The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

'ERIAL P . HOUSE OF LORDS--Last Evening. Th© LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PEER. Lord SEYMOUR, son of the Duke of Somerset, took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the United Kingdom. His lordship was introduced by Lord Foley and Lord Ches ter ton. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Birmingham and Sutton Coalfield Railway, Hast ings Harbour, Wexford Free Bridge, London and North Western Railway new branches), and the Kettering and Thrapstone Railway bills were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Marquis of BATH presented a petition against the IreAt Fisheries Bill. ALTERATION OF JUDGES CIRCUITS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to enlarge the powers rf her Majesty in order that certain alteri , tions might be made in the circuit of the judges. The bill was rendered necessary by the rearrangement that had been made in the duties of revising barristers. Lord BROUGis AM. e:pressed his approval of the mea au'e. The bill we.s then read a second time. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. Lord SPAN LEY or ALDERLEY said Parliament had already given increased protection to the salmon fisheries of England and Scotland, and the object of the present bill, of which he moved the second reading, was to assimilate the law in Ire and, as far as possible, with that of England. In the event of the bill passing ►he second reading he proposed to proceed with it in committee on Monday next, when he should be happy to consider ary alterations in the several clauses that mi g ht be suggested. After a short, discussion, the bill was read a second time. The Greenwich Hospital (Prevision for Widows) Bill, and the Metropolitan Main Drainage Extension Bitl, were read a second time. Their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. GREAT WESTERN AMALGAMATION BILL. On consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Great Western, West Midland, and South Wales Railway Com panies Amalgamation Bill, Mr, D. GRIFFITHS moved that the house do disagree to new clause E, enforcing a revision of tolls whenever the dividend of the united company's stock shall equal or ex ceed 6 per cent. Mr. HODGSON sec ndod the motion. Mr. MA.S , EY supported the new clause Mr. D. GRIFFITH withdrew his motion, and the Lords' amendments were agreed to. The following bills were read a third time :—Banff, Mac duff, and Tariff Extension Railway—Banff, Portsoy, and Strathisla Railway—Dare Valley Railway—Hammer smith and City Railway—and Uxbridge and Rickmans w rth Railway. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY (STEAMBOATS) BILL. On the order for the consideration of this bill, as amended by the House of Lords, Mr. A. EGERTON opposed the bill on the ground that it was not good public policy to permit railway companies to become steamboat proprietors in addition to their present responsibilities. In the past the house had repeatedly re fused granting such powers to railway companies. Here power was sought to run boats between Harwich. Flushing, and Antwerp. The subject should be referred to a select committee. He moved that the bill be considered this day two months. Mr. WARNER seconded the motion. Capt. JERVIS supported the bill. The house had authorised the Great Eastern Railway to make a line to Harwich at a cost of £25,000, and surely it would be mon strous to prevent them from bringing traffic to their line by means of a new and expedititm- line of packets. (Hear, hear) Other railway companies had been permitted to run boats, and there were the strongest reasons why the powers sought should be conferred upon this company. The transit of passengers and goods to the north of Europe would be materially cheapened, an that he was not surpris'ed the General Steam Navigation Company opposed this bill in order to perpetuate a monopoly. (Hear.) Lord STANLEY opp lsed the bill on the ground that it wou d establish a monopoly over the sea traffic, which might be worked at a loss so as to obtain traffic to this railwa y It would be well to refer the matter to a select committee, and to take evidence upon the matter. Mr. WOODD, as chairman of the committee, said the company had made out a strong case to be allowed the powers sought, but he objected delegating to companies such extensive privileges. Mr. M. GIBSON said there were precedents for the granting of such powers as those sought by the bill. (Hear, hear.) As the select committee of both Houses of Parlia ment had approved of the bills, he did not think the house would do well to throw them out. No persons having established steam communication between Har wich and Rotterdam, were they willing to forego giving powers to a company willing to give the public that boon, because it was probable that in the future SDllle person might come forward and seek power to do it? Sir H. CAIRNS denied that this was one of the excep tional cases in which powers to run steamboats should be granted, looking at the past practice of the house. The company might so arrange its railway and steamboat rates as to run off all other competing boat•. Mr. CLAY said there were no boats to be run off the route. Sir H. CAIRNS went on to contend that the commit tee had not put before the house sufficient evidence, as was usual in similar cases, to support the granting of the powers sought by the bill. After a few words from Mr. CRAWFORD, amidst cries o "divide," Mr. MASSEY said public policy was materially con cerned in this and similar m. asures. If they gave enormous and ambitious railway companies extra p were as in this case they had no security that they would not virtually endow them with monopolies inimical to the public welfare. In this case the railway company would enjoy a virtual monopoly. The bill was sot originated in that but the other house, the standing orders of wbich were not very strict with respe , t to the introduction of such bills. Besides, the select committee had not, as stated by the hon. and learned gentleman opposite, adduced a suffi cient evidence why the house should accede to the bill. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, Mr. COBBOLD, as connec ed with the locality and its railways, warmly supported the bill. This bill had not been brought fo ward until every means had been Liken to in duce existing steam companies to put on a regular line of communication, one having existed for centuries. (Uivile, divide.) Mr. LOCKE said the real question was whether the General Steam Navigation Company, which ran from the Thame s and occupied a long rime in the passage to Rotter dam, should have the monopoly instead of the new comp an y . (Hear, he ar .) Harwich wa. the natural port, an d the shortast and qu i ckest sea voyage. Mr. MALINS supported the bill. Sir H. BRU ,E said the subject was thoroughlyinvesti gated by the com m i ttee, who heard counsel at on both sides. (Di v i de, divide.) gre length at After a few wo r d s f rom Mr. who trusted th e h ouse would. n 110,:.igSA act t R u D and M n justlyt r DA o . tAhepartos., moters after the great expense to which they had been put, The SPEAKER, read the at said, accordi ng t o his aildbig order of the house, and interpretation, they had not in this case been co m pli e d w i th. He suggested that the bill should be reco mmitted, with an instruction to the committee to state their reasons for of the bill, w hi c h they had not d o n e, and which wax imperative, according to those orders. Ultimately the proposition of the Speaker waa adopted, and the amendment withdrawn. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. The further consideration of this bill was postponed till Monday. The Morayshire Railway and the North British (Steam boats) Bills were ordered to be recommitted. HOLYHEAD HA.RBoulz, Col. DUNNE gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) ask the noble lord at th of the Government whhther it was the intention of head Majesty's Government to pay any a:tention to the report or the Holyhead commit tee, and that subsequently he should bring the subject be fore the house, THE CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NAVY. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he should on Monday next move for a return relative to the ages, services, &c., of the two construe ors of the navy, and al so w i th regard to the recent appointment of Mr. E. J. Reed, together his qn..lifications as chief constructor of the navy. MISCELLANEOUS AND CIVIL SELk.VICE ESTIMATES. Mr. MARSH gave notice that he should, on an early day next session, move a resolutioa that, in the opinion of that houfe, the civil service and miscellaneous estimates had been increasing, were increasing, and ought to be re- dated. STAFF-SURGEON D. W. EATON. Mr. CONINGHAM asked the Under-Secretary of State for War why Staff-Surgeon Deodatus Win. Eaton was dis missed while on sick leave, after 18 years' service, 10 of which were in the East and West Indies, without any pre viuus warning. with no charge assigned, nor with any op portunity of explanation before either a court of inquiry or court-martial been granted, and why had the applications for it made by Mr. Eaton been ignored. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said it appeared that Mr. Eaton was insolvent in 1859 and bankrupt in 1862. It was the usual course, though not the invariable practice, when an officer had become bankrupt, and thereby avoided his pecuniary obligations, to consider such a person unfit to hold the Queen's commission, and he was generally re moved. In this case the circumstances that came out be fore the court were brought in the usual manner to the atten tion of the Seer tary of State fir War, the late Sir G C Lewis, who, atter exan,leiag all the facts of the case, saw uoaason for depaiting from th e usua l course. A court rnta was then considered unnecessary, as all the facts The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—In the absence of my rearned friend (the Attorney-General) I have to answer the question, and perhaps the house will pardon me if I make a short statement of the circumstances of the case to which the question refers, and I hope the house will be satisfiea with the statement I am about to make. The case came on in the ordinary way before Vice-Chancellor Stuart; but, before the nature of the case was explained to the court, it was stated to his honour by one of the learned counsel em ployed in the case that some young ladies, infants and wards of the court, were parties to the suit, and were not only very materially interested in a pecuniary point of view, but that their reputation would also be seriously affected by a discus sion in open cour t. It is the invariable practice of the Court of Chancery to take all possible precautions fur the protec tion of infanta under its care—and it is right it should do so with or without the consent of the parties, and the practice has been indisputably established by the highest authorities. Here it was not necessary that that rightshould be exercised on the mere authority of the Vice• Chancellor, because, al though one party did object in one instance, and pressed his objection, the learned counsel, with tha - good judgment and feeling which I trust ordinarily distinguishes the counsel practising in ad our courts, eventually waive , ' his opposi tion upon the representations made to him. The Vice-Chan cellor, therefore, in taking that eourse, anted in accordance with the usual practice, and 1 am authorised by the Lord Chancellor to say that the eourse which was taken meets his thorough approval, as in all respects worthy of the duty of the judge and tne character of the individual who exer. cisee that duty. The hon. memb-r's question further refers to some other mt tters which subsequently occurred. The course then taken by the Vice-Chancellor in the discharge or his duty was very greatly misund rstood—(hear)—by some persons concerned or not concerted in the cause— Mr. MA.LINS--Not crinceroed. (Hear, hear ) The SOLICITOR GENERAL—My hon, friend, who knows the circumstances, assures me that they wee not concerned in the cause; but, at all events, by some persons out of doors, who obtained information on the subject. The result was that there appeared in scme of the public jour nals a representation of ihe circumstances, involving the gravest imputation that could possibly be laid to the charge of a judge, namely, that out of respect to the position of a nobiernan be had departed from the ordinary and proper course in a court of law, and had, contrary to his duty, ana for the reason there stated, determined to hear the cause in private, in order to shield an influential, powerful, and noble person from the possible exposure of circumstances which he desired to have concealed. Of course the house will uncerstand that if any judge had been capable of acting a he would have been unwi rthy of the position which he held. (Hear.) Now that charge is utterly groundless and most calumnious—(cheers)—arid arose out of an entire misappre hension of the circumstances. That imputation could not but affect the mind of a man of high honour such as Vice- Chancellor Stuart. (Hear.) It was quite open and com petent for him, if h e had thought fir, to deal with it is a grave contempt of court, and have brought the parties be• fore him. His honour, however, did not think fit to do so, and if in publicly adverting to those circumstances he may have been betrayed into some warmth of language, if the indignation, which must have been excited in the mind of any man of honour, came to his lips and influenced the tone of his observations, I am quite sure it s not necessary fur the to vindicate him before this house. (Cheers.) CUPOLA SHIPS. Sir J. HAY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if it was true that it was the intention of the Board of Admi raltyps Roy a l S overeign and t'rince to try the cupola ships Albert without any masts at sea, or whether the tripod masts proposed by Captain Coles were to be adopted P Lord C. PAGET replied that it was nil the intention of the Admiralty to fit those vessels with masts. They were intended for harbour defences ; but if sent to sea, tempo- ' ray masts might be fitted in them. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In answer to Mr. BAZLEY, Sir C. WOOD intimated that he should make his financial statement on Thursday next. S RIFLING OF FIELD ART ILLERY. Mr.N CA H : l LEWIS (for Mr. Bernal Osb orne ) asked the LA 4 E E R N ; Under- Secretary of State for W ar if r anystepsw were about t o be taken for the application of m Lancaster's system of smooth oval-bore riflingretofitienlgd atortrilt would lery; a be ii ndifth fd e ,corre spondence and papers la Parliament. Aida, when the report of . the Ordnance S e l ect remunerate Committee thewould gentlemen b e presented whose ; services if ee sr were tw a s commendedproposed sbuyb jet the late secretary of State fo r War in reference to the anyied s that tep ist towardsw a s not the intention i o s f o t the replied Government HARTINGTONto take the appli ca ti on o f M r. L ancas t er ' s system to the rifling r k field artillery; and th a t th e correspondence wasmixedossosl of e up with oth er mat t ers t h at i t wou ld ne almost impib to separate them. With regard to the other question, the re port of th e committee had been laid upon t h e table; but inasmuch as none of the ystems tried had been introduced into the service, it was not intended to remunerate the gen tlemen referred to. Mr. G. D un . , In replPyl:io ßL lC SCHOOLS COMMISSION. Mr. i B s R iCo U I CsEE wouldso said d p, r t co h bA a a t pb thelTy CAPTAIN le report Nr,am, of the Public Schools Comm t I T a ll a E nswe r to Mr. HENNEssy, stated that the cyaEsenLeol7xf ..saeLps session. THE MelvilleT E . Whitelr• LhadAYbAeli'enDsubmitted for arbitratian to the Senate of Hamburg, but he did not know whether they would accept , 1 theC office. O AIkIER.CIAL RESTRICTIONS AT NEW YORK Mr. 6. FI I ZGERALD gave notice th . at either on the m he tte of ways and report on supply, or on going into means, he should ask the noble lord at r vernment whether he was aware that notwithstanead ofdtihnegGth% the A P o o m id r e te ri r ean s of remonstrance of her Majesty's Government, Government sttll required bonds to be given by exporters goods from New York that no portion of themyahe reach the the hands of persons in the Confederate States • what course her Majesty's Government intended 1 B° ' the matter. THE MARGARET AND JESSIE. In reply to Mr. S. FITZGERALD, Mr. LAYARD stated that no further information had been received with regard to the case of the Margaret and Jamie. IRISH RECORDS. On the motion of going iz.to committee of supply, Mr. MONSELL called attention to the unsatisfactory manner in which the'lrish records were being , collected and translated, and moved f or a re t urn o f th e moneys voted for the purpose in the three conntrieo. Colonel DUNNE supported the motion. Mr. P. PEEL defended the appointment of the calen derer, Mr. Morrin, who was selected upon the recommen dation of the Master of the Rolls—but he agreed with hit. hon and gallant friend opposite (Col. Dunne) that Mr. Morrin had made a mistake in forgetting the maxim," Ne sutor ultra crepidam," and that it was certain comments which he bad introduced in the preface and notes to his calendar that had caused all his trouble. He could, how ever, inform his right hon. friend teat a more suitable re cord office was about to be constructed in Dublin, and that the publication of Irish records upon a more extended plan was ro de o p f. endent upon all the records being brought un d er one After some observations from Mr. GEORGE and the AT TORNEY-GENERAL f r Ireland, Mr. MONSELL withdrew his motion. BRAZIL. Mr. S FITZGERALD, in calling attention to the pre• k e i tea n es t spkht t o t sent relations of this country with Brazil, and especially to the recent rupture of diplomatic intercourse with that Go vernment, expressed his regret that the state of public busi ness should have compelled him to deter the rumen 83 long. He was very sensible, looking to the state of the benches and the period of the session, that he was acting rather in oppo• sition to the wishes of the house in bzinging forward the question; but considering the important interests that were a h eaazr o tni ul Brazilian aasi e gnju entering- rstptetcyerar Minister calling suspended :wo h tvaae is efirt lrrt p aoen r tnmra o tt t ieh e oini s Ct sti a d no g o u o involvedmaut t y i rh n e t es weeks t theire had de h a l d c ds t se h s p to w :B r ett i h r sh r diplo matics intercourse with this country. This in itself was an important event. It was the protest of a weak Power against probable rhh ea sa deiednt matter,B3of consequencesal eonacsrp transactions sihcouciundi ,us spp h piwain e easi could not reconcile it with his the conduct of a great and powerful State; it was the pro test of a country that was well aware that in Mate! ialre sources and in military and naval strength it was not in a position to measure strength with the Power with which it had a controversy, and it was a formal and open step in the face of the woad against the conduct of a country which had acted in the spirit of oppression towards it. Brazil had adopted a course of policy which had won the respect of the other nations of the world. She had paid this country the compliment of having modellt d her institutions atter the English m-del; and she had gained the confidence of the commercial world so much, that Englishmerchauts directed theirattention to trade vet thßrazil as one of great importance. One of the consequences arising out of the policy of her Ma jesty's Ge vernment towards th tceun t rywould be to bring into power the party who were adverse to English interests. He would dismiss from consideration all that had been said in former debates about the contradictory statements about the wreck and plunder of the Prince of Wales, and would con fine himself to the course taken by her Majesty's Govern ment, and the proceedings of Mr. Christie. In the first place, he washed to call the attention of the house to the fact that it was the representative of this country at the Paris Conferences who proposed that, when a dispute arose be tween two Powers, recourse should be had to the arbitration of a third and impartial Power before resorting to arms. That was the proposal of the British Government at the Paris Conferences, and yet, with strange inconsistency, this country was the first to depart from it in the case of Brazil; and the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs had in a former debate justified this departure on the grout d that this coun try, being the party offended, could not propose arbitration, and that the offer should come from the Brazilian Govern ment. He would now come to the instructions forwarded by Lord Russell to Mr. Christie with reference to arbitra tion. On the Bth October Lord Russell sent a despatch to Mr. Christie, instructing him to demand a sum of £5,500 for the goods destroyed, and £1,025 for freight. But ulti mately the noble lord, having some misgivings arising from what had taken place at the Paris Conferences, s• nt a second despatch on the 4th of November, in which he in structed Mr. Christie that, if arbitration was proposed by the B. azilian Government, he was to accept it. But al though Mr. Christie was in possession of che two despatches —the second clearly superseding the first—yet, notwith standing this fact, he addressed a demand to the Brazilian Government based almost in the identical warns of Lord Russell's first despatch. tHear.) The Brazilian Govern ment declining to propose arbitration upon those terms, Mr Christie at length took the extreme course of instructing the English Admiral to have rece urse to reprisals; and it was on the morning after the ships had been sent to make re prisals, and when the reprisals had actually been made, that Mr. Christie informed the Brazilian Government that h would be necessary for him to take forcible measures for obtaining reparation. They had this fact before them that, although Mr. Christie was in possession of instruc tions which would enable him to get out of the complica tions, still, so desirous was he of " reading a lesson to the Brazilian Government," to use his own words, that he has recourse to forcible measures. He thought it was a grave charge against the Government that, instead of censuring our representative at Brazil for keeping back his despatch, and thereby reading a lesson, as he said, to the Brazilians, they had supported him in all he had done. The only attempt at excuse on the part of Mr. Christie was that it had been necessary to keep secret his arrangements with the British Admiral, and how had he kept them secret ? Why that the Brazilian Minister anew nothing of what had been intended until the Britise ships of war had actually been engaged in making reprisals end insulting the flag of the Braz.lian Government. His next point was with rt gars to the compensation for the the Prince of Wales, and there he wished to observe that he meant to say nothing against the Queen',4 Advocate (whose acquaintance he had the honour to possess), because he believea that the document that had been produced in his name could not heve emanated from him, the rule being that the law officers of the Crown should never make public the opinions they were asked to give. He should like, however, to know what facts and documents had been placed before that learned gentleman when asked tor his opinion. He held in his hand the maui feat of the vessel in question, and he found that the claim stated by her Majesty's Government on behalt of Mr. Stevens at £5,500, came down to £3,0U0, at that value he (Mr. Fitzgerald) had had the opinion of an eminent mercha t in the Brazilian trade, that only about £BOO worth could ever have been got on shore. (Hear.) But the most extraordinary claim that was probably ever put forward, not only by the British Government but by any reasonable beings under the sun, was a charge of £640 for "possible murders." (Hear, hear.) I here had been no proot whatever that anybody had been murdered at all, and it was just as possible that there had been no murders; but, supposing there had, how had that particular amount of damages been assessed ? The most curious part of the business, however, and that which, if it were not a very serious matter, would be positively ridicu lous, was the mode of (list' ibuting the money claimed should it have been paid. It might have been supposed that it should go to the relatives of the murdered men, but they were not known, nor was it known that any men hate been murdered Strangely enough, the whole of the money -vas proposed to be divided amongst those who had suffered by the wreck. k Hear) Melees something was done to smooth down toe oifficulties, he feared that the distress in the north would be greatly aggravated by the crippling of our com merce with Brazil ; and therefore he was anxious for her Majesty's Government to take some course that would lead to the renewal of frienuly relations with that country. He suggested that the same conciliatory conduct should be pur sued towards Brazil that had been adopted towaros P-ra- guay ; but he was afraid the secret of the matter was that her Majesty's Government could afford to bully at I. io, when it was too expensive to do so at Paraguay. Were, however, her Majesty's Government to change that spirit of hostility that had for years past actuated their conduct towards Brazil, it would be more becoming, mare advanta geous, and, he ventured to think, more honourable to the character of the country. He charged the noble lord at the head of the Government with being more responsible than any other person for that spirit of hostility towards Brazil The Aberdeen Act was a great mistahe, and ought to be repealed. And Lord Aberdeen, before his death, regretted that he had ever consented to its passing, and had expressed a hope that it would be repealed. But what was the noble lords position w i t h regard to that Act with Brazil ? Depu tation after deeutation had waited upon the noble lord with reference to it. Lord PALMERSTON—No. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he had been informed so by a gentleman who had waited upon the noble lord. Lord PA.LMERSTON—When ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he was unable to state when. He would make inquiqies, and if He wrong he would give the noble lord the advantage of it, Govern ment with acting in a more hostile charged the than they had towards Spain for spirit towards Brazil tions with regard to the slave trandeeglecSting treaty oblige pasihn had received money on the distinct stipulation that it pat down he slave trade. The hon. gentleman chargedeulEd Earl with having written to Brazit within a week attell• forcement of reprisals, one of the bitterest despatches, with the - reference to lit-crating negroes in the Brazils. whi c h his lordship, with his very bitter pen, had ever written. In tact, that despatch was very much in the spirit of two old up awomen quarrelling— the one having the la s t word, raking 11 she could collect for years past, and t h rowing the most bitter scandal she could find against her opponent. Government had the means of ma k ing ad _ Her Majesty's Govern vances towards the Brazi tan Government, and h e had reason to believe they would be favourably received ; and if they repealed the Aberdeen act nothing would give more satisfaotion to the Brazilian people. Ho hoped her Ma. jeaty's Government would not proceed as they had done, sanctioning conduct that was adverse and contrary to what they had given, and enforcing demands which were in them selves ridiculous and absurd, but do their beat to renew ttiose relations with Brazil which had existed for so many years to the honour of rue country. Wales. a Copy of the manifest of the barque Prince of d what Mr. LAYARD said he did not clearly understand object his hon. friend had in view in bringing the subject formally for of Brazil again before the house. Th li e e q m uel v t e i d on had been discussed and amply ventilated in the house and in anoth..r place on many occasions. They had heard from the bon gentleman very great words. He had talked about the &agrees aLd dishonour of the country and had applied to the Government every term of reproach; but he (Mr. Layard) should confess that When he saw a c l uati°n in were established in the Bankruptcy Court. Earl de Grey had been applied to, but he saw no reason why Sir G. C. Lewis's order should be revised. COUKT-MARTIAL ON CORPORAL • AKE. Mr, CONINGHA.NI asked the noble lord i e would lay on the table of tee house the proceeding • the court. martial on Corporal Blake, The Marquis of HAR rINGTON said the pipers at pre sent we-e not in England. It was unusual to present the proceedings of regim,ntal courts-martial in India to Parlia ment. If the finding of the court was correct, it would have a material bearing on Colonel Crawley's case Inquiries had been sent to India to ascertain the facts, and for such witnesses as could give evidence on Colonel Crawley's trial in this country to be sent home. FACTORY CHIL OREN AND STEAM-BOILERS. Mr. FER rLAND asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intended to introduce any legislative measure to place children employed in potteries and paper-tube factories under the protection of the Factory Act ; also, whe her his attention had been drawn to the grea destruction of human life for many years by the con stant burning of steam boilers, especially by one near Leeds a few days ago, where ten peope were killed ; and so, whether he did not think that steam boilers ought to be placed und, r Government inspection. Mr. BRUCE (in the abseuce of Sir G. Grey) said it was not the intention of his right hon. friend Sir G. Grey to introduce any legislative measure with reference to those children. The evidenc e an d th e report of the commission had been so recently published, that sufficient time had not been afforded for their consideration. They would be, however, considered during the recess, and then the right hon. gentleman would determine whether or not he would introduce a measure founded upon the recommen dations contained in the report. With respect to the t.ursting of boilers, no doubt every year a considerable sacri fice of life took place from it; but the boo. gentleman could hardly have considered, when he proposed to place them under Government inspection, what he was asking the Go vernment to do. Steam-boilers were scattered all over the try, and they consisted of those used in manufactures, for locomotive, and also agricultural purposes. Inspection by Government was, to a considerable extent, a substitution :if Government responsibility for private responsibility; and unless they were enabled to make a real and complete inspec tien, it was better not to attempt is Colonel W. PATTEN asked if the hon. gentleman's ob servations applied to the whole or part of the commissioners' report. He alluded to that part of the report which was more particularly interesting to Lancashire. Mr. BRUCE said his friend referred to the whole of the report. THE TYRONE ARTILLERY MILITIA. Mr. GETTY, in the absence of Major S. Knox, asked the Chief Sec , e sty for Ireland why toe Tyrone Artillery w a not allowed a practice ground, the shores of Lough iNeagh being within reach, and suited to such a purpose; and why this regiment was not supplied witb light field guns. Sir R. PEEL said the point was submitted to the War Department, but they declined to allow a prac ice -ground on account of the expense, The forts in the county of Tyrone were being demolished, and from its inland position it was considered unnecessary to continue the Tyrone Artillery Militia. As to the supply of light field guns, it was now limited to Armstrongs ; and as nobody in the Tyrone Ar tillery Militia understood the working of them—(laughter) —it was thought unnecessary to supply them. THE CASE OF THE ( OUNTESS DELLA. SETA v. LORD VERNON. --- Mr. HARVEY LEWIS asked whether the attention of the Lord Chancellor bad been called to the case of the Countess Della S to v. Lord Vernon, heard before Vice- Ch.ncellor Sir J. Stuart, and to the language and demea nour of the Vice-Chancellor to the counsel and others con cerned in the case; and it so, whether his lordship intended to take any steps to prevent a repetition of similar proceed ings. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 1 4 :VNING, JULY 17, 1863, which the honotir and dignity of the country were concerned discussed in so sma ll a h ouse as that before him, he felt opiniontheir being whieh any had j fa u l s l t e i n fic f a r t o i m on h f i o s r h t o h n e . s so tr m on e g m e i x sg p i r v e i s n sron as of to friend. (Hear, hear.) He repeated that he was at a loss to understand the object of the discussion, unless it was that the hon. ge n tl eman w i s h e d th e country to understand what positionh ea n d o hifs the Government; friends wouldhat t e ha d t: n a e ltht although a British ship hey been in theip was wrecked on a foreign co as t, i ts cargo plundered, its crew murdered, and redress ref use d , t h ey would remain idle, and do n o thi ng f or th e pr o t ect i on of the property and lives of British subjects. (" Hear, hear," with cries of "No, no" from the Opposition.) He should confess that the Govern ment which now held office was not inclined to adopt that view of their duty—(hear)—and they were not prepared to admit hat a foreign Government was not responsible for outrages perpetrated ..n its coast by its own subjects. (Hear, hear.) And such was unquestionably the case in this in stance. (Hear, hear, and No, no, from the Opposition.) He stated positively that that was the case, and he defied any gentleman who had read the papers to say that a moral doubt could be entertained with regard to the murder of the crew. He admitted that there were not legal proofs of the facts, but that there was any moral doubt as to them he en tirely denied. (Hear, hear.) 'I he hon. gentleman alleged that the ship went down at her anchors. But where was the evidence of that ? The proof was all the other way. The hon. gentleman forgot that not only was the ship seen several days after the wreck, but that three boats and their oars had been found on the shore, and Admiral Warren was of e p.nion from their position that they must nave used them several times in bringing goods from the vessel. But if it were true that the ship went aown at her anchors, how did the hon. gentleman explain the finding of barrels of nail. onshore —still more the condition of the Manchester goods which were found unwet and un. amaged by sea water ? (Hear.) It the object of the hon. gentlemen were not, as he hag already said, to show what be and his friends would have done under the circumstances, it might be that it was to em barrass her Majesty's Government and injure British inte rest in Sou h America. if that were nis object he had suc ceeded. He has embarrassed her Majesty's Government in dealing with the States of Seuth America, and had jeopar dised British interests there to a very great extent. Already a great change had taken place in their tone as well as that of Brazil, and fur this the country was indebted to the hon. gentleman and his friends. The case of Paraguay showed that the Government did not desire to treat those matters with a high hankand it Brazil had but imitated the example of that State, the difficulty which was now complained of would never have arisen. In regard to the compensation awarded, the usual course had been adopted, on the Brazilian Government refusing to inquire into the circumstances, of referring it to the Queen's Advecete, and although his Ma jesty the King of the Belgians had decided twit no insult was intended in the ease of the imprisonment of the I' orte, yet no one could deny that their treatment of the officers was of a gross nature, and that if the admiral had not protested against it he would have been negligent in his duty. The hon. member next proceeded to rebut the accusation that no sufficient warning had been given to the Brazilian G. vern moat of our intention to make reprisals, by reading extracts from the correspondence to show that Mr. Christie had given if not publicly, certainly in private, the amplest notice to the Brazilian Minister, that Admiral Warren had received instructions to make reprisals, although in the manner least offensive to the Brazilian Government. In the next place, he referred to the -et known as the " Aberdeen Act," sod asserted that no measure had ever done so much for he suppression of the slave trade. No doubt it was a very extreme measure; but in declaring that all Brazilian vessels engaged in the slave trade were to be dealt with as engaged in piracy, it merely ratified the articles of the treaty between the two countries. And, moreover, he would remind the hon. gentleman opposite that the act received the warm support of Sir F, Thesiger, of Sir R. Peel, and oiher dis tinguished members of the Conservative party. He himself most earnestly desired the re-establishment of amicable re lations between England and Brazil; but he must say, if they were to be re-established, it was not by the course taken by the hon. member. Toe hon member must be aware that the King of Portugal had offered to mediate between the two countries, and they. England had accepted the offer. It, however, those good services were to be rendered unavailing, the hon. member had only to persevere in his present course, and his object would be gained. In conclu sion, he asserted his belief that if ever again the British Go vernment found itself placed in similar circumstances, its duty would be to follow precisely the same course as upon this occasion. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. CAIRNS pointed out that the question before the house was by no means the same as that upon a former evening; nevertheless, the Under Secretary tor Foreign Af fairs had endeavoured to revert to the previous discussion. He had come to the conclusion that the rude and contemp tueus tone pervading the correspondence of our Minister could only have led to the creation of a bad fe ling between the two countries. Thehm e . and learned member then asked, was it becoming that the Under Secretary should hold such language, and reiterate the accusations against the Brazi lian Government alter the whole matter had been submit ted to the award of the King of the Belgians, and after that award had been made? He now came to another point, for Lord Russell, after the rupture, addressed a circular, which was on the table of the he-11-e, explaining the reasons which had led to it, and stating ft was a mistake to suppose that, there were not other outstand ng claims besides the Prince of Wales. There had been various claims on Brazil on the part of British merchants ; and, on the other hand, therehad been several claims made on this country by individuals ir. Brazii which were pressed oa the Foreign-office by the Brazilian Government ; these claims arising under the Aberdeen Act and the Admiralty Court. In the year 1857- 58 Lord Clarendon proposed to have the claims on both sides referr e d to a mixed commission composed of Brazilians and British subjects; and the convention recited that all claims remaining unsettled in the opinion of either Govern went should be referred to the commission. But while the commission was considering the claims (here being 5 British claims and 108 Brazilian), Mr. Scarlett, the Eng lish Minister at Rio Janeiro, informed them that he had received a despatch from home directing him to eu-p nd he further sitting of the commission. He believed that this act of the English Government had done great injury to several commercial men in this c untry, for, if the commis-. lion had not been broken up before its natural time of ex piration, their claims would be settled and the money paid. He was not surprised the Government should be unwilling to have discussiens about Brazil ; for, although he was tt opinion that the Brazilian Government had not shown suffi cient energy in reeking reparation for the wrong done, still he could not avoid looking with shame and regret upon every step taken by the Government of this country in their negotiations with the Government of Brazil. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said there were two dis tinct subjects introduced into the present discussion; and with regard to that one which had been the subject of de bate on a former occasi n, the hon. and learned gentleman who had last spoken expressed his opinion, whil e objecting to the form in which it h d been done, that there had been sufficient cause for this Government to exact redress from the Government f Brazil. But the hon. member for Hor sham, in spite of all that had taken place, and in the teeth of the evidence produced by Brazil itself, and the confes sion of Brazilian agents, felt it his duty to come down to that house and state publicly that the vessel had not been sacked, while Brazil confessed it had been. (He .r, hear.) made at the Pads Conferences with regard to arbitration but on the Bth October Lord Russeli wrote to say that if the principle of responsibility were admitted by Brazil, Mr. Christie was to accept it. Mr. hriatie told the Brazilian Government that it was net the British Government who demanded the £5,.500 and the £1,025, but that these were the sums claimed by Mr. Stephens, the owner of the ves sel. Mr. Christie stated that her Majesty's Government were willing to have these claims and the whole question referred ; but in point of tact it was the Brazilian Govern ment who objected to arbitration, and refused to admit the principle of r esponsibility. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to say that after the peremptory ultimatum of the Brazilian G iveintnent, the admiral had no option but to make the reprisals in toe manner that had been adopted, and that to say these reprisals were taken in an unreasonable or improper way was most inexplicable. It had been said that war had beantuade against Brazil. but in fact all reprisals were pro tanto war on a small scale. But with regard to the amount demanded, he thought it had been made at a very moderate rate. The proposed method of appropriating the money when received he con sidered very reasonable, seeing that it was not known which of the crew had been murdered and which had not. The hon. and learned gentleman then referred to the con vention between the British and Brazilian Governments, and contended that the whole of the proceedings of the British Government had been not only proper in them selves, but strictly in accordance with the terms of the con vention. If there had b• en any bad faith shown it had been on the side of Brazil and not of Great Britain. Lord Aberdeen had aid that the treaty had teen, with but few exceptions, systematically violated from the time of its conclusion up to he period when he spoke. British officers, his lordship said, were maltreated and assassinated whilst in the execution of their duty ; and justice, it not openly denied, had rarely fairly been granted by the Bra zilian Government. h e contended th it her Maje Sty's Government had acted in a proper and becoming manner in every particular. Mr. HENLEY doubted it the Government had acted wisely in bringing to light again the bad practices of the Brazilian Government. Such conduct was not likely to bring about friendly relations between the two countries He was sorry to hear the remarks of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Solicitor-General, re lative to the arbitration of the King 0 , the Belgians, that the English naval officers had been harshly nand by the Brazilian Government, according to the lawsof that country. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said her Majesty's Go vernment accepted the arbitration, and were of opinion that no offence was intended by the Brazilian Government to the British navy. Mr. HENLEY said it was to be regretted these disputes had arisen, and he was afraid the discussion would have the effect of irritating rather than conciliating the Brazilian overnment. Mr. M. MIMES defended the conduct of Mr. Christie n his dealing with the Brazilian Government. and con tended that every allowance should be made for one eo de licately situated as he had been at Rio. (Hear.) Mr. B. MOORE, on the other hand, again impugned the conduct of Mr. Christie, and denied that the address, which had been presented to him, represented the wealth, intelligence, or majority of the British merchants resides+ at Rio. He repeated his belief that the crew of the Prince of Wales had never been murdered, inasmuch as, from the nature of the coast, it was mpossibla from them to have reached the shore alive, and condemned the mode in wnich the reprisals had been made. The subject then dropped. THE LICENSING SYST M Mr. LA W SON moved th , - , following resolution:--" That, in the opinion of this Louse, the laws under which licences are granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors aro emi nently unsatisfactory and deficient in power to protect tilt public, and therefore require immediate alteration " The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, on th. ground that no advantage could arise trom discussing the qutstion at this period of the session— and also upoa the ground that it was always objactionable to pass abstract resolu ions. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that from his experience as a magistrate, he could state that there was no question up in woich there was a greater cuncurrence of opinion, that the hamming system should be revised. With respect to th. reduction sai t to nave taken place in the consumption of spirituous liquors he feared it was more owing to the &a -u eas prevailing in the manulacturieg districts than to any increase in habits of temperance amongst the working classes. Lord FE itNIOY thought the hon. gentleman wh,t pro• posed the resolution deserved credit for his good intentions, but that he was going the wrong way to carry them out He (Lord Ftrinoy) was for free trade upon the general principle, but not in licenses. It was a mistake to suppose that publif.ans as a body were in favour of drunkenness Drunkards were the great cause of their prosecutions and penalties, and working men only resorted to pubtic. house. because they h.d no sources of popular recreation such as wore provided by t. reign govt-rnments. That was the main reason why there was more intemperance iu England than abroad. Mr. W. E. FORK ER hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the resolution, because he should 12,.ve to vote for it, whereas he thought it was a matter which the Govern ment should take up in, some comprehensive measure so as to improve the present highly unsatisfactory system of li censing. After a few words from Sir P. O'BRIEN, The house divided— For the resolution Agaiust it Majority against reso ution THE NATIONAL GALLERY Mr. C. BEN TIN CK called attention to a recent purchase for 600 guineas by the trustees of the National Gallery, nd asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was not desirable to discos tinue the practice of acquiring at a high price pictures which were not authentic works of the mas ters to whom they were attributtd, and which were in a damaged condition. Mr. PEEL defended the purchase, and stated that there could be no doubt the picture was painted by Bellini. Mr. CONINGHAM condemned the purchase, and aleo the mode in which all such transactions were managed on the part of the National Gallery. The subject then dropped, and the house went into com mittee of supply pro forma. The Fortifications (Provisions for Expenses) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill was consi dered as amenned, and agreed to. The Nuisances Removal Act (1855) Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Several bills were advanced a stage, and the house ad journed. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Ca , cutta to the 8 h of June; Hongkong, to he 30th of May; Melbourne to May 26 h; Sjdoey to May 21st; and Auckland to April 30th. The summary of the Calcutta Englishman of the 8 h of June says :--" I r is with considerable satis faction that we notice the steps taken by the Bengal Government to render the coming Agricultural Ex hibition worthy of the really rich resources of this province, and we are certain that, in view of the list of prizes, Baglish agti oultural implement makers will take care ;hat a fair representation of their manufactures be made in a country where the introduction oi such is a matter of almost vital importance, and where they would be so readily received, The na fives have already en• erect into the spirit of the in tentions of the Bengal Government, and the wealthy landowners have atwaysevinceo too great an inclina tion to avail themselves of any English invention likely to yield profitable results to render it at all doubtful that any implements adapted for Indian agriculture would not be eagerly sought after. a course, the mere pecuniary value of the prizes would be no inducement to the home manufacturer, for they are necessarily comparatively small, but recent Continental Es bibi ions and their results have shown us that a desire for large money orizts is not the spirit in which the well-known implement makers of England have sought a means of spreading their useful fame over the world. In this ca-e, as in the others, there are honour and credit to be won, but there is also what is by no means to be despised—a fair prospect 01 intimate profit." On June the Ist a flock of locusts passed over Raneegungee. It was about a mile in breadth—it may have been more—and perhaps two or three miles in length. The old cantonment was covered with them, but by fer the greatest portion did not alight, but remained at a considerable elevation, gyrating in dense columns resembling waterspouts. As the flock moved forward three living gyratory tnassek assumed the appearance of clouds, and then disap peered in the distance. The flick was not suffi• ciently thick to throw a deep shade, but the myriads of these destructive little insects moving in the air caused a very palpable diminution of the intense glare and sunshine which prevailed immediately before their appearance and after their disappear ance. CHINA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) HONG KING, May 30. The cri , ical posture of bfflirs J-tpan continues to excite the oeepest interest among foreigners. Nu apparent progress has been made by the Japanese since last mail in meeting the demands of the Bri tish representative, but he has granted a fur her delay of 10 days (which expired on the 21st), and no one would be astonished if even more time were conceded; for at Yokohama, on the 13th inst.. there seemed to be a growing conviction that the Tycoon would not object himself to attack Prince Satsuma, if assured of British support. It is 80 mani featly his interest to humble the turbulent Daimios, who at present hold the balance of power between him and the Mikado, that nothing is more probable than a strong disposition on the part of the Tycoon to extricate himself thus from n very embarrassing and dangerous dilemma. Applination for 1,000 men to strengthen the British force had been made to General Brawn; but be did not, as it appears, consider himself justified in meeting the requisi tion, although the departure of her Mejesty's 31st Regiment from Shanghai was countermanded. At Yokohama, on the above di.te, the extreme excite meni of the previous week among foreigners bad somewhat abated; but at Nagasaki, from which the latest dates are also of the 13th inst., the Governor had given notice to the foreign residents generally that he would be unable to protect them in the event of hostilities, and the alarm was so great hat many of them had let t the place. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Transactions in imports during the tortnight have been to a fair extent. The sides given below are for native con sumption, but a far larger quantity has been taken by foreigners for re-export to the Straits and India. At Canton very little has been done. Sales at both places are as fol lows : Cotton—Bombay, 271 bales sold at Canton. Stock, 129 bales. AUSTRALIA. NEw soUrH WALES. •The Sydney Morning Herald of May 21 contains the following :—" It is generally understood that Parliament will be summoned for the despatch of business about the 23d of next month, but the event does not seem to ba looked forward to with much interest by the public. The fact is to be attributed to the absence of any subjcts at present exciting the public mind, such extensive concessions having been made to popular demands that there is little left to agitate for." NEW ZEALAND. Both the correspondence and the summary of news of the Southern Cross of the 30th of April state that the worst features of the Waikato intelligence are confi =Led :—" Rewi and Ktngi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in organizing armed opposition 3 to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the corn ier of eaveral hnedred—sumo say 200, ot hers 300, ind others again state that Rewi started at the liad of 500. We do not, therefore, know the exact numbers, but our information leads us to conclude that 300 is about the rutii. The native eduewional and industrial ~s aablishment at Te Awumutu has been broken up, and the European women and children have already come to town. The missionaries most likely will come in ; in fact, it is only a question of events, as news may come any moment of an outbreak at Taranaki, when it would not be safe to remain un protected amc ng the Waikatos. The natives are in a state of unbridled anarchy. There is no control- Ling power to check them ; and such being the case, one can readily perceive the difficu:ties that sur round the movement for reinstating the Taranaki settlers on their former holdings. Tne professions of friend,hip which Thompson and some other chiefs make bre of little use; and we see no pro bable end to the present state of things unless British law and authority are established through out the island, or until the natives shall have ceased to exercise any political influence owing to their natural decrease." Tae Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains the details of u.e murcer of two officers and eight men of the 57th Regiment :—" A party of the Com missariat Transport Corps, with two drays and 12 bullocks with supplies, were on their way to Tataraimaka, on the 4th of M having crossed the ()Aura river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half •1 mile before them. They saw that a party of soldiers and two horsemen, who proved to be offi cers, were attacked, and saw some of them fall, when they immediately abandonen their carts, and hastened back to the Puutoko, and gave information of what they had seen. Captain Shortt, with a party of 30 n en only, from the Redoubt at Puutoko were the first to strive at the spot, followed sttortly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was their mournful task to gather the bodies of the foltcw ina officers and n en, savagely murdered : Assistant •Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H, Tragett, 57t11 Regiment. Colour-Sergeant Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment. Sergeant Samuel Hill, 57ta Regiment. Private Edward Kelly, 57th Regiment. Private John Flynn, 57th Regiment Private Bartholomew Macarthy, 57th Regiment. Private Wm Banks, 57th Regiment. They were on their way, on military duty, to town from Tataraimaka, and apparently had been shot down without a moment's notice. The bodies were all horribly mutilated, and those of theofficers stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the drays was found where the escort had left it, but the other, which contained a quantity of flour, potatoe s and groceries, had been driven off. The other dray was subsequently seen being driven up to Kditake, on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad gallopped towards town, and was caught by the .-scort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over the wiiole settlement. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The tone of the debates on the differences between this country and Br , zil must make the Government aware of a very widespread feeling of regret at the rupture and of desire for reconcilia ion. The more the events which led to the present uspension of relations are considered, the more .lain it is that, whatever faults may have been com mit►ed by the Brazilian Government, our own has, to say the least, exacted quite enough compensation -nd inflicted quite enough indignity. In the present week the ques ion has been discussed both in the Lords and Commons with almost identical arguments on either side. On Tuesday evening Lord Chelms lord cleverly exposed what we may almost call the extortion of the demands connected with the wreak of the Prince of We'es, and last night Mr, S. Fitz gerald went over the same ground, and added cir cumstances which e.,nfirm the view which Lord Cnelmsford took of the effair. It is wearisome to enter into the details of this miserable transaction, but when we find that a friendly Government hub been compelled by force of artnJ to pay a brood fire or pfrsons who may only " possibly" have beet murdered, and when it is perfectly clear that the value of the cargo appropriated by the wreckers has been scandalcuely exaggerated to the benefit of p► i vete persons, common morality and regard for the credit of tne country bid tes pay attention to the facts that are brought to our notice. The stoty may be told in a few words. The Prince of Wale was a vessel laden with mixed cargo, of which the invoice value eras x. 3,500, according to Lon, Chelmsford ; Mr. Fitzgerald makes it only £3,000. The cargo was made up of coal, kegs of nails, iron castings, barrels of beer, seamen's chests, and some coda. The ship was anchored three miles from the shore, and in all probability went down at her an chorage. We leave it to our readers to compute how much of such a cargo reached the shore to be plundered by the wreckers. '['bat some of the chests were washed ashore and seen broken open is the chief evidence that there was any wrecking at all. But when it was known that there was to be com pensation the shippers came forward at ones with a modest dem..nd for £5,000; and, though Mr. Fez gerald tells us that, accoruing to an eminent mer chant well acquainted with such matters, only packages of light goods to the value of £BlO could have come ashore at all, yet the Queen's Advocate, an 4 fficer whom the Foreign-office seetes to think endowed with omniscience, " roughly" es'imated the proper comp nsation at £2,36 t, Besides this, the sum of £B4O was demanded as comp. nsation for the murder of the crew, though It is admitted there is no legal proof of their having been murdered at all, the reports current on the subject being the chief evidence on which the Queen's Advocate c me to the conclusion that several of them had been "too probe• lily murdered." Although this claim was not urged n the first piece, a demand wasmede for £B4O for the .‘ possible murder "of the n en. Now, though it is undoubtedly the. clu,y of the Government to watch over the lives and property of British sutj, cre 'n foreign parts, it must strike every unprejudiced person that these demands were .based on very me •übstantial grounds, and enforced with a rigour sel dom employed to a friendly Government. It is not pretended that the Brazilian Governmcn' was guilty of more than delay in giving satisfaction, and this tank was sufficiently punished by the reprisals to which our Government resorted. When the Em peror's Government yielded, it would have been courteous 5o restrict the money demand withi moderate limits, instead of taking the opportunity to make questionable charges. The defence of this part of the transaction made by Lord Russell on Tuesday night is singular enough. Tne very sub mission of the Brazilians is attributed to them as h fault. " When the Brazilian Government threw it upon the British Government to make this inquiry alone, saying that !hey would pay whatever sum war deminded, they pl ced us in a posi ion of et:inside rsble difficulty, because we had no one on the other side to dispute the v.rious items." Fancy an attorney efending ant xtortionate bill on the ground that the victim neglected to have it taxes ! No one can believe that the Emperor really desires to encourage wreckers, or to murder the crews of the ships which supply his country with every European article of use or luxury, and in return take away the pro ducts of his teeming soil. Let us therefore hope that there will be no opposition on the part. of our Government to an honourable renewal of friend!) relations. The King of Portugal has offered his good caws, and as tnere is really nu longer at.y question in dispute, there can be no obstacle to r good understanding. It will then be for the Minis. ters who shall be appointed by the two countries to maintain the harmony which this mediation has re stored. POST.—We do not agree with those politician? who think that a member of Parliament's dinner is of no consequence. Sir John 'irelawny and Mr. Osborne evidently entertain a transcendental idea or the duties of Parliamentary life As in the Apo cryphal narrative of Bel and the Dragon, this divi nity of a statesman should never be seen to eat, bu unlike the idol, on the otner hand, neither should there be any preparation made for him_ He is pre burned to live on nectar and ambrosia somewhere, but not within the ken of ordinary mortals, and any discussion as to what he should eat and drink is deemed to be equally derogatory to bis great psi tion, his lofty intellect, and his immortal soul. It ha appeals, in the person of Mr. Dillwyn, to the hardship of being compelled to eat bad meat it! cooked and worse served, he is told that be takes a low view of political life. We presume, of course, that Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Osborne never dine anywhere. Tnat is certainly the obviou& deductiot , from their speeches on Wednesday, whrn the pro positl of a select committee for the enlargement of the kitchen and refreshment rooms was brought before the House of Commons. In our j udgment, the grievance that is complained of is well founded—whatever may be the best remedy. It is, in truth, a grievance on which . twenty other grievances depend. The complaint is, that there is no adequate accommodation for dinner, and that the provisions also are bad. Now, during f our nights every week, the house sits from four in the afternoon (when there are no morning sittings) often until midnight, and sometimes till two a.m. Of' course, members of Parliament must dine in the in ierval ; or, if they were to maintain the ()id fashion of cii„ii,, b.'ore the House met, there would be an equal necessity of sui.?,,ing. However, there is an established usage ot dining at. seven or eight o'e:ock in London, and establiaba'd usages are no t rea dily invaded. At that tim e halt :be House, or probibly three-fourths, go to dinner. The result is Thad, from seven to ten, little progress is trikdb in the debate of the evening, although the "House" still drags on its weary length. Members wto cantto7 get . dinner decently served in the r e freshm e nt. room of the House of Commons, go to their clube or their homes, or dine with friends. The distance may be a mile, two miles, or three. If the parsimoniouat opponents of the present proposed reform send them to that distance for their dinners, it is not reason able to expect their return to tee House under a couple of hours at least. Now all this is so much time lost in legislation. HERALD —Lord Russell, who refuses to recognise the South, or to advise an armisece, or to interpo,e in any way in the great American conflict by which we are suffering so severely, has actually asked an armistice for the Poles, has addressed to Russia. what might almost be called a threatening letter on their behalf, has all but recognised them, and has Incurred for tbeir sake no trifling risk of an Euro pean conflagration. Where shall we leek a more striking contrast between one Minister and another than exists between the Minister of inaction in America and the Minister of interposition in Poland ? the Minister who will not stir a finger , o protect the dearest interests and revive the most valuable trade of Great Britain, and him who is reedy to assist in kindling the flame of conti nental war for a cause in which we have absolutely no interest whatever ? the Minister who spurns the appeal of our kinsmen, fellow Christians, all but Fellow -countrymen of the S iuthern States, and the Minister who does everything short of declaring war upon Russia for the behoof of a few tiousand insurgents of a race " alien in blood, in language, in religion ;" the statesman who thinks nothing of the risk of a war between Russia, France, and Prussia, ending in the apneas iton ot the left bank of the Rhine, and hesitates not to enter on a policy of which this is not the natural and foreseen conclusion, and the statesman whose scrupulous conscieuce shudders at the bare possibi iity of a war, which, if it came at all, would be ended in a few weeks, between France and Eng land on the one hand, and such remnants as still cohere of the Federal Union on the other ? Furious towards Brazil, a coward betore the Yankees, an in riguer in Italy, a Kingmaker in Greece, a would be arbitrator in Poland, but in America the advo cate of a policy of isolation unparblleled in selfishness, meanness, and tim.dity ; a braggart to Senhor Moreira, a blusterer to the Tycoon, but a pattern of patience and humility under the lectures of Mr. Adams and the insults of Admiral Wilkes, Lord Russell combines in himself a choice collec tion ofopposite and apparently incompatible faults, and may serve his successors, whether they be oisposed to err on the side of caution or of energy, is a perfect model of what a Foreign Secretary utigtat not to be. COUNTRY MARKETS. b' MANCHESTER-JULY 16. At our market this morning there wa. a slender attend ance of buyers, and there was a limittd demhnd tor wheat at a decline on last week's prices of is per qr on Eugitsh, ~vd 2d per cental on foreign. Flour t eglected, at 6d per sack And barrel un , ter the rates of last week. Oats at a re duction i Id per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load. Beans and Indian porn firm, at late values. BIRMINGHAM-JULY 16. English wheat was sold at 48s to 66s tor white, and 408 to 50s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 32s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 248 to 30s per 30 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 388 to 44s per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 15. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at about the prices of last week. Barley in good demand, at full prices. Beans a dull sale, at about former prices. Oats met a ready sale. Wheat on the top 2s Od down average Os 3d up. Barley on the top is 6d oown average 2s id up. Oats on the top Os 3d down average Os 5d up. Beans on the top 2s Od down average is 3d down. Total Supply and Sales. - Wheat . 873 qrs Sold 712 qrs 8ar1ey........ 114 qrs Sold 101 qrs Oats Beans 39 qrs Sold 35 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42s 0d ; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 3tss Od ; fine, 36s td. CORK-JULY 15. The following were the quotations this morning :•—Red wheat, 8s Od to —a 0; ; white, 10s 3d to —sOd , barley, Gs 0(1 to Os Od ; oats, 7s Gd to Os Od. ; black do,, 7s 2d to Os Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JULY 14. A better supply of fat beasts to-day. The wants of buyers were very small, owing to the untavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, consequently there was a. larger number of animals remained unsold. The number of sheep aid lambs in the pens was also larger, and tat calves were more plentiful. Fat pigs were about an ave. rage supply. Beet Mutton .. Lamb Bld to 9d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stop' Hides, 3d to 4icl; calf skins. /id to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. il.l • t alia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... . July 19. via Marseilles ..... July —. ;razii and Cape Verd 8, by British packet....... Aug. 4. ape of Good D o p e , A scens i on, and St. Helena. July 29. Lhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southatupton.July 19. via Marseilles ...July 1?.. Falkland Islands (Abraltar, via Southampton July 11.. , 'Ala (Calcutta), an d C ey l on, v i a S outhampton J uly 19'. via Marseilles July 13 odia (Bombay), via Southampton July 26 via Marseilles July 20. P ortugal .... , situ., Egypt, and Aden, via Southampto, . July 19 via Marseilles Newfoundland ()port° and Vigo . . (J. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 22.. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet July 17. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle .. July 10 ahamas, via New York .... ... July 30. Nit , xico .. \ll parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I July 14 California. and liritish Columbia. Oersted's great experiment, step by step, has been deve loped until the latest improvements have given us the un failing magnetic telegraph. Herring's magnetic brushes and combs are now so perfected that they are unfailing in restoring the colour to grey hair, and curing neuralgia and nervous headache. N. R —Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious,, liver, and stomach complaints, i., every stage, are only ag gravate and accelerated by drugs of every description, but eriec ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Mevalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had. been considered hopeless. We quote a few.— Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had. abandoned all hope , of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with f arful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a sk,leton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly heathy, blooming, fleshy girl.--N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 48,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of hirty years' diseasea lungs, spitting of blood, By, r derangement and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 97,121. Miss Elizabeth Jackibs, of extra me nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spidts, and nervous fancies.—Cure, Ns. 54,816. .he Rev. James Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, Ilb, 2s 9d; 2►b, 48 6d; 51b, is; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 409. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, ttegent-street, London ; also Forinum and Mason; and Hll grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. Births. HicKmAist.—On the 15th inst., at 46, George-street, Port ntan-.quare, the wife of Mr. John Hickman, of two sons and a ckugt,ter HOBART On the 16th inst., at 15, Eccleston-square, the Hon. Mts. Frederic Hobart, of a daughter. TAYLOR.—On the 14th inst., at 10, Eaton place, W., Mrs. Cavendish Taylor, of a daughter. Marriages. BUCK—WILSON.— On the loth inst., at West Ham parish church, William Richard Buck, Esq., of the War Office, to Alice Emmeline, eldest daughter of Charles Wilson, of West Ham, and Basinghall-street, London, solicitor. SANDARS—RUSSELL.—On the 16th irst., at St. James's, Paddington, Samutl Sandars, only son of Geo. . Sandars, Esq, of Chestertord• p ar k, E ssex, and 27, susses-square, London, to Elizabeth Maria, eldest daughter of Francis William Russell, Esq., M.P., of 9, Lancaster-gate. Deaths. BURNABY.—On the 15th inst., the Rev. Robert Burnaby, incumbent of St. George's, Leicester, aged 67. CHAMBERLAIN.—On the 14th inst., at 7, Norfolk-street, Pant-lane, Emma, wife of Edward H. Chamberlain, Esq. DEFRIES.—On the 14th inst., Esther, the relict of Jonas Detri-s, E,q., of 147, Houndsditth, aged 56. GAMBLE —On the 15th inst., at Hampstead, Mr. Richard G. , toble, aged 75. J ONES. —Oa the 14th inst., at Hackney, Mr. Richd. Jones, ' , goo 62. MEYMOTI.—On the 15th inst., at Clapham, Edwari Mey mott, Esq , of Torquay, and of Albion-road, blacktriars, aged 53. TIIRPIN.—On the 13th inst., at Rose-hill Lodge, Brighton, aged 81. Thomas Turpin, Esq., London : Printed and Pubhalied by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 1 12 , Strand, Printer, at Ts= &al Office, No. nk. Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the County of Midellesex.—FriduY, July 17, 1863.