The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-30 00:00:00

DrONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England to day. The prospectus has just appeared of a new mone tary institution, which though novel as a joint stock undertaking in this country, one similar to it has nevertheless been established many years in France, and proved no less useful to that portion of the commercial public it was formed to serve than re munerative to its large body of proprietors. The name of the new institution is the "London Financial Association," and its object is the negotiation of debentures and bonds, making advances on railway and other securities, on mort gage or title dek s, and on large public works in progress of conscructien. The directors will also undertake money agencies, receive deposit loans, and transact all descriptions of financial business on commission. No promotion money will be paid, the preliminary expenses are to be confined within proper proportions, and the remuneration of directors will commence only after the payment of a mini mum dividend of 5 per cent. to the shareholders, while a sum equal to one-fifth only of the surplus shall be set aside for the services of the board. The capital of the company is in the first instance limited to £1,C00,000 in shares of £5O each. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : North-Western £90937 £86,456 South-Weste rn Brighton 19,852 Midland 41203 37,410 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,080 31,937 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and 15,614 14,231 Scottish North Eastern Edinburgh and Glasgow Grand Trunk of Canada 16,433 17,469 Great Western of Canada There returns, with one or two exceptions, are of a Very favourable character. On the North-Western there is an increase of £4,481 ; on the South- Western, of £1,802; on the Midland, of £3.793; on the Great Northern, of £9. - .43; on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire, of £ 1 41; on the Non h- Eastern, of .£5,829 ; and on the Great Western of Canada, of £2,945 ; the Lot don and Brighton shows Et decrease of £5 072; the South-Eastern, of £1,663; and the Grand Trunk of Canada, of £1,036. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris to-day, according to M. . Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 42c.—rather firm. REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE. A further reduction in the minimum rate of dis count has been announced to-day, and the measure has been productive of some surprise, although it was evident that the tendency of affairs was strongly in the direction of increased ease. The directors, after a brief deliberation, announced that the quo tation had been lowered from 31 to 3 per cent., and bills are now negotiable in other quarters at 26 per cent. The movement adopted a week ago seems to have utterly failed in assisting the directors to obtain a larger share of the bills brought for ward, and as their discount operations had continued to fall off, and their resources have increased, they hava taken another step in order the better to compete with the joint-stock and private establishments. Owing, however, to the abundance of money, and the moderate demands for commercial purposes, it is even now by no means certain that the authorities will experience much accession of business by their new regulations. The rate of interest on deposit accounts has been reduced to 2 per cent. at the joint-stock banks; the discount houses now offer 2 per cent. for money at call, and 21 per cent. at seven days' notice. Further indications of buoyancy have prevailed to-day in the English Funds, the decline in the rate of discount and continued purchases having led to an additional rise of 1 per cent.; Console are 938 a for money and account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities have risen to 918'— ` ; and Exchequer Bills to ss. and Bs. prem. ; India Stock have been quiet and steady; the 5 per Cents have beendealt in at 1091 the do. Enfaced at Mi. Continued animation and buoyancy prevail in the Foreign Market, Mexican have risen to 351 f ;Spanish Passive to 341 35; and the Certificates to 111 a ; Italian to 711, ; Egyptian to 981 1 ; New Grenada to 151 1; Peruvian to 886 89 ; Portuguese have advanced to 481; Greek are firm at 291 g ; ditto Coupons at 14 1 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 1; ditto Consolides, 488 49j.; and the Confe derate Loan, lf 21 prem. The :gents for the con tractors have given notice that as the Stook Ex change will be closed to-morrow, the instalment of 10 per cent. then due may be paid on S iturday. In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount of business has been trane , acted, and a further slight advance has taken place in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Western, Brighton, South Western, Midlands, and South Easterns have improved 55., Great Easterns, North Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick) 108. Bristol and Exeter have receded 10s., and Great Noe thorn (A Stock) 15s. The Foreign and Colonial Market undertakings have remained without material alteration. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have generally been at enhanced values. Imperial Otto man Bark have improved to 21/ 221; London and South African to 271 274; Oriental Bank to 546; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam remain steady at 77. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 931 3 1 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock t Ditto 5 per Cent. ........ lO9l i Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. .. _.. .... Consols for Account, May 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 8 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS— . s pm ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent ....... 101 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ..... 94 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 941 'hilian 6 per Cent. lO2 Egyptian 7 pei Cent 9B 1 i Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup•ms.„ . Ditto A ccount . Ditto Coupons Italian 6 per Cent. (Mare mmana R a il way ) 761 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3 ,51 4i 5a New Granada Ditto Deferred 8! a Ditto Land W arrants ( H ectares) p.:rn vi an 41 per cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 p er C ent ., 1863 Ditto 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. ... Ditto Account .... 87 Spanish 3 per Cent .......... Ditto Account Ditto Passive 1 i / panish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 70 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italia n , 5 per Cent., 1861, Es. 25 francs na i consol s , M TWO O'CLOCK. oney i)itto Account 931 1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Mark et dull. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM. ) 2 171 Sale s , a b out 4,000 bales. Import , ; previously, 21 173. BOLD FEAT 017--...........„,..... vices from CireassiaTr*ClßCASSlANS.—The last ad- Circassians. It seems th ri n 6 news of a bold feat of the that the Grand Duke Michael lately visited Ana a, Thenceueetzent to Fort Able, upon the Circassian frontiers, proceeded to visit Fort Chebiz. Learning this intention himeirassian cavalry formed the daring project of carrylan otf. They attacked his force, and, after a very desperafe greatest almost . by a Co e r abat, the Russians were discomfited. The grand duke miracle, and succeedFd only with the cieot d.eculty in escaping into Fort Chebiz. The Ru.sian: e a o n f d th a e ls l o as a t en gagement a number of officers and soldiers: in this quantity of arms and ammunition. At the date accounts, the Circassians had assembled in mat force at a 1 / 4 411 dixteme from the fort SHARE 'his day . MDINANY SHAR.II; AND STOO, -; sh Ire! Rai ',Nap,. Bir., Wol., and Str. ;Blythe and Tyne. itost,Sleat.,auoUid.,io !Bristol and Exeter I Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn ‘w: l ' Do A A frets no di, Do. B MI6!) e.p an.hak; aid to B.; 50 ;Dublin & been 13elf p ast June. 25 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.; et ;Edinburgh & Glasgow.' st Glasg. and S. Western ' et Great Eastern, Ord, stk; st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian kit! st GreatNorthof Scotland et , Great Northern.. st Do A stock st Do B do st jGt. S. ant W. of Ireland; st Great Western et Do Str Val gua. stocki et ! Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwal'l at ;Lon. Bright.,& S. Coast st !Lon., , Chat., and Dover at ILon. & North Western st Lon. & Sitr.th Western st ;Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 'Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do 2 shares.. • 10 Metropolitan st !Midland 3.4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. # shares 25 ;Mid Kent 10 I Do Cray Line st 'North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 2 s s t t p h o . , E G a eN te . r E n . st I Do Leeds st , Do York —Berwick st I Do Carlisle.... st North London 10 Do New 5.16.4 North Staffordshire .. to N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpool st Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern st South Wales it S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok.,and Wok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do t 5 Do New, 11306 st Taff Vale.. . 10 , Do B 10 Do C ..• .......... . i 0 Ulster 25 Do :2.10 Do et Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim 1 st Waterford & Kilkennl 1 et West Cornwall 1 st . Hartlepool Har.&R 1 st West Midland -Oxtoro It Do Newpor 1 , ; Do Heretoro 1; 13.14, 10 et et 50 20 BRITISH Pi tai ay. Anti 4 N St Lauren (Im., Ilarodaez.Cent In• Gu. 5 per cent....... Do. New Do. E. Shares... :Su!lady and L/the tlur(ai Do. Preference ...... itulialo,Brant,&Godricli p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 15 4 72, Do. do. July 1, 1873 )o. so. JU 1, 1, I," lcutta.A . S. Eastn. (1, ; 'apeTown Dock Ser.' Ramtn. Bengal gu. 6 p. Last Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (4 Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of eanada Ho. Ist . Bonds Do. ,o. net erred......' , o. it Pref. Bon s.. D,,. do d fer ed...... uo. 3d t ef. stock Do. do. d • fern d.... DO. 4th Pref. s o k... Do. au deferred...... Gt.lndiaPemn.gua.sp.c Do. N ew gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cern. Gt. W. of Canada Shares I Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. 73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch. Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 43 p. c. Extension Dc. 4. Do. Fifth Extension. %lelb.Corp. o p. o. Helb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &thrift,. Bd4. Nb.w Br unewick ac Cand. clasp. A on 1 B .. N. itl.C'dad po Ist pi bdis Scrods Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Funjaub `ie Do. Do. . F . at Do. indus.St. Flo.) oLON IA I. iT , V 1 4 : it • ~.(,,,c. p.c.Jb. o, 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au: Do. d p. a. Mar. A Seto Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock apeG.Hope, 8p 0,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 188, Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon. N0v.1861, 6 p Mau thus .s per cent .. Nara Gor. 6 per cent.. uo. 6p. o.Ap. &Oc IN.S.W.Gov. 6 p Do. 5 p. to Do. d0.,1888 dzupwth. New Zealand 6 p !ent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. qterlin,v, 1875 'Queensland Gcv. 6 p. 5. Aud Gup.e.l67o.az Vkl.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja.dulul) Do. • Ao..a.s)ms BRITISH MI 4 ;ambrian Consol. Gold 1 'more Amalgamated - Devon G. con.. (ray ist I East Bassett (Illozan lO East Clogan Gold Ltd l ss. East Cars& n ...... •!.(4. East Cam Brea... 1.4.0 E K '1 Russel (Tavistis; 8.1.6 Gam.iStAubyrt(Gwen.) 37, Great south Tulgus 11. Wheal Vor(llelston io !Grenville Herod's- F00t,..._„,. s . i, ingston Downs... 4. 7.0 Lady Bertha Ilargaret (LJny Lelant r l 1%1 arke Valley.. I yndy Iron Ore (Lim 2l New Setun .,1 19f :North Downs Wh . l Basset (I 1 io an 1.17. e \Forth Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blazey; 15 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.; 10.0.7 South Caradon(St.Cleer II IS. Cara Brea (Illog - an) 5.15.6 Wheat Fran. (Mogan 18.1 Stray Park 'remar Si)v.& Lead Min 44 Croit ! 9 IS' est Basset (Illogan) ! 14 1V Caradon (Liskeard!l 5 West Seton (Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant); 2.0.6 WhealLud ott j 2.10.8 Wheal MaryAnn(Men )! 8 Wheal Seton . .1 584 heal Treiawney (Lis.); 7 Wheal Union i 3.17 jd 20 22 510 .20 85 88 *d p 0 41 84 9 34 4 13 15 5 64 7 54 47 4 5 1 691 24 3 30 32 74 .8 1 d 120 130 2! 21 4 41 5 5 1 40 54 11 43 395 405 3f 44 85 90 36 34 51 5f 15i in} 10 250 ifii 174 4y 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western ( ' erks & Hants Ext.), 46 per cent. red., 991 North Kastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.. 91 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref:), 976 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 29 4 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 5 per cent., 115 144 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 Nottingham and Grantham It. & C., 94t Shrewsbury and Hereford, 135 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent, 21 20& 1i Great Luxembourg, 141 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 20f Recit.• ant San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 16/ / Sambre and Meuse, 11i 11 Sambre and Meuse, 5; per cent. pf., 101 iSan Panto ;Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 24 / FOREIGN MINES. • C u o n b ite re d Co 3 p le p x e i r c , a 2 n o (urn ), 71 Yudanamutana of 3 K i s. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 34 30 Bank of Egypt, 30 Bank of New Zealand (Ern.), 102 11 Chartered '!er. of India, London, and China, 49} Immixri, Sco ch, and A ustralian Chartered, 22 al Ottoman, 21} 21 London and Brazilian 'llm.), 42 3} London and Comity, 43} 3 4 London and South African, 271 7 London and W estminster, 771 7 Metrop. and Prov. Bank aim. 12 New South W ales, Ot ), i Oriental Provincial Ba of I r e land at 90 ion. 54 Scinde, Punjaub, andDeihl aim.), Standard of Briti s h South Africa ( Urn 17} f DOCKS. St. Katharine, 57 SIRSC gL t. Australl•in Agricultural, 234ANEOUs. Berlin Water ‘VorhN, Italian Irrig tt on (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 I,er cen. Bonds rd. ,8;0 issued National Discount Company d im.), 4 i 90, Hi reel River Laud and Mineral, M Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 77 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (limo, Ditto, X?, 31 Submarine Telegraph Scrip I} Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles ... ...... May 14. &sail and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. May 2. via Marseilles ...May 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 2 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southa.napton May 2 via Marseilles May 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 11 via Marseilles May 5. Portugal.... May 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton M a y 2. ..... via Marseilles ~.,,11•741Y6t eaid. Closing 13usines , Price. done. 8 8! 7 8 83 85 1121 Jl3 6} 61 40 42 13 14 90 91 106 108 51i 626 4) 47 24 25 1211 1221 123 121 134 136 101 103 66i (7 1071 105 76 77 114 116 40 41 98 98i 1011 102 i 43 44 1 1 1 124 1.2 4 i 1 1 1 6;) 91 93 50 51 24 25 98i 99 551 664 85486 115 117 1i 1 151 16/ Ili 14 119 121 43 44 98 100 48 50 32 33 91i 92 67 69 99 101 97 6 38 9 10 g 150 153 41 61 3 911 p - -pl 154 156 43 (5 37 38 98 100 11 :10810 Price. 1(8 109 1 16p 4 bi b 107 108 1(9 tlO 108 , 09 1(9 it') !i 41) s lip 18 0 60 64 , 5 50 52 55 40 5 15 40 30 M 20 25 14 22 109 i 106 1 2 y 1} 14; 1061 107 i 9 Iti 84 ]4 99 101 89 2 41 3 106 7 'OO 102 97 9 47 49 3 5 FO 83 " 09 1(6& I(7i fp 1(.7 1(.8 p 101 t( 3 11 . 4 t 1 6 0 i 3 110 if 3 93 95 12 94 .110 112 111 113 111 113 113 115 Business done 104 i 10 109; lei 95 1 4 1 t 1101 10 86 8 12 27 250 65 50 THE SUS, LONDON, TFIFRSDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 186 a LAW INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. COURT OF DNORCE. HARE V. HARE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) In this case, which commenced yesterday, and which has been fully reported in the Sun, the jury this morning were of opinion that the cruelty ead not been made out. The verdict consequently was in favour of the respondent. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) SEATS TO 'VIEW TUE ROYAL PROCESSION-IMPORTANT DECISION-SHUM V. WLRAN. This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of defendant, a looking-glass manufacturer, of Fleet-street, neglecting to provide certain seats to view the Royal procession on the 7th March last, as agreed. Mr. James, for the plaintiff; said—My client is an attor ney, and he was anxious to view the procession of the Royal party through the City of London on the 7th March last. He called upon defendant, and agreed to give 6s. for three seats. Having paid the money. plaintiff received three tickets, signed by a p rson named Wallis. His Honour—l see chat Wallis is joined in the action. Air. James—Yes, we did not know what defence would be set up, but we shall not go against Wallis. I shall call my client. Plaintiff said--I went with two relations to my seats about half-past one on the 7th March. I found at that time that my seats were occupied, and I spoke to defendant about it. He tried to persuade the persons who had ob tained my places to vacate them, but they refused. Mr. James—Did defendant offer to provide other seats ? Plaintiff—No. His Honor—That would only have been a new contract. Plaintiff—l was put to very considerable inconvenience in consequence of not getting my seats. Mr. James then handed in the ticket which had been received from Wallis. His Honour—lt is perfectly clear that defendant has broken his contract. He agreed to supply plaintiff with certain seats, and upon that understanding plaintiff paid the money asked for them. I am not now dealing with the question as to whether defendant offered other seats, but I must hold that plaintiff was entitled to those seats for which he paid. Under those circumstances I must find for plait tiff, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE This Day. WESTMINS rER. ONE OF THE USEs OF CRINOLINE —A well-dressed girl about 20 years of age, who gave the name of Lucy Buxton, was charged with the following robbery:— Florence Cobb), the wife of a labourer, living at 10, Bowling-street, Deans-yard, Westminster, said that for the last few days the prisoner had been in her employ as a needlewoman. Having missed the key of one of her drawers, which, on her speaking of, was replaced, she had reason to suspect the prisoner, and these suspicions were confirmed by her husband's Wellington boots—value 18s.— disappearing a few days afterwards. She then refused to empli,y the prisoner any longer, asking her to clme last evening for her money. When sbe came there prosecutrix, leaving her in the room, went to the station to ask what she had better do about the blots. On her return prisoner was still there, and having occasion to go to her drawers, immediate y she missed her silk dress, which she valued at 508., and a nev4 bonnet worth 1.0 She then gave prisoner into custody, when she ad milted the robbery, and asked prosecutrix to forgive her. This the latter refused to do. Prisoner was taken to the station, and on her being searched there, the dress and bon net were found concealed under her crinoline. The boots had not yet been traced. Thu key of Mr. Cobby's front door was also found upon her. Prosecutries testimony having been confirmed by a police constable, The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR REQUEST.—AN APOLOGY TO THE QUERN.— Soon after Mr. Knox took his seat on the bench this morn ing, a respectably dressed young man stepped into the box allotted to applicants, and addressing the magistrate, said : Sir,—l am sorry to say that last nigh', in a moment cf excitement and irritation, I said something disparaging re specting her Majesty. Now, as I fear that I may be deemed an enemy to my Queen and country, and not a loyal sub ject, I have come to express my regret and sorrow. Mr. Knox said he was very glad to hear it. Applicant—l have also to request that besides apologis. ing I may be allowed to take the oath of allegiance, _ _ Mr. Knox said the applicant's declaration of his regret and apology were sufficient, and he hoped he was now a loyal subject, The applicant, who seemed much relieved after making his statement, thanked the magistrate and withdrew. ALLEGED PERJUItY —Yesterday Mr. Ribton applied to the magistrate for a summons against Mrs. Mary Ann King for perjury, alleged to have been committed in the course of the proceedings at an inquest held a short time ago at the Middlesex Hospital by Dr. Lankester on the body of Lucy Redhead, servant to Mrs. King, when it was said that Mr. Philips Newbury England of St. Pancras struck the de ceased as also Mrs. King. Mr. Ribton said he should be prepared with a witness to prove that Mr. England was not guilty of the conduct imputed to him on the occasion. The summons was granted. THAMES. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE.—Wm. Thompson, a cabman, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with violently assaulting Charles Whissen, a police constable, No. :396 K. The complainant, a quiet, well-conducted and respectable officer, said that he was passing along Rateliff-highway yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, when the prisoner rushed out of a publichouse called the Golden Eagle, and kicked him violently on the leg. He asked the prisoner yeny he did that, to which he made a vulgar an swer. He seized the prisoner, who was extremely violent, and very drunk. Mr. Partridge —Did you give him any provocation? Witness—N na at all, sir; my head was turned from him when he kicked me. Mr. Partridge —Are you in any pain ? Witness—l am in very great pain, sir, and have been so ever since I was kicked. The prisoner, in defence, said—l was very drunk, and recollf ct nothing about it. Mr. Partriage—And you think that is a sufficient defence for kicking a man who gave you no provocation at all? Prisoner—Yes, sir. Whissen said he believed the prisoner had been con victed before. Mr Partridge —Are you sure of it? Whissen—l am not, Sir. Mr. Partridge—Then you should not have mentioned it. Surmises will not do for me. I must have facts. The Magistrate then addressed the prisoner, and said he had been guilty of a savage and unprovoked assault. He fined him 405., aad in default 21 days' imprisonment. MARKETS—This Day. M K LANE. I MPERIAL WEEK LY A R AVERAGES. —Wheat, 458 8d ; barley, 358 3d ; oats, 21s Ild; rye, 30s 6d ; beans, 36s lld ; and peas, 358 3d, THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 458 6d ; barley, 368 Od ; oats, 218 6d ; rye, 31s 10d ; beans, 368 Id ; peas, 35s 7d. , • - ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WDER.—Wheat, 99,127; barley, 20,983 ; oats, 10,194; rye, 47 ; beans, 4,424; peas, 377 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of beasts on offer in to. day's market in good condition, and the demand for most breeds ruled steady at quite Monday's currency. The general top figure was 4s 81 per Bib. Sheep, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly ; nevertheless, prices were well supported. Prime Downs, in she wool, sold at 6s 8d ; out of the wool, 4s Bd, in some instances, 48 10d ; and prime half .b re d s , s h orn, 4s 6d per 81b.e were moderately supplied with lambs, which Fold slowly at late rates, viz., from 6s 4d to 7s 4d per 81b. From the Isle of Wight 300 head came fresh to hand. Calves were in good supply and heavy request at 2d per 81b les. money. The top price was 5s per 81b. In pigs and mulch cows very little was doing at last week's quotations. Per Sib. to oink the offal. _ ~„...., 5,.......• d s.d. Crse. &inf. bea s t s 3 2 3 4 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8. 5 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 6 5 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Large eras. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, dr..c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s 4d. Suckling calves, 12a to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 28s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows 140 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 3201 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. 227 Sheep and lambs 1,200 Calves . . . 228 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWHAM AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand rules steady, as fol lows .—Beef, from 2s 10d to 48 2d , mutton, 388 d to 48 6d ; lamb, 6. 4d to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 29.—The sup?lies of stock were sea• sonata) , good, and the trade ruled steady, as follows : Beef, from 3e 6d to 4s 8d; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROPO RD, April 29.—P r i me b easts an d s h eep moved slu off 8 t9 M adily at full prices ; ot h erw i se the trade was in a ggish state. Beet,frora 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 38 be 8d ; lamb, 613 4d to 7s 6d , vea l , 4 s id to 58 Od ; pork, 4d to quarter-olds 4 6d p er 81b8; suckling calves, 128 to 18 2 ; store pigs, 1819 to 275; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARK2TS. SmITHPIELD..—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., L 3 lOs to £5 100; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.--Mea4ow hay, £2 2s to £4 4s; clove) , do ' £3 108 to £5 10s ; and straw, £lB s to £ll6s per l oa d. A m oderate demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 Od to 4Os ; clover do ,£3 10s to £ 5 10s and straw, 41. 88 to £1 15 s p er l oa d. Supply good' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock, NEW MEMBER.—HALIFAX. Mr. STANSFELD took the oaths and his seat. The Lords' amendments to the Leeds Gas Bill were con sidered and agreed to. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Elsecar, Wentworth, and Hoyland Gas—and Tees Conservancy. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time :—Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway, and Foohabers and Garmouth Railway. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved the second reading of this bill. He regretted the absence of the right hon. gentle man the member for North Wiltshire (Mr. S. Estcourt) from ill health, who had proposed a bill with a view of ef fecting a compromise on this important matter. Parliament had virtually given its assent to the repeal of church-rates, and it w-.s high time that some satisfactory settlement was arrived at. In 1861, it would be recollected that the bill for the total abolition of church-rates was only lost by a majority of one, and that the veto of the right hon. gentleman in the chair. Strictly speaking, church rates were the mosquitos of the Church of England, for they were a perennial source of irritation. He disclaimed any intention to injure the Church or to separate it from the State, He had done all he could to bring about a substan tial compromise, but he regretted his endeavours in this direction had not received very liberal support. He con fessed he could not understand the language and policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of church rates. The right hon. gentleman advocated civil and re ligious liberty in all church matters, but nevertheless he did not vote either way in connection with the abolition of church rates. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the right hon gentleman would explain his conduct. He hoped hon. members would cease to make this subject a stalking horse for their personal aggrandisement or ambition, and proceed at once and finally to a settlement of a matter which had re mained open and unsettled too long, Strictly speaking, the church was the church of the people, and in most churches a certain number of seats were set apart for those who were unable to pay for them, but in some cases, as in Manchester, some of those seats have been let, and it could hardly be expected that in such circumstances people would pay church rates with good feeling. lie was at a loss to understand the grounds on which the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. G. Hardy) proposed to meet his bill with a direct negative, without offering any substantial amend - ment. Now was the time for those on the other side to accept the olive leaf, and at one, to come to a defi .ite un derstanding on the matter. Those who now opposed a settlement would have to answer for their conduct at the hustings. Sir C. DOUGLAS seconded the motion. Mr. G. HARDY rose to move as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He should leave the sight hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose mind was certainly undergoing some extraordinary changes, to explain his conduct with respect to church rates. (Laughter.) He held that in no case were church rates unjust; they had been levied for 1,000 years, and with the consent of the owners of the land But for them we should not probably be enjoying the blessings of religion, nor the bent- fi to of education, for it must never be forgotten that the Church fostered and popularised the art of printing. The bill proposed to take away a quarter of a million easily collected, and indispensable for maintenance of the fabrics and their pastors. Let Disk enters leave the Church alune, for voluntaryism was defined by one of its chief supporters as the principle of non-interference with Church or State— and strive to emulate her in good works. (Hear, hear.) The supporters of voluntaryism belied and vitiated their principles in sending up petitions, until the table groaned with them, asking the State to interfere with the observance of the Sabbath, but they would not allow the slightest in terference with themselves. (Hear, hear.) The best argument in favour of the retention of Church-rates was that they were maintained in the large towns with which the supporters of this bill were connected, (Hear, hear.) And he therefore charged those who supported the bill as thus acting inconsistently. The hon. baronet appealed to the decisions of two Parliaments on these rates, but it must not be forgotten that the present Parliament had agreed, by resolution, that these ancient rules ought not to be abrogated until a remedy ware devised in the nature of a substitute. To be consistent the house should reject this bill, (Hear, hear.) Those who supported this bill con sidered that the Church ought not to be maintained in con nection with the State ; those who opposed it entertained a diametrically opposite opinion : hence there could be no compromise on account of this diversity of their sentiments. The abolitionists could give them nothing in return; they proposed to take the oyster and give the Church the shell. The noble lord the member for 'Woodstock (Lord A. Churchill) had put a notice on the paper, as an amend ment, that the churchwardens and overseers should be empowered to repair churches and to levy rates for that purpose, but it expressly stated that they should have no power of enforcing this requisite levy. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more absurd than that. The voluntary principle would not suffice for the repair of churches; voluntaries had peculiar modes of raising funds by anni versaries sad jubilees for their own purposes, but this could not be done in connection with the Church. (Hear. hear. IWhere would they find churchwardens, whose duti es are at present no sinecure, to discharge the duty of collecting voluntary subscriptions for the repair of churches ? Why, they would not find men to discharge such a duty. (Hear, heat.) The clergy, at this time, were overburdened with charitable claims ; and actually were instrumental in edu cating t he great mass of the rising gene ra tion — educating, too, the children of dissenters who would not contribute to the funds. (Cheers.) It bad been shown that when pc,. verty introduced itself into a district the dissenting chapels were sold and the pastors emigrated into richer districts— (hear, hear)—but wherever the Church stood, there she must stay and her vastors work. (Cheers.) The opp ‘nents of the uhurch would not succeed in alienating the affections of the people from h. He advised the dissenters to pursue their good works without i nter f er i n g with th e Ch urch. Mr. MI'I'FORD sec on d e d t h e a mendment. Sir C. DOUGLAS supp er re d t h e bill. He wa s a mem ber of the committee of 1851, which' recommended an alteration of the law with respect to the maintenance of churches, and the adoption of the bill would put an end to much bickering and ill feeling out of doors. The bill was based upon the prin ipte of the right ot private judgm ent. He denied that it was a child of the Liberation Society-- indeed, its principles had been adopted long before that society was formed. There had been no change of public opinion with respect to church rates, for the recent peti tions presented against them exhibited a large majority of signatures over those in favour of them. And the feeling of the house, as testified in its votes, denoted that there was a growing opinion in favour of the abnegation of these rates. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WHITESIDE opposed the bill, saying that, church rates were originated 500 years ago by their Saxon fore fathers for tha purpose of repairing the sacred fabrics in wh ch they worshipped their Maker, and that no better mode of doing so had since, or even now, been devised. If a hole in the roof of a sacred edifice was discovered it was repaired out of the rates levied for that and other purposes. It he understood voluntaryism rightly it was that its pro fessors should do as they liked, and that those who differed with them should act in the same spirit ; but they did not act thus, for the professors of voluntaryism did not stop short of a little. For instance, Mr. Miall at a recent conference openly declared that the abolition of church rates was but as a grain of sand to a mountain compared to their ultimate ends in connection with the Church—(hear, and laughter) —further, the Nonconformists meant to get possession ot the fabric of the Church "stick by stick." (Hear, and laughter.) When examined before the House of Lords on the matter, Mr. Miall declared, in reply to a question as to what he would do with the churches, that he would turn them to some purpose of utility. (Hear.) Truly, people of this calibre would whitewash Westminster Abbey, and turn it either into a factory or a poor-house. (Hear, hear.) He characterised the conduct of Earl Russell and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer as vacillating, and as giving undue weight to pressure from without. He agreed with Earl Russell that the Church was linked to the Throne, and that she could not be injured without injuring the Throne. (Hear, hear.) The Conservatives sitting on that side of the house intended to oppose all attacks of this nature on the Church, no matter from what quarter they came. Sir G. GR 6Y said when the inco me t ax was fi rst under saying he would cons id er the tax a veryd was ex empte d —(hear, hear, and lan discussion much merriment was caused b y a mem b er for an noold Isiah one, provided laughter)—the ecclesiastical commissioner s p rov idi ng f or the repairs of the fabrics. The hon. and le arne d gent l eman i county I appeared to forget, when he spoke in favour of Conserva tism, that church rates were abolished in Ireland. (Minis terial cheers.) He thought that some of his taunts might have been spared. (Hear, hear ) Hon. members opposite argued as if church rates were paid in all parishes ; why, practically, nearly one-half of the populace paid no church rates at all. (Hear, hear.) A distinguished member on the opposite side (Lord Stanley) had, too, supported the abolition of these rates. He was in favour of the abolition ef the compulsory payment of church rates by those who objected on principle to do so; so far he should give in his adhesion to the bill and support its second reading, reserv ing to himself to abstain from voting for the third reading if the bill was not then framed so as to effect a spec es of compromise of this nature. (Hear, h ear. ) Lord J. MANNERS opposed the bill, saying that not withstanding the hon. baronet (Sir J. Trelawny) asseve rated that be desired to do nothing to injure the Church, yet he systematically voted for all the extraordinary mea sures brought forward by the Dissenters. Sir J. TRELA.WN I explained that he voted against the Burials Bill. Lord J. MANNERS said that this was the only excep tion to the hon. naronet's invariable endorsement of all the ;nroads of the Dissenters upon the property of the Church of England. A more fatal blow could not be struck at the principle cal self g - overnrnent than by the adoption of this in, asure. (Hear, hear.) He appealed to those on his side of the house to do their duty, and to those who had voted on former occasions for a similar bill to retrace their steps and reject this bill. Lord A. CHURCHILL explained the nature of the amendment he had put on the paper, should the bill ever get as far as a committee, as calculated to provile for the repair of the fabrics, and to constitute an excellent substi tute for the church rates proposed to be abolished. His reason for omitting to seek power to enforce payment of a rate for church repairs was this, that he objected to find means to repair the fabrics at the bands of the Sheriffs officer, or, indeed, to compel involuntary support. (Hear, hear.) He should therefore vote for th e second reading. Mr. WALTER declared that he had no connection or sympathy with the Dissenters. T he Dissenters had had very many opportunities of ridding themselves of the pay ment of church rates, but had not done so, nay they used the church, and now sought admission to the graveyards. He deprecated leaving the support of a church to the will of a minority of a district. ni l , would be a humiliating positiOn in which to place a national establishment which ought to be supported by compulsory means. He, for one, considered that people who used the churches should sup port them, those having the best seats paying liberally, leav ing a large number of the seats free. He had no faith in the proposed compromise of the noble lord (Lord A. Churchill). Within a radius of 15 miles of his residence in the country, a rural district, 26 churches had been either repaired or rebuilt during the last 20 years, the lowest sum spent on each being £60,000, which had been entirely pro vided by extraneous funds other than church rates. (Hear) He should be glad to see church rates abolished, and a re medy devised if only to destroy the clamouring of the Dissenters, who ever made these rates a lever to attack the Church and cause an ill• feeling against it. With that view of leading to an improved state of things he should sup port the second rending. Mr. NE WDEGATE declined to be committed to any stereotyped mode of supporting the Church, and invited hon. members to attend next Wednesday to discuss the measure which he had introduced with respect to church rates. Sir J. TRELAWNY replied. [At this time—five o'clock—the presence of members was as large as on the night of the Budget.] The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority against the second reading —lO The tellers, as they came to the table, were loudly cheered by the Opposition. MARRIAGES, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. This amended bill was considered and agreed to with additional amendments, and ordered to be read a third time. BAKEHOUSES REGULATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ELECTIONS DURING RECESS BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ad. ourned at the usual hour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING-WEDNESDAY. The Eglinton Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 60 added, for 2-yr-olds, 7st; and 3.yr-olds, Bst 121 b. Fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. The second saved his stake. T.Y.C. 11 subs. Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 3 yrs, 9st Sib (in. 71b ex) (A.. Edwards) 1 Lord Zetland's Skipjack, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b .. (J. Snowden) 2 Betting-8 to lon Livingstone, who made his own run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared. Winners extra. The second horse to receive back his stake. One mile and a quarter. 23 subs, eight of whom pay 5 soya. Mr. Crook's Adventurer, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (in. 141 b extra)] (Clement) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Borealis, 3 yrs, sst 111b(J. Grimshaw) 2 Lord Glasgow's Senorita colt, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.... (Dixon) 3 Capt Gray's Trust, 3 yrs, sst 11Ib (J. Mag..n) 4 Mr. H. Rich's East Lancashire, 3 yrs, bat 71b (car. Sat 81b) (Bretton) 5 Mr. Johnstone's Lady Ripon, 5 yrs, Bst (Challoner) 6 Mr. J. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Whiteley) 7 Betting-5 to 4 agst Adventurer, 3to 1 agst Borealis, 6 to 1 agst the Senorita colt, 10 to 1 agst Trust and Fanfaron, and 20 to 1 agat Lady Ripon. The favourite, with Borealis at his girths, jumped away with a slight lead, with Fanfaron and Senorita side by side, and Lady Ripon and East Lancashire in close at , endance, Trust bringing up the rear. They ran in these positions to the woodside, where the two leaders drew away, and alter nately led to the Middlethorpe turn, where Adventurer drew slightly in advance of the young ore, who resolutely con tested the race home, but was beaten rather cleverly at last by a neck. The Senorita colt finished third, half a dozen lengths in the rear; Trust was fourth; and the others, finished as placed by the judge, beaten off a long way. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2-yr old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 31b, optional selling weights. Half a mile. 5 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Netherdale (£4O), 7st lllb (Whiteley) 1 Lord Exeter's Acceptance (MO), 7st 31b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. C. Rodgers's Thornton (X3O), 7st 7lb (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Gill's Maid of the Tees filly (k3O), 7st 31b (carried 7st 51b) Betting—Ever. on Netherdale, 100 to 30 agat any other. After several breaks away, the favourite, next the rails, got away with a slight lead, waited upon by Acceptance to the enclosure, where they doted, and:ran a fine race home. Netherdale winning, with nothing to spare, by a neck; the others beaten off. The winner was sold to Captain Christie for 50 guineas. The Londesborough Cup, value 100 soya in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 5 says each, for 3-yr-olds and up wards. Winners extra. The second to receive £25 out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 33 subs. Mr. Rodgers's Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Watt's Birthday filly, 4 yrs, 7st (Loates) 2 Mr. S. Hawke's Rosebud, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Viney) 3 The following also ran :—Dictator, Lady Ripon, Spice. box, Lady Louisa, Clams, Bolero, Recluse, Amazonian, and Fairy Queen. Betting-5 to 2 egg Queen of Trumps, sto 1 each agst Amazonian and Dictator, 6 to 1 agst Spicebox, 10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa, 12 to 1 agst the Birthday filly, and 100 to 6 apt Recluse. The flag was lowered to an excellent start, Queen of Trumps getting away with a clear lead of a couple of lengths, Lady Louisa going on second, with Amazonian, Spicebox, Rosebud, the Birthday filly, and Dictator lying in a body close at their heels. On rounding the bend Grimshaw steadied his mare, which enabled Amazonian, the Birthday filly, Lady Louisa, and L.ob.bad, to got up, tho lot running abreast to the distance, when the favourite came out, fol lowed by Amazonian, Spicebox, Lady Louisa, and Rosebud, in which way they ran to the enclosure, where the Birth day filly got through her horses, and speedily joined Rose bud, but was never enabled to reach the leader, who won in a canter by a length, a length and a half separating the second and third ; Rechise was fourth, Spicebox fifth, Ama zonian sixth, Lady Louisa next; the last two were Bolero and Dic ator. _ _ _ The City Parse of 40 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, tor 3• yr-olds and upwards. Weights tor age, with optional selling weights. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. H. F. Beaumont's Devotee, 3 yrs (£3O), (J. Loates) 1 Mr. Barber's Laertes, 3 yrs (4:30).. (J. Marson) 2 Mr. Lewis Cunningham's Alcohol, 3 yrs (no) (J. Grimshaw) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Devotee, and 3to 1 agst Alcohol. The favourite made all the running and won in a canter by six lengths; Alcohol beaten off. The Consolation Scramble of 30 sovs, added to a Handl.- dicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous each for all ages. T.Y.O 8 subs. - - Mr J. Osborne's Comet, 3 yrs, Bst 51b.. (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 2 yrs, Est 51b (Loates) 2 Mr. S. Cass's Recluse, 6 yrs, Bst 7st (Lawson) 3 Mr. Masterman's Honest John , 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (Davies) 4 The following also ran :—Village Maid, Bob, Cachuoa, and Idle Betting-5 to 2 each agst Comet and Idle Girl, 3to l agst Clown, 7 to 1 agst Village Maid. Comet made all the running and won by half a length, two lengths between the second and third, and two lengths between the third and fourth. The Tally-ho Stakes, a Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya each, with 50 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted ; 4-yr-olds, lOst ; 5-yr-olds, list ; 6-yr-olds and aged, list 71b. Winners extra. Two miles, over the old course. 10 subs. Mr. Walker ns Globule, 4 yrs, lOst (Mr. G. Thompson) 1 Mr. H. S. Thompson nas Ace of Spades,4 yrs (71b extra) lOst 71b Mr. I'Anson, jun., nas Balnamoon, aged, list 71b (Owner) 3 Mr. Hopper's Maria, 5 yrs, list (Mr.Boynton) 4 Mr. A. Dunhill's Endor Witch, aged, list 71b (Mr. Leighton) 5 Mr. C. Reynard's Comet, 4 yrs, lOst (Mr. Erskine) 6 Mr. Robert White's Montague, aged, 12st .. (Owner) 7 Mr. W. H. Bunce's b g by Augur, 5 yrs, list (Mr. Harland) 8 Betting-7 to 4 on. Globule, 4to 1 agst Balnamoon, 7to 1 agst Maria and Endor Witch. Globule was never caught after the first score yards, and won by a length; three lengths between the second and third; a bad fourth. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. MAY. Chester 5 Bath l2 Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Radcliffe 25 Manchester 27 Marlborough 29 Ascot - 2 Newton 10 Hampton lO Odiham l6 Bibury Club l7 Beverley. l7 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O SLY. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool 13 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Pontefract 16 Stamford l6 Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge 2l Southampton.. 22 Goodwood 22 Brightal 4 Brighton Club Lewes Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 York August lB Plymouth 20 Egham 25 Stockton 25 Oxford ............ 27 Lichfield ...........•••• 31 Devon and Exeter -- 1 Dorby Summer Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster EMBER. Brecon .. .............. 2,1 Ri c hmond .............. 22 Monmouth ............ 24 Manchester Autumn ....26 Newmarket Ist Oct. ....29 OBE R. 1 Li n coln Autumn2o 1 Newmarket Houghton ..26 MEER. ' - • Coventry 6 Newmarket S. 0 ..12 Noes: __ Shrewsbury Autumn.... 7 Worcester .. ............ SH. EtIL. IRI AN Athlone 2l 1 Curragh . ............. 28 JUNE. Wicklow l7 1 Curragh ....... . ...... 23 JULT, B e llewstown Down Royal Corporation 23 METROPOLITAN TURNPIKE REMOVAL BILL.— The House of Commons committee on this bill BILL th e preamble yesterday. 62 46 122 f 124 f f SI 67 61 1071 8; 1131 98 1 102 i 4311 12 f 123 i 1 3 a 16 1 N 1; 21 [UST. SEPT: OCT , THE POLISH QUESTION. Last night the correspondence of the Engli s h government with the European powers relating to the Polish inscrrcetion was laid bJore Parliament. The papers are very numerous, and extend over nearly 200 pages of the blue book. Several of them have already been made public. Among the most important of those hitherto unpublished is the fol lowing dispatch of Earl Russell calling on Russia to fulfil her treaty obligations towards Poland : EARL RUSSELL TO LORD NAPIER. Foreign Office, April 10, 1863. My Lord,— Her Majesty's Government think it incum • bent upon them to state once more to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia the deep interest which, in common with the rest of Europe, they take in the welfare of the kingdom of Poland. The general sympathy which is felt for the Polish nation might of itself justify her Majesty's Government in making, in favour of the Polish race, an appeal to the generous and benevolent feelings of his Imperial Majesty,who has of late, by various and important measures of improvement and reform, manifested an enlightened desire to promote the welfare of all classes of his subjects. But with regard to the kingdom of Poland, her Majesty's Government feel that the Government of Great Britain has a peculiar right to make its opinions known to that of his Imperial Majesty, because Great Britain having, in common with Austria, France, Prussia, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, been a party to the treaty of Vienna of June, 1815, her Majesty's Go vernment are entitled to interpose with regard to any matter which may appear to them to constitute a departure from the provisions and stipulations of that treaty. By the first article of that treaty the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was erected into a kingdom of Poland, to be in separably attached to the empire of Russia under certain conditions specified in that article; and her Majesty's Government are concerned to have to say that, although the union of the kingdom to the empire has been maintained, the conditions on which that union was distinctly made to depend have not been fulfilled by the Russian Government. The Emperor Alexander, in execution of the engage ments contracted by the treaty of Vienna, established in the kingdom of Boland a national representation and nitiona , institutions corresponding with the stipulations of the treaty. It is not necessary for her Majesty's Govern ment now to observe upon the manner in which those arrangements were practically administered from that time down to the revolt in 1830. But upon the suppression of that revolt by the success of the Imperial arms those ar rangements were swept away, and a totally different order of things was by the Imperial authority established. Prince Gortschakoff argues, as his predecessors in office have on former occasions argued, that the suppression of that revolt cancelled ell the engagements of Russia in the treaty of Vienna with regard to the kingdom of Poland, and left the Emperor of Russia at full liberty to deal with the kingdom of Poland as with a conquered country, and to dispose of its people and institutions at his will. But her Majesty's Government cannot acquiesce in a doctrine which they deem so c Alta ary to good faith, so destructive of the obligation of treaties, and so fatal to all the interna tional ties which bind together the community of European states and powers. If, indeed, the Emperor of Russia had held Poland as part of the original dominions of his crown, or if ho had acquired it by the unassisted success of his arms, and un sanctioned by the consent of any other power, ho could have contended that might was equivalent to right, and, without listening to the dictates of generosity and justice, he might have punished a temporary revolt of a portion of his Polish subjects by depriving the whole of them and their descendants for ever of those privileges and institutions which his predecessor had deemed essential to the welfare and prosperity of the Polish kingdom. But the position of the Russian Sovereign with regard to the kingdom of Poland was entirely different, He held _ _ _ that kingdom by the solemn stipulation of a treaty made by him with Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Por tugal, Spain, and Sweden; and the revolt of the Poles could not release him from the engagement so contracted, nor obliterate the signatures by which his plenipotentiaries had concluded, and he himself had ratified, those engage ments. The question, then, having arisen whether the engage ments taken by Russia by the treaty of Vienna hare been and are now faithfully carried into execution, her Majesty's Government, with deep regret, feel bound to say that this question must be answered in the negative. _ With regard to the present revolt, her Majesty's Govern ment forbear to dwell upon that long course of action, civil, political, and military, carried on by the Russian Government within the kingdom of Poland, of which the Poles so loudly complain, and to which they refer as the causes which occasioned, and in their opinion justified, ther insurrection. Her Majesty's Government would rather advert to the much wished for termination of these lamen table troubles, What may be the final issue of this contest it is not in deed for her Majesty's Government to foretel ; but whether the result shall be the more extended spread of the insur rection, and its assumption of dimensions not at present contemplated, or whether, as is more likely, that result shall be the ultimate success of the imperial arms, it is clear And certain that neither result can be arrived at without a calamitous effusion of blood, a great sacrifice of human life, and an extensive devastation of property; and it is evident that even if Poland shall be reduced to subjec tion, the remembrance of the events of the struggle will long continue to make it the bitter enemy of Russia ; and a source of weakness and of danger, instead of being an element of securit, and of strength. Her Majesty's G , vernment, therefore, moat earnestly entreat the Government of Russia to give their most serious attention to all the foregoing considerations ; an her Majesty's Government would beg, moreover, to submit to the Imperial Government that, besides the obligations of treaties, Russia, as a member of the community of Euro- pean states, has duties of comity towards other nations to fu.fil. The condition of things which has now for a long course of time existed in Poland is a source of danger, not to Russia alone, but also to the general peace of Europe. The disturbances which are perpetually breaking out among the Polish subjects of his Imperial Majesty neces sarily produce a serious agitation of opinion in other coun tries of Europe, tending to excite much anxiety in the minds of their Governments, and which might, under possible circumstances, produce complications of the most serious nature. Her Majesty's Government, therefore, fervently hope that the Russian Government will so arrange these matters that peace may be restored to the Polish people, and may be established upon lasting foundations. Your lordship will read this despatch to Prince Gortacha koff, and you will give him a copy of am, &c., (Signed) RUSSELL. A second despatch of the same date contains the follow ing important conversation between Earl Russell and Baron Brunnow Baron Brunnow asked me some questions as to the nature of the representations about to be made at St. Petersburgh, and when I told him that the despatch of her Majesty's Government was chiefly founded on the non-observance of the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna, he expressed some satisfaction that we still founded our demands on the basis of that treaty. But there was one question he felt he was entitled to ask, and that was whether the communication her Majesty's Government were about to make at St. Petersburgh was of a pacific nature. I replied that it was, but that as I did not wish to mislead him I must say something more. Her Majesty's Govern ment had no intentions which were otherwise than pacific, still less any concert with other powers for any but pacific purposes. . But the state of things might change. The present over ture of her Majesty's Government might be rejected as the representation of the 2d of March had been rejected by the Imperial Government. The insurrections in Poland might continue and might assume larger proportions ; the atro cities on both sides might be aggravated and extended to a wider range of country. If in such a state of affairs the Emperor of Russia were to take no steps of a conciliatory nature, dangers and complications might arise not at pre sent in contemplation. e or an overture. The intentions of theEmp u Baron Brunnow said he could not call our former dis patchß r t there to wards Poland were most kind and benevolent . of Europe. In were projects afloat for altering the e s m s i a a p were included. these p ojects compensationh to projects; n te o rr w i ) to t r ru ial t a d rrange. she wanted no trusted nu activetl d t o Greatl daionoy Russia entered into none of the e e w ish of her Nes y,,G 0 v etlicoei mcoemnptsenosfaEtiounro;pseh, eanhdeldbebymaron Britain would do so likewise. xi . t , Russia herse lf had in some cases been presentßrun into effect those w I sa id i t w as the so . But trusted, however, that in the present case the geei I Emperor downs , proposing angrdance:argYiangn their arms, and thebenefitse of free ' Poland, would put an end to the insurreet io • ins titutions to n. The following contains the vi • ews of th ment on the Russian amnesty :-- e Engli s h G overn- No. 170. • -• EARL RUSSELL TO LORD NAPISR. Sir,---I Foreign -offs April 24, 1863. have received and laid before the Queen your excellency's despatch of the 12th inst., enclosing a copy of a manifesto on Polish affairs issued by the Emperor of Rus sia on the 31st of March (April 12). Her Majesty's Government have carefully and anxiously considered the contents of this document, in thehope to find in it the germ of the restorationof peace, and a hope of good government to Poland. I have to make to you the following remarks as the result of their deliberations. An amnesty may lay the foundation of peace in two cases : 1. If the insurgents have been thoroughly defeated, and are only waiting for a promise of pardon to enable them to return to their homes. 2. If the amnesty is accompanied with such ample pro rains of the redress of the grievances which gave occasion to tho insurrection as to induce the insurgents to think that their object is attained. It is clear that the first of these cases is not that of the present insurrection. It is not put down ; it is, on the contrary, rather more extensive than it was a few weeks ago. Let us, then, examine the amnesty with ieference to the second of the supposed cases. The Emperor, referring to the institutions which he has conferred (" ectroyees") on the kingdom of Poland, says:— " En maintenant encore aujourd'hui ces institutions dans leur integrito, nous nous r6servons, lorsqu'elles auront ete ep7ouv6es dans la pratique, de proceder a lcur developpement ultei ieur selon lee besoins du temcs et crux du pays."* This promise can hardly be satisfactory to the Poles. For it must be observed with regard to the institutions already given that it was during their existence that 2,500 young men were seized arbitrarily in the night, and condemned to serve as soldiers in the Russian army in defiance of justice, and even in violation of the law of 1859, so recently enacted. So that it is evident no security w• uld be obtained by submitting again to the same laws. AVith those institu tions in full force and vigeur innocent men might be impri soned as criminals, or condemned to serve as soldiers. or banished to distant countries, without a trial, without pub licity, without any guarantee whatever. As to the promise held out for the future, it must be ob served that it is made to depend on the practical working of these institutions and on the wants of the time and of the country. The first of these conditions alone destroys all reasonable hope of the fulfilment of this promise. For the practical working of the institutions hitherto given depends on the cooperation of native Poles of property and character as members of the Council of State, and of provincial and muni cipal assemblies. But the recent conduct of the Russian government in Poland has deprived them of the confidence of all Poles of this description, and forced all such Pol e s t o withdraw from the bodies in which their functions, were to be exercised. There are wanting, therefore, in this imperial manifesto the first elements of success, namely, a guarantee of secu rity on the one side, and the feeling of trust and confidence on the other. In a dispatch of Lord Durham, then ambassador at St. Petersburgh, dated in August, 1832, Lord Durham says —" There has long been a jealousy, nay, hatred, existing between the Russians and Poles." Her Majesty's Govern.. ment had hoped that the present Emperor, by raising the social position of his Russian, and securing the political freedom of his Polish subjects might have united both by the link of loyal attachment to the throne. This hope has been unfortunately disappointed, and it is with great pain that her Majesty's Government observe that the feelings of hatred between Russians and Poles have not in the lapse of 30 years been softened or modified. The present amnesty does not appear likely to di►jfnisk the intensity of the insurrection, or give any solid security to the most moderate of Polish patriots.—l am, &c., (Signed) RUSSELL. * Translation._« In maintaining, at this day, these in stitutions in their integrity, we reserve to ourselves, when ever they shall have been practically triel, to proceed to their further development in accordance with the require ments of the age and of the country. CONTRABAND FOR POLAND. At the Gravesend Police -court, on Wednesday, Nlr. Beverley, solicitor, attended to prosecut e , on behalf of the Commissi oners o f Customs, Mr. Rob- t Wentherley, master of a vessel named the Ward Jackson, for an infringement of the Supplementary Customs' Consolidation Act, 1855, see. 11. The information laid was as follows :—" Thrq, on the 21st day of March last past, the ship Ward Jack son, of which one Robert Weatherley was then and there master, and then and there having cargo on board, did depart from the port of London without being duly cleared, contrary to sec. 11 of the Sup plemental Customs' Consolidation Act, 1855, whereby the said Robert Weatherley, so being such master of the said ship, has forfeited the sum of £100." Mr. Beverley proceeded to say that, on March 20, the Ward Jackson arrived at Gravesend in ballast, and proceeded to take on board a cargo of cases and casks. She was returned to the authorities as being laden with hardware, but in consequence of receiv ing certain information from Russia, the Commis sionei s of Customs in London sent directions to the superintendent at Gravesend to examine the cargo of the Ward Jackson, and in the meantime refused. a clearance order. The examination revealed the fact that the cargo consisted of powder and firearms, in tended to aid the Poles in the insurrection going on. in Poland, and directions were given for the goods incorrectly described to be seized, as they were liable to forfeiture. The defendant, as was ter of the vessel, was informed of this, but he eft Gravesend with his vessel for sea, and took two Customs' officers on board as far as Southend. Here they landed, and about 200 Poles, who were at Southend, awaiting the art ival of the Ward Jack son, boarded her. By this conduct the defendant qad made himself liable under the Enlistment Act, 'nit this he (Mt. Beverley) did not take up, and mly asked the magistrate to mulct the defendant in 'he penalty provided for in the Act under which he information was laid. The following evidence was then Adduced:-- Mr. Henry Cmlier stated that he was the prin cipal in the searchers' department of the Custom nouse in London. No clearance had been made of the Ward Jackson on her last voyage, for which she left the port of London on the 21st of March last. It was the duty of witness to direct the issue of clearance orders. On the 21st of March last the defendant waited on him at the Custom-house, n London, and applied for a clearance for the Ward Jackson, but witness told him that he had goods on board incorrectly described, end that the order could not be issued before an tigation had been made. Defendant promised to call on the following Monday, to renew his appli- cation for the clearance. Mr. Cotterell, solicitor, who appeared for the defendant, here produced a document which was admitted to be a clearance order of the Ward Jack son, issued at liartlepool. In cross examination, however, Mr. Ca wlier said that that would not dis pense with a new order being required before the vessel left London port. Mr. Robert Gray, superintendent of the Custom house at Gravesend, said that on the 21st of March he received orders to examine the cargo of the Ward Jackson, which was lying off the Ship and Lobster. It consisted of bales, cases, and casks filled with - powder, shot, rifles, and muskets. He was directed to seize all goods which had been incorrectly de scribed; and at nine o'clock in the evening of the d p a l i u e t d , o f , , the order el l, 0 h u e ethhadreceived.aoensiatda.,k,soc it t h 21s t h c went wshi ship, pn ,esasiand tteibnaeeiuntdaieaotfehi about: ewvaDot:hof out , n t d ; a nlt am getting the steam up, and as soon as the vessel is must not take the offices were la t a a v k iergt answeredhb e a n o r t the ndy risk,l defendant anshalld proceed : he d i e ' stationed tawlfar away" o o :u n ur 8 1 ).: vd a 0 afterwardsi ri d n, et o s u s t t o h f e the n removeshhel ee p tf hot left,er tm t port. e r .l l ' o without t h shall taken to Southend, a clearance order. while she Was lying off Gravesend, deposed to being Poles Edwin Lovell, a Custom -h another ma n , " and there seeing upwards of 200 " se Of ficer, who, with taken on board her. He aso saw the cargo on board the vcssel placed in the vessel at Gravesend, consisting of am munition. In addressing the Bench for the defendant Mr. Cotterell sa id that in the first place he should urge that the master in charge of the vessel did not know that the vessel was laden with contraband, and con sequently could not be held liable. The defendant was enga g ed by the owners, Messrs. Wiiiiami and Giles, of London, to take the vessel to Dantsic from Hartlepool, via London. He was informed that he would have to take in 30 or 40 tons of cargo he o t Gravesend, and about 220 passengers ; "holoch„a did without the knowledge that ehe wa t s band. Since the occurrence the defendi_in hacd bfen dismissed from the ship, and be t he hol"on c lient magis trates would not impose the penalty up on but upon responsible The magistrates informedas t e responsible party act clearly defined that he w I ffence to be of a daring and as they considered theo him a penalty upon character, they should inflict parties, t h e defendant that the of £5O, and £lO costs. I n in l e v ri er d:a per, St. FIRE. Yesterday morning a Are happened on Jackson, The fir e n a l e unable to get the flames e xtinguishA unti l the whole of the stock in trade was destroy ed and the building seriously d am tjl:olieinfar.eromadis,ecs locrftNelnrw.eGin.. damaged by fire and water.—lnsured. gu. 100 at} I 20 20 40 4 10 WO stock tOck stock 100 100 100 100 stook stock stock stock 20 stock stoc k -, oek ,S t; ea,o, too 100 100 2 100 all 100 2 ICO P, 28 30 106 113 113 110 I 1144 1074 11& 2 lOwl 7 101 ,'