There is little doing except to order, and what is doing in this way is anything but an average of former years. The com parative high prices for full-bred wool renders the trade discouraging. Pieces. —The recent fire has caused a large quantity of goods to come into the market on favourable terms, and this tends to impair regular busi ness. Goods made chiefly of wool leave a miserable re turn, in consequence of the high price of wool. HOSIERY TRADE OF LEICESTER. —Our market has been inanimate, owing to people being employed in making up their yearly accounts. Many warehouses have not given out work since Christmas ; and as some worsted spinners have wholly shut up their mills since then, and the others are only very partially employ ing them, the working classes . are suffering great privations. As the time for making cotton goods for the spring demand has arrived, it is expected that more work will be given out next Saturday, but owing to the present state of demand, and the high price required for wools as compared with the current value of yarns spin ners do not feel disposed to increase productions. The price of wools and yarns remain the same. The New Year's prospect to the workmen is very gloomy. Scarcity of work and the high price of the necessaries of life are already filling our union house very fast. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 14.--Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. RAMSGATE, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Bx press, from London, for Monte Video. Sailed—Frederika, Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Jun. 13.—Wind, S. to S.S.E. Arrived -11.11.'s at. Vulcan, from Bermuda, and sailed for Wool wich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Zaringa, from London, for Melbourne ; Alfred, London, for Mauri tius, to stop a leak.—The Eliza Anson has received some damage, having been on shore. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Medora, from Jamaica, leaky, and short of provisions ; Ajax, Ha vannah, for Bristol, crew sick and disabled ; Dadbrook, London, for Bombay ; Marquis of Chandos, Honduras ; Trinidad, Odessa, leaky, cutwater started, &c. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Diadem, of Yarmouth, is on shore, twenty miles to the southward, and will probably become a wreck. _ _ HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 13.—The Gun, of Peterhead, Lon don to Sunderland, is on shore near Castle Eden Deane. — The Knaresborough Castle, Ipswich to Seaham, is on the rocks at Black Halls. SHIELDS, Jan. 13.—The Savannah, of Lynn, has come off the Herd Sand. SWANSEA, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Countess of Beetive, from C oqu i m b o. MILFORD, nian, from D emerara. S a il e d—E ag l e, f or Demerara. Jan. 13. —Wi n d, S.E. Arrived—Carthage. CORK, Jan. 1 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Amalia, from ShiPPegan ; Norfolk, Madras ; Caros, Pugwash ; Commo dore, Prince Edward's Island ; Radium, Liverpool, for New Orleans, leaky, and with damage from contact, 4th inst., with a steamer off the Skerries. Sailed—Boadicca, for New Orleans. . _ PARIS, Jan. 13. —The Ellen and Sophia (schooner), from Shields to Caen, has been condemned, having been on shore.—A vessel, of about 900 tons, ti m ber laden, dis masted and aband one d ( the crew had taken to the boats), was passed 200 leagues off Belle Isle. VENICE, Jan. 7.—The Stamboul, from Yarmouth, which was ashore, 27th ult., has been got off ; part of the cargo damaged. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind S.S.W., freshLblrVeEezßel7aonLi fine.Satu Saturday, 10.45 A IL Arrived—Harold, from Calcutta ; Africa, from Bombay; Gertrude and Senator, from New York; Rio Douro, from Larache. The Iron Duke steamer, for Kingstown, was in collision last night with the steamer Albert, and both vessels re ceived damage. Wind N.N.W. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 1 2 . Arrived —Blanche, from Callao • Maitland, from Ber dianski ; Amelia, from Shippegan;for Cork ; Firere, from Cudbuaa,rd, f o r fro L m ive s r m po y o r i n ; a . tian le Zephyr, s, from St. John's, N.B. ; E from Bermuda, with 6 0 returne d convicts. Off —Zephyr, from Burgos, for Liverpool. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) • GRIVESEND, Saturday, 9.20 a.m. Wind W.S.W., three hour's flood. Arrived, 13th. — N°I . ma, from Shanghai ; Eliza Thorn ton, Batavia ; Anna Jane, Colombo : Nassau, Maulmein ; Geffard, Shanghai ; Sampson, Guernsey ; Sea Queen, Singapore ; Douglas, Guernsey ; Lark, Seville ; Martha Miles, Demerara ; Triton, Gravelines • Ida, Marstrand ; Saint, Aarhuus ; Ace of p m _ vs, SL Michael's • Orion, Oporto ; Generose, Cadiz ; g a, Seville ; Anna Hen drick, Lisbon ; Mathilde, Guernsey ; Pauline, Cadiz ; Seine (s.), Boulogne ; Belgium , Ostend. Sailed—Triton (s.), for Calais. Spoken, Wednesday, Jan. 3, by the Lark, from Seville, the barque Raleigh, of South Shields, in lat. 45, long. 8'56. DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. Wind W.S.W., light and fine. Arrived—Undine, (s.), from Calais, landed mails and passengers. Passed—her Majesty's steam. Vulcan, from west ward, for river.. GREAT METROPOLITAN EXHIBITION OF POULTRY. — This exhibition, which has continued open at the Baker y morning last, was finally street bazaar since Tuesda y closed yesterday evening. The result, on the whole, was highly satisfactory to the committee and the sub scribers generally. Mao) , of the exhibitors received large, in certain instances almost fabulous, prices for their specimens ; and in man y cases a brace of Bramah Poutras or Cochin Chinas fetched as large a price as a short-horn of the purest breed, or a lady's palfrey, broken for use in Rotten-row.. That the art and mystery of breeding fowls is an occupation calculated to return a large profit to the breeder, is now an ad mitted fact ; and many of the persons who contributed specimens to the exhibition are dealers who, residing - in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and some of them within its boundries, have turned their attention to im proving the breed of domestic fowls as a means of liveli we are informed, i s l arge , an d the hood. The profit, speculator need not invest any very heavy capital in the business, the stock increasing with incredible rapidity. The sales yesterday were numerous, and exceeded 4001., making the total proceeds during the four days' exhibi tion rather more than 1,200 1 . The birds which found purchasers with the greatest rapidity were the Bramah Poutras, the Cochin Chinas, and the Dorkings. The speci mens of the latter were the finest ever exhibited in this coun try, and competed successfully with those shown at Bir mingham, Nottingham, and other provincial exhibitions. The attendance of visitors during the day was extremely numerous, and included a great many members of the aristocracy. The birds, exclusive of pigeons, were di vided into 62 classes, and about 3001. was awarded in prizes. All exhibitors were bound by the rules to sell their birds at the prices marked, if claimed before one o'clock on the first day of the exhibition. , ANGLO-PERUVIAN B92TDS. On Thursday, the 12th instant, a general meeting of holders of these bonds was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of adopting measures fur the effectual protection of their interests. Mr. RICHARD THORNTON was appointed to take the chair, and after explaining that the meeting had been called to protect the holders of the original Peruvian bonds against the consequences of the late conversion, made without their consent, whereby their security was diminished, and the market price had been knocked down from 90 to 65 or 25 per cent., he stated that the gentlemen who had taken the initiative in the present movement had embodied their views in a series of reso lutions which would be submitted. A statemeat had also been prepared detailing the whole facts of the case, which would be now read by his nephew. Mr. THos. THORNTON then read the following state ment : " In consequence of the prejudicial changes which have been made in Anglo-Peruvian Bonds during the past year, the unprotected state of the holders, and the late attempt to introduce bonds of the internal or home debt on this market, this meeting has been called by persons who are largely interested, for the purpose of submitting to your consideration the transactions of which we have a right to complain, and the remedial measures which it is wished to recommend for your adoption. The situation in which you have placed me makes it my duty to lay before you the particular points which have attracted notice, and the first case to which we beg to call your attention is the conversion of the late Active Bonds or 6 per Cents., and with respect to it we have to say that the principal condition of the arrangement of 1849 not having been fulfilled, as we had every reason to expect it woullbe, the late minister had no right to force this conversion upon us ; at least, not without six months' notice from Ist April, 1853. It was needless, too, for the application of three-fourths of the half surplus proceeds of guano, by which the bonds were kept above par, would have ceased in a month, and they would naturally have fallen to par—the vexed ques tion as to whether the bonds should or should not be brought above par (which was one of the reasons alleged for this conversion) would have thus settled itself. We received 1181. 10s. in a 41 per cent. stock at 851. for 1001. of 6 per cent., and thereby sacrificed 13s. sd. per cent. per annum in interest ; it is true we obtained 1 per cent. addi tional sinking fund, and one month's interest on the new stock ; but this was far from compensating us for the loss I in the rate of interest. And this sacrifice we had to submit to iu contravention of the wishes of congress, for we have a copy of the act of that body, under which the late envoy was acting, and find it to say very clearly and explicitly, that in any arrangement ' the rights of the creditors shall always be respected.' Unsatisfactory to us as this conversion was, it cannot but be so to the people of Peru, for at a saving in interest of about 8,6001. per an num, the capital of the debt has been increased nearly 600,0001., and is contrary to the spirit of the act under the authority of which it was done. We would here re mind you that by the arrangement of 1849 we sacrificed *.?5 per cent. of arrears of interest, for which there was no necessity whatever. We next come to the increase of the interest on the Deferred Bonds, from one per cent. to their maximum of 3 per cent. per annum. We do not think that this measure has been properly understood by the bond holders. It seems to be a great concession on the part of the Peruvian government, but in reality it is not so, for we gave up the quarter of the half surplus of guano, which was pledged for the redemption of this stock until April, 1856. A calculation we nave made, on, the supposition that 200,000 tons will be sold annually, shows that Peru will actually get by this operation about 240,0001. We believe that she gets another advantage, for one reading of the old bond implies that, after April, 1853, the entire surplus of the half proceeds of guano shall be applied to the extinction of this Deferred Stock. We also gave up the right of converting this stock into the home debt, which bears 6 per cent. interest, but we are not likely to-regret the loss of this right. On the 30th June last Messrs. Murietta and Co. received from Messrs. A. Gibbs and Sons the sum of 201,0001., being the half of the net proceeds of guano for the half-year ending that date, and. exclusive of the 52,5001. they had already received for the payment of the April dividends. We have already mentioned that by the arrangement of 1849, three fourths of this surplus was to be applied to the purchase If the Active, and one-fourth to that of the Deferred Bonds ; and we hold it to be incontestible that as much of this surplus as may result from the sales of guano up to the Ist of April, 1853, must be applied, in the above pro portions, to the purchase of the present Four-and-a-Half and Three per Cents., the money does not belong to the Peruvian government. We are unable to say to a certainty what quantity of guano was sold up to April last, but as upwards of 119,000 tons were sold from January 1 to June 30, and as February and March are the best months for the sale of it, we think we are under rather than over the mark, in estimating the sales from January 1 to April 1 at 60,000 tons, and producing upwards of 120,0001. for our half, applicable (as we have before said) to the purchase of bonds. We have not heard that any such purchases have been made, although more than six months have elapsed. We now come to the issue of 1,800,0001. in 41 per Cent. Sterling Bonds to Uribarren and Co., of Paris, and of 400,0001. also 41 per Cent. Sterling Bonds, to Mr. Joseph Hegan, both being a conversion of 11,000 , 006 dollars from the internal or home debt. The origin and character of this debt, and the nature of the operation, have been so fully explained in a letter published in the Times of the 17th ult., and which we presume most, if not all, of you have read, that we deem it unnecessary to take up the time of the meeting by repeating them. That letter was written by one of our number, who is prepared to sustain the general accuracy of the state ments contained in it. In reply it has been stated that the contractors for the 1,800,0001. had not two years allowed them for the delivery of internal scrip to au equal amount into the Peruvian treasury ; but we have the Lima official paper containing the contract, and we again find, by the sth article and by the PresidenVs ratification, that the contractors were to receive the ster ling bonds in London, on giving security for their amount, and that the terms of two years was fixed for the delivery of the home scrip into the Peruvian treasury. On this 2,200,000/ we have to observe, that it presents the singu lar anomaly of the existence of bonds representing pro bably double its amount—viz., those in Europe and the , crip in Peru. We say, probably, because it is likely enough that the parties concerned may have bought and delivered a portion of the corresponding internal scrip. On the 400,0301. issued to Mr. Hegan, we have particu larly to remark that, if we have been correctly informed, by some means or another the bonds have been made to bear a priority on the guano proceeds over our own." Mr. RICHMOND said that, in calling the attention of the meeting to the subject before it, he would confine himself to the leading facts, omitting everything in the nature of declamation or embellishment ; for, though smarting under a strong sense of injustice, they would gain nothing by using harsh epithets, as their case stood out in such bold relief that it required no aid of that de scription. He would first allude to the circumstances under which the conversion of the Peruvian debt took place, for there were anomalies connemted with it which made it different from every other conversion in England of the debt of a foreign government. Many were aware that some 24 years ago a committee was formed in London under the name of the Spanish American Bond holders' Committee. They were invested with power to add to their number ; a power very frequently given at public meetings without, however, conveying the idea that it was to be exercised ad infinitum ; but this power the committee had possessed and exercised from that day till now, and they had never thought it right to come before a public meeting and have fresh blood added to them. They were, therefore, entirely a self-constituted body.- As Peru was one of those states which the committee purported to represent, they were he natural defenders of the Peruvian bondholders ; but when the conversion in question was proposed they took no steps whatever to call a meeting of the bondholders, which was the invariable course in all cases of conver sion by foreign governments throughout the whole history of foreign loans. This was, in fact, the only ex ceptional instance of conversion in which the bond holders were not consulted. (Hear, hear.) He held a list of the names of the committee in his hand. Baron Goldsmidt was nominally the chairman, and he noticed, besides, the names of four or five as honourable gentle men as he knew in England ; but still not one of these had in the least interfered in this subject, for the very good reason that the constitution of the oommittee did not render it necessary that the members should be holders of bonds which they were appointed to protect. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the chairman of the committee, he (Mr. Richmond) was quite certain from personal experience, having acted with him for several years on the Mexican committee, that there was not a better business man in London, and ho was quite sure if his health had not placed him in such a situation as to render him totally incompetent to attend to business, be would never have permitted these things to have gone on without immediately calling a meeting, and taking the necessary steps to protect their interests. (Hear, hean.) There were other members on the list in a simi lar situation. Several resided at a great distance from town, and hack no means of knowing what was going on. It must occur to every one that it was wholly useless depending upon any committee, unless composed of in terested parties—those who were bona fide representatives of the body they pretended to represent, and hence it was that in the recent conversion the interests of the Peruvian bondholders had been totally neglected. The new bonds had been drawn without any regard to the protection of those interests ; this was the result of their not being drawn by the bondholders' committee, instead of by the Peruvian Government, as in the case of the Mexican conversion, where every point in dispute, several having been raised during the arrangement, was discussed be tween the two parties, and ultimately adjusted satis factorily. The late Envoy to this Court, Mendiburn, was Finance Minister of Peru ; and after an enormous increase had been made to the internal debt, under his administration, he was despatched to England, with full powers from the Executive both as to the e xtent of a new loan which it was proposed to make, for the purpose of paying off other debts, which bore a higher rats of interest, and for the conversion of the old Bonds, to which the proposed loan was to form a rider. No one appeared, however, on the part of the bondholders to negotiate with this person, though it was a case pecu liarly suited for negotiation, as h is p ower s were unlimited and unrestricted, and involved no necessity for a further reference to Peru. The CHAIRMAN—No one was even asked to appear. Mr. RICHMOND—TiIe result was that the gentleman went to certain houses in town, who issued proposals for . the conversion of the old debt, and for raising 600,0001. more by way of loan. Little objection was taken to this addition to the old debt, as it was said Chili was pressing Peru very closely for money advanced during the revo lutionary war ; and as this money bore a high rate of interest, it became a matter of economy to pay off the debt. This was, in itself, unobjectionable ; but what he complained of was that they had been deprived of their security on the proceeds of the guano consumed in England. Now, what were the claims on the Peruvian government by its own subjects ? From information they had received they had reason to believe that for the most part they were fictitious claims ; they were got up in every variety of form ; many of them were pure for- genies, and all of them were enormously exaggerated in amount. The domestic claims, proposed to be converted into a foreign debt which was to come pan passu with the old bonds, on the security of the guano proceeds, were about 9,000,000 dollars, and the real claims were somewhere under four or five millions of dollars ; so that about 50 per cent. had been added. The late pre- sident, who was the only honest man at the head of the Government since the revolution, said the whole do- mestic debt did not exceed 5,000,000 dollars when he left office ; and if the Peruvian Government succeeded in imposing this 9,000,000 upon the security given to the English bondholders, they would be ready to bring ... _ . . . .. forward 20,000,000 more, and where they would stop it was impossible to say. As he had already observed, this attempt to throw the new bonds on the London market was without a parallel, and if it were submitted and not exposed, Austria and every foreign Government which borrowed money from England would adopt a similar plan. Another reason why the bondholders should move in the matter was, that the sinking fund only amounted to 2 per cent. A great portion of the stock had been taken up, not for speculation but for family investment, it having been held out for several years, and particularly by parties professing to be con nected with the Peruvian Government, that the quantity of guano was inexhaustible. He was personally aware that the stock had been purchased for this purpose to a great extent ; he believed likewise that the security was one of the best that could be offered, and hence it was not wonderful that those who held old bonds should have overlooked the fact, that there was no committee to're- present them. It would be recollected that at the time the stock was issued the interest of the Bank of England was only 2 or 2i per Cent., and therefore a 5 per Cent. investment on such a perfectly good security was a very desirable object. In addition to what he had men- tioned there was another circumstance which had tended to lower the price of the stock beyond what there was any real necessity for. He referred to the report made by the admiral tin the Pacific—Admiral Moresby—re- specting the probable quantity of guano remaining on the Chilian Islands. As this reportlhacl already appeared in the newspapers he would not now make any detailed allusion to it, but what did Mr. Mackintosh, who made the inspection admit? That his investigation was a very imperfect one—(hear, hear)—that it eould scarcely be called a survey at all ; and that he merely landed on the island and took a superficial view of it. Any one who had attended to the discussions in the different journals, especially to the letters which appeared in the Shipping Gazette, from ship masters who were perfectly well acquainted with the condition of the island, would say that the quantity of guano far exceeds the amount estimated by Mr. Mackintosh. (Hear, hear, hear.) He (Mr. Richmond) had not the slightes t hesitation in saying that there was sufficient guano to pay off, if necessary, all the legitimate debts of Peru twice over. (Hear, hear.) What, then, they were required to do was .to see whether they could not adopt measures to compel the Peruvian Government to be honest. .He had no doubt, considering the deceptions that had been practised upon them, that Lord Clarendon would instantly interest himself on their behalf. Besides, the agricultural interest was deeply interested in the question. The Government and Parliament had been memorialized by several important towns in favour of greater facilities being obtained from the Peruvian au thorities for increasing the supplies of guano. Now, unless the bondholders were secured to a proportionate extent, every increase in the quantity imported would diminish their security. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations, the hon. gentleman read the following resolutions, and moved their adop tion : "1. That this meeting views with mistrust the measures pursued by the government of Peru, and its agents, for the conversion of a portion of the home debt of that re public into sterling bonds, and deems it necessary that an inquiry instituted into all the circumstances connected with the creation and enormous increase of that debt, and into the attempt to put those bonds on to this market ; also, that an investigation be made respecting the state of the surplus funds arising from the sale of guano up to the Ist of April, 1853, as well as into the facts connected with the late conversion of Anglo-Peruvian bonds, in order that the most efficient measures attainable be adopted for the interest, protection, and security of the holders. "2. That to carry into effect the above-mentioned ob jects, that a committee of bona fide bondholders be now ap pointed with full power and authority to prosecute such Inquiries and investigations, and to take such other mea sures as it may deem expedient and effectual for these pur poses, and for soliciting the aid of the British Govern ment. " 3 and 4 refer to the number of the committee and the taking of the offices. "5. That application be made to the committee of Spanish American bondholders for a sum sufficient to defray the expenseS of the special committee, from the funds in its hands derived from the 9,0001. and upwards received in Peruvian Deferred Bonds in 1849 ; and failing this resource, the meeting pledges itself to contribute a sum not exceeding one penny in the pound from their respective dividends for the purpose. "6. That this meeting fully appreciates the wise discre. tion exercised by the committee of the Stock Exchange, in not recognising the negotiation of the domestic debt of any foreign state in the market, and confidently trust that it will steadily adhere to that principle." Mr. GUKDALL& seconded the resolution, and thanked the chairman for his exertions in endeavouring to repair the consequences of the neglect of the Spanish Ame rican commmittee, and to protect the interest of the shareholders. The demands by which the domestic debt had been increased arose, as he had been informed, from corruption and the claims of court favourites, many of them females, and had been purchased up in Lima, Paris, and London, at from 40 to 70 per cent. He be lieved in this way the home debt of Peru had been in creased from four or five millions of dollars to something like four times that sum. He believed the bonds were all printed, and were at present in Lombard-street, and if it had not been for the energetic exertions of their worthy chairman and the gentlemen asso ciated with him who had taken the bull by the horns at the proper time ; there could be no question that they would have been all issued, and would have completely swamped the old debt. Instead of the Spanish American Committee giving their deter mined opposition to the conversion, he was afraid to say that, acccording to current rumour, some of the mem bers were parties to it. But the supineness of the com mittee, their doing nothing at all, was alone a sufficient ground for putting the affairs of the bondholders in fresh hands, and he hoped immediate steps would be taken with that view. For weeks there had been a fall in the price of the stock, for no sound reason whatever, as the dividends were perfectly safe ; but still the late conver sion had roused the suspicions of the public, and if the new bonds were allowed to be quoted on the Stock Ex change, the present stock would yet be considerably below 50. The secret, therefore, was to close the door of the London Stock Exchange against the new bonds. Mr. LEWIS HAZLEWOOD was convinced from his own letters that the `bondholders would get all they asked for. There was no fear but that they would get every farthing both of principle and interest. He opposed the issue of the new bonds because it was against his own individual interests ; but it was just possible that the Peruvian Government had no intention of committing a fraud. .He learnt from Peru, and other parts, that the security was ample, and that the Government had no desire to break faith with the English bondholders. The market twice of the stock was altogether w ithout pre cedent, for there had been n o lach,e2, and instead, as for merly, having as security onl y one half of the proceeds of the guano, they bad now five-eighths ; and if the debt were double the amount proposed, that wou ld b e sufficient to secure it, the consumption of guano having lately very much increased. In 1851 the p rocee d s were 450,000/., in 1 852 602,0001., in the present y ear 7 50,000 i., and the chances were that next year th ey wou ld exc eed a million , w hile that whic h was required for the whole of the debt, including the new bonds, as well as the old, was about 220,000/. a year. It was his own opinion that the stock was perfectly safe, and certain to b e paid, &c., he should recommend its being held by the bondholders. He should be happy t o j o i n with the pro posed i committee in ende avour i ng to improve the i r posi tion f possible, but he deprecated any step that might create needless alarm in the public mind, and thus run down the stock than which there was none more secure. A BONDHOLDER warned the meeting against what he considered an a tt empt on the part of the last spea k er to mix up the new debt with the old. Another BONDHOLDER, in reference to Mr. E. Hazle wood's observations, said he had called at the office of the committee of Spanish-American bondholders to com plain of the proposed arrangement, but had been told by Mr. Powles, the secretary, that it would be useless to interfere. Capt. Ross, R.N., thought the proposition for appointing Ia committee of the bondholders highly necessary. Th s was not the only instance in which the Spanish Ameri can Committee had failed to do their duty. They al leged as an excuse that no application had been made to them, but if men were appointed to perform a certain ' duty and they neglect it, they ought to be kicked At (" Oh.") He did not expect they would have had occa• sion to find fault with the Peruvian Government because they had more than enough to pay everybody, and to feed their own corruption to any extent they liked. He had very good authority for saying that their sales of guano had not only increased considerably in England and France, but in America also, and why could they not have waited patiently until they were in a position to liquidate their home debt instead of making it a foreign debt and thrusting it on the London market? It was a pity that a nation which might be one of the proudest republics in the world should have so acted. When the whole sales of guano only amounted to about 70,000 tons yearly, they (the bondholders) had one-half for interest and sinking fund ; now that the sales in England, France, and America were rising up to near 500,000 tons, as he was informed, Peru could certainly afford to give the Old Bonds the whole proceeds of the sales in Great Britain, and have an ample revenue left from the other sales. It was her interest to extinguish the debt, and their wish for it to be done. The house of Murietta and Co., who had the principal management of the bonds, ought, he considered, to have stood be tween the bondholders and the Peruvian Government, for they knew there were many persons among them, such as widows and orphans, who might be very much injured by the conversion; but as they had not dons so, he should propose a resolution on the subject at a sub. sequent stage of the proceedings. The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. RICHMOND was very glad to see so much unan imity. He certainly should have been disappointed if there had been the slightest difference of opinion. H e then moved that the following gentlemen should com pose the committee :—Messrs. Richard Thornton, Thos. Thornton, Horatio Ward, A. B. Richmond (these being the gentlemen who had called the meeting), and Colonel John Harvey, Mr. A. Hodgson, and Mr. D. Gowan., A BONDHOLDER suggested that Mr. L. nazlewooti, who could give very valuable information, should be a member of the committee, and Mr. RICHMOND opposed the addition of his name to the committee, but from no personal feeling. Mr. L. Hazlewood stood in a rather awkward position to the committee ; and though he could give it some very use ful information, he would do that much better not being a member than being a member. Mr. L. HAZLEWOOD, deeming it advisable that some member of the Stock Exchange should be on the com mittee, proposed the names of Mr. Kinnaird, banker, of Lombard-street, and Mr. Luard, of the London and County Bank, which would no doubt carry much weight with them in the estimation of the Peruvian Govern ment. After some conversation, in the course of which it was objected that these two gentlemen were ineligible, from being interested in the new bonds, the original list of names was adopted. n reply to the inquiry of a BONDHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN said it gave him great pleasure to state that the house of Messrs. Hambro' had, neither directly nor indirectly, anything to do with these spurious new bonds. (Hear, hear.) Captain Ross said the resolution which he intended to submit to the meeting was as follows : " Resolved that Messrs. Murietta and Company, agents of the Peruvian Government, by attempting to introduce bonds purporting to represent the internal debt of that State into the London market, have for feited the confidence of the Peruvian bondholders, and that it be an instruction to the committee to insist on their immediate removal by the Government of Peru, and to demand that the agency be placed in hands beyond suspicion." The CHAIRMAN observed that this was a matter which ought properly to be left in the hands of the committee. The first thing he (the chairman) should recommend was, a correspondence with Messrs. Murietta, and a most searching inquiry as to the way in which the new bonds had made their appearance. He hoped, therefore, the gallant captain would withdraw his re solution. Captain Ross acceded to the suggestion of the chair. On the motion of Mr. GIIEDELLA, seconded by Captain Ross, a vote of thanks was awarded to the four gentle men who had convened the meeting. The CHAIIMAN, in returning thanks, assured the bondholders that no exertion should be wanting on his part to get justice done to them. Mr. RICHMOND moved a vote of thanks to the press, for the assistance it had given them. He relied upon the•press to ten times greater extent than he did on the honesty of the Peruvian Government. The growing in tercourse all along the west coast of the continent of A.merica, made the governments there more amenable to public opinion in Europe, and that opinion could not be conveyed to them with one half the force by a pri vate communication that it could through the medium of the English press. Their case was remarkable, as involving an important public principle, and a departure from all former usage, and he had no doubt it would receive that careful attention from the press which it had hitherto done. The motion having been unanimously carried, the proceedings terminated. TRIAL TRIP OF THE HIM.ALAYA. On Wednesday last we published a statement of the first run of the great screw ship Himalaya, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company by Mare and Co., of Blackwall, and fitted with machinery by Messrs. Penn and Co., with Messrs. Lamb and Summers' patent flue boilers. We then observed that the result of this first trip was an astonishing triumph of a combination of naval architecture and marine engineering. We have now the satisfaction of stating that the stupendous ship has had a thorough sea trial, and has not only confirmed Tuesday's result, but she has exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine. With a gallant and distinguished party, including Captain Thornton, R.N., Captain Nairne, and Mr. Allan, directors of the company, Captain Mansel, R.N., Captain Forbes, RN., Captain Maxwell, R.N., Captain Ommanney, R.N., Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., Captain H. B. Young, R. N., Captain Domett, Sir Evans Mackenzie, Captain E. L. Halsted, R. N., Mr. J. Watts, Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy ; Mr. Lloyd, Admiralty-Surveyor of Machinery at Somerset-house ; Captain Engledue, R.N., superintendent of the Penin sular and Oriental Company; Captain Dent, Captain Guthrie, Mr. Lamb, superintending engineer of the company ; Captain de Quesada, Captain de Lamure Captain Martin, Mr. Schetky, Mr. G. L. Browne, Messrs. R. and N. Melville, Nairne, Russell, Collett, Hall, T. Macdonald, Radcliffe, Lee, Price, and Hartrey ; Mr. John Penn, the constructor of the engines, and Mr. T. Waterman, the naval architect. The Himalaya left Greenhithe on Thursday morning, and as soon as she could get clear of the fog dashed on to the Channel at full speed, and carrying on through the gale that blew through the night very hard, and squally for some time. The good ship brought up at St. Helen's, and soon after daylight proceeded through Spithead to the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and after four runs there went on to Southampton, and, for the first time, entered the capacious basin at that port. We cannot today give a lengthened description of the ship, her fittings, and her performances. We may say, however, that in the trying night passage she exhibited most extraordinary qualities of stiffness, 'easy motion, and speed ; whilst her immense length glided through the water like an eel ; and, although she met a heavy head sea, she cleft the waves as cleanly as if they were parted by a caisson—not a ripple was thrown out on her sides, and scarcely a track of her course could be seen in her w a k e . Th e screw wor k e d un if orm l y we ll, with scarcely any vibration, every revolution performing its allotted task. The sea test was a complete one, and well established the ship's character in the opinion of the experienced naval officers, engineers, and naval ar chitects on board ; whilst the following table of results, of four runs at the measured mile in Stokes Bay will show the world that in the Himalaya the Peninsular and Oriental Company have the fastest screw vessel afloat, notwithstanding that she is of the enormous magnitude of 3,540 tons, 375 feet long, 46 feet broad, and moo chinery of 700 nominal horse-power, working only att 141 b. to the square inch Run Rev. Time. Knots. Mean. Mean• True Mean of Your Runs. m. s. Ist 27 410 14.400 2d 5B 440 12.857 13.628 3d 59 354 15.385 13.874 4th 57 456 12.162 13.773 13.947 13.910 Here is a speed of 14 knots an hour honestly and fairly achieved, which is equal to no less than 16 statute miles—a speed equal to some of our night rally's/ trains, and to that of many of the continental trains. We repeat that the ship is a credit to the country, and. the enterprise of the company that availed itself of the first establishments in the world (both situated on the banks of the Thames) to produce such a result is richly deserving of national encouragement. The officer by whom the Hiotala uisya is d in commanded was selected as being the most distinghe the company's service. Trained in the Roy al Navy, Captain Kellock's experience as a commander is second to none in the coun try. He has commanded the finest sailing ships a.nd steamships of the age, and he bas now the distinguishtid honour of having the command of the finest, fastest, anti handsomest ship in the world—a screw-vessel some 6(.1 1 feet longer than the great screw three-decker, her Majesty's ship the Duke of Wellington. _ _ _ . THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANWARY It, - 1854. 4 -~ ~ , =, t'~. :~, 24d 3 iP i P i P 2ip 8 I.4ip Id' 184 Par ~ , s ~. ~~ -~,,