The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-20 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY —Morning 39 min.after 1 Evening 4 min.aft. 2 o- toast, zning 28 min.after 2 , Evening 52 raft. 2 #'-~e-;l'• , -ice` • _•-•• fekfil'fiAl6 P. Under the management of Mr. Buokstone. TILTS EVENIXG, Dze. 20, Will be performed the Comedy of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Howe ; Misses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. After which. the Ba , let of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. in Which Senora Perea Nena will appear. To which wLi be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Followed by THE IRISH LION. To conclude wi'h THE STAR OF CURRA, by the Spanish Dancers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Oust .= KEEN. THIS EVENING, Dze. 20, Will be performed (for the Sth time this season) THE CORSI CAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. To conclude with AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Principal characters by Messrs Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker, ; WSW Mor ay and Daly. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Das. 20, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Roxby, Baker. Swan, 'Williams, and Tem pleton; Mrs. Macnamara, and Misses Oliver and H. Gordon. To which will be added the new Comic Drama, called A COMICAL SOON TESS. To be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, 3fr. B. Webster. — Directress, Madame Celesta. TIIIS EVENLY% Dm 20, Will be performed an entire new Rustic Drama called PIERRE THE FOUNDLING. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster and Kee ,ey, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE t TEL Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Du. 20. Characters be presented a new Comedletta, c glad WIFE'S JOURNAL. ualtraCters by Messrs. Brown, Emery, Harcourt, and Leslie; and Mrs. Brown, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaa,, and Miss Julia St. George . To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Julia St. George, and Miss Emily Ormond°. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Wonderful PERFORMING ELEPHANT - 6 for this week only! THIS EVENING. THE BATTLE of THE ALMA! After which, the varied SCENES in the CIRCLE. Also, the Wonderful PERFORMING ELEPHANTS, whose asto nishing sagacity and indescribable development of the ressoning faculty have been the theme of universal admiration. To conclude with the MARRIED BACHELOR. N.B.—A MORNING PERFORMANCE consisting of the New Comic Pantomime and Scenes in the Arena, will take place on TIIE.sDAY, 26th (Boxing Day)at Two o'clock. corms, Deo. 20. Tuzumogirrirs, 11‘ THZ SHADS. 46—highest since noon yesterday. Cl—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. THE WEA! BABourrza down to 29 - 45, now up to 29'63. Great fluctuations for the last few days. w urn, N.N.W. to N.—Squally and strong, with dirty rainy weather. It began to rain last night about ten o' clock. HALF-PAST Two.—The wind has shifted to N.E., blow ing quite stormy, and cold. Barometer up to 29'75. '.may.' --N.. "•‘. o rm ii4 ffilAn -1-7; ONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1854. The House of Commons last night affirmed, by a majority of 39, that "it is expedient that her MAJEsTy should be enabled to enlist and employ foreigners in her army." The proposition, how ever, was strongly contested, and we venture to assert that many of the majority never gave a more unpalatable vote since the commencement 01 their Parliamentary career. A large proportion of the number decided in direct opposition to their own views and feelings. Under other cir cumstances, if a Derbyite Ministry held the seals of office, the proposition would have been resisted with the utmost energy and determination, and the motives of those by whom it was brought for ward fiercely impugned. But now it seems as if Honourable Gentlemen looked to " men rather than measures," and that what would in one case be sternly denounced, would, in the other, be ac ceptecl without protest or remonstrance. It is but an act of justice to admit that " the leek" was, in most instances, swallowed with edi fying humility. In place of making wry faces and uttering threats of speedy and most hor rible vengeance, they had to dispose of the nauseous dose with cheerful countenances, such as nurses exhibit when inducing their refractory charges to obey the doctor's orders, persuading them that it is so nice, and hinting how " glad many poor children would be of such nice physic." The specious pretences were, however, easily discovered ; an involuntary rising of the gorge against the bitter pill betray ing the real sentiments of its pretended ad mirers. Two causes were mainly instrumental in pro curing for Ministers the success which they achieved. Ist, The knowledge that if the mea sure had been ignominiously rejected —as it ought to have been—it would have afforded an excuse for all past and future transgressions. The ex traordinary credulity, or rather gullibility, which they displayed in regarding the professions rather than the practice, the "sayings" rather than the "doings," of NICHOLAS, with which they perversely clung to the hope of peace, long after it bad vanished from every rational mind, would all be atoned for and involved in oblivion, if the House of Commons considered that 10,000 English, Scotch, or Irish, might possibly prove as efficient soldiers as an equal number of Ger mans—that they could fight as vigorously for the safety and honour of their fatherland as the foreign mercenaries for the " for which th e y were ready to sell their venal services to the highest and fairest bidder, to NlcaoLAs as well as to Queen VICTORIA. Any future mishap, too, would be ascribed to the rejection ; and if Russian reinforcements suc ceeded in shedding more English blood, it would all be owing to the factious refusal to employ the invincible and irresistible Germans ! This was a responsibility which many persons did not wish to assume, or to afford a convenient cloak under which Ministers might shelter all sins of omission cm commission. They thought, whether justly or 44t hetwise we leave the public to decide, that they w "lszl allow the Government to take its own Cours e far. the present, unfettered and unrestrained it anlple rope, and abide the result. We confess, however, Ave cannot regard s uc h a course as either m anly or t. cons itutional. Nor do we see how Men can consistently divest themselves of the important duties collided to their charge by the suffrages of free and iodependent consti tuencies. But there was a second an d resortedor to more powerful ni eornflnyl influen c e in operation. The threat in desperate cases was fulminated against verers. A "resignation" or a dissolution were the awful alternatives that must follow a Ministerial defeat.' Many felt that the result of an appeal to the country would be that they would have to bid long farewell to all their greatness "—that the! could no longer append the magic initials M.P. - to their names, but would be compelled to sink into private life. Others, although they nlie't anticipate a renewal of confidence and further tenure of their seats, might tremble at the large amounts to be extracted from their pockets for the contest, recollecting with siekenling apprehen: - sion the wonderful ingenuity of agents and com mittee-men in multiplying strictly " legitimate expenses" to a very formidable sum total ; while a few men, who had nothing to dread so far as they were personally concerned, might reasonably deprecate the excitement and turmoil of a general election. Under the existing circumstances of the country, Ministers made the most of all these va rious matters, and the result was that they ob tained the above-mentioned majority of 39 in a House of 443, or rather, including tellers and Speaker, of 448 members--an unusually large attendance before Christmas---there being 241 for, and 202 against. One delusion that prevailed, and which cer• barracks, and, on their own piricie ground, it is but justice to say that the practice and evolu tions were as admirable as usual. LATEST NEWS. What will NIOHOLAS say to the meeting ? His first thought will be of the Invalide Busse. The scissors won't exactly do. Very little cooking, however, will make of it an admirable dish to set before his Loyal serfs. The BRIGHT letter has already done duty as first course. Now comes the meeting forsecond course. "It was crowded to suf ocation. Aresolution was moved condemnatory of the author of the letter, which denounces the War against innocent and religious Russia. The speakers could not get a hearing. On a division the num bers on each side were equal. Half Manchester, my dear children, are opposed to the War ; and the Hon. Member who condemns it withdrew with the respectable portion of the assembly, and held a successful meeting in another building." Such will, of course, be the report of a meeting so dis creditable to the great metropolis of our industry. The merits of the case in truth lay in a nut-shell. It was desirable that Manchester should pronounce in opposition to the views of its representative ; yet it was desirable to respect the right of free dis cussion. The Manchester men were certainly bound to support this right in their own member ; he was no turn-coat ; they elected him with the fullest knowledge of his out-and-out Peace prin ciples ; they, in fact, had turned rather than he ; and they must have despised him had he renounced his opinions at the bidding of the multitude. On the other hand, Mr. BRIGHT would have assuredly retained universal respect had he stood only upon his known religious convictions ; all respectable persons would have felt ashamed to violate them. His mistake was in attempting to argue the case on political and moral grounds. If before his MAKER he feels all war to be sinful, our consci ence and his judge by very different measures, but his convictions are sacred. When, however, he extenuates the crimes, barbarities, and super stitions of the CZAR and his barbarians—exagge rates the errors of Mahometanism, and impugns the motives of the Allies—he quits Beefed ground altogether, and becomes either the sophist or the blind partisan. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. :, PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20. St The Moniteur says :—" A despatch from Sebas- 12 ! topol, dated Dec. 13, announces that nothing of 50 importance had taken place there since the last 13, advices. 31 " The weather had improved." Our correspondent at Vienna sends us an extract from the Presse, dated Galatz, December 15, stat ing that the following occurrence had created a great sensation : " A Cossack detachment crossed the Pruth, and, in presence of the Austrian troops, destroyed the supplies of straw and hay which had been prepared for the Austrian army in Moldavia." tainly appeared to rest on a tolerably solid foun dation, was removed during the evening. The Duke of NEWCASTLE had, when first introducing the measure, spoken of 15,000 troops as the num ber about to be raised. As a great concession, he agreed to reduce the number to 10,000, and complained that it did not lead to the withdrawal of the opposition, as the 10,000 had been as strongly objected to as the 15,000. Now, Lord PALMERSTON last night told us that the number was unlimited, or limited only by the sanction of that House. The limit was only to the number who may be within the kingdom. On the other hand, the Duke of NEWCASTLE insisted that none were to be employed within the country at all, and he was far from desiring that the Crown should Our correspondent at Marseilles states that the 2 5° 5 Indus, from Constantinople, which was expected yesterday (Tuesday) evenin g , h a d no t arr i ve d. 25 The Tage had sailed for S cu t ar i an d th e Crimea 2 S O . with 20 English surgeons. St. possess the power." These are matters to be-thought of during the recess, and we trust that, when Parliament re assembles:on the 23d of January, Hon. Gentle men may be made aware of the error they have committed in passing a bill so recklessly hurried„ through both Houses, without an opportunity being afforded of learning the state of public opinion thereon, or ascertaining the deep-rooted objections that exist against this new and very obnoxious phase of " Germanism." "JOHN BRIGHT AT HOME." A pretty row indeed there was last Monday in the great metropolis of cotton-spinning, and with JOHN BRIGHT, M.P., as the guilty cause. Guilty, not because he wrote a letter to an individual meant for the public—he and Lord JoHN RusszLL are allowed that style of statesmanship—nor be cause he attended a meeting called to show that Manchester would not countersign his letter : he had a right to be heard in defence of his views ; but guilty because, according to his own showing, he who defends himself, or rather he who enlists others in his own defence, is responsible for all the consequences. Our worthy Friend has no escape. We indeed always thought the greater part of his celebrated letter little better than in genious sophistry. But its author does not think 30. He told the meeting he was prepared to de fend its statements, one and all. Well, then, in this letter JOHN BRIGHT explicitly casts the " re sponsibility" of the present War " upon those who expressed opinions favourable to it." Mello- Les, the disturber of the peace, was innocent, although his invasion of the provinces was "im politic and immoral" Those who would not be borne sown by " immoral" ambition, those who called in allies to sustain them under the pres sure, they and their helpers were the guilty authors of the War 1 Transfer the scene to Man chester, write Manchester Tories for Russians, and JOHN . Buiawr and his staff of Leaguers for the SULTAN and his Allies, and, minus the bullets - and bayonets, it is the very thing over again. On Mr. JoHN BRIGHT and his friends, who would not succumb to any invasion of his right to pub lish what opinions he pleased, who chose rather to provoke a continuous uproar and battle lasting as many hours as that of the Alma, rests all the responsibility of a great public and disgraceful Manchester brawl. MONEY MARKET ♦ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market con tinued heavy at previous rates. The sales comprised 40 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d., 500 Surat at aid to 3d., 60 Sea Islands, at Is. to Is. 6d. and the remainder American. Railway shares were dull, at rather lower prices. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that great preparations were making to fortify Finland, and prepare against any attack of the allies next season. Besides forts, there was to be an en trenched camp. The entrance to the port of Riga is stated to have been blocked up by the sinking of vessels laden with granite. The cold at Helsing fors had already been up to 14 deg. of Reamur. There was a slight improvement yesterday after noon in the rates at which Bills of Exchange were negotiated upon the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was at 25 32i to 37i, ; Amsterdam, at 11 17k to 17i ; Hamburgh, at 13 ok to 51 ; and Trieste, at 12 33 to 38. • Neatly all the gold received from Australia by the steamer Crcesus has been taken for shipment to the Continent. PANIC AT ODESSA. EXPECTED BOM BARDMENT. VIENNA, TUESDAY NIGHT. A despatch from Odessa says that a perfect panic reigns in that city. The garrison is weak from re peated drafts to the Crimea. All the trading esta blishments are closed. Some families have departed for the interior of Bessarabia ; others to the Ukraine. The troops which Omer Pacha has em barked at Varna are expected, as well as a bom barding squadron from the Allied fleets. Several of the enemy's steamers are in sight. The English Stock Market opened at barely yes terday's rates, Consols being 91 i, but upon sales made they have since declined to 911 4. The ma jority upoa. the Foreign Enlistment Bill has thus far been of little account, but the decline in -the French Funds to the close of business yesterday, about 1 per cent. on.the previous day, has doubtless had some effect. The New 3 per Cents. have been 911 to 2, mid. the Reduced. _914 to t. Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 75., and India Bonds 9s. to 12s. premium. We would add, however, that but for his own letter we should have commended the Hon. Mem ber. We censure him not on our principles, but on his own •nly. On those principles, if he re membered them, he did what he condemns in others. But the truth is, his English heart was better than his Quaker creed. We honour him and his friends for it. It was indecent, it was un-English, it was Czar-like, for a large meet ing to make one single u ian'a opinions the object of their arsembliug and animadversion, and then to refuse him a hearing. To silence the assertion and defence of opinions by brute noise and vio lence was quite of a piece with defending the creed of the Greek Church in Turkey by Russian bayonets, and by puttiv ig down the SULTAN in his own palace. It was worthy of the Lord of Siberia, and the flogger of the nuns at Minsk. But, then, Mr. JOHN 13] LIGHT must not play fast and loose with his argurc tents. If non-resistance was good for the Sin TAN, then it was not good for our Friend to resist the riot, albeit in silence, for " precisely thirteen minutes ;" and still less the thing for Ti im to defy the meeting to greater wrath and upr cariousness by " having his say out" to the Lea .gue gentlemen and the reporters. Lambs and doves, those pretty em blems of peace and love, • 4)ften fulfil their emble matic duties rather queer' . T. We have all seen the one butt at, and the o ther peck, their fellows in anything but the gene le poetic style ; and it would really seem as if the sect which holds itself bound to " testify" to no a-resistance and peace principles could not avoid a sturdy fight now and then ; and, despite its or eed, was compelled to vindicate the old Horatiau a maxim, that even "if you turn out Nature wit Ili a pitchfork, in she'll come again." The (link sr of the Russian letter fought like a Turk at Sills •tria in its defence. His motto seemed to be duke et decorum est pro literis mori. - The operations in the Foreign Stock Market are confined within a very narrow compass. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are quoted 98, and Russian 44 per Cents. 88k. Spanish Deferred Bonds remain at 19. Dutch 4 per Cents, are weaker, being 91. The Turkish Scrip is now quoted fully paid up, and is rather flatter at 73i to 741. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6; Mexi can, 211 to 218 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ' • ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 19 to 191 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39i ; ditto Certificates, 5} to 51 ; ditto Passive, 4g to 4i. There is a heavier market for most of the Eng lish Railway Shares, and in some cases a decline of ss. has occurred, but the amount of business doing is limited. The Foreign lines are dull, and some what depressed also. In Mining Shares the dealings are restricted, the Banks are without particular variation, and the miscellaneous undertakings generally inactive. The Peninsular and Oriental Company s Shares are rather lower. all 3 8 29. 10 all 10 all 100 20 25 25 25 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, - (Prom the 09icial List.) Business done $ per Ceut. Reduced Annuities 9 ll a i New 3 per Cent. Annuities %Ma Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 i India Bonds, 21000 Ditto, under 21000 l2 Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO ..•••.... •••••• 7 4 Small 4 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cont. 99i Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9B i Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent . • 102 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 7Ol Russian Bonds, 4} per Cent BB} i i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9 Turkish Scrip, paid up Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 Der Cant. "Certilleates...„ THREE O'CLOCK all all 11 all 20 20 20 20 The meeting, to be surf 1, got itself into rather an awkward plight. It 1 tad a resolution and an amendment before it. B Dili of them very good, too, in their way. Both. might have been passed without inconsistency in. words. It was quite true that the "citizens of Manchester did not, as a body, concur in the vier WS of Mr. BRIGHT'S let ter ;" everybody knew it, and Mr. BRIGH T knew it. It was also true that the citizens generally desired that "the War sh mild be carried on with the utmost vigour." .Aga in, all Manchester and all England would agree with the amendment, that Mr. BRIGHT exercised an " undoubted right" in publishing boldly his opinions, and that to " censure him, even by irt4 plication, for so doing, would be unfair, tyranniea 1, and unjust." The opposing parties were, the refore, each required to vote against what the, - believed, if one of them were determined to 1 )eat the other. The resolution might well have included the amend ment, and all might hay e a greed that it was ho nourable to defend lions, honestly held, though they happened tio be unpopular ; yet, that nearly all Manch:- ,stay opposed to the opinions thus honour: ibly maintained. But ; 1 a fi g ht there was to b e, regular fight there was ; not, h owever, ayar LT and Manchester fought. Tans one, at l east, -If ke those glorious battles about wh ic h M r. B originators of the fig) , :as a drawn battle. The t, however, were not so easily satisfied; they adjourned to the old League ronsols. Ditto, January Acoonnt ...... 91i z d MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Although the supplies of each kind of grain in to•day's market were moderate, the demand was in a sluggish state, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WURR. 1 Wheat. Barley. Malt. English .. 1,010 1,060 1,080 Irish •• •• Foreign .. 1,02) Oats. I Flour. 30 . 220 1,170 -- 3,33) I 120 tits WHITECHATEL. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 81; veal, 3s 101 to 5s 2d; pork, 3s Od to 4s Gd per 81bs. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have a slow sale for most kinds of hops. Inferior parcels are offering on lower terms. The imports of foreign hops coastwise very extensive. THE lIITTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 11_54t SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) ItAILW4YB. 'Closing Prices this day. 20 - 20 4i - 5 8 - 8i 12i --11 i d 164 -17 i 7 - 6 93 - 95 604 - 61 13A - 14 9 - 11 ..• --- •. 4 - 3• c. -7, 15 - 16 11i -- 11 70 - 72 53 - 55 19 = 67 - 69 89i - 90, 78 - SO 123 - 125 90 -92 70 70A 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 5i - i 5 -7, ...d Business done this day. 61 601 ' 1106 107 8 100 —100 k a — dl If 83 —8 4 d 9 . 811 I 9 8(I. ~ .... ... 23 - 24 6i 69 41 - 42 id -- par loi -- 94 lt 2t ig 51 3a 3i -31 ~. 32 8 10 fi 64 -- 74 -- 75 7 -- 5 1 4 -- 3i 12i -- 13 52 -- 53 53 -- 55 id -- 1 1$ -- 434 6 -- 64 d p 21 - 32 191 20 90/ 89 901 lii 8 90 1 70 i 94 - 96 60 - 62 8 - 80 43 - 45 11 - 13 59 - 59, 284 - 29, ••• .•• Id li - 37 3 - 16 17 4 - 4 20- t,2 6 - 7 i' - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Clraissorlac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Scrip Central 02 Ita'y Demerara ... Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, d ad. Junct. of France Cd. Tk of CanadaA is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. ax ins 72i 3 107 100 a a a li 8311 681 i 6? ) . - - id-ip 74i 4 12i 52t 64 I Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares . ,Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 De. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. Di. do., '73, without ) option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle, Luces. & Pistoj a 5 p. c ' prof I Glreat Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (with Interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 22 dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. • Bde (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds 59 81 28/ 3i —3 1 P 3 311 41 51 1 lip 8 - 7:1 9 7d 10 8.1 - IP Sp 16/ 171 • * • ..." ••• 1* .. -. ld 1p 2d • par 2 d par 2 d par' die 3i 3 2t 2 d ip i d par 62 - 7 ••• ..... •• 34 -31 i 1.2 i - -12 i 31i 214 17i 17 Ni. 8i - 94 191 - 19/ Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 46 -- 48 88 -- 40 pua 20i -21 i id iP 21 -- 10 4 -- Ti ••• --- ••• .•• - pm 3i 4 . a 5 51; 171 17 I 1 lq - 17 t6i i CRIMINAL CO URT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Firebrand Odiham , Alma Alp Bullfinch Janus . Francis R. Newton and William P. Newton surren dered this morning to take their trial for wounding Adam Stewart Kerr. The facts of the case our readers are perfectly familiar with, as they have frequently appeared in this journal under the title of " The Murderous Outrage at the Beulah Spa." The jury returned a verdict of unlawfully wounding, recommez.d.ng the prisoner Williams to mercy. At a later period of the evening they were brought up and sentenced—Franeis to nit(' months in Newgatel and William to three mouths in the 'iamb jail. MARYLEBONE - ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF TUE POLL. This morning shortly after 12 o'clock, the Returning officer announced the numbers polled for the respective candidates for the seat in Parliament for Marylebone, as follows : 6,919 Ebrington ..................... 6,919 Mr. Bell ................................ 4,166 Majority for Lord Ebrington, —2 , 7 53 Lord EBRINGTON briefly returned thanks for th• honour conferred on him. ttlw ?Pk/Pt 24v- i; 4 SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. WALTHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ABBEY STAKES. HURDLE RACE. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Tom Gurney • Six ran. • • •-0.) 3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPENICER took the chair at 12 o'clock. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGEMENT BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFORD brought in this bill, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time after the recess. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. Mr. EWART brought in this bill which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. CONSOLIDATED FUND. On the motion for going into committee on the Con solidated Fund, Mr. HENLEY objected to going into committee without notice. The object of the committee was to enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to deal with the Savings Banks Funds, and he thought before tbelSpeaker left the chair they ought to have some explanations of the necessity for dealing with the subject at this period of the session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the proper time to make his statement would be when they got into committee. Sig H. WILLOUGHBY said the house could not be in a position to discuss financial matters without pre vious notice. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said all his right hon. friend wanted was, to go into committee for the purpose of making a statement. Mr. - SPOONER insisted that there was no pressing necessity for the statement. Besides, many members had left town under the impression that there would be no financial statement before Christmas. Sir F. BARING thought the right. 'hon. gentleman ought to have an opportunity of making his explanation now ; but the house should abstain from coming to any resolution upon it at present. The house then went into committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the explanation he had to make would not be a financial statement, in the ordinary acceptation of tl:e term, be cause the resolution he had to propose in no way related to taxes—the subject of taxes in the ways and means of the year. It referred exclusively to a matter of admi nistrative arrangement, and his object in proposing the resolution was simply to enable him to print the mea sure of the Government with the view of its being con sidered during the recess. The resolution would form the foundation of a bill intended to remove the objections which hitherto had been taken to the existing law relating to Savings' Banks funds. The subject of Savings' Banks divided itself into two branches ; the first was the custody of the moneys, and the se cond the guarantee to be afforded to the deposi tors. The bill he had now in view would relate to the first of these branches, but it would be his duty after the recess to bring in a second bill for the purpose of strengthening the guarantees which deposi tors already possess, giving them increased facilities for enforcing their rights, and regulating the internal management of Savings Banks. Az, present the law affecting Savings Banks deposits was exceedingly complicated ; Government were only responsible for the sums which absolutely reached their hands, while they were bound to insert it in a parti cular security, and an erroneous impression had gone abroad that Vie interests of the depositor was seriously affected by the fluctuations of the public securities. It was no such thing ; but still the depositor had the right to demand that the law relating to his security should be simple and explicit, and that was the main object of this resolution. The bill to be founded upon it would require the National Debt Commissioners to publish once a year a statement of their liabilities on account of Savings' Banks depositors, and certain other provisions of animportant character. The resolution he had to move was this, viz.: that it is expedient to create a charge on _ _ the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in respect of the sums due to Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, and to provide for the payment of interest thereon to the Com- missioneri Of the National Debt at three per cent= per annum, and also to make provision out of the said Consolidated Fund, or by Exchequer Bills or Exchequer Bonds, for any difference which may now or hereafter exist between the asse;:s in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in respect of savings banks and friendly societies, and the liabilities thereon ; and also for the interest on such Exchequer bills or Exchequer bonds. The second bill would relate to the management of savings banks and the rights and securities of depositors. Mr. DISRAELI thought the proposal of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was reasonable enough ; it way impossible that the house could be in a position to consider the measure of the Government until they had the measure itself before them. Now, the bill could not be introduced according to the forms of the house without a preliminary resolution, and he therefore thought they ought to agree to it pro forma. Mr. HENLEY hoped the effect of the two bills would be to prevent the tampering , on the pa r t o f th e S tate, with savings banks' deposits. He should not object to the passing of the resolution, but it must be understood that it did not bind the house to the principle of the Government measure. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY questioned the policy of re ducing the interest on Savings' Banksdeposio. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the interest payable to Savings' Bank depositors was not in any way affected by this resolution. Lord J. RUSSELL deprecated discussion until the bill was before the house. The resolution was then agreed to, and, the house having resumed, leave was given to bring in a bill founded on it. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE asked whether any steps had been taken for bringing British troops from India to be used for the purposes of the war ? Lord J. RUSSELL declined to enter into any ex planation of what the Government had done or intended to do for collecting troops. Mr. LIDDEL said, although he could not approve of the bill, he yet hoped the anticipations which Govern ment had formed of it would turn out correct. The house had sanctioned its principle, and he did not apprehend that there would be much quarrelling about its details, but at the same time he felt bound to express his belief that the measure would prove an entire failure. Mr. RICH had voted for the bill, but it must be dis tinctly understood that he was averse to the employ ment of mere mercenary troops. He did not object to the services of foreigners who entered our army from a patriotic spirit, but he could not bring himself to be lieve that men who entered from mercenary motives, would even make good soldiers. He suggested a reor ganisation of the Cabinet in order that the war might be carried on with the utmost vigour. At present the Peelites had too great a preponderance of the power which Ministers exercised, and he hoped, during the recess, this state of things would be changed. Mr. DRUMMOND said the public out of doors, looked upon this bill with something of the same feeling that Newmarket people viewed " a dark horse," they telt that every thing was not fair and above board, that Government entertained some ulterior object which they kept out of sight, and if that were so it should never be passed. He thought even if the Government did re sign, some one or other might be found who would prevent the horses at Sebastopol eating each other ; that might enable the officers and men to have a change of linen before now, and to prevent the clothes of officers and me n droppingoff their backs. At all events he ent rea t e d t h e G overnment not to pass t h e bill till the country had time to pronounce an opinion upon it. Colonel VERNER a l so opposed the further progress deser tions of the bill, an d gave hi s own experiencesof th tions and oth er ill consequence s of our enlisting foreign troops in the late war. for doing so. He last night wished to state his reas w en as s perfectly unneces- Mr. OTWAY having voted against the Government believed this proposed measure great reinforcements rom India, for ex ample,from other portions o sary, and that we might obtain ee, pire a large European force which spared—(Hear, hear)--and where there wa n s il be sent to the Crimea very proposed foreign troops could might now be very w those. forces might new much sooner than the propand legion. Prussia was the lie could not entirely approve be enlisted, trained, officered, sent out to the seat of war. of the P part of Germany where a man was of neces sity idler, and the inhabitants of proposed German the other sity a 8" • portions of Ge rman y would require es much drilling and training as any portion of our own people. If the Government, had announced their intention to form a Polish legion, he should hare been perfectly willing to support them; if they had landed a Polish legion of 400 or 500 men in the Crimea, be had no doubt they would be joi • ned by a very large number of deserters among their fellow countrymen who were now forced to serve Russia against their will. Mr. WHITESIDE quoted the opinion of Mr. Burke, that if at the time of the infamous partition of Poland there had been an English Minister of spirit at the head of affairs that result of imperial conspirators would never have taken :place. From his own experience of Naples he found the presence of foreign troops—Swiss troops —only served to keep down the liberties of the people. The same remark applied to Rome. He con tended it was a principle of our constitution that the army should consist of the people, that they might par take of the feelings of the people. He said it was an immoral principle--it was an unjust principle—it was a LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; fresh breeze, with rain. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 19.—Wind. N.W. Arrived—Duke of Cornwall (s), from Dublin, and left for London. Sailed (s), for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Har biuge, from London, for Berbice. Sailed—Ocean, for Guadaloupe. DOVER, Dec. 19. —Wind, N. Arrived—London, from Lisbon, with loss of foreyard, anchor, and chain. sailed —Thalia, for Malaga, after repairing. FALMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—Valorous, from Constantinople ; Ondine (a), London, and left for Dublin. Sailed—Gothenburg (a s), for Balsklava. MILFORD, Dec. 19.—Wizi, W.N.W. Arrived—Uni corn, from Gabooa. Sailed—Hercules' for Sierra Leone. SALCO3IBII, Dec. 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—Queen of the West, from London, for the Azores. Sailed —Speedy, for the Azores. CABINET COUNCIL.— A Cabinet Council was held yesterday a ft ernoon at t h e F oreign •office. The Minis ters present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne,Viicount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sid ney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Coun cil sat two hours. Major-General Lord Rokeby will leave town, to take the command of the division to which he has been , ap pointed in the Crimea, on the 27th instant. AYRSHIRE ELECTION.—The 27th instant has been fixed for the nomination of candidates for the represen tation of the county. The polling will take place on the 29th.-4 yr Advertiser. DENMARK. We have received the following intelligence via Hamburg COPENHAGEN, TUESDAY EVENING. The Ministerial programme recognises the alter ation in the fundamental law, by which Parlia mentaryrepresentatives may have legislative power in financial questions, and in enacting laws. Mem bers are to be nominated by the King. The fo reign policy remains unchanged. The programme was loudly cheered. Scheel (the Minister for Holstein) has been made a Knight of the Elephant. PRUSSIA. Prussia desires to avoid acceding to the treaty of the 2d December, by endeavouring to conclude a special treaty with France. The Ema actpation, of Brussels says :—" We learn from Berlin that the Prussian Government has declared to the Courts of Russia, Austria, France, and England that it will adhere to the treaty of Vienna of the 2d inst., if before the 2d of January the Czar shall not have accepted the conditions which are offered to him." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. His Excellency Lord Cowley has addressed the following letter to the. Minister of Foreign Affairs : " Paris, December 17, 1854. "Monsieur le Ministre—Never was a duty more agreeable or more flattering to me than that which I fulfil in transmitting to your Excellency the subjoined records of the sittings of Parliament of the 15th of the present month, in which both houses have resolved unanimously to offer their thanks to the French army and navy for the cordial co-operation and assistance which they have afforded to the military and naval forces of the Queen in their combined operations. " In conformity to the usages and rules of Parliament, Field-Marshal Lord Raglan and Vice-Admiral Dundas are to convey to General Canrobert and Admiral Hame lin the thanks of the two Chambers. But I am in structed at the same time to bring to the knowledge of the Emperor and his Government in what high esteem the British Parliament holds the conduct of the French army and navy, as also the profound satisfaction with which the Government of the Queen Yam seen the Na tional Legislature associating itself with so much cor diality in the sentiments which it professes for the im perial army and navy. "In begging your Excellency to have the goodness to be the intermediary of this communication, I seize, &c.. Subjoined is given the text of the iCl ' enV v o i rr r - e " so lutions adapted by both Houses of Parliament. Additional letters from Constantinople of the sth, with news from the Crimea, state that General Can robert had addressed an order .of the day to the army, announcing that so soon as the weather per mitted the bombardment of Sebastopol would be resumed, and the assault commenced. It was said that 20,000 Russians, utterly exhausted by privations, had marched to Simphoropol to escape extinction by the sickness which was decimating the army in the marshes they occupied in their first position. The funeral of M. Leon Faucher took placo at 10 o'clock this morning, at the church of the Tri nity, Rue do Clichy, and was attended by a largo concourse of the friends and admirers of the de ceased. It is intended that a part of the imperial Guard, to be detached for service in the Crimea, shall form the nucleus of a distinct corps on the field, to be augmented successively by soldiers taken from the army under General Canrobert, and who have most distinguished themselves during the present opera tions. It will be commanded by a general officer. The Emperor has, out of his own privy purse, doubled the pension of 20 ,000 f. already granted to the widow of Marshal St. Arnaud. The Patric contains the following telegraphic de spatch :- 4411/ammo, Dec. 16.—Accounts from Warsaw an nounce that four regiments of Cuirassiers of the Russian Imperial Guard had established their quarters in the neighbourhood of Biala and Brzesc. The infantry is to be concentrated at the close of January between Brzesc and `Vilna." 150 guns of large calibre are to be sent from Toulon to the Crimea. STATE OF TRADE. (Fmn the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHISTEIt, Dec. 19.—Business has been rather un favourably affected to-day by the reports of the sanitary condition of our army in the Crimea, and by a feeling of anxiety about the position of the Government in re gard to the Foreign Enlistment Bill. At the same time the declining tendency of prices in cotton inclines the buyers of yarns and goods to act with caution ; and this feeling has influenced the proceedings of the day. The aggregate transactions in yarns have not been large, but prices have continued stead y. Common 40's mule for India bare been sold at an advance of id. per pouad upon what was obtainable last week. There continues to be an active demand for printing cloths, T's, long cloths, and domestics, for the Mediterranean and Levant markets, and the prices of last week are fully sustained. Of low shirtings, jacconets, and madapollams, the mar ket has been pretty well cleared, and the production is largely pre-engaged for two or three weeks. HALIFAX., Dec. 16.—The business done in our Piece Hall to-day has scarcely been equal to that of this day week ; but the manufacturers seem to be in hopes of better times. We have no alteration to quote either in yarns or wools. ROCIIDALIL Dec. 18.—We have bad a rather slack at tendance of buyers in the market to day, and the amount of business has been upon a limited scale. Wool has been firm, and prices have been rather in favour of sellers. HUDDZR SPIELD , Dec. 19.—The market has been bet ter attended by buyers from the London houses than for some time past, but their transactions have been confined to job lots and bargains ; anything very cheap being readily purchased, while goods for which the value was asked were scarcely looked at and rarely bought. The tone of the :.--arket has been, on the whole, more readily hopeful, a lth oug h t h ere a r e o perating causes w hi ch m i ght be supposed to exert a depressing influence on the minds of the manufacturers. A letter from Bucharest, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, states that among the Turkish troops embark ing at Varna for the Crimea are 7,000 men of the garri son of SiHatt-in. THE LANCASTER GUN.—The great gun practice and trial of the Lancaster gun continues at Shoeburyness, Essex. The booming report of the Lancaster is die. tinetlytta ‘..rd on these shores (Whitstable) a distance of about 26 miles , and is even much louder than that of the 32-pounder used in the drilling of the Coast Guards at Scasalter, a distance of only a mile. Queen Isabella 11. (says the Madrid correspondent of La Prase) presents the Pope with a magnificent tiara worth 200,000 francs, in honour of his decision rePpeeting the Immaculate Conception. The tiara is now exposed to public view at Madrid. Despatches from Hanover announce that the Govern ment is occupied in reinforcing the army, and principally the artillery. The greatest activity prevails in the arsenals, and important orders have been given for arms for the i n f an t r y. REJOIC INGS AT LOUGHREA ON THE ARRIV A L CV LORD DUNEELLIN.—On Friday last the t own o f L oug h rea was to show the f ee li ngs enter t a i ne d brilliantly illuminated, by the inhabitants towards the family of the Marquis of Clanricarde, on the arrival of his lordship'e eldest son, Lord Dunkellin from the seat of war. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.--The South American Steam Navigation Company's snail steamer Pampero, ifadeira, Brazils, and the Captain Ilaran, wi ll Le read y to leave Plymouth on Thu r sday evening for Lisbon, River Plato. Paid.l RATLWAI F. LOO Aberdeen „ 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet all Belfast & Ballymena all iiirmi ---: ni. Wol , irerh. & Stour Valley 29 Birkenhd. Lancsh. dL, Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £29. .. 30 Blyth & Tyn = origina' £25 (issd. at .£45; 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead 50 50 20 20 all ICork and Bandon.. all I - d - ork, Black, &Pass. 16 ICornwall rrieff Junction , 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc , . . all trßunCiee Perth &Aber all Idoen Junction Do. New....... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties....: 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ... 100 De., B. Stock 8 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire LOO Edinburgh &GlasgoN% 9 Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. .06 a i.,; g o;&g. Western) ~00 Great Northern 12 50 16 16 100 Do., A. Stock 100 MDo., B. Stock t. Sth. &West.(lre 100 reat Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Ra Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 141 Do. , Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds .00 [Awash. audYorksh 194 Do., Fifths ll I Da., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all I Loudon it Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright 3zS.C6t.' 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8 f 2i Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 ganeh.Shef.& Lincln 20 20 20 25 20 20 50 20 & Lin. Un. 1100 Midland. 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all Midld. G. West. (Ire,) 22i Do. Half Shares 111 Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 3 N e w l y & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 00 North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., ? A Deferred all Do., ; B Guaranteed 1.00 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leads 100 Do. York all North London 8. Do. Now £lO II le N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 171 North Staffordshire. all . North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth [OO Scottish Central 1.00 Scottish Midland all Shrewsby. dg Herefd LI Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per COD . All South Devon 00 South Eastern tll South Wales 5 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Duo 5 Do 8 itaines,Wok &Wok , tockton & Darling. 1.6[ Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 9 tot £lO 3 shl l tr o es. l 21 Chames Pr of., Doc], and Rtilway all Vale of Neath all Watcrfd. & Kilkenn y all ,Waterford&Limeritl 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Pal:cc.. all West London 111 s. Wimbledn & Croydon -~}:.,y;y.:. Y'7 %K T.'C~~.. ....~~~Fh .-.~ -AwrrzWls w .. ^~KS.k'.~+'.r~~'Al ~ :.ae doBtrdative prhiolpio to the polithui etma6ter a? tha Aliuletrs who resoliad to it to enliet the service 3 of mercenary troops. (Hear.) The Guards were sent to Malta in February ; war was declared in March ; and yet it was not till August that they resolved to embody the Irish militia. Why should they go to war even be fore they embodied the English militia The noble lord the member for Tiverton said, if they passed the bill he hardly knew where they should get men. What was that but an insult to those who had friends and relatives now suffering for us in the Crimea. (Hear.) There were 11,000 or 12,000 constabulary in Ireland in the altered circumstances of that country, those men were engaged in fishing— those men were trained men, they were men who were an honour to their country, and by far the largest portion of those men were ready and willing to go out to the Crimea. (Hear, hear.) The public opinion of the groat English people was against this bill by instinct, for they had had no time to con sider it, for this bill was introduced into Parliament almost by stealth ; it was hurried through the Upper House after a debate in which logic, reason, and elO quence were all on one side. (Hear.) The G o vernment spoke of appealing to " the enthusiasm of Germany." (Hear, and a laugh.) H e lik e d a s y m p a th e tic friend, but he liked him to show his sympathy by acts, not by words. (Hear.) He liked an alliance with France, because he could understand that alliance ; but a more impotent argument never was addressed to a deliberative assembly than to talk of appealing to the sympathy or the enthusiasm of the small German sates. (Hear, hear.) NEW MEMBER. Lord EBRINGTON here appeared at the bar, and having advanced to the table, took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Marylebune. Mr. S. HERBERT then resumed the debate, and said the hon. gentleman who last addressed the house, had grossly perverted his arguments for the purposes of debate. That hon. gentleman had said he bad listened to a debate in the other house en this bill, in which logic, reason, and eloquence were all on one side. He (Mr:Sidney Herbert) considered the speech of the hon. gentleman was an aPt illustration that logic and reason may be often divorced from acknowledged eloquence. (Hear, hear.) The bon. gentleman would not believe in the enthusiasm of Germany ; but the Governments of those small German States, of which the hon. gentleman spoke contemp - . tuously, had recorded their opinions that the objects for which the Western Powers were now fighting were just and honourable. (Hear.) When the hon. gentleman said he wished to see our German friends prove their friendship by acts, not words, he (Mr. S. Herbert) re plied, this bill would give them the opportunity of proving their friendship by acts. (Hear.) The member for Staffordshire asked last night whY should we not get a Canadian or a Colonial legion I Ile (Mr. S. Herbert) said, "by all means ;" let them try and do so, bur- it was the duty of a Government carry ing on a great war to neglect no measures for enabling them to do so. (Hear.) It was not very encouraging to Ministers who were bringing forward measures with hunesty of purpose to be subjected to such unfair treat ment. (Hear.) He did not blame hon. gentlemen op. posite for expressing their opinions freely against this bill ; but he did complain of the habitual misrep9e sentation to which the measures of Government were subjected. (Hear.) The hon. member said Government must bow to public opinion. He (Mr. S. Herbert) knew they must ; and he did not hesitate to submit to the public opinion of this country on this bill, and he believed when they saw the result of this bill they would al ) ' prove of it. (Hear.) Mr. NAPIER deprecated the charge of misrepresen tation made against the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Whiteside) to whose speech he had listened with pleasure and pride. He (Mr. Napier) said this bill was en odious bill and was repugnant to the feelings of the peso' pie of this country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN said though he believed the historian would have to record the expedition to the Crimea al the rashest ever undertaken by this country—and that, was saying a great deal—still as we hadsent an army of 30,000 men from home we were bound to support that army. (Hear.) But he believed the army would not re' gard it as a compliment that we wanted to send out to their assistance, not their own countrymen, but men' cenary Germans. The newspapers were careful to tell us that the enthusiasm for the war throughout the country was universal ; but the fact was proved to be otherwise by the large deficiency still existing in the number of men voted by Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The Secretary at 'War spoke of intercepting German emigrants passing through this country for the United States ; but this appeared to be a most puerile argument, for it was notorious that the vast majority of those German emigrants were men ad vanced in life, with their wives and families, and fre quently taking out with them their own clergyman and their own doctor ; and were those the men likely to go out to Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) There was no counfry in the world, except the United States, in which it would be so difficult to establish a footing as in Russia. He had said at a public meeting in 1849, that if Russia were to attack England or the United States, or any other large maritime power, she would be crum pled up in her own dreary dominions ; and had that not occurred I (Hear, hear.) Had not the navy of Russia been rendered perfectly useless by the nail of England and France ; but to attack Russia on land required something more than we ever yet dreamed of. He should not now enter further into the general ques tion of the war ; but on the bringing up of the report he should take leave to offer some general remarks on the prospects of the war. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said whenever the hon. member brought forward that question the Government would be prepared to discuss it with him. In the meantime he was astonished that the hon. member and several other hon. members should make such a misrepresen tation as that the only assistance Government proposed to send out to the army in the Crimea was a foreign legion, whereas it was well known that in the last three months they had sent out 11,500 men. (Hear, hear.) He regretted that every attempt had been made to degrade the character of mon who might with every sense of honour be prepared to enlist in our service. (Hear, hear.) He would not enter more fully into the question now, but would only repeat what he said last night, that thin bill was only the first of a series of measures which the Goverement intended to bring in for the prosecution cf the war ; and he was sure that when the people of Englan d became aware of the true scope of those measures they would perceive how much they had been misled 1 4 the speeches of hon. members who opposed this bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord C.. HAMILTON complained that the Govern ment had called hon, members at this unusual season of the year from all parts of the united empire to deli' berate on measures affecting the war, and when they had assembled to find such a measure as this bill proposed to them to enlist the services of a foreign legion. (Hear, hear.) He would place no reliance on the enthusiasm of Germany in this cause, of which the Secretary at War spoke so confidently ; and he believed the public opinion and enthusiasm of this country had not yet been fairly tested. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR said he was one of those who voted for the Government motion last night in order not to impede their measures, and because it was one of the measures for reinforcing our gallant army. The hon. gentleman then went at length into the means of Russia, and contended that her resources were failing. It had been said by a great French writer tha t a great war was a war of budgets —a war to see who could hold out the longest, and the best way to cripple Russia was to destroy her commerce. The house, per' haps, was not aware that all the munitions of war- - • the powder, the cannon balls—all came down the PI and the Volga to the sea of Azoff, and were conveyed by land to Sebastopol. When the question of the war again occupied the attention of the house he should heYe a few words to address to it on the resources of Russia' Mr. PHILLIPS, like the hon. member just sat dolt'' , had supported the second reading of this bill, but unlike him, he voted for it according to his opinion of its merit 9 f and in the belief that it was an expedient measure. Mr. ALCOCK believed that the standard had not been sufficiently reduced, nor was the bounty large enough, sod for that reason he should oppose the house going into committee. The hon. member then advocated the takine of Anapa, because the Russians were ther) and could not get out, and was proceeding to. enforce his views/ but owing to interruption, he resumed his seat. Adl WA LCOTT could not allow this bill to pass withon entering hie protest against it, regretting its introduction. He thought the bill was a blot upon the English nation. If the house trusted to merceparies, instead of the bone and sinew of the courage of the British nation, the most disastrous results would ensue. Mr. SCOTT said, that having been unable to catch the Speaker's eye, he should take another opportnnitY of enforcing his views. Mr. CONOLLY opposed the bill, and was addressing the house when the Speaker said the time had arrived when the debate must be adjourned. The debate was then adjourned till to-morrow. THE MISSING ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Sir T. ACLAND then moved for copies of all de spatches from the commanding officers of the various ships employed in the Arctic Seas in the search for Sir John Franklin ; and of the reports of Dr. Rae, in respect to the relics of the missing expedition ; and, of any orders that may have been given, with the view of ob taining further intelligence of the fate of that expedi tion. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no objection to grant ing this return, but he begged to be understood that he could be no party to another arctic expedition. NEW WRIT FOR NORWICH.. A new writ was ordered to be issued for Norwich is the room of S. M. Peto, Esq., who, since his election, had accepted the office of steward of her Majestys manor of Northcote. The house then adjourned. EIRTES. OF A SON. At Houghton Recto; y, th 3 wife of the Boy. E. A. Peck. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst. , at 5 , Russell-svare, the wife of J. 3 T. Clarke, Egg. DIED. On the 30th ult., at Scutari, from a wound received in action at Inkerrnan, Lieut.-Col. John George Champion , nt, 95th Regt. eldest son of th e late Major J. C. Champon, 21st N. B. 'Fusiliers, aged 31. On the 28th. ult., in camp before Sebastopol, Lieutena Donald G. C. Maclach lan, Royal Artiller y , eldest son 01 Dr. Maclachlan, Physician, Royal Hospital, Chelsea. 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