The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-09 00:00:00

TONEY MARKET! SHARE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, The demand for . money is rather active, and ful rates are required for the negotiation of nommen eial bills. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £110,300, and the exports to £622,00. In the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration. The receipts on the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 24th April amounted to £10,983, being £1,147 more than last year. In anticipation of the full prospectus of the Im perial Royal Privileged Union Bank of Austria, a circular has been issued with the principal outlines of the concession granted by the Government for the establishment of the bank, and the means on which the directors rely for its successful work ing. Austria, since the Italian war, has approached nearer to Englishmen's ideas of constitutional go vernment than any other of her continental neigh bours, and in keeping with this progress in her political system she has lately been engaged in rec tifying her finances, and in order fully to attain this object the Legislature has passed an act for the resumption of cash payments founded on principles identical with those governing the Bank of Eng land. This important financial reform encourages the directors not unreasonably to anticipate that the future commercial operations of Austria must be placed on a sounder basis. The capital that will be required for the bank is £2,000,000, three fourths of which are stated to have been already subscribed. The directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received, by telegram from Suez, the following advices, in anticipation of the Australian mail, from their resident director, Mr. Bland, at Melbourne, giving the result of the month of February last :—Quantity of quartz crushed, 3,038 tons; yield per ton—gold, 10dwt. 19 grains ; receipts, £2,750; payments, £1,740; profits, £1,010; remittances, £l,OOO. Two O'CLOCK. There has been very little animation to-day in the market for the English Funds, and the tendency of 'mines has been rather unfavourable, Consols having receded to 93?- i 4 for money, and to 92,1 1„ less the dividend, for the 9th prox. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911- 92 ; Bank Stock has been marked 233; India 5 per Cents. are 1094 110; and Exchequer Bills have been dealt in at par. There has been less animation in the Foreign Market, and prices have not been so buoyant. Turkish, 1862, are 711 721; do., Consolides, 558 ; Spanish Passive, 331 /; do., Certificates, 11,3 12 ; Greek, 32 321 ; do. Coupons, 15 4 ; Mexican, 37 1; Grenada, 16t 4 ; Portuguese, 491 ; and the Confederate Loan, 1 dis to par. There has been rather more firmness in the Railway Share Market, and prices in one or two instances have slightly improved. Great Easterns have advanced 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire and Midlands, 10s. ; and London and Brighton, .E.l ; Great Northerns, however, have given way 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been no material variation. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares re main dull, at about previous rates, BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities per CenZ. Consols Annuities 93 New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent .. 1091 10 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5f per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Consols for Account, June 9 92i Exchequer Bills, £l,ooo 2i per Cent..., par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Chiiian6 per Cent. — Ditto 4i per Cent. Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account.. Ditto Coupons Italian 5 per Cent. (Nlareinmana Railway) 80/ 791 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l6l 1 Ditto 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred Ditto Land War ran t s (H ec t ares ) — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 1862 Ditto Scrip, £35 paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 541 Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bond s ........ Ditto 6 per Ce n t. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.. Consol s , M oney TWO O'CLOCK. 1 Ditto Account 921 1 ad Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Sales, 12,000 bales or more. Dearer. Imports, 2,591 bales. RACING FIXT is FOR 1863. M. Cheater 6 Bath l2 Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Radcliffe .............. 25 Illanchester ............ 27 Marlborough .......... 29 Ascot „ 2 Newton 10 Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club l7 IBeverley. 1 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O 'LY. Ju Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July Liverpool Abingdon Hungerford Pontefract 16 Stamford ..IG Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge ............ 21 Southampton. 22 Goodwood GUST. Brighten 4 Brighton Club Lewes Wolverhampton 10 Reading Yerk August Plymouth ..............20 Egham ................25 Stockton ............... 25 Oxford ...... Lichfield 27 ........... 31 MAILS TO CHINA.—The directors of the Man chester Chamber of Commerce have memorialised the P ostmaster-General to cause arrangements to be made, whereby letters intended for the French mail leaving Mar nbeilrles for China on the 19th of every month, shall in future reeveyceflived in the Post -offices of the United Kingdom, The been I floor the Post -office informs the Chamber that nego • ttions with the French Government on the subject have commenced, which Lord Stanley of Alderley hopes shortl It EYNtLotblrrinogstoa satisfactory conclusion. meeting of the at THAMES ROYAL REGATTA.—At a aquatic gatheringefvfoards on Thursday evening this great place on the 22d and 23 d ,3entletnen amateurs was fixed to take Av R d of June. EARTHQUARE on the 29th A p , ii f li°l) Es•—A telegram received patriarch reports the oee u r r arn Smyrna by th e G ree k quake at Rhoden o n the 22rden" of a most di sas t rous earth -2,000 houses and a p roportio nvaetsoulting in th e d estruct i on of news of the calamity had each': S o m f The yhrunnia abnyliafe.special steamer sent by the govern or of th surevislad for tents and other material succour for th e C i ng victims of the ill n addressed to the disaster. A similar requisition haws Porte, and an Admiralty steam er leave to. day or to morrow with a supply of tents and other requistte,—Levant iferald. ,_ ~~ This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUT -share , 13.14.1 Vol., and Str. Val, i;lythe and Tyne. iost.,6leat.,andMid.kio Ltristol and Exeter Jaledonlan 'ork .3cornwai, 10 ,)o A tAin 6.p2 p p t e s n a. n n 10 Do. B b paid to B. hs 50 Oublin t een Belfast June. 25 Dun., Perth,& Ab. Junc. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at at GreatNorthof Scotland St Great Northern... at Do A stock st Do B do at !Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland at Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock at LancashLee & Yorkshire at London and lilackwar at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western st Lon. & Scr.th Western at Man., net, & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 50 711 d. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwlot , 6 25 t Dpoo'LGee.Nds.E. purchase I at Do York at Do Carlisle..st !North London 10 ! Do New 19.16.4 North Staffordshire fo ;N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at I Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 !Shrews. and Welchpool at :Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern at:South Wales at S. York. and River Dun : 20 Istaines,Wok.,andWok 25 : Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 Do New, 1866 st Taff Vale. 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 .Ulster 25 Do Lt.:o Do at Vale of Neath I 1 st Victoria sta. and Plm 1 1 at ;Waterford & Kilkenny 1 st West Cornwall 1 at !W. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 at :West Midland -Oxford 1 at Do Newport 1 at Do Hereford 1 Paid: Closing ! Businesi. Price. done. 8 8! 7 8 83 65 114 114 61 Gi 40 42 13 14 92 93 107 109 5?, 53 47 49 24} 25i 124 125 126 127 134 136 102 104 G6i (7 1C8& IC9 79 80 118 )20 41 42 981 09i 10 lu4 444 454 11k 121 127 127! li LIP 96 98 604 614 244 254 L 00) 101 57i 57t E 8 88i .15 117 ICI6i Ili 12 118 120 45 45 98 100 49 50 32 33 02j 93 f 8 70 98 100 7 8 37 38 9 10 p 7 1 7 P 153 156 5 5i r. 3} 3g P 154 155 - - 28 30 52k 1 47k 6Ei E 108 i 1181 19i 99 8.1 llf I 127 i i .00j I 45 46 58 4') 98 100 ,SIONs. Closi u• Price. I.B} 'O3, 1 p liP 41 6 7 8 1(8 IC9 1094 1104 109 110 1094 110 14 11p 1 l9i 20 p 62 t 5 45 50 53 66 42 46 35 40 30 33 21 25 20 22 1091 1104 1 2 p 11 11, 107 108 11 Ili gi 99 101 89 k 2 1 1 P 107 108 101 103 97 a 9 47 49 3 5 83 86 1(.9 110 107 108 fp 1 Ito 107 108' 102 104 T SECUttrrtEN, 1061 1074 108 1( 6 103 106 Q 65 074 95 97 Itll 113 112 114 112 114 15 117 1061 'll2 114 1(9 111 1061 1(•7 1021 IC3i 103 103} 103 1036 112 Ili 1061 1071 .:2 114 112 114 10 11e 101 1111 97} 61 BRITISH Po';iE ttailwaya tt !antic et St Lawreneo tern.,Baroda,t.Cent In( Gu. 5 per oent.. 1)0. Ne'w Do. E. Shares... tiunalu nntl Lam t auto; Do. Preterunee ;tuitalo,Bra.tit,&Godriel 4 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 1878 oe. Flo . Juue 1, 18:4 Clcutta.&B l .B.astn.(l,ll ) ape Town fir Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. S p. c East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Bonds.. co. deterred..... 2d Pret. Bon's. Do. do defer ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. drierred...... Do. 4th Pref. s.o k... Do. do. deferred.—.. GLlndtaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. C... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lhn guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 4.: do . Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. a p. c. Bnd, Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Hong. Bds. Newßrunswick a Cand,• Class A an i 713 po Ist 1 bds Do. Delhi . ri Do, do r4 1 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ••• • • • Z Do. Enclus.St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERN A.an.tiov. flp.c.d a &,..1 ul , 1877-SI .......... Do. 6p. c. Feb. to Alt. Do. 6p. c. Mar. Sept Do. p. c. Jan.&.luly. Do. ti Inscribed stock c ape G.llope, 6p c,187: Do.Ap &OCt. 1880 Do. 189; - , Do. Jan. & July, 1891., Ceylon, Noy.lS6l, 6p c Mau itius 6 per cent Na . a! Gc.v. 6 per cant N. ll . (l ov.6p.e.Ja.&Jui: A.:o. t 3 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N.S.W.Gov. 5p L,lB Do. 5 p. k to I , ;it —. Do. do.,11:188 aupwdi New Zealand 6 p cent. ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. ; sterling, 1876 Queensland G'cv. 6p. c S. Aus G6p.c.ics73.& up - Vic.Gov.6p.c.Ja Jul; DO. to (Imo. A.0.&0it.. 131071 g Cambrian Consol. Gold !uhuortt Amalgamated , Devon O. cum, Jay Ist East Bassett ( 11 1oLr.i , n ' • • East Cloguu G old Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn 8rea..... W'l Rus se l (Tavistk., Clam..itzSt.Aunyn(Gw en. ), Great South Tolgus„ 1 G. Wheal Vor (Holston !Grenville ........ Herod's- Foot Jill/pion Downs 'Lady Bertha Ilargaret (tiny Lelant %I arke Valley.. !iyndy Iron Oro (Lim; j New Setun North Down% Basset (I 110 ;an 'forth Wheal Crofty Far Consols (St. Blazey, , 'rovidenee ( tiny Lelut. South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogau) 1 •?.Wheal Fran. alio:Tart Stray Park famarSilv..k Lead Min , Tin Cron West Basset (Illogan) W Can:don (Liskeard' West Seton . Wheal Basset (Illogai:(, Wheal Buller(ltedruth)l Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) l WhealLudJ ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men )j Wheal Seton .Vheal Treiawney (Lis.)' Wheal Union 47i ti 5 2.0.0 2.10.8 8 58i ti 3.17 5f 5f 15i 16 :60 270 lri 17i 4i 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 131 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 104 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 116 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., O4i 4 South Eastern Wading Anne., £1.0.6), 231 1 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4i per cent., pf., 96 London, Chatham, &e., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 81 South Eastern 41 per cent.,' 1859, 10 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 57, Lancaster and Carlisle, 207 (Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 95 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Namur and Liege gua. 141 per annum, 9} 9 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 161 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 23k k );,:ellold Min. Co. (lim.), 2 C ic) a o l e r ep C (e o 2do p rp p p e , e r Nr, ( ,olilt noIii). P 3 OREIGN MINES. miG E :e. a ouin s ,t.iti t e:rii d :Aami e l:i l ui2iiirp il el:ani e ßl y iiai (111oriatinziii Rey, 1.1 Nuniittehdin3eltC, o x p ica p n er o o i f 7 : , h Australia (lim .,, St. John del Rey (lim.), ,-- 6 East and West Ind&i a. A l u 4 s 3 tmlia (lim.), 31 1 JOINT- : T O O C c I K I S . BANKS. Chartered Bank of British. Columbia, 91 aAustrada, and China, 26 Australasia, 73 Chartered Nina lnd R. Plate Mtn.), 21i I 21 IH,oinndduosnt,anß,.( 'Ayres:u..ldid-JR. Imperial Ottoman, 22 } aPan 04 ' 11 0. 131 13 London ClHrtered Bank of A ustralia, 281 London and Comity, 43} London Joint stock, aj London and South African, 26. 9 London and South-Western (11m.), 41 London and Westminster, 74 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 12 Oriental Bank Corporation, 541 Standard of British South Africa (limi), 19 Union of Australia, 53 Union of England and France (lim.), 3} Union of London, 341 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 84 Joint stock Discount, 41 1 i lam.), National Discount Company ( 9 1 11 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 3 1 Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 01 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 76.1 Royal Mail Steam, 631 A smilers' race for £lOO took place yesterday. The competitors were George Drewitt, of Chelsea, and Thomas Royal, of Pimlico. Drewitt had the race in bis own hands from Hammersmith, and won by fifty or sixty yards, Thar stock stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stock stock 20 Bt it OCk , tusinese4 dou 100 100 100 100 10) 109; 10 14 101 89i 90 107 i 7 104 2 1031 I 111 i 101- 11} 38 7f 100 100 100 100 100 3.4.0 8.1.6 0 .16 4.7.0 2.0, 0 4.3.0 16 1 2b &17.(1 2.4.9 lb 10.0.7 5.15.61 28.9. 51 t THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1863. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. sto 2 agst Canary (taken) sto 1 agst Fantail (taken) 6 to 1 agst Balham (taken) 6to 1 agst Alcestes (taken) 10 to 1 agst Flirtation (taken) THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 11 to 2 agst Macaroni (taken) 11 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 16 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 20 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 33 to 1 agEt King of the Vale (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Flospodar (taken) C 6 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 66 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken) THE OAKS. 3to lon the field (offered) 7to 1 agst Borealis (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—John Pasby, of 11, Elizabeth place, Brixton, a greengrocer, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, at the instance of Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly ill-treating and torturing a horse, by working it while in a totally unfit state. John Jenkins, one of the officers of the society, deposed to seeing the defendant with a horse attached to a cart in Bruton-street, Bond -street. On examining the horse he found it in a wretched state, badly spavined, and lame. The horse was totally unfit for work, and had been so for some time. The horse was brought to the front of the court, and, as the officer stated, it was in a most pitiable condition, and seemed to walk with difficulty. The defendant having consented to have the horse destroyed, was allowed to go at large on his own recog nisances. WESTMINSTER. AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE.—AIfred Parker, a espectable looking middle-aged man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Ingham, charged with stealing a set of harness. Police-constable James Gower, 132 E, said that at five o'clock this morning he was in Beaufort-mews, Chelsea, when he found the prisoner sitting in a cab in a stable yard, and found in his cap a pair of reins and a bridle. As there had been a great many robberies of late committed in that neighbourhood in various stable yards. witness asked him where he got the harness from, when he said it belonged to a man with whom he was going to buy a horse. Sub sequently an owner was found for the property. Mr. King, the occupier of the stables in Beaufort-mews. said that the hat ness had been stolen from there in the course of last night. An entrance had been eff cted to the stable by either a false key or by getting over a fanlight. Mr. Ingham asked the prisoner what he had to say. Prisoner said that it was kit a mistake about his stealing the harn ss. The fact was that he wanted to try a horse, but of course could not do so without rein.; or bridle, so he went to the stable yard, where he was afterwards found, and seeing a bridle and reins told a boy there that he should like to borrow it, and would be sure to bring it back. He took the bridle and reins and brought them back in the course of last night, but not liking to restore it without seeing the boy he was waiting till he came in the morning to give him sixpence, when the policeman came up. Mr. Ingham asked if anything was known of the prisoner. The police replied that he had been before convicted, He was remanded for a week. THAMES. THE MAD SAILOR.—James Pavey, a seaman, who was described as having no home and no occupation, and who declared that any port in a storm would do for him, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk, disorderly, and violently assaulting three police.constables, named Thomas Robbins, 137 11, William Mitchell, 215 H, and Thomas Coultrup, 44 H, in the execution of their duty. The first two constables had sustained considerable injury. The prisoner was very noisy and intoxicated last night in Whitechapel, and there was a mob of disorderly persons about him, whom he was fiercely haranguing in a very in• coherent strain. R.bbins, who was the first policeman called to him, endeavoured to get him away and disperse the mob of disorderly persons about him, but he was unable to do so, and he made a savage attack on the constable and threw him. They rolled over and over each other on the ground, and whilst doing so, he bit Robbins on the left arm, through his coat and linen. Mitchell came to the assistance of Robbins, and he was also attacked by the maddened sailor. A fierce struggle ensued, in the course of which, the prisoner seized Mitchell's hand, put it in his mouth, and severely bit and lacerated one of his fingers. Another constable, named Coultrup, came to the assistance of the others; there was a good deal of up and down fight ing, the prisoner frequently escaped from the clutches of the three officers, and was as often retaken; he roared, shouted, and swore that twenty constables should not take km, ; he capsized many persons about him, and it was not until all his clothes were torn and he became exhausted that he was secured. It required the united ex ertions of seven policemen and others to convey him to the station house. On the way there he kicked Robbins on the knee and disabled him for some time. he prisoner, an active young fellow, said he was sorry for what he had done—that he came on shore yesterday on a cruise, and was " three sheets in the wind" and did not know what happened to him. Mr. Partridge said the police recollected too well what had happened to them, and that it was impossible to over• 1 Jok a case of this kind, where policemen had been so fiercely assaulted and injured. The prisoner had acted like a perfect maniac and must be punished for his misconduct. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.—I wonder how often the ensuiug conversation has taken place, word for word, during the last twelve months? "Lord Duo dreary —oh yes, delightful, is it not ?" "Yes, capital —very amusing." " I wonder what he's like off the stage. Did you ever see him ?" "Yes. I met him once at dinner." " Yes ? How very nice. And what is he like ?" " well, you know, he's a quiet, gentleman-like man." "Really. How very delightful. I'd give anything to see him. They say that acting the part so often has quite made him stammer." " Oh no, not at all. You wouldn't know he had ever acted the part. Ho doesn't look the least like the character," &c. Can anything be more monotonous, again, than the conversation of that wonderful class of serui• dip lomatic wiseacres who get together at conversational clubs and other places of male resort? The man who knows for certain that on that particular question Gevernment must go out—there is no help for it ; he, again, who "has it from a source that he musn't mention, but which leaves no doubt of the correctness cf the report, that Pilgrimstone was sent for in the middle of the night to Windsor in con sequence of the expressions let fall by the Secretary for Peace in the house, the night before last, and that on his return a cabinet council was called to consider," &c. And is it not remarkable that these same political prophets in no wise lose caste or fall in the estimation of those who listen to them, in consequence of the failure of their predictions? When one of these individuals, for instant, announces that a certain noble lord is going out of office on a certain question, and when the noble lord does not go out on that question or any other, one would suppose that this gentleman's next prophecy would be generally disregarded. Not in the slightest degree. Oh, Society I what sacrifices do people make to thee; sacrifices of health, of comfort, of money, of sleep, of digestion of temper, of inclination. And all for what? Apparently that they may have the opportunity of stand ing upon a landing place, and asking Mrs. Worldly Wise man whether she has seen The Duke's Motto, and what she thinks of it—which, after all, does not matter much—or whether she has attended Professor Pepper's lecture at the Polytechnic, and what she thinks of that—which, if pos sible, matters still less. They get, too, the chance of ex changing defiant stares with several gentlemen who are possessed of a good command of eye, whom they know per fectly well, and who know them perfectly well, but who are as determined as they are, not to bob first. And these pas times indulged in to the full, and a due amount of iced coffee swallowed, they are at liberty, beim= very hot, to cool themselves by attending Mrs. Worldly Wiseman to her car riage, bare-headed, with a keen north-easter blowing into the hall, and then, at last, to depart. The next morning their brains feel as if they had bsen boiled, and their eyes as if they had been roasted, their legs ache, they have a cold in the head, and rheumatism in the tendon Achilles.— .dlc the Year Round. Births. BALLARD.—On the 6th inst., at Pembroke, South Wales, the wife of Commander J. B. Bullard, R.N., of a daugh ter. RYAN.—On the Bth inst., at 44, Beaufort -gardens, the wife of Charles L. Ryan, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. BARNEs-11AwsEs.—O n the 7th inst., at Radcliffe on- Trvnt, the Rev. Brooke Cremer Barnes, of Rutherfield, Sussex, to Martha Elizabeth, the second daughter of H. Hawkes, Esq„ o f L amcote H ouse, Radcliffe, and Spald g, Lincolnshire. IVlLLt s — Houtwoon.—On the 7th inst., at Saint John's, West Hackney, J ames Willis, Esq., to Emma, eldest daughter of George Holmwood, Esq., of De Beauvoir town. Deaths. AußkkT.—On the sth inst., at Paris, Susanna, relict of the late J. D. &übert, Eeq., of York-terrace, Regent's-park, aged 76. DODD.—On the 4th inst., Miss S. Dodd, of Skyes terrace, Mile-end-road, aged 73. MACOABE.—On the 30th ult., at 80, Wimpole-street, Chas. klaccabe, Esq. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is scantily upplied with fruit, and the show of vegetables is but moderate. The trade rules firm, as follows FRUIT. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 1 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0' Apples, per hf -sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz . 0 oto 0 0 Damson ... 00to 0 0 Currants, per Lev 0 oto 0 G Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 6 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 9 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 10 to 1 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 140 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr lb, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 9to 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 , Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 0; Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 3 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h. s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, P Green peas,ll.-sv. 0 oto 0 0' Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 010 to 1 3 , Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinazh er ditto 0 oto 0 0 0 Bto 1 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 5 0 Turnip greens NETVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to Os Od ; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od each ; goslings, 7s Od to 9s Od; ducks 4s Od to 6s Od; ducklings, Os Od to O s Od ; ra bbi ts, is Od 'to 2s Od each ; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, '_Os Od to 16s Od ' • chickens, 78 Od to 10s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8 s Od; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; t ea l, O s Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is 6d t o O s Od ; plovers is Od to is 6d each; guinea fowls, 8s Od t o 9 s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is 1d; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., 5s 6d to 6s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SUATE. Salmon, is 6d to is 8d ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to Iod ; prawns, Os ; skate, 4d to Gd • sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 5s Od to 18s ; cod, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, Os 4d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; cra b s, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to is Od per pair ; common oysters, 10s to .--41 n atives, 56s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to Gs ; haddocks, 4s to 12s 5 smelts, is Od to is 6d ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 4d to 8d ; fresh herrings, 4s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Ey the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 4d ; veal, 38 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 48 43 per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7id to 8d , of household do., sid to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2/c1 to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to :32d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d; iBlb to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104Ib to 1121 b, Od to Gd. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to NOd ; polled sheep, Os Gd to Os Od ; half-breds, (Is Od to Os Od ; Downs, 7s Od to 9s 6d ; lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; shearlings, is 6d to is 7d. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 108 to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND..-111ea 1 ow hay, £2 Os to £4 43 ; clovel do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 lO s t o £1 16s per load. A slow demand. hay, £2 Od to £4 0 3 ; c l over £1 10s to £1 16 s per l oad. do Trade inactive. N , V £ II 3 IT I E N CH to ALEL IOB ;and —Meadow straw, COAL Frioea of Coal per Ton a' ARKET. the close of the market. s. d. Carr's Hartley 15 0 Liyass's Bebside West _ _ _ s. d. Davison's West Hart ley 15 0 Hartley l5 0 Bower's West Hartley.ls 0 Wylam 15 0 Carway and DutTryn Malting . l9 6 Hastings Hartley 15 0 l'anfield Moor Butes l2 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 9 Eden Main....., l4 6 Cowpen Hartley 15 0 Ships at marker Walls End. Hetton 16 6 Braddyll's Hetton 15 3 South Hetton ..16 6 Haswell .... l6 6 Hartlepool 16 3 South Hartlepool 15 0 Tunstall ...... Stewart's l6 0 East Hartlepool 16 3 ,t, 78 ; sold, 47. COUNTRY MARKETS. I.` WAKEFIELD-MAY 8. A fair show of wheat to-day. Factors asked last week's rates, but to effect sales some concessions had to be made. The business done was limited. Barley was unchanged. Other articles fully as dear. STAMFORD—MAY 8. White wheat, 475: . t0 50s ; red, 44s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 36s to 40s; grinding, 30s to 33s per qr. Oats, 20s to 25stper 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to —s per qr. ; new, 38s to —s. LIVERPOOL—MAY 8. At this day's market there was rather a small attend ance of the trade, and wheat met with a slow i nqu i ry f or all descriptions, at ld per cental decline on Tuesday's cur rencies. Oats in few hands, and rather more money ob tainable. Barley and peas were steady. Oatmeal 6d per load advance. Indian corn opened rather dearer, but the slight advance required checked business. Egyptian beans miller cheaper. American flour favoured buyers. EXETER,—May 8. Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to 6s 4d I Barley. 3s 6d t o 4 s 3 d Ditto red. .6s Od to 6 s 3d Oats .........2s 9d to 3s Od Flour, fine, 35s to 36s ; secends,:34s to —s per sack. CATTLE. Fat beef, p se., 10s0d to 11s6d Ewes, per lb ....5/d to 61,1 Perk carcases, 7s Od to 133 Od I Wethers, .7d to ---d Lamb, p to d Fat calves, d0...61d to 7,1, Rough fat, 30 per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 8. The demand fur both raw and refined sugar has be en moderate ext en t t hi s week, and at slightly easier prices. There has not been much doing in rums. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE, TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1883. 1862. 1863. 1862. 2,063 2,405 686 634 1,410 1,814 6,573 6,603 15,710 11,94 9 280 273 358 35 , 194 227 40 1,401 1,4386 42 279 290 1,311 1,274 1,612 1,549 2,873 2,764 1,074 1,0;0 8,0 , 6 7.612 . 3 ' 2 2 8 .2,828 2 ,344 8,637 8,416 27,695 27,411 26,088 25,3;4 1,865 1,r.53 536 3 15 9,567 9,254 56,496 56,519 1,301 910 1,984 1.834 321 3 33 32,486 31178 200 269 189 102 699 510 90,995 e 7,703 1,793 1,611 21,7 8 21,463 17,693 19,143 4,041 2,305 1 22 1 1,351 14,785 13,570 3,251 3,265 1,352 1,128 1,910 89,817 37,965 6,402 6,091 1,164 1,652 2,611 2,208 Belfast and N. Counties . 136 136 •••• Belfast and County Do wn 49 49 Blyth and Tync , 28 Bristol and Exeter........... 1 2 21 8 1 121 i Caledonian23o 1 30 Cockermouth &Workington., 81 8 4 Cork and Bandon ........... 20 20 Cork, Blackrock, &iassage . 61 61 Cork and Youghal • • 321 324 Cornwall 531 63 1 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belt ast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda .. . .. Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 481 481 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun.,, 31 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 169/ 1139} Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 6 ) Glasgow & South-Western ~ 198 198 , Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union „ 6 1.! Great Northern 330 .1 " Great North of Scotland 5B 58 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (1re1.)., 711 454 'it South% & Westn.(Lrind.)., 329 329 Great Western 992 96.11 Inverness & Aberdeen Junc. Irish North-Western 145 130 Irish South-Eastern 251 25 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 39 4 6 / Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Poy n es 26 26 Llanelly 46 46 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend sfan.,Sheffieloi, & Lincolnsh Ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 28 28 31 55LI D Ii Midland lr y ao p np o do r l t i( ti T no d i . C s a r . -- ILI+ w )f 'rind. 257' - li W sl e e stern) 630 MidlandOt.Westn.oi Monkland ........... " ...... 71i Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 14 North British, Edin., Perth.. and Dundee ..... ......... 4106 N-Eastern and New. & Car.. • 8941 North London .............. 9 North Staffordshire .......... 254 Oswestry and Newt0n........ 42 Rhymney .................... 196 St. Helen's Canal & Railway.. 52 Scottish Central ............ . 55 Scottish North-Eastern ..... . 1326 Somerset and D0r5et........ 396 South Devon South-Eastern .............. 30 6 Stockton and Darlington • 155 Taff Vale 55 Ulster Vale of Clwyd.. Vale of Neath ................ 256 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 276 W.Hartlepool HarbrAltalL 4B W'haven,Cleatorot Egrmnt.„ 7 Whit e haven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 614 i 192 i 714 44 3451 864 9 252 132} 39i 764 306 161 12,350 10,300 43,536 40,263 3,125 2,885 8,285 7,364 1,092 778 1,004 633 2,025 2,100 3,702 3,274 5,033 4,714 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction- ••• 264 Bombay, Baroda, & . en. India 1621 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwaukic lB5 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France lO7B East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 425 Great Luxembourg l3l Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 439 Northern of Canada ... ..... Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & 3lediterrn••• • 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 974 349 - 270 8.478 8,531 18,709 20,32 9,768 6,545 5,633 4,879 2,137 2,121 266 1326 1016 185 1081 1064 . ..... Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian ...... . l4>4 Southern of France ......e 777 Welland.. •• West Flanders . • W. and N.W. of. Fiance 768 .131 'lOB 1,816 2.024 308 378 1,569 1,157 844 837 2,971 4,143 :21 425 B,so 634 844 021 1,132 1,168 28,450 30,2 7 265 269 1,41 s 1,496 3,944 3,133 3,. 83 3,650 6u,705 51,839 5611 190 14,614 13,733 4371 8,22 ,i 374 134 4,8: 8 6 0 4,517 345 11,085 10,184 435 18,427 11,744 94 2122 15 6 98 48, , 237 51,27 ,52 0 44 376 209 40 375 209 1354 127,194 115,041 1204 65,009 57,323 - 1,191 -„ 6 9 702 53 0 68 1,451 1,261 1323 46,613 54, 8 9 4 777 25,002 25,841 25 75 985 1,014 7 6 8 42010 41,067 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour, THE PRINCE OF WALES. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales occupied his usual seat this evening. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Manchester Corporation Water and Mercantile Marino Service Association (Liverpool) Bills wore read a second time, THIRD READINGS. The Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway, Wat- ford and Rickmansworth Railway, West London Extension Railway, Caledonian Railway (Carstairs to Dolphinston Branch), Caledonian Railway (Improvement), Busby Rail way, Flint, Holywell, and Mostyn Roads, Penzance and St. Just Roads, Cleeve and Evesham Roads, Hamilton Water, Maidstone Water, Dungarvon Harbour, Markets, and Improvement, and Queen's-road (Battersea Extension) bills were read a third time and passed. THE CITY TRAFFIC REGULATION BILL. Lord REDESDALE said he thought it necessary to state that as this bill gave very extraordinary powers, he had, in accordance with a power which he possessed, to re commend that the bill should be considered in a committee of the whole house. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Lord EBUEY postponed his motion for a copy of the resolutions of the Ecclesiastical Commission, to the effect that they will forthwith raise to the value of £3OO a year every incumbency the population of which exceeds 10,000, confining it, however, to benefices in public patronage, for a few days. POLAND. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition, agreed to at a meeting held in Guildhall, in favour of the Poles. The noble earl also presented 61 other petitions to the same effect. He said it was not to be wondered at that sympathy should arise in a country where so much liberty existed as England, in favour of a nation which had made such struggles and sacrifices for freedom as Poland. The noble lord then proceeded to touch upon the present prostrate state of Poland, and said the convention enter ed into by Russia and Prussia was of a most abominable nature ; the later convention was not of a more favourable character, and the manner in which Prussia had submitted to Russia was most disgraceful. He hoped that Russia would not at the present time be allowed to revive that against which England had been so long protesting, viz., a fugi tive slave law—a more ferocious encroachment on the rights of man he had never heard of. When the Emperor of Russia received a deputation, he stated that any dis affection or any desire to reconstitute Polish na tionalty would bring down upon them great mis fortune, and conclw: ed by saying that "he would in such a case destroy Warsaw, and that he was not a per son likely to build it up again." The noble earl then went on to recount other incidents in the history of Poland, until he came to the present outbreak, occasioned by the abominable conscription, which, he said, was one of the most refined species of cruelty the heart of man ever conceived. It was done by surprise in the dead of night; husbands were torn from their wives, and sons from fathers, half naked from their homes and confined in prison. It was one of the greatest atrocities ever per petrated by man on man, but like all satanical measures it was too strong, and the devilish act had recoiled on the head of its projector. The result of all the dreadful proceedings showed the necessity of separation between Poland and Russia. It was impossible that two such nations could go in union again. The spec tacle before the country was neither temporary nor spasmodic,but the result of a long series of oppressions, and it could not be said to have shown anything like dimi. nishing, but quite the contrary. With respect to the late amnesty, it was only so in name, that it was in fact merely talk and subterfuge, and the Poles had done right to reject it. The insurrection might be put down, but the spirit of it would never be quenched. It would break out afresh again and again, and Gortschakoff had truly said that nothing would entirely crush it out but total annihilation and extinction. Lord HARRO WBY condemned the policy pursued by the Russian Government, and was of opinion that by the violation of the Treaty of Vienna it had forfeited its rights as regards Poland. Earl RUSSELL—My lords, I listened with the greatest pleasure and attention to both my noble friends who have just addressed your lordships; and L rise to address a few observations to your lordships with a deep sense of respon sibility. That sense of responsibility arises from two causes —the one is lest I should give too sanguine a colour to the representations which have been made by some of the powers of Europe to Russia, and lest I should say too much as to my expectations of the success of those efforts, and so in duce your lordships to think and hope the consummation of those desires is speedily to be arrived at. The other consi- deration which affects me is lest I should induce your lord ships to think that her Majesty's Government are prepared —still more lest I should induce the Polish nation to believe that her Majesty's Government are prepared—to take part in this contest, or to do more than address to the Govern ment of Russia those representations which we feel it be longs to a country such as this, and more especially when joined with two powerful Governments like those of France and Austria, to make. '1 hese representations should be made with a due regard to her own interest, with a due re gard to justice, and with a due regard to the character of the Emperor of Russia. Now, my lords, before I speak of that which has lately happened, more especially with refe rence to the representations which have been made,•l ask your lordships' attention for a few moments to what was done in 1831. In 183 t. my noble friend, Lord Palmerston, who then held the situation of Secretary of State for Fo- reign Affairs, addressed these words to Lord Heytesbury —" Tho treaty of Vienna declared that the kingdom ol Poland should be attached to Russia by its constitution A constitution the Emperor of Russia accordingly gave; and it is surely no forced construction of the meaning of that treaty to consider the constitution so given as exist ing thenceforth under the sanction of the treaty." Now I do not believe it requires me to use any lengthened ar gu- .went in respect to the treaty of Vienna, or the cons tution as being necessarily connected with it; that argu ment has appeared in the state despatches of 1831, and in those of the present year; but there is one consideration that arises from reading the papers of 1831, which, I think, ought to be present to the minds of Parliament, and to the minds of the public, amongst whom the question is some times naturally asked, Whst is the use of diplomatic repre sentations? I wish to call your lordships' attention to the despatch of Lord Heytesbury in 1832. He tells my noble friend Lord Palmerston that it is true our representations have not achieved the object we wished, but that it would be a great mistake to suppose that they were fruitless, Our re presentations have been entirely confined to the kingdom of Poland ; they have no bearing on those provinces of Russia which do not form part of the kingdom of Poland. Now. mark the difference in reference to these different provinces ' Lord Heytesbury writes, "It will be sufficient to cast cur eyes towards the Russo-Polish provinces not included in the kingdom of Poland, and consequently out of the reach of foreign intervention, to be convinced to the contrary. In the kingdom of Poland, setting out of the question those accused of assassingtion and the officers of the three corps, Kaminski, Rybinski, and Ramorin, who form a class apart, and who are now gradually returning to their homes upon consenting to renew their oaths of allegiance, there are not above 20 individuals excluded frim the amnesty or who will _ _ _ suffer for their political conduct. But in the Russo-Polish provinces incorporated with the empire confiscation of pro perty, exile, or deportation to Siberia, are the general lot. Not an individual has been suffered to escape who took any part in the revolution. This different measure of punishment, though it speaks little in favour of the clemency of this Go vernment, shows clearly the effect of foreign intervention. We may not have gained much, but we at least have the con solation of knowing that the course pursued would have been infinitively more severe had we not taken the line we did." This shows, I think, that some advantage may be derived from the influence of a great power using language founded on truth, and that such influence a power like Russia may not like to disregard. Now, in speaking of that which has lately happened, I must, in the first place, endeavour to do justice to the character of the Emperor of Russia, and, differing in that respect from my noble friend, I should say that I entirely believe in the benevolence and sincerity of that sovereign. Ido not regard as mere profession on his part those sentiments that all sovereigns are apt to profess, but I do say that there is hardy any act which ennobles the reign of a sovereign more grand in its effect or more bene volent in its conception than the emancipation of the serfs of Russia. Every one who has attended to that act knows that the persons of most influence at the court—that the great aristocracy of Russia were deeply interested in the maintenance of serfdom. To some it has bean the loss of one-Ulf their annual rent, to some five-sixths, and to others even nine -tenths; but the Emperor of Russia, seeing that the interests of humanity were involved in that question— seeing that millions upon millions, not only of the present race, but of those yet unborn, would derive benefit from that proclamation of freedom, has not hesitated, with due delibe ration, but at the same time with the utmost boldness, to declare the freedom of the serfs throughout the wide extent of his dominions. Well, I say, when a sovereign who has performed t u3h an act—who has done that from sentiments that he himself conceived, and who was not forced to it by anything like insurrection, we should not presume —we hive no right to presume—that, with regard to another part of his subjects, he has been animated by intentions which were other than for their welfare. But having said thus much, having declared what is my opinion, I am next obliged to say that in nothing that h e has done with regard to Poland—that in nothing that I have hitherto seen, d . o I foresee the foundations of that prosperity, of that enjoy ment of just rights, which the Poles are entitled to expect, I find in the last despatch of Prince Gortschakoff what is held out with regard to Poland. Prince Gortsehakoff says —"By the side of an act of clemency to which it has been possible to give a large extension since the dispersion of the most important armed bands, the Emperor has s main tained in force the institutions a l ready granted, and has de clared. that he has reserved to himself the power o to them the developments indicated by ti me and tghleviri! quirements of the country. His Majesty can then refer to the. past ih the rectitude of bit 0 91180101100 to the future it necessarily depends on the confidence with which these inslituAons will be met in the kingdom." Now really the hole gist of the present question lies in these last w rds. If we could believe that the Poles themselves would accept with confidence the institutions recently given or at out to be given to them, if we could think that they had reason to entertain confidence that those insti tutions ve uld afterwards be developed into a complete system of freedom and of justice, then indeed we might look forward with some satisfaction to the future of Poland. But what is the case ? Where are the grounds of that expectation? Institutions have been given, but from time to time there have been the most arbitrary arrests. Men have been taken from their beds and sent to prison without accusation. In the churches at Warsaw— I believe in the cathedral especially—arrests were made, and the pavements of that church were stained with the blood of mon who went to worship their God according to their own rites. These acts are such as to destroy all confidence ; but beyond that the Poles cannot help reflecting that in 1832 and the following years attempts were made to deprive them of their language, and to convert them by force to a religion which was not their own. Such a policy of the Em peror Nicholas, if it had been successful, might indeed have changed the whole face of Poland, but not being successful it leaves a lasting sense of resentment—a lasting feeling that they never can rely upon the promises of the Russian Government. But my noble friend has mentioned, and I think justly, that act which he rightly called an act of pro scription, which indeed was the immediate cause of the out break. Can men who have suffered such au outrage regard with confidence the institutions about to be Riven to them ? It is observed by those who are well acquainted with the go vernment of Poland, and I have consulted with those who have watched its course year after year, that it is the vice of the Russian Government that whatever good may be done, whatever liberal institutions are given, there is no constancy —no perseverance. At one time it was declared that all trials of persons for political offences should be public. That was carried into effect for a few weeks, but some inconve nience was felt and that privilege was at once abandoned. These aro the things that prevent any feeling of confidence from arising in the breasts of the suljects of that Govern men:.. They know it is impossible to rely upon the belief that the institutions given will be permanent, and that very act of conscription was directly in the teeth of the law of 1859, a law of the present Emperor, upon which, if the Poles relied upon anything, they ought to have relied as a perma nent law of the kingdom of Poland. Then we aro forced to come to the conclusion that it is difficult above all things to inspire in the Poles a feeling of confidence with which these institutions should be met. It may be said that it is hard upon an E rnperor whose intentions aro so praiseworthy that he should be met with distrust, and all his benefits should be spurned ; but such is the natural, the legitimate consequence of despotism, that its caprices destroy all confidence, and that its promises for the future are spurned because its promises for the past have been falsified. (Hear, hear.) If that be the case, had we not some reason when we recommended that the constitution which was given by Alexander I. in 1815, should be restored and scrupulously adhered to ? The reason I say this is not because I suppose that the Powers of Europe at Vienna precisely prescribed that constitution ; but it is this— that I know not how the Russian Government, having a people opposed to the Poles, having a national aversion to them, I know not how that Government could govern hap pily or securely but by giving these two securities—first, that the men employed by the Government should have the confidence of the nation, and secondly, that they should be governed by known rules. These are the foundation of the elements of good government in all cases, and unless they are given to Poland I cannot see how we can hope for the tranquillity of that country. The first thing to give confi dence is to have a national assembly elected by the Poles themselves. Ido not mean to be pedantic upon this ques tion, as Prince Gortschakoff reproaches us that we are. I d• not mean to say that the institutions that suit England are exactly the institutions that would suit Poland or any other country; but what I say is essential is this, that the persons who govern, whether in municipal councils named by the Emperor himself or chosen by the suffrages of the electors, should be persons who have the confidence of the nation. They should be persons in whom the nation con • fides that their promises will be kept; but when you place a man at the head of the Government who promulgates a law, which law declares that persons for the service of the army shall be taken by regular lot and according to known rules, and suddenly in one night violates all those rules and kidnaps 2,000 young men. I say in such men the people of Poland can have no confidence, and it is hopeless to expect that they should. (Hear.) It was for these reasons that her Majesty's Government advised a return to the institutions of Alexander I. as likely to secure peace to Poland, and whether these institutions are reverted to or any other are adopted, I say now, as we said then, in any future diplo matic representation, in any negotiation which Prince Gortschakoff declares the Russian Government is willing to entertain, in any discussions into which we may enter, we must say that unless the civil, political, and municipal in stitutions of Poland are placed in the hands of the people themselves there is no chance of tranquility in that country. I speak of tranquillity in the sense in which the Great Powers have spoken. The French and Austrian Govern ments have asked to have " durable peace," and the English Government have asked for " peace on a lasting foundation;" and I say it is such a peace as that which we ought to have. It is said that certain benev , lent institutions have been given to Poland, and that Poland shou d be satisfied ; but we should be deceiving ourselves and EuropL if we ex pected such a result. I know not that we can go beyond that which we have a right to do—namely, we have a right to speak of the kingdom of Poland as constituted by the Treaty of Vienna, and we have a right to speak of its con stitution. The Treaty of Vienna said that Poland—the duchy of Warsaw, as it was called—should be connected irre►oca bly with the empire of Russia by its constitution. These words must have meant something; for it would have b 'en quite sufficient to say, if no constitution was meant, " The duchy of Warsaw is irrevocably united to Russia ;" these words would have been sufficient. What was the meaning of the words—indefinite and vague, I admit, but still with a signification in the—" United to the empire of Russia by its constitution." We can only advise, therefore, such insti tutions as would give the people of Poland a government of Poland within the kingdom of Poland constituted by the Treaty of Vienna. My noble friend has gone a good deal fur ther than that line of duty which I have traced out for her Majesty's Government. My noble friend who presented the petition from the City has declared that in his opinion we ought to declare that the kingdom of Poland should hereafter be entirely severed from the empire of Russia, end should form a separate kingdom. My noble friend who spoke last considered that Russia had forfeited all title under the Treaty of Vienna, and that we, in the name of the British nation and of this Government, ought to declare it no longer existing. I cannot tell you that her Majesty's Government will take either the one step or the other. (Hear, hear.) With regard to declaring the sepa ration of the kingdom of Poland from the empire of Russia I think there are grave questions which any Government, any statesman, must ask himself before hisdeliberation can be concluded in the affirmative. What is to be this kingdom of Poland? Supposing the Emperor of Russia were to declare even that in his opinion it was desirable to separate the kingdom of Poland, would the Poles generally be satisfied with those limits which the Treaty of Vienna has laid out? What was the object with which Andre Zamoyski went to St. Petersburg ? ki e went with this object : he was summoned there to explain an address which many of the nobles and proprietors had prepared as an address to the Emperor. Now what was the purport of that address ? The purport was that all the territories which formerly belonged to Poland should be united under one denomination of the kingdom of Poland; they professed, if that request were complied with, the utmost loyalty to the Emperor of Russia, that they would remain faithful to him and his crown, but they did not profess that they would be satisfied with the institutions given to the kingdom of Po land. lam not saying now whether they were justified in that address, whether the happiness of the Polish subjects of the Emperor of Russia requires any such measure, lam only saying that if this Government were to interfere to re-erect the kingdom of Poland you must. not think that that question would be resolved by merely saying you would have a kingdom of Poland. You would have other and serious questions arising from that restoration; but there are other questions still. What would be the country of that Poland ? Is it to have Posen, the Prussian part of Poland? Is it to have Galiicia, the Austrian part of Po land ? If that were insisted upon, you may dependosuero: it that Austria and Prussia would bo as muecltihoapp It o that uest, that request as Russia herself. If they sist only of the Polish provinces now under tn onsieler tho attempt. and if you say that the new kingdom ofP i o Bl . l Emperor of Russia, in that case IT: _ aniz c, i and Posen that would be made to re-unite Gai n I) l o c h Austria and Prussia and how much attempts, and what to the Polish kingdom, d ov is ay t of oo the n . would be interested in map° - - Bin o g r t Poland on the one hand influence would bo used to elementand what a new ele ment of disturbance, ins tead u wo u ld creat e happiness 9 0- not t o be left out of consideration. and to repress Poland These things with a a desire for the welfare of the Pole , Looking at the to the future s ' but not indifferent peace and to the indeed, o n o e P if P n o a t h nE e e r uw , we lf ar e of Europe, I cannot, for one, put these future we consi derations out o f the case. But the n , b es i des this, my be liefie....it ma y be mistaken, the events of t o - morrow m ay o verturn all the foresight of to-day—but my b e li ef is that in the present temper of the R uss i an government ' , and still more of the Russian pe o pl e, there is no readiness to consent to that which would b e considered as a dismemb ea great empire. Th ere are glorious recollections—t b e e r n e t a r o e t symbols of pride an d of power connected with Russia which may be destroyed, but which would hardly be destroyed without a l ong and sanguinary war. Into these hazards, these dangers, I should certainly be very loth to enter; and I think your lordships and the other house of Parliament representing this country, would be loth to enter on these hazards without the most pressing necessity to force you to do it. Well, while I think of these things and of the rea sons why we should proceed cautiously, why we should proceed slowly, and in conjunction with other powers in all that we attempt to do fur Poland, I have as much con fidence as my noble friend who brought forward this peti tion in the ultimate power of public opinion. Prince Goa , schakoff has spoken of the elements of disturbance, of the sia r nu e ntr v drr o i og l Et t 1 1113 an t e i dge o .Intahanremdy carrion, nlcosmopolitesod lords, as a o Austria,i of n wherevert Europe, thoe ende and battle-fieldathy eo roer itt has sob ae a rn s bey k pi rerddesoFs of p a r ne theirec politicalprey disturbance the moral and political vultures of Europe flock together to take part in the conflict. But it is not the mere disturbers, it is not the revolutionary dis turbers of Europe, who are taking part in the conflict in Poland. It is, as I believe, the real, the conscientious opinion of Europe—(hear, hear)—that what has taken place in Poland has been carried by various modes of coa -1 veyance unknown in former times to all parts of Europe, and the conscience of all Europe has been roused by seeing the religion of a people trampled under foot—by seeing its nationality despised—by seeing arbitrary measures dispose of the lives and liberties of the great and good, of a brave and celebrated nation. (Hear, hear.) Depend upon it, my lords, that that expression of public opinion will not be fruitless; depend upon it that the opinion which has been expressed at the present time by three of the greatest and powerful monarchies of Europe will be backed and sus tained by every minor power and every nation where men can read, and think, and feel with regard to the woes of Poland. (Cheers.) That which took place in 1831 and 1832—those attempts, those tyrannical attempts which then passed almost unnoticed, would not now be repeated, even if the present Emperor of Russia were the man to repeat them. (Hear.) I ask your lordships to rely, first, on the prudent course which has been pursued by her Majesty's Government, willu r a n b c ee donetha t bthat them. which (Cheers.)ean be fairly and practically I ask you to rely, in the next p lace, on that p ubl ic opinion and and the done assurance of Europe, Ru s sia, autocrat as he is, wi ll n o t neglect. I ask you to finally, rely, which you may depend upon it the Emperor of on the general sense of justice which pervades r countries. (Hear.) Above the people of this and other Heaven hi h allow oppression to pass unpunished, and which will not to endure. (Loud allow these suff er ings much longer all, I ask you to rely up on that willw not cheers.) The subject then dropped. EXCHEQUER BONDS (L 1,000,0 0 0) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (£20,000,000) BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Dublin Corporation Water—Dublin, Wicklow, and Wex ford Railway—and North Staffordshire Railway (addi tional powers). POLICE AMALGAMATION BILL—REPORT OF STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Mr. lIENLEY brought up the report of the Standing Orders Committee on the bill for the amalgamation of tho City with the Metropolitan Police, which was to the effect that the committee were of opinion that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. (Laughter and cheers.) BOTANIC GARDENS. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from Edinburgh signed by 30,000 persons against the opening of the Botanic Gardens in that city on Sunday. The petition was in the form of a great roll, and too bulky to be placed in the ordinary hag, and was carried out of the house by a messenger amidst some laughter. A petition of rather smaller bulk was afterwards presented by Mr. BLACK from Edinburgh in favour of opening the gardens on Sunday. (A laugh.) RIOTS AT CAMBRIDGE. Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART gave notice that on Monday he would ask the Secretary for the Home Depart ment whether he had received any report respecting the conduct of the undergraduates who created a disturbance in a Roman Catholic Chapel at Cambridge. BUILDING ON HAMPSTEAD -HEATH. Mr. COX gave notice that on Tuesday he would move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the Settled Estates Bill of 1856, with a view to prevent Hampstead heath being built upon. NEW WRIT.---RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN DANIEL O'CONNELL. Mr. BRAND moved for a new writ for Tralee in the room of Captain Daniel O'Connell, who, since his election, had accepted the office of Steward of the Maner of North holm, which was agreed to. (Hear, hear.) TURKISH DEBTS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any report had been made by Lord Hobart and Mr. Forster as to the application of the proceeds of the loan of 1862 to the extinction of the Cahn or paper money in Turkey ; and if so, whether there would be any objection to lay it on the table of the house? Mr. LAYARD said that Mr. Forster was not at Con stantinople at the time referred to. Lord Hobart, who superintended the operation, had made a report, and he had no objection to place it on the table. He had the au thority of Lord Hobart for stating that the assertions made in the house, and elsewhere, that any part of the loan was applied to other purposes than the extinction of the Caime money and floating debt were wholly unfounded. WITHDRAWAL OF THE PROPOSED TAX ON CLUBS. Mr. LYGON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of revenue he estimated would be produced by the tax on clubs? (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER—I am not, able to give any information to the hon. member on that subject, beyond the very negative information which I gave in reply to his question on a former occasion; but I may save him some anxiety if I state that I intend to ac cede to the opinion expressed by the house, and to drop the proposal to place a tax on clubs. (Laughter and cheers.) REGIoTRATION OF ASSURANCES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. B. OSBORNE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intended to proceed with this bill on Monday ? Sir R. PEEL—The bill stands for committee on Mon day, and it will be convenient that I should then state what course the Government intend to adopt with zegard to it. (Laughter.) CENSUS RETURNS IN IRELAND. Capt. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether the census returns for Ireland, when pub lished by parishes, w. uld show the religion of the inhab tants, as was shown in the county returns ? Sir R. PEEL said the census returns would show the re • ligion of the inhabitants. SOUTHERN ITALY. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. HENNESSY, in moving for further papers re specting the state of Southern Italy in continuation of those presented last year, said he believed they would show that he was right in the statement which he had made be fore in the house, that British trade with Naples in 1862 was less than in 1861, and that Mr. Consul Bonham was not justified in his assertion that that trade had continued to increase within the last four years. Mr. G. BENTINCK, who had also a motion on the paper for further papers relative to the political condition of Southern Italy, said his only object was to elicit the truth, and to prevent discussion on the subject from being stifled. He drew an unsatisfactory picture of the state o the country, and said he convicted Sir James Hudson of not giving the information which they ought to possess, and of having sent reports which could not be relied on. The hon. member then proceeded to comment on the fact that Government had refused to lay upon the table papers relating to the treatment of political prisoners. The noble lord said he could not interfere, but the right hon. gentleman's pamphlet was sent round, and its con tents made an impression on the minds of the Italian Government. In 1856 it was admitted in that house that there were cases when it was the duty of England to in terfere with foreign Governments, and that Naples svaa one of them on the grounds of the bad Government and the murder of prisoners in the gaols and their itopropboer treatment. Admitting the contents of the Pa"hilieetn W and true, the state of the prisons was worse now . than l n y e : s an s o d f t y h e punish- Governmenttthehe rightdomiciliaryh nw. gentlemana v s tits greaterwere noa wass w on regime. The Neapolitans naturally . asked where was M b r. Gladstone, and how it was that, having reconciled his ments by death wero more . numerous than under the Bour • his vo i ce and use his influence in favour of s b c h l : l an ; . ° ; v o T r h i na a s e l f r a o l wyrn:l ander differences with the noble lord at . the head of the Govern ment, and even a member of his Cabinet, that he was so Bilent about their sufferi ngs. He, however, called right h on . gentleman, in the name of human ity, " tho to raise the Neap°. litans. Mr. LAYARD said he had frequently heard it said, r t a h a a that n h don. gentlemen opposite both iatin awndeloluttbosfpothseedhotuowsea, blished Italian liberty as her Meesty's anxious to see esta was surprised to find that ever j made that night hostile to Italian Government, but he bwyasththeme fawcitt,havuoachil:rhouads statement that had been. It was all very well to cry " Oh, , the public in the record of their speeches an liberty had been received ( b oh , , oh, and hear, hear.) , ' but h t e hat th assertedey were that er o n ch o e d e o rs ubt ° that it would go forth to Opposed to Itali an lib erty. (Oh, oh, and hear, hear.) The Italian Government, as it now exists, represents the feel ' ings of the Italian people—(oh, oh, and hear, hear)—and the time had now passed for that house to have a debate on the condition of Italy any more than on the condition of France, Austria, Prussia, or any other continental State, or that Italy had a right to interfere and ask for a report of that state of Ireland, or any county in England, without its being considered a great piece of impertinence. (Oh, oh, and hear.) The hon, gentleman had failed in doing what a he said he should do, show that the state of our rel ation s with Italy was such as to warrant our inteerferen going on was but natural, when the . great struggle was g' ed inde on in Italy, when authority that this country should express a n xi e ty sympathies of the wish to know on which side the de ndence had been that Italian in Pe Govern ment tended; but now unhappy exception, established., withoneco-operation was less requisite now rendence not recognised, and unit y sti ll respecting pbecetfionugghitt, and wish gained and unity, progress of that liberal movement, than during the for the Italian people. There resulted so benefic i al ly existingin that country had things, no doubt, , were " I re many (Hear.) There *ere two rea deplored. which we isra to o b e should not appear to be similar to other 80n 0 why ^ les people of Naples were demoralise d —. anything like active which parts Italy. Th e Par