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

IMPERIAL P HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The 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 tenon. 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 bits were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Marquis of BATH presented a petition against the Jrio . l Fisbyriss Bill. ALTERATION OF JUDGES CIRCUITS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the seci,nd reading of this bill, the objtct of which was to enlarge the powers rf her Majesty in order that certain elter , 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 BROUCiti AM expressed his approval of the mea- EUl'e The bill was then read a second time. FISHERIES (IREL AND) BILL Lord S I'AN LEY or ALDERLEY raid Parliament had already given increased protection to the s - anion fi-heries 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 pasting the second reading be 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 s ht be suggested. After a short discussion, the bill was read a second time. The Greenwich Hospital (Provision for Widows) Bill, and the Metropolitan Main Drainage Extension Bid, were read a second time. Their lordships adjourned at cieht 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' a mendments to the Great Western, West Midland, and South Wales Railway Com panies Amalgamation Bill, Mr. D. GRIFFITIIS 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 G per cent. Mr. HODGSON sec .nded the motion. Mr. MASt , EY supported the new clause. Mr. D. GRIFFITH withdrew his motion, and th e 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. ('apt. JERVIS supported the bill. The house had authorised the Great Eastern Railw.y 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 expedition- 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 cheauened, an that he was not surprised the General steam Navigation Company opposed this bill in order to perp-tuare a monopoly. (Hear.) Lord STANLEY opp,sed 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 haring 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 some 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 boats. Mr. CLAY said there were no boats to be rum 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 measures. If they gave enormous and ambitious railway companies extra p , wers as in this case they had no security that they would not virtually end .w them with monopolies nimical to the public welfare. In this case the railway company, would enjoy a virtual monopoly. The bill was not originated in that but the other house, the standing orders of which were not very strict with respect to the introduction of such bills. Besides, the select committee had net, as stated by the hen. 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 taken to in.. duce existing steam companies to put on a regular line of communication, one having existed for centuries. (Divide, divide.) Mr. LOCKE said the real question w as whether the General Steam Navigation Company, which ran from the Thames end occupied a ions. time in the passage to Rotter dam, should have the monopoly instead of the new company. (Hear, hear.) Harwich wa the natural port, and the shortest and quickest sea voyage. Mr. MALINS supported the bill. Sir IL BRIJ' .E said the subject was thoroughly' investi gated by the com m it tee, who heard counse l a t gre4t length on both sides. (Divide, divide.) After a few words from Mr. HAISARD and Mr. ADAMS, who trusted the house would not ac , unjustly to the pro moters after the great expense to which they hid been put, The SPEAKER read the standing order of the hOuse, and said, according to his interpretation, they had not in this case been complied with. He sugges t e d t h a t t h e bill s hould be state recommitted, with an instruction to the c o mmittee to their reasons f or approv i ng o f t h e bill , w hi c h they had not done, and which was imperative, according to those orders. Ultimately the proposition of the Speaker was'adopted, and the amendment withdrawn. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. The further consideration of this bill was postponed till Monday. The Mor s.y s hi t e Railwa y and the North British (Steam boats) Bills w ere ordered to be recommitted. HOLYHEAD lIAB Col. DUNNE gav e notice that he would •morrow (thi s day) ask the noble lord at the head of the U vern ment whsther it was the intention of her maisty e Gover nment to pay any attention to the report or the H' ' olyhead commit tee, and that subsequently he should bring the subject be fore the house, THE l ONSTR:UCTORS OF THE V 1d Mr. FERRAND save notice that he shooei Monday next move for a return relative to the a ges, sesteee ' Bce the two constructors of the navy, and also with regard , of the recent appointment of Mr. E. J. Reed, together with to his qualifications as chief constructor of the navy. MISCELLANEOUS AND CIVIL SE.sVICE ESTIMATES. Mr. MARSH gave notice that he should, on an early day next session, move a resolutioa that, in the opiniou of that house, the civil service and miscellaneous estimates had been increasing, were increasing, and ought to be re duced. STAFF -SURGEON D. W. EATON. Mr. CONINGHAM asked the Under-Secretary of State for War why Staff -Surgeon Deodatus Win. Eaton was die missed while on sick leave, after 18 years' service, 10 of which were in the East and West Indies, without any pre vi)us warning with no charge assigned, nor with any op portunity of explanation before either a court of inquiry or a court-mar ia! been granted, and why had the applications been for it made by Mr. Eaton been ignored. The Marquis of HAItTINGI ON said it appeared that Mr. Eaton was insolvent in 1859 and bankrupt in 1862. It was the wild course, though not the invariable practice, when an officer had become bankrupt, and thereby avoided his pecuniary obligations, to consOer 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 th 9 court were brought in th e usu a l manner to the atten tion of the Secrt-tart' of State fa. War, the late Sir G . C Lewis, who, after examining all the facts of the case, saw no reason for depai ting from the usual course, A court maltial was then considered unnecessary, as all the facts were established in the Bankruptcy Court. Earl de G] had been applied to, but he saw no reason why Sir G. Lewis's order should be revised. COU KT-MARTIAL ON CORPORAL T AKE, Mr, CONING HAM asked the noble lord i e would on the table of tne house the proceeding • the cot martial on Corporal Blake, The Marquis of HARIINGTON said the pipers at P sent were not in England. It was unusual to present proceedings of regime ntal courts-martial in India to Par ment. If the finding of the court 'was correct, it would h. a material bearing on Colonel Crawley's case Inquillef had been sent to India to ascertain the facts, and for ti3 l ich witnesses a 3 could give ev id ence on C o l one l Crawley's tria] in this country to be sent home. FACTORY CHILDREN AND STEAM-BOILERS. Mr. FER RAND 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-tu'ie factories under the protection of the Factory Act; also, woe her his attention had boen drawn to 'the grea destruction of human life for many years by the con stant bursting of steam boilers, especially by one near Leeds a few days ago, where ten people were killed ; and it so, whether he did not think that steam .boilers ought to be placed undi-r Government inspection. Mr. BRUCE (in the absence of Sir G. Grey) said it was not the intention of his right hon. friend Sir G. Gre to introduce any legislative measure w ith reference to those children. The evidence and the report of the conamilion had be , n so recently published, tha 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 1 ursting of boilers, no doubt every year a considerable sacri fice of lire took place from it; but th- hon. gentleman could hardly have considered, when he proposed to place theta under Government inspection, what he was asking the Go vernment to do. Steam-boilers were scattered all over the c untry, and they consisted of those used in manulactures, for locomotive, and also agricultural purposes. Inspection by Government was, to a considerable extent, a substittition of Government responsibility for private responsibility ; 'and unless they were enabled to make a real and complete in * ec thin, it was better not to attempt fi Colonel W. PATTEN asked if the hon. gentleman'a 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;a r y f o r I re l an d w h y t he T yrone Arti lery Militia wr , s not allowed a practice g roun d, t h e s h or s of Lough Neagh being within reach, an d su i te d to su h a purpose; and why this regiment was not supplied !with light field guns. Sir R. PEEL said the point was sabmitted to the War Department, but they declined to allow a prat ice .grourid 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 wea l 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 ( OTJNTESS 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 •ta v. Lord Vernon, heard before Vice- Chancellor Sir J. Stuart, and to the language and dernea... 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 SOLICITOR- GENERAL—In the absence of my learned 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 satisfied 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 y.,ung ladies, infants and warda of the court, wet e 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 (teens sion in open covet. It is the invariable practice of the Court of Chancery to take all possible precautions for the protec tion of infants 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 all our courts, ev,ntually waives his opposi tion upon the representations made to him. The Vice-Chan cellor, therefore, in taking that eourse, acted in accordance with the usual practice, and 1 am authorised by the Lord Chancellor to say that the course which was taken meets his thorough approval, as in all respects worthy of the duty of the judge and the character of the individual who exer• cisee that duty. The hon. memb-r's question further refers to some other rat 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. MALIN S—Not concerned. (Hear, hear) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—My hon, friend, who knows the circumstances, assures me that they wet - e 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 acme of the public jour nals a representation of the 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 nobleman he had departed ft om the ordinary and proper course in a court of law, and had, contrary to his duty, ano for the reason there stated, determined to hear the cause in Privete, in order to shield an influential, powerful, and noble person from the possible exposure of circumstances whieh ho desired to have concealed. Of course the house will understand that if any judge had been capable of acting s he would have been unworthy of the position which he held. (Hear.) Now that charge is utterly groundless and most cal umnious — (cheers)—and 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 he 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 e fhisn a observations,s n of b onu m or 1 c aame quiteto hi s sure lips and it , sinfluenced necessaryth e tone fe r me 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 ralty to try the cupola ships Royal Sovereign and Prince Albert without any masts at sea, or whether the tripod m a s ts proposed by Captain Coles were to be adopted ? Lord C. PAGE T replied that it was n t the intention of the Admiralty to fit those vessels with masts. They were intended for harbour defences; but if sent to sea, tempo. nary masts might be fitted in them. - - EtYll'at he should ma k e his financial THE INDIAN BUDGET. Sirln a c n . s ‘ w v eorotoroDilnrt.i intimated statem ent on Thursday next. LANCAS R'S RIFLING OF FIELD ARTILLERY. Mr. H. L EWIS (for Mr. Bernal O s b orne ) ~8 ked the Under -Secretary of State for V/ ar if any step s were ab int to be taken for the a pp lication of Mr Lancaster's system o f smooth oval-bore rifling to field artillery ; and if the corre spondence and papers relatin g to it would be 1 before Parliament. Ala.), when the report of the Ordaance Select Committee would be presented ; and if it was proposed to remunerate the gentlemen whose services were commended by the late Secretary of State for War in reference to the subject. he Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that it was not the intention of the Government to take any a‘eps to wards the application of Mr Lancaster'. system to the rifling ot field artillery; and that the correspondence was so mixed up with other matters that it would ne almost impossible to separate them. With regard to the other question, the re port of the committee had been laid upon the table; but inasmuch as none of the • ystems tried had b een introduced into the service, it was not intended to remunerate the gen tlemen referred to. PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMISSION. In reply to Mr. G. DUFP, Mr. BRUCE said that the report of the P u bli c Schools session. Commissi on would probably be ready next THE CASE OF CAPTAIN MELVILLE In answe r to Mr. HENNESSY, Mr. LAYARD stated that the case of Captain White had b een submitted for arbitratian to the Senate of Hamburg, but h e di d not know whether they would accept the office. Melville CO AM.ERCIAL RESTRICTIONS AT NEW YORK . Mr. S. Fn ZGERALD gave notice that either on the report on supply, or on going into committee of ways and means, he should ask the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment whether he was aware that notwithstanding the ' , monstrance of her !Majesty's Government, the American Government sttll required bonds to be given by exporters of iroods from N e w York that no portion of them should reach the hands of persons in the Confederate States; and, if so, what course her Majesty's Government intended to take in 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 Jessie. IRISH RECORDS. On the motion of going into committee of supply, llr. MONSELL called attention to the unsatisfactory manner in which the Irish records were being collected and translated, and moved for a return of the moneys voted for the purpose in the three countries. Colonel DU NNE supported the motion. Mr. F. PEEL defended the appointment of the calen derer, Mr. Morrin, who was selects-d upon the recommen dation of the Master of the Rolls--but he agreed with his hon and pliant 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 calf ndar that had caused all his trouble. He could, how ever, inform his right hon. friend that 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 dependent upon all the records being brought under one roof. After some observations from Mr. GEORGE and the AT T ORNEY-GENERAL f r Ireland, Mr. MONSELL withdrew his mtion. BRAZIL. kote i eanebst kh t o t b h h esal Mr. S. FITZGERALD, in calling attention to the pre sent relations of this country with Brazil, and especially to the recent rupture of dipiomatic intercourse with that Go vernment, expressed his regret that the state of public busi ness should have compelled him to defer the motion so long. He was very sensible, looking to the state of the benches and the period of the session, that he was acting rather in oppe• sition to the wishes of the house in bringing forward the question ; but considering the important interests that were Csti a di no n g oo uv m a ut t t yo h i rhe n i te v e s wih t terldp,ti had asked i etthr i sh h aße azar o trni u lacim, t zaisi lMajesty'senui entering adhrnptceaNfnnienodigsw h taa i e s fl rt lrt paoerntmo attention Government dqs u uspppwi passports se sc cse h s pe b ato wy h ß r ediedettransactionsieofclnoaao rptn occupied sessionsshce consequences he could diplo matic intercourse with this country. This in itself was an important event. It was the protest of a weak Power against the conduct of a great and powerful State; it was the pro test of a country that was well aware that in material re sources and in military and naval strength it was not in a position tee measure strength with the Power with which it had a controversy, and it was a formal and open step in the face of the world against the conduct of a country which had acted in the spirit ef oppression towards it. Brazil had adopted a course of policy which had won the respect of the other nations ot the world. She had paid this country the compliment of having modelled her institutions atter the English m- del; and she had gained the confidence of the commercial world so much, that English merchants directed their attention to trade w•thßrazil as one of great importance. One of the consequences arising out of the policy of her Ma jesty's Government towards thetcountrywould 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 wished 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 ease 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 ulei merely the noble lord, having some misgivings arising from what had taken place at the Paris Conferences, a• nt a second despatch on the 4th of November, in which he in structed Mr. Christie that, if arbitration was proposed by the Brazilian Government, he was to accept it. But al though Mr. Christie was in possession of ;he 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 words of Lord Russell's first despatch. (Hear.) The Brazilian Govern meet 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 utt 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 Governmen..," to use his own words, that he had 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 Britisu ships of war had actually been engaged in making reprisals and insulting the flag ot the Brazilian Government. His nest point was with r, gard to the compensation for the the Prince of Wales, and there he wished to observe that he meant to say nothing against the Queen's Advocate (whose acquaintance he had the honour to possess), because he believed that the documtni that had been produced in his name could not have emanated from him, the rule being that the law officers of the Crow!. 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 mani fest at the vessel in question, and he found that the claim stated by her Majesty's slovernment on behalf of Mr. Stevens at £5,500, came down to £3,000. 01 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 ot £s4o for "possible murders." (Hear, hear.) I here had been no proof 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 nistributing 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 han been murdered Strangely enough, the whole of the money -vas proposed to be divided amongst those who had suffered by the wreck. ( Hear ) Ualess something was done to smooth down the difficulties, 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 friendly relations with that country. He suggested that the same conciliatory conduct should be pur sued towards Brazil that had been adopted towarus Rera guay ; but he was afraid the secret of the matter was that her Majesty's Government could afford to bully at eio, 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, more 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 doath, regretted that he had ever consented to its passing, and had expressed a hope that it would be repealed, But what was the noble lord's position with regard to that Act with Brazil ? Depu tation after dei utation had waited upon the noble lord with reference to it. Lord PALMERSTON—No. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said ho had been informed so by a gentleman who had waited upon the noble lord. Lord PALM ERST ON—When ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he was unable to state when. He would mak e m ui • • licti es, and if wrong h e wou ld giv e the noble lord the adva ntage of it. H e c h arge d th e Govern ment with a c ti ng in a more hostile spirit towards Brazil than they had t owards Spainsla for neglecting tr e aty obliga tions with reg ar d to theslave trade. Spain had received money on the distinct stipulatio the slave trade. The hon. gent et a that it should put down with having written to Brae. Wi r th !a charged E sr l Russell a week after the en forcement of reprisals, one of the bitterest re ference to liberating nev es , ' in the i despatches, with a ils. whi c h hi s lordship, with his very bitter pen, h ad eve f a ct, that despatch was very much i n the spiritr written. In of wome n quarrelling—the one havin g t h e last word:w r o ak o i ld up all she could collect for years past, an d throwing theng mos t bitter scandal she could find against he r opponent. Her Majesty's Government had the means of making ad vances towards the Brazi inn government, and he had reason to believe they would be favourably received ; and if they repealed the Aberdeen act nothing would g i ve more satisfaction to the Brazilian people. He hoped her Ma jesty'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, b u t do their best to renew twee° relations with Brazil which had existed for so many years to the honour of toe country. H e moved formall y for a copy of the manifest of the barque Prince of Wales. Mr. LAYARD said he did not clearly understand what object his hon. friend had in view in bringing the subject of Brazil again before the house. The question had been 'discuased and amply ventilated in the house and in place on many occasions. They had heard fr om tthhee dos gentleman very great words. He had talked about sarac.eand 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 question in '~~..~. .THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1863, which the honour and dignity of the country were concerned discussed in so small a house as that before him, he felt some misgiving as to their being any justification for the strong expression of oeinion which had fallen from his hon. friend. (Hear, hear.) He repeated that he was at a loss to understand the object of the discussion, unless it was that the hon. gentleman wished the country to understand what he and his friends would have done had they been in the position of the Government; that, although a British ship was wrecked on a foreign coast, its cargo plundered, its crew murdered, and redress refused, they would remain idle, and do nothing for the protection 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 ihat a foreign Government was not responsible for outrages perpetrated en 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,) '1 he hon. gentleman alleged that the ship went down at her ancbors. 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 plaion from their position that they must have 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 thefindieg of barrels of nail,. onshore —still more the condition of the Manchester goods which were found unwet and unttamaged by sea water? (Hear.) If the object of the hon. gentlemen were not, as he had already said, to show what he 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 his object he had suc ceeded. He had embarrassed her Majesty's Government in dealing with the States of South 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 I.r this the country was indebted to the hon, gentleman and his friends. The case of Paraguay showed that the Goveimment did not desire to treat those matters with a high hand, and 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 Advocate, and although his Ma jesty the King of the Belgians had decided that no insult was intended in the ease of the imprisonment of the forte, yet no one could deny that their treatment of the officer's was of a gross nature, and that if the admiral had not protested against it he would have been negligent in his duty. Th e hon. member next proceeded to rebut the accusation that no sufficient warning had been given to the Brazilian Gevern went of our intention to mate 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 reprisels, although in the manner least offensive to the Brazilian Government. In the next place, he referred to the ectknown as the "Aberdeen Act," cud 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 slaw trade were to be dealt with as engaged in piracy, it merely ratified the articles of the treaty between the twocountries. And, moreover, he would remind the hon. gentleman opposite that the act received the'warm support of Sir F, Thesiget, of Sir R. Peel, and oth6r dis tinguished members of the Conservative party. He himself most earnestly desired the re-establishment of amicable re lations bet ween E ng l an d a nd Brazil; but he must say, if they were to be re-established, it was not by the course taken by the lion. member, Tne hon member must be aware that the King of Portugil had offered to mediate between the two countries, and tha.. 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 coject would be gained. In conclu sion, he asserted his belief that it' 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, Dear.) 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 for Foreign Af fairs had endeavoured to r evert to the previous dischssion. He had come to the corclusion that the rude and contemp tuous tone pervading tie co rrespondence of our Minister could only have led to the creation of a bad fe ling between the two countries. Thetion.. and learned member then asked, l was it becomi ng th a t the 'Under Secretary should hold such anguage, and re it e rate the accusations a g a inst 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 I' He now came to another pojnt, for Lord Russell, after the rueture, addressed a circular, which was on the table of the heu-e, explaining the reasons which had led to it, and stating it was a mistake to suppOse that there were not other outstared ng claims besides the Prince of Wales. There had been various claims on Brazil on the part of British merc hants ; and, o n t he other h and, ttlerehad been several clai ms made on this countr y by indivic uals Brazil which were pressed ou the Foreign-officel :i by the G o vernment; these claims arising un er h e BAberdeenrazdai n Act and the Admiralty Court. In the yeirr l 57- 58 Lord Clarendon proposes to have the claims On both uneettlee in the opinion of either Govern. sides referred to a mixed commission composed of Brazilians remaining reterred to the commission. But while the and British subjects; and the convention recited that all commission was considering the claims (.here being 5 E d oneg p ric a ii t s c ah h i mG rr eo o nv ni tirna British claims and 108 Brazilian), Mr. Scarlett, the Eng lishof the commission. He believed that this Minister at Rio Janeiro, maimed them that he had Government h di a r d ect d i o n n g e h g i r m eat te iD u j - u p ry n t d o s r home c untry, for, if the commis casrwa hielecaucevetni received ort should f tdht s hchoeeau e o dinB t bt been g broken up before its natural time of ex piration, their claims would be settled and the money paid. He was no t sur p rised the Government should be moray to have discussions about Brazil ; for, although hb was et opinion that. the Brazilian Government had not shoien suffi cient energy in reeking reparation tot 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 SOLICI"I'OR•GENI RA L 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 bateoon had a last form spokene r oce asi expressedu, th the hisho on.painndionle,awrnheidlo r gtteloetlmoagn h to the form in whi ch it h d been done, th a t th ere h a d b e en sufficient cause for this Governme n t to exac t re d r e ss f ro m the Governme nt f Brazil. But the ho n . mem b er f o r Hor sham, in spite of all that w had taken peace, and in the teeth of the evidence produced by Brazil itself, and the confes sion of Brazilian a gents, felt it his duty to come down to that house and state publicly that the vessel had hot been sacked, while Brazil contested it had been. (He r, hear.) made at the Paris Conferences with regard to arbitration but on the Bth October Lord Russell wrote to say that if the principle of responsibility were admitted by Brazil, Mr. Christie was to accept it. Mr. • hristie 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 pint of tact it was the Brazilian' Govern ment who objected to arbitration, and refused to admit the principle of responsibility. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to say that after the peremptory ultimatum of the Brazilian G rvernment, the admiral had no option but to make the reprisals in the 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 been made against Brazil, but in fact all reprisals were pro Canto 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 been 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 been, with but few exceptions, systematically violated from the time of its conclusien 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, if not openly denied, had rarely fairly been granted by the Bra zilian Government. H e contended th it her Maje-ty's Government had acted in a pr open and becoming manner in every particular. Mr. HENLEY doubted if 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 o f State f or F ore i gn Affairs, and the Solicitor-General, re lative to the arbitration of the King o the Belgians, that the English naval officers had been harshly used by the Brazilian Government, a • coording to the law s of that country. The SOLICITOR -GENE) AL said her Majesty's Go vernment accepted the arbitration, and were of opinion that Ino 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 MILNES defenr'ed the conduct of Mr. Christie 11 his dealing with the Br..zilian Government. arid con tended that every allowance should be made for one so de licately situated as he had been at Rio. (Hear.) Mr. B. MOORE, on the other hand, again impugned the illans9 conduct of lir. Christie, and denied that the address, which had been presented to him, represented the wealth, intelligence, or majority of the British merchants resident at Rio. He repeated his belief that the crew of thu Princ. of Wales had never been murdered, inasmuch as, frt'm the• nature of the coast, it was tmpossibla from them to have reached the shore alive, and condemned the mode in which the reprisals had been made. The subject then dropped. THE LICENSING SYST M Mr. LAW SON moved th- following resolution That, in the opinion ct this Louse, the laws under which licenses are granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ard emi nently unsatisfactory and deficient in power to protect the public, r.nd therefore require immediate alteration " The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, on the, ground that no advantage could arise from discussing the question at this period of the session— and also upon the ground that it was always objectionable to pass abstract resoltLions. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that from his experience as a magistrate, he could state that there was no question up,n weich there was a greater ccncurrence of opinion, that the licensing system should be revised. With respect to the. reduction said to nave taken place in the consumption of spit ituous liquors he feared it was more owing to the dis ci ess prevailing in the manutacturiug districts than to any increase in habits of temperance amongst the working classes. Lord FE EtMOY thought the hon. gentleman who pro. posed the resolution deserved credit for his good intentions, but that he was going the wrong way to carry them out He (Lord F. rinoy) was for free trade upon the general principle, but not in licenses. It was a mistake to suppose that publi , 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 public-houses because they had no sources of popular recreation such as were provided by f“reign governments. That was the main reason why there was more intemperance in England than abroad. Mr. W. E. FORSIER hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the resolution, because he should h.ve to vote for 11 , , whereas he thought it was a matter which the Govern ment should take up iu,some comprehensive measure so as to improve the present highly unsatisfactory system of li censing. Atter a few words from Sir P. O'BRIEN, The house divided— For the resolution Against it Majority against resomtion THE NAIIONAL GALLERY Mr. C. BEN TIN CK called attention to a recent purchase for 600 guineas by the trustees of the National Gallery, and asked the First Lord of toe Treasury whether it was not desirable to discontinue the practice of acquiring at a high price pictures which were not authentic works of the mas ters to whom the) were attributed, 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 corn wit tee 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 amenaed, 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 Vaicutta to the B , h of June; Hongkong, to the 30th of May; Melbourne to May 26 h; Sy dney to May 2181; and Auckland to April 30th. The summary of the Calcutta Englishman of the 8, b of June says It is with considerable satis f4ction that we notice the steps taken by the Bengal Government to render the coming Agricultural Ex tibition worthy of the really rich resources of this province, and we are certain that, in view of the list of prizes, English agri cultural implement makers will take care 'hat a fair representation of their manufactures be made in a country where the introduction of such is a matter of almost vital importance, and where they would be so readily received. The na tives have already en' ered into the spirit of the in tentions of the Bengal Government, and the wealthy landowners have alwaysevincea too great an inclina tion to avail themselves of any English invention likely to yield profitable results to render it at all doubtful thai any implement. adapted for Indian agriculture would not be eagerly sought after. 01 course, the mere pecuniary value of the prizes would be no inducement to the home manufacturer, tor they are necessarily comparatively small, but recent Continental Ex hibtions and their results have shown us that a desire for large money prizes 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 case, as in the others, there are honour and credit to be woe, but there is also what is by no means to be despised—a fair prospect of ti timate profit." On June the Ist a flock of locusts passed ovet 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 coveted with them, but by far the greatest. portion did not alight, but remained at a considerable elevation, gyrating in dense columns resembling waterspouts. As the flock moved forward these living gyratory 'Lease. assumed the appearance of clouds, and then disap peared in the distance. The fl.,)ck 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 IS.4)NG, 1114 y 30. The critical posture of affairs in Japan continues to excite the aeepest interest among toreigners. No 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 so mani testly his interest to humble the turbulent Daimios, who at present bold 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 a very embarrassing and dangerous dilemma. Application for 1,000 men to strengthen the British force had been made to General Brown ; but he did not, as it appears, consider himself justified in meeting the reprisi don, although the departure of her Mejesty's 31st Regiment from Shanghai was countermanded. At Yokohama, on the above d• te, the extreme excite ment of the previous week among foreigners had somewhat abated; but at Nagasaki, from which the West dates are also of the 13th inst., the Governor had given notice to the foreign residents generally that he would he unable to protect them in the event of hostilities, and the alarm was so great that many of them had lett the place. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Transactions in imports during the iortnight have been to a fair extent. The sales 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. AIIS FRALIA. NEW bOU l'H 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 be looked forward to with much interest by the public. The fact is to be attributed to the absence of any suhj-cts at present exciting the public mind, such exterpdve concessions baying 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 hat the wore; teel ures of the Waikato intelligence ere cons mad :—" Rewi and Kngi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in organizing armed opposition to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the num ier of several linudred —some , say 200, others 300, tied others again state that Rewi started at the quad 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 educational and industrial aszablishment at To Awurnutu has been broken up, Ind 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 among the Waikato& 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 difficulties that sur round the movement for reinstating the Taranaki settlers on their farmer holdings. The professions of friendship which Thompson and some other chiefs make ere 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." The Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains the details of t:•e muruer 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 .y, and, having crossed the Oakura river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half a 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 abandonec their carts, and hastened back to the Poutoko, and gave information of what they had seen. Captai❑ Shortt, with a party of 30 o en only, from the Redoubt at Poutoko were the first to al rive at the spot, followed sNnlly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was then mournful task to gather the bodies of the follow. ing officers and n en, savagely murdered : Assistant.• Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment. Colour-Sergelnt Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment: Sergermt Samuel Hill, 57r , i Regiment. Private Kt ward 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 t he officets stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the drays was found where the escort had left tt, but the other, which contained a quantity of flour, potatoes and groceries, had been driven off. The other dray was subsequently seen being driven up to KAitake, on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad gallopped towards town, and was caught by the escort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over the wr)ole settlement. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The lone of the debates on the differences between this country and Brazil must make the Government aware of a very widespread feeling of regret at the rupture and of desire for reconcilia lion. The more the events which led to the present , nspension of relations are considered, the more Main it is that, whatever faults may have been com mitted by the Brazilian Government, our own bas, , o say the least, exacted quite enough compensation ..nd it:thewd 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 ford cleverly exposed what we may almost call the extortion of the demands connected with the wreck of the Prince of We es, and last night Mr. S. Fi'z gerald went over the same ground, and added cir cumstances which confirm the view which Lord Chelmsford took of the affair. It is wearisome to enter into the details of this miserable transaction, hut when we find that a friendly Government has been compelled by force of arm.' to pay a brood fiae or p-rsons who may only "possibly" have beer murdered, and when it is perfectly clear that the value of the cargo appropriated by the wreckers has been scandaleuely exaggerated to the benefit of pt i vate persons, common morality and regard for the credit of tne country bid us pay attention to the facts that are brought to our notice. The stoty may be told in a tew words. The Prince of Wales was a vessel laden with a mixed cargo, of which the invoice value was 1.3,500, according to Lori' Chelmsford ; Mr. Fitzgerald makes it only £3,000, The cargo was made up of coal, kegs of nails, lion castings, barrels of beer, seamen's chests, and some soda. 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. That some of the chests were washed ashore and seen broken open is the chief evidence that there was any wrecking at all. Bat when it was known that there was to be com pensation the shippers came forward at once with modest dem, , nd for £5,000; and, though Mr. Ft , z gerald tells us that, Becoming 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, in fficer whom the Foreign-office seed s to think -ndowed with omniscience, " roughly" estimated he proper comp-nsation at £2,36 t, Besides t his, the sum of £B4O was demanded as comp. esation for the murder of the crew, though it is admitted there is no legal proof of their baring been murders d 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 proba bly murdered." Although this claim woe not urged 'n the first piece, a demand was made for £B4O for the "possible murder" of the n en. Now, though it is undoubtedly the. duq of the Government to watch over the lives and property of British sutjects in foreign parts, it must strike every unprejudiced person that these demands were based on very un aubstantial grounds, and enforced with a rigour sel dom employed to a friendly Government. It is not pretended that the Brazilian Govern on-n. was guilty of more than delay in giving satisfaction, and this fault 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 within 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 a fault. " When the Brazilian Government threw it upon the British Government to make this inquiry alone, saying that they would pay whatever sum was demanded, they placed us in a posi ion of conside 'table difficulty. because we had no one on the other side to dispute the varioust its ms." Fancy an attorney aefending an extortionate bill on the ground that the victim neglected to have it taxeo! No one can believe that the Emperor really desires to encourage wreckers, or to murder the crews of the ships whier 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 thetelore hope tnat there will be no opposition on the part of our Government to at, honourable renewal of friendly relations. The King of Portugal has offered his good affixes, and as there is really nu longer any question in dispute, there can be no obstacle e to a good understanding. It will then be for th 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 politicians who think that a member of Parliament's dinner is of no consequence. Sir John 'lrelawny and Mr. Osborne evidently entertain a transcendental idea of the duties of Parliamentary life As in the Apo cryphal narrative of Bel and the Dragon, this dive nity of a statesman should never be seen to eat, bia unlike the idol, on the otner hand, neither shout() 1 here be any preparation made for him He is pre sumed 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 his great posi tion, his lofty intellect, and his immortal soul. It he appeals, in the person of Mr. Dillwyn, to the hardship of being compelled to eat bad meat ill cooked and worse served, he is told that be takes a tow view of political lite. We presume, of course, that Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Osborne w,jn ne t v h e e r d p i r n o e . anywhere. That is certainly the obvi ous d eduction from their speeches on Wednesday, h posal of a select committee for the enlargement of the• kitchen and refreshment rooms was brought 'before the House of Commons. In our judgment, 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 din ner, the provisions also are bad. Now and that , during four , 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— terval ; or, it they were to maintain the old fashion of dining before the House met, there would be an equal necessity of E up)ing. However, there is en established usage of dining at seven or eight o'clock in London, and established uswges are not rei;dily invaded. At that time half the House, or probably three-fourths, go to dinner. T.be result is that, from seven to ten, little progress is made in the debate of the evening, although the " House" still drags on its weary lengtt. Members who cauccv get dinner decently served in the refreshment room of the House of Commons, go to their clubs or their homes, or dine with friends. The distance may be a mile, two miles, or three. If the parsimonious opponents of the present proposed reform send them to that uistance for their dinners, it is not reason able to expect their return to tthe 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 he South, or to advise an armist ce, or to interpose in any Way in the great Atm ican conflict by which we are suffering so severely, has ac*ualiy 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 incu , red for their sake no trifling risk of an Euro pean conflagration. Where shall we seek a more striking contrast between one Minister and another than exists between the Minister of inaction in America and the Minsster of interposition in Polano ? 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 ready 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 to flow-countrymen of the &)uthern States, and the Minister who does everything short of declaring war upon Russia for the behoof of a few thousand insurgents of a race " alien in blood, in language, in religion ;" the statesman who thinks nothing of the r i s k of a war between Russia, France, and Prussia, ending in the annexe non of the left bank of the Rhine, and hesitates not , o enter on a policy of which this is tilt the natural and foreseen conclusion, and the statesman whose scrupulous conscience shudders at the bare possibi lity of n war, which, if it came at all, would be totted in a few weeks, between France and Eng land on the one band, and such remnants as still cohere of the Federal Union on the of her ? Furious towards Brszil, a coward before the Yankees,an in •riguer in Italy, a Kingmaker in Greece, a would be arbitrator in Poland, but in America the ativo• cite of a policy of isolation umparbileled• in setfishne,s, meanness, and timidity ; a braggart to Senhor Moreira, a blusterer to the Tycoon, but pattern of patience and humility under the lectures of Mr. Adams tied the insults of Admiral Wilkes, Lord Russell combines in himself e choice coilec ion otopposite and apparently incompatible faults, ind may serve his successors, whether they be iisposed to err on the side of caution or of energy, is a perfect model of what a Foreign Secretary ought not to be. • COUNTRY MARKETS. ~►"---• MANCHESTER-JULY 16. At our market this morning there way- a slender attend ance of buyers, and there was a limited demand for wheat at a decline on last week's prices of is per qr on English, and 2d per cental on foreign. Flour eglected, at 6d per sack and barrel unaer the rates of last week. Oats at are duction Id per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load. Beans and Indian corn firm, at late values. BIRMINGHAM-JULY 16. English wheat was sold at 48s to 668 for white, and 400 to 508 per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 32s to 428 per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 305 per 30 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 38s to 44s per 4 1 1 '' 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 go od demand, at full prices. Beans a dull sale, at about former prices. Oats met a ready sale. W heat on the top 2s Od down average Os 3d up. Barley on the top is 6d . own average 2s ld up. Oats on tho 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, 4280 d ; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 38s Od ; fine, 36s (d. CORK—JULY 16. The following were the quotations this morning : .—ltcd wheat, 8s Od to —s 0f ; white, 108 3d to —8 Od , barley, 63 Od to Os Od ; oats, 78 6d to Os Od. ; black do., 7s 2 d 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 unfavourable state of 'he weather for slaughtering, consequently 'here was larger number of animals remained unsold The number of sheer aad lambs in the pens was also larger, and tat calves were more plentiful. Fat pigs were about. an ave . rage supply. Beet Mutton .... 6d to 7d 1 Pork Lamb 81d to 9d 1 Rough fat, I ,sdd er to s 5. Hides, 3d to 44d; calf skins, 5d to 6d,6d,6t t;(lkl6ild e Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. trails and Mauritiu s , vi a Soutbani pt0n....... Ju!y 1 •9. via Marseilles ~razil and Cape Verde, by Britiil packet....... Aug. 4 ,f, 'ape of Good H o pe, A scens i on , an d S i . H e l ena. July 2„u' Penang, and Singapore, via Southampt on . J uly via Marseilles ...July l' halkland Islands ..... oibraltar, via Southampton .. July 11. LAM tCalcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jmy 19 ,„ via Marseillea July 13 ndia (Bombay), via Southampton . July 26 via Marseilles July 20 Portugal.... Awlta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton . July I', via Marseilles . July l'' Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, t y Brit. packet.... July 22 , . by U.S. pacitet W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Ju ly 10 iahamas, via New York by Canadian packet. July 17. . July 30' 0 . All July 4 , " All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, ! July 14 ' California. and BritiNl: Columbia.. •••• 1 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 brush es and combs are now so perfected that they are unfailing 111 ,, restoring the colour to grey hair, and curing neuralgia an d nervous headache. N.B.—Counterfeits are being ma de ' Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENTI—ConsUniptiOn, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag; gravate and accelerated by drugs of every description, 13° J. erica, ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revaleo t : -- Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which bad been considered hopeless. We quote a few. Cure No. 62, 91 7. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after th e me dical men / 13 7 abandoned all hope, of her recovery f rom the last stage °f pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoratio n, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cbeek°' emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfe ct ! ! healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of FrilnleY; Surrey, of hirty years' diseased lungs, spittingof blood, ai l derangement. and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigeStia , gatherings, low spi, its, and nervous iancies.—Cure, L 4o ' 54,816. .l,e Rev. James I'. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfoll4 of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment In tins, 11b, 2a 9d; 21b, 4a 6d; 51/ ,;' I,s; l2tb, 225; 241 b, 40s. Bar ry du Barry and CJ No. axtregenrs and chemistst-street,Lond in everyalsoon; all town li.n tul o f the un i ted iia s° ll ud a g nd oceo Births. HICKMAN.—On the 15th inst., at 46. George-street, Por t ; man-iluare, the wif e o f Mr. John Hickman, of two so ns and a daughter. HOBART On the 16th inst., at 15, Eccleston-square, the Hon. Mts. Frederic Hobart, of a daughter. TAYLOR. -0a the 14th inst., at 10, Eaton- place, W., Ai r°. Cavendish Taylor, of a daughter. Marriages. Brex—WILSON.—On the 16th inst., at West Ham Pa r ' eh church, Wiliam Richard Buck, Esq., of the War Offi ce, to Alice E mme li ne , e ld es t daughter of Chitties Wt , se v ' of West Ham, and Basinghall-street, London, eolicitor . SANDARS—RUSSELL.—On the 16th - inst., at St. James f. " Paddingven, Samuel Sandars, only son of Geo. Bandar°, lisq, of Chesteriord.pirk, Essex, and 27, t-ussex-i.quaql Lot don, to Elizabeth Maria, eldest daughter of F r anc"' William Russell, Esq., M.P., of 9, Lancaster-gate. Deaths. BURNABY.—On the 15th inst., the Rev. Robert Burnell' , incumbent of St. George's, Leicester, aged 67. CHAMBERLAIN.-011 the 14th inst., at 7, Norfolk-street Park-lane, Emma, wife of Edward H. Chamberlai n, Esq. DEFRIES.—On the 14th inst., Esther, the relict of Jona4 Detrb-s, E,q., of 147, Houndsdituh, aged 56. GAMBLE —On the 15th inst., at Hampstead, Mr. Rich ard Gamble, aged 75. JONES.—On the 14th inst., at Hackney, Mr. Richd. Jones, aged 62. MEYMOTI.—On the 15th inst., at Clapham, Edwar I Mar mutt, Esq , of Torquay, and of Albion-road, Blacktriar a t aged 53. TußrlN.—rOn the 13th inst., at Rose-hill Lodge, Brighto n, Thomas. Turpin, geq., aged 81. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDIIE I9. I , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tiz E S UIT OffiGZ.. 1 0 " Strand, in the Precinct or the 'voy, In the CO - 11141dIcafz.— Friday, July 17. le6B.