The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last ,Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The South Yorkshire Railway and Rivet Don Com pany, Andover and Chilton Pond Road and IThornset Road Bills were read a second time. The Hubberston Dock, Rock Life Assurance, Westminster Palace Hotel, Lymington Harbour and Docks, and Huntingdon and God manchester Gas Bills were read a third time and passed. VAGRANCY (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the first reading of this bill, the object of which was to render more stringent the law as to vagrancy in Scotland, more particularly as regards trespass. He did not intend to proceed further with the bill until it had been printed and circulated in Scotland. The motion was agreed to. MORTGAGE DEBENTURE BILL. This bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee. JOINT STOCK (FOREIGN COUNTRIES) BILL. The houee went into committee on this bill, and was re ported to the house, WAREHOUSING OF BRITISH SPIRITS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE TUSCALOOSA. Lord CHELMSFORD called the attention of the house to the statements of the views of the Government as to the mode of dealing with prizes brought by the belligerent powers of America within the dominions of her Majesty, con tainedin the correspondence respecting the Tuscaloosa which had been presented to the house. The noble and learned lord, in opening the subject, referred to the proclamation issued by her Majesty at the commencement of the civil war in America, and then proceeded to detail the circumstances connected with the capture of the Federal bark Conrad by the Alabama, when she was armed by Captain Semmes, her name changed to the Tuscaloosa, and made a tender to the Confederate ship Alabama. She was sent to Simon's Bay, for some trifling repairs, where a request was made by the American Consul to her Majesty's repre sentative at that place to detain the ship on the part of the original owners. He also contended that, as a Confederate prize, she ought not, under the Queen's proclamation, to have bean allowed to enter an English port. The Governor of the Cape of Good Hope did not admit this claim, which he (Lord Chelmsford) should have said was utterly absurd and unfounded, if it had not been subsequently admitted by her Majesty's Government. In reply to a despatch which Governor Wodehouse wrote to the Duke of Newcastle on this subject, his grace sent a reply which he (Lord Chelms ford) deemed very objectionable, and which he could not help attributing to Federal pressure. During the time this affair was going on, there was an active correspondence taking place between the Foreign Secretary Mr. Adams in regard to what was called the depredations of the Alabama. The noble earl very properly rejected the claims for compen sation in respect of captures made by the Alabama. But in a despatch written on the 29th October the noble earl said that instructions would be sent to the British authorities at the Cape of Good Hope, which he trusted would render un• necessary any complaints such as those which had been made by Mr Adams in respect of the reception of the Tus caloosa in an English port. Four days afterwards the in structions of which he complained were issued, and they substantially adopted the extraordinary view taken by the American consul at the Cape of Good Hope. It was there said that if the Tuscaloosa was an uncondemned prize brought into a British port contrary to her Majesty's pro clamation, the proper course would have been to prevent the captors exercising any further jurisdiction over her, and to take possession of her, in order that she might eventually be returned to her original owners. In reply to that despatch Governor Wodehouse wrote for further explana tions and directions as to the course he should pursue if a similar case should arise. While affairs were in that state the Tuscaloosa, after an absence of four months, returned to St. Simon's Bay, Sit Baldwin Walker, the admiral on the station, immediately declared his opinion that the vessel should be seized, in accordance with the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, a copy of which he s aced that he had received, The Governor agreed with Sir B. Walker, that the vessel should be seized for delivery to her original owners. She was ordered to be delivered up to the American consul, but fortunately he entertained some scruples in receiving her. On his refusal the fittings were removed from the Tuscaloosa, and were deposited in the dockyard, the ship herself being detained until the con sul should be authorised to receive her. This was not done without a vigorous protest from the Confederate comman der, who complained that he had been misled and entrapped by the conduct of the Governor, in seizing his vessel after allowing it to depart from Simon's Bay on a previous occa sion. By a despatch of March 4 the Governor was ordered by her Majesty's Government to give up the vessel to the Confederate officers. Now, the instructions of Nov, 4 pre viously were either right or wrong. If they were wrong, the Government certainly owed the Confederate Govern ment an apology. If they were right, then the Govern ment had no power to give up the Tuscaloosa, because, on her seizure, she had become the property of her original owners. The Government, however, would not admit that they were wrong, nor maintain they were right. They therefore took a course which was a certain sign of weakness. They made the Tuscaloosa a special case, and said that they had decided upon the course to be taken in regard to her without reference to any general principles. He maintained that the instructions of the 4th November last, which had not been recalled, were entirely illegal, and were not warranted by international law. It was a proposition not to be found in any writer on international law, that a neutral who had prohibited belligerents from bringing their prizes iota its ports, if that prohibitionwas disregarded, had aright to seize the prize and restore it to her original owner. All that the neutral power had a right to do was to order the vessel to leave, or, if necessary, to compel her to do so. He knew it would be said by her Majesty's Government that the act of Capt. Semmes in bringing his prize into British waters was a violation of neutrality which gave us the right to seize the Tuscaloosa. But he utterly denied this pro position. He trusted that he should either hear his argu menta refuted, or learn that these illegal instructions had been withdrawn. Earl RUSSELL said that the question which arose out of this war arose under very exceptional circumstances. It was usual, in case of naval warfare, that each party had their own ports, to which prizes were brought, and where they were condemned. But it happened in this instance that the Confederates, having no ports which were not blockaded, burnt their prizes. It was natural, under these circumstances, that the Confederate officers should seek to evade her Majesty's orders that no prize should be brought into British ports. The Tuscaloosa was brought into the port of the Cape of Good Hope. It struck Sir B. Walker that if the Confederate ships of war could send in prizes with their cargo on board, and, by putting a gun or two on board, call them Confederate vessels of war, her Majesty's `r.proclamation of neutrality might be evaded, For nothing could be easier than to dispose of such vessels and their cargoes after they had been brought in as men of-war ; and in this way British ports would be converted into markets for the disposal of Confederate prizes. Sir B. Walker said that he apprehended that to entitle a vessel to be considered a vessel of war she must be fitted for war ; and that she could not be so considered when she had her original cargo on board, and had nothing more than two or three guns and a prize crew on board. That was the ease on which her Majesty's Government had to decide. The law officers of the Crown, on being consulted, agreed with Sir B. Walker. They held that the character of a vessel could not bo changed by the steps which had been taken in the case of the Tuscaloosa, Their opinion was, that this vessel, not being really a vessel of war, but being a prize, should not have been admitted to Simon's Bay as a vessel of war. The question then arose, whether she ought to have been simply warned off, or ought to have been handed over to the original owner. It was quite clear that there were cases in which it was the duty of a neutral State to restore prizes brought into its harbours by a belligerent, even although such prizes were so brought in as vessels of war. The Duke of Newcastle, in his despatch of the 4th November, said that the Governor of the Cape of Good hops should have inquired whether the Tuscaloosa was a bona fide vessel of war, or was merely an uncondemned prize 'brought into a British port in violation of her Majesty's pro clamation of neutrality, In the latter case his grace, going B ,° 4le what beyond the opinion o f th e l aw o ffi cers, told the u"eraor that the Tuscaloosa s h ou ld h ave b een surren dered. lie (Earl Russell) was rea d y to adm i t that the point at international law was open to doubt, and that before r !lar general instructions w ere i ssued it was open to conside r e ation whether vessels in the position of the Tus caloosa should be warned off or given up to the original owners. But ffi he held th a t it was qu i te an error to say—as the la . vie ears of the Cape of Good Hope did—that all quesons conne ct ed with th e proper t y o f vessels captured at sea ti could only be entertained and decided by the no" urts of the captors. Those questions, on the contrary, he maintained, were, if such v esse l s en t ere d our ports, within the competence b early conclu led 3 7 indigthe E ng li s h courts, The noble her Ms esty's Gob repelli ng t h e c h arge that j —ad truckled to the Federal s' condo,: of the noble lo r d s and commented severely , on th e on the Opposition side of the house _Nv , e , e e l d a w n a y y a s g r o. e r a d d a. to denounce the Feder:lls when th b ;, -c co ll n ° gres,,ive acts against us, .Imt never 140 ,,% 1t do them justice when they rude reparrtion._ Lord KIN GSDC;WN said that they ban nothing then to do with th e ques tion whether the I:uscaloosawe ts converted into a man-o:-war. The only question that really arose was wheth er a vesse l cap t ure d a t se a remained the property of her original owners until she was condemned 1, -3' a re Ariz : gular court. The Duke of Newcastle's despatch proceeded oa the hypothesis that this was the case, and that therefore any cue into whose power she came might restore her. B ut that was a total error. As batween belligerents, the change of property in a prize was complete by the act of capture. The necessity f or obtaining the adjudication of a prize court arose only with reference to vessels sailing under a neutral fl a g, in order to ascertain the rights of the neutral. Let them observe what had been done in this case. Her Majesty, by proclamation, had forbidden the belligerent vessels to enter English ports with their prizes. Under that proclama tion wo had a right to warn such vessels off, but how could we obtain a right frieze them ? Th ere was no principle on which such a claim could be founded. It could not be said that we were entitled to seize vessels in that position on the ground that they had violated our neutrality. S h a claim would have been untenable if it had been put f But the ground on which the seizure of the Tuscaloosa was justified —that it was proper to restore her to the or e ral owners— was still more untenable. It could not c cncealed that the policy we were pursuing, although o of neutrality, told very unequally upon the Confederates and upon the Federals; and when complaints were made that the Confe derates did not subject their prizes to adjudication, he had only to repeat what he had already said, that no adjudica tion was required between belligerents, and that, according to Lord Stowell, if a belligerent captain could not carry his prize into a port, it was his duty to destroy it. It was a clear violation of the law of nations to seize a vessel under the circumstances of the Tuscaloosa, on the ground that she had not been condemned by a prize court. The LORD CHANCELLOR contended, on the autho rity of Lord Stowell, that, although a belligerent captor was justified in destroying his prize in case of necessity, yet as a rule he was bound by the law of nations to bring it into port for adjudication, in order that it might be seen whether it was enemy's property, and that mistakes might not be committed by the captors in the eager put suit of gain. Lord Mansfield had also laid down the same principle. In one case Lord Stowell had expressly held that the sentence of condemnation was at present deemed by the law of nations to be necessary to transfer the property in a prize, for the purpose of putting some limitation on the acts of the captors. In the case of the Endymion the same learned judge decided that an English captain was only justified in destroying a prize on account of the peculiar nature of the service in which he was engaged, which did not allow him to take her into port for adjudication. There was no doubt that the question of what should be dona with a vessel in the situa tion of the Tuscaloosa when she entered a British port was well worthy of consideration. That consideration had been given to it, and the result would be made known in the shape of instructions, which would be issued to her Majes ty's officers and the governors of the different colonies. After some observations from the Earl of HARDWICK; Lord CHELMSFORD briefly replied, and the subject then dropped, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OP COMMONS.--Last Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PETITIONS. The Sheriffs of the City of London appeared at the bar and presented a petition from the Corporation of the City, praying the house to adopt steps in reference to the utili sation of the sewage of the metropolis. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, attired in his official robes, also appeared at Le bar, and presented three petitions from the Corporation of Dublin, praying that the inhabitants of that city might be relieved from payment towards the sup port of the police, and that the sum contributed for that pur pose should be applied to the lighting and watering of the streets, and other local objects ; also that Govern ment should introduce a bill for the amendment of the Landed Estates Court Act ; and for the introduction of a bill providing compensation for uneshausted improve ments in land in Ireland, and praying the house to take into consideration the alarming condition of the agricultural population in that country. PRIVATE BUSINESS, The following bills were read a third time and passed : Chesterfield and Hernstone Lane Head Road, Llanelly Haroour Improvement, and Stockton and Middlesborough Water. RAILWAY COMPANIES. Mr. HODGSON moved that certain clauses be referred to the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, with an instruction to the committee that they report to the house their opinion whether the said clauses (with such amendments as may be proposed by the committee), may with advantage be inserted in all bills containing powers to companies to enter into traffic agreements, or to work rail ways and steamboats, respectively. The clauses which the hon. member moved were very voluminous, and eventu ally were agreed to. TAXATION, Mr. HUBBARD gave notice that this day month he would call attention to the subject of the national taxation. CONDITION OF IRELAND. Mr. HENNESSY gave notice that he would, on an early day, bring forward the subject of the present condi tion of Ireland. THE PORTRAIT OF ARCHBISHOP LAUD. Mr. C. BENTINCK asked the Secretary to the Trea sury whether a portrait of Archbishop Loud, attributed to Vandyke, had been lately purchased by the trustee of the Portrait Gallery for the sum of £75; and, if so, whether as an original work or as copy after the master ; and whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to remove the Portrait Gallery to any other and what locality ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the prtrait in question had been purchased for the sum of L 75 125., but not merely on the ground of its having been attributed to Vandyke. There were two views entertained with regard to this subject, one was that the portrait was an original of the school of Vandyke, and another, that it was a copy from Vandyke, but whatever it was, it was a cheap and valuable picture. There was some dif ference of opinion as to what wouLl be its value if it were an original, some considering it would be worth £l,OOO, and some estimating its value at less than £3OO or £400• With regard to the portrait gallery, he had an announce ment on the part of the Government to make, but the sub ject would be brought under the notice of the house when the miscellaneous estimates came to be discussed, THE SIJN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1864. the fair pianist evaded by playing Thalberg's fantasia on " Home, sweet Home." Encores were now the order of the day. All were charmed with the depth of feeling with which Mr. Sims Reeves sang the beautiful air, " Blow, blow, thou wintry wind," and the still more beautiful " Sigh no more," and many faces indi cated a strong desire to join in the " Hey nonny nonny," by way of chorus. Both these songs Mr. Reeves was enthusiastically requested to sing over again, and so completely had he overcome his known dislike to repetition that he not only complied with the request but seemed delighted to do so. A similar compliment was paid to Madame Parepa's brilliant execution of " Bid me discourse," Madame Baxter's careful interpretation of " She never told her love," and Mr. Santley's deeply impassioned singing of " Take, oh take, those lips away." This last named song had been composed for the occasion by Mr. Alfred Mellon, to whose talent as con ductor the visitors to the Festival are greatly indebted. The air is of no commonplace kind, but denotes a composer more than ordinarily pene trated with the words of the poet ; and where shall we find words that in fervent intensity—in the very sensuality of sentiment—can rival this lyrical effu sion of Shakspere's ? Mr. Mellon had also r..ar ranged the S haksperian overture of Allridge, which, cocluding with the air, " Ye Warwickshire lads and ye lasses," sent everybody home in good humour. By the way, what is known of this fine old country tune? If I remember right, nothing is said about it in Mr. W. Chappell's invaluable history of popular English music, and when Chappell ignores an an cient tune a savant on the subject must be hard to find. The fact should not be left unrecorded that all the artists who assist either,in the musical or the theatri cal entertainments of the Festival have given their services gratuitously. Many of the visitors occupied their time very de lightfully this morning with an excursion to Char lecote, the grounds and hall of which were thrown open to the holders of tickets (obtained from the committee) by Mr. H. Spencer Lucy. To the student of Shaksperian biography Charleeote, which is distant about four miles from Stratford, is especially interesting as the scene of the poet's reputed deer-stealing, although a pamphlet has been lately written by Mr. Bracebridge to prove that Shakspere hunted his venison without breach of law. That he was apprehended by Sir Thomas Lucy's deerkeepers (wrongfully, according to Mr. Bracebridge's theory), there seems to be no doubt, and the present proprietor of the estate has shown great magnanimity in honouring, to the best of his rower, the man by whom his ances stor was consigned to inglorious immortality as Justice Shallow. Charlecote is a truly magnifi cent mansion in the Tudor style, having been built at the very commencement of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and it has a garden which makes every lounger in modern attire look like a living anachro nism. A choice collection of pictures, chiefly of the Dutch School, a superb table made of various marbles, and many other articles of vertu adorn the interior of the house, and among its moat con spicuous ornaments is the wonderfully carved side board, with its symbols of eatables and drinkables, that was to be seen at the International Exhibition of the year before last. Charlecote Church, which is close to the Hall, is another object of interest. Here are to be seen the tombs of the Lucy family, the satirised Sir Thomas, his son, his grandson, and their respective wives. The tombs of the grandfather and grandson are fine specimens of monumental art, but the one that re presents the intermediate link is very rude and pri. mitive By condoning old offences and inviting the public to view his magnificent house and grounds, the pre sent Mr. Lucy has done all he could towards vindi cating the memory of his ancestor. The visitor who learns that this truly noble mansion was built by the prosecutor of Shakspere, and sees the stalwart figure of the old man in the church, clAd in mail armour and locking like an aristocratic giant, will be inclined to doubt whether, in spite of the dozen white " luces" in Justice Shallow's coat of tirmß, he could have been meant for old Sir Thomas Lucy after all, ARMSTRONG GUNS, Mr H. TRACY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the attention of the Admiralty had been drawn to the failure of the old p tttern vent pieces of the forty punder Armstrong guns in the action of liagosima : and, whether the Admiralty intend to withdraw from the service all the old pattern vent pieces of the 40-pounder gun, substituting the present pattern authorised as long ago as May, 1832, and adapting the earlier guns for the present vent pieces. Lord C. PAGET answered the first of the questions in the affirmative, and said that steps would be taken to secure a more satisfactory state of things. THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC, Mr. S. BEAUMONT asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the blockade proclaimed by the Danish Government against certain ports in the Baltic would be raised in the event of an armistice being agreed to by the Powers met in Conference Mr. LAYARD said he 'F.T.9 unable to give any reply to the question further than that the matter must depend on the arrangement made in Conference. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. ARTHUR MILLS called the attention of the house to the war now going on in New Zealand ; and moved an address for copy of all correspondence that had taken place between Governor Sir George Grey and the Colonial Office relating to the policy of confiscation which had been adopted by the New Zealand Legislature. The hon. member entered at some length into the subject, and denounced our policy in regard to New Zealand as one of extermination and spoliation. Mr. B.IC.:B OXTON seconded the resolution. Mr. CARDWELL said he had no objection to the motion for papers. The question, he remarked, teas one of great difficulty as to the mode in which it should be dealt with. The natives were a most remarkable people. We had estab lished a colony among them, with a local Government, in which the natives had no voice, and hence the problem to be solved. The war had not been caused by the King movement, nor was it commenced in order to put down that movement. The cause of the war, as distinctly stated by Sir G. Grey, was the existence of a combination among the natives in the northern island to commence general war for the total expulsion of the white rate. It was necessary, then, to consider what were the measures proper to be adopted, upon the conclusion of the war, in order to secure permanent peace; and Sir G. Grey had proposed to locate bodies of European settlers upon lands taken from those tribes that had been guilty of the outrages which had occa sioned the war. This was the original proposal of Sir G. Grey. He was not going, he said, to defend the laws re ferred to by Mr. Mills, or to justify their language, What, then, was the course which it was incumbent upon the Im perial Government to take on receiving these Acts ? To disallow them would, he observed, lead to serious evils; but it was within the power of the Crown,by its instructions, to limit and restrain the operation of the Acts; and that coarse had been taken. Ho stated the nature of other instructions for the guidance of the Colonial Government in the arrange malts for the pacification and orderly settlement of the colony. Lord R. CECIL considered the speech of Mr. Cardwell satisfactory, and hoped the New Zealand A.sseuabl,y would accept the rebuke he had adminiaterer& Sir J. TRELAWNY was of copiniat that the Colonial office had been culpable its reeard to New Zealand affairs. Lord A. CHURL ILL suggested what was probably the real origin of the King movement, and vindicated the colonists from the charge of having brought on the war by rapacious dealiuge 'with the natives in the purchase of lands. Z.lr. C, FORTESCUE observed that the question in the present war was totally different from that in the old quarrel about Wirimu Kingi and the Treaty of Waitang. The present war had been wantonly provoked by the natives. He defended the New Zealand Government; there was nothing in the acts referred to, he said, to show that the Government meant to make an unjust and tyrannical use of the powers they conferred. Sir J. PAK.INGTON remarked that the reedit elate of affairs in New Zealand, which hod t atised great anxiety, were the first fruits of that policy by which the Legislature of the colony was enabled to deal with natiVe affair its considered the statement of Mr. Cardwell, to be most satis factory. Mr. SELWYN observed that his satisfaction at that statement had been much lessened by the speech of Mr. Fortescue. He reviewed and censured the policy of her Majesty's Government in reference to the colony, to which he traced the origin of the present war. Mr. MILLS having replied, the motion was agreed to, HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. LINDSAY moved a resolution that her Majesty's Government showii now adopt measures for the Construe- Lion of harbours of refuge on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, recommended by a committee of this house in 1858, by a Royal Commission in 1859, and by a resolution of this house in 1860. He did not desire, he said, to bind the Government to adopt any particular measure, but to leave them to devise means for effecting an object recom mended by a committee, a commission, and a resolution of the house, for the saving of life and property. There were, he observed, three points for consideration—first, the necessity of these works; secondly, their cost; and thirdly, the amount of life and property that would be saved thereby. He discussed these points. The necessity of the works had been demonstrated by the facts proved in the inquiries of 1858 and 1862. With regard to the cost, he was of opin ion that these harbours might be constructed by convict labour at less than the estimate of the Royal Commissioners, and they would be available not only as harbours of refuge, but as rendezvous for ships of war. On the last point he showed the prodigious annual loss of lives and of property on the coasts of this country, observing that if one half or even one sixth of these losses could have been prevented by having harbours of refuge, the object was one of great na tional importance. Mr. CAVE seconded the motion. Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved the addition of the follow ing words at the end of the resolution :—" And make pro vision for wholly or in part defraying the expense of such harbours as it may be thought right to construct by means of tolls upon shipping, as recommended by the committee of this house." He proposed this amendment, he said, on behalf of the taxpayer; but he also suggested whether a constitutional principle was not involved in the matter. The committee of 185 S, upon the main question, as to the policy of a further grant of public money for this purpose, came to the conclusion that any such advance should be re paid by a charge upon shipping, and they left the adjust ment of the charge to her Majesty's Government. If the house, he observed, wished to exercise a control over the public revenue, it should throw upon the Government the responsibility of originating expenditure. All he desired by the amendment was to protect the consolidated fund. Mr. BLAKE supported the motion. Mr. PEASE likewise advocated the motion, remarking that the question should not be oonsidered purely as one of money. Mr. K. HODGSON recommended Sir S. Northcote not t o press his amendment. Mr. BAXTER opposed the motion. The house could not know, he said, what these works would cost—most probably double the estimate of the Royal Commissioners. If ships were better found, better manned, and better commanded, this would do more to save life and property than harbours of refuge. Sir J. PARINGTON said when the house had before it the report of a committee moved for by the Government, the report of a Commission, and a vote of the house, all in favour of the construction of harbours of refuge, this was a combination of opinions that no Government was at liberty to disregard. He exposed the fallacy of some of the arguments against harbours of refuge, His vote, he said, should be in support of the substantial object of the motion. Mr. M. GIBSON said the resolution proposed by Mr. Lindsay did not appear to him to be clear, and the house should look narrowly at the wording of such a resolution. The motion referred to the reports of a committee and a commision and a resolution of the house in 1860. But in May, 1862, the house had negatived a similar resolution, so that they were quite free from the obligation of the former resolution. Then the recommendations of the committee and the commission were essentially and fun damentally different from each other, and the commissioners had recommended a plan which was wholly impracticable ; yet this recommendation the resolution proposed should be carried into effect. Passing tolls were wrong in principle, and would be strenuously resisted by shipowers ; there was no chance of obtaining local contributions ; so that the house must be prepared to vote at least £4,000,000 for the construction of harbours of re: fuge along the coast. He showed, from returns and other evidence that the loss of vessels would be but slightly diminished by harbours of refuge, and that where there were fine natural harbours there was a very considerable loss of life every year. There was one recommendation, he observed, in which the committee and the commission con• curred—namely, to assist the improvement of existing tidal harbours by the loan of public money at a low rate of inte rest, and a bill was introduced by the Government for this object, the provisions Gf which had been extensively used. The State had not disregarded the object of saving life at sea ; but the principle of the Government was to encourage self-reliance, and the more they legislated for the benefit of shipowners beyond certain limits the more they weakened that principle. Mr. HENLEY thought the great weight of authority was in favour of constructing harbours of refuge, though he was not sanguine as to their success. He should vote for the amendment, which made clear the object of the resolu tion, as to the source from whence the expense was to be defrayed. The debate was continued by Sir F. Smith, Sir J. Elphin stone, Mr. Maguire, sold Mr. Souses. Mr. LasiDsssat having replied, after a few words of expla natios by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcutquEn, the amend ment, upon a division, was negatived by 101 to 30. Upon a farther division, the original motion was also negatived by 142 to 84. Lord R. 111()NTAGU moved for a select committee to inquire into any plans for dealing with the sewage of the metropolis and other :arge towns, with a view to its utilisa tion for agricultural purposes. Sir J, PAXTON was of of opinion that tho inquiry would be of no use, After a few remarks by Mr. J. MILLER and Mr. CAIRD, the motion was agreed to. The remaining business and orders of the day having been dispose) of, the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. Stratford-on-Avon Tercentenary Festival. STRATFORD-ON-AVON, Tuesday Evening. The miscellaneous concert which was given yes terday evening in the Pavillion proved a most bril liant success. The audience far outnumbered that which had attended the performance of the "Messiah" in the daytime, and though morning attire was not prohibited most of the ladies wore evening dress. The programme—which had been so combined that every pieee bore a reference to the works of Shakspere was as coliovis PART I. Overture—" Romeo and Juliet" Trio—" The Lodestars" (" Midsummer Night's Dream") Shield. Sung by Mesdames Parepa, Sainton- Dolby, and Mr Patey. Romance—" Pieta, Rispetto" ("Mac beth") Sung by Mr. Stanley. Grand Scena—Portia Weber. Sung by Madame Parepa Fantasia, 44 Pianoforte—" Where the Bee /T a Pi Sucks ; ' ("' em emPesL ) •• • . • Benedict, Played by Madame Arabella Goddrittli Song—" Blow, blow, thou wintry wind" ("As You Like It") Sung by Mr Sims Reeves. Aria—" Who is Silvia f" ("Two Gentle. Men of Verona") Sung by Madame Sainton-Dolby. Overture and incidental music to "a Mid- summer Night's Dream" PAM'III verture - ---(" CotiolanUs") Beethoven. Duet— (" Midsummer Night's Dream" C. Horn. Sung by Madame Parepa and Madame Sainton• Dolby. Song—" Sigh no more Ladies" (" Much Ado about Nothing').. .. Sung by Mr Sims Reeves. Glee—"Ye Spotted Snakes" (" Midsummer Night's Dream") Sung by Madame Parepa, Madame Sainton Dolby, Mr Perren, and Mr Patey New Song—" Take, oh take" (Measure for Measure") •t 4 46 i Sting by Mr Santley Cantonet—" She never told her love" (" Twelfth Night") Haydn. Sung by Madame Sainton-Dolby. Song—" Come live with me" (" The Pas- . sionate Pilgrim") l . e•• I 6 sung by Mr George Perren. Song—" Bid me discourse" (" Venus and Adonis").. Sung by Maclaine Pate pa. Shakspetisti overture • • • H. Allridge. Re-arranged by Mr Alfred Mellon: The above is the progratitthe tts published. In notisequence of the indispo s iti on of Madame gaihton Dolby, her music s as in the Case of the Messiah," was trAnsteired to Madtti&, tatira Baxter ? and the duet, 4 ' I know a bank," was omitted. In other re spects the printed promise was exactly fulfilled. Of course the circumstance that Shakspere's words were sung and musinally illustrated in a tem , ' porary building raised to his honour, on a plot of ground where no doubt he had often played in his boyhood, produced an association of ideas that greatly enhanced the enjoyment of the concert. Pat apart from these considerations the music was admi rably played, and among the loudest applauders of Mendelssohn's " Midsummer Night's Dream" might be heard the eminent London vocalists, who daring its performance seated themselves in the front row. When it is recollected that there aft two Italian Operas now open in London, Stratford is to be congratulated on the possession of a band that could do such ample justice as was done yester day to the works of Handel and Mendelssohn. 1 The audience were delighted throughout ? sod a I concert so peculiar in character, and the intention of which was so perfectly carried out, has rarely been heard in t9y.7n or country. By her exquisite - performance of Bonedict's beautiful fantatinti Dr. A.rne's well known melody Madame Arabella Goddard, whose delicate upper notes seemed to convert the piano into a =dual snuffbox, so com pletely electrified the audience that, breaking through a reserve which had previously restrained them, they shouted a demand for an encore, which GENERAL GARIBALDL GARIBALDI'S PROGRESS TO CORNWALL. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. We resume this morning our narrative of Gari baldi's progress to Colonel Peard's yesterday. All along the line of route, at Bath, Bristol, and every chief station, the demonstrations of welcome Were most enthusiastic. At both Bath and Bristo the Mayo' find Corporation of each city presented addressee. Prom here General Garibaldi, the Duke of Sutherland, and suite proceeded by the Durston junction co Weymouth , by special train, where they arrived at half-past four. At five o'clock Garibaldi, his friends, and suite left the Weymouth station in carriages in atten dance, and were driven to the pi e : head amidst the cheers of hundreds of people who lined the entire route. They then embarked on board the gunboat Trinculo, commanded by Flag-Lieute nant Church, which at once steamed out of har bour for the 'Edgar, '74, on board which Admiral Daeres received the Italian hero with all the for malities of a distinguished visitor. He shook hands With eeveral of the officers who had mus tered on the quarter-deck, and passed into the ad• miral'a cabin, where be partook of some refresh ment. He, accompanied by the Admiral, the Duke of Sutherland, an d other gentlemen of his p art y , then proceeded i n the Ad m iral' s barge on b o a rd the Warrior, iro nc lad, 41. Here he maciC a minute examination of this splendid vessel, after which the men were put through a drill of " quarter firing," in which they afforded the General asto. nishing proof of the facility and rapidity with which her formidable weapons are worked. He was that eectirted back to the Trincule by the Admiral, who shook bitt heartily by the hand and wished him goad bye. It wVi quite dark before the G eneral again touched t erra firma. Immediately succeeding this was an indescribabl e pe:1" well rush for the sta tion. The Gen era l,with a l mos t m agL: l ra p idit y ,was , transferred from the pie r t o th e platform, 1111u 1 was ' as it were, hustled into the saloon carriage in wait ing through the dense mass of people flocked into and around the station. A few minutes after wards the Duke of Sutherland, Earl Sefton, Col. Peard, and, in fact, nearly every one who had accompanied the General, reached the station, but the doors were closed—closed by a set of men dignified by the name of policemen, than whom none more unfit or unquali fied could be found. They were deaf to all req uests to " o pen the doors, as those outsiders were " m embers of Garibaldi's party. All representatio ns made b y the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Sefton , Colonel Peard, or the representatives of the Pre ss went for nought. They '' didn't care, no one should enter while the General was there. " This state of things lasted till a gentleman led a k ind of forlorn hope, sealed a wall, entered a side windo w , and bravely fighting his way through the out stretched arms of the inexorable policemen, opened the doors for those outside. A rush was of course made to enter, whereupon a scuffle of the most vio lent description ensued, and but for the timely in terference of Mr. Blackmore. many members of the General's party would have been left at Weymouth all night. In returning to Exeter, Yeovil station was densely packed with people, who lustily cheered as the train slowed through. At Exeter flail enthusiasm of the assembled crowds was unbounded. Nola': thetsnding the intense dark ness of the night, the people Inounted the carriages On all sides, ran along the line , and in every pos sible tt4ii manifested their admiratiO3 of Garibaldi, who bowed his acknowledgments from tht; window of the carriag:. At Dawlish very fel? were at iLe station. At TeignmonZL` a large number assetnled, and a brass band played the PTational Anthem as the train pdt's6d through. At Newton the station *Etc greatly crowded, and when the train stopped, as at the preViode station, a dead rush was made for the General's carriage, and fifty hant!: at one time were thrust through the window to shake hands with him. At Taunton the station was brilliantly illumi nated 'and tastefully hung with flags, and the en thusksm equally intense. , The preparationti at Plymouth were certainly . . more complete and better carried out than at any station along the route, inasmuch as the police en forced their authority and kept the people from crowding round the carriage. The interior of the station was fitted with seats, which were occupied by ladies, and although it was one o'clock before the train entered the station there were hundreds of ladies present, as well as the Mayor and Corpo ration. The General got out of his carriage and accepted a bouquet of flowers from the hands of a lady. He was most enthusiastically greeted, and after acknowledging the compliments, the train moved out of the station amidst prolonged and hearty cheering. The train, the engine of which was driven by Mr. Cockshott, then went on to Cornwall, and reached Par station at two o'clock. Here the arrangements for his reception were admirable, and notwithstand ing the lateness of the hour fully 300 persons, amongst them a fair proportion of ladies, were pre sent, whose cheers rent the air, mingled with the pealing of the church bells. The General, with his now host, Col. Peard, the Duke of Sutherland, and the other members of the party, then entered carriages in attendance to re ceive them, and at once proceeded to Penquite, the residence of Col. Peard, which they reached about three o'clock this morning, after a journey of close upon 18 hours. PLYMOUTH, April 26. Addresses were presented to Garibaldi this after noon, at Penquite House, from the mayors and in habitants of Plymouth, Devonport, and Bodmin, and from the Plymouth branch of the Polish League. The presenters, and a large number of other per• sons, had interviews with the General in the library, where he received them most cordially, warmly shaking their hands. In his replies, he said all the nationalities of Europe were favourable to England, because she had no wish to take the property of other nations, as shown in the cession of the lonian Islands. Garibaldi's son arrived by express this evening at Par, and joined his father at Penquite. The General will embark at Fowey tomorrow morning. THE SCENE AT EXETER AND THE ADDRESSES. (Abridged from the Western Daily News.) The preparations made for the reception of General Garibaldi at St. David's Station, Exeter, were on nearly as extensive a scale as those at Plymouth, and from noon, when a large concourse of persons had assembled in and around the station, all was bustle and excitement for some hours. Outside the station the masses, with whom the name of Garibaldi is so closely associated, wereimpatiently and with noisy good humour awaiting the arrival of the special train that was to convey him from Cliefdea. Inside the station, where a more select party were assembled, there was also a great deal of excitement, but the arrangements on the whole were as good as could have been expected from the impromptu nature of the visit. Barriers were erected to prevent those who were not members of the corporation, or magistrates, or otherwise privileged, from obtaining access to the platform. Good service was also rendered by the city of Exeter police, under the command of Superintendent Steel, in keeping back the crowd. We may safely say that great credit is due to Mr. W, Mears, the superintendent of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, for the great exertions he made to guard against accidents generally, and to afford accommodation for all. A space capable of containing upwards of 300 persons was railed off for ladies. Nine hundred tickets were also issued to the general public for ad mission to an outer platform. Mr. Woollcornbe, the chairman of the South Devon Rail way Company, Mr. Kendall, one of the directors, and Mr. Cockshott, the superintendent, arrived from Plymouth by the express train, They were accompanied by Mr. Lovett, of Liscombe, late High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, and a particular friend of the General's, Mr. Lovett, it seems, arrived in Plymouth on Saturday in his yacht the Mirage, carrying six guns, for the special purpose of meeting Gene ral Garibaldi, and it is, we believe, his intention to accom pany him on his cruise to Caprera. In front of the space sot apart for the special accommodation of the ladies, chairs were placed for Lady Bowring, Lady Fortescue, Mrs J. Bruton Ford, and Miss Brutton. Lady Bowring held in her hand a magnificent bouquet, whish had been ebtained from the Messrs. Veitch, which her ladyship had kindly consented to present to the General on his arrival. Some splendid strawberries were also in readiness to be presented by Miss Collins. Permission had been obtained from Col. Davie, M.P., for the band of the Ist Devon Militia to play on the platform, and they arrived accordingly shortly after one, and performed several tunes at intervals. The procession from the city, headed by Union Jack, arrived in the following order :—The sergeant at mace, high constable, deputy mayor (in robes), with the high sheriff (R. T. Head), magistrates, aldermen, town councillors, and citizens followed. H. Ilooper, Esq., acted as deputy mayor in the absence of Mr. Snow, who is at pre sent sojourning in France. The intention was to present two addresses to the general, the one from the members of the Exeter town council, and the other from the citizens of Exeter generally. These addresses were to have been pre sented by the deputy mayor, and were as follows : " TO GENERAL GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI. " We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the city of Exeter, friends of constitutional liberty, fully appreciating our own happiness in being subjects of a united kingdom, and of a monarch endeared to all by magnanimity and love of justice, beg to express our admiration of your endea vours to unite the States of Italy under one sovereign. We applaud your love of liberty, your personal courage, and your disinterested exertions for the good of yeur country. We esteem those exertions to be the proof of true patriotism, and we have great pleasure in welcoming you to this land of freedom, and to this ancient city, ever faithful, and inferior to none in loyalty and devotion to our beloved Sovereign, and to the cause of constitutional monarchy. We desire to add our best wishes for your success, and for your present health and happiness.—Given under our hand and seal in the city of Exeter, on the 23d day of April, 1864." The following is a copy of the second address, which was adopted at the meeting of the citizens :- 1 " TO GENERAL GARIBALDI. " We, the citizens of Exeter, avail ourselves of this op portunity to express our admiration of your noble, generous, and disinterested character, and our deep sense of the great services you have rendered to secure freedom and happiness for the people of your beloved Italy. We unite with the rest of our fellow countrymen and countrywomen in giving you a hearty welcome, and we could only wish that the state of your health had permitted you to remain longer in England, so that we might have had, in common with other cities and towns, the opportunity of testifying in a manner more in accordance with the warmth and sincerity of our feelings our high appreciation of your pure and unselfish patriotism, and your noble deeds of heroism and valour. We sincerely ti -ust that your health will be soon completely restored; and tha,.' you may be long, ve r y l ong , spare d to aid still fur ther in the b :ivancemenl of the sacred cause of liberty to which your whe t o life has been con secra t e d.—Si gned on behalf of the citizens in /public meeting assembled, at the Guildhall of the said city." A lune:icon, cons i st i ng of most ea : ensive delicacies, was 9 expense of the provided by Mr. Clase, of Devonport, at h. ' -narations dire, ;: ors of the company. Scarce had all those p., hich pib :2d ere a telegram arrived, the purport ot been com quickly spread thre;23h the excited crowd on the platform. It was as follows :—" Dyke,'9, Taunton, to Cockshott, Enter. The General has gone to Weymtsuth, via Yeovil." It would be impossible for Us to describe the effect which this intel • ligence had upon the assembly. Most of the ladies looked as if they were at a loss to know whether to laugh at the whole proceedings as a capital joke, or to he indignant at the dis appointment. The male portion of the community were getting decidedly out of temper, and it was becoming evi dent that the only " General" that would be witnessed at the Exeter station that afternoon would be General Dissatis faction. At this critical moment a happy notion occurred to the band of the Ist Devon Militia that had the imme diate effect of preventing that unwelcome officer from mingling in the crowd. The Ist Devons began playing with might and main, "Oh dear I what can the matter be ?" and the effect upon everybody present was instantaneous, In short, the entire crowd, that an instant before looked as though they did not know whether to laugh or cry, were placed upon the " broad grin," and they soon after began to disperse in the most good-humoured manner imaginable, Cheers were then given for Garibaldi, for Mazzini, for Sir John Bowring, and for Earl Fortescue. Many were the surmises as to what had caused the delay of the General, and it was not until after the arrival of the express train, which had been delayed for nearly an hour. in order to keep the line clear for the passage of the special by which the General was expected, that people would allow themselves to credit the report that Garibaldi had been actually turned off at Durston from his direct route to Plymouth, and pro ceeded to Weymouth to view the Channel Fleet I " [ADVERTISEMENT.]—COMUMptIOII, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabic& Fogd, as proved by thousands of cases which had been ettasidered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consnlnption, with fearful cough, expectoration, eraavustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciate to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blocraing, fleshy girl,—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, li . ck 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frintley' Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatheringl, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, 54,816. The Re". James T. Cam?bell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, 118; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-lA.I'W, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and clumisto i zvery town of the United Kingdom. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TniEs.—By putting forth all their strength, and making full use of the resources which a long study of the art of war hes given them, the Prussians have attained the object for which they persevered in the campaign of Schleswig. This object was the maintenance of their military reputation. Pro bably when they first entered the Peninsula they had no strong desire to push the Danes to the last, or to inflict upon them a humiliation which might set lasting enmity between the two races. In spite of some enthusiasm on the part of tlie Royal family, the Government of Berlin entered into the war more to take the matter out of the hands of the King of Bavaria and the Duke of Saxe•Coburg than with any wish to destroy the Danes. M. von Bismark's Ministry acted because it was necessary to do some thing, and the occupation of Schleswig was the best antidote to the excesses of the Federal army and the vagaries of the Prince of Augustenburg. But as the war advanced the honour of the Prussian army became involved. Chance, the superior activity or the more complete readiness of the Austrians, took from the Prussians the opportunity of distinguishing themselves in the early part of the campaign. No thing remained but to conquer Dybbol. But Dybbol was strong, it was energetically defended, and the world was becoming unpleasantly interested in the contest. The Danes defied their opponents, and a belief spread that their boast of being able to hold the place indefinitely was not without foundation. The Prussians hurried up more troops, with heavy guns and all the materials for an important siege. The more they brought the more necessary was it that this powerful force should not return unsuccessful. If the Conference met and proposed an armistice, it might be that the campaign would come to an end while the Danish flag still floated over Dybbol. In such a case there would be no end to the taunts against the Prussian army. If even the matter ended in something like a surrender by Den mark of the chief points in dispute, it would ever remain in history that the Prussians had in vested a line of Danish works and had been unable to take them. The Danes would have boasted of the impregnability of their stronghold, and the world would have been apt to believe them. It can be easily imagined that a people so sensitive as the Prussians looked at this prospect with appre hension. Accordingly the approach of the Con ference only roused them to redoubled energy. Not even the French could have pushed a siege with more activity and a faller determination to be stopped by no obstacles. All ranks felt that the thing had to be done, and that the campaign must be carried on at any cost until the place was taken. This has now been accomplished. Happily for the reputation Jf the Prussian arms, the Danes were as obstinate as their opponents. Bishop Mon. rad and his colleagues repelled the proposed Con ference until the enemy was ready to take his full vengeance upon them. They took care not to disap point the invaders by a timely concession. They decided that Dybbol must be held at all hazards, just as the Prussians were resolute that it should be taken at all hazards. The consequence has been that all King William or his subjects could desire has been accomplished. The Conference begins its sittings amid the blaze of a Prussian victory; the Prussian re presentative will speak in the name of a Power which holds the Danish Peninsula at its mercy, the pride of the Copenhagen Government will be abated, and the Prussian army will ba regarded with respect even if its achievement does not quite extort our admiration. Although the Danes are said to have again re fused to concur in the proposed armistice, and are willing apparently to try their fortune still further, yet it will be a good thing for all parties, and we verily believe an honour to Prussia, if the campaign be now allowed to come to an end. If it be allowed to find any consolation in such a melancholy event as the slaughter at Dybbol, we may say that it makes the settlement of these questions somewhat more easy. It would be a cruelty to the Danes to encourage tt ena to rely further on their power of resisting the invader. The German Powers have shown that they are entirely masters of Schleswig. They have 70,000 or 80,000 men, and can increase their numbers indefinitely, while the Danes have probably only some 18,000 or 20 ; 000 in Alsen. The Sound is narrow, and can be crossed with ease by the Prussians, supported as they are by such tremen dous artillery. If the campaign continues, no thing can be expected but the destruction of the remains of the Danish army by an over whelming force, It is a child struggling in the grasp of two strong men, and though the courage of the weaker party deserves all ad miration, yet to counsel resistance would be a crime in a neutral ; to take advantage of it to in flict further chastisement would be ungenerous in a belligerent already victorious. Why, then, may not the campaign now cease? Every one will acknow• ledge that Alsen can be conquered, and j the Allies held their hand now, Europe will give the: n full credit for having virtually conquered it. If they could not recede with reputation before the assault on Dybbol, that cruel point of honour is now satisfied. They may concede an armistice, and stand higher than if they killed a few thousand more overmatched Danes in their last refuge in Alsen. Wo are glad to fiad that the proclamation of the King of Denmark does not command any acts of impossible valour, or declare that the war shall be indefinitely prolonged. Its tone is becoming, but the document has one fatal defect—it is not issued at Sonderborg by a King sharing the dangers of those who are fighting in his cause, but is dated from Copenhagen. The defence of Dybbol will, as his Majesty says, be memorable not only on ac count of the inequality of the contest, but also for the heroism which the beaten army displayed. We trust that if the resistance of the Danes be still continued it will be under circumstances which will allow their heroism a chance of better fortune. That this can be found by continuing to resist the Allies in Alsen we can hardly believe. Happily, the actual armistice does not depend on the consent of the Danes. Stung by their wrongs, and believing that the representatives of Prussia, Austria, and the Diet will insist on concessions as fatal to Danish independence as conquest itself, the Danes natu rally desire to keep their fate in their own hands as long as they can, '[hey think, perhaps, that they can insure their own free action and preserve a chance of deliverance only by appear;ng to maintain themselves in the field as a bellige rent Power. To give up the right of striking a blow would be, perhaps, in their opinion, equivalent to an abandonment of their due share in the settle ment of the questions in debate. But in spite of the unwillingness of Denmark, the actual question of an armistice rests entirely with the Allies, who are answerable to European opinion, a n d can b es t sa ti s fy it by abstaining from the further shedding of blood. Let them only refrain from an easy and inglorious victory over the few thousand men who aro now left in Alsen, and an armistice would prevail even without any formal agreement. HERALD.—The case of the Tuscaloosa, which last night engaged the attention of the House of Lords, is a fair illustration of the systematic partia lity which the Government, whilst professing to be neutral and impartial, have shown the Federals throughout the war. The Conrad, a barque sailing under the Federal flag, and belonging to Federai owners, was captured last June off the coast of Brazil by the famous Alabama. Captain Semmes put some guns on board his prize, and fitted her out as c lonfederate cruiser. Under that character she enteree d Simon's Bay to repair and refit, and became the abject of the anxious attention o f th e B r i t i s h , naval commiee' d the notorious Sir B a ldwin Walker. Sir Bain win was of opinion that the Tus caloosa, in entering S 5 non's Bay, violated the pro clamation of the Queen, forbidding either of th e belligerents to bring their prie'S into her ports ; and further, that as the Tuscaloosa I.;.`'d not been con demned by any court she was no legit mate prize, and should be seized oy her Majesty s n e ,avernmen t and restored to her original owners. The Atiorney- General of the colony, to whose authority the Go veneer acceded, was of a different opinion, and thy' Tuscaloosa, having obtained what she wanted, sailed away unmolested. The circumstances were, how ever, reported to the Home Government, whose at tention had in the meantime been called to the subject by Mr. Adams, and the Duke of Newcastle wrote to Governor Wodehouse, expressing his dis agreement with the opinion of the colonial legal authorities, although without giving any special instructions for the governor's future guidance. Instructions, however, prepared by the law ()facers of the Crown were sent out subsequently to the commanders of all her Majesty's naval forces, Sir Baldwin Walker amongst them, which directed that in any similar ease the vessel should be seized. Unconscious that he had been the object of so much correspondence and controversy, the com mander of the Tuscaloosa revisited Simon's Bay some four months afterwards, and the vessel was then seized by Sir Baldwin Walker. The Confederate lieutenant protested against a proceed ing so unjust and unfair even if it were legal, and her Majesty's Government found themselves in the end constrained to release the ship. So far, there fore, as the Tuscaloosa is concerned, the Confede rate Government has sustained no more damage than the brief detention of the vessel. But all the ports of her Majesty's dominions are closed by virtue of these instructions to nay cruisers which the Confederate Government or its duly constituted agents may equip out of their prizes, and the British navy is ordered to the assistance of the Federal navy to capture them. If these instruc tions, however, were based upon well-established principles of international law, however hardly , they might bear upon the Confederates, to what ever degree they might convert our professed neu trality into a practical assistance to the Federals, no one would complain. The fact, however, is—as Lords Chelmsford and Kingadown proved—tha t.-well een these instructions are thoroughly illega l ; that recognised doctrines of international law have b violated in order to satisfy the Federal Govern ment, and that the law officers of the Crown have' allowed the political necessities of their chiefs to, mislead them into stating as international la w that which was clearly not so. Lord Chelmsford con— tended, and he challenged contradiction from the' Government, that all that a neutral which has r e ' fused to allow prizes to be brought into its ports can. do, if one of the belligerents violates that prohibi tion, is to order the offending vessel away—to seize and detain it was clearly indefensible—and that the Tuscaloosa, as a ship of war in the charge of a legally commissioned officer of a belligeren t p owe ; W i not only ought not to have been warned, but e, Is entitled to the usual hospitality accorded t o ve.se e ither of war. Lord Russell did not venture to deny of tLesepropositions. He adrni tted, in fact, t h a t the instructions were incorrect, and that the sWeizu 1182 re of the Tuscaloosa was indefensible. a Minister admits that his measures " are open 'l, further consideration," and that it is a " nice point whether they were justified or not, he meXes es ample a confession of the justice of the censure passed upon him as is consistent with ministeriA nature. Bat his lordship defended Sir Baldwin- Walker's opinion upon a question of i n ternationa l s . law on the grounat that it was " common sens e, system of interpretation which, if it were admitted, would enable any m em to make out of any lawj t ne what suited his intn-este and prejudices; and te volunteered an opinion which will be interesting to lawyers, that naval office rs, having the instructions of the Government and works upon internatio na. law by them, were very excellent authorities upoll., that law. Commodore Wilkes wi I be delig hted with the noble lord's dictum. That ill used officer found by his boors that Messrs. Mason and Slidell were contraband of war, and took them out of the mail packet Trent. A torrent of indignation at hie presumption was his reward. Lord Russell has no justified him. His error was the venial one coalman to all lawyers, if error it' be, of sometimes taking eg• different view of a law from that which obta in with the judges. Let us a elope, at least, that if o ur dmirals and post captains a re to set themselves ng as authorities upon internatio nal law on the faith 0 1 their study of text books, th,"Y may be furnished with every edition as it comes o,at. Sir B. Walker had, it seems, founded his opinio a won a passage ; which appeared in the first edition of Wheaton, 0 ' which he had a copy, but which Ilan' out as incorrect in all subsequent ed itions. The remarkable speech in which Lord Kingsdown laid down, with irresistible cc.',genc3' s ' been left the true doctrine relative to captures, comp 2etelr disposed of the last excuse of Ministers. Lord leliVs s down did not consider it necessary to ireantre whether the Tuscaloosa was converted into a alliP f of war. He proved the illegality and injustice , her detention, and the proposed restoration of her to her original owners, by showing that those own ers ' had ceased to have any property in her—their rights only reviving in the event of recapture. The CO" tention of Sir Baldwin Walker, adopted by th e Government, was, he observed, that a prize remaiq the property of the original owners until condemnedby a prize court, and that any Government 0 0111 ' seize and restore it, but that contention was trite; gether unwarranted and againet the clear letter 01 international law. The obligation of condemnati ool said the noble lord, quoting the highest authorities in his support, only exists with regard to vessels sailing under a neutral flag. The capture is con clusive as soon as made; and, as between belli gerents there is no occasion for condemnation, th e captor can destroy his prize. When he cannot bring" that prize into port nothing, indeed, is left to hi m but to destroy it—nay, it is his duty to do so, a r ule of law which fully justifies the course which tbe Alabama and her consorts have taken in ciestroYirl their captures. So far, therefore, as the British Government is concerned, it is bound to treat the prizes of the Confederates where made upon 01° Federals as Confederate property ; and in seizi n ,F, and restoring them to their original owners it wou ld commit a flagrant robbery. In vain the Lord Cha n cellor attempted, by quoting cases which were lot pertinent, to weaken the effect of Lord Kingsclown e powerful argument. Even the Government benchea felt that it was unanswerable; and a debate roo s t damaging to the Government closed with the de' claration of the Lord Chancellor that the instrue' tions of which the Opposition complained are to be recalled, and fresh ones more in accordance with law and justice issued. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance of millers to•day, and th i o sale of wheat was decidedly batter We quote the f"' prices of last week, which were well maintained. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 43s ; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone' Malting barley at 33s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 3 0 1 per 30 st. Oats, old, 24s to 275; new, 20s_to 23s per bu at. ; beans, 35a to 425 . per qr. LIVE RP OL—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance both of town and country dealers at market to-day, with a slightly improved (?tors- Wheat in moderate demand at the full prices of last , ri• day; inferior sorts neglected, and little disposition to fora sales. Flour made late rates. Barley was unchanged in value or demand. Oats in limited demand, at full rates. Oatmeal inactive, holders demanding. an advance of 6d p er qr. Egyptian beans steady, and Indian corn in moderatorequest. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. Our market was fairly attended to-day, and the silo! of wheat and other grain was about an average, and price° very little altered. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial buhels...lss Od to 16s 04 White /9 , ...17s Od to 18s 01 New red ~.15s Od to 16s 0? New white ~ 7/ ....17s Od to 18s 9; Beans )) 11 .. . 15s 6d to 17E' " Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ 32a Od to 35s Od Oats t) 19s Od to 24s O d _ Flour; le 4d to le 8d per 14 lb. MELTON MOWBRAY—Tursnay. The following were the currencies :—New white whea t, 41s Od to 45s Od; new red, 3Ss,Od to 41s per 36 stone;, beans, 40s to 438 for old; new sorts, 36s to 39s per 38 st%! barley, 30s to 34s for malting, and 28s to 30s per qr. I °` grinding; new oats, 198 to 23s Od per 24 stone ; old, 2 to 275. Foreign Mail Packet List. DIAILS.:DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. M a y 19. via Marseilles ... May 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet.... May 4, 4'9 Cape of Good Hope, Ascensio n , an d St. H e l ena April • China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptori May 2,• 6 via Marseilles ..,April h ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 2 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton blay 2 „- a via Marseilles April :"' India (Bombay), via Southampton -- n via Marseilles Nay v• Portugal May 4 ' r Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via South am pt on April 2). via Marseilles April 2 S• Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 21 ' by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May 10, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerirle April --', Bahamas, via New York .... May 5 ' Mexico.. 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