The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-15 00:00:00

It.ONEN7 MARKET AND COMMERCI AL IN ITIL IGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market had. a downward ten dency, and closed with prices of American -A d . per lb. down. In other descriptions the change is less marked. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 150 Pernam and Maranham at Wd. to 03d., 100 Bahia at 6d. to 61d., 150 Egyptian at 61d. to 81d, and 700 Surat at 31d. to 32d. per lb. Railway shares were firm. There has been a fair business transacted this week in Colonial produce, but the supply being large prices have tended downwards. Sugar has been quiet on the whole, foreign descriptions being held more firmly than West India. Plantation Ceylon coffee has had a fair sale, but native has ruled dull. The tea auctions have gone off heavily, and good common sound congou has with difficulty found buyers at 10d. per lb. Spices have generally gone lower, including pimento, pepper, and nut megs. Rice has been less in request and cheaper. In cotton the operations have been extremely limited, and the value of the article has not changed. Saltpetre has been dull, and previous terms are not supported. Cochineal went rather irregularly. In flax there have been purchases at advanced rates, and jute is higher. In Russian hemp very little has been done, and Manilla has only been in demand for the better descriptions. Iron is quiet, and tallow has had a moderate sale. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company is being held this day, at the London Tavern, for the following purposes, viz. :—To re ceive Mr. Gower's report of his visit to the com pany's mines at Marmato and Santa Ana ; and of the purchase of the Purima Mines ; and to adopt such measures thereon as may be expedient. And, in pursuance of the following requisition, signed by more than five shareholders holding more than 1,000 shares, to consider the matters stated in the said requisition : " LONDON, Nov. 27, 1854. "To the Directors of the Mariquita and New Grenada _ _ _ Mining Company. "Gentlemen, —With a view to obtain for all the shareholders an opportunity to give their free and un fettered opinion upon the report of the committee of in vestigation, and thereby remove the misunderstanding at present existing, we, the undersigned shareholders in the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company, being more than 5 in number, and holding among us more than 1,000 shares, do hereby, under the authority of the 6th clause of the deed of settlement, require of you forthwith to convene a special general meeting of shareholders for the following purposes : " 1. To reconsider the report of the committee of in vestigation. "2. To make such changes in the direction by in creasing or diminishing the number of the directors, or by removal, d er otherwise, as may to the meeting seem convenient or desirable. " 2. T• amend clause 34, and to confer the appoint. ment of both the auditors upon the shareholders. " 4. To close the capital account by amending clause 59, and other clauses relating thereto, and rescinding all powers now vested in the directors of increasing the capital stock of the company. "5. To alter clause 5, and supplemental clause, if any, to make the meet*: half-yearly. " 6. To make such alterations in the deed of settle ment as may be necessary to meet the ♦iews of the shareholders upon the above points, by supplementary clauses, or otherwise, and to register same in the regis trar's office. "7. To appoint a committee of investigation fer the purposes, and with the object required by the meeting." The following are extracts from the reports on the mines of Purima, from Captain Eastman (27 years employed in the Marmato mines), Lead raining captain : " Marmato, Sept. 22, 1854. " R. F. Gower, Esq. " My dear sir,—agreeably to your request of the 11th inst. I proceeded to the Purima mines, and on the 15th, 16th, and ISth examined the various workings that are at present under operation. "The general appearance of the ores is of a favourable character for breaking and extracting, and notwithstand ing the lode has as yet not been sufficiently opened out in extent to enable me to give any accurate estimate of the quantity of ores it contains, I may, I think, safely say that at present at least 20,000 tons are discovered ; and by driving another cross-cut about 12 fathoms lower, another 10,000 would m all probability be made avail able, if the lode holds in depth, which to all appearance it does. " I saw with great pleasure the encouraging prospects held out by stream workings ; they, to all appearance, are rich and extensive. " The mines, as yet, are not quite in working order ; however, the instructions given by me at various times I ha ve v i s it e d P ur i ma , and the experience they are daily obtaining, will soon wake them have a more mining look. "The cost of extracting, if tramroads were laid down in the extraction levels direct to the mills, would be about $2.4 per ton, and I should think the value of the ore per ton to be about $lO ; this, of course, is taking good and poor on an average." In the report of Mr. Thomas Johnson, the super intendent of the Sta. Ana Mines, it is stated " Purim, 9th October, 1854. "R. F. Gower, Esq. "My Dear Sir,—ln reply to your favour of the 27th ult. respecting the mines of Purima, it appears to me, from the short time I have been here, and the very cur sory examination that I have as yet been able to make of the various mines, both Lodes and Ori Corrido, that the company have reason to congratulate themselves upon havin g concluded a most advantageous purchase. "These Lodes have also the advantage of being worked by means of levels or adits, so that there will be no ex pense in the shape of machinery for the purpose of ex tracting either mineral or water ; and by judiciously selecting the sites for any new mills which it may be found advisable to erect, the delivery of the mineral to them may be effected at a very trifling cost. " Oro Corrido.—As regards the Oro Corrido mines, we may equally look forward to most important results. The trials which have been already made show that the gold is apparently distributed in abundance on almost every part of the mountain ; and when a farther supply of water can be obtained, I feel little doubt that from this source alone the company will in a very few years repay the capital invested in the purchase of these mines. Mr. Charles J ohnson, the superintendent of the Maarmato Mines, states, under date of Oct. 9 : "I now proceed to give you my opinion on the mining property of Purima, lately purchased by you for and on account of the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company. " The upper code has been considerably worked upon, and the greater part of the backs have been taken away, so that from this ground, I think I may say with out fear of being mistakes, that the company need not expect to reap much benefit. " The lower level has quite proved this lode to retain its richness in depth, although contrary to the opinion generally entertained that quartz lodes decrease in rich ness as they increase in depth. However, as another cross-cut can be driven about 12 fathoms lower down, Which in all probahility ought to intersect the lode in about 18 fathoms, another proof would be give n. I think it should Le done, more especially, as a mill might be erected near the mouth of said cross-cut, to stamp the ores extracted from this, and the cross-cut above; by so doing at least 30,000 tens of ore would be made available on this lode." The steamer La Plata, from the West Indies, is announced as having P.rrivea a t S outhampton. No letters are yet in town. The accounts fro ,- .e. China notice the progress of the insurgents, -And a continued interruption - o f trade. The r&te of exchange was but a triflq more favourable. The Cop Enental advices are meagre in respect to commerc: i al information, but they advise dulness generally. At Paris, the depression in all branches is stated to be greater than for the last four or five _ _ The English Stock market has been exceedingly quiet, and Consols which, after the officials hours of business yesterday had improved to 911 and 92, have receded again to 911 The New 3 per Cents. have been 94 to bs, and the Reduced 91i Bank Stock has been depressed, at 207 1 1 , Exohequer Bills are 4s. to 65., and East India Bonds 12s. premium. Foreign Securities have been mostly nominal. Turkish Scrip has beon 61 to 71 discount. Equa dor Bonds are 3 , ` 8 1 to 31. French 41- per Cents. are 25, with the exchange at 25 5. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 61g. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi cali, 21i to 21g ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 93 ; ditto 4 i PQr CoLts.; 86 to 83 ;' Spituish .N,31; Dder3: o,l , 18a to 187. T ; ditto 3 per Cents., 38i to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 5g to ; ditto Passive, 4,-1 to 4 ; 1 1 '-. The Railway Share Market has been duller, and the highest quotations of yesterday have not boen obtained, account is 1491 T iidillfit9d a and t 9 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1854. this circumstance is due the heavier tone. The East Indian Shares are in some request. Great Luxemburg have been firm. For the Colonial Mining Shares there hasbeen no inquiry. The Joint Stock Banks have been nomi nal, and the Australian Agricultural Land, and. Crystal Palace, rather firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (from the Ofiicial List.) Business done Bank Stock 207.1 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. 3 per Cent. Cor.sols Annuities .. Shut. New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO 12 Ditto, u nder £lOOO Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, lid. .21000 - £5OO Small 5 6 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Turkish Scrip- 6 por cent 7 Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 4k p a rr Cent Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Gail 6la HALP•PAST TWO. Consols Ditto, January Account 9l MAP.K.ET ITETYB-(THIS .DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday the arrival of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been somewhat on the increase ; neverthless, the supply of that grain on offer hero to-day was very moderate. For most kinds we had a steady de mand, and, in some instances, fine qualities of both red and white commanded a trifle more money. In the value of other qualities no change took place. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was very moderate, sold steadily, and Monday's currency was well supported. Floating cargoes were firm. The supply of English barley was large, of foreign limited. The trade ruled inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices. Malt sold slowly, on former terms. There was an improved demand for oats, at full quota tions ; but beans, peas, and flour met a dull inquiry. Wheat; 3,453 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. i Barley. I Malt. 1 Oats. I Flour. 9,00 ; 5,170 ; 2,1;r0 '. 1,980 •-- I I 1,680 4 1 2,510 13 120sks 176 0 brla English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. 2,263 SMITHFIELD. e were well supplied with beasts to-day, and their general quality was prinie. Although the trade was less active than on Monday, that day's advance in the quota tions was supported. The supply of sheop was but mode rate. Most breeds changed hands freely, at full prices. Prime small calves moved off steadily, at full quotations. Inferior calves were dull. The pork trade ruled less active. Mulch cows were very dull, at from 141 its to 191 each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to 811 s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8, Second qaality....3 10 4 6, Prime large oxen 4 4 10' Prime Scot; die. 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime crse.-wiled. 4 6 4 101 ink the oTals. s. d. s d. Prime Southdo vn 5 0 5 2 Large C7SO. C: - .lms 4 0 410 Prime quasi.' d 0... 5 0 5 6 Large hogs '3 4 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 S'ucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 ( Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts • • .. •• • ... . 544 Sheep ...• ••••.. • • • • ...... 600 Calves..• ••• • • • ...... • • 220 TOTAL 8 UPPL r. Beasts .. •••• •• •• •• 1,990 Ca ...... •• •••••• •• •• 272 Piga .. •.•• • • NEINTGATE AND LEADENHALL. The trade was tolerably steady, as follows Per Bibs by the ev-reasa. d. s. d. I Beef, inferior 3 2 3 61. Do., middliug 3 8 3 10 Do., prime large 4 0 4 2 Do., Co. small...A 4 4 S Pork, large 3 0 3 8 ) s. d. s. cl. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., middlin:; 310 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 8 5 0 Pork, small 3 10 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. Fine new bops are Nery scarce, andin request on higher terms. Mo3t other kirds support former currencies. This week's impoiis of fcre'gri hops amount to 32 bales from Haire, 121 from Antwerp, 116 from Ostend, 856 from New York, 108 from Rotterdam, 440 from Hamburg, and 31 fro-n Dunkirk. Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 15s to 221 Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 151 Os to 16110 s ; Sussex ditto, 141 108 to 151 10s per cwt. 20 20 10 10 COLONIAL. SUGAR—The market for West India has been quiet this week, but prices have not varied materially. Barba does good to fine yellow brought, at public sales, 35s to 38s, and low to good mid 31s to 34s Gd. Demerara crys tallised 39s to 39s Gd per cwt, for good. Manilla sold privately at 29s Gd per cwt. East India has ruled heavy. Mauritius, black to good brown, realised 25s to 28s 6d, low brown As 6d to 25s Gd, the better sorts 26s to 29s 6d, low o good yellow 30s to 35s 6d, fine 36s to 375, and good fine :594 to 41s. Bengal—Mauritius kinds sold at 30s to 3Gs, brown ditto, 26s 6d to 295, white Benares at 37s to 37s Gd, and good to fine grainy yellow 598 to 40s per cwt. About 1,533 bags of Madras offered publicly were taken in. Foreign—Poi Lc. Rico went briskly at full rates, viz. fine bright grocery {at 37s 6d to 39s 6d, mid to good at 34s to 375, and low heavy grey to low yellow at 31s Gd to 33s Gd per cwt. Cuba was held at 29s 6d td 30s Gd for mid and good /soft brown, and at 30s Gd to 32s Gd for low and mid grey and yellow. Siam was lower, selling at 33s Gd to 35s 6cl for low to mid soft white, and at 32s to t 34s for damp and washed. Yellow Havannah found 2 buyers at 33s 6(1. to 3Gs for low to good, and 36s Gd to 37s for fiorettes. •. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has ruled firm, but not much 21 has been done. Good to real good and ord has been sold 1( at 45s to 45s 6d.. Plantation Ceylon has been in good de- mand at full quotations, viz., mid to good bold coloury at 55s 6d. to 63s 6d • ' fine ord mixed brownish to low mid coloury at 52s to 558 ; low mid and mid do. at 55s Gd to 1 0 59s ; peaberry at 53s to G4s 6d ; small at 50s 6d to 513 6d ; 5 and triage at 36s to 51s per cwt. 20 Rune.—The market since the taking of the Government 20 contracts has been inactive. COCHINEAL.—Honduras silvers have sold at 3s 2d to 3s Gd for ord small to mid bold. 172 RICE.—A limited business has been transacted and 20 prices terded downwards. Carolina, from Antwerp, 20 brought 35s to 38s 6d for mid to good ; Madras ord to good 20 Coriuga 12s 6d to 13 s 6 d, and goo d white 14s to 14s Gd per 20 cwt, but Bengal was taken in at 15s for ord to mid white. 20 SPlCES.—Pimento realized 5d to 5/d for good ord and 20 mid; rather coarse black pepper is 1,-(1 cheaper; Singapore Do selling at 41d to 43d, and grey at 4ld ; white Singapore was taken in at 'lid to 'lid for mid to g ood, but damaged Do sold at 7d to 7d. Penang brought 8d for good bold. 20 Nutmegs are lower, Singapore at 2s to 2s 10d for small to 25 ' mid brown, and limed Manilia at is 4d to is Gd for ord and 25 shrivelled. Mace has been dun. at 2s ld for mid dark, and 25 2s 2d to 2s Gd for mid and good mid pale. Cassia Vera sold at 39s to 40s for ord coarz3 - bark. Jamaica ginger realized 100 44s to 51s for a small quantity of ord. TEA.—This article has been quiet at 10d for common 100 sound Bengal. 20 ARROWROOT. — This article has been steady. 5 TALLOW.—There has been rather an increased inquiry, 5 P.Y.C. has been at Ws Od per cwt on the spot for onl. 201 GREEN FRUlT.—Arrivals have been gradual,_ and de mand good. Several cargoes of oranges from the Azores, 100 Lisbon and Seville to hand, a portion of which, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, brought full prices. A lO r j cargo of Messina lemons has been taken freely by the trade. t 100 Nuts of all kinds meet with a ready sale. 100 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.) 100' 20 LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; strong breeze, with fine weather. SOUTHAMPTON, Dcc. 14.—Arrived—Crcesus (s.s.), from Australia. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Stadacona, from Quebec •, Ocean, Havre, Guadeloupe ; Gesina, Newcastle, for Malaga ; Talisman, do., for Mar seilles ; Regard, do., for Toulon ; Iris, Sund er l an d, f or Malaga ; Coast e r, artlepool, for Charente. Off Port— Shepherdess, from Algoa Bay. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14. —Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Vil lata' from Antwerp, for Cardiff ; Al exan d er, Newcastle ; Lord Nelson, do., both for Const an ti nop l e ; F ury, New castle, for Carthagena. Sailed—Elphinstone, for London. FALMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind, W. Arrived—Juno, front Iquique ; Mediterrance (French steam-transport), ttavre, for Algiers ; John Sugars, London, for Adelaide l o 'F ia l doorna ,. Newcastle, for Genoa. Sailed—Jose Maria, or Put back—John Souchay, Demerara, ; A r tnetia, B r i s t o l ; John's, N.B Quest, Wes.port. OFF LOWESTOFT, Dec. 14.—Cognac packet for Har wich; leaky, and in tow; Renovatin, St. Joh for Leith. K ".:c back—Dora, Barbadoes. • f liIHULL, ° D A L: I D 3 e . e. ---11V4 :11d P , W.N.W. Arrived--Harbinger, from Richibucto ; Fried. Wilhelm IV., Quebec ; Mary Ann, Terceir%. SuNDY4LAND, Dec. 13.—Wind, W.S.W. ..A -Lived— ,.are, from f Quebec ; Levant, Rotterdam ; C aro li ne, lines Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sir QUEENSTOWN, Dec. . T la r i c i a .a ' m Tutelina, do. ; Horatio, Demerara; Allan 31`Nab, Callao , Quebec ; Alfred, Smyrna ; ichi ; Solide, Grav l e 3. , Ellen New York ; Louisa, Sailed—Reaper, for the Clyde. 1 (Per Elec. Tel.)-150 bales of LIVERPOOL, Dec. --- 11.M.'S. St. George, Portsmouth. .t cotton have washed on shore f rom the Pride of the Sea;b u rnt off at 6 feet, so that + l. e also the k ee l o f the foremast cargo must have been on fire some time., The Chase, f rom Bristol to New Y‘',..,, went ashore off the Bi g Gap, St. George's Island,, Nov. 16, and remained on the 23d i n a critical Pos i4 .;ion. ........--.. F bout 3ft°:::::t•Place' _IRE AT IVALW-ORTII. half-past three (2.ciock, loss of Tr'....operty, broke out in the private residence o Yesterday Mr. ISallard, No. 2, Gloucester-row, Walworth. When the alarm was given the fire was a — fire, attended with considearbabili confined to the top floor, but it was rapidly eXtending to 2 other parts o f th e h ouse. The engines of the London Brigade, parish, and West of Englanti Office, promptly 100 attended, and by great perseverance the fire was subdued, 100 but not until a serious P.tnouut of mischief was done, the 20 whole of the lodgers having suffered to a considerable extent by water. 'Unfortunately the sufferer was not 20 insured. ALARMING FIRE AT lIIGIIBURT.—YedoWay morning, 50 at a few minutes before one o'clock, information was re: . m „ 5O ceived at the different engine stations in town that nn - 1 - m -- ' I extensive fire had broken out in one of the newly erected -- mansions, situate in the Quadrant road, Highbury New 20 Park, the property of Messrs. Palmer, Rhyding, and 50 Luckett. The flames when first discovered had obtained 20 a firm hold of the goods in the basement, and they' -25 qui , kiy extended from thence to two of the upper floors. With all pssibie expedition the brigade, West of Eng- i o h; land, and paridh engines attended ; but, in spite of the 1( ,-, ) exertions of all present, th e fi re cou ld not b e extinguished " until the basement floor was destroyed and the two 25 storeys over partly burned out. The premises were in- 2 5 sured in the Union Office, The origin 94; the fire is 50 unknown, 'rydl r= SUARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RILLI;'I2e. .00 Aberd een.. Nottng Bost. andEastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all firming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 29? Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk X5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., .£2O 30 Myth. & Tyn 5 original • .C 25 (issd. nt £45; 00 Bristol -nd Exeter... .00 CModonian. ........ 121 s. [Ca . , mai-then and Car digan all Chester i ; Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 16 Cornwall 11 'Crieff Junction 45 riblin&BelfastJunc. all undeePerth&Aber deer Junction all Do. New ...... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Ceuntieg 00 Eastern Union, A Stock .. 100 Do., B. Stock 8 Do., Now A 1 00 [gast Lancashire .00 rEdiuburgb &Glasgow 194 Edinb. and Peebles 100 - Edin. Pah &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 0., B. Stock. AO "t. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 reat Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern a)! Lancaster & Carlisle 14 i Do., Thirds . . 4 Do. Now Thirds ._. 100 Laneash.andYorksh 19z Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.StSoutlipt all Loudon & Black wal 100 Lond. Bright k S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 IDo.IO/.5h.,24.&8.,„, 23 Do. Eighths 100 Londou andS. Westn 423 Do., 450 34 Do., 440 all Lnndrry ex Coleraine all Ludndrry. & Ennisk 100 ffaneh.Shef.Br, 4 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Aidland 100 Do.Birmng. &Derby all Nlitild.G.West.(lre,) 22 Do. Half Shares all' Newcastle & Carlisle 5i Newmkt.BuryEsten. 21.1 Nwpt.Aberg.&llrfd.' 8, Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoini„ and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 34 Northn.Counties Un 100' North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 1 all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick, 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds LOO Do. York all North London 8d Do. New £lO [I 1; N.&S.Wstru.,llanip stead, and City Jn ' 17? North StafFordshirs all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June qNuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester LOO lOxford, Worcester, & 'ffolve rhamp ton 6 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central . 100 Scottish Midland all Shrowsby. & Ilerefd Al Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per con . ‘,ll South De" 7011. ..00 South Eastern x,ll South Wales . 5 I i. Yriish. & Riv. Dur 5 Do.. 8 ;taines, 'Wok. &V a , 11 tockton & Stockton & Hartlepl. WO' Taff Vale .. 9 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 21. Thames Haven Dods and Boilway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Lhneriek 18 West Comiwail. 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 11.11s.Winiblodn&Croydn (•'using Prices yesterday. 20 - 20 4i - 5 - 12A e - 17.1 7 - 6 93 - 95 62 -62 13i - 4 - 3 - 74 15 - 16 11 -111 k 70 - 72 53 - 55 foi 67 - 69 88 - 89 75 - 77 123 - 125 87 - 89 70 70. 69 - 71 72 - 77 6 -8 , 6 - 8 73 -73 i 5i - 5i LOG 107 100 1031 d dd d 831 9 8d 9 8 23 - 24 69 69 40 - 42 par 10 it 49 - 51 3i 34 31 ~. 32 8 10 1} -- 1i 741 -- 751 5i -- 64 4i -- 3i 12i -- 13 52 -- 53 53 -- 55 4i -44 d 6 -- 6§ d P 32 - 33 92 - 94 60 - 62 n - Si 43 - 45 31 - 13 1 59 - 60 23 - 29 i— I d 35 - 37 3 - 4 i 6 17i 4 - 41 20 - 22 ✓ 6 - 7 .•• - •• 6 - 7 FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central Inclia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon an3Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all iDo : 4 p. C. Bds., pay '57, COnvertiblO all Do. do. do., '59, d 10 Gd. Jima. of Franco 126 Gd. Tk of GanadaA is. all Do. do all Do. St, Lawrence Szl, Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Debon., , con. into Stk. till '6M all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fiance all Gt. Incll'an Peninsula 1 Dn. Now 5 pet. CY.ltit. all IGt.l'VegtetlofCanadr tiares all i Do. 13(15., payable's7, with option till all De. do., '6g, D.'56 all Do. 10., '76, p.'6o all Do. do., without option ....••• all Hare:ton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lako Cond. & Basle all Lucca di Pistoj a 5 p.c ! prof 12 Great : Lu±qiiibonigl eonstilitted Shatcs all IDo. eibitt.tions 1 10 by:ins and Geneva .. 1 12 Lyons & Moditerraa. i 1163 Madras ...•••• 2 Do. Nets..., 31i Maria A4tonia all nb. do. New 2 Melbotitto Dlts, k. Ity all ( Nami*r 6, Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char loroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 222/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. s Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen 10 parisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France,. 14 St. Andrew's anu ' ..zae nee (A) all West Flanders all Do 51 per c. Pref., 12 Western of 13 We. Cf BWltttiaandi Wiesbaden 20 IZealand JCFI I ;S i all Australasia ........... . all British Waal Bank and Loan rri”tnny I all ilritish N. American 5 IChartd. Bank of Asia 2 )Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australih k China 25 iColonial 20 leoinfacrcial of Lond.l 16 iblnglibit SeottiSh and ijmrt. Bk. of Australia . 20 London and Catnty 10 London hint Stbek 20 Land. C;t, Wegtatinstet 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22?, National of Ireland all Now South Wales.— all Oriental Bank of Corporation ......... 2ir: , Provinclal of Ireland 7illlDo. New 1 Royal Auntralu.Bkg & c. , 101A Inap Co , allall 2 I) Union of Australia .' ' v 9 -auth ...kustralia , Fs - sg id - iP ••• "'"" — d 31 31. 4i 5 2 p I 1- 71 as— % ... .... +t. : 2- - 54 o 5.1 §P dP 16i -1.7 i a • • ld 4_p lid - id 2 d par 2 d Par dis 2B d ip is-ip 6i - 7 ii -:" iii 12/ - 12 - 8A -- 9A 19 - 19ip 46 4$ $8 40 Pin 20A par 21 7t 7i ••• ..• •ti. 141.4. 31- 4 - tqp i 1 '6• 1 - 16i :4 79 -- Si •.. 1 d ,••• d 1,1 -- ... '.... • •• - - 21,4 1 2O - 211 ••• ;: 11. ''. ... ~ -- ... - • • 35 : :iO 38 - 40 41 - 43 67 - 69 .. '..... r•lr Business done I 50 yesterday. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. f,ondon N. Weq. "CaMon_ C4t.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Itiestn Yk. New. horw. 'Y. StliMd Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co !Norfolk. L. & N.:'l'. & Midld. iStekton Darliugt. I 9. Count. 0.. DO N.W k.Ln&YI , Do GtNorthr Laucash & Yorksh. Nl.MClear 3tockt. &' Dar]ingt. ftWestn Closing Prices yesterJ ay. v 5 - 100 99 - 101 134 - 136 i*O2 = liii 13 - 134 23 - 24 11 -11 i 21-2 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. 0 30 Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. 501) 100 Eris. & Ex. 4p. e. St. 15074 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead' Guar. 51 per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2.4 all Do. do. Prof. No. 2-1 all Cork &Bandons p.c. all DuncleePerth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (1:3104 6 per cent s.ll Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Coon tie ra tension, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. 2 . all 1)o. New 6 r. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 ner cent , all Do. 101. DeGentr.Sh-, all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts , all East and West York shire Juno. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundeo 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Westerr, _ Guar. 5 per cent. 100 Great Northn. sp, c, rl.OO Do. sp. e. at 10 p• c. preen. 1100 Do. p. c 8 Gt.N.ni Scot. Ist Pre all Gt. Southnoiffestra. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p. e. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S all Ds. do. 5 p. et. do 190 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 1 all Do. C'ues. Gua.. Stk all Do. do d.• all Do. do do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. o. Stock 00 London and Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p ct "•• 5 ILondon S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color Shares all Lowly. Ennis. SI) • all Man., Sher., & Lin, k Shares, No. 1. all Co. New, £lO .4 Do. £6 ge.rypt p all Do. 41 per cent 101 Do 100 Aid. Conaol.e.p.c.St. lOC Do. Cotwol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cont.... 11f Do. Pref. 4i per cen , 10 gorfolk Debenture .. too Do. Pref. 4p. c. Steel, 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext _ . 1.00 Do. 54 per et.pref i wo Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e FlOO North British 100 NI. E. Bony, 4 p.e. P. 5 Do. do. de. 13 Do. Leeds B p.e •1 9 Do. do. Quarters 4S 10 De.Yorkii, Pur. all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Woreebter, Wolverh.4ls, all =cot. Cent. , New Pro! 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon D*, fixed, , 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. Q 2 per cent all .3.Yorksh. ip.c.Guar all S Wales (Ilia. 4p, o all Do. do. 4 p. c all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 11 - i 3 - 22} - 93 - 92 = 94 57 - 59 134 _ 2a _ 2 d 30 - 31 92 - 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. 97 - 106 94 = i 6 gi - 64 I P 4 - 121 - 1:34 • • . .... ...... 60 - 65 • • • • • • ICO 13 - 115 LOG - 108 99 - 101 6 -- 93 -- $5 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 9i -- 104 16 -- 17 10 -- 104 71 -- 73 18 -- 19 9 -- 94 134 -- 144 fd L 33 135 2k - 11 -11 i i - iP 33 —135 la id v 7 - 90 104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 ;.i - 31 •• ••• 1 id 110 - 112 13 1 par 22i 100 18 id iP IPaid.l RAMWITV. ' all Bedford and Bletchley ~.. 100 Bnckgnamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jo. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. I all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New...... all lstr.tit Dn.Fr all Elrtlpl. Dk. &, Railway__ all Hull & Selby all o. i Shares. all Do. i Shares. all Lon.&Creenw :Do.Preferenee all Lon. ' Til., &S. 00 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. et. all ! M arch. Pxtn. and fatloelK all 511iddleil)ro' RedeP,r all gidld.Bradfd all Northern an(:! Eaotornsp.e. all Do. ti per et. all Do. Fixcds p all Prest. & Wyr: all Do. s Shares. 100 IloystnA , Hit. 18 Shef.Roth.arC: Gooleg.sp.c. 9: J L S. Staffordsh. all WearValleygr 6 per cent._ all Do. 100 Wilts&gomrst Easiness yesterday. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court was held for the despatch of pub lic business, which occupied the whole of the day. WANT OF BRIDGE ACCOMMODATION-STATE OF SOUTH- WARK•BRIDGE. Mr. J. BAILEY ' chairman of the Bridge•house Com mittee, presented the report, which was read by Mr. Woodthorpe. Mr. J. BAILEY said he thought the committee per fectly justified in abstaining from recommending the out lay of a large suer► of money for the purpose of ascertain ing the durability •f Southwark•bridge. They knew that the committee of the House of Commons would take evidence upon that subject, which the committee of the Common Council had now before them. They did not think they were justified in spending 5001. for surveying and examining Southwark-bridge, and a greater sum than this had recently been expended for a similar pur pose with respect to London-bridge. He therefore asked the Court "to agree with the committee in their report, and to discharge that part of the reference which directed theta to incur expense in ascertaining the safety of Southwark-bridge." The motion having been seconded, Mr. GRESHAM said be wished to know whether it was intended further to deal with a body of men who, after having asked 300,0001. for the bridge, and said they were not quite certain that they would at a future period accept that sum, were holding back, thinking that they could hereafter claim any amount they thought proper, because the necessity for the public accommodation would compel the corporation to give it them ? (Hear, hear.) He moved as an amendment, "That the report of the committee be agreed to, and that the whole re ference be discharged." Mr. ROSS seconded the amendment, which was car ried almost unanimously. ELECTION OF SECOND MASTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. The TOWN CLERK announced that the candidates for the office were—Mr. H. W. Watson, M.A., the Rev. C. F. Eastburn, 8.A., and the Rev. J. Porter, M.A. Upon a show of hands being taken, The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Watson was duly elected to the office of second master of the City of London School. NEW CATTLE MARKET, COPENHAGEN:TODDS. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, the Chairman of the Markets Im provement Committee, brought up their report upon the subject of the alteration of the market day from Monday to Tuesday. The matter, which has been treated as one of very great importance, has been re peatedly discussed not only in the court, but also at numerous meetings in the suburbs of London, especially at Islington. Mr. H. L. TATLOR—My Lord Mayor, I quite agree with some of the court in thinking that it is an exceedingly late period of the lay to bring the subject forward, but it is the last hour we have got, and the matter has been adjourned, postponed, and put off, month after month, until we have arrived at a time when it can no longer be delayed, inasmuch as the market. will be opened next month, and prior to that we have to consider regulations of the utmost importance, which have to be laid before the noble lord the Secretary for the Home Department,' for his lordship's approval. (Hear, hear.) The state ments of the various petitioners have already been in your hands, and that would principally guide your judgment in coining to a conclusion. There aro only two questions for you to consider and to determine. The first is, whether a compliance with the prayers of the petitions would increase or decrease the desecration of the Sabbath. Upon this head the evidence has gone to show that if the alteration sought for were made, the desecration of the Sabbath would be increased to a very large extent. That while the neighbourhood of the market might be relieved from it to same extent, the employment of per sons connected with and having the care of the cattle would be distributed over the entire country to a very large extent indeed. This fact has operated with the committee in coming to a conclusion that it would be highly impolitic for this Court to recommend any alte ration of the day. ' The next question is also one of vital importance in connection with this subject—namely, the success of the market in a financial point of view. The concurrent testimony of all these who are able to form a correct opinion, namely, practical men, tended to show that if we consented to an alteration of the day the market would be a total failure. (Hear, hear.) Now, seeing that we have undertaken this important work, and have laid out a very large sum of money for the purpose of making it perfect, it would, I apprehend, be exceedingly wrong if we for a moment consented to alter the day for holding the market, when we believe that by doing so we should of necessity bring about the ruin of the undertaking in which we have embarked. I shall, therefore, rest content with asking the Court to place reliance in the judgment of the committee, and agree with the committee in their report. Mr. W. JONES seconded the motion. Mr. Cox said ho should be very sorry to give a silent vote upon the present occasion, as he had taken a very active part in the matter. He was an inhabitant of Islington, and knew that many of the gentlemen who had come before the committee to advocate the change of day from Monday to Tuesday, had arrived at a similar conclusion to that entertained by the committee. Deputy LOTT regretted exceedingly that he could not agree with the committee in their report, and said that the subject required further consideration. Mr. DE JERSEY said that the committee, from the statements made to them, could come to no ether deter mination than that at which they had arrived, although he could not agree with them. The report was then received ; and The Court adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. The following papers have been presented by command of her Majesty to the houses of Parliament :-- A convention between her Majesty and the United States of America, extending the term allowed for the operations of the mixed commission established under the convention of Feb. 8, 1853, for the mutual settle ment of claims. The high contracting parties agree that the time previously lUnited for the termination of the commission shall be extended for a period not exceeding four months after Sept. 15, 1854. The treaty was signed at Washington on the Fith July, and the ratifications exchanged at London on the 18th August, 1854. A convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French respecting the prisoners of war. It con sists of the following five articles Art. I.—The prisoners made in the course of the pre sent war shall, as far as possible, be divided equally be tween the two countries. Whenever one of tke t wo coun tries shall have maintained a greater number of prisoners, or shall have supported a certain number for a longer period of time, an account shall be made every three months of the etzess of expenditure which may have been incurred, and repaymsrtt shall be made of the half of the amount by the Government of the other country. " Art. 2.—lnstructions shall be hereafter concerted be tween the two Governments in °M IT to make known to the officers of their naval and military forces the places or ports to which the prisoners are to be sent. "Art. a depot for prisoners should he established in any place not in the possessions of either of the two countries, the expenses of it shall be borne between the two G o vernments • but the advances to be made shall be by the Government which shall have appointed officers to take charge of the establishment. " Art. 4.--whenever the twe Governments shall agree to an exchange of prisoners with the enemy, no distinction shall be made between their respective subjects who may have fallen into the hands of the enemy, but their libera tion shall be stipulated according to priority of tie date of their capture, except under special circumstances, which are reserved for the mutual consideration of the two Go vernments. " Art.s.—The present convention shall be ratified, aid the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in ten days, or sooner if maiblc. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, and, have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at London, the 10th of May, hi the year of our Lord 1834. " (L.S.) " (L.S.) CLARENDON. A. WALRWSKI." Tag _YEW ADMI RA YEAM LT Y DOCKS AT KE. The wonderful official wisdom and professional ability of the civil engineering departnieht: , at Somerset-house may be estimated by the following intelligence relative to the new steam establishent at Keyharn The St. Jean el'Acre, 101 m, screw, Captain Hon. H. Keppel, was taken into Devonport harbour yesterday morning, and then to Keyham, but in consequenee of a low tide she was not taken into dock, few inches of water more being required. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. Lord C. Paget , was taken into the basin at Keybam on Wednesday morning, intending to be put into No. 1 Dock, but the tide being SD low she had not water by three inches. She remained in the basin. This is a pretty d iscover y , truly, at the new estalis s men t at Keyham , on which so many hundred thousands of pounds have been spent, On almost the first trial it is found that there was not a sufficient rise of tide to take a couple of line-of-battle shipe into dock. It should be stated that the present laard of Ad- It are not responsible for this ; but the public may expect no other but discoveries of still more extensive blunders as the new dockyard " works and improve ments" come to be tested. Th e question will naturally se, then, w ho is to blame ? and it is easily answered. ari It is the fault of a j o bbing system—namely, the placing at the head of such ao important establishment as the civil engineering and architectural works superannuated military officers of the East India Company's service, instead of regularly bred civil engineere, and properly press educated and experienced professional civilians. Now that we have no great naval-expeditions ing, or rather now, whilst our ships arc efficient and not crippled, t i me may be spared for a caref ul revision of ou kyard works an.d dock accommodation by r de of a com ot effi c i en t civil engineers.—Morning Herald. mittee Tug AFRI CAN STEAM COMPANY'S Surr Ho rE.—The following extract of a letter from Mr. Bowen, the com mander of the African Steam Company's ship Hope, now engaged in the transpcit service in the Black Sea, seems to indicate that the approach of the late hurricane was sufficiently indicated by the movements of the baro meter to afford time for measures of safety . " We loft Constantinople on the 9th of November, had a ftirious passage across, in which I hove to for 12 hours, and on arrival in the bay of Balaklava found the weather so threatening, and the oscillations of the glass to extra ordinary, that I would not enter ; had I done so, we should have shared the fate of othrs. We anchored just to the north of t he long point which forms Cape Cherso inese, where, in company with the Faith, we rode out nobly 1 the whole gale, which lasted about 16 hours in its greatest ' atreuitths"_ IMPERIAL PARLI AN EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Wakefield, praying the Government to bring into opera tion all the resources of the country in order to bring the war to a speedy and successful termination. The noble and gallant duke took occasion to pass a warm eulogium on the bravery displayed by our troops at the Ajma, Balaklava, and the Inkerrnan ; and recommended that medals in honour of those brilliant achievements should be immediately issued, and not delayed till the close of the war. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read ing of the bill which he had laid on the table, to pro vide for the training and drilling of a limited number of foreign troops. He said that after the debate which took place on Tuesday night and the general. expression which had been then made that there were not sufficient troops in the Crimea to carry on the war efficiently, and that there was not a sufficient army of reserve in this country, he did not anticipate that he would be likely to meet with any opposition to the motion for the second reading of the bid which he had laid on the table on the first night of the session, to enable her Majesty to enlist foreigners as officers and soldiers in the Queen's service. In former times, this power of enlisting foreigners was considered to exist in the Crown, and on some occasions had been commented on by Parliament, and on . other occasions had been allowed to pass without remark, until in the year 1794, when a motion was made in the House of Oominons which led to a discussion on the in troducing of foreign troops into this country. It was, probably, on account of the feelings which had been ex cited on account of the subsidising of foreign troops that the first act of Parliament was brought iu to enable the Sovereign to do it. The first act on the subject was passed in 1794, and it enabled the King to raise foreign troops to carry on the war in which we were engaged at that time. The next act was that of 1804, which enabled the King to enlist German troops, but under which other foreigners were enlisted ; and the third act was that of 1806, under which several foreign ers were enlisted—the German Legion, and forces under other denominations. It had always been found desirable to enlist foreigners at the beginning of a war, on account of the difficulties we experienced in not having the im mediate means of bringing into operation a large trained army. The institutions of other countries gave them much greater facilities of suddenly raising a large trained force than ours. In Prussia and other countries men were trained to arms, and taught a sufficient knowledge in the art of war, to render them immediately available for .the army in case of hostilities. There being no such system in this country, all we could do was to raise as many men as possible. The wheleof those raised could not with us have any previous training, and men should net be sent out to an army without six or seven months pre vious training. He had alluded to the jealousy expressed by Parliament with respect to the introduction of foreign keeps, and it had likewise been thought right to limit the number of those that might be brought into the country with the view of drilling them. By the act of 1794 the number was limited to 5,000 ; by tli act of 1804 the number was extended to 10,000 ; and by the act "of 1806 the number was further ex tended to 16,000 ; from which period it remained until the close of the war in 1815. He felt it desirable to state that, the Government believing that a constitu tional principle was involved, and conceiving that it was due to Parliament to obtain their previous sanction, no official communication has been made as yet to any fo reign Government on the question, and he did not pro pose to do so until the bill which he submitted to their lordships should pass into law. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it his duty to make any communication to foreign Governments till the bill should pass, and there fore he hoped that, having explained it, and not antici pating any opposition to it, it would be allowed to pass with as much rapidity as would enable the Govern ment to carry its provisions into immediate effect. Until the year 1837, except under special acts, the enlistment of foreign soldiers in English regiments was not permit ted ; but in 1837 leave was given to introduce one fo reigner for every fifty men in our regiments. It was now proposed that the foreign troops to be raised should be raised in separate battalions apart from the regiments of the Queen. He did not think it desirable under the cir cumstances, and as no communication had been made to foreign Governments on the subject, to state to their lordships where he thought these foreigners were likely to come from. Noble lords knew that from Germany, from Switzerland, and from other countries, soldiers were likely to be obtained, but he,did not think he would be justified in stating more particularly the places whence he antici pated to get the men required, until the communications to which he had referred had been received. In the last war, the greater body of the foreign troops which served in our campaigns were the German legion, and those noble lords who heard him would bear him out in saying that throughout those campaigns these troops rivalled our own gallant services. From the year 1807 to the bat tle of Waterloo in 1815, there was scarcely a siege or battle in which the German Legion had not taken part. (Hear.) It was essential to raise as efficient and as good a force as we possibly could, and all the men raised which could be thus raised, would be, not raw recruits, hut trained soldiers, which, if properly officered, would be immediately ready to outer on a campaign. A hini tation of the number of troops was likewise proposed in this instance by the Government', mid the number which in the present aspect of affairs they thought it advisable to take was not considerable ; they therefore proposed to limit the number under this bill to 15,000. Die bill was of a pimple character, and did not require further explanation ; but he was ready to answer any questions which any noble keel might think proper to put to him. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that when the noble duke first announced the intention of the Govern ment to bring in a bill to enable her Majesty to enlist foreign troops, he imagined they intended to raise two or three corps, and to maintain in this country the de pots of these two or three corps ; and he felt the greatest repugnance to the admission of even the depots of two or three foreign corps. But when he had received the bill that morning, he was filled with astonishment—(hear, from the Earl of Derby)—for, taking this bill in connec tion with the bill in the other, house to enable her Ma jesty to accept the services of the militia to garrison the fortifications and stations in the Mediterranean, the prac tical effect of the measure would be to substitute 15,000 foreigners in this country for the 15,000 British militia men that would be employed in the Mediterranean. (No.) He thought it was a perfectly legitimate and Parliamentay view of the measure which he then took, for if the bill would give the power of doing what he represented, he was entitled to assume that the power would* be exer cised, and the bill did give the power of substituting 15,000 Germane or Swiss for 15,000 Englishmen. He did not think there had been anything in the conduct of the people of this country since the commencement of the war to induce the supposition that they were not perfectly ready to bear all the sacrifices demanded of them. (Hear, hear.) Their had been nothing in their conduct which could justify the conclusion that the people of this country were either unable or unwilling to maintain their own national interests or their own na tional army. (Hear.) The circumstances under which the several acts referred to by the noble duke had passed were totally different from those existing at present. In those periods the states which were subsidised were sub jugated or threatened by other states ; and the men in our pay were fighting, in fact, for their own country. The circumstances now were totally different • yet, at the commencement of this popular and national war, it was proposed by our War Minister to go back to old times, and to hire Hessians instead of our constitutional force. The noble duke should have told the house that there was a difficulty—that there was a difficulty of recruiting, and why ho had failed in obtaining a sufficient number of soldiers; but instead of that he attem p ted, by sacri ficing constitutional principles, to make up for the Inebesiettke Government. He (the Earl of Ellenborough) had, from the year 1828 to 1841, the good fortune of being in communication with the late Sir Robert Peel ; and it was understood that the majority of her Ma jesty's Government represented the feelings and opinions of the late Sir Robert Peel ; and be thought he might venture to say what the opinions of the deceased statesman would be on this question..He did not pretend to have has es great an intimacy with Sir Robert Peel asp the noble duke, but being in communication with him for 13 years, he might assume that he was acquainted with the character of his mind and his general views on public affairs ; and he would say with the greatest confidence, to this motion Sir Robert Peel would have never as sented. He felt satisfied that that right bon baronet, having been Home SecretarY for some time, would look at the extreme difficulty and danger which would attend the calling out of these 15,000 foreign troops in any portion of the country, as they should necessarily be, for the preservation of the peace if disturbances should anywhere arise. Occasional disturbances could not be prevented, disputes between masters and workmen, and local riots ; and if this bill passed these Germans, or other foreign troops, might be the troops employed to quell these disturbances, and to act against the people of England on such occasions. A great deal had been said of the improvements which had taken place in the moral condition and character of her Majesty's troops, bu t what security was there for the moral c haracter of the German or other foreign soldiers wham was proposed to enlist The recruiting sergean did look for moral character but for physical strength, sound wind and limbs. He was far from being disposed r say anything to decry the character of the respectable e any other foreigners. They made very resp sol diers, but they were not qualified to stan d with the sol diers of England or France ; and bad one of those Ger man regiments been placed between steno t o nglishoht regi ments at Inkerman, they could not wnd E and fi the British stood and fought—no man . believed they co uld. (Hear, hear.). There was considerable danger always in a long battle if the men were unequal in trength—dange;to the whole army en g a g ed. These being his o bjections to the enlistment oeforeigners, as proposed, he would v enture to repeat a suggestion made in the beginning . of this year to the noble duke, and which was then rejected. At the commencement of the war he had recommended to her Majesty's Minis ters the establishment of an uniform s y stem of police throughout the country, not for the general administra tion of justice; but because ho believed such an estab lishment would, in case of war, be the best foundation o f a good, efficient, and ready military systeal for ho knew of no recruiting officer so good as the policeman. They ,knew the character of all those whom they en listed, and if the police establishment was made a na tional one it would make the most solid foundation for an army in case of war. Nine \ months ago he had re commended that plan to the Government, and that the whole militia of the country should be called out. That measure, however, was not adopted. What, ho asked, would have been the condition of the country I R. 25 70} if i 107 1001 i 23i dis I 20 12i_ __ utp - T4.9, all Agu ........ all I Anglo .6.:i p tiln. 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All. a__ Ti1.........1zt rte,., I 1 - i - I :.. -m• 4 - i - t 6A - 7i 21 - 3 - 2 - - - 46 4 6 - .50 - I - 3 P 14 - , 1 1 1 - a ••• ... 9 - 1 ... -- ••• I -- i 15i - 16i 1 623 - 25 1 $ si 3i 11 2 iA - 3 I - 1 i - -- EOll 3 ;Ai of r• ••• 2 d GO 70 .00 - 105 [lO9l - 1104 t 2 - 3 16 -- 17 ... --- .• i '''' 14 ••• •• 2 - 2 •,1 2 - la ii 36 - 3ti - 1 1 - a Pm i 1 di, 112 11 gili 6 GI xd xb now had his suggestion been carried inte operation The Governm en t wou ld not have had to propose to Par- liament the employment of foreigners : their lordships would not have heard of the difficulty of obtaining na tional troops for national purposes ; the militia, had it been then called out, would have supplied all that was necessary for the service of the State. The most obvious views of public policy were, however, contumaciously rejected. (Cheers.) He bad also stated last session that the recruiting for the militia could elyrays be effected by personteof influence who exerted themselves for that purpose ; and he proposed that a 'pecuniary fine should be imposed upon each district where a sufficient number of recruits was not obtained. It was more than pro bable that no fine would ever have been imposed, because the exertions of those persons would have been sufficient to prevent the imposition of such a fine. But, instead of proposing this fine, the noble duke had suggested the probability of a resort being had to that most objection able of courses—the _ballot. He (the Earl of Ellen borough) had ventured to propose a fine; but the propo sition was rejected because her Majesty's Ministers were in a dream, and had not yet made up their minds as to the reality and magnitude of the undertaking upon which they were embarking. He repeated his determination to oppose the measure licr.v brought forward, because lie: thought it totally unnecessary, and injurious and op pressive to the people, who had already done so much, and had shown such a disposition to submit to any sacrifices for the purpose of carrying on the war. He opposed the measure, because he thought the effect of it would be to give us an inferior descripti6n of force. It was a measure calculated to lead to very serious cons?quenos in the general ail .rniuistra.tion of the country, and was contrary to alt the constitutional principles which had obtained in the best times of what was called the Whig Administra=. tion, and was only acted upon in those times when the Ministers succumbed to the German dispositions and. prejudices of the First Lord—it was a measure which. was not in accordance with the more recent feelings of the people, and he should feel! it his duty to offer to itr every opposition in his power. The Duke of RICHMOND, after expressing a Lope that the Government would not think of enlisting p r i. soners of war or deserters, stated his anxiety to remove any erroneous opinion which may be formed of the value of foreign troops by any statements made by the noble earl. He felt it to be but an act of justice to the brave offieers who had served throughout the Peninsular war to bear witness to their zeal and gallantry upon every occasion, when serving with the British forces. In the Peninsula the King's German Legion was at tached to the division of the Guards, and was con stantly brought up as a reserve when the danger was most pressing. On the occasion of the famous sortie et Badajoz, that legion nobly performed its duty, and the light corps of that body, under the command of Sir Colin Halkett, acted as well as any of our light infantry regiments, and the German cavalry was quite equal to our own cavalry. (Cheers.) After a short pause, and no noble lord having risen to address the house, The Es‘H of DERBY expressed his surprise that no Minister of the Crown present had ventured to address their lordships in reply to the powerfal speech made by the noble earl (the Earl ef E ilenberough). He (the Earl of Derby), in his extreme and, perhaps, overweening anxiety not to interrupt the progress of the public busi• ness more than was absohitely necessary, had;before he saw the present bill, or knew the exact nature of its con tents, engaged with some members of the Government that any opposition which he might desire to offer to the bill should be reserved for going into committee, in order that no time should be lost in the progress of the measure ; so that, if his noble friend should persist in his intention to oppose the second reading of the bill, he should, in consequence of that engagement, not feel at liberty to vote with him. He regretted that his noble friend, while doing justice to the valour of the British troops, should have felt it necessary to say a single word in disparagement with respect to the mode in which the German Legion had acted with our troops during the last war, or should suppose it impossible that there should be any foreigners who, were not capable of vindicating their claim to the honour of fighting with the British troops in a cause of common danger. (Cheers.) He believed that if we now had the old Ger man Legion, with all its feelings of sympathy and almost of conntrymanship, with common feelings and common interests, now engaged by the aide of the British army, these troops would fully vindicate their ancient reputation for bravery and gallantry. The noble duke at the head of the War Department had treated the matter somewhat lightly, and had even expressed a doubt whether it was not within the prerogative of the Crown, even without the sanction or consent of Parliament, to enlist foreign troops for the defence of the country, but stated that he thought, perhaps, the better course would be in the present instance to apply to Parliament, inas much as in 1794, and again in 1804, the previous consent of the Parliament to such a course was taken by the Crown. The noble duke had somewhat understated his case, for in the act of 1804, not merely was this consent given, but it also contained a clause of indemnity for those Ministers who had undertaken to enlist foreigners in the service without having obtained the previous sanction of Parliament. In his opinion, the jealousy of Parliament was a well-founded one against the employ ment by the Crown of any such power, and no precedent vas of the slightest value as affecting the measure now sought to be introduced. Who were the foreigners proposed to be enlisted in 1804 and 1806 ? The act of 1804 specified that there were a considerable number of foreigners resident in this country who had been driven from their own country, and consented that the Crown should be permitted to avail itself of the services of those men, who were anxious to obtain the re-occupation of their country. A. very large proportion of those people were, in fact, not foreigners at all ; they were Hanove rian,, and as the crowns of England and Hanover were then united upon the same head, they were subjects of the same sovereign, and were engaged in the battles of the same sovereign, and they possessed the same sym pathies with the people of this country, and no distinc tion could be drawn betwoen them. (The Duke of Argyll here made some observations which we under stood were to the effect that the troops new proposed to be employed also possessed the siarne sympathies.) The nqble earl, resuming his remarks, aoked what nation it was whose troops were to be employed that possessed the same sympathies ? What were the troops that were about to be employed ? The noble duke *vho had intro duced the bill had said that he did not know who they were. Were they to be Greeks (A laugh.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE, with considerable warmth, said that he had not stated that he did not know who were the troops proposed to be enlisted. What he had said was, that until communications had been made with the foreign governments it would not be right that he should state them to the house. He re gretted that the noble earl appeared to be anxious of following his old precedent of misstating the facts and arguments addressed to their lordships. (Cheeri.) The Earl of DERBY was happy to see, last night, that the noble duke was somewhat more humble and civil than usual, while making his defence, but was sorry to find that he was now returning to his old habits, which were not quite in accordance with that courtesy usually exhibited by most members of their lordships' house towards each other. (A. laugh.) But the other noble duke had stated that a sympathy did exist between the troops which were a bout to be em p lo y ed and those of this country. lie (the Earl of Derby) was, however, ignorant that there was that sympathy ; the people of this country did not know it, and if the noble duke knew from whence they were about to draw their sup plies, he had at all events not condescended to inform their lordships ; and until Parliament knew who were the men to be employed there was an additional reason for that constitutional jealousy on the subject of any em ployment of foreign troops. When a bill of that kind was brought forward and treated by the Government as a matter of course—when it was proposed to substitute for our own troops a foreign force of 15,000 men for the defend of our arsenals and towns—he thought there was some ground for jealousy on the part of the Parliament and the people, and some necessity for a little further information. In 1804, as he had already said, a large portion of the troops were subjects of the same sove reign 'as those of our own army ; there were, too, among them the subjects of that deposed monarch with whom we were in alliance, and whom we were i to oots re t t h ry e in s g ub ' ho t s h e e oo ,th un ro try ne notbheenrns over runwereOPflaalleetiLPS°; With all these men we had a common and had been subjugated by the power cause, and France. ay ow c y ncluct in the field. they were fighting for their coewunetnratioano,dfoirntthheal wown interests, and fo r their - you had a perfect secur it y for n their o From whence did they pro se to draw their forces now 1 on . There would a Polish leg The Governme nt refused to tell the i Parliament. Were they in re they going to for m e so me significance such a course as tha t . There would in such a fo rce as that be something like a common inte rest, and w e es against h o u 1 d R b e secure ussi a. of (Cheers.) w w ThehhoowpossessedGovern , d ready perfect hos tilit y e m mercenariese atappearil any y (l b e quarter r t c t o f t draw w etrhiedgr importance —of forces.ghreeat fact of Th i s the troops from a n y qiumesptnio importance—and of e_an grave for the mere sa ke of p a y , to be placed by the he t side of h of our own a wasa in the first y ear o f th e that the constitutional h e Governmentwar, although afte r two y e ars' indication of the imme diate pressure of war , being compelled to come down to Parliament with the humiliating confession that the millions of the population of England, Scotland,' and Ireland were not able to turn out a force which would enable the Government to send 50,000 men to the scene of hostilities—that they were unable to draw supplies of men for the due maintenance of the garrisons abroad and for keeping peace at home, and were -compelled to place a humiliating reliance upon the aid of mer cenary power, as well calculated to give , encourage ment to the Emperor of Russia. What encouragement could be so great to the Emperor of Russia as to hear that our War Minister had conic down in the first year of the war, and had stated that we had exhausted our military resources, and that we could not man our garri sons in the Mediterranean, nor could preserve peace at home, without relying upon the aid of mercenaries. He took this bill in connection with the whole scheme for iament by the advisers of augmenting the military resources of the countr y . which thea. been Thee subd to Parl Crown. be taken in connection with each other, and thre . e measure . s which bad been pro posed must as f orm i n g part of one plan. One of these bills proposed to increase the numbek of com p anies in each regiment on. ac ti ve service in such a manner that there should be available fir actual service in the- field eight out of the sixteen companies ; four were to form the advanced guard in the Mediterranean, and four other companies to form a depot in 'this country. 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