The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-24 00:00:00

~~. MONEY MARKET AND: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The reduction in the minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England has led to greater easiness in the open market, 3k per cent. being now taken for the negociation of first-class three months' bills. There is abundance of floating capital, and an active com petition in monetary circles. The alterations exhibited in the Bank of Eng. land return were precisely those that might have been anticipated, owing to the tendency of the specie movement, and the position of the general discount market. The following are the parti culars Subjoined is an analysis of the Bank of England return for the week ending Wednesday last : Active Circulation .. £20,800,305 Increase „ .. ~ 93,525 Bullion .. 16,387,161 Increase .. 157,914 Rest .. .. 3,100,148 Increase .. .. .. .. 5,721 Public Deposits 6 316,413 Increase .. 547,137 Other Deposits.. 14,739,897 Decrease .. • • . 273,494 Seven Day and other Bills 6.2,921 Decrease _.. • . 7,119 Government SecUritieS . 12,051:395 Increase .. .. 921,950 Other Securities .. 18,034,138 Decrease .. 714.094 Notes Unemployed .. 8,391.525 Increase 49,080 There were no bullion operations of public inte rest at the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. During the last few days there has been a rather large amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. At the public soles of tea prices have slightly advanced, while sugar, coffee, and cocoa have fully maintained ptevions prices. Rice has been dull, while the inquiries for saltpetre and tallow have been more active. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 435. per cwt. on the spot, and 465. 6d. for last three months' delivery. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, actor ding to Mr. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 30c. —very fiat. At the first ordinary meeting to-day of the share holders of the Bombay Gas Company, Mr. Evans in the chair, the report submitted for a ioption stated that the applications for shares had been in excess of the amount required, and that the under taking had met with a favourable reception by the local authorities in Bombay. A plot of ground had been obtained at a reasonable price. The site abutted upon the Great Indian Peninsula Riilway, with which it will be connected by a siding, giving great facility fcr the transport of plant and mate rials. The market for the English Funds opened this morning with a fiat appearance, rind further sales being pressed, a decline of k per cent, ensued, Consols receding to 921 a for money and the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are a little depressed at 911 1, and the New 21 per Cents. at 764. The 5 per Cents. are 1081 ; Bank Stock is firm at 234 236; and Exchequer Bills at ss. prem. Indian descriptions are steadily maintained; the 5 per Cent. is quoted 109?-, i 7„ the 5 per Cent. En faced Paper, 1071 4 ; the 51 ditto, 1151; and the Bonds, 17s. to 21s. prem. The Foreign Stock Market to-day has been com paratively dull, but many of tne quotations have Continued firm. A small amount of business has taken place in Turkish. The 6 per Cents., 1858, have been dealt in at 681 ; in the 6 per Cents., 1862, at 691 70, 1 ; the Consolides are 471 1, being 1 per cent. lower; and the New Loan is 1 t prem.; Greek are 281 29 ; and the Coupons, 131 showing no alteration ; Italian Stock is 7(1 to 71; and the Confederate Loan is 11 1 prem. D , alings have taken place in Dutch 4 per Cents, at 1001; the Portuguese Loan of 1862, at 47i 48 ; in the Italian Maremmana Stock, at 751; and in Egyptian, at 97/ 981 ; Mexican Stock is steady, at 331; Brazilian 6 per Cents are marked 100/, and the 4/ per Cents, at 931 4 94. The deal ngs in the Railway Share Market have been extremely limited, and prices have further given way. Great Easterns and South Westerns have declined about 55., and Lancashire and York shire, North Western, and South Eastern 10s. Tho Foreign and Colonial ucdertakings con tinued dull, at about picvlua3 tiuutaLluuth Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re mained inactive. London and South African have declined to 27/ ; Standard of British South Africa to 15/ 16 ; and Electric Telegraph to 101/ BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2/ per Cent. Annuities... 6 per C en t. A nnu iti es .ii.ututies, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., PlBO.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5f per Cent D i , , bonds 01,000 Ditto under £l,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, May 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2/ per Cent — Ditto Small 5 pm FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 Egyptian 7 per Cent . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account.. Ditto Coupons l3l It tlian 5 per Cent. (M aremmana R a i lway) 751 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 33} 1 Pei ucian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1868 ................ •••••• 6811 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18,2 ...... I.Yltto Account .................... 691 Ditto Guarar teed, 4 per Cent.,......... 102 i Venezuela, 3 per Cent ...... . ......... Ditto Account ..... 23 Ditto 6 per Cent., 185'2 .......... 68i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ 100 i 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account 7oi TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Bank of England Return.--Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending cf April, 1863: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 22d day motes issued .. ISSUE DEP ......429,191,M), ARTMENT. Government Debt .£11,C15,1C 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,nthi Gold Coin & Bullion 14,541,830 S i lver Bullion - £29,191,830 BANKING D Pi oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis rnissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- X 29,191,830 :PARTICINT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn nutty) £l2 051,3 - 5 Other Securities 18,034.138 Notes Gold and Silver 845,321 Coin counts) - 6,316.413 Other Deposits 14,749.897 Seven Day and other Bills 612,921 £39,322.379 I w. £39,322,379 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. April 23, 1863. T;llats PROPOSED NEW BRIDGES OVER THE Y. sterd.ty the committee of the House Of Lerd„ of which further Lord Lord Taunton is chairman proceeded with aoros a th e co nsideration of the proposed Albert Bridge and Mr. R ope r and after bearingsome furl her evidence, tersea-bridge, Without Ott, Q. 0., in opposition, en behalf of Bat unwilling, withoetiteolimaittee decided that the committee are shown in the cue atemore pressin g necess i ty t h an h as b een prietary bridg e ovor the notion the ere c ti on o f a ne w pro and -hey are further of ()Thames, with tolls in perpetuity, .ineion that it is desirable, and of the biv(rhole urgent iropertance, that c ommodation between question of bridge relesid. es of the river within the ac metropolitan district, sh ould receive the early consideration of some public authority vicling for the ab dition of all t oll:o: i t t h h 'he object of pro- For these reasons the committee w,,,,,—oftn as far as pos.ible. opinion that it was not expedient to proceed with the bill, r i l i c4 is owe. Stlently thrOWA out, 105 106 3 (5 11 , 3 105 95 96 -4 96 110 112 1 111 lig 113 115 too 100 10u 100 100 RRTTISH 1111 111 I'3 118 110 ,05 102 1021 102 1024 102 IG2i 110 112 105 11'6 1 113 .11 113 100 110 1091 1101 1023 3 1091 10 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id t linora Amalgamated.. 20 22 204 Devon G. Con.. Javist.. 1 610 520 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 a 95 92 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 55. 4d P East Caradon ~ 1.14. ti 3 444 414 East Carn Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk. 8.1.6 81 4 4 Gam., tStAubyn(Gwen.; 57, 14 16 Great South Tolg - u5.... 17a 51 51 G. Wheal Vor (ffelston 40 64 7 G u r e e r n od vi ,B ll . e.. Foot,— ............ 54 464 6 484 51 Hingston D0wn5...... 4. 7.0 24 3 Lady Bertha ..... ... 2.0.6 — Margaret (tJny Lelant f c 91 33 35 Marke Valley.. 4 yndy Iron Oro (Lim 2,t 1 6 d New Setun .. 191 130 140 4. North Gowns 24 24 - V. Wh'l Basset(lllo.fati q 5 - INlcrth Wheal Crotty Consols (St. Blazey 11 44 6 $0 r Itovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.7 11 4 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 395 405 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) .5.15.6 31 41 '.Wheai Fran. (Illogan 16.1 .9 87/ 921 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv..k Lead Min 44 1 1 10 tin Crort 4 204 214 West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 )3 W Caradon (Liskeard 5 31 33 I West Seton • Wheal Basset (Mogan I (.74 724 heal Buller(Redrutli 5 50 55 is heal liitty(U.Lelant 2.0.6 xhealLtid ott heal Mary Ann (Men 156 tB4 Wheal Seton . . 584 245 255 heal Tretawney (Lit, 7 1 4 1 74 Wheal Union 3.17 1 4A 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. West Midland, Oxforu, 2d guaranteed stock, 1291 20 PREFEttENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pf., 951 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 102 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim. gu4. 7 per cent., 214 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 9/ Ditto (..11), 231 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian,l23i FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, 14 United Mexican (Ilia.), 6! JOIN T-STUCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lira.), 30 Australasia, 72 Bank of Egypt, 301 City, 9-1 9 Colonial, :19) 9 Continental, 4f London and Brazilian (11m.), 414 London Joint Stock, 6 London and South African, 28 i 74 London and Westminster, 774 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 16 154 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 574 Electric Tell,3egrapl,llBoClB:4 Crystal e r NationalnWaterDiscount la e ec..:n4t W o rk s, M ISCELLANEOUS. Oriental Inland stieCaomm RProat n u j i a aand 0 Trust and Lo a n Janeiro City im_proventents aim.) £2, 34 Co. of up i er Canada, 51 The Price o f The quotation 01 per mills pm., and Golcl i at droanrt i2B about the short exchange on Lon n P a e p r p 4 thanl sterilers English Mint price of £3 comparing these rates with the 7 8 . 101 d. per ounce for standard g0E51dn.2,g24t n • arly 2-10ths er cent. dealer in Lo ' an in thatPariggs.o.ldOins Hamburg the pri ce of cegoisld. t i h s e 4 ll o p r s e e t r , e mk sterling. and a th d e vic il s o7t om exchange on London is 13 . 6 1 per tandard gold at the English Mint pri 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg [he course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' si. , ht is 1664 to 1674 per cent., and the premi um on cent. At these rates there is a from the United States , gold is about 52 per C • . , Profit on the importation of gold A MAN LOST IN A BOQ,—A farmer named Mar shall was found dead in a bog on Stanfield Moor, at a place called Winsley Pasture, on Tuesday morning. He had evidently been struggling over the swamp at that place, for his bundle was found at some distance from his body, and there were traces of his feet. He appears to have ultimately fallen on his face, and sunk in the tog. He had a considerable sum of money upon him when found. He was last seen alive on Saturday,—,Maneifaer ,Examiner, RUSSIAN ATROCITIES. A communication from Cracow of the 20th in the Debats says : " The insurrection is spreading among the higher classes of the nation. The large proprietors solicited by the Russian Government to lend it their co operation, and on the other hand urged by the chiefs of the insurrection to unite with them, had up to the present time maintained a certain neutrality. A great number of those proprietors, with their families, retired either to Warsaw or abroad, but the odious measures of recruitment have since driven them to the side of the insurgents. After the burn irg of the chateau of Count Zamoyski came the complete devastation of the chateau and the public establishments which C )unt Przedziechi had founded at Ojcow, a bathing place in one of the most delight. ful valleys of the country. What has just taken place at Moyslanoi, in the Government of Lublin, fills up the cup of general indignation. That domain belongs to Count Poletylo, one of the richest land owners in the country, and who, before the adoption of the recruitment measure, even passed for being one of the partisans of the Marquis Wielopolski. At the most unexpected moment a Russian column surrounded the chateau of Count Poletylo, who was at table with his family and some friends. Not a single insurgent was there. Without any prelimi nary summons the commandant of the Russian troops opened a fire on the peaceable inhabitants of the chateau. M. Moyciechnoski, brother-in-law of the Count, and his son were killed, as well as several of the servants of the house. An old man, Major Kuim, was wounded. The Russian soldiers after ards entered the chateau, Ns hick they completely pillaged and sacked." SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuF , S. Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 81 7 8 84 88 112 112 6i 7 40 12 13 14 89 91 106 108 61 62 44 46 24 25 120 i 1211 120 12 , 134 136 101 103 66 (6i 1071 107 f 76 77 114 1 16 39A 40} 9.1 97t 101 112 43 44 12 121 1224 •23 1 14 - e : 91 93 50 51 24 25 99 100 651 66i 86 67 115 117 11 la 16 lei 14 It :20 122 43 44 98 100 48 t 32 23 91i 91f 1 , 7 G 9 99 101 7 8 7 38 9 10 t 153 153 1 `# 3}p 79 81 1M 156 28 30 44 45 37 38 98 100 ISIONS. 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Jan. & July, 1891.. , Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p , Tslon 'bus 6 per cent i Naia G - -v. 6 per ce n t.. 'N.B.Gov.op.c. oa . dz J u i. - uo. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oci N. S.W. Gov. 5p ?..,18 Do. 5 p. to t - Do. d0.,1888 dtupwdb New Zealand 6 p Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. ; steriin4r, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c Aus G0p.c.1b70.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. 1n K me. An.tscOnt.. 100 5. t.O 100 all , S•AE:' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1863. Another letter from the same place says : " The whole Russian detachment which returned re-equipped from Myslowice (in Prussia) to Poland was on the 17th inst. attacked in Czenstochowa by a strong body of insurgents. After the combat. which lasted about two hours, the aforesaid detach ment of the Russians was not only driven from that town, but forced to recross the frontier. A small detachment of Polish students, under the command of Macary Drokomirecki, was surrounded not far from Zieczen by imperial forces much superior in numbers. The little band stood bravely for some time against fearful odds, their youthful commander encouraging them by words and deeds. At last be fell, pierced by two balls. After this his companions determined to end the unequal combat by a desperate charge sword in hand; fortunately this bold ma noeuvre succeeded, and the Russian ranks broken through alio' ved the little column to escape without being further molested. These youths are known to belong to some of the best families in Poland. The chief body of insurgents in the province of Lublin camps near Dubianka. I hear from Lemberg that on the night of the 13th inst. a detachment of patriots took Tarnogrod by storm; two sotnias (squadrons) of Cossacks, which defended that town, lost 34 in killed, and, after being driven from that place, retired in the direction of the Fortress Zamosc, the only post in the occupation of tht Czar's troops south of the city of Lublin. Another band of insurgents on the same night captured Krubieszow after a fight of insignificant import. There are further details of the cruelties committed by the Russians in Tomaszow. A little boy stand ing in the doorway of a hut, seeing that none of the patriots fell from the volley discharged at them, shouted out to his mother inside, The Holy Virgil protects our brave men ; I saw none of them fall by the volley that was just heard.' A Cossack close a: hard, who happened to overhear this explanation, coolly dismounted, and, approaching the little fel low, said, My boy, thou appearest to believe it, miracles. I shall presently see whether the Holy Mother . Swiataia Matuska) will divert the ball 1 em going to send against thy head.' On saying this he drew out his pistol and fired it. The pool boy fell dead at the feet of his mother, who, hearing The menace, flew across the hut to protect her child. This was related to my triend by an old woman, the next door neighbour of the disconsolate mother, now in Cracow. I also see the statement corrobo rated by to-day's Lziennik Poznanski (Journal of Posen), which T have just received. A remarkable event happened just after the first attack on Mie chow. - The insurgents, as you know, were repulsed on that occasion, and forced to abandon their enter prise until reinforced. Disconsolate at the want of success, yet undismayed, the men determined to bivouac close to the toad to lilelee. While here they saw a Russian officer en grand tenue galloping over the road. They watched with much anxiety, knowing that from that direction alone aid to their enemy might arrive. The commander of the Poles, not having yet dismounted, spurred his horse and overtook the fellow, who turned out to be the bearer of the following despatch from the Russian com mandant at Miechow " This morning, at five o'clock, a rebel detachment, 2,000 strong, attacked me in three columns, and was repulsed, As I anticipate a repetition of the assault, I beg to be rein forced.' This despatch and its messenger falling into the hands of the Poles, the Russian general at Kielce was left in ignorance of the needs of the Russians, the succour did not arrive, and the patriots, whose numbers did notamount to one-fifth of that given in the d , spatch, satisfied with the impression they had created, returned instantly to the at tack. drove out the Russians, and took possession of the place (Mieehow), though inferior in number." The following is an extract from a confidential report addressed by the Civil Governor of Lublin to the authorities at Warsaw, on the proceedings of the Russian soldiery at TOMBEZOW on the sth inst., dated Jan. 29 and 30 (Feb. 11 and 12 N.S.):— " On the sth, about 5 a.m., a detachment of the Imperial army, consisting of infantry and Cossacks, surrounded the town of Tomaszow on all sides. The insurgents, some of whom were on guard and the rest in the barracks, perceiv ing this, assembled, and after pushing through the ranks of the troops, took up a position outside the town. After a few shots on both sides, the army, not attempting to pur sue the insurgents, rushed into the town and fired several strong volleys with their rifles at the houses occupied by employes and citizens, after which the soldiers scattered themselves over all the streets of the town, and began to rob and murder innocent and unarmed p-ople." Toe following are the names of some of the per. sons killed : 1. Charles Dombroski, a Customhouse officer. 2. Mecpeda, or Mereda, a staff captain, quartermaster general of the staff of the 11th Division, who, being an in valid and brother-in•law to the former, had been in his house for the last three months. 3. Louis Jackowicz, a Customhouse employe, the father of five children. 4. Ignatius Brzosko, a pensioner, aged 70, late chief of the Custrimhouse. 5. Ferdinand Jarachowaki, a schoolmaster, aged 63. 6. Caaimi Clunicluski, a gentleman, aged 52. 7. ojciechZelkiroaki, a doctor of medicine and surgeon, aged about 50. All the alove were dragged forcibly out of their houses and killed. 8. Dornbt owski, a physician. 9. Alexander Itaszewski, assistant to the Controller of the Treasury. 10. Leslaw Czartoryski, a Customhouse officer. 11. Wojciech Nowoduik; and 12. Antony Nowodnik, townsman, also killed in the street close to their houses. 13. Buckles Malarzowa, a Jewess: 14. Casimir Swiderski, and 15. Michael Czarnocki, townsmen. 16. A coachman and townsman, names unknown, who were driving some Jews in the town froo, Putnarzew. Six, dead bodies of persons, supposed to be insurgents by their dress, were found on the spot where the insurgents were awaiting the attack of the military. Thu following were wounded while coming up to put out the flames, or passing through the street: 1. Michael Podgorski, a townsman. 2. Casimir N., coachman to Dr. Zielkowski. 3. John Pogladzinski, smith. 4. Szoel Borandel. 5. A coachman, name unknown. 6. Philip Uminski, Controller of the Treasury. 7 The sister of Leakowlea, who had been killed by the soldiers. The following were beaten with the butt .ends of rifles, or wounded with bayonets : 8. Pultawaki, a local magistrate. 9. Gonsiewski, a cashier. 10, Piontasinski, secretary of the magistrates. Besides the above Captain Brzezinski, comman dant of the Extradition Regiment, was insulted by having his epaulettes torn from his shoulders, his face spat upon and his ears boxed. The fingers of the dying were cut off and the rings torn from them. Two houses were covered with straw and burnt by the soldiers, and the dead body of Dr. Zielkowski was burnt in one of them. The active aid of the townsmen prevented the further spread of the fire; the town, however, presents an appearance of de structio, for all the h ouses inhabited by the more wealthy citizens, as also those occupied by the Civil Court of Justice and the Custom-house, are ruined. All the employes and the more wealthy citizens of all classes have been robbed,and it is difficult to estimate the consequent losses, the majority of the sufferers that survived having escaped. Many took refuge in Austrian Galicia, and among them, so far as is yet known, one Pultawaki, a magistrate, and the widows of Dombrowski, the cashier, Leukowicz, and Zielkowaki, who had been killed by the soldiery. The two latter have lost their reason in consequence of the sudden shock. The only priest remaining in Canon Kwiatkowski, a feeble old man who had been robbed and insulted like the others, and the only Government employes left are the usher, clerk, and assistant-clerk in the Court of Justice, the Controller of the Treasury, the postmaster, and one Custom house cfficer." The report concludes with a long and detailed description of the miserable condition of the whole neighbourhood, which las been desolated and de privcd of its inhabitants, who, taking with them all they could, fled, no )ne knows whither, before the robbing and murdering soldiery. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—From the debates which took place in both houses last night the American Government and their more zealous than wise representative, Mr. Adams, may learn the feeling that their acts have produced among all classes of the English people. It cannot be denied that very great irrita tion exists. In the Commons' debate the temper of the house was very conspicuous. We do not allude to Mr. Roebuck's acrimonious remarks, but to the evident impatience and indignation with which the assumption of the Federal Admiral and his supporters at Washington are regarded—a feeling which showed itself both in speakers and listeners all through the debate. Indeed, it is impossible that there should be two opinions on the subject. Even the Federal partisans, who are not easily daunted in their advocacy, had nothing to say on this occasion. It has been proved by the clearest evidence, and is not contradicted, that at least three British vessels have been seized while trading be tween neutral ports ; that one, which was actually captured in British waters some months since, has never been restored, and, in spite of reclamations, still remains in the hands of the captors; that an other, the Dolphin, trading between Liverpool and Nassau, was not only captured, but her crew takes out, and, contrary to humanity as well as interna tional usage, turned ashore destitute on the foreign island of St. Thomas. The case of the Peterhoff is scarcely less indefensible. The assumption of the Federal Admiral to capture vessels trading to the neutral port of Matamoras,on the ground that a part of their cargoes may possibly reach the Confederates, is one which can never be allowed by a commercial Power like England ; and the case of the Peterhoff is the more flagrant, inasmuch as it is affirmed that ,he carried nothing that was contraband of war. Last of all, the extraordinary conduct of Mr. Adams has increased the irritation of the public, by appear ing to reduce to a system the aggression on British vessels. No one who remembers the career of Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell will think that either requires much encouragement when the dignity of the country is in question. If, however, there were any doubt of the spirit in which the Govern. ment would meet the Federal assumptions, it is removed by the clear and energetic statement made by Lord Russell last evening. While decLring that England is ready to maintain the law of blockade, now that she is neutral, just as fully as when she was a belligerent supreme on the ocean, and while admitting that the presence of contraband goods may be taken into consideration by a Prize Court, as showing the destination of the vessel, the Foreign Seeretary declared his opinion as to the illegality of the late seizures. The most important passage of nis speech related, however, to the United States Minister in London. That Mr. Adams has been guilty of an act of signal misconduct is beyond a doubt. It was something more than a diplomatic discourtesy for a foreign Minister to give a pass to a British vessel for a voyage from a British to a neu tral port. Tne logical inference, of course, must be that other vessels, unprovided with passes, would be captured, and Mr. Adams accordingly assumes that his Government will be guilty of an act wholly indefensible. With reference to this affair Lora Russell speaks in terms sufficiently precise. " There Can be no doubt," he says, " that the conduct of Mr. Adams was entirely unwarrantable; but I should not think of complaining to Mr. Adams. I shall bring that conduct under the consideration of the United States Government. It is for them to say in what manner such an act should be visited." This tone is worthy of the country and the Minister. It shows that, while making every allowance for the aifficulties of the Federal Executive, our Govern ment will allow no invasion of our rights to pass unredressed. HERALD.—Many of those who spoke from the Opposition benches expressed their belief that the debate raised by Mr. Bentinck, in regard to the treatment of English commerce by the American Government and by American cruisers, would prove extremely useful. On the other hand, all the speakers on the Ministerial side denounced it as in ,pportune and mischiev ous i n the highest degre e . We are inclined to agr ee t o a certain extent with both parties. We conc e i ve th a t the discussion of la s t night will do good at h ome and mischief ab roa d . We believe, moreover, th at t h e good will b e ent i rely attributable to those who promoted the disc uss i on and predicted its usefulness ; the mischief, solely to the speeches of those who denounced discussion on the subject as dangerous and untimely. It is ex ceedingly unfortun ate. that anyt hi ng should be said, .n or out of the Hou se of Common s, which may tend to provoke the Americans to acts which must inevi tably lead to a collision. And the character of the Americans is unhappily Such that nothing is so tikely to provoke them to acts of intolerable wrong And unendurable in su l t as the b e lief that w rong and insult will be patiently borne. If the Fede ra l . Government is ind uced to fancy that may safely encroach on the rights of British subjects and on the freedom of neutral commerce, it is certain very soon to carry its encroachments to a point at which retractation on its part and forbearance on ours will become alike impossible, and at which war must necessarily ensue, And even supposing that the Federal Go vernment is sufficiently inform e d o f the danger of such a course — su pp ose t h at the despatches of our Foreign-office warn it that we can endure no more, and that the reports of its sp i es assure it that th e Foreign-office is incurring th e displeasure of the nation by its excess of forbearance —still, if the Northern people are allowed to believe that there is no limit to the patience of Engla n d, .t or that limit has nbe e n reached, it is to be feared that their clamours will hurry the Government into acts which must kindle the flame of war. The only hope of peace lies in convincing, not merely Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, but the press, the pulpit, and platform demag ogues , a nd the people of th e Northern States, that E ng l an d is prepared for w ar; that the reluctance of her statesmen to engag e in it springs simply f rom a co nscientious anxiety to avoid the heavy guilt of unnecessary bloodshed; and that any further outrages on our flag, any more insults to our ports, any more captures of British vessels while engaged in lawful voyages , any m ore acts implying an assumption of dominion on the nigh seas—may provoke a feeling of irritation throughout the country which will sweep away all considerations of prudence and peaceful preuilec tions, and permit to the Government no choice but to vindicate the national honour. POST.—Lord Palmerston's reply to Mr. Roebuck last night on the question of the seizure of the Peterhoff, and on our Western trade in general, implies, what we already know, that while all mea sures affecting the security of our commerce in the Gulf of Mexico are matters of the deepest interest to ourselves, it is nevertheless impossible for us to anticipate the decision of an American Prize Court, which is presumed to be governed by a faith ful regard for the principles of international law. So far as the vessel already seized, and now under judicial process, is concerned, it is obvious that the time has not yet arrived for any Parliamentary dis cussion of the subjtct. We feel persuaded that perceive the neces sityaction towards neu oilflwish to increase t t r h a e o neu tral American traders, moderating ifGovernment itsc t really noise:vs not the ill-feeling it has, unfortunately for itself, pro voked. Indeed, there is already some evidence of a distinction between the views of the Cabinet of Washington and those of its naval offi cers afloat, to which we have already adverted. We have seen that when Aamiral Milne intimated to the American authorities that he could not continue a neutral spectator of such reckless interference with our trade as had lately taken place, the Washington Cabinet immediately despatched orders to its own admiral to be more prudent and circumspect. There have, moreover, been many instances in which the British Govern ment has had occasion to demand compensation of the American Government on behalf of its owners of vessels unjustly seized by A mer i can cru i sers . It is certainly no more tha n d ue to M r. Li nco l n and Mr. Seward to acknowledge that they have granted the compensations required; and even if the American Prize Court should so forget its solemn duties in the eyes of the civilised world as to per vert justice—a contingency which we can hardly anticipate—we have no more ground to apprehend that the Washington Cabinet would ultimately re fuse to redress this grievance than the many others for which it has from time to time granted com pensation. The question of the Peterhoff, as a matter of diplomacy, is altogether therefore in nu bibus. But at the same time it is necessary to re pcesent to the American authorities the difficulties which either their own policy or the indiscretion of their naval officers are interposing to the legiti mate commerce of this country. We trust that they will see the great importance of lessening them to the utmost possible degree that is compatible with the maintenance of warfare on the coast of North America. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day NEWMARKET RACES—This DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. £lOO HANDICAP PLATE. Lapidiet Rubicon Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDTCAP. 4to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 10 to 1 agst Carbineer (offered) THE DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Avenger (taken freely) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. APRIL. York Spring 2B I Balisbury Chester 5 Bath l2 Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Radcliffe 25 Manchester 27 Marlborough 29 Ascot 2 Newton Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club 17 Beverley l7 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O rrv.2 Stamford l6 Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge Southampton.. 22 Gocd wood 22 GUST. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool 13 Abingslon 14 Hungerford l6 Pontefract 16 Brightcn Brighton Club 6 Lewes Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 York August lB Plymouth 20 Egham 25 Stockton 25 Oxford Lichfield ... 31 SEPT: Devnn and Foratar Derby Summer Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster _l5 OCTI Coventry Newmarket S. 0, 12 Now: Worcester 3 IRI Arl Athlone 2l :BER. Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 26 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 IBER. Lincoln Autumn 20 Newmarke‘. Houghton 26 :MEER. 1 Shrewsbury Autumn.... 7 --- Curragh JUNE. Wicklow l7 1 Curragh 23 J ULT. Bellewstown Down Royal Corporation. 23 Mr. Whalley in the House of Commons. " Squelch him I I say, biHeavens, Squelch him I" THOMAS CARLYLE, On Monday evening—writes the parliamentary correspondent of The Queen, in the number of that journal for to-morrow, but just now published—we had one of these scenes which are peculiar to the the House of Commons, and which, when once witnessed, can never be forgotten. We allude to the putting down of a member. The unfortunate parliamentary victim on this occasion is well-used to the infliction, and so he bore it most heroically, and with the inflexibility of a martyr. The occa sion was the second reading of the Prison Ministers Bill, and the legislator was Mr. Whalley. We have frequently described the appearance of the honourable member, who is short and thick, and who has a large round head, covered with thick, woolly, brown hair, which curls as persis tently and as closely as that of a negro. The object of the Prison Ministers Bill is to provide Roman Catholic chaplains for Roman Catholic prisoners in gaols. The Roman Catholic church is Mr, Whalley's dragon, and he looks upon himself as the Parlia mentary St. George, by whom it is to be destroyed. No subject in any way connected with that church is ever introduced into the House of Commons without Mr. Whalley taking part in it ; and so persistent has he become in that respect, that his rising is now invariably taken as a signal for a burst of merriment. Last session he brought under the notice of the house a doggrel song that had been got up somewhere in Dublin in connection with the College of Maynooth, in which certain implied disloyalties were promulgated, and which Mr. Whalley desired to dignify by a State prosecution. On that occasion he vainly attempted to read the song to the house, but he had not got through more than a verse or two, when there arose loud hilarious cries of "Sing it! sing it !" but as the rules of the House do not admit of a member inton ing or vocalising his speech, the hon. member could not comply with the generally-expressed desire ; and as the House declined to hear the song in any other form, he was unable to get through it. On Tuesday last, the House having no doubt a lively recollection of that scene, the moment Mr. Whalley rose, made the roof ring again with all sorts of dis. cordant cries, distinguishable above the rest being that of " Sing, sing;" and one member, with sten torian lungs,actually indulged in the irreverence of crying out— Sing, sing, darkie sing, at which the uproar became more deafening than it was before. Of course, under these circumstances, not a word of Mr. Whalley's speech reached the re porters' gallery, although he was observed to be gesticulating for a period of twenty minutes. THE UGLIEST SIGHT IN EUROPE. [From the current No. of Punch (April 25, 1863) we extract the following capital skit upon a pro jected Vandalism. A Vandalism that after this crashing blow from Mr. Punch's baton, we take it, will hardly now be ventured upon by its projectors. —ED. SVN.] The subjoined passage, extracted from a City Article in the Times, is recommended to the consideration of ParliA- went : "A large deputation of the inhabitants of Ludgate-hill and its vicinity has waited on the Chief Commissioner of Public Works to ascertain if there is any poss , bility of the Government preventing the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway from making the proposed budge over Ludgate-hill, a nuisance which, in front of St. Paul's, would constitute a national disgrace far worse than that of the hideous construction which has already been allowed to spoil the Southwark approach to London bridge. Unfortunately, the unanimous feeling of the resi dents, as well as the public upon the matter, was not .dis covered until after the passing of the bill, which now gives the company power to take their own course, and to disre gard any opposition." The late Mr. Daniel O'Connell used to boast that he could drive a coach-and-six through any Act of Parlia ment. if ever there was an Act of Parliament through which it was desirable that a coach-and-six should be driven, such an Act is this for throwing a frightful railway bridge over the Ludgate-hill cartive way. It must surely be safer, if not easier, to drive a coach with any number of horses through an act of Parliament than to drive a pony phaeton under a viaduct over which a train is rushing and roaring above a crowded thoroughfare. Parliament, in the interest of railway companies, perpetually sanctions the violation of the mpg sacred rights of individuals for the benefit of the public. It might just as well, and a great deal bettor, gratify the public at the expense of a railway company. Why should it not summarily repeal the per mission which, during the sleep or absence of every one of its members endowed with an eye that can feel an eyesore, or indeed with any sensibility above that of a hog, it has given a society of sordid money-grubbers to perpetuate an atrocious Vandalism ? The interpo sition of an unsightly screen on Ludgate-hill, beneath the eye and St. Paul's, is a brutality which will take its place among the ridiculous wonders of the world. It will render us deservedly the laughing-stock of Europe. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway was made for the public, and not the public for the London, Chacham, an Dover Rail way. The Legislature has etultified itself; very well; let it destultify itself ; if necessary, by making the London,. Chatham, and Dover Railway an example to all,rsilwry tso, teaching them to mind how they contrive eurreptinitolonuw procure any bill empowering them to perpetrate. a dic able you as s public nuisance. Would not that nuisance be m i f n ort it would such by any neighbouring resident, whose co destroy ? THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ROME.--- , The Rain of Turin announces that Viterbo has just been evacuated by the French troops. They are to be replaced by a garrison exclusively composed of Papal sotlodietrhst: Vit er bo is a town of 15,000 inha b i temts, situated n orth of Mount S ariano, and 17 kilometres south of f s R i gonmi fie., Thi e evacuation would appear to have a ea cance. It seems that the French occupatio P n ° is political manoeuvr ing its sphere of action to the line from ci Rome. By successive movements these vita Vecchi a to eve ntually be the wily Q u es h eld. two Poinu3 will 91 94:1 1 nosiness don 110 gi 1091 9 i 107} 21 1071 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS —Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a the usual hour. PETITIONS. Lord SHAFTESBURY presented a number of peti tions in favour of closing public houses from eleven o'clock on Saturday night till six o'clock on Monday morning. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The North Brierley Gas, Aylesbury Markets, Leyland and Farington Gas, Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway, Swansea Municipal Corporation, Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, Caledonian Railway (Bredisholm Devia tion), Caledonian Railway (Carstairs and Dolphinton Branches) Bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Okehampton and Lidford Junction Railway, Mid Wales Railway, Berks and Hants Extension Railway, and Leeds Gas Bills, were read a third time and passed. ALKALI WORKS REGULATION BILL. The houso went into committee on this bill. The Earl of DERBY thought the time fixed for the bill coming into operation should be fixed at an earlier date than January 24. He thought it might very well be made effective in September or Oct..ber. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he should not object to the suggestion of the noble earl in cases where the owners of works had already constructed condensing appa ratus, but where that was not the case, it would take some time to effect the necessary improvements, and, therefore, that was the reason for fixing the time for the bill coming into active operation in January, 1864. The clause, having been amended, was agreed to. On clause 4, a discussion arose as to whether it would be possible by the bill as it at present stood to proceed against the owner of woks for a second conviction at the same quarter sessions at which the first was tried and adjudicated on. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he would con sider the effect of the words and state his determination on the bringing up of the report. Clauses 5,6, and 7 were agreed to. After some discussion, and some formal amendments, the remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR ABOLITION BILL. Earl DE GREY moved the second reading of this bill, which was merely to abolish an office which had virtually been abolished since the separation of the offices of Secre tary at War and Secretary for the War Department, in 1855. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said he was not going to oppose the bill, but he hoped the noble earl who had succeeded to the office of Secretary for War with so much satisfaction to the country—Oaear, hear)—would take int o cor.sideration the fact that there were several important functions connected with the office then declared to be abolished, such, for instance, us seeing that the war ex penditure did not exceed the votes of Parliament, and others which could not be efficiently performed by thepresenr secretary. Earl RUSSELL was understood to say that the change effected was merely nominal, and that the duties were per formed just in the same way as formerly. Earl GREY said, if it was to be assumed by that bill be ing allowed to pass that the house approved of the present administration of the War Department, he for one would protest against that assumption. Re considered the present state of that office requited considerable reforms. The bill was then read a second time. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (1M) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. DOCKYAADS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time. SEIZURE OF BRITISH VESSELS BY FEDERAL CRUISERS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he rose to put two or three questions to the noble earl at the head of the Foreign Office upon a matter of very grave importance, namely, the seizure by a naval officer of the United States Government of vessels belonging to British merchants. He was well aware of the gravity of the subject, but the 1 circumstances were so gross and so notorious, and of a character so deeply affecting the best interests and the honour of the country, that no time ought to elapse before it was made known to the world, by the expression of opinion of both Houses, that we did not hear of such occurrences without the strongest feelings of indignation. (Hear, hear.) The first case to which he would allude was that of the Dolphin. Presuming the accounts they had probably all read were true, an insult had been offered to the British flag. She was a legitimate trader, her papers were all clear and in order, and she was going from Lon don to Nassau. On coming out of St. Thomas's, however, she had been stopped and seized, without any excuse being made for her capture ; and, moreover, her crew were detained on board the captors' vessel, and put ashore, not on territory of her own nation or of her captors, but on Danish ground. (Hear.) Indeed, they were not put ashore at all until her Majesty's ship (Nile left St. Thomas's in pursuit. That was clearly contrary to international law. I shall be glad, therefore, to know if any official account has been received at the Foreign-office ; and if so, what has been done in the matter. It was impossible to look upon it as an isolated case of reckless imprudence, because, only a month ago, they had the case of the Peterhoff, which was very similar, and the Adele, respecting which there were no grounds for seizure whatever. It must not be forgotten that those things were done under the very eye of that Commodore Wilkes who had once before brought his coun try to the shame and humiliation of making an apology for the Trent affair. It was therefore necessary for the Govern ment to understand that the people of England expected they would bestir themselves, and not submit to acts which he believed were both unlawtui and unprecedented. It appeared by the reports in the papers, if correct, that a de putation of merchants and shipowners had waited upon the noble earl (Earl Russell) and laid before him an example of audacity such as had seldom occurred in any country, muca less in Great Britain. Why Mr. Adams, the Ameri can Minister, had actually given a certificate of protection to a ship sailing from London to a neutral port to enable that vessel to sail safely through the waters of the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. (Hear, hear.) He appre hended something had been said, however, by the noble earl, because there had since appeared another letter from Mr. Adams, in which he said he had been mis understood, and added, with some fine irony, that he could not give any protection to British subjects, but no doubt they could get it from their own Government. That letter was in answer to an application for a certificate by the owners of the Sea Queen, and would appear to have been after some hint had been conveyed that ho had no power to give it. That circumstance led to the consideration what ship it was for which the certificate was given, what was her destination, and how the matter became known to the public. Their lordships would admit that while the ships or subjects of another power were in this country, and subject to our laws, there was no occasion, when leaving for a neutral port, to take their papers to Mr, Adams to be examined. That was for the authorities of the port of Lon don to do. It bad turned out on inquiry that the vessel be longed to a New York trader, who had made a contract to supply arms to the Mexicans to use against the French. (Hear, hear.) That was the country whose boasted neutrality had been so well exposed in another place a short time back. They wanted to sell £BO,OO worth of arms and £30,000 worth of goods for the use of the Mexicans—and when the New York merchants went to effect an insurance for those sums a certificate was produced from the American Minister giving protection from the Federal cruisers. (Hear.) Such a departure from all usage could not pass unnoticed, and so far as was consistent with the public interests, he should like to know what representations had been made on the facts becoming known. Another topic on which he should like some explanation was the withdrawal of the mail from the Sea Queen, and the notification that for the present British ships trading to Matamoras and other ports in the Gulf of Mexico would be relieved from the necessity of carrying ship letters. Could her Majesty's Government give any reason for that, except fear of the American cruisers? (Hear.) He used the word with shame, but what else could it be? The letters were put on board, but the owners would not let her sail unless they had an assurance that they should have protection. They also referred to the case of the Adele, where here Majesty's mails had been broken oPen,in the e . h z • P e _ to find some letters that would subsequently justifyths: ti!ne, of the vessel ; and ultimately the agent offered t u e om iLl e t te n e Government would. at the owner's expense , au 1 " Ululate v • n the c a s e s: i h .r e al m t u h s a l t tee that she was going upon a mail agent to go on board with the letter graran.,,e bnogt'°toYa send the thought the Postmaster was tteti n i rnent ought to have itu have done it in all ; but the Gov t to th e W + mail agent, becau e se l , ar i_f reinforcement es. ...Mutt med lately sent station and the Gulf, an that • forceneant was coming, and he would be held eh ; rbe a la l also d n : O rn t notified n t o such rem that no further outrages of that kind respoesible f were tole rated. ( chee rs . ) • lt was a arca to talk of those ships being dea lt with by the prize courts. T he condemnation of the g Ad ela and Peterhoff showed that, though in th there was an appeal pending H e d id not wishe former case eenn t r y drift into anoth er war, and therefore itto see th e the British Government should know was ri g h t people would not s u b m i t to. (H what th e B ritish ea ,) to the circumstan ces t h at foreign So flagr an t were Americans we re trying to newspaper s b el i eved the been no great difficulty in get us into a war. There had when b ecame known arranging the affai r o f th e T reat, what the publi c feel i ng was, He thought th e Government of called the United Stat es oug h t to b e upon to decide at once, " Do they or do they not mean to go to war with England P' (H ear .) Wh at could the En g li s h people think when they remembered the speeches of Mr. Wilkes at public eupon in th ners, when he went home fresh from the outra he would lose no opportunity g of insultinge I t ir h e e n Id that or destroying a British cargo, wherever he could find the one or the other." (Hear.) If the Government did not dare to send the mails or our ships to sea, and our own merchants were obliged tr apply to foreign Ministers for a certificate to trade, the sooner the shipowner hoisted his broom at the masthead the better, so that Com vaodoro Wilkes might go and boast all over the world that ho had driven us from the seas. The Government ought to see to the matter promptly. He had th it day seen a newspaper which contained the following advertisement : "Wanted, a French vessel to load for a good English island in the West Indies.—Apply to K. and Co., Pudding•laue, E.C." That was the state of things we had arrived at al ready. (Hear, hear.) lie had great confidence in his noble friend at the head of the Government, but those were mat ters that could not be passed over in silence, and it was ne cessary they should satisfy Parliament and the country that they were prepared to uphold the honour of British merchants and the dignity of the British Crown. (Hear.) Earl RUSSELL—My noble friend has made a very warm speech upon this subject, and would be perfectly justified if the points to which he alluded had been facts, and were not, for the most part, assumed by him to be facts. For instance, he stated that various vessels had been condemned by the Prize Courts,—the Adele, the Peterhoff, and oth ers . That, certainly, is unknown to me, because, though the Adela has been condemned by the Prize Court of Rey West, an appeal has been made ; and with re gard to the Peterhoff we have no account that any such event has taken place. (Hear, hear.) For my own part instead of proceeding on a ssumpt i ons, I have thought it my ' duty, in the grave and responsible position which I hold, not to proceed in any of these cases without seeking in ti..e first place the best information as to the facts that could be pro cured, and in the next place, without referring to the law officers of the Crown in order to know the character to be attached to those facts. (Hear.) I have not thought it right to proceed in matters of such difficulty without taking soundings at every step. (Hear, hear.) That has been my course in the various instances to which my noble friend. has referred. With regard to the Dolphin, 1 thought it ne cessary, having received the reports with regard to that vessel, to refer those reports to the law officers of the Crown, P , th w e i r th e washey s a ay pr is im , t a h f at s i c t ie d g o r e o s u n n o d t f a o p r p s e e a iz r n f r r e om ; tb th ey e p d a o p n e o r t s t a h n a d t w th ha er t e t m se a e y an b y e p f r a o e b ts ab u l n e k r n ea o s w o n n f t o o r m h e er an ca d ptu u r n e k , n b o u w t, n t to hey tb ad em d respect to the master of that vessel, which may have afforded sufficient grounds for sending the vessel to a prize court. But they say that two evident violations of neutral rights have taken place with regard to that vessel. They state that the vessel which took the Dolphin had made use of a neutral port for the purpose of watching British merchant vessels, and that as soon as the Dolphin left the port she was imme diately pursued, and when she had passed beyond the three miles of water of the neutral power she was seized by this United States vessel of war. (Hear, hear.) There is another point upon which they say there is great reason for complaint, namely, the taking a part of the clew out of the vessel and landing them afterwards upon neutral terri tory. (Hear.) With regard to these two matters ihey say there cannot be a doubt her Majesty's Government have a right to complain; and accordingly, having this day re crived their report, which is dated yesterday, I shall irawe diately, by the next mail, bring those matters of complaint under the notice of the United States Government (Hear,) My noble friend says that this impunity which the United States have affected to claim is owing to our neglect of out.. rages which have taken place on the part of the United States. Now, with regard to that particular point to which the law officers have referred—namely, the unneutral use oil a neutral port—the placing there of a belligerent vessel to watch a neutral one and pursue her immediately after her departure, —a case of that kind took place last year with re spect to the Tuscarora. It was immediately brought to the downaant t d e n s tio ar iud n l et shoabf that t t wh h ehe officer United wh h S o t ate conducts had ' committed should Government; no ttbhee permitted, et l et a e, i di d ; it could be shown that he had done so, should be censured. Well, then, again, we complain that in certain cases there are no searches. With r es p ec tt o t h at they say that no ves sel was to be seized without a search. They lay it down "That when that visit is made the vessel is not then to be seized without a search caref u lly ma d e so far as to render it roast nab/e to believe that she is engaged in carrying contra band of war to the insurgents and to their ports, or other wise violating the blockade; and that if it s h a ll appear that she is actually bound and passing from ono friendly or so• called neutral port to another, and not bound or proceeding to or from a port in the possession of the insurgents, then she cannot be lawfully seized." Now, that is the rule which the United States' Secretary of State has laid down for the guidance of the Secretary to the Navy, and of the United States' navy itself. Well, then, it is not fair to assume that, in a case where the rule is ap parently violated, the United States are not able to sho w that the vessel that has been seized was not proceeding from ono neutral port to another, but that she was proceed hag to a port of the belligerent States while apparently on her way to a neutral port. That is a case which the law officers of the Crown say frequently occurs. Even sup.- posing that Admiral Wilkes and other officers have ' violated these rules, we have no reason to assume that reparation when asked will not be given in conformity with the rules the United States have themselves laid down. I do not think, then, it is convenient—l will say more, I think it tends to interrupt the friendly relations between the two nations, as soon as you have a report of an cutrage, to say that the Govern ment of a friendly people will act in contravention of the law of nations; that they meant to commit an offence, and that they will refuse reparation. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, we are bound to assume either that there were some facts not known to us which will show that the act was not indefensible, or that the Government of a friendly nation will, even from regard to its own character, give re paration. This, then, is the case of the Dolphin. There were no apparent prinia,facie grounds for the seizure, and if it turns out that there weie no grounds then we must not assume that the United States will refuse to conform to the rules which they have themselves laid down. (Hear, hear.) My noble friend adverted to the letter of Mr. Adams which has appeared in the public prints. I must say that was a very extraordinary and, in my opinion, a most unwarrant. able act, and I cannot cone, ive that it can be proper for a person holding a diplomatic p, sition in this country to issue such a permit to a vessel. That is making a distinction be ween vessels departing from the ports of this country, and giving a security to one vessel as distinguished from another., (Cheers.) It is not possible, as it appears to me, that he can bestow that favour on one vessel without makic g an in vidious and perhaps dangerous distinction as against , ther vessels. The' e can be no dsubt that the conduct ( f Mr. Adams is entirely unwarrantable, but I should not think of complaining to Mr. Adams. I shall bring that conduct before the consideration of the United States' Government. (Hear, hear.) It is for them to say in what manner such an act should be visited. (Cheers.) My noble friend next went on to name a case which he described fairly enough according to the facts known to him. But the whole facts were evidently not known to my noble friend. He spoke of an interview at the Foreign-office between myself and seve ral owners of ships and persons connected with the trade of the port of London, with respect to vessels sailing to Math mores. The account of that interview, although, generally speaking, fairly given, was certainly marked by many omis sions. The persons who came to me complained of this grievance, They said it might happen that the letter bags that wore sent by their vessels by the Postmaster-General might contain letters that were written by persons con nected with or favourable to the Federal Government, and tnat those persons might invent a story that the ship was conveying stores to the Confederates, that they might put false names to those letters, that those letters might be opened, and used as evidence against the vessel, and that there was not sufficient security against such practices be ing resorted to, because they could not avoid taking the and smot e e h belai ndi tgtyhmeaf oraa my mail bags, in consequence of shipowners being liable to a penalty of £2OO if they refused to take the letter bags. They therefore complained that their ships and cargoes might be put in danger by acts of her Majesty's Government which were beyond their control. I considered that matter, and also a proposal which they made to me that an agent should be put in charge of the bags, as is done on board the Queen's nm e dai s ,l.hbo bagu u l t d s: packet ships. On consideration there appeared to me v m au l an n w o h t i which othersdene without would consideration.eny \ A v objections to taking such a cour u st n have fa ll en have Ishouldihhbui the f act into the same error as that of Mr. Adanis t T i t a protection singled out particular vessels and given There was, however e. o oto them, et e hmo: b obvious a r ps e ssat d y ; y ri dao uce ; iar b reg i reo : hle.s compelleda Well, cowl u e g I a lt v wt.vv ll i eT l esr et eventse hrhal c eisa o eeu teuvi that et. lejdp dider were e p w l a y das t p • .jeopardy and I will master-General and youe grievance of which they comp a toou your bays been understood out of door bags to WMaa ask the Post noble friend says, 3 7 011 from danger,to take the mail ba vve shipow ners, migl , l , t i h i a y p e p u en l : tion that we would not send inail ereafraidp t s a m na l t r r a te : al of the con at liberty to a ottlat shall be s c a l y a r t a o vessels, sequences Ike to send mail bags in these pel you to do so." I hay o so, but we will not corn to the Foreign- office b e now in my hand a letter written. states that, for the y the Postmaster-General, which. on board any vessel sParils'ent, no ship letter mail shall be put lull concurrence of the sailing for Matamoras "unless with the not Use the compulsory .o e in w man th der " It is only that we do r at the law gives us in these cases. I cOnfese it would P have been ive hard upon the owners of vessels to have refused to them willthe security for which they asked. I have no doubt g there ves sels the commanders of which will be ote br ready manyd ekothese letters, but if they do, we ought not g to leaavey t t h o em t to say they have been put in jeopardy by the act of the Go vernment, nor ought the law to be put in force to their in jury. My hon. friend states truly that the fears of the owners of the Sea Queen and other vessels were founded on what had been done in the case of the Adela—namely, that the United States had got possession of her letter bags. Now, in the letter of Mr. Seward, dated Aug. 8, 1162. there is the following order :-- "And, finally, that official seals or looks or fastenings of foreign authorities are in no case, nor on any pretext, to be broken, or parcels covered by them read by any naval au thorities of the United States; but all bags or other things conveying such parcels and duly sealed or fastened by foreign authorities will be, in the discretion of the United States' officer to whom they may come, delivered to the consul, commanding naval officer, or Legation of the foreign. Government to be opened, upon the understanding that whatever is contraband or important as evidence concerning the character of a captured vessel will be remitted to the Prize Court or to the Secretary of State at Washington; or such sealed bags or parcels may be at once forwarded to this department, to the en d th a t t h e proper au thorities of the foreign Government may receive the same without delay. The President desires especially that naval officers may be informed that the fact that a suspected vessel has been ire+ dicated to them as eruiaingin any limit whjahas hew pre- Share 13.14, 'ts 10 st 8t 50 20 N.S d.4~ I 2. 1 0 Pax'. all i OU 100 100 100 100 10)) 100 ( 1 `" 1 100 ~1 r,.' 511 f 101} 1073 1151 97 433 121 12 124 98i i 1081 1091 lli I 9k 104 i