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 et five o'clock. NEW PEER. Lord Szniorp,, 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 terton. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Birmingham and Sutton Coalfield Railway, Hast ings Harbour, 4Veatord Free Bridge, London and North Western Railway knew branches), and the Kettering and Thrapatona Railway bills were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Marquis of BATH presented a petition against the Jrish 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 of her Majesty in order that certain alterations 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 BROUGHAM expressed his approval of the mea. sure. The bill was then read a second time. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. Lord STANLEY of 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 the 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 might 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 Bi,l, were read a second time. Their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER rook 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 nded the motion. Mr. MASsEY 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 yowers 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. JEItVIS 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 expeditinu- 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, so that he was not surprised the General Steam Navigation Company opposed this bill in order to perpetuate a monopoly. (Hear.) Lord STANLEY opposed 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 railway' 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, bear.) 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 establ shed 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 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 measures. If they gave enormous and ambitions railway companies extra p ,wers as in this case they had no security that they would not virtually endow them with monopolies -nimical to the public welfare. In this case the railway company would enjoy a virtual monopoly. The bill was got 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 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 connected 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 was whether the General Steam Navigation Company, which ran from the Thames and occupied a long time in the passage to Rotter dam, should have the monopoly instead of the new company. (Hear, hear.) .Harwich was the natural port, and the shortest and quickest sea voyage. Mr. MALINS supported the bill. Sir H. BRIJ JE said the subject was thoroughly investi gated by the committee, who heard counsel at great length on both sides. (Divide, divide.) After a few words from Mr. kbASARD and Mr. ADA.MS, who trusted the house would not act unjustly to the pro moters after the great expense to which they had been put, The SPEAKER read the standing order of the house, and said, according to his interpretation, they had not in this case bees complied with. He suggested that the bill should be recommitted, with an instruction to the committee to state their reasons for approving of the bill, which they had not done, and which was imperative, according to those orders. Ultimately the proposition of the Speaker was adopted, and th. amendmet t withdrawn. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. The further consideration of this bill was postponed till Monday. The Morayshit e Railway and the North British (Steam boats) Bills were ordered to be recommitted. HOLYHEAD HAltgcmg. Col. DUNNE gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) ask the noble lord at the head of the G.,vernment whaher it was the intention of her Maj es ty's Government to pay any attention to the report of the Holyh ead 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 relatire to the ages, services, &c., of the two construc , ors of the navy, and also with regard to the recent appointment of Mr. E. J. Reed, together wi.h his qa.lifications as chief constructor of the navy. MISCELLANEOUS AND CIVIL SE VICE ESTIMATES. Mr. MARSH gave notice that he should, on an early day nest session, move A resolutioa that, in the opinion 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 dis missed while on sick leave, after 18 years' service, 10 of which were in the East and West Indies, without any pre vious warning, with no charge assigned, nor with any op portunity of explanation before either a court of inquiry or a 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 1869 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 Secretary of State f or W ar , th e l a t e Sir G. C. Lewis, who, after examining all the facts of the case, saw no reaso n for departing from the usual course. A court- Alai was then considered unnecessary, as all the facts 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. COUta-MARTIAL ON CORPORAL ' TAKE. Mr. CONINGHAM asked the noble lord i e would lay on the table of toe house the proceeding the court,- martial on Corporal Blake, The Marquis of HAR r llst GT ON said the pipers at pre sent were not in England. It was unusual to present the proceedings of regimental 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 bad been sent to India to ascertain the facts, and for such witnesses as could give evidence on Colonel Crawlers trial in this country to be sent home. FACTORY CHILI )REN 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-tube factories under the protection of the Factory Act; also, whether his attention had been drawn to the great 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 under Government inspection. Mr. BRUCE (in the absence 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 tho se children. The evidence and the repo rt of the coiru.sion cienTtnetylme wouldhad n h o a t d b b e e e e n n s n o ffo recently d o for p t u b b e l t i r e h oo e d n.% and then the i d 2 e a r t a t s i o u fa n . e nu r n e e ce aether or not he rbieg,bhtobwoe:egr,encotlnestoidaneredwdonurinld dgetethr would introduce a measure founded upon the recommen dations contained in the report. With respect to the t.ursting of boilers, ne doubt every year a considerable sacri fice of lite took place from it; but the hon. 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 untry, and they consisted of those used in manufactures, for locomotive, and also agricultural purposes. Inspection by Government was, to a considerable extent, a substitution :,f Government responsibility for private responsibility; and unless t hey were enabled to make a real and complete inspec Lion, it was better not to attempt Colonel %V PATTEN asked if the hon. gentleman's ob servations applied to th 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 . ary for Ireland why the Tyrone Artillery Militia wns not allowed a practice ground, the shores of Lough Neagh being within reach, and suited to such a purpose; and why this regiment was not supplied with light field guns. Sir R. PEEL said the point was submitted to the War Department, but they declined to allow a pracr 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 4 OUNTESS DELLA SETA v. LORD VERNON. Mr. HARVEY LEWIS asked whether the attention of the Lord Chancellor had been called to the case of the ountess Della S to v. Lord Vernon, heard before Vice- Ch.ncellor Sir J. Stuart, and to the language ann 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 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 ',bout 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 court. It is the invariable practice of the Court of Chancery to take all possible precautions fr-r 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 ad our courts, eventually waiver 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 r•ourse which was taken meets his thorough approval, as in all respects worthy of the duty _ _ f the judge and tne character of the individual who exer• else , that duty. The hon. memb-r's question further refers to some other tut tters which subsequently occurred. The course then taken by the Vice-Chancellor in the discharge of his duty was very greatly misund. rstood—(hear)—by some persons concerned or not concerned in the cause— Mr. MALINS—Not concerned. (Hear, hear.) The SOLICITOR GENERAL—My hon, friend, who know* the circumstances, assures me that they we•e not concerned in tke 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 nobieman he had departed from the ordinary and proper course in a court of law, and had, contrary to his duty, and 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 be desired to have concealed. Of course the house will understand that if any judge had been capable of acting s he would have been linty, rthy of the posit ionswhich he held. (Hear.) Now that charge is utterly groundless and most calumnious—(cheers)- ai.d 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 fit, 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 men of honour, came to his lips and influenced the tone of his observations, I am quite sure it Is not necessary fur 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 mas ts proposed by Captain Coles were to be adopted ? Lord C. PAGET replied that it was not the intention of the Admiralty to fit those vessels with masts. They were intended for harbour defences; but if sent to sea, tempo rary masts might be fitted in them. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In answer to Mr. BAZLBY. Sir C . WOOD intimated that he should make his financial statement on Thursday next. LANCA s R'S RIFLING OF FIELD ARTILLERY. Mr. 11. LEWIS (for Mr. Bernal Osborne) asked the Under -Secretary of State for War if any steps were about to be taken for the application of Air Lancaster's system of smooth oval-bore rifling to field artillery ; and if the corre spondence and papers relating to it would be l lid before Parli4ment. Ale.), 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. 1 he Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that it was not the intention of the Government to take any s.eps towards the application of Mr. Lancaster'm system to the rifling of field artillery; and that the correspondence was so mixed up with other matters that it would oe almost impossible to separate them. With regard to the other question, the re port of the committ ee h a d b een l a id upon the 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. PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMISSION. In reply to Mr. G. 1 1 rrr, Mr. BRUCE said that the report of the Public Schools Commission would probably be ready next session. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN MELVILLE WHITE. In answer to Mr. HENNESSY, Mr. LAYA.RD stated that the case of Captain Melville White had been submitted for arbitratian to the Senate of Hamburg, but he did not know whether they would accept the office. CO MMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS AT NEW YORK. Mr. S. FI 1 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 thr remonstrance of her Majesty's Government, the American G'vernment situ! required bonds to be given by exporters of 400ds from New York that no portion of them should reach the hands of persons in the Confederate States; and. if so, what course ker 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, Mr. 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 DUNNE supported the motion, Mr. F. PEEL defended the appointment of the calen darer, Mr. Morrin, who was select , - d upon the recommen dation ot the Master of the Boils--but he Agreed with his lion 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 calendar that had caused all his trouble. lie 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 ot Irish records upon a more extruded plan was dependent upon all the records being brought under one roof. After some observations from Mr. GEORGE and the AT TORNEY- GENERAL f .r Ireland, Mr. hIONSELL withdrew his motion. BRAZIL. Mr. S. FITZGERALD, in calling attention to the pre 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 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 oppo sition to the wishes of the house in bringing forward the question; but considering the important interests that were involved in the matter, he could not reconcile it with his duty to let the session pass without entering his protest against the position occupied by her Majesty's Government in their late transactions with Brazil, and calling attention to the probable consequences that might follow from it Some weeks had elapsed since the Brazilian Minister at this Court had asked for his passports and surpended all 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 le 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 Wolld 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 modell. d her institutions atter the English m. .del; and she had gained the confidence of the commercial world so much, that Englishmerehanta directed theirattention to trade withßrazil as one of great importance. One of the consequences arising out of the policy of her Ma jesty's Government towards thrtcountrywould beto 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 w'shed to cell the attention of the house to the fact that it was the representative or 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 Affaiis had in a former &bate justified this departure on the grow d that this coun try, being the party offended, could not propose arbitration, and that 'he offer should come from the Brazilian Govern ment. Be 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, ana £1,025 for freight. But ul , i mately the noble lord, having some misgivings arising from what had taken place at the Paris Conferences, 5 , nt a second despatch on the 4th of November, in which he in. strutted Mr. Christie that, if arbitration was proposed by the Brazilian Government, he was to accept it. But al tt ough Mr. Christie was in possession of the two despatches —the second clearly superseding the first—yet, notwith standing this fact, he addressed a demand to the Brazilian Government bosed almost in the identical woras 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 recourse 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, hat Mr. Christie informed the Brazilian Government that is 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 hie 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 onl) attempt at excuse on the part of Mr. Christie wns 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 British ships of war had actually been engaged in making reprisals and insulting the flag of the Brazilian Government, His next point was with re 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 document that had been produced in his name could not have 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 b e en placed before that learned gentleman when asked ror his opinion. He held iu his hand the mani fest at the vessel in question, and he found that the claim stated by her Majesty's Government, on behalf of Mr. Stevens at £5,500, came down to £3,00 01 that value he (Mr. Fitzgerald) had had the opinion ot an eminent mercha t in the Brazilian trade, that only about 800 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 £340 for "possible murders." (Hear, hear.) I here had been no prout whatever that anybody had been murdered at all, and it was just as possible that tnere had been no murders; but, supposing there had, how had that particular amount of damages been assessed ? The moat 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 distributing the money claimed should it have been paid. It might have been supposea that it should go to the relatives of the murdered men, but they were not known, nor was it known that any men has been murdered Strangely enough, the whole of the money was proposed to be divided amongst those who had suffered by the wreck. (Hear.) Unless 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 aexions for her Majesty's Government to take some course that would lead to the renewal of frienoly relations with that country. Hr suggested that the same conciliatory conduct should be pur sued towards Brazil that had been adopted towarus Pere guay ; but he was afraid the secret of the matter was that her Majesty's Government could afford to bully at hio, 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 then 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 dt.ath, regretted that he had ever consented to its passing, and had expressed a bope that it would be repealed. But what was the noble lord's position with regard to that Act with Brazil ? Depu tation after da.utation had waited upon the noble lord with reference to it. Lord PA.LMERSTON—No. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he had been informed so by a gentleman who had waited upon the noble lord. Lord PALMER ST ON—W ? Mr. 'arkZeGinEgßuAitiieLDs, said he was una bl e t o state when. He would S. FITZGERALD and if wr ong h e would give the noble lord the advantage of it. He charged the Govern menttowii with acting in a more hostile spirit towards Br a zil than they had toward s Spain fort • nt ne ai gl e cai c ht t a i w n rb ehg charged treaty lE,,rittaerprl ill : h b ude l so i es g wen a ni tions with regard to th e s l ave trade. Spain had received t w m h i o e t n h e e l n y a a v o v e n i n t t r g h a e d w e d r . i i t s tTt inc t t o h s o t sz i n g p r . u a l ain e that en i i h iercement of reprisals, one of the bitterest despatches, wi - h reference to lit eratiug negroes in the Brazils, wnich his lordship, with his very bitter pen, had ever written. In fact, that despatch was vary much in the spirit of t wo old e ta one y e h a a r v a i n v g aa th t, e last word, throwingraking e up a Government had the means of making ad vances Her Majesty's collect mo st bitter scandal she could fin d a gainst her opponent. women ll , he could quarrelling— eol favourably received; and reason to believe they w ould be Aberdeen act nothing would give more if they repealed the towards the Brazi , ian government, and he had satisfaction to the Brazilian people. He hoped her Ma jesty'sand contrary to what sanctioning conduct that was adverse were in them they h a d riven, and enforcing demands which beat to renew Government would not proceed as they had done, selves ridiculous and absurd, hut do their 8o many tense relations with B ra zil which had existed for tor Years to the hon our o f toe coun t r y. He moved formally a copy of the manifest of the barque Prince of Wales. Mr. LAY.e.RD said he did not clearly understand what object hi s h on. friend had in view in bringing the su bj ec t of Brazil again before the house. The question had been discu ssed and amp l y ventilated in the house an d i n another pl ace on many occasions. They had heard from the bon g en tl eman very great words. He had talked about the disgrace and 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 la: V ENING, JULY 11, 1863 which the honour and dignity of the country were concerned discussed in so small a house as that before him, he telt some misgiving as to their being any justification for the strong expression of opinion which had fallen from his hon. t of acwtb. u i rnfrh r oen. ae i deßm e sdw andnherdwtdi rmoohtsni the Opp a. hhcorongki tesdeheeunpdr: bnrjet. thej, (Hear, edgeeoe: no nmt fita dousau nasrn. dobjectf.hear.)tw;hwr o:eiedu would protection repeated oedeenetsadb e :tah vde sue o oe country that. olh3 :toduhtnehl eeunderstands was bi et a e wtnaains losstthhat what e position of the Government; that, although a British ship tssrath eh:iu coast,refused,ealhdr ,e, its twnth fihee c t eyhi confess srpcwgrr, would uepaspl property t u tfrhy n e ,em d , aN e na r doend, idle,, voi lives a s Govern ment which now held office was not inclined to adopt that view of their duty—(hear) —and they were not prepared to admit that a foreign Government was not responsible for outrages perpetrated on 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 bad 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 proof's of the facts, but that there was any moral doubt as to them he en tirely denied. (Hear, bear.) Ihe hon. gentleman alleged that tne 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 opinion 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 down ether anchors, howdid the hon. gentleman explain the finding of barrels of nails onshore —still more the condition of the Manchester goods which were found unwet and unoamaged 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. lf that were ins object he had suc ceeded. He had embarrassed her Majesty's Government in dealing with the States of S .uth America, and had jeopar dised British interests there to a very great eaten.. Already a great change had taken place in their tone as well as that of Brazil, and fer 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 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 beau adopt. d, on the Brazilian Government refusing to inquire into the circumstances, of referring it to the Queen's Advccate, and although his Ma jesty the King of the Belgians had decided that no insult was intended in the case of the imprisonment of the Forte, 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 ment 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 act known as the "Aberdeen Act," and asserted that no measure had ever done so much for he suepression of the slave trade. No doubt it was a very extreme measure; but in declarine that all Brazilian veesels engaged in the slave trade were to be dealt with as engaged in piracy, it merely ratified the articles o' the treaty uetween the twoccuntries. And, moreover, he would remind the hon. gentleman opposite that the act received the warm .upport of Sir F, Thesiger, of Sir R. Peel, and other die anguished members ot the Conserve ive 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 nor by the course taken by the hon. member. Tne hon member must be aware that the King of Portugal had offered to mediate between the two countries, and tha England had accepted the offer, If, 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 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, hear.) Sir H. CAIRNS pointed out that the question before the house was by no means the same as that upon a termer evening; nevertheless, the Under Secretary for Foreign Af fairs had endeavoured to revert to the previous discussion. He had come to the conclusion that the rude and contemp tth9llB tone pervading the correspondence of our Minister could only have led to the creation of a bad fe ling between the two countries. The hole 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 atter 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 rurture, addressed a circular, which was on the table of the house, explaining the reasons which had led to it, and stating it 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 b p e a e r n t of B severalrish t claims a m i m e r s c h m a a n d t e s o ; n a n t d, hi s o n e o t u h n e t o r t y h e b r y h i a n n d d i v , i t d n u e a r e h a d l si Braiil which were pressed on 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 refer red to a mixed commission composed of Brazilians and British subjects; and the convention recited that all claims remaining unsettle" in the sn of i e ihE i e t u h rte er wh G he o iini v eg e t rn hs7 g he th co e Mr. Scarlett, the Eng leßu e ren h int mitahsi Minister shaeojlnuanilni wab a eaa t sn R d e referred i n o tn s J Bi a dß n et r e roia i n r zt o i ia n i n ) ;0 r med them that he had received a despatch from home directing him to eu.p nd the 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.. gun 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 of opinion • that the Brazilian Government had nut shown suffi cient energy in eneking reparation toi the wrong dune, still he could not avoid looking with sh , me 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 he subject of de bate n, the In d n o . n a e n , d th learned there for this Government to exact redress from who had last spoken expressed his opinion, while objecting rn mcg re iun e se nt f Brazil. But the hon. member for Hor benadtieb:aenn on a f o rme vi r ti o i c e c h a i e t i ts t t o effi the oc i Government et r B ta r k a e z n il itself, and the confes place, and in the teeth h f b e ay l d t it his duty to come down to oss that ihfean'mh h ee, o f in u house and ir e sdape zinitlen evidence a state no aaglle producedThatta publicly that the vessel had not been sacked, while Brazil confessed 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 not 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 ot fact 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 cvernmeat, 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 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 be 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 conclusi .n 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. e contended th it her Maki-Leos 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 bad bean harshly used by the Brazilian Government, according to the lawsot that country. The SOLICITOR- GENEHAL said her Majesty's Go vernment accepted the at biiration, 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. MILNES defended the conduct of Mr. Christie n his dea►ing 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. iuteltigence, or majority of the British merchants resides , at Rio. He repeated his belief ►hat the crew of the Prim. of Wales had never been murdered, inotmuch as, from the nature of the coast, it was )mpossibla 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 Mr. LAWSON moved thA following resolution :—" That, in the opinion of this a owe, the laws under which licenses are granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors and emi nently unsatisfactory and deficient in power to protect th. public, rnd therefore require immediate alteration." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, on the ground that no advantage could arise trom discussing the question at this period of the session— and also upon the ground that it was always objectionable to pass abstract resolutions. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that from his experience as a mabiatrate, he could state that there was no question up .33 wnich there was a greater cuncurrence of opinion, that the licensing system should be revised. With respect to the reduction sail to have taken place In the consumption of spirituous liquors he feared it was more owing to the dm ft ess prevailing in the manufacturing 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,rmoy) was for free trade upon the general principle, but not in licenses. It was a mistake to suppose that publioans 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 suoh as were provided by foreign 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 it, whereas he thought it was a matter which the GFovern men► should take up in, 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— Fur the resolution Agaiust it Majority against resolution 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 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 also the mode in which all such transactions were managed on the part of the National Gallery. The subject then cropped, 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 ReHet Aid Acts Continuance Bill was consi dered as smenued, and agreed to. The Nuisances Removal Act (1855) Amendment Bill was real 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 trom Calcutta to the 8 h of June; Hongkong, to the 30th of May; Mplbourne to May 26. h; S7duey to Ma) 21st ; and Auckland to April 30th. The summary of the Calcutta Englishman of the 8 b of June says jr is with coosiderdbie satis faction that we notice the steps taken by the Ber.gs, Government to render he 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 ,ultural implement makers wit! take oare • hat a fair representation of their manufactures he 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 hclve already entered into the spirit of the in tentions of the Bengal Government, and the wealthy landowners have always evinced 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. 01 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 Exhibitions 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 won, but there is also what is by no means to be despised—a fair prospect of ultimate profit." On June the Ist a flock of locusts passed over Rtneegungee. 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 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 masses: assumed the appearance of clouds, and then disap peared in the distance. The flock was not suffi ciently thick to throw a deep shade, but the myriads of these destructive little insects moving in the ail c .used a very palpab , e diminution of the intense glare and sunshine which prevailed immediately before their appearance and after their disappear ance. CHINA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) HONG K. NO , May 30. The critical posture of affairs in Japan continue& ro excite the deepest interest among foreigners. N. , apparent progress has been made by the Jepanee4 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 No mani testly his interest to humble the turbulent Ddimios, 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 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 requisi tion, although the departure of her Majesty's 31st Regiment from Shanghai was countermanded. At Yokohama, on the above dt te, the extreme excite ment of the previous week among foreigners had somewhat abated; but at Nagasaki, from which the latest dates are also of the 13th inst., the Governor bad 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 that many of them had lett the place. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Transactions in imports during the fortnight have been to a lair extent. The sides given below are for native con sumprion, but a far Larger quantity has been taken by foreigners for xe-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. JUTS rRALIA. NEW bOU CH 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 subj , cts at present exci, ing the public mind, such exten,.ive coucessions having been made to popular •demands that there is little left to agitate for." NEW ZEALAND. Both the corresnondencd and the summary of news of the Southern Cross of the 30th of April state hat the wors , lectures of the intelligenct are confirmed :—"Rewi and Kingi have returned to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in crganizing armed oppositions. to law and order. Their followers have gone to the south, to the corn. .er of several htindted—suna e;3- 20(t, wheu,&:(l .nd others again state that Rewl 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 truth. The native educational and industrial establishment 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 views may come any moment of an outbreak at Taranaki, when it would not be safe to remain un protected among the Waikatos. The natives are in a state of unbridled anarchy. There is no controt ling power to check them ; and such being the case, one can readily perceive the difficifhties that sur round the movement for reinstating the Taranhki settlers on their former holdings. Tne professions of friendship which Thompson and some other chiefs make are of little use; and we see no pro bable end to the present stale 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 Btb of May contains the details of ti .e muroer 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 Tat arsimaka, on the 4th of M ‘y, and, having crossed thk, Oakura- river, heard the report of a volley of small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half 4 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. Captain Shortt, with a party of 30 men only, from the Redoubt at Poutoko, were the first to at rive at the spot, followed shortly afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was their mournful task to gather the bodies of the follow ing officers and 11 en, savagely murdered : Assistanr•Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B. Lieutenant T. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment. Colour-Sergeant Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment. Sergeant Samuel Hill, 67ca Regiment. Private Edward Kelly, 57th Regiment. Private John Flynn, 57th Regiment Private Bartholomew Macarthy, 67th 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 bad left it, 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 4 ,„lmpped towards town, and was caught by tht .scort. Tnis fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over ►he wr.ole settlement. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The tone of the debates on the differences hetweeu this country and Brnzil 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 mny have been com mitted by the Brazilian Government, our own ha-. io say the least, exacted quite enough compensation and inflicted quite enough indignity. In the present week the question 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 Wales, and last night Mr. S. Fitz gerald went over the same ground, and added mr cumstances whieb c,tnfirm the view which Lord Chelmsford took of the affair. It is wearisome to enter into the details of this miserable transaction, but when we find that a friendly Government has been compelled by force of armJ to pay a blood fire or persons 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 scandalously exaggerated to the benefit of pr i vate persons, common morality and regard for the credit of the country bid us pay attention to the facts that are brought to our notice. The story may be told in a few words. The Prince of Wales was a vessel laden with a mixed cargo, of which the invoice value was 13,500, according to Lord 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 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 end 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 once with a modest demand for £5,000; and, though Mr. Fitz gerald tells us that, accoroing 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 a fficer whom the Foreign-office seems to think endowed with omniscience, " roughly " estimated the proper comp-nsation at £2,36 I. 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 bey murdered." Although this claim wes not urg, o n the first piece, te demand wasmade for £B4O for 4 popsible murder "of the n en. Now, though it is andoubtedly ih. du.y of the Government to watch over the lives and property of British sulker,. to foreign parts, it must strike every unprejuuiceo person that these demands were based on very ut, -übstantial grounds, and enforced with a rigour sel dom employed to a friendly Government. It is not pretended that the Brazilian Governmtn was Ruth, of more than delay in giving satisfaction, and telt fault was sufficiently punished by the reprisals to which our Government resorted. When the Em peror's Government yielded, it would have been courteous *0 restrict the money demand within moderate limits, instead of taking the opportunity to make questionable charges. The defence of this part ut 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 atone, saying that they would pay whatever sum was demanded, they placed us in a posi.ion of conside rabic difficulty, because we had no one on the other side to dispute the verious items." Fancy an attorney • efending an extortionate bill on the ground that the victim neglected to have it taxed ! 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 Europ ean 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 o f our Government to an honour able renewal of friendly relations. The King of Portu g al has offered his good offices, and as there is really no longer any question in dispute, there Fanbe no obstacle to a good understanding. I t will then be Minis ters who shall be appointed by the two countries to ma i nta i n 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 Trelawny 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 divi nity of a statesman should never be seen to eat, bu unlike the idol, on the other hand, neither shoulo !here be any preparation made for him He is pre sumed to live on nectar and ambrosia somewhere, but not within the ken of ordi nary mortals, and any discussion as to what he should eat and drink is deemed to be equally der oga t ory to h i s great posi tion, his lofty intellect, and his immortal soul. It he appeals, in the per son o f M r . Dill w y n , to t h e hardship of being compelled to eat bad meat iii cooked atm worse served, he is told that he takes a low view of political life.. We presume, of course, that Sir John Tretawny and Mr. Osborne never fiire anywhere. That is certainly the obvious deductive from their speeches on Wednesday, wh.al the pro 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. I' IS, in truth, a grievance on which twenty o th er grievances depend. The complaint is, that there is no adequate acct.mmodation for dinner, and that the provisions also are bad. Now, during four nights every week, the house sits from four in the lifternoon (when there are no ntorning sittings) often . ttotil midnight, en(' sometimes till two :L.m. Of e,,urse, int-cutters ut P..ritament must dine in their)- , rva.; or, I , the h..' to Enain , sin she o d fashion of dining before the House met, there would be an equal necessity of sup ling. However, there is an established usage of dining at seven or eight o'clock in London, and established usages are not readily invaded. At that time half the House, or probably three-fourths, go to dinner. The result is that, from seven to ten, little progress is made in the debate of the evening, although the " House" still drags o n its weary length. Members who cannot get dinner decently served in the refreshment. room of :tie 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 distance for their dinners, it is not reason- Ale to expect their return to t , e House under Et coupled' hours at least. Now all this is so much ime lost in legislation. HERALD —Lord Russell, who refuses to recognise t he South, or to advise an armist ce, or to interpose it, any way in the great American conflict by which we are suffering so severely, has ac•ually asked an .armistice for the Poles, has addressed to Russia what might almost be called a threatening letter on heir behalf, has all but recognised them, and has tecu 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 rellow•countrymen of the S , uthern States, and the Minister who does everything short of declaring war upon Russia for the beboof of a few thousand 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 annexe tiou of 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 conscience shudders at the bare possibi lity 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 before the Yankees,an in• triguer in Italy, a Kingmaker in Greece, a would be arbitrator in Poland, but in America the advo cate of a policy of isolation unparalleled in selfishness, meanness, and timidity ; 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 disposed to err on the side of caution or of energy, 18 a perfect model of what a Foreign Secretary ought not to be. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER-JtrLY 16. At our market this morning there wa' 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 un ,er the rates of lasi, week. Oats at a re auction t 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 56s for white, and 40s to 508 per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 32s to 42s per qr; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 stone ; Irish, 228 to 255. Beans, 38s to 44s per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 atone. 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. W heat on the top 2s Od down average Os 3d up. Barley on the top Is 6d t own average 2a hi 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 Od ; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 3t3s Od ; fine, 36s Od. CORK—Jtna 16. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s Od to —s 0 ; white, 108 3d to —sOd , barley, 6s Od to Os Od ; oats, 7s 6d to Os Od. ; black do., 78 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 unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, consequently there was a larger number of animals remained unsold. The number of sheep and lambs in the pens was also larger, and fat calves were more plentiful. Fat pigs were about an ave. rage supply. . _ _ Be - et Mutton .. Lamb 81 dto 9d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stone Hides, 3d to 40; calf skins. 5d to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .July 19. via M arseilles July —. Jrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles July 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 13 ndia (Bombay), via Southampton . July 26 via Marseilles July 20. Portugal.... Aug 4. alto, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamptm July 19 via Marseilles July 13. \ ewfoundland Porto and Vigo .... .s. and British N. America, t) Brit. packet.... July 22 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 17. vk .0, of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerille .. .. July i 0 abamas, via New York .... .. 1 , 1 elm() s. II parts of West Indies, including Chili, I'eru, July 14 ( alitiprnia., and Itritirh C01umbia.,..... „..„ 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 g rey hair, and curing neuralgia and nervous headache. N.B. — Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious. liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag gravate and accelerated by drugs of every description, but I erlec ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. M is. Lange, Is years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hope of leer recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with f arful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspiration, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a skLleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly heathy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commisaaire de Police. Cure, No. 4u,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of hirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liv, r derangement and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extra me nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, 64,816. lie Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, lib, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b, is ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, degent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. Births, HICKMAN.—OR the 15th inst., at 46, George-street, Port man-square, the wife of Mr. John Hickman, of two sons and a daughter. HOBART.— On the 16th inst., at 15, Eccleston-square, the Hon. Mrs. Frederic Hobart, of a daughter. TAYLOR. -0a the 14th inst., at 10, Eaton place, W., Mrs. Cavendish Taylor, of a daughter. Marriages. Brcx—WlLsorst.—On the 15th 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 inst., at St. James's, Paddington, Samuel Sanders, only son of Geo. Sanders, Esq, of Chesteriord- park, Essex, and 27, Sussex-equare,. London, to Eliz a b e th M ar i a , e ld est d aug h ter of F rancis William Russell, Esq., M.P., of 9, Lancaster-gate. Deaths. BI!RNABY.—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, Parrs-lane, Emma, wife of Edward H. Chamberlain, Esq. DEFRIES.—On the 14th inst , Esther, the relict of Jonas Detri s. E-q., of 147, Houndsditch, aged 56. GAMBLE On the 15th inst.. at Hampstead, Mr. Richard G .toble, aged 75. JONES.—On the 14th inst., at Hacktuy,Mr. Richd. Jones, ages 62. MEYMOTI.—On the 15th inst., at Clapham, Edward Mey tnott, Eeq., of Torquay, and of Albion-road, Blackfriare, aged 53. TunpiN —On the 13th inst., at Rose-hill Lodge, Brighton, Thomas Turpin, Esq., aged 81. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS , of o. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tin SUN Office. No. 11 " Strand, in the Precinct of th e 3avoy, i n t h e Coun ty w , Middleam—Friday, July 17. 1863. I