The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-15 00:00:00

AIONEI MARKET 1.2t3) COMMERCIAL I.NTELLTGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market had a downward ten dency, and closed with prices of American ) 8 -d. per lb. down. In other descriptions the change is less marked. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 150 Pernam and 111aranham at 5,1 d. to 61d., 100 Bahia at 6d. to 6/(1., 150 Egyptian at ad. to 8&d, and 700 Surat at aid. to 3id. per lb. Railway shares were firm. . _ _ There bas been a fair business transacted this week in Colonial produce, but the supply being large piices have tended downwards. Sugar has been quiet on the whole, foreign descriptions being held more firmly than West India. Plantation Ceylon coffee has had a fair sale, but native has ruled dull. The tea auctions have gone off heavily , and good common sound congou has with difficulty found buyers at 10d. per lb. Spices have generally gong lower, including pimento, pepper, ar d nut megs. Rice has been less in request and cheaper. In cotton the operations have been extremely limited, and the value of the article has not changed. Saltpetre has been dull, and previous terms are not supported. Cochineal went rather irregularly. In flax there have been purchases at advanced rates, and jute is higher. In Russian hemp very little has been done, and Manilla has only been in demand for the better descriptions. Iron is quiet, and tallow has had a moderate sale. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company is being held this day, at the London Tavern, for the following purposes, viz. :—To re ceive Mr. Gower's report of his visit to the com pany's mines at Marmato and Santa Ana ; and of the purchase of the Purima Mines ; and to adept such measures thereon as may be expedient. And, in pursuance of the following requisition, signed by more than five shareholders holding more than 1,000 shares, to consider the matters stated in the said requisition : - " LONDON, Nov. 27, 1854. "To the Directors of the Mariquita and New Grenada Mining Company. " Gentlemen, —With a view to obtain for all the 'shareholders an opportunity to give their free and un fettered opinion upon the report of the committee of in vestigation, and thereby remove the misunderstanding at present existing, we, the undersigned shareholders in the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company, being more than 5 in number, apd holding among us more than 1,000 shares, do hereby, under the authority of the 6th clause of the deed of settlement, require of you forthwith to convene a special general meeting of shareholders for the following purposes : " 1. To reconsider the report of the committee of in vestigation. "2. To make such changes in the direction by in creasing or diminishing the number of the directors, or by removal, or otherwise, as may to the meeting seem convenient or desirable. " 2. To amend clause 34, and to confer the appoint ment of both the auditors upon the shareholders. " 4. To close the capital account by amending clause 59, and other clauses relating thereto, and rescinding all powers now ♦ested in the directors of increasing the capital stock of the company. "5. To alter clause 5, and supplemental clause, if any, to make the meeting half•yearly. " 6. To make such alterations in the deed of settle ment as may be necessary to meet the ♦iews of the shareholders upon the above points, by supplementary' clauses, or otherwise, and to register same in the regis trar's office. "7. To appoint a committee of investigation for the purposes, and with the object required by the meeting." The following are extracts from the reports on the mines of Purima, from Captain Eastman (27 years employed in the Marmato mines), head mining captain p " Marmato, Sept. 22, 1854. " R. F. Gower, Esq. " My dear sir,—Agreeably to your request of the 11th inst. I proceeded to the Purima mines, and on the 15th, 16th, and 18th examined the various workings that are at present under operation. "The general appearance of the ores is of a favourable character for breaking and extracting, and notwithstand ing the lode has as yet not been sufficiently opened out in extent to enable me to give any accurate estimate of the quantity of ores it contains, I may, I think, safely say that at present at least 20,000 tons are discovered ; and by (hiving another cross-cut about 12 fithoms lower, another 10,000 would in all probability be made avail able, if the lode holds in depth, which to all appearance it does. " I saw with great pleasure the encouraging prospects held out by stream workings ; they, to all appearance, are rich and extensive. "The mines, as yet, are not quite in working order ; however, the instructions given by one at various times I have visited Purima, and the experience they are daily obtaining, will soon make them have a more mining look. "The cost of extracting, if tramroads were laid down in the extraction levels direct to the mills, would be about $2.4 per ton, and I should think the value of the ore per ton to be about $lO ; this, of course, is taking good and poor on an average." In the report of Mr. Thomas Johnson, the super intendent of the Sta. Ana Mines, it is stated : " Purima, 9th October, 1854. "R. F. Gower, Esq. " My Dear Sir,—ln reply to your favour of the 27th ult. respecting the mines of Purima, it appears to me, from the short time I have been here, and the very cur sory examination that I have as yet been able to make of the various mines, both Lodes and Ori Corrido, that the company have reason to congratulate themselves upon having concluded a most advantageous purchase. "These Lodes have also the advantage of being'worked by meant of levels or adits, so that there will be no ex pense in the shape of machinery for the purpose of ex teftcting either mineral or water; and by judiciously selecting the sites for any new mills which it may ,be found advisable to erect, the delivery of the mineral to them may be effected at a very trifling cost. " Oro Corrido.—As regards the Oro Corrido mines, we may equally look forward to most important results. The trials which have been already made show that the god is apparently distributed in abundance on almost every part of the mountain ; and when a further supply of water can be obtained, I feel little doubt that from this source alone the company will in a very few years repay the capital invested in the purchase of these mines. Mr. Charles Johnson, the superintendent of the Marmato Mines, states, under date of Oct. 9 : " I now proceed to give you my opinion on the mining property of Purima, lately purchased by you for and on account of the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company. " The upper code has been considerably worked upon, and the greater part of the backs have been taken away, so that from this ground, I think I may say with out fear of being mistaken, that the company need not expect to reap much benefit. " The lower level has quite proved this lode to retain its richness in depth, although contrary to the opinion generally entertained that quartz lodes decrease in rich ness as they increase in depth. However, as another cross-cut can be driven,; about 12 fathoms lower down, which in all probahility ought to intersect the lode in about is fathoms , another proof would be given. • I think it should be done, more especially, as a mill might be erected near the mouth of said crosscut, to stamp the ores extracted from this, and the cross-cut above; by so doing at least 30,000 tons of ore would be made available on this lode:" The steamer La Plata, from the West Indies, is announced as having arrived at Southampton. No letters are yet in town. The accounts from China notice the progress of the insurgents, and a continued interruption of trade. The rate of exchange was but a trifle more favourable. The Continental advices are meagre in respect to commercial information, but .they advise dulness generally. At Paris, the depression in all branches is stated to be greater than for the last four or five years. The English Stock market has been exceedingly quiet, and Consols wh ich, after the officials ho rs of business yesterday bad improved to 91i and 92, have receded again to 911 The New 3 per Cents. have been 91 to and the Reduced 91/ to I. Bank Stock has been depressed, at 2671. Exchequer Bills are 4 s. to 65., and East India Bonds 12s. premium. Foreign Securities have been mostly nominal. Turkish Scrip has been 61 to 71 discount. Equa dor Bonds are 3g to 31. French 4i per Cents. are 96 25, with the exchange at 25 5. Dutch 21 per Cents. are 611. The follorring are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada, Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 21k to 21;', ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto 44. per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 38i to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to 5g ; ditto Passive, 4: to 41. The Railway Share Market has been duller, and the highest quotations of yesterday have not been obtained. The account is uow adjusted, VA to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 15, 1854. this circumstance is due the heavier tone. The East Indian Shares are in some request. Great Luxemburg have been firm. For the Colonial Mining Shares there hasbeen no inquiry. The Joint Stock Banks have been nomi nal, and the Australian Agricultural Laud, and Crystal Palace, rather firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES 12 i (Prom the Ogcial List.) Business done Blnk Stock ....... * 3 per Cent. Reduced ......... 914 3 per Cent. Cor sols Annuitie s Shut. New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO ........................... 12 Bank Stock for Account ........................ 20Si Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, 2nd. :,!1000 ......................... Vioo 5ma11................................. Exchequer Bonds ISSS, 31 per Cent. Ditto 1859, „ PE,ICE OF FORIUGN FUNDS TILLS DAY, Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5l 5 Equador Bonds 33 Peruvian Bonds, per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 por Cont. £St 9B Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Fitto 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent l9 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 7 :1 d Ditto for the Account 6 d Dividends on the a'pove payable in London French Routes, 4 per Cent. uot,cit Exchange, 4. per Cent. 12 Guil ..... 61i Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates...... THREE O'CLOCK. ~,.. 6 4 , 56 .nngOIS Ditto, January Accol.lnt THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, with the homeward West India and Pacific mails, has just been telegraphed off Hurst Castle. The mails will be landed about noon. MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) I SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILITATP. Closing Prices this day. Business 'lone i 50 yesterday. 4/ I I 25 50 25 1.2?, 12i 20 10 62 i St 50 11 25 1 I St. 70t; i i 25 ex arra 1 A)1141 20 St. 731 3 2$ 2i 6, 6, 107 1001 5 84i 6 10 20 69 St. St, 32 I St, St, i I 63 I 12 25 59i 35i 12, 12 St. St. 25 10 1.0.6 Bt. '2O 20 20 25 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr• Paid. Its.wws.Ti: Compans.Leasing Closing P d ri ay ee . y ß ee n t s e i r u i ss a ; . 50 all Bedford and London & , r Bletchley „. N. West. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 95 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 99 101 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New. Do •• ••• 25 all Glstr.dtDn.Fr Gt. Westn 100 all artlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & lierw. 50 all [lull & Selby Y. &NMd 102 104 25 all !Do. )1 Shares. Do ... S. Eastern 13 —13 i 1 1 24, all all L D o odS a l i i . a e i c •e n s w . 20 all Do.Preferenec Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Peto &Co ll —11 i St. WO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per ct. ••• •-••• ••• 5., a ll Ranch. Bxtn. .&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2i —2l 50 all Yidclloebro' & Stckton Iledear. Darlingt. ••• ••• 10: . all Aidld.Bradfd Nfidland 92 941 50 all Northern and Bastcrnsp.e. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. o.„ 5 all Do. Fixeds p• Do •• ••• 25 all Prest. &Wyrc L. &N.W - &Ln&Yk ,„ „, 12i all Do. A Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.3,,: GtNorthr 134 136 25 ISO. Shef.Rothai la Lanca.sh& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. , 12 9A S. Statiordsb. .MCloan 2h 2 d 50 all WearValleygr 'tockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do 10. St. 100 Wilts&C;omrst AWestn 92 94 , PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. 30 Birth and Tyne 10 poll c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. k Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares , 100 Caledonian £lO a ll Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonslp. c all Dundee Perth 6tAberJ 97 - 100 94 - 96 _ deco Junction all EastAnglian (£3los 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ea tension, 5.p. o. No. all Do. No. 2 ............ all Do. New 6 r . c. Si all Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 5/. 10 ner cent. all Do. 101. Delientr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancs-sh. 6p. eta. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all Edinb Prth.&Dunde 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 1.00 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , ii - 61 i - £P 12 1 t - ni i P GO - 65 ... -- ...x( 13 - 115 at 10p. c. prem... 100 Do. 4i p. c Si Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sli I. all Do. Chester Bp. all De. do. 5 p. e. do 100 Do. firm. Gus. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gaa. Stk. all D.. do. 1• all Do. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ;100 London and Brightol Guaranteed 5 p, g 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon.&N. W.. Cot. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5 London &S. Western LO6 - 108 99 - 101 6 -- 6A 94 -- 96 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 91 -10 f 16 -- 17 10 -10 i 71 -- 73 18 -- 19 ! 9 —9} 11k—lid -- 133 135 ••• ....' W. ' - Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color 3 Shares sll Londy. & Ennis. 4 Sh all Sian., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. all Do. Now, £lO ...... 43 Do. £6 all Nfarypt.& Carl. 4 p o all Do. , li per cent 103 Do 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.e.St AOC Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ 1 11 i Do. Pref. V, per con , 10 Nlorfolk Debenture . _OO Do.Praf. 4p. e, Steel, , 1.00 Do. sp, e. Ext 100 Do. 54 per et.pref 100 Do. Way. Va1..5 p. c 00 North British ICO v. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c ~ .No 11 9 Do.. do. Quarters 41;1 19 Do. York li ,&4.Pi r . all North Stafford Shire,. Loa Oxford, Worcester, fc Wolverh.Xls, Clo.c. all scot. Cent. , New Pre: 10 Do. 5 per cent 2 i - 3 p 1 ii 7 ii i , i - ip 1 t 33 135 li id $7 -90 104 - 105 100 - 102 90 - 92 31 - i 7- la all I South bovon. 110 - 112 i Pia i 1. dig 14 Da. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4A per cent all S.YoriEsh.4p.c.Guar a ll S Wales Glll. 4p. a all Do. do. 4i p. c.... a u Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent 5 Po. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.Saiilk.6p.c. id 13 par 22} - 95 - 100 15 -18 112 11 /a 7- ii, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court was held for the despatch of pub lic business, which occupied the whole of the day. WANT OF BRIDGE A CCOMMODATION -STATE OF SOUTH- WARK-BRIDGE. Mr. J. BAILEY, chairman of the Bridge-house Com mittee, presented the report, which was read by Mr. Woodthorpe. Mr. J. BAILEY said he thought the committee per fectly justified in abstaining from recommending the out lay of a large sum of money for the purpose of ascertain ing the durability •f Southwark-bridge. They knew that the committee of the House of Commons would take evidence upon that subject, which the committee of the ' Common Council had now before them. They did not , think they were justified in spending 5001. for surveying and examining Southwark-bridge, and a greater sum than this had recently been expended for a similar pur pose with respect to London-bridge. He therefore asked the Court "to agree with the committee in their report, and to discharge that part of the reference which d►rected them to incur expense in ascertaining the safety of Southwark-bridge." The motion having been seconded, Mr. GRESHAII said he wished to know whether it was intended further to deal with a body of men who, after having asked 300,000/. for the bridge, and said they were not quite certain that they would at a future period accept that sum, were holding back, thinking that they could hereafter claim any amount they thought proper, because the necessity for the public accommodation would compel the corporation to give it them ? (Hear, hear.) He moved as an amendment, "That the report of the committee be agreed to, and that the whole re ference be discharged." Mr. Ross seconded the amendment, which was car ried almost unanimously. ELECTION OF SECOND MASTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. The TOWN CLERK announced that the candidates for the office were—Mr. H. W. Watson, M.A., the Rev. C. F. Eastburn, 8.A., andthe Rey. J. Porter, M.A. Upon a show of hands being taken, The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Watson was duly elected to the office of second master of the City of London School. • CORN EXCHANGE Since Monday the arrival of English wheat, coastwise and by laud carriage, have been somewhat on the increase ; neverthless, the supply of that grain on offer here to-day was very moderate. For most kinds we had a steady de mand, and, in some instances, fine qualities of both red and white commanded a trifle - more money. In the value of other qualities nu change took place. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was very moderate, sold steadily, and Monday's currency was well supported. Floating cargoes were firm. The supply of English barley was large, of foreign limited. The trade ruled inactive, bat we havo no change to notice in prices. Malt sold slowly, on former terms. There was an improved demand for oats, at full quota tions ; but beans, peas, and flour met a dull inquiry. Wheat. 3,450 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. i Barley. 1 Malt. Oats. I Flour. 9,690 5,170 2,0'0 i 1,980 _ 1,680 1 . _ 2,910 I 3420sks 1760 brls English .. Irish Foreign .. 2,269 SMITHFIELD.. We were well supplied with beasts to-day, and their general quality was prime. Although the trade was less active than on Monday, that day's advance in the quota tions was supported. The supply of sheep was but mode rate. Most breeds changed hands freely, at full prices. Prime small calves moved off steadily, at full quotations. Inferior calves were dull. The pork trade ruled less active. Mulch cows were very dull, at from 11111 s to 191 each, in cluding their small calf. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 *me Southdown 5 0 S 2 Second quality.... 3 10 4 6 Large crse. calves 4 0 410 Prime large oxen 4 8 410 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 4 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Small porkers 4 4 410 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 410 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLT. Beasts ..•• •• ............ 1,990 shr ••• •• •• •• •• •• •• .. • . 3,7 09 Ca aS:.••• •• •....• 272 Pigs ...• .• •• •• ..•• 405 Beasts.... • • • • .„ Sheer Calves.. , • .. • • .. . Pig 5............ . . . • • • NEWGATE AND The trado was tolerably ate Per 81bs by 544 St. 220 20 s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime large .4 0 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 8 Pork, large 3 0 3 8 LEADENHALL. eady, as follows : the carcase. ■. d. ■. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 50 Do., middling 310 4 4 St. Do., prime 4 6 4 8 50 Veal 3 8 5 0 20 Pork, small 310 4 8 20 20 BOROUGH HOP. Fine new hops are very scarce, and in request on higher terms. Most other kinds support former currencies. This week's imports of foreign hops amount to 32 bales from Havre, 121 from Antwerp, 116 from Ostend, 856 from New York, 108 from Rotterdam, 440 from Hamburg, and 31 from Dunkirk. Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 15s to 22t Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 151 Us to 161 lOs ; Sussei ditto, 141 lOs to 151 103 per cwt. 20 20 50 20 COLONIAL SUGAR—The market for West India has been quiet this week, but prices have not varied materially. Barba- I 20 does good to fine yellow brought. at public sales, 35s to 10 38s, and low to good mid 31s to 34s 6d. Demerara crys- tallised 39s to 39s Gd per cwt. for good. Manilla sold privately at 29s Gd per cwt. East India has ruled heavy. Mauritius, black to good brown, realised 25s to 28s 6d, low brown 24s 6d to 25s Gd, the better sorts 26s to 29s Gd, low to good yellow 30s to 35s 6d, fine 36s to 375, and good fine 39s to 41s. Bengal—Mauritius kinds sold at 30s to 365, brown ditto, 26s 6d to 295, white Benares at 37s to 37s Gd, and good to fine grainy yellow 39s to 40s per cwt. About 1,533 bags of Madras offered publicly were 17 taken it. Foreign—Porto Rico went briskly at full rates, 20 viz. fine bright grocery 'at 37s Gd to 39s 6d, mid to good at 20 34s to 375, and low heavy grey to low yellow at 31s Gd to 20 33s Gd per cwt. Cuba was held at 29s Gd to 30s 6d for 20 mid and good [soft brown, and at 30s 6d to 32s 6d for low 20 and mid grey and yellow. Siam was lower, selling at 20 33s Gd to 35s Gd for low to mid soft white, and at 32s to 100 34s for damp and washed. Yellow Havannah found buyers at 33s 6d. to 36s for low to good, and 36s 6d to 100 37s for florettes. 20 COFFRE.—Native Ceylon has ruled firm, but not much 2 5 has been done. Good to real good and ord has been sold 25 at 45s to 45s 6d. Plantation Ceylon has been in good de- 25 wand at full quotations, viz., mid to good bold coloury at 55s 6d to 63s 6d ; fine ord mixed brownish to low mid 100 coloury at 52s to 55s ; low mid and mid do. at 55s 6d to 59s ; peaberry at 58s to 64s 6d ; small at 503 6d to 51s 6d ; 100 and triage at 36s to 51s per cwt. 20 Rum. —The market since the taking of the Government 5 contracts has been inactive. 5 COCHINEAL. — Honduras silvers have sold at 3s 2d to 3s Gd for ord small to mid bold. RICE. — A limited business has been transacted and 100 prices tended downwards. Carolina, from Antwerp, brought 35s to 38s 6d for mid to good ; Madras ord to good 100 Coringa 12s Gd to 13s 6d, and good white 14s to 14s 6d per 100 cwt, but Bengal was taken in at 15s for ord to mid white. 100 SPlCES.—Pimento realized 5d to 50 for good ord and mid ; rather coarse black pepper is id cheaper ; Singapore 20i selling at 41d to 40, and grey at 41d; white Singapore 100 was taken in at 7id to 7id for mid to good, but damaged 20 sold at 7d to 7(1. Penang brought Sid for good bold. 5 Nutmegs are lower, Singapore at 2s to 2s 10d for small to mid brown, and limed Man illa at 1s 4d to is 6d for ord and 20 shrivelled. Mace has been dull at 2s id for mid dark, and 2s 2d to 2s 6d for mid and good mid pale. Cassia Vera sold 4 at 39s to 40s for ord coarse bark. Jamaica ginger realized 20 44s to 51s for a small quantity of ord. 20 TEA.—This article has been quiet at 10cl for common 20 sound Bengal. 20 ARROWROOT.—This article has been steady. 33h TA.LLOW.—There has been rather an increased inquiry, 10 P.Y.C. has been at 63s 9d per cwt on the spot for ord. 20 GREEN FRUlT.—Arrivals have been gradual, and do- 20 mind good. Several cargoes of oranges from the Azores, Lisbon and Seville to hand, a portion of which, sold by 20 Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, brought full prices. A 16 cargo of Messina lemons has boon taken freely by the trade. 20 Nuts of all kinds meet with a ready sale. 10 5 20 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.) l2O LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; strong breeze, with fine weather. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 14.—Arrived—Crcesus (s.s.), from Australia. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived- Stadacona, from Quebec; Ocean, Havre, Guadeloupe; do., for Mar seilles Newcastle, for Malaga ; Talisman, ; Regard, do., for Toulon ; Iris, Sunderland, Malaga. : Coaster, Hartlepool, for Charente. offro for Port— Shepherdess, from Algoa Bay. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14. —Wind, W.N.W. A ived—Vil lata, from Antwerp, for Cardiff ; Alexander ; , rr F N r ewcastle ; Lord Nelson, do., both for Constantinople New castle, for Carthagene. Sailed— Elphinstone, for u 7 fJo N d e o w n - . OFF LOWESTOFT, Dec. 14.—Cognac Packet, for ullar wich, leaky, and in tow ; Renovation, St. John's, N.B for Leith. W.N.W. Arrived —H la. -, KIN GROAD, Dec. 14 —Put back—Dora, Barbadoes. _.Wind,Fried. Wilhelm IV., Quebec ; Mary Z. ar, inger„ from H u 1.1 o D h i e b c u . e l t 3 O . ; Ann, Terceira. Dec. 13.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—. S UN DERLAND, Quebec ; Levant, Rotterdam ; C aro li ne , 4 Treasure, from Miramicbi ; Solide, Gravelines, 4i QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sir Allan I\l‘liab, Callao : Tutel ina, do. ; Horatio, Demerara; 5( Ellen, New York ; Louisa, Quebec ; Alfred, Smyrna ; 25 1-1-U.S. St. George, P or t sm outh. Sailed —Rea p er, for the 20 Clyde. LIVERPO OL 100 Dec. 15.—(Per Ele c. Tel.)-150 bales of 100 cotton havewashed on shore from th e Pride of the Sea ; t 2 a oa ls r o gi th m e o k s e t e h l a o v f e th b e ee f t o L r o e n m fi es r t e bsouironottoimffea, 6 feet, so that the 20 a critical fromßristol the Big Gap, St. G eorge ' s Island, N ov . 16, and remaine d 50 0 nthe Chase, 3 in pn position. 50 New York, wen t ashore off 20 The 50 ____.................• 1 00 1100 FIRE AT WALwonnt•--Yesterday afternoon, ab out half-past three o'clo c k, a fi re, attended with considerable2o loss of property, b ro k e out i n the private residence of 5 0 Mr. Ballard, No. 2, Gloucester-row, Prospect-plac2, 20 Walworth. When the alarm was given the fire was 4 ° confined to the top floor, but it was rapidly extending to , A 0 other parts of the house. Th e eng i nes of the London `" Brigade, parish, and West of Engl an d O ff i ce, promptly 10 5 attended, and by great perseverance the fire was subdued, but not until a serious amount of mischief was done, the 25 whole of the lodgers having suffered to a considerable 25 extent by water. 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NEW CATTLE MARKETtCOPENHAGEN:FIEDDS. Mr.l. L. TAYLOR, the 'Chairman of the Markets Im provement Committee, brought up their report upon the subject of the alteration of the market day from Monday to Tuesday. The matter, which has been treated as one of very great importance, has been re peatedly discussed not only in the court, but also at numerous meetings in the suburbs of London, especially at Islington. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—My Lord Mayor, I quite agree with some of the court in thinking that it is an exceedingly late period of the day to bring the subject forward, but it is the last kour we have got, and the matter has been adjourned, postponed, and put off, month after month, until we have arrived at a time when it can no longer be delayed, inasmuch as the market will be opened next month, and prior to that we have to consider regulations of the utmost importance, which have to be laid before the noble lord the Secretary for the Home Department, far his lordship's approval. (Hear, hear.) The state ments of the various petitioners have already been in your hands, and that would principally guide your judgment in coming to a conclusion. There are only two questions for you to consider and to determine. The first is, whether a compliance with the prayeis of the petitions would increase or decrease the desecration of the Sabbath. Upon this head the evidence has gone to show that if the alteration sought for were made, the desecration of the Sabbath would be increased to a very large extent. That while the neighbourhood of the market might be relieved from it to some extent, the employment of per sons connected with and having the care of the cattle would be distributed over the entire country to a very large extent indeed. This fact has operated with the committee in coming to a conclusion that it would be highly impolitic for this Court to recommend any alte ration of the day. The next question is also one of vital importance in connection with this subject—namely, the success of the market in a financial point of view. The concurrent testimony of all those who are able to form a correct opinion, namely, practical men, tended to show that if we consented to an alteration of the day the market would be a total failure. (Hear, hear.) Now, seeing that we have undertaken this important work, and have laid out a very large sum of money for the purpose of making it perfect, it would, I apprehend, be exceedingly wrong if we for a moment consented to alter the day for holding the market, when we believe that by doing so we should of necessity bring about the ruin of the undertaking in which we have embarked. I shall, therefore, rest content with asking the Court to Place reliance in the judgment of the committee, and agree with the committee in their report. Mr. W. JONIIS seconded the motion. Mr. Cox said he should ke very sorry to give a silent vote upon the present occasion, as he had taken a very active part in the matter. He was an inhabitant of Islington, and knew that many of the gentlemen who had come before the committee to advocate the change of day from Monday to Tuesday, had arrived at a similar conclusion to that entertained by the committee. Deputy LOTT regretted exceedingly that he could not agree with the committee in their report, and said that the subject required further consideration. Mr. DE JERSEY said that the committee, from the statements made to thorn, could come to no ether deter mination than that at which they had arrived, although he could not agree sith them. The report was then received ; and I The Court adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. The following papers have been presented by command of her Majesty to the houses of Parliament :-- A convention between her Majesty and the United States of America, extending the term allowed for the operations of the mixed commission established under the convention of Feb. 8, 1853, for the mutual settle ment of claims. The high contracting parties agree that the time previously limited for the termination of the commission shall be extended for a period not exceeding four months after Sept. 15, 1854. The treaty was signed at Washington on the 17th July, and the ratifications exchanged at London on the 18th August, 1854. A. convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French respecting the prisoners of war. It eon sists of the following five articles : " Art. I.—The prisoners made in the course of the pre sent war shall, as far as possible, be divided equally be tween the two countries. Whenever one of the two coun tries shall have maintained a greater number of prisoners, or shall have supported a certain number for a longer period of time, an account shall be made every three months of the excess of expenditure which may have been incurred, and repayment shall be made of the half of the amount by the Government of the ether country. " Art. 2.—lnstructions shall be hereafter concerted be tween the two Governments in order to make known to the officers of their naval and military forces the places or ports to which the prisoners aro to be sent. " Art. 3.—lf a depot for prisoners should be established in any place not in the possessions of either of the two countries, the expenses of it shall be borne between the two Governments • but the advances to be made shall be by the Government which shall have appointed officers to take charge of the establishment. " Art. 4.—Whenever the two Governments shall agree to an exchange of prisoners with the enemy, no distinction shall be made between their respective subjects who may have fallen into the hands of the enemy, but their libera tion shall be stipulated according to priority of the date of their capture, except under special circumstances, which are reserved for the mutual consideration of the two Go vernments. " Art. s.—The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in ten days, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at London, the 10th of May, in the year of our Lord 1854. " (L. 8.) " (L.S.) CL ARENDON. A. W4.1,111V8E1." TIIE NEW ADMIRALTY DOCKS AT I BYIIAM. The wonderful official wisdom and professional ability of the civil engineering department at Somerset-house may be estimated by the following intelligence relative to the new steam establishment at Keyham : The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain Hon. H. Keppel, was taken into Devonport harbour yesterday morning, and then to Keyham, but in consequene of a low tide she was not taken into dock, few inches of water more being required. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. Lord C. Paget, was taken into the basin at Keyham on Wednesday morning, intending to be, put into No. 1 Dock, but the tide being so low she bad not water by three inches. She remained in tie basin. This is a pretty discovery, truly, at the new establish ment at .Keybatn, on which so many hundred thousands of pounds have keen spent. On almost the first trial it is found that there was not a sufficient rise of tide to take a couple of line-of-battle ships into dock. It should be stated that the present Board of Ad miralty are not responsible for this ; but the public may expect no other but discoveries of still more extensive blunders as the new dockyard " works and improve. ments" come to be tested. The question will naturally arise, then, who is to blame ? and it is easily answered. It is the fault of a jobbing system—namely, the placing at the head of such ax important establishment as the civil engineering and architectural works superannuated military officers of the East India Company's service, instead of regularly bred civil engineers , and properly educated and experienced professional civilians. Now that we have no great naval expeditions press ing, or rather now, whilst our ships are efficient and not crippled, time may be spared for a careful revision of our dockyard works and dock accommodation by a com mittee of efficient civil engineers.—Morning Herald. THE AFRICAN STEAM COMPANY'S SHIP HOPE.—The following extract of a letter from Mr. Bowen, the porn mander of the African Steam Company's ship Hope, now engaged in the transport service in the Black Sea, seems to indicate that the approach of the late hurricane was sufficiently indicated by the movements of the baro meter to afford time for measures of safety . "We left Constantinople on the 9th of November, had a furious passage across, in which I hove to for 12 hours, and on arr ival in the bay of Balaklava found the weather so thre a tening, and the oscillations of the glass so extra ordinary, that I would not enter ; had I done so, we should have shared the fate of others. We anchored just to the north of the long point which forms Cape Cherso where, in company with the Faith, we rode out nobly whole gale, which lasted about 16 hours in its greatest ntite;seep oh 25 St. 20 St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 Pald.~ 100 Aberdeen. 8 2 A.mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkcnhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & £5O and 225 Cons. 19 Do., £20.. 30 Blyth &Tyn 3 origina' £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Ca1ed0nian............ 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cirnwall 1 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin &Belfastjnne all Dundee Perth&Aber (leen Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . 100 Do., B. Stock 8 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 9?, Edinb. and Peebles_ 100 Edin.Prl, h &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ~ ( .30 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 1(X) Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh 19e, Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright &S. Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lnndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nlanch.Shef.& Lincln 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 Hiffland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby all NEM. G. West. (Ire, ) 22? Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle; Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Connties Un. .00 North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all .Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed LOO N.Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all 'North London Do. New £lO 11 is 'N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17?„ North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 1.00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Herefd. Al Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid. up at per con sll south Devon 00 3onth Eastern 1.1.1 South Wales 5 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 8 ',Wines, Wok. &Wok 11 tockton & Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 raff Vale... 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Chames Haven Doc] , and Railway all Vale of Neatli all Waterikl. & Kilkenni I all 'A'aterford&Llnaer lei 18 \Vest Cornwall. 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London Ills.,Wimbledn&Croydol all Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Iloziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia.Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon antl Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian Do. Extension.... all Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Janet. of France 121 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.WesternofCanacla Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all De. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref ' 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 1 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterraia 16 A Madras 2 - Do. New 3li Maria Antonia 11l Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (witl interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Ergaelines guar. 32 p. c. & red. at 229. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. s &tr. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish , all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) i all West Flanders all Do 5i per c.,Pref 12 Western of France 1 . 6 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Biak. of India, Australia, St China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond. 16 English Scottish and Australian all Lond. Chart. Bk. Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. Now 22?, National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia— Do. New 10 Yakoll Of PACICG.tett FOItEIGN. 20 10 20 20 76i 7 74i 5 9 13 53 s i p l 45 21i 2,1 i 3i I 2555 t. MINES. all Agna Fria . all Anglo Austria. Gold . all Anglo Californian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd.nachy of) all Blvenarvou Iron and Coal 13.5 British Iron 5 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Cre,;k. Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 16 Copiape all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co Fortuna. ......... all General all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg Great Polgooth . all Liberty all Linares all Aariquita, .. 9 Kexican&S.Amerien. all New Granada all New Linares Minin:: and Smelting Co all Nouvea'a Monde $.ll Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock . I all Rhyraney Iron • i all Do. New • I 11 Santiago de Cuba • all South Australian••••• ) 7A Tin Croft 3i all United Mexican ...... L all Waller L all West Mariposa L 12*. Worthing Mining 0' Australia all Yuba all A.ubin Coal and Iron 17A Australian Arlenlt. 4 A.ustralsn.Pcific.Mail all Australn. Royal Mail 5 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 32i Canada 1.00 Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and July all Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam 21 ElcctricTelegraph(A) all Electric Teleg. of Ir.' 14 Geu. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam. 10 [rish Beetroot Suva 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran, Elec. Tel. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue , 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... 12, Nrth. of Europe Steam all Peel ltr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 45 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. all South Austral.Lan all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. 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The noble and gallant duke took oocasion to pass a warm eulogium on the bravery displayed by our troops at the Alma, Balaklava, and the Inkermax ; and recommended that medals in honour of tkose brilliant achievements should be immediately issued, and not delifel till the close of the war. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read ing of the bill which he had laid on the 'table, to pro vide for the training and drilling of a limited number of foreign troops. He said that after the debate which took place on Tuesday night and the general expression which had been then made that there were not sufficient troops in the Crimea to carry on the war efficiently, and that there was not a sufficient army of reserve in this country, he did not anticipate that he would be likely to meet with any opposition to the motion for the second reading of the bid which he had laid on the table on the first night of the session, to enable her Majesty to enlist foreigners as officers and soldiers in the Queen's service. Iu former times, this power of enlisting foreigners was considered to exist in the Crown, and on some occasions had been commented on by Parliament, and on other occasions had been allowed to pass without remark, until in the year 1794, when a motion was made in the House of Ootnmons which led to a discussion on the in troducing of foreign troops into this country. It was, probably, on account of the feelings which had been ex cited on account of the subsidising of foreign troops that the first act of Parliament was brought in to enable the Sovereign to do it. The first act on the subject was passed in 1794, and it enabled the King to raise foreign troops to carry on the war in which we were engaged at that time. The next act was that of 1804, which enabled the King to enlist German troops, but under which other foreigners were enlisted ; and the third act was that of 1806, under which several foreign ers were enlisted—the German Legion, and forces under other denominations. It had always been found desirable to enlist foreigners at the beginning of a war, on account of the difficulties we experienced in not having the im mediate means of bringing into operation a large trained army. The institutions of other countries gave them much greater facilities of suddenly raising a large trained force than ours. In Prussia and other countries men were trained to arms, and taught a sufficient knowledge in the art of war, to render them immediately available for the army in case of hostilities. There being no such system in this country, all we could do was te raise as many teen as possible. The whole of those raised could not with us have any previous training, and men should not be sent out to an army without six or seven months pre vious training. He had alluded to the jealousy expressed by Parliament with respect to the introduction of foreign troops, and it had likewise been thought right to limit the number of those that might be brought into the country with the view of drilling them. By the act of 1794 the number was limited to 5,000 ; by the act of 1804 the number was extended to 10,000 ; and by the act of 1806 the number was further ex tended to 16,000 ; from which period it remained until the close of the war in 1815. He felt it desirable to state that, the Government believing that a constitu tional principle was involved, and conceiving that it was due to Parliament to obtain their previous sanction, no official communication has been made as yet to any fo reign Government on the question, and he did not pro pose to do so until the bill which he submitted to their lordships should pass into law. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it his duty to make any corainunication to foreign Governments till the bill should pass, and there fore he hoped that, having explained it, and not antici pating any opposition to it, it would be allowed to pass with as much rapidity as would enable the Govern ment to carry its provisions into immediate effect. Until the year 1837, except under special acts, the enlistment of foreign soldiers in English regiments was not permit ted ; but in 1837 leave was given to introduce one fo reigner for every fifty men in our regiments. It was now proposed that the foreign troops to be raised should be raised in separate battalions apart from the regiments of the Queen. He did not think it de sirable undr the cir , cumstances; and as no communication had been made to foreign Governments on the subject, to state to their lordships where he thought these foreigners were likely to come from. Noble lords knew that from Germany, from Switzerland, and from other countries, soldiers were likely to be obtained, but he did not think he would be justified in stating more particularly the places whence he antici pated to get the men required, until the communications to which he had referred had been received. In the last war, the greater body of the foreign troops which served in our campaigns were the German legion, and those noble lords who heard him would bear him out in saying that throughout those campaigns these troops rivalled our own gallant services. From the year 1807 to the bat tle of Waterloo in 1815, there was scarcely a siege or battle in which the German Legion had not taken part. (Hear.) It was essential to raise as efficient and as good a force as we possibly could, and all the men raised which could be thas raised, would be, not raw recruits, but trained soldiers, which, if properly officered, would be immediately ready to enter on a campaign. A limi tation of the number of troops was likewise proposed in this instance by the Government, and the number which in the present aspect of affairs they thought it advisable to take was not considerable ; they therefore proposed to limit the number under this bill to 15,000. The bill was of a simple character, and did not require further explanation ; but he was ready to answer any questions which any noble lord might think proper to put to ht:e. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said that when the noble duke first announced the intention of the Govern ment to bring in a bill to enable her Majesty to enlist foreign troops, he imagined they intended to raise two or three corps, and to maintain in this country the de pots of these two or three corps ; and he felt the greatest repugnance to the admission of even the depots of two or three foreign corps. But when he had received the bill that morning, he was filled with a.stonisliment—(hear, from the Earl of Derby)—for, taking this bill in connec tion with the bill in the other house to enable her Ma jesty to accept the services of the militia to garrison the fortifications and stations in the Mediterranean, the prac tical effect of the measure would be to substitute 15,000 foreigners in this country for the 15,000 British militia men that would be employed in the Mediterranean. (Nu.) He thoughtit was a perfectly legitimate and rarliamentay view of the measure which he then took, for if the bill would give the power of doing what he represented, he was entitled to assume that the power would be exer cised, and the bill did give the power of substituting 15,000 Germans or Swiss for 15,000 Englishmen. He did not think there had been anything in the conduct of the people of this country since the commencement of the war to induce the supposition that they were not perfectly ready td bear all the sacrifices demanded of them. (Hear, hear.) Their had been nothing in their conduct which could justaz the conclusion that the people of this country were either unable or unwilling to maintain their own national inttrests or their own na tional army. (Hear.) The circumstances under which the several acts referred to by the noble duke had passed were totally different from those existing at present. In those periods the states which were subsidised were sub jugated or threatened by other states ; and the men in our pay were fighting, in fact, for their own country. The circumstances now were totally different ; yet, at the commencement of this popular and national war, it was proposed by our War Minister to go back to old times, and te hire Hessians instead of our constitutional force. The noble duke should have told the house that there was a difficulty—that there was a difficulty of recruiting, and why he had failed is obtaining a sufficient number of soldiers; but instead of that he attempted, by sacri ficing constitutional principles, to make up for the lathes of the Government. He (the Earl of Ellenborough) had, from the year 1828 to 1841, the good fortune of being in communication with the late Sir Robert Peel ; and it was understood that the majority of her Ma jesty's Government represented the feelings and opinions of the late Sir Robert Peel ; and be thought he might venture to say what the opinions of the deceased statesman would be on this question. He did not pretend to have had as great an intimacy with Sir Robert Peel as the noble duke, but being in communication with him for 13 years, he might assume that he was acquainted with the character of his mind and his general views on public affairs ; and he would say with the greatest confidence, to this motion Sir Robert Peel would have never as sented. He felt satisfied that that right hon. baronet, having been Home Secretary for some time, would look at the extreme difficulty and danger which would attend the calling out of these 15,000 foreign troops in any portion of the country, as they should necessarily be, for the preservation of the peace if disturbances should anywhere arise. Occasional disturbances could not be prevented, disputes between masters and workmen, and local riots ; and if this bill passed these Germans, or other foreign troops, might be the troops employed to queli these disturbances, and to act against the people of England on such occasions. A great deal had been said of the improvements which had taken place in the moral condition and character of her Majesty's troops, but what security was there for the moral character of the German or other foreign soldiers whom it was proposed to enlist! The recruiting sergeant did not look for moral character but for physical strength, sound wind and limbs. He was far from being disposed to say anything to decry the character of the German or any other foreigners. They made very respectable sol diers, but they were not qualified to stand with the sol diers of England or France ; and had one of those Ger man regiments been placed between two English regi ments at Inkerman, they could not stand and fight as the British stood and fought—no man believed they could. (Hear, hear.) There was considerable danger always in a long battle if the men were unequal in strength—danger to the who le arm y engaged. These being Isis objections to the enlistment of foreigne e r s s i.o a n s proposed, he would ventu re to repeat a sugg made in the beginning of this y ear to the noble duke, and which was then rejected. At the c oininenc;ze i n s t of the war he had rec ommended te her Majesty's e a ters the establishment of an uniform system _ m of throughout the count r y , not for the general d ra tion of justice; but because he believed such an estab lishment would, in case of war, be the best foundation of a good, efficient, and ready military system, for he knew of no recruiting officer so good as the policeman. They knew the character of all those whom they en listed, and if the police establishment was made a na tional one it would make the most solid foundation for an army in case of war. Nine months ago he had re commended that plan to the Government ' and that the whole militia of the country should be called out. w Th a t measure, however, was not adopt e d. Wh a t, he asked, would have been the condition of the country now had his suggesti on been carried into operation The Government would . not have had to propose to Par liament the employment of foreigners : their lordships would not have heard of the difficulty of obtaining na tional troops for national purposes ; the militia, had it been then called out, would have supplied all that was necessary for the service of the State. The most obvious views of public policy were, however, contumaciously rejected. (Cheers.) He had also stated last session that the recruiting for the militia could always be effected by persons of influence who exerted themselves for that purpose ; and he proposed that a pecuniary fine should be imposed upon each district where a sufficient number of recruits was not obtained. It was more than pro• bable that no fine would ever have been imposed, because the exertions of those persons would have been sufficient to prevent the imposition of such a fine. But, instead of proposing this fine, the noble duke had suggested the probability of a resort being had to that most objection. able of courses—the ballot. He (the Earl of Ellen. borough) had ventured to propose a fine, but the propo sition was rejected because her Majesty's Ministers were in a dream, and bad not yet made up their minds as to the reality and magnitude of the undertaking upon which they were embarking. He repeated his determination to oppose the measure now brought forward, because he thought it totally unnaccssarv, and injurious and op pressive to the people, who had already done so much, and had shown such a disposition to submit to any sacrifices for the purpose of carrying on the war. lie opposed the measure, because he thought the effect of it would be to give us an inferior description of force. It was a measure calculated to lead to very serious consequences in the general ad ministration of the country, and was contrary to all the constitutional principles which had obtained in the best times of what was called the Whig Adminiatra. tion, and was only acted upon in those times when the Ministers succumbed to the German dispositions and prejudices of the First Lord—it was a measure which was not in accordance with the more recent feelings of T r h y e op ro p o o k si e tio onf. RICHMOND, in his powers the people, and he sho u ld f eel/ it his duty to offer to i t eve after expressing a hope that the Government would not think of enlisting pri soners of war or deserters, stated his anxiety to remove an y erroneous opinion which may be formed of the value of foreign troops by any statements made by the noble earl. He felt it to be but an act of justice to the brave officers who had served throughout the Peninsular war to bear witness to their zeal and gallantry upon every occasion, when serving with the British for ces. In the Peninsula the King's German Legion w as at . tached to the division of the Guards, and wa s caa• stantly brought up as a reserve when the danger was most pressing. On the occasion of the famous sortie at Badajoz, that legion nobly performed its duty, a n d the light corps of that body, under the command of Sir Colin Halkett, acted as well as any of our light infantry regiments, and the German cavalry was quite equal to our own cavalry. (Cheers.) After a short pause, and no noble lord. having risen to address the house, The Earl of DERBY expressed his surprise that no Minister of the Crown present had ventured to address their lordships in reply to the powerful speech made by the noble earl (the Earl of Ellenborough). He (the Earl of Derby), in his extreme and; perhaps, overweening anxiety not to interrupt the progress of the public bad ness more than was absolutely necessary, had, before he saw the present bill, or knew the exact nature of its am. tents, engaged with some members of the government that any oppesition whisk he might desire to offer to the bill should be reserved for going into committee, in order that no time should be lost in the progress of the measure ; so that, if his noble friend should persist in his intention to oppose the second reading of the bill, he should, in consequence of that engagement, not feel at liberty to vote with him. He regretted that his noble friend, while doing justice to the valour, of the British troops, should have felt it necessary to say a single word in disparagement with respect to the mode in which the German Legion had acted with our troops during the last war, or should suppose it impossible that there should be any foreigners who were not capable a vindicating their claim to the honour of fighting with the British troops in a cause of common danger. (Cheers.) He believed that if we now had the old Ger man Legion, with all its feelings of sympathy and almost of countrymanahip, with common feelings and common interests, now engaged by the side of the Britisk army, those troops would fully vindicate their anoieat reputation for bravery and gallantry. The noble duke at the head of the War Department had treated the matter somewhat lightly, and had even expressed a doubt whether it was not within the prerogative of the Crown, even without the sanction or consent of Parliament, to enlist foreign troops for the defence of the country, but stated that he thought, perhaps, the better course would be in the present instance to apply to Parliament, inas much as in 1794, and again in 1804, the previous consent of the Parliament to such a course was taken by the Crown. The noble duke had somewhat understated his case, for in the act of 1804, not merely was this consent given, but it also contained a clause of indemnity for those Ministers who had undertaken to enlist foreigners in the service without having obtained the previous sanction of Parliament. In his opinion, the jealousy of Parliament was a well-founded one against the employ ment by the Crown of any such power, and no precedent as of the slightest value as affecting the measure now sought to be introduced. Who were the foreigners proposed to be enlisted in 1804 and 1806 ? The act of 1804 specified that there were a considerable number of ' forei g ners resident in this country who had been driven from their own country, and consented that the Crown should be permitted to avail itself of the services of those men, who were anxious to obtain the re-occupation of their country. A very large proportion of those people were, in fact, not foreigners at all ; they wort Hanove rilip, and as the crowns of England and Hanover were then united upon the same head, they were subjects of the same sovereign, and were engaged in the battles of the same sovereign, and they possessed the same sym pathies with the people of this country, and no distinc tion could be drawn betwoen them. (The Duke of Argyll here made some observations which we under stood were to the effect that the troops new proposed to be employed also possessed the same sympathies.) The noble earl, resuming his remarks, asked what nation it was whose troops were to be employed that possessed the same sympathies ? What were the troops that were about to be employed ? The noble duke who had intro duced the bill had said that he did not know who they were. Were they to be Greeks 1 (A. laugh.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE, with oonsiderable warmth, said that he had not stated that he did not know who were the troops proposed to be enlisted. What he had said was, that until communications had been made with the foreign governments it would not be right that he should state them to the house. He re gretted that the noble earl appeared to be anxious of following his old precedent of misstating the facts and arguments addressed to their lordships. (Cheers.) The Earl of DERBY was happy to see, last night, that the noble duke was somewhat more humble and civil than usual, while making his defence, but was sorry to find that he was now returning to his old habits, which were not quite in accordance with that courtesy usually exhibited by most members of their lordships house towards each other. (A laugh.) But the other noble duke had stated that a sympathy did exist betw een the troops which were about to be employed and those of this country. He (the Earl of Derby) was, however, ignorant that there was that sympat . h f y ; h th n e E l e s op d le ek o e f this country did not know it, b an u d t I to t dr e avv o their s knew from whence they were a b o ut their lordships ; and until Parl iament plies, he had at all eventsno a C 011dt l d knewed to w h i o n f w o s e r ta p r e a u d ki d e i c ti t o e n f a eu re y a e s m on . o w n as th a e n s l for that cons the men to b t e itu em tio p n l j e e d a t lo h u er sy e ployment of foreign troops. When a bill of that kind Was brought forward and treated by the Government as a matter of course—when it was proposed to substitute for our own troops a foreign force of 15,000 men for the defence of our arsenals and towns—he thought there was some ground for jealousy on the part of the Parliament and the people, and some necessity for a little further information. In 1804, u he had already saie s a large portion of the troops were subjects of the same sove reign as those of our own army ; there were, too, among them the subjects of that deposed monarch with whom we *ere in alliance, and whom we were trying to replace upon the throne ; others wore the subjects of nations whose country had been over run and had been subjugated by the power of Franco.. With all these men we ;sad a common cause, and they were fighting for their own nation , f or their own interests, and for their own country, an d in that way you had a perfect security for their conduct m . in the field. From From whence did they propo se to draw their f orces now they going to form a Polish legion 1 There wou ld be The Government refused to tell the Parliament. Were some significance in such a course as that. Ther e would rest, and we should be secure of Cheers.) The Govern in such a force as that be something ef fore c l i e k e e w a h c e om pe rn ee o e n es i e nr a perfect hostility o a t t oft e world who were ready, • in any quer er mercenaries to be placed by the side of our against to draw the treops from any meat appeared t for the mere sake of pay s , question of grave importance own forces. This wan Government in he thought in the first year of the w ' indication of the diatearalthough after two years of war, being compelled to come down pressure . .j -of of the populati on of England, Scotland, a n d to Parliament with the humiliating confession that th e millions Ireland were not able to turn out a force which would enable the Government to send 50,000 men to the scene of hostilities —that they were unable to draw supplies , of men for the due maintenance of the garrisons abroad and for keeping peace at home, and were compelled to place a humiliating reliance upon the aid of mer cenary power, as well calculated to give encourage ment to the Emperor of Russia. What encouragement could be so great to the Emperor of Russia as to hear that our War Minister had come down in the first year of t,lic war, and had stated that we had exhausted our military resources, and that we could not man our garri sons in the Mediterranean nor could preserve peace at home, without relying upon the aid of mercenaries. He took this bill in connection with the whole scheme for au gmenting the military resources of the country which hat been sub mi tt e d to Parliament b y the advisers of the Crown. The three measures which had been pro posed must be taken in connection with each other, and to increase the number of companies in each regiment on e as forming part of one plan. One of' these bills proposed active service in such A manner that there should be available r)r actual service iu the field eight out of the four were to form t _t e b r co d mpaniei anced e ie d s it ; e7ancan, and four oe s g i e x a te r e d n ie co th m e pa l :i to firm but thought that a bet ter arrangement a depot in this country. To th at propos . ai t t r e not only took no objection, arrang ement could not possibly h ave I.een made, and a that measure had been falowed up by one which ave ig —, _t_ll _. ~_. 1 1 108 20 1 1 1 50 30 20 1 1 100 ;0178 36i 6 I ,