The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

14 1NEY MARKET AND 00 1IXERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. dillt ' is generally thought that the Money Market • - in, shortly exhibit greater firmness, owing to the e ffect of foreign loans, which will have the totehcetr ionffl augmenting the exportation of specie. uences are also at work which will tend osstitnulate the demand for accommodation. The Perations to-day are described as active, and the rates have slightly advanced, the charge for first se,Ltlss bills i n t h e open mar k et b e i ng qu it e equa l to the minimum at the Bank of England. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap rl j ilted sp ec i a l sett li ng d ays i n the s h are s of the l y ° l 44 ving undertakings, viz., Wednesday, 18 - h ar ch, in the U n i o n Marine Insurance Company, dealings to be marked in the official lists; Friday, 4bOth Marcia, in the Shares of the London, Birming am and South Sttiffordshire Bank, also to be mar ked ‘ .., d a il y ; an d N ova S cot i a L an d a nd Gold '''enshing &c. Company, which is not to be marked at Present, T he Shannon, which left to-day with the West India mai!s, conveyed 16,600 in specie. La Plata has arrived from the West Indies with 361,707. T he New Italia n Loan has been dealt in to-day In I 1 prem., and it is understood that a large n umber of subscriptions have been already sent in In Messrs. Rothschild. The total amount of the °Peration is £28,000,000, of which £3,000,000 is t° be offered in Paris, £3,000,000 in London, and £ 2 ,840,000 in Turin, making an aggregate (l i l t £8,840,000. Of the balance, £19,160,000, 'lssers.Rothschild have agreed to hold £8,000,000, tile, Italian bankers £3,160,000, and the remainder, namely, £8,000,000, will be retained by the Italian o "ernment for appropriation at some future period. All owing for the interest accrued and the discount r ae ered for prepayments, the price to subscribers is need to about 69g.. Business i n t h e Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has not been 'very animated. Sugars, tea, and rice have re mained agined without alteration in prices, but coffee has advanced. Saltpetre continued in steady P l ace while a slight improvement has taken fo rward iu the price of tallow for both present and delivery. Two o'CLocK. tel egram N r i s, this day, accor di ng t o Mr. Reuter's the 3 per Cent. French Rentes w ere tEir • Q `'°C , , 68f. 85c.—heavy. 1C A decline of k per cent. took place in the market so fa r Publi c Securities this morning, and no subse rent alter a ti on h as o ccurred, Consols being 9 2 k transfer and 9244 for the account. The pre nailing heaviness is partly due to the introduction tc u l t Turkish Loans, which, it is thought, will y ( uer eefter lead to a large exportation of specie. I t Thefi rm New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are st ' i ' a r m at 90 I, and there has been a dealing in the Stf . I O Years' Annuities at 144. A decline has taken 1 place in India Stock, which is now marked 227 etc 229,1 but the 5 per Cents. exhibit steadiness at 4 4 , 4 i /. The 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper con- 1( "flues firm at 112, and the 4 per Cent. Debentures 1( ha te improved to 100 k. A rise is sh o w n in Ex- id chequer Bills, which are quoted ls. dis. e t There is a small business in the Foreign Market, 11114 prides ex hibit very little alteration. Old et Turkish 6 per C en t s . are steady at 90 1 ; do., 69 ) at 68 a ; do., 1862, are heavy, at 68 1 69 ;1 1,8 i e nezuelan 6 per Cmts. at 58 9 ; the Danish 1 et) has receded to 1 1 prem. ; Egyptian Bonds et ar e 9 6 7; Greek have declined to 20/ ; Russian etst New Loan at 931 941 ; and Spanish Certificates are Aina i at 98 3. es In the Railway Share Market the operations re bee n li m it e d, an d prices have shown a slight d ownward movement. Caledonians, Great West- 8 and Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded 11.; North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and South Eastern, 10s.; and Midland, 8 , 158. T he Foreign and Colonial underta kin g s remained du ll , without any material change in v alues. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were 11 1 some instances a shade flatter. t BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. e•- , n 3 tut otock 3 Per Cent. R e d u ced Annuities New Ce n t. C onso l s A nnu iti es - 2 e "'' 3 per Cent. Annuities an nuities, 30 yrs, axpire sth Jan., 1880 — India for 30 yrs,' expire .sth April, 1885. 14 1 I:tiittttoo sper • ,, ita S tock 227 29 Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 / Co nsolsi for Account, April 8 cillequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 die D itto Small 1 die 13 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. ratilian 5 per Cent ...... Danish 4slcipiper, £l5 paid 1852-58-6 0 93i 4 per Cent.,1863 paid - 1 pm •cigYptian 7 pet Cent O6l D itto, Second Issue Creek 5 p er Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms 2Ol 1 m b itto Coupons t s l icaU 3 per Cent Russian Account - ttussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 . 94/ 31 Spanish Turk i sh Cert. of Coup not fun ded 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account,— ._ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditt o Account 6Bl Ditto 6 per Cent. 1802 Ditto Account 69 Ve nezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto 11 per Cent • 12k Dividends on the above payable in Lon don. I • tah per Cent., 1861, Ex. '25 francs --1„),,r, 5 ,to Account.. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ...................... 92 / )i tto Account .......... ~ .......... 921 1 Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) .I.IVERPOoL, March 17. Strong, and advancing. Sale s 1,000 (? 10,000 bal es. Import, 2,649 ; previously, 6,284. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Mon di% March 16 Admissions on payment, 652; ditto by s eason tickets, 548; total, 1,200. " Some time back," says the Sleek, " we called attention to the deplorable situation of the Federal fortress of Luxembourg, the Prussian garrison of which Very bad terms with the population. We then stated that several of the inhabitants had been ill-treated by Prussian soldiers. Not only have the communal council and the Assembly of the States complained in ' va in, but a sentinel who bad fired at and killed a collector of town dues has returned pardoned from Berlin, whither he had been sent after the occurrence, and has vauntingly showed himself everywhere. What is still more, in order that he might remain in the town after the d eparture of his regiment, he has been incor p orated in a battalion of the 19th, and th,ugh he has been only one year 14 the service, he has been proposed for promotion to the r ank of a non-commissioned of f icer. This bravado has ex cited great indignation among the inhabitants of Luxem bourg. QUEER CAPTURE. —A few days ago, as a crew of Portkuockie fishermen were hauling their lines about eight miles of Scarlet Head, and in forty fathoms Water, their attention was attracted by a terribly intractable °ll , B terner which had got ent an g led in the line at a conside - 4 ° l e distance from the boat. By dint of long and careful exertion they got him almost close up, and near enough to see that he was black, big, and In clined to be very obstreperous. After come hesita tion, they decided on having a nearer inspection of their queer cap t ure , a nd having at la st got himalmost close up to the boat, they were considerably astonished, and not a little startled, to see a large black face, with an expression the reverse of p leasant on its fea tures, rise slowly and deliberately to the surface and stare at them, as if to say, "What the deuce do you Want wi , h me P'' One of the crew, when the creature's Should, rs were rising above the water, drove a boat hook into its breast, but it merely lifted its fore-paws and pushed it contemptuously away, then turning with a few desperate struggles broke lose from the line and Was never more aeon. The beast thus curiously cap • tured was a large seal, which, seeking its breakfast off the lines had got hooked in the jaw. The distance from the land made the capture still more remarkable. One of the fishermen being asked what they would have thought of •heir capture had it been in the night tune, replied, " Ah, sir, if it hadaa been in the daylight we should have thought we had brought up the Evil One him self," —John o'Groat Journal. AILS, )11 17. aa Plata, - ved this specie, al cargo , a to the xda, 25 ; st. She her pas- sent by :housand by the ier Peru, on the ,o to the !hinchns, worts had ks in the auy stir ; ices. satisfae fallen to highest Iparsiso, mcess of egraphic ima, the ith some ssing—it running ;antler. ble. 45 pence •g, 40 to to. ; bar Unto per Congress for many se of the antellan, lin ary for a budget becoming since the ;bout the February a left this ig Salva r for the his corn- nary says between Carrera red inten- ?.n. Gen. lys 6,000 ferent de- Orces will lmost iraa ays—t 4 It epted the D ister, on Minister, EB. 15. Paz, and )een rein- amend of narch to- L o t must ted tetra' ►l, arrived L steamer ds is UD onameneed ng up to il. There sentation• Bth inst., proclarns' et for the ;day. The ilth good/ , businEsS till. The la of im! I in, KO limited. rce. The ; _s u gan 49 bags; molt:loos , 704 brls.; 1), The Bays :"; e partia l e eultica" 3tlandr of cotton lultivatioa many en is nos / abandone d all. I f on, cotton rn StElp lo4 ids of the -le bale of of Arne' ear and I I ufacturer° upon the 101/ d favour' mills wer e Id of th e t h e crop %nes Were rida (late the 240: 1 ' I leavia he gaun t : ed off the tat o leo few dat e Fohn Bo", i cargo 0 ' million ni continue d ?iris scare about t l3° London' . 190 do's . ' 4 ayes 4821 dole. ksent 1 31 ' 311 e Resul t ' 00 ounc es ; 1 of Ja ol h of Jan ir f he 201- I,° le of tl2e oth ;red net' om agar nuary, I rom Intero a LntinoPLe to sw' ra jewelled' Led cott o, 4 thouol3. e mee t n a ?sdayo 9-13 to Turl6ls SHARE MARKETS This Day. Paid. Share] Itailwaye, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOi).. CloEiing Business I Price. done. 116 k 13.14.' Wol., and Str. Val.! 0 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 806t.,S leat.,and st (Bristol and Exeter ICaledonian 5 0 !Core. al_nt Bandon 20 Cot o , A II) DO A `" , 10 Do. — ii epe.pfat.llsl.Si been paid to It.l, 50 IDublin & Belfast June.: 25 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' st ;Edinburgh & Glasgow.: et Glasg. and S. Western.! st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st I Ditto A stczk. st Ditto East Anglian s.t st ! GreatNorthot Scotland st !Great Northern ...... l. st , Do A stock st Do B do st Gt. S. an IV. of Irelanc st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock I st ;Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwal., st ',Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' st Lon., Chat., and Dover . st 'Lon. & North Western st Lon. & South Western it !Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ( 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do # 5hare5........ .. 10 Metropoli tau st Midland Do New ............ st Do Birming. & Derby 50 ;Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 I Do. shares ........ 25 'Mid Kent ............ 10 I Do Cray Line ...... at !North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st !Nth. Eastern--Berwick 25 I Do, G.N.E. purchase st I Do Leeds at I Do York at Do Carlisle ...... •• • • at (North London 10 ; Do New t 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st (Scottish Central st 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock of , I Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 0 ;Shrews. and Welchpool st 'Shropshire Union t South Deyon st 'South Eastern st ,South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 'staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 I Do New, 1860 st''Taff Vale. 10 Do B 10 I Do C 50'Ulster 25 j Do 12.10 Do st '.Vale of Neath st iVictoria sta. and Pini 1 et :Waterford & Kilkenny st 'West Cornwall st jW. Hartlepool Ilar.&R 1 st West Midland -Oxford! et Do Newport', st Do Hereford' BRITISH POSSE fiailways k rlantic lin St Lawrence !tom.,Barodact.Cent lnd Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . • . 20 Do. E. Shares. . 20i Buffalo and Laze Huron 10 Do. Preference .. •• • • Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 00 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1 , -,2 00 Do. do. July 1, 1571 00 Do. do. June 1, Ir;4 st leuttadiz S. Eas t• L. ) 1 st ,:;apeTown & Dock Scrii ;ock Plastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c ock East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext 20 Do. do. H do. ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. Ist ['ref . Bonds 0 0 Do. do. deferred 00 )0. 2d Pref. Bonds 00 Do. do deferred 00 Do. 3d P ef. stock 00 Do. do. deferred .. 00 Do. 4th Pref. s‘o k .00 Do. do. deferred-- ,00k Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o. 20 Do. New gua. 5 1 Do. January, tBo2 .. sk Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares :0; - Do. New ....... 10 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. 10 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... l 0 Indian Branch Limited , Ck Madras guar., 5 p. c. ock Do. 4, p. 0. Extension ock Dc. 4. d0 0 Do. Fifth Extension ►ck Melb.Corp. np. o. Bnds Melb. & Hobson's Bay )0 Do. 7p. c. Rortg. Bds 10 Newßruntswick Cands Class A sni B N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist i bdb ock Scinde •- 5t Do. Delhi ( Do. do 10 Do. Punjaub A Do. Do. I )ek Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1.:01.0NIAL u(IVER? 411 all 100 (100 100 2 15 , 100 M ,ao.t3or. p.c.J a &Jab 1877-St - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock :ape G. Hope, 6 p Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 Do. 189( - .00. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c Matuitius 3 per cent .. Nal al GGv. 6 per cent.. ~N.Ji.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J nly moo. 6p. c.A p. & Oct. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,18 Do. 5 p, c.,1871 to V7l - Do. d0.,1888 &upwcif• !New Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c Aus G6p.c.1878.4t up - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. io 6 p.a. Ao.drOot.. 1064 1074 105 107 105 107 074 984 06 08 109 111 113 115 414 116 412 114 1 110 112 11 111 06 107 100 i 101 100 i 101 100 101 110 112 [O6l 1 0 7 i ;:1 113 la 113 [OB 110 111 k 111.1 -131-I,TTISII SiID ;Cambrian Consol. Gold Ulinord Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. East Bassett (Illogan)• • East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea E. WI Russel (Tavistk , Gam.lzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ; Great South Tolgus Wheal Vor (lielston IGrenville ilerod's-Foot 1 Jingston Downs Lady Bertha ilargaret (ilny Lelant \larke Valley.. 1 , 1 yndy Iron Ore (Lim ' (New Setun • • North Downs .\\- WI Basset (1110 \orth Wheal Crotty i'ar Consols Cq. Illazey, ! vrovidence (Uny South Caradon(St.Cler, 3. Carla Brea (Illogan) ;.-Wheal Fran. , Stray Park 'Tamar Silv.Sz Lead Min. Tin Croft .............. West Basset (Illogan).. W Caradon (Liskear(t West Seto' .. ... . ..... Wheal Basset (Mogan, Wheal Buller( Redrutk , Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott Vt' heal Mary Ann (Men )1 Wheal Seton heal Tretawney (Lis.), Wheal Union 21 23 530 640 81 83 P i 43 0 i 9 44 4i 5 16 1 8 6 6i 7 75 46 5t 48 2i 3 33 ' 81 9 1 1 d, 135 145 24 3} :I 11 4t 4 1 43 41 4 5 42 41 5 90 t)5 37 39 191 201 121 34 33 35 265 27 5 70 75 64 6 7 4 7 s 64 74 IN 16 i 240 260 17 18 5 55 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 68i 7 3.17 PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 201 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 89 West Midland, Oxford, Id guaranteed stock, 119 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, Sic ., 4 ) p er cent., 1861, 4} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Recife and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 21 Great Luxembourg - , 154 San Paulo ;lim.), gua. 7 per cent. 231 1 Turin and Savona, (all), 16 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia 41 4 JOINT-STOCK HANKS. Alliance Bank of London a nd Liverpool (11m.), 232 1 Australasia, 83;4 Bank of Egypt, 271 Bank of Wales, 1 English and Irish (Urn.), 3; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2si London and County, 4lt London and South African, 2ek 7i ottoman Bank, 391 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.), 3} Union of Australia, 624 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 7} East India Irrigation and Canal, I/ Electric 'Telegraph, 100 Joint stock Discount, 21 illadras Irrigation and Canal, 3} Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, new, 45} Van Diemen's Land, 15} A new frigate for the Italian navy, th e R e d'ltalia, has been launched at New York. The following is the text of the resolution adopted at the meeting at Brescia in favour of Poland " From the necessity of our policy, in the name of our rights, in the name of Venice and Rome, this meeting expresses the desire that the nation and the Government shall prepare, by a speedy general armament, for war against all enemies who oppose themselves to our liberty, to our nationality, and to those of other nations." The meeting in que,tion certainly do not. like half measures. TB.F. PROSECUTION OF PROFESSOR JOWETT.— As the time for lodging the appeal of whi,h Mr. Latimer gave notice has now expired, the cause against Professor Jowett rests upon the decision of the Assessor. The Genoa Gazette states that the wall which supports the Belvedere of the Acquasola Promenade at Genoa, suddenly gave way on the I.lth, and that a poor girl that was pass ng by was buried under the ruins and killed on the spot. Thr Italie of Turin announces that the men con demned to death at Palermo for having stilettoed several persons in the streets of that city, were executed on the e 10th. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, IVIARCH 17, 18G3. SYMPATHY WITH POLAND. PUBLIC MEETING IN THE CITY—THIS DAY. A large and influential meeting was held this day at the Guildhall, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Poles in the struggle in which they are now engaged for , the recovery of their nationality. The Marquis Townehend, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Ilchester, Viscount Rayn ham, M.P., Lord Fermoy, M.P., Sir Harry Verney, Bart., M.P., Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., Sir H. Ainslie Hoare, Bart., Hon. George Denman, M.P., Col. Pinney, M.P., Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P., John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., and W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., were amongst those who had promised to attend, and the following is a copy of the resolutions submitted to the meeting : " 1. That the Poles, after having long exhibited, under circumsta ces of the most cruel provocation, a calm and dignified demeanour in the firm but peaceable vindication i of their rights, which entitled them to the respect and ad miration of all civilized nations, have been forced into their present insurrection by acts of continued and intolerable insult and oppression on the part of Russia, and by the ab solute necessity of taking up arms in self-defence, and to preserve their national existence from being exterminated, and their lives from being barbal ously sacrificed in the com pulsory service of their oppressor." "2. that the powers of Europe asembled at Vienna in 1815, when, yielding to the political necessities of the time, they felt themselves compelled to give a reluctant sanction to the partition of Poland, affixed to that sanction the strongest stipulations which they could devise for securing to every part of Poland thus partitioned the blessings of just and free Government, and most especially the preser vation of its national character as part of the great Polish nation." " 3 That the experience of nearly fifty years has proved incontestably that the Russian Government either cannot, or will not, observe those stipulations on which alone rests its title to any share in partitioned Poland." "4. That Russia, by the violation of her engagements to Europe on behalf of Poland, and by the system of confis cation, exile. and massacre, which she has substituted in their place, has forfeited all right to the possession of Poland ; and by the condition of normal discontent which she has thus created in the breast of an oppressed and gallant people, exposes the peace of Europe to a constant danger, which it is the interest of all to avert." "5. That this meeting would, therefore, call upon the British Government, with such concurrence from other Powers as can be obtained, to make a solemn declaration of the withdrawal of their sanction to the dominion by Russia over any part of Poland." " 6. That the deep interest which is taken by the people of England in the righteous and heroic struggle in which the Polish nation is now engaged, for the recovery of its independence, imposes on this meeting the dui y of giving the best effect they can to the preceding resolutions, and with this view, that a petition embodying such resolutions be presented to the two Houses of Parliament." POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, WILPUL DAMAGE. —Mary Hunt, a charwoman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the window of the shop of Mr. Samuel Pratt, dealer in curiosities, 47, New Bond-street. Mr. Rowley Pratt said that on the previous afternoon the prisoner entered the shop and asked for a penny to get a glass of whisky. He told her that he should certainly not give her a penny for such a purpose, when she went outside and deliberately kicked a pane of glass with her heel, smashing the pane, of the value of M. He then gave her into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, witness said the prisoner was a stranger to him, and that she nearly upset and destroyed some valuable property while in the shop, she evidently being under the influence of drink. _ 'Tyler, 164 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and that she was drunk, Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should send the prisoner for two months. It was the only way to check such offences. PICKPOCKETS AT TILE ILLUMINATIONS.—David Hearn, George Hams, and George Clark, charged with attempting to pick pockets at the illuminations on the night of Tuesday last, were brought up and committed, Hearn for three months, and the others for six weeks each, with hard labour. The United States Senate Resolutions on the Mediation Question, The following are the proposed concurrent reso lutions reported by Senator Sumner, from the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to the resolution of the Senate, the correspondence on the subject of media tion, arbitration, or other measures looking to the termination of the present rebellion : " Whereas it appears from the diplomatic correspondence submitted to Congress that a proposition, friendly in form, looking to the pacification through foreign mediation, has been made to the United States by the Emperor of the French, and promptly declined by the President ; and whereas the idea of mediation or intervention in some shape may be regarded by foreign Governments as practicable, and such Governments, throughthis misunderstanding, may be led to proceedings tending to embarrass the friendly rela tions which exist between them and the United States , and whereas, in order to remove for the future all chance of mis- understar ding on this subject, and to secure for the United States the full enjoyment of that freedom from foreign intervention which is one of the high-st rights of indepen dent States, it seems fit that Congress should declare its convictions thereon ; therefore. " Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring)— That while in times past the United States have sought and accepted the friendly mediation or arbitration of foreign Powers for the pacific adjustment of international que tions, where the United States were the party of the first part, and some other sovereign Power the party of the second part ; and while they are not disposed to misconstrue the natural and humane desire of foreign Powers to aid in arresting domes tic troubles, which, widening in their influence, have afflicted other countries, especially in view of the circumstance — deeply regretted by the American people—that the blow aimed by the rebellion at the national life has fallen heavily upon the labouring population of Europe; yet, notwith standing these things, Congress cannot hesitate to regard every proposition of foreign interference in the present con test as so far unreasonable and inadmissible that its only explanation will be found in a misunderstanding of the true state of the question, and of the real character of the war in which the Republic is engaged. " Resolved,—That the United States are now grappling with an unprovoked and wicked rebellion, which is seeking the destruction of the Republic that it may build a new power, whose eorner-stone, according to the confession of its chief, shall be slavery ; that for the suppression of this re bellion, and thus to save the Republic, and to prevent the establishment of such a power, the national Government is now employing armies and fleets, in full faith that through these efforts all the purposes of conspirators and rebels will be crushed ; that while engaged in this struggle, on which so much depends, any proposition from a foreign Power, whatever form it may take, having for its effect the arrest of these efforts, is just in proportion to its influence, an encouragement to the rebellion and to its declared prin ciples, and on this account is calculated to prolong and em bitter the conflict, to cause increased expenditure of blood and treasure, and to postpone the much-desired day of peace; that with these convictions, and not eoubting that every such proposition, although made with good intent, i■ injurious to the national interests, Congress will be obliged to look upon any further attempts in the same direction as an unfriendly act, which it earnestly deprecates to the end that nothing may occur abroad to strengthen the rebellion, or to weaken those relations of goodwill with foreign Powers which the United States are happy to cultivatel " Resolved,—That the rebellion, from its beginning, and far back even in the conspiracy which preceded the out break, was encouraged by the hope of support from foreign Powers ; that its chiefs frequently 'roasted that the people of Europe were so far dependent upon the regular supplies of the great Southern staple that sooner or later their Go vernments would be constrained to take side with the rebel lion in some effective form, even to the extent of forcible intervention if the milder form did not prevail ; that the re bellion is now sustained by this hope, which every proposi tion of foreign interference quickens anew, and that with out this life-giving support it must soon yield to the great and paternal authority of the national Government ; that considering these things, which are aggravated by the motive of the resistance thus encouraged, the United States regret that foreign Powers have not frankly told the chiefs of the rebellion that the work in which they are engaged is hopeless, and that a new Government, such as they seek to found, with slavery at its corner-stone, and with no other declared object of separate existence, is so far shocking to civilisation and the moral sense of mankind, that it must not expect welcome or recognition in the commonwealth of nations. "Resolved,—That the United States—confident in the justice of their cause, which is the cause also of good go vernment and of human rights everywhere among men anxious for the speedy restoration of a peace which shall secure tranquillity at home and remove all occasion for com• plaint abroad, and awaiting with well- assured trust the final suppression of the rebellion, through which all these things, rescued from present danger, will be secured for ever, and the Republic, one and indivisible, triumph over its enemies, will continue to stand an example to mankmd—nereby an nounce as their unalterable purpose that the war will be vigorously prosecuted according to the humane principles of Christian States, until the rebellion shall be suppressed; they reverentially invoke upon the cause the blessings of Almighty God. Resolved,—That the President be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions, through the Secretery of State, to the Ministers of the United States in foreign countries, that the declaration and protest herein set forth may be communicated by them to the Governments to which they are accredited." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 16. - - STOPPAGE FROM THE PAY OF CAVALRY AND HORSE ARTILLERY OFFICERS FOR FORAGE. Order for committee read. Motion made and question pro posed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words, " this house will, to-morrow, resolve itself into a commit tee to consider of an humble address to be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that the stoppage from the pay of cavalry and horse artillery officers for forage be discon tinued," instead thereof. Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 107 ; Noes, 75. AYES-107. Acton, Sir J. Gilpin, C. Pad More, R. Adeane, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Paget, C. Atherton, Sir W. Goldsmid, Sir F. I'aget, Lord A. Ayrton, A. S. Gower, F. L. Paget, Lord C. E. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gowen, G. W. L. Palmer, Sir R. Beale, Samuel Greenall, G. Palmerston, Visct. Beaumont, W. B. Greenwood, J. Pease, H. Bellew, R. M. Gregory, W. H. Peel, Sir R. Berkeley, C. Gregson, S. ' Peel, F. Blencowe, J. G. Grenfell, 11. R. Fender, J. Bruce, H. A. Grey, Rt. lin. Sir G. l'eto, Sir M. Buchanan, W. Gurdon, B. Pollard Urquhart \V Bury, Viscount Hankey, Thomson Ponsonby, A. Butt, Isaac Ileadlam, Thus. E. Powell, F. S. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Henley, Lord Pritchard, John Carnegie,Hn. C. II ibbert, J. Pugh, D. Cecil, Lord R. Hodgkinson, G. Puller, C. W. Childers, H. C. E. Butt, W. Robertson, H. Clay, James Ingham, R. Russell, Hastings Clifford, C. C. Johnstone, Sir J. t!cott, Sir W. Clifton, Sir R. King,lake, A. W. Seymour, A Cobbett, J. H. Kinnaird, lion. A. Shelley, Sir J. V. Coke, Col. Knatchbull-Hugess Sidney, Thomas Cowper, Hon. W.F. Layard, A. H. Steel, John Cox, W. Lawson, W. Talbot, C. R. M. Crawford, R, W. Leatham, E. Thompson, H. S. Dalglish, Robert Lewis, Sir G. C. Western, S. Dering, Sir E. Lewis, Harvey White, Jas. Ewart, William Lindsay, W. S. White, L. Ewart, J. C. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Williams, W. Ewing, H. E. C. Mackinnon,W. A. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Finlay, A. S. Martin, J. Wood, W. Forde, Col. Morris, D. Woods, Henry Forster, W. E. North, F. Fortescue, Hon. F. Northcote, Sir S. H. TELLERS. Fortescue, C. S, O'Conor Don, The Brand, H. B. Gibson, T. M. Ogilvy, Sir J. Dunbar, Sir Wm. NOES —76. Addington, Hon.W. Graham, Lord Wm. Newdegate, C. Agnew, Sir A. Gray, Capt. Pakington, Sir J. S. Anson, Major Griffith, C. D. Peel, Gen. Baring, H. B. llaliburton, Justice Powys, L. P. Beecroft, G. S. ' Hardy, Gathorne Redmond, J. E. Bentinck, G. C. Hardy, J. Ridley, Sir M. W. Berkeley, H. Hay, Sir J Rowley, Hon. R. T. Blackburn, P. Hennessy, J. P. Scott, Lord H. Bramley-Moore, J. Hotham, Gen. Lord Selwyn, C. J. Bramston, T. W. Jermyn, Earl Somes, Joseph Bridges, Sir B. Jervis, Captain Stacpoole, W. Bruce, Sir H. Ker, D. S. Stanhope, J. B. Burrell, Sir P. King, J. K. Stuart, Co! W. Cartwright, Col. Laird, J. Taylor, Colonel Cave, S. Leader, N. Torrens, R. Chapman, J. Lennox, Lord G. G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Cole, Hon. H. Lever, John 0. Turner, C. Collins, T. Lindsay, General Vance, John Dickson, Col. Longfield, Robert Vandeleur, Col. Dunne, Col. Laraine, Lord Whiteside, J. Egerton, A. F. Lyall, G. Wyndham, Hon. P. Fane, Col. Lygon, Hon. F. Wynn, C. Farquhar, Sir M. MacEvoy, E. Fellowes, Edward Mackie, J. T}fLLERS. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mainwaring, T. Bar ttelot, Col. Gard, R. S. Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord North, Col. SHIPPING—This Day. M arc h 17.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, March 16.—Wind N.—Arrived—Volun teer, from Middlesboro' for Vera Cruz, with damage to stem and bow. CARDIFF, March 15.--Wind S.—Sailed—Caul, for St. Thomas. Opp QUEENSTONVN March 14.—Arrived—Green Jackel from Callao. PORTSMOUTH, March 15.—Wind N. to N.N.E.— Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Osborne, from Antwerp ; her Majesty's ship Geyser, from Clyde. Sailed—Amarinda, for Bahia. OFF PORTSMOUTH, March M.—Arrived—City of Tan. jore, from London for Calcutta. DARTMOUTH, March 16.—Wind E.—Arrived—Equity, from London for Demerara. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 16—Henrietta, from Frederickstadt; Calif, from Copenhagen ; Chrysies, frum Shanghae ; Die Range Johanna, from Galle ; Jessie, from St. Kitts ; Nord Lyset, from Sundswall ; Ceres, from Aroback ; Westbury, from Launceston ; Pride, from Floris ; Sarpin, from Sarps burg ; Princess Victoria, from Dantsic ; Linni, from Dram; Jason, from Kragene. Arrived, March 17—Hoidsteen, from Sannesund ; John Elden, from Helsingborg ; Oliva, from Christiania ; Aurora, from Stromstadt ; Susanna, from Cronstadt ; Albertini, from Hudewalla ; Sultan, from Frederickstadt. Sailed—Daylight, for Shanghae ; Margaret Allen, for Leghorn. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Paessd—Venus, from London, for Lisbon; Vice Ton, from Shields, for Constantinople ; Messenger, from Sunder land, for Genoa ; Sebastian, for London (in tow). RACING FIXTU APR Newmarket Craven 6 Durham Knighton Llanboidy C a tterick Bridge.. 8 A b ergaven ny .... 9 MA Chester Bath ........ Marlborough l4 Harpenden l5 Jvr Ascot 2 1 Newton 10 Hampton —lo Odiham 16 Beverley. 17 Ju Worcester Newmarket July 7 Liverpool... 13 Abingion 14 Hungerford l6 Au Brightcn Brighton Club 6 7 Lewes 12 Read' ~eading York August l3 Devon and Exeter D e rby Summer Leicester lO Doncaster 15 Newmarket S. 0 12 Lincoln Autumn 20 Worcester 3 I IRI Athlone THE FRENCH MARKETS. The tendency to a rise which was remarked in the French corn-markets last week has not been main tained. Still, however, no great reaction has en- sued. Sellers and buyers are observing each other, and waiting for some event which may influence the market. The weather continues favourable to the growing crops. Wheat is not liable to danger pre vious to the blossoming. There was not much business transacted in the Paris corn-market last week, in consequence of the non-attendance of either farmers or millers. Choice samples of white wheat are quoted at from 34f. to 35f. the sack of 120 kilo grammes; first quality, 33f. to 331. 50c.; good, 32f. to 32t. 50c. ; inferior, 30f. 50c. to 31f. Merchants' wheat was scarce ; that which arrived from Chartres was of inferior quality, and is quoted at 32f. Mer chants from Montereau refused to sell at less than 341., and no buyers were to be found at that rate. The price of rye has not varied ; barley is more offered than sought for ; oats were less plentiful. The price of bakers' flour is firm, but sales are diffi cult. Choice samples are quoted at 62f. ; good marks, 60f. to 61f, the sack of 150 kilogrammes. The market for flour of the six marks was quiet at the begin ning of the week,but some large sales were effected at the end at 62f.the sack for delivery in April, and 621. 50c. for May and June. The official quota tions on Saturday evening are 611. 50c. for the pre sent month ; 611. 75c. for April ; 62f. 50c. May and June. The factors declarea on Saturday 155 sacks of flour, of which 72 of first quality sold for delivery within 30 days at from 55f. to 601. The Marseilles corn market is quiet. The sales are confined to the requirements of the local bakers, there being no U mand from the interior of France. Ships laden with corn arrive regularly from various quarters, and their cargoes are gradually disposed of. The Havre corn market remains dull, the supplies from the Pays de Caux being greater than the demand. The Bordeaux market is well supplied with wheat from Brittany, La Vendee, and Poitou by railway. Good wheat grown in the Gironde is worth 23f. the 80 kilogrammes, and other growths 221. to 22f. 75c. Wheat is quoted at Nantes at from 20f. to 21f. 25c. the 80 kilogrammes, and good flour at from 571. to 611. the sack of 157 kilogrammes, but there is scarcely any business doing. At Rouen good wheat is still quoted at from 25f. 75c. to 281. the 100 kilogrammes ; flour, 56f. to 60f. the sack. Wheat is worth from 18f. to 211. the hectolitre at Lille, and flour 37f. to 38f. the 100 kilogrammes, being a slight decline as com• pared with the preceding week. Farmers in the neighbourhood of Strasbourg complain that they cannot obtain more than from 28f. to 29f. the 100 kilogrammes for their wheat, and 37f. 50c. to 38f. 50c. the 100 kilogrammes for their flour. Accounts received from the German corn-markets state that the price of wheat has experienced a farther fall within the last eight days, and that the sale has become exceedingly difficult. The cause is said to be that the heaviest payments for corn pur chased are made in March. Speculators purchased large quantities of wheat during the last autumn and since the commencement of winter, which is to be delivered during the month of March. Now purchasers, not having found an °pi ortunity of dis posing of their corn at a profit, are forced to sell it at any price in order to meet their payments. Wheat is more offered in the market than rye, par ticularly in the north of Germany. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 58 to £4 4s Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. Trade slow—supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Mewtow hay, £2 5s to £4 48 ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 18s per toad. A slow demand. ' HITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £4 4s ; clove' do. £3 10s to £6 15s; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. Tradb inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—The operations have been very limited, business having been deferred until the public sales, which com mence this day. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, without, however, any material variation in prices. In the refined market a moderate amount of business has been recorded, al fully prev i o us quotations. I CorrEE.—For the better qualities of colonial there has been a more active inquiry, and full rates are current. Other descriptions have remained without chip ge of im portance. RICE.— Only a limited business has been done, at about previous rates. SALTPETRE. — The few bargains entered into have been at about previous quotations. TALLOW,—The market has been more active, and prices have shown symptoms of improvement, for both present and forward delivery, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 44s 3d ; and for last three months delivery, 46s 9d to 47s per cwt, THE FRENCH POST- OFFlCE.—According to official returns published by the Postmaster-General, the number of letters transmitted through the Home-office has increased considerably since the year 1847. In that year the letters amounted to 126,000,000. In 1848 they fell off to 122,000,000. In 1854, the first year of the postal reform, they increased to 212,000,000. In 1856, 1857, and 1858 they remained stationary at between 2.52,000,000 and 253,000,000. In 1800 they rose to 263,500,000, and in 1861 to 273,200,000. In 1862 they declined to 262,000,000. The transmission of newspapers and books through the Post office has increased in a remarkable manner. They amounted to 90,000,000 in 1847, and increased to 123,000,006 in 1856, to nearly 189,000,000 in 1861, and to 173,000,000 for the first 11 months of 1862. The registered letters like- I wise are gradually increasing. They amounted to 630,000 in 1860, covering a sum of 427,000,000 1 , to 815,000 in 1861, enclosing 521,000,000 f; and to 974,000 in 1862, covering 589,000,0001. Of this large number of registered letters transmitted through the Post-office in 1862 nine only failed to reach their destination. The number of postage stamps likewise have greatly increased since their introduction into general use. The sale of postage stamps of the value of 20c each, which in 1855 produced only 148,000,000 f, rose in 1860 to 253,000,0001, and in 1862 to 359,000,000. The num ber of letters refused in 1862, either in consequence of an erroneous address or because the address was illegible, amounted to 2,449,498, of which 635,287 reached their de tination after a second inquiry. IMPORTANT FRENCH DESPATCH. The following circular of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to French diplomatic agents is the latest state paper laid upon the table of the French Senate : Paris, March 1, 1863. When the present troubles broke out in Poland they had merely the character of an act of resistance to a measure of internal administration adopted under abnormal conditions. The uneasy state in which the country bad long been no doubt aug mented the gravity of the crisis. It was, neverthe less, purely local before the signature of the con vention between Prussia and Russia. But when it became the object of an international act, the question changed its nature, and the cabinets were called upon to appreciate these arrangements. We were speedily made aware of the views of the British Cabinet by the speeches of the Queen's Ministers in Parliament, and a com munication from the Court of Austria, regarding her attitude in Gallicia, led us to think that the sentiments of that Power were not widely different from our own. It appeared to us, however, that an understanding was desirable before taking any offi cial step in regard to the Prussian Government. We were persuaded that observations which the three cabinets might agree in thinking it right and useful to make separately at Berlin, would be more right and more useful still if made simul taneously in similar terms ; that an opinion pre sented in that form would be of more authority, and that, moreover, the very necessity of giving a common expressior, to the ideas of the three parties would be a guarantee for moderation and im partiality. The Government of her Britannic Ma jesty has , not adhered to the step which we were disposed to take. Austria,on her part,while adopting 1 our view, has not thought herself justified in offici- ally blaming a convention with which she had from the first declined solidarity. In this state of things the Government of the Emperor kas no further re sult to give to the proposition which supposes an agreement. However, we have reasons to hope that the effect produced by the signing of the con ♦ention of st. Petersburg w il l net be entirely lost, and that the two contracti ng Courts will duly appreciate the unanimity of the observations which these arrangements have occasioned. For our part we shall continue to follow these events with the degree of interest which they are calculated to inspire. Our duties in this respect concur with those of the other great powers placed in the same position as ourselves. The efforts which we have made to subordinate any proceedings of the cabinets to previous concert, testifies moreover to the senti ments which we feel in an affair which involves on our part neither private policy nor isolated action.. (Signed) DRottyN DE LIIUYS. BIRDS AS DESTROYERS or INSECTS.—A distin guished naturalist, M. Florent Prevost, conceived the idea that it would be a matter of great interest to collect, at different periods of the year, the stomach of every descrip tion of bird he was enabled to procure, to examine and pre serve its contents The collection, commenced thirty-five years since, has now reached a considerable f , ize. The stomachs, opened and dried, together with their contents, are fixed on cardboard, upon which are inscribed, besides the named the species of the bird, the indication of the locality and the date of its death, together with the names of the animals or plants which have been recognised as forming part of the contents of its stomach. It results from these researches that birds are in general far more useful than hurtful to the agriculturist, and that the mischief done at certain periods by the granivorous species is largely com pensated by the consumption of ins ec t s they effect at othe r periods.—. Medical Tom. 8 84 7 6 86 88 116 117 6 7} 40 $2 13 14 84 84 160 111 49} 564 46 48 241 251 121 123 10 122 131 136 101 iO3 6cl (6t ,081 1691 7,J 74 114 116 39 41 98 9 9 10 A 1011 45 46 DI 14 124 1241 11 1k;) 93 95 9 2 . : 8 4 6 92-26 s 551 56% E 13.1 87} 114 116 1 14 16 Its 11t 111 121 123 42 44 100 102 50 51 32 34 92} 921 68 69 7 8 37 38 9 10 f , 74 8 p 149 151 4.4 5 a 31 p 80 84 150 160 28 SO 4th 42i 35 37 98 100 ,SIONS. 115 141 98a 101 451 124 3i 98 d 861 71 92} If f Business duni, 1091 1061 1 103 13 1 ! 21 102 104 12; J 1 it 7i 100 102 93 15 103 i lot 96 98 93 15 49 51 3 6 81 43 106 14,7 104 105 iP IP 103 k 1044 98 100 T SEC 1J ItlTl 1071 1001 1111 I i 43i 4 91 100 100 100 100 100 ss. 1.14, A.C.O 7.19.0 571 17s 16 4. 7.01 2.0.6 04- 4. g. 0 161 si ?.17.( 2.4.9 lb 5.15.0 IS.I 28.9. RES FOR 1863. Liverpool Hunt Club 10 Thirsk l4 Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F. S ..20 York Spring ...2 8 Salisbury Epsom l9 Radcliffe 25 M anchester 27 Bibury Club l7 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle LY. _ 1., Pontefract Nottingham Winchester Southampton. Gocdwood UST. Egham Stockton Oxford Lichfield SEPTEI OCT , Nov. MBER. ,25 25 ,27 .30 Brecon Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 ,BEIt. Newmarket Houghton ..26 IMBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn LS H. 21 SEA FISHERIES.—The inspectors of salmon fish eries have had their attention called, on very many parts of the coast of England, to the decreasing value of the sea fisheries. Complaints have been made to them that the inshore banks, which a few years since supplied food and employment for the population of the neighbouring country, are now fished out, and there is some danger that the deep sea banks will also fail, unless such regulations are *Auc tioned by the Legislature as will prevent excessive and wasteful fishing. In some respects the habits of sea fish and of salmon are the same ; the parent fish of both resort to shallower water than usual for the purpose of spawning, a nd the fry gener all y frequent the shallows and the shores. They are most exposed to capture when of least value as food,and of most valu.s tor reproduction. At Topsam, near Exeter, the inspectors heard that hundredes of waggonl noathe ds of small az,b, soles, cod, whiting, and turbot, are taken i year,and bushels and bushels are thrown away with the weed from the nets to die. At Seaton,on th e Devonshire coast,they saw the mackerel nets draw to shore thousands of the try of all sorts of sea fish ; the larger proportion were so small that they were l e ft on th e beach. The p ults in the Bristol Channel aro very injurious to the sea fi-heries, and the s o h n ri t ro h p e s L m an ig c h a t sh b i e re ta a k n e d n o b t y he o r th p c o r tmeans.portions h sof B r idgewater Bay fisheries are s a id t o b e near l y d es troyed by th e hose nets. fisheries turbots, ‘rh eL fl a u ar e k h e ao s lr , seo a ncdhprl Chronicle suffering, n ic t e esansthe coast the fry are also much kill e d ; th e i n j ur y inflicted by the shrim p fishermen of Poult on by d es t roy i ng the small fry of soles, the supply diminishes. publishes the to loisdbheee demand nad terrible. li isstoTfh ueli th oyster increasingase Roman Catholic priests who act as military chap lains in India, from which it appears that at least 80 per cent. are foreigners, chiefly French and Italian. Each of these foreign priests receives Its. 40 0 per month from the Indian Government. The Irish priests aro employed chiefly as teachers and. missionaries in Bengal and Bombay. THPERIAL PARLIAMENT • He understood that all the correspon dence had been p ro- Iduced. lir. D. GRIFFITH inquired if the application for !he police had, in the first instance, been made to the noble vi;;;9unt the First Lord of the Treasury? Sir G. GREY replied that the application was made to him, and that he acted in the matter entirely on his own responsibility. HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening._ The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at tho usual hour. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES ACT. The LORI) CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to amend the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill, passed last session. The bill was read a first time. LOANS IN IRELAND. The Earl of LEITRIM presented a petition from a place in Ireland, complaining of the sudden manner in which the commissioners of the Loan Fund had suddenly sought to recover from the pocr inhabitants the sum of £4,000 or £5,000. He condemned the conduct of the commissioners in very strong terms. Earl GRANVILLE thought it extremely irregular for the noble lord to make charges against absent persons with out giving the slightest notice of his intention of doing so. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Edinburgh Water and Great Grimsby Water Bills were read a third time and passed. UNION RELIEF AID ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. Earl GRAN VILLE move:: the second reading of this bill. lie said the necessity, he regretted to say, still existed, but the occasion for it would have been much more urgent had it not been for the noble effort that had been made by private individuals to alleviate the distress which unfortunately existed in Lancashire. He hoped their lordships would cheerfully give their consent to the second reading of the bill, and thus show their appreciation of the admirable manner in which the calamity had been borne by the people of Lan cashire. The bill was read a second time. GREECE. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, it wag ordered that this evening the orde rs of the day be postponed till after the notice of motion relating to Greece. Mr. E. COCHRANE rose to move for an address for further correspondence rola+ hag to the affairs of Greece. He said that the Greeks hal b ee n much disappointed in not having for their king either the Dake of Saxe Coburg er Prince Alfred. It was exceedingly important . - even upon financial grounds that the closest re lations should subsist between this countr y and Greece. The unguaranteed debt owing to this county amounted to £7,000,000, and the gueranteed debt now amounted to £2.,000,000, and the accumulated interest on both had reached th ) enormous sum of £990,000. (Hear.) The Greek people were unanimous in their desire to get Prince Alfred for thenr sovereign. Several votes had been given for others bat he c 'uid not but regret that the right hon. gentleman opp site (the Chancellor of the Exche quer) was not hi f a candidate (lane- h ter) for he was a great favourite with the Greek peopl2, end woulct hav ) an ample opportunity there of exercising hit financial abilities fur the welfare of the people. (Renewed laughter.) The Greek people, in +heir extremity, had thrown them selves entirely on Englnd, to the exclusion of the two other great powers. (Hear, hear.) It was well, therefore, at this juncture to inquire how the Government had dis charged the obligations cast upon them ; whether they had shown that consideration for Greece that 'the people of that country had a right to expect. In his opinion the conduct of the Government had neither been just nor very generous, and tho result had been that Greece had greatly suffered from the policy that the Government had pursued towards it. (Hear, hear.). He stigmatised the conduct of Earl Russell as offensive and erroneous. Ike the noble viscount (Lord Palmerston) held the seals of the Foreign-office, he was satisfied, from the course he had invariably pursued in that house that a very different course would have been adopted. It was on the 22d of October, last year, that the revolution took place. Immediately after Earl Russell wrote to Russia and ;France calling attention to the protocol of 1805, excluding any of the scions of the three Royal houses from the throne of Greece. Russia concur red frankly and at once, agreeing with the language of Earl Russell, but France replied with more reserve. Ho had received two letters from persons of very high standing whose names he would have no objection to communicate to the Government privately, though ho could not mention them publicly. The hen. gentleman then read the two let ters, which, though dated Nov. 25 and Jan. 18, he said ho had only received that morning, complaining of the hopes that had been raised by the course pursued by the English Government, and the damage done to the Greeks with other Pow, rs by the delay in declaring its ultimate determination. His next point was, that having done the Greeks an injury, the British Government then proceeded to make them ridi• culous. On the 9th of February the noble viscount at the head of the Government stated in the house that Prince Ferdinand had been sounded as to accepting the throne of Greece, but had decidedly refused ; whereas, on the sth February Mr. Elliot had declared at Athens, in reply to a deputation, that her Majesty's Government, acting in con cert with the Government of France, had agreed to recom mend Prince Ferdinand as a candidate for the Greek throne. [Mr. Layard shook his head.] The hon. gentleman shook his head, but he (Mr. Cochrane) was speaking from docu ments which he believed to be authentic. The hon. gentle man then quoted a city article of the Times, as to the effect produced upon Greek commercial securities by the undecided policy of the Government. That indecision had been quite uncalled for, because there had been a large num ber of candidates in the field, including amongst others the Prince de Joinville, the Due de Leuchten berg, Marshal M‘Mahon, Garibaldi, a Mr. Cecrops, who claimed to be a descendant of the founder of Greece—(a laugh) — and even the ri g ht hon. gentleman opposite himself (Mr. Gladstone), who little knew how popu lar he was in a country where he wou ld have such a grand scope for his great financial abilities. (Laughter.) The most remarkable part of the affair, however, was the scheme of the Government to get rid of all consequences of the con fusion they had caused by a diplomatic coup d'etat. lhat coup d'etat, singularly enough too, had been successful. " Let us propose to give up the lonian Islands," said they, "and then the Greek people will say, ' Oh, me muet not abuse the English Government or we shall not get the lonian Islands.' " (Hear.) After all, were the Greeks not being deceived now ? Was it intended to give them up the lonian Islands at all ? (Hear.) Not long since a public meeting upon the subject had been announced, but the tele gram stated that the Lord High Commissioner had prohi bited the meeting being held under threat of imprisonment. (Hear.) Lord Russell stated several times in his despatches that no encroachment by the Greek nation was to be encou-f raged, but did it not occur to him that when they got the lonian Islands it was most, natural that they should want Albania, Thessoly, and Tangier ? That was not only the view of roan) in this country, but of M. Montalembert and others in the French Chambers. Personally, he (Mr. Cache rane) regretted that Prince Alfred had not been allowed to accept the vacant throne. Having said so much for the past, he now wished to say a word for the future, premising that his sole object was justice and the welfare of the Greek nation. And now he would ask, after having submitted the actual state of things, and the great responsibility which hung over the future of Greece, whether he was not justi fied when he said that the people of Greece had not been treated with justice. Why, the very first act of their poli tical existence was to place the honour and independence of their country under the protection of Great Britain, and the same touching affection for the Sovereign of this country had been evinced in the candidature of Prince Alfred, whom they spoke of as the son of the beloved and w;dowed Queen of England. Well, that feeling having existed, and the people of Greece having asked the English ' Government for assistance, he must say that the - English Government had not acted fairly towards them. (Hear.) It might have been perfectly right to have stood upon the treaty and protocol, but it could not have been right to de ceive the people of Greece for the sake of a diplomatic sue. cess, and to throw them into all the perils of an untried future. It was for that he had brought forward the ques tion, and he asked her Majesty's Government to declare their policy, not only for the future, but their past policy towards Greece. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GREGORY said he sympathised in many of the sentiments and aspirations which hi 3 hon. friend had uttered with respect to the tuture condition of Greece ; but with regard to the aspiration that Prince Alfred should have been permitted to ascend the throne of Greece, he must say, hav ing regard both to the interests of England and Greece, that her Majesty's Government had taken the right course. (Hear, hear.) Independently of those considerations pointed out in Lord Russell's despatch, of the position of Prince Alfred as regarded the throne of Greece, and the jealousy which would arise from his ascending the throne, complica tions of a grave nature might hereafter take place, and it might be turned into a precedent for preparing thrones in the future for Royal, and might be Imperial, princes; and thus a dangerous precedent might have been esta blished. (Hear, hear.) They should also bear in mind that Prince Alfred was young and inexperienced ; and if he went to Greece, he should go alone, or be obliged to re sort to English advisers. If he went alone to Greece he might fall into the hands of parties who would render him unpopular; and, if he went to Greece with English ad visers, differences might arise, and in a moment of popular outbreak Prince Alfred might have lost the throne of Greece, and thereby a great act of humiliation would be in ! fficted upon England, and a feeling adverse to Greece might bo created in this country. He differed from his hon, friend upon another point, namely, that from the beginning her Majesty's Government had not held out any expectations to the people of Greece that Prince Alfred would ascend the throne. The hon. member then referred to the date of the insurrection and the several telegrams and communications which passed between Mr. Scarlett and Lord Russell, and subsequently between Lord Russell and Mr. Elliot ; and contended that the obvious scope and meaning of the whole went to show that Prince Alfred could not accept the throne of Greece. (Hear.) It was true that Lord Russell, bear ing in mind the double dealing policy of Ruesia, did flap his wings and indulged in a crow; but nothing which the noble lord had written could be taken as holding out any expectation that Prince Alfred could accept the throne of Greece. He wanted to ask the U n der -Secretary for Foreign Affairs one or two questions. He wanted to ask him whether, since the English Foreign dffice was placed under the present regime, there was a n y axiom laid down that when any particularly difficult matter was to be conducted, the ordinary diplomatic agents were sot aside, and the management handed over to a gentleman belonging to the family of the Elliots. (A. laugh.) He had a just reason for asking it ; for a peer who bore that ,conduct passing affairs, t had a severe been name had been sent to Italy in IS4B, an d th e y a l so k new that of late, whenltaole; a y been t, hbai ability t ordeal requiring men intended to set aside Sir James Hudson and replace him by a gentleman of the name of Elliot, and as it had been sup posed that Scarlott was unfit to manage the affairs of Greece, a gentleman of the name of Elliot was sent there. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Elliot arrived in Athens on the 23d December, and forthwith he had an into' view with the head of the Provisional Government. Mr. Elliot opened his budget, and said he had the King of Portugal in one hued and th t . lonian Islan sin the other. Pt nuasion Kereett to flow from his lips, and on time 2.1 of January he wrote what he (Mr. Gregory) considered a rather extraca dinary de spatch, in which he seemed to argue that the holding out false expectations had produced a beneficial effect, and that during the last week a change was taking place in favour of Ki n g Ferdinand ; owing, no doubt, to the persuasion of Mr. Elliot., Well, all at once came down upon the people a clap of thunder in the shape of a despatch from Lord Russell to Mr. Elliot, in which the noble lord said he was sorry to state that King Ferdinand on account of his affection for his sons declined to come forward. Ho asked the Govern ment why they did not ascertain the state of the affec tions of the King of Portugal before they made their an nouncement ? (Cheers.) It the Government had done so SALMON EXPORTATION BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of the bill, which he said was a supplement to the act passed last session. By that act exceptions had been made with respect to certain rivers, but those exceptions had been evaded, and fish had been taken therefrom to Holland end other places, and then imported as foreign salmon. The Earl of MALMESBURY said the bill would be come probably useless, without they prohibited the impor tation as well as the exportation of the fish. Lord STANLEY was afraid there was no way of pre venting the fraud complained of by the noble earl. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the onus of proving that the fish sent for sale during the close time had been pro perly caught should be thrown on the vendor. The bill was read a second time. MALT DUTY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. SECOND READING. The South Mayo Railway Bill was read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time :—Berks and Hants Extension Railway—Dungarvon Harbour, Markets, and Improvement—Glasgow Gas—lnverness and Aberdeen Junctioa Railway—Leeda Gas—Mid Wales Rail‘Vay (Capital)—Newtown and Machy nlleth Railway (Capital, &o.)—Vale of Llangollen Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented by Lord HOTHAM and Mr. W. PATTEN, and other hon. members, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. RETURNS. TREASURE TROVE. On the motion of Sir J. C. JERVOISE, a return was ordered of all objects coming under .the denomination o Treasure Trove. SUGAR. On the motion of Mr. CRAW FORD, an address was agreed to for copies of a memorial on the subject of the sugar duties, addressed by the Chambers of Agriculture and Commerce of the Mauritius to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in the month of December, 1862 ; and of the despatch of the Governor of the Colony forwarding the same. NEW WRIT-NORTHERN DIVISION OF LAN. CASHIRE. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the northern division of Lancashire, in the room of the Marquis of Hartingtos, who had accepted the office of one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty. TURKEY—BELGRADE. Mr. GREGORY gave notice that shortly after Easter he should move for copies of all communications received at the Foreign-office in 1862 with respect to the bombard• ment of Belgrade ; also for certain information with respect to financial reform in Turkey ; and that be should call at tention to the condition cf that country. EDUCATION. Mr. WALTER, gave notice that he intended to postpone his motion on this subject to the first day he could secure after the Easter recess. INDIA., Capt. JERVIS asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government had determined to appoint a ruyal commission to inquire whether the guarantee given to the officers of the late East India Company's army by Parlia ment, by Act 21 and 22 Vic., c. 105, and 23 and 24 Vic., c. 100, had or had not been departed from ? Sir C. WOOD replied that her Majesty, on his recom mendation, had directed the appointment of a commission, which would comprise members of both Houses of Parlia ment. Col. SYKES inquired whether the testimony of officers who offered themselves fer examination would be received by the commission ? Sir C. WOOD said that would depend upon the com- mission. Mr. FARQUHAR asked if the commission would be composed of other persons besides members of both houses ,of Parliament ? Sir C. WOOD replied that he had already intimated that the commission would " comprise" members of both houses. Colonel SYKES desired to ask his hon. and gallant friend the member for Harwich, whether, after the state nient of the right hon. baronet the Secretary of State for India, he intended to proceed with his motion? Captain JERVIS said as at present he did not quite understand the exact nature of the commission, he should proceed with his motion to-morrow night. FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. PEACOCK asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would bring in his bill upon the subject of fires in the metropolis before Easter ? Sir G. GREY intimated that last year the Fire Insurance Companies expressed a desire to be relieved of the expense of maintaining the London Fire Brigade, and he believed the document in which that determination was conveyed had been laid on the able of the house. He had been in communication with the fire offices, and hoped to be able to make an arrangement with those bodies satisfactory to them and the public. It was not improbable that he should be able to introduce a bill on the subject before Easter. CAST•IRON GUNS. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for War, which of the several plans proposed for rifling the existing cast-iron service guns had been reported by the Ordnance Select Committee to be the best : whether the Government intended to introduce the improvement into the service without delay; and whether the report of the Ordnance Select Committee on this subject will be published ? Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that he would be happy to produce the reports whenever his hon. friend thought proper to move for them. At present the Government is not dis posed to give effect to the report of the committee. If, however, it was intended to use such guns, those of the gentleman reported in favour of would be used. TOBACCO. In reply to Mr. CRAWFORD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was happy to, be afforded an opportunity of allaying the apprehension which prevailed in the trade on the sub ject of the new rates on tobacco. There was no intention to apply to tobacco a rule analogous to that used with respect to wine three years ago. Such a plan would be utterly impracticable, and the Government would be as much opposed to it as the trade possibly could be. The rule he had laid down was to meet special cases, in order to counteract special processes adopted to produce an artificial dryness. It was necessary, too, to guard against the possibility of a contraband trade in the Chan t nel Islands. ENDOWED SCHOOLS (IRISH CHURCH). In reply to Mr. WALroLE, Mr. DILLWYN said he p ur p osed deferring his motion with respect to endowed schools to the end of April or the beginning of May. That with respect to the Irish Church he should postpone until the 2d Tuesday after Easter. LONDON COAL AND WINE CONTINUANCE DUTIES BILL. In reply to Mr. Chnwronn, Mr. COW PER said it would not bo possible fur him to bring on this bill this evening. DETECTIVE POLICE IN POLAND. Mr. lIENNESSY desired to ask the question of the right hem. baronet the :-.ceretary of State for the Home De paituteut, of which he had privately given him notice, namely, NI bather the two detectives had not sent Sir R. Mayne a letter not comprised in the papers published, and whether he had sent a reply ; that letter, he believed, sought for further leave of absence; also the exact date the police went to Warsaw, and when the Russian authorities said they no longer needed their se.vices, and when they returned home; also the name of the gentleman referred to in the correspondence but not mentioned. Sir G. GREY replied that he was not aware of the name of the gentleman adverted to; indeed he had no know ledge of him whatever. The police were not both detec tives, as one of them was a superintendent of the A divi sion. He believed they left England on the 6th of August, and returned in the first week in October; but they would have retained sooner save for the illness of one of them. 106 100 100 100 100 , 100 100 ll 100 121/ 661 * 108:1