The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-14 00:00:00

NIP t my xable hat I od to rand ow to ;o re n one Is. I g the Ltion, is on ition, , par a the oppo- t two dacha ajesty s, his rry on. e Tuti .e was which given rietor of the found master to his t that ;en, to ,eased, )f that lan of his sa will be circle ,ges in led at to be port. aports. to the 3 called f-battle .ates to ite, the geance. our fol for sea ie Tage second s of the a new I of 14 corps of tits-12 It of 12) Lister of , tted for Marshal alth, is rationed had not By tele sterday, r Cents. Lth ; the Orleans Havre, tris and ; Lyons France, eat Cen hares of t of the inhabi- ia. The 34,207 f. ; Imontese oduction the cora pality of a. The Dmotions ary tariff on New f Rome, Tilliam of s of the aost dis- Mantua. legrees of e highest in 1830, 'MING. am Navi y Eglin- Mersel She has 22; :Rio )uco, 19 ; ,e Vic Lean ions. In against Coloilia. ) Bueoaos d a sa. - tis- Ef was to ry. The dified by don, -was ver Pmts )vir stelim• ame com ith meeting of ociety Was on-bridge. the Eon. lop. R.N.; inutes ha'!Li ttee co nsl dows, and or relief on Lers, and to Ales. The honorary —London, ; Conway, 21. ss. ; lartlepool, :incardinet 12s. 6d. ; 1. 17s. 6d.; ;.6d.; En' . 6d.; Sea' thatupton, 72/. 14s. ; idge water, different es of did' upon the ions crews atched 139 reporting, ; also of s. It was id orphans arger sun' 3d for th e ed. THE LATE SIR JAMES STUART, BART. ( Front the law Reporter.) Died at Quebec, on the 14th July, 1853, Sir James Stuart, Baronet, LL.D., Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada, in the 74th year of his age. Sir James was born at Fort Hunter, on the Mohawk River, in the State of New York, on the 2d of March, 1730. was the third son of the Reverend John Stuart, D.D., then a clergyman of the Church of England at Fort Hunter, and afterwards Rector of Kingston and Ecclesiastical' Commissary for Canada. After passing two years at school in Schenectady, he Went to the college at Windsor in Nova Scotia, then the only Protestant Collegiate Institution in British North America. Having completed the ordinary course of study in that college at the unusually early of four teen, he became, in 1794, a student at law with Mr. Reid, then Prothonotary of the Court of King's Bench at Montreal, with whom he remained four years, and in 1798 he entered the office of the late Jonathan Sewell, then Attorney-General, and afterwards Chief Justice of Lower Canada. With this gentleman he completed his studies, and was called to the Bar on the 28th of March, 1801. Before being called, however, he received from Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, the appointment of Assistant Secretary, which he retained for several years, practising at the same time his profession at Quebec. In 1805, at the early age of twenty-five, he was ap pointed Solicitor-General for Lower Canada, and re moved to Montreal, which was then the usual station of the incumbent of that office. At the General Election in 1808 he was returned to represent the County of Montreal and also the County of Buckingham, and declared his option to sit for Mon treal. In 1809, in consequence of some differences with the Executive, he was removed from the office of Solici tor-General. He remained a member of the Assembly until 1817, when he withdrew for a time from political life. In December, 1822, he was sent to England as the Delegate of the British inhabitants of the City and County of Montreal to advocate the re-union of Upper and Lower Canada, under one Legislature ; and while in England advocating that measure, he was offered by the British Government the office of Attorney-General for Lower Canada, which he accepted, and to which he was formally appointed in 1822. In 1827 he was appointed a member of the Executive Council, and elected a member of the Provincial Parlia ment for Sorel. In March, 1831, in consequence of the part he held it his duty to take in the political strug gles of the day, he was suspended from office by Lord Aylmer, the then Governor-General, which suspension the Colonial Minister (Lord Goderich) thought it ex pedient to advise the Crown to confirm in November, 1832. But, in the following month of May after the change in the administration, by which the Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley (now the Earl of Derby) became Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir James received from him an official communication, acknowledging in effect the injustice of the decision against him ; and ac companied by an offer of the office of Chief Justice of Newfoundland, which was respectfully declined ; Sir James then returned to Lower Canada, and resumed practice as an advocate at Quebec. In 1838, the Earl of Durham after completing his well know inquiry into the state of the provinces, and before leaving Quebec on his return to England, appointed Sir James Chief Justice of Lower Canada, in the place of the Hon. Jonathan Sewell, who retired upon a passion. In Lord Durham's despatch to Lord Glenelg, dated Castle of St. Louis, 20th October, 1838, the motives for this appointment are given in the following terms : "In the place of Mr, Sewell I have not hesitated a moment to appoint Mr. James Stuart. Public opinion, with so universal a consent, points out this gentleman as the ablest lawyer in the province, that there cannot be a doubt that it would be injustice and folly to place any other person in the highest judicial office of the pro vince. It is especially neces-ary that, in times like these, the capacious understanding, sound knowledge and vigorous decision of Mr. Stewart should be em ployed in the public service." During the administration of Lord Seaton (then Sir John Colborne) he was a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada, and acted as+ chairman of that body. And among the many useful acts of legislation which are generally attributed to his pen, is the first success ful attempt to introduce into Lower Canada a system of registration of titles and claims upon real estate. The incorporation of the cities of Quebec and Montreal, and a general municipal system for Lower Canada, are also understood to be his work, and his talents were also made available by Lord Sydenham in preparing the Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada and for the Government of Canada passed by the British Parliament in 1840, and now forming the Constitution of Canada For his eminent public services he was erected a Baronet of the United Kingdom in 1840 ; on which oc casion he selected for his motto :—" Just itice propositique tenax," which few words contain an epitome of his cha racter. He was married in 1818 to the only surviving daughter of Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Montreal ; and leaves four children, three sons, the eldest of whom inherits the baronetcy, and one daughter. His practice as an advocate was of the most extensive and varied character, his eloquence and legal ability of the highest order ; and of the estimation in which his rare qualities were held by his professional brethren, the Resolutions of the Bars of Quebec and Montreal with which we conclude this notice, afford ample proof:— "At a meeting of the members of the Bar, of this section, held in their rooms, on Friday, the 15th instant, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by the Hon. Henry Black, Q.C., seconded by Mr. Solicitor-General Chaveau, and resolved, That the members of the Bar have learned with the deepest sorrow the death of the Hon. Sir James Stuart, Baronet, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, for Lower Canada, and as such the head of the pro fession therein ; and feel it right to record their high estimate of his abilities and character, and their pro found sense of the loss which the profession has sustained by his decease. Moved by the Hon. R. E. Caron, Q.C., seconded by the Hon. F. W. Primrose, Q.C., and resolved, That throughout the long period of more than fifty years, during which Sir James was a member of the pro fession, and during a very great portion of which he held the highest professional rank and office, his great and varied learning, his profound legal research and attainments, his unwearied industry, and his inflexible integrity, have placed him among the foremost of the jurists of his day, and marked him as one of whom our country may be justly proud. Moved by Dunbar Ross, Esq., seconded by Louis G. Baillarg6, Esq., and resolved, That in testimony of the respect of this Bar for his memory, the members thereof do attend his funeral, and wear mourning for one month. Moved by Francois Lemieux, Esq., seconded by Fred. Yannavous, Esq., and resolved, That the secretary communicate to the family of Sir James Stuart a copy of these resolutions, with the ex pression of the sincere and respectful sympathy of this Bar." " At a meeting of the Montreal Section of the Bar of Lower Canada, held at the Council Rooms in the Court house of this city, on the 18th day of July, 1853, in order to adopt measures expressive of respect for the memory of the late Sir James Stuart, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Appeals, in Lower Canada, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved—That the members of the Montreal section of the Bar, have received with emotions of deep regret, the intelligence of the death of the late Chief Justice Sir James Stuart, who for several years past has occu pied the position of head of the Judiciary in this section of the Province. Resolved—That his acknowledged abilities and deep learning in his profession obtained for him the respect of the Bar, whilst his integrity in his judiciri office secured for him the confidence of the public generally. Resolved—That the members of this section tender to the family of the deceased Chief Justice, the expression of their sympathy and condolence. Resolved—That they will wear the usual badge of mourning for one month, in testimony of their respect. Resolved—That a co p y o f t h ese resolutions betrans mitted to the family of the deceased, and the other Bar sections of Lower Canada." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The transactions in shares this week have been rather more numerous, but still the amount of business is be low the average. There is a great disposition to invest in good mines, but holders are firm, and decline selling even at advanced rates. In small shares there has not been so much doing, and some of the gold shares have not maintained their prices. The Metal Market is without variation from last week ; every description being in good demand at current quo- talons. In the Bullion Market,-- Bar Silver,ld, 778. with 9a. go per ld, Gold. ss. 11d, per ounce standard. Bar 78s 6d. . d . per ounce. ounce standard. Spanish Doubloons, 7 6 Columbian Doubloons, 775. 6d. per oun ce. Fine Eng. lish Silver, ss. 6d. per ounce. Business in the Gold Mining shares this week remains in a quiescent state,and prices in the absence of sharesfdemand have shown rather a dwindling tendency. The of the Agua Fria Company are still the best supported. Advices Advices have come to hand, both from California Australia, of the increased yield of the gold fields in the several districts, but still none of the companies formed for working the auriferous deposits in those region have b een ena bl e d t o a ff or d any d e fi n it e information t s their sh are h o ld ers as to t h e operat i ons w hich are sup- Posed to have been carried on at the various localities. The silence of the superintendents has tended greatly to embarrass the directors, and although, probably, the for mer may have nothing of interest to report, they have shown a great deriliction of duty in withholding infor mation. Had a little more candour been shown on their part, there is every probability that the distrust and feeling now unhappily engendered would not have taken place ; and this can only be dissipated by the arrival of actual results from the various localities. The exports of bullion in the past year for this country have amounted to 21,196,600/. ; the largest items were to European countries for supplies, and Australia in return for gold dust shipped from that continent. Mr. Hargraves has been voted by the Legislative Council of New South Wales 4,0001., in addition to the 6,000/. previously ac corded to him ' • and a furth er sum of 1,000/. was granted to Messrs. W. Tom, jun„ James Tom, and John Lyster, for their services in the discovery of gold in a subordi nate degree. In the course of the debate it was acknow ledged that the good resulting from the discovery had more than counterbalanced any evil that hart arisen from the new phase which this important event had caused in Australia. In Miscellaneous Shares, business has been very limited. SHARE MARKETS.-(T11h DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yester day. raidl RAILWAYS. 19A - 20? - 5 9 - 9i 12 1 0 di 16 - 18 6 - 51 94-- 96 52k -52 t 14i -- 151 14 -- 15 - .. - 45. Basiness done Si this day. .00 !Aberdeen ............. 8A AuLbg. Nottug. Bost. & Eastu. June. ..... . all BO.fast & Ballymena all Birmuz. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 2S Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct...... all Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons._ 18i ; Do., £2O ....... ....... . 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian. ... all Chester it Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all !Cork, Black. & Pass 12 'Cornwall 45 ;Dublin &Belfast June all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction . ..... . all Do. New all East Anglian (X 25 L, D & E. & L. & D.).... all • 0., (.ElB E. & H.). all ;Eastern Counties.... 100 EasternUnion,A. stk. 100 Do., do. 8.......... •• • 81 iDo.NewA(lateThirds) 'lOO (East Lancashire 100 jEdinburgh& Glasgow 31 1 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Eclinb.Prth.&Dundeo 1 !Forth and ClydeJunb. 100 'Gl a sgow & S.Western 100 'Great Northern Stk 100 1 ,D0., A. Stock 100 IDo., B. Stock 100 IGt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Easter all LancasterikCarlisle 111 Do., Thirds. ...... 100 Lancasn. &Yorkshire 171 Do., Fifths ,1,0 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all L ee ds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutb.pt. all London & Blackwall 81 nd. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond•Bright&S.Cst. ,100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 21 Do. Eighths 100 London 4; S.Westeru 121 Do., £50......--- 34 Do. X4O all Landrry.diColeraine all Ludndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch•Shef.drLincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming & Derby 4711 Midland G. West.(lr.) 1711 Do. 1 Shares .......... all !Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 5 Do. Bury Extensions 171 Newpt•Aberg.drHtfd 71 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 31 Northn•Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No.l 111 Do., No. 2. all Dc., 4 A Deferred 5 Do., ;# B Guaranteed all : North Loudon 1.1 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. 17.: N ortl I Staffordshire.. all Nortil We5tern........1 10 N. &S. Westru. J nue 1 1 Nuneaton, liirckley,{ and Leicester , 100 Oxford Worcester 4 :: Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Seottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. &N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herold. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry 61 Shropshire Union ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun' 5 Do 2.2 Staincs,Wok., &Wok . all Stockton & Darling.. 103 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 3 Do. £lO shades 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath......... all Waterld. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall.. 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London 51s. Wmble don &Croydou 100 York Newctl. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions , 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase aoo York &N. Midland 8 - 9 44 - 5 124- 1 3 36 - 4 2 26 - 28 62 - 6 4 61 - 63 21 . ia 84 59 - 61 127 - 129 100 - 102 81i -- 82, 95 I 12 —l3 p 63 — 6 4 i 7}— 7 d , • ••• 13 —13 t 8 P 96 — I 98 LO2 —102 A 1 d par , par p 75 4 77 13 12 d, 10 9 d 1 21 - 22 6i. - 614 33 35 54 - 4 - 5 - 56 I par 4d 3 6 8 46 48 - 3i d 30 8— 10 52 . 6 8 - I. - ... -." 35 - 91 - 93 56 58 55 - 60 55 - 60 24 - 13 15 66 7ii 10 12 34 -- 3id 13 --- 15 59 60 32 33 3 2 d 4 5 27 - 30 2 2i 14 - - 25 - 27 7 - - ... - • 63 - 4i -- 454 4id' —46 i FOREIGN. .0 7 5 3 !O 8 !O all L 74 all 20 1.0 20 8 20 all 20 2 5 all 20 10 ... 10 o 8 ;041 201 OA leq 0 - all ;Co 5 5 4 Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Juliet Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Chaf_eroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares I Do. bonds(l iss. )1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. G per cent Lake Coust. & Basle. Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) !O 15 1 LO 13 5 2 5 3 [0 5 20 12 20 101 3311 29 10 110 20 2 20 I all D all .6 all :0 all .0 all ;0110 Do Do. (Canal) Do. (; p. cent. prof. !Lyons & Mecliterran, 2i-.- 1 4 - 12 - id 4 2i 4 id I ' 2 I Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. k Ry. Namur & Liege (with interest (ex interest) tNorthern of France Do. 201. 3 p. [fmy.B. Shs.] . NorwegianTruk. Prof Paris and Lyons :45 40 Do. bonds - 0 all Paris and Orleans !O all Paris and Rouen !,0 all ,Paris and Strasbourg l 0 4 ' Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 1.01 10i Quebec & Riclunond 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 12 (Royal Danish I 5 2 'Royal Swedish , 20 all sombre and Meuse 10 I 6 1 Do. 5 per cent. pref. 20 2 S.E. of France 20 6 i Southern of France ) 20 6 ISt.Andrews & Quebec. 20 2s. Upper India Scrip ~ 1 8i all West Flanders 20 10 Do. st, per c. Pref 20 10 (Western of France 1G 4 IWest. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 iZea:i.n4 2d ii 2d 74 - 14g - -1 3 3 iP i P i p 3p 42 - 37 - 304 B.i. 141p1 44 39 -30 i 3 -- 17i -- id 8 - - 4pi 3 - 41 1 - 5 - 6 pl - 4di LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 50 all Bedfo r d an d LnL.e&asliin.gW•' Cl os ing Prices Business Stir. Paid B en . wA y s . S s t ti 1;30 Buck ha . h. Compass yesterday. this day. Bletchley .• 00 munco al in e . Jc. Calsdon ... 51 52 .. ... 50 all c9, 4e g sa ras •L. &N.W. 101 103 6p. cent G eal t.74:.. ortlan 140 143 140 25 all Glas. Barr. 2» all Do. N ew I 100 all li Ne rt i l l p s l . iDo ••• ... 25 all IGlstr.tswii y r. Gt .. /T ••• ••• , estn. 30 - 32 II Railway & Bem 50 all Hull & Selby Y.d,N3 I.• • d. 109 25 all i Do. i Shares. Do lll . D D ir . e k e. 1. y k.. 0 IlNieawn 12). all Do. I Shares. Do Mi —55 i 27 28 121 a ll Lon.&Greenw &Eastern. 13 i 144 '2O all Do. Prefer ence Do 24 A 251 St. 'lOO Lowestoft gr. 1 1 4 per cent... Norfolk \ it . ; , 100 IDo. 6 per ct Do 5,i all IVlancli.Bxton. Lib &N.W. R e dear . ... Darlingt. ... __ ... Eastern sp.e. E. Count.. 60 62 100 all Midlcl.Brad—fd. Illiclland... 99 -- 101 99 50 all i)aliClddllefsbatrio°'edtk StckNitoidnit 21 3 50 all Northern and 5 all Do. 6 per ct..,Do ......... ... "' 5.• all Do.Fixedsp.e Do ... ..... ..• ... 2) all Prost. &Wyre .&I\. 1 12 143 S 100 Ro Do y s t n .&Hit. at.Northn 140 —-- S. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do .........140 143 2 i Isg Shef. Roth. dt Laneash. & Gooleg.s.p.c Yorksh.• • • .(,,, 12 91 S. Statlordsh.. Mr3l.Clean . 2 -- Iv 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & i 6 per cent ... Darling. .• ••• 25 all Do.. Do :3O 31 . St. 100 ' Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westo 97 —' 99 40 25 25 20 10 10 20 St. St. St. St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 St. 25 25 St. 63 2i - St. 20 12i St. St. 63 I 50 I 12 1011 21 _ _ 12 21 I st. St. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANILtOr' - 14, 1854. r 7f LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) ANGLO-P7'" -RUVIAN BONDS. On T` .00 A.berdeen LONDON, Jan. 14. —Wind this day at Noon, W.; 1 li g ht breeze, and fine weather: Rio TE, elo. t l" l o sil ; f m nsr PORTSMOUTH, London, oa J nn u : n f . 01r 1 3 3 3. nlN W trel inndd,, Video.S.S.W.S. to BS a . S i 1 e . : 1 : r rFi A %ll eQ r ai r l7 i .' v r e ßi d H.M.'s st. Vulcan, from Bermuda, and sailed for Wool wich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. I3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Zaringa, from London, for Melbourne ; Alfred, London, for Mauri tius, to stop a leak.—The Eliza Anson has received some damage, having been on shore. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Medora, from Jamaica, leaky, and short of provisions ; Ajax, Ha vannab, for Bristol, crew sick and disabled ; Dadbrook, London, for Bombay ; Marquis of Chandos, Honduras ; Trinidad, Odessa, leaky, cutwater started, &c. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Diadem, of Yarmouth, is o a shore, twenty miles to the southward, and will probably become a wreck. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 13.—The Gun, of Peterhead, Lon don to Sunderland, is on shore near Castle Eden Deane. — The Knaresborough Castle, Ipswich to Seaham, is on the rocks at Black Halls. SHIELDS, Jan. 13.—The Savannah, of Lynn, has come off the Herd Sand. SWANSEA, Jan. 13.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Countess of Beetive, from Coquimbo. MILFORD, Jan. 13. —Wind, S.E. Arrived—Carthage. nian, from Demerara. Sailed—Eagle for Demerara. CORK, Jan. 12.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Amalia, from Shippegan ; Norfolk, Madras ; Caros, Pugwash ; Commo dore, Prince Edward's Island ; Radius, Liverpool, for New Orleans, leaky, and with damage from contact, 4th inst., with a steamer off the Skerries. Sailed—Boadicca, for New Orleans. PARIS, Jan. 13. —The Ellen and Sophia (schooner), from Shields to Caen, has been condemned, having been on shore.—A vessel, of about 900 tons, timber laden, dis masted and abandoned (the crew had taken to the boats), was passed 200 leagues off Belle Isle. VENICE, Jan. 7.—The Stamboul, from Yarmouth, which was ashore, 27th ult., has been got off'; part of the cargo damaged. _aursday, the 12th instant, a general meeting of .olders of these bonds was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of adopting measures for the effectual protection of their interests. Mr. RICHARD THORNTON was appointed to take the chair, and after explaining that the meeting had been called to protect the holders of the original Peruvian bonds against the consequences of the late conversion, made without their consent, whereby their security was diminished, and the market price had been knocked down from 90 to 65 or 25 per cent., he stated that the gentlemen who had taken the initiative in the present movement had embodied their views in a series of reso lutions which would be submitted. A statement had also been prepared detailing the whole facts of the case, which would be now read by his nephew. Mr. Tilos. THORNTON then read the following state ment 1 .- &,.) DO., No. 2,7 p. c.. .I 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct.pref. (iss. at£s o ) 100 Bristol & Exeter 4pi cent., stock. 5 Do. Do., shares 100 i Caledoniau XlO all 'Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 , , per cent 6i Cork&Bandon 5 i p. c. all Dundee Perth&Aber- 7 100 deen Junction all EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (E 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (E 7 17s) 7p. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do. £lO Deben. Sh... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts all East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths 6i - 4 - 44 - 6 P -11 P p 131 - 14 " In consequence of the prejudicial changes which have been made in Anglo-Peruvian Bonds during the past year, the unprotected state of the holders, and the late attempt to introduce bonds of the internal or home debt on this market, this meeting has been called by persons who are largely interested, for the purpose of submitting to your consideration the transactions of which we have a right to complain, and the remedial measures which it is wished to recommend for your adoption. The situation in which you have placed me makes it my duty to lay before you the particular points which have attracted notice, and the first case to which we beg to call your attention is the conversion of the late Active Bonds or 6 per Cents., and with respect to it we have to say that the principal condition of the arrangement of 1849 not having been fulfilled, as we had every reason to expect it would be, the late minister had no right to force this conversion upon us ; at least, not without six months' notice from Ist April, 1853. It was needless, too, for the application of three-fourths of the half surplus proceeds of guano, by which the bonds were kept above par, would have ceased in a month, and they would naturally have fallen to par—the vexed ques tion as to whether the bonds should or should not be brought above par (which was one of the reasons alleged for this conversion) would have thus settled itself. We received 1181. 10s. in a 44. per cent. stock at 851. for 1001. of 6 per cent., and thereby sacrificed 13s. sd. per cent. per annum in interest ; it is true we obtained 1 per cent. addi tional sinking fund, and one month's interest on the new stock ; but this was far from compensating us for the loss in the rate of interest. And this sacrifice we had to submit to in contravention of the wishes of congress, for we have a copy of the act of that body, under which the late envoy was acting, and find it to say very . clearly and explicitly, that in any arrangement ' the rights of the creditors shall always be respected.' Unsatisfactory to us as this conversion was, it cannot but be so to the people of Peru, for at a saving in interest of about 8,6001. per an num, the capital of the debt has been:increased nearly 600,0001., and is contrary to the spirit of the act under the authority of which it was done. We would here re mind you that by the arrangement of 1849 we sacrificed 25 per cent. of arrears of interest, for which there was no necessity whatever. We next come to the increase of the interest on the Deferred Bonds, from one per cent. to their maximum of 3 per cent. per annum. We do not think that this measure has been properly understood by the bond holders. It seems to be a great concessiOn on the part of the Peruvian government, but in reality it is not so, for we eve up the quarter of the half surplus of guano, which was pledged for the redemption of this stock until April, 1856. ' A calculation we have made, on the supposition that 200,000 tons will be sold annually, shows that Peru will actually gat by this operation about 240,0001. We believe-that she gets another advantage, for one reading of the old bond implies that, after April, 1853, the entire surplus of the half proceeds of guano shall be applied to the extinction of this Deferred Stock. We also gave up the right of converting this stock into the home debt, which bears 6 per cent. interest, but we are not likely to reg. the loss of this right. On the 30th June last MesSrs. Murietta and Co. received from Messrs. A. Gibbs and Sons the sum of 201,0001., being the half of the net proceeds of guano for the half-year ending that date, and exclusive of the 52,5001. they had already received for the payment of the April dividends. We have already mentioned that by the arrangement of 1849, three fourths of this surplus was to be applied to the purchase of the Active, and one-fourth to tlAt of the' Deferred Bonds ; and we hold it to he incontestible that as much of this surplus as may result from the sales of guano up to the Ist of April, 1853, must be applied, in the above pro portions, po the purchase of the prebent Four-and-a-Half and Three per Cents., the money does not belong to the Peruvian government. We are unable to say to a certainty 'what quantity of guano was sold up to April last, but as upwards of 119,000 tons were sold from January 1 to June 30, and as February and March are the best months for the sale of it, ye think we are under rather than over the 'mark, in estimating the sales from January 1 to April 1 at 60,000 tons, and producing upwards of `120,030/. for our half, applicable (as we have before said) to the purchase of bonds. We have not heard that any such purchases have been made, although more than six months I have elapsed. We now comp to the issue of 1,800,0001. in 4i per Cent. Sterling Bonds to Uribarren and Co., of Paris, and of 400,0001. also 4 per Cent. Sterling. Bonds, to Mr. Joseph Hegan, both being a conversion of 11,000,000 dollars from the internal or home debt. The origin and character of this debt, and the nature of the operation, have been so fully explained in a letter published in the Times of the 17th ult., and which we presume most, if not all, of you have read, that we deem it unnecessary to take up the time of the meeting by repeating them. That letter was written by one of our number, who is prepared to . sustain the general accuracy of the state ments contained in it: In reply it has been stated that the contractors for the 1,800,0001. had not two years allowed them for the delivery of internal scrip to an equal amount into the Peruvian treasury ; but we have the Lima official paper containing the contract, and we again find, by the sth article and by the President's ratification, that the contractors were to receive the ster •ling bondi in London on giving security for their amount, and that the terms of years was fixed for the delivery .of.the home scrip into the Peruvian treasury. On this 2,200,0001. we have to observe, that it presents the singu lar anomaly of the existence of bonds representing pro- Vably double its amount—viz., those in Europe and the scrip in Peru. We say, probably, because it is likely enough that the parties concerned may have beught and delivered a portion of the corresponding internal scrip. On the 400,030/. issued to Mr. Hegan, we have particu larly to remark that, if we have been correctly informed, by some means or another the bonds have been made to bear a priority on the guano proceeds over our own." Mr. RICHMOND said that, in calling the attention of the meeting to the subject before it, he would confine himself to the leading facts, omitting everything in the nature of declamation or .embellishment ; for, though smarting under a strong sense of injustice, they would gain nothing by using harsh epithets, as their case stood out in such bold relief that it required no aid of that de ' scription. He would first allude to the circumstances under which the conversion of the Peruvian debt took place, for there were anomalies connected with it which made it different from every other conversion in England of the debt of a foreign government. Many were aware that some 24 years ago a committee was formed in London under the name of the Spanish American Bond holders' Committee, They were invested with power to add to their number ; a power very frequently given at public meetings without, however, conveying the idea that it was to be exercised ad infinitum ; but this power the committee had possessed and exercised from that day till now, and they had never thought it right to come before a public meeting and have fresh blood added to them. They were, therefore, entirely a self-constituted body. As-Peru was one of those states Which the committee purported to represent, they were the natural defenders of the Peruvian bondholders ; but when the conversion in question was proposed they took no steps whatever to call a meeting of the bondholders, which was the invariable course in all cases of conver- Sion by foreign governments throughout the whole history of foreign loans. This was, in fact, the only ex neptional instance of conversion •in which the bond holders were not consulted. (Hear, hear.) He held a list of the names of the committee in his hand. Baron Goldsmidt Was nominally the chairman, and he noticed, *besides, the names of four or five as honourable gentle men as he knew in England ; but still not one of these had in the least interfered in this subject, for the very good reason that the constitution of the 'committee did not render it necessary that the members should be holders of bonds which they were appointed to protect. (lleai, hear.) With regard to the chairman of the committee, he (Mr. Richmond) was quite certain from personal experience,'having acted with him for several years on the Mexican committee, that there was not a .better business man in London, and he was quite sure if his health had not placed him in such a situation as to render him totally incompetent to attend to business, he would never have permitted these things to have gone on without immediately calling a meeting, and taking the necessary steps 'to protect their interests. (Hear, bean.) There were other'menibers on the list in a simi lar situation. Several resided at a great distance from town, and had no means of knowing what was going on. It-must occur to every one that it was wholly useless depending upon any committee, unless composed of in -1 terested parties—those who were bona fide representatives of the body they pretended to represent, and hence it was that in the recent conversion the interests of the Peruvian bondholders had been totally neglected. The new bonds had been drawn without any regard to the protection of those interests ; this was the result of their not being drawn by the bondholders' committee , instead of by the Peruvian Government, as in the case of the Mexican conversion, where every point in dispute, several having been raised during the arrangement, was discussed be tween the two parties, and ultimately adjusted satis factorily. The late Envoy to this Court, 11Iendiburn, was Finance Minister of Peru ; and after an enormous increase had been made to the internal de, under his administration, he was despat ched to Engla bt nd, with full powers from the Executive both as to the extent of a sew loin Which it was proposed to make, for the purpose of paying off other debts, which bore a higher rate of interest, and for the conversion of the old Bonds, to which the proposed loan was to form a rider. No one appeared, however, on the part of the bondholders to negotiate with this parson, though it was a case pecu liarly suited for negotiation, as his powers were unlimited and unrestricted, and involved no necessity for a further 'reference to Peru.. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. .......... 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northr sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. 10 Do. 41 percent. Scripl 4 Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 2 Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. 6 Gt. IV estn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)..1 100 Do. con. &red. 41p.el 100 Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Do. irredeem. 4p. c. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B LOO Loudon andßrighten Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ....... 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Loud. &N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cont. 5 London &S.Western, Con. Thirds 121 Londonderry& Coler 1 Shares . all Lowly. & Ennis lSh all Nlanch.,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... all Do. New, £10......... 3 Do., £6 ....... ...... all Nlarypt.&Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 4A per cent 10i Do . 100 4 Kid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Prof. 41 per cent. 6 Norfolk Debent. Sh. 100 Norfolk Extension... 100 Do. Pref. 51 per et... 100 Do. Way. Vat 5 p c 100 North British . ... .. . a ll North Statfordshire . ...' _OO Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. 215,6 p. c. 2- - 31 ii = 120 108 - 110 i- i P ... -- 8 -8, •• • -- • ' 6i -- 7 101 -- 103 95 -- 100 98 -- 100 -- par L4O —142, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.45 A.M. Wind S.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Harold, from Calcutta ; Africa, from Bombay; Gertrude and Senator, from New York; Rio Douro, from Larache. The Iron Duke steamer, for Kingstown, was in collision last night with the steamer Albert, and both vessels re calved damage. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 12. 2} - 3 Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Blanche, from Callao ; Maitland, from Ber dianski ; Amelia, from Shippegan, for Cork ; Firere, from Cuba, for Liverpool ; Zephyr, from St. John's, N.B. ; Eduard, from Smyrna ; James, from Bermuda, with 60 returned convicts. Off—Zephyr, from Burgos, for Liverpool. 121 6i 9f par (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.20 a.m. Wind W.S.W., three hour's flood. Arrived, 13th.—Norma, from Shanghai ; Eliza Thorn• ton, Batavia ; Anna Jane, Colombo : Nassau, Moulmein ; Geffard, Shanghai ; Sampson, Guernsey ; Sea Queen, Singapore ; Douglas, Guernsey ; Lark, Seville ; Martha Miles, Demerara ; Triton, Gravelines ; Ida, Marstrand ; Saint, Aarhuus ; Ace of Trumps, St. Michael's ; Orion, Oporto ; Generose, Cadiz ; Mary, Seville ; Anna Hen drick, Lisbon ; Mathilde, Guernsey ; Pauline, Cadiz ; Seine (s.), Boulogne ; Belgium, Ostend. Sailed—Triton (s.), for Calais. Spoken, Wednesday, Jan. 3, by the Lark, from Seville, the barque Raleigh, of South Shields, in lat. 45, long 8.56 1140 - $ 23 - 100 - i - 15 Do.. all Scot. Cen., New Pref all Shrews& Birm. N. G all dhrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent.. all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6c1. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. e. Pref. DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. 9i 15i - Wind W.S.W., light and fine. Arrived—Undine, (s.), from Calais, landed mails and passengers. Passed—Her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan, from west ward, for river. • 12 i a 23 - 17 - 1i - MARKET NE IVS-(T.HIS DAY.) i d 94 97 3i 41 COVENT GARDEN. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H k S. Pureh A good business was transacted hero to-day, at full prices. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Oil to Gs Od each ; ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes, Gs Od to 8s ; foreign ditto, ls to 2s Od por lb ; apples, 4s to 8s per bush ; pears, 2s 6d to 5s per dozen ; lemons, Is Od. to 2s ; oranges 4s Od to lOs per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3sperlb. ; larcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 00s to 00s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts, 85s to 100 s per 10 0 lbs ; walnuts? 8d to b us hel 6d per 100. VEGETABLES. —Cabbages, ls to ls 6d. ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 6d to 8d each; greens, 5s Od to 7s Od per doz. bunches; red cabbages, 2s to 5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 100 s to 170 s per ton ; turnips, 4s Od. to 5s 6d ; carrots 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; celery, 9d to is 6d per bundle ; spinach, 3s Od. to 3s Gd per sieve; onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ; small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s 00 per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d to 2s Od per pottle; parsley 2s 3d to 3s Od per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, is Od to is Gd per bundle. par'; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s; Geese, 4 s 6 d to 7 s Od each ; Ducks 2s Gd to 3s Od tame Rabbits, ls to ls 6 d ; wild ditto, is to is Gd ; Pigeons, 5d to 10d each; roasting Pigs, 4s Gd to Os each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to Os Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s Gd to 4s Od per couple; Capons, 8s to 11s Od ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s Od per couple ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od.; Partridges, is 6(1 to 2s Od; Hares, 3s Od to 4s Od; Leverets, Os Od. to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d.; Grouse, 2s Od. to 2s Gd; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal, 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od. ; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 1s Od to 12s Gd; French ditto, lOs 6cl to Os Od per 120 • Ostend fresh butter lls 6cl to 13s Od, and English 12s Od to 15s Od per ozen lbs. The CHXMAN—No one was even asked to appear. Mr. RICHMOND —The result was that the .gentleman went to certain houses in town, who issued proposals for the conversion of the old debt, and for raising 600,0001. • S:t__ more by way of loan. Little objection was taken to this duty and they neglect it, they oug ikflair. 1p addition to the old debt, as it was said Chili was pressing (" Oh.") He did not expect they t ot N4 . o6;oxpAt: , :l 4 , ,fit, Peru very closely for money advanced during the revo- sion to find fault with the Peruvian ,mtsi44i * At, lutionary war ; and as this money bore a high rate of they had more than enough to paym,gr'irb?l ; Y;, ato44 4 ,l> ')l i interest, it became a matter of economy to pay off the feed their own corruption to any exMiit they lilee:Cli , : - 1,-.71 debt. This was, in itself, unobjectionable ; but what he had ver y g ood authority for saying that-•t 'saleS . d ,:', 'i complained of was that they had been deprived of their guano had not only increased considerably in, &gale security on the proceeds of the guano consumed in 1 and France, but in America also, and why could they England. Now, what were the claims on the Peruvian not have waited patiently until they were in a position to government by its own subjects ? From information liquidate their home debt instead of making it a foreign d they had received they had reason to believe that for theebt and thrusting it on the London market? It was a pity most part they were fictitious claims ; they were got up 1 that a nation which might be one of the proudest in every variety of form ; many of them were pure for- ! republics in the world should have so acted. When the genies, and all of them were enormously exaggerated i n whole sales of guano only amounted to about 70,000 tons amount. The domestic claims, proposed to be converte d yearly, they (the bondholders) had one-half f or i n terest into a foreign debt which was to come pari passu with and sinking fund ; now that the sales in England, France, the old bonds, on the security of the guano proceeds, and America were rising up to near 500,000 tons, as he were about 9,000,000 dollars, and the real claims were was informed, Peru could certainly afford to give the somewhere under four or five millions of dollars ; so Old Bonds the whole proceeds of the sales in Great that about 50 per cent. had been added. The late pre- Britain, and have an ample revenue left from the other sident, who was the only honest man at the head of the sales. It was her interest to extinguish the debt, Government since the revolution, said the whole do- and their wish for it to be done. The house of mestic debt did not exceed 5,000,000 dollars when he Murietta and Co., who had the principal management left office ; and if the Peruvian Government succeeded of the bonds, ought, he considered, to have stood be in imposing this 9,000,000 upon the security given to tween the bondholders and the Peruvian Government, the English bondholders, they would be ready to bring for they knew there were many persons among them, forward 20,000,000 more, and where they would stop it such as widows and orphans, who might be very much was impossible to say. As he had already observed, injured by the conversion; but as they had not done so, this attempt to throw the new bonds on the London he should propose a resolution on the subject at a sub market was without a parallel, and if it were submitted sequent stage of the proceedings. and not exposed, Austria and every foreign Government The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and which borrowed money from England would adopt a carried unanimously. similar plan. Another reason why the bondholders Mr. RICHMOND was very glad to see so much unan should move in the matter was, that the sinking fund imity. He certainly should have been disappointed if only amounted to 2 per cent. A great portion of the there had been the slightest difference of opinion. He stock had been taken up, not for speculation but for then moved that the following gentlemen should com family investment, it having been held out for several pose the committee :—Messrs. Richard Thornton, Thos. years, and particularly by parties professing to be con- Thornton, Horatio Ward, A. B. Richmond (these being netted with the Peruvian Government, that the quantity the gentlenien who had called the meeting), and Colonel of guano was inexhaustible. He was personally awarethat John Harvey, Mr. A. Hodgson, and Mr. D. Gowan. the stock had been purchased for this purpose to a great A BONDHOLDER suggested that Mr. L. Hazlevqood, extent ; he believed likewise that the security was one who could give very valuable information, should be a of the best that could be offered, and hence it was not member of the committee, and wonderful that those who held old bonds should have Mr. RICHMOND . opposed the addition of his name to overlooked the fact, that there was no committee to re- the committee, but from no personal feeling. Mr. L. present them. It would be recollected that at the time Hazlewood stood in a rather awkward position to the the stock was issued the interest of the Bank of England committee ; and though he could give it some very use was only 2or 2/ per Cent., and therefore a 5 per Cent. ful information, he would do that much better not being investment on such a perfectly good security was a a member than being a member. very desirable object. In addition to what he had men- Mr. L. HAzLswoon, deeming it advisable that some tioned there was another circumstance which had tended member of the Stock Exchange should be on the com to lower the price of the stock beyond what there was mittee, proposed the names of Mr. Kinnaird, banker, of any real necessity Mr. He referred to the report made Lombard-street, and Mr. Luard, of the London and by the admiral tin the Pacific—Admiral Moresby—re- County Bank, which would no doubt carry much. weight specting the probable quantity of guano remaining on with them in the estimation of the Peruvian Govern. , the Chilian Islands. As this reportlhad already appeared ment. in the newspapers he would not now make any detailed After some conversation, in the course of which it was allusion to it, but what did Mr. Mackintosh, who made objected that these two gentlemen were ineligible, from the inspection admit? That his investigation was a being interested in the new bonds, the original' list of very imperfect one—(hear, hear)—that it could scarcely names was adopted. be called a survey at all ; and that he merely landed In reply to the inquiry of a BONDHOLDER, on the island and took a superficial view of it. Any The CHAIRMAN said it gave him great pleasure to state one who had attended to the discussions in the different that the house of Messrs. Hambro' had, neither directly journals, especially to the letters which appeared in the nor indirectly, anything to do with these spurious new Shipping Gazette, from ship masters who were perfectly bonds. (Hear, hear.) well acquainted with the condition of the island, would Captain Ross said the resolution which he intended say that the quantity of guano far exceeds the to submit to the meeting was as follows : amount estimated by Mr. Mackintosh. (Hear, hear, " Resolved that Messrs. Murietta and Company, hear.) He (Mr. Richmond) had not the slightest agents of the Peruvian Government, by attempting to hesitation in saying that there was sufficient guano introduce bonds purporting to represent the internal to pay off, if necessary, all the legitimate debts of debt of that State into the London market, have for feited the confidence of the Peruvian bondholders, and Peru twice over. (Hear, hear.) What, then, they were that it be an instruction to the committee to insist on required to do was to see whether they could not adopt their immediate removal by the Government of Peru, measures to compel the Peruvian Government to be and to demand that the agency be placed in hands honest. lie had no doubt, considering the deceptions beyond suspicion." that had been practised upon th em , th a t L or d Clarendon The CHAIRMAN observed that this was a matter which would instantly interest himself on their behalf. Besides, ought properly to be left in the hands of the committee. the agricultural interest was deeply interested in the The first thing he (the chairman) should recommend question. The Government and Parliament had been was, a correspondence with Messrs. Murietta, and memorialized by several important towns in favour of a most searching inquiry as to the way in which the greater facilities being obtained from the Peruvian au- new bonds had made their appearance. He hoped, thorities for increasing the supplies of guano. Now, therefore, the gallant captain would withdraw his re unless the bondholders were secured to a proportionate --, extent, every increase in the quantity imported would diminish their.security. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations, the hon. gentleman read the following resolutions, and moved their adop. tion : solution. Captain Ross acceded to the suggestion of the chair. On the motion of Mr. GUEDELLA, seconded by Captain Ross, a vote of thanks was awarded to the four gentle men who had convened the meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, assured the bondholders that no exertion should be wanting on his part to get justice done to them. "1. That this meeting views with mistrust the measures pursued by the government of Peru, and its agents, for the conversion of a portion of the home debt of that re public into sterling bonds, and deems it necessary that an inquiry instituted into all the circumstances connected I with the creation and enormous increase of that debt, and into the attempt to put those bonds on to this market ; also, that an investigation be made respecting the state of the surplus funds arising from the sale of guano up to the, Ist of April, 1853, as well as into the facts connected with the late conversion of Anglo-Peruvian bonds, in order that the most efficient measures attainable be adopted for the interest, protection, and security of the holders. "2. That to carry into effect the above-mentioned ob jects, that a committee of bon,a, fide bondholders be now ap pointed with full power and authority to prosecute such inquiries and investigations, and to take such other mea sures as it may deem expedient and effectual for these pur poses, and for soliciting the aid of the British Govern ment. "3 and 4 refer to the number of the committee and the taking of the offices. "5. That application be made to the committee of Spanish American bondholders for a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of the special committee, from the funds in its hands derived from the 9,000/. and upwards received in Peruvian Deferred Bonds in 1849 ; and failing this resource, the meeting pledges itself to contribute a sum not exceeding one penny in the pound from their respective dividends forth° purpose. " 6. That this meeting fully appreciates the wise discre tion exercised by the committee of the Stock Exchange, in , not recognising the negotiation of the domestic debt of any foreign state in the market, and confidently trust that it will steadily adhere to that principle." Mr. GIIEDALLA seconded the resolution, and thanked the chairman for his exertions in endeavouring to repair the consequences of the neglect of the Spanish Ame rican commmittee, and to protect the interest of the shareholders. The demands by which the domestic debt had been increased arose, as he had been informed, from corruption and the claims of court favourites, many of them females, and had been purchased up in Lima, Paris, and London, at from 40 to 70 per cent. He be lieved in this way the home debt of Peru had been in creased from four or five millions of dollars to something like four times that sum. He believed the bonds were all printed, and were at present in Lombard-street, and if it had not been for the energetic exertions of their worthy chairman and the gentlemen asso ciated with him who had taken the bull by the horns at the proper time ; there could be no question that they would have been all issued, and would have completely swamped the old debt. Instead of the Spanish American Committee giving their deter mined opposition to the conversion, he was afraid to say that, acccording to current rumour, some of the mem bers were parties to it. But the supineness of the com mittee, their doing nothing at all, was alone a sufficient ground for putting the affairs of the bondholders in fresh hands, and he hoped immediate steps would be taken with that view. For weeks there had been a fall in the price of the stock, for no sound reason whatever, as the dividends were perfectly safe ; but still the late conver sion had roused the suspicions of the public, and if the new bonds were allowed to be quoted on the Stock Ex change, the present stock would yet be considerably below 50. The secret, therefore, was to close the door of the London Stock Exchange against the new bonds. Mr. LEWIS iIAZLEWOOD Was convinced from his own letters that the bondholders would get all they asked for. There was no fear but that they would get every farthing both of principle and interest. He opposed the issue of the new bonds because it was against his own individual interests ; but it was just possible that the Peruvian Government had no intention of committing a fraud. He learnt from Peru, and other parts, that the security was ample, and that the Government had no desire to break faith with the English bondholders. The market urice of the stock was altogether without pre cedent, for there had been no ladies, and instead, as for merly, having as security only one half of the proceeds of the guano, they bad now five-eighths ; and if th e debt were double the amount proposed, that would be s ufficient to se cure it, the consum ption of guano havinglately very much increased. In 1851 the proceeds were 450,0001., in 1852 602,0001., in the present year 750,0001. and the chances were that ne x t year t h ey wou ld exce ed a million, while that which was required for the whole of the debt, including the new bonds, as well as the old, was about 220,0001. a year. It was his own opinion that the st oc k was perfectly sa f e, an d certa i n to be paid, Lc., he should recommend its being held by the bondholders. He should be happy to join with the pro posed committ ee i n en d eavour i ng to i m p ro ve their posi tion if possible, but he deprecated any step that might Create needless alarm in the public mind, and thus run down the stock than which there was none more secure. A BONDHOLDER warned the meeting against what he considered an attempt on the part of the last speaker to mix up the new debt with the old. Another BONDHOLDER, in reference to Mr. E. Hazle wood's observations, said he had called at the office of the committee of Spanish-American bondholders to com plain of the proposed arrangstnent, but had been told by Mr. Powles, the secretary, that it would be useless to interfere. Capt. Ross, R.N., thought the proposition for appointing a committee of the bondholders highly necessary. Th a was not the only instance in which the Spanish Ameri can Committee had failed to do their duty. They al leged as an excuse that no application had been made to them, but if men were appointed to perform a certain Mr. RIOEDIOND moved a vote of thanks to the press, for the assistance it had given them. He relied upon the press to ten times greater extent than he did on the honesty of the Peruvian Government. The growing in tercourse all along the west coast of the continent of America, made the governments there more amenable to public opinion in Europe, and that opinion could not be conveyed to them with one half the force by a pri vate communication that it could through the medium of the English press. Their case was remarkable, as involving an important public principle, and a departure from all former usage, and he had no doubt it would receive that careful attention from the press which it had hitherto done. The motion having been unanimously carried, the proceedings terminated. TRIAL TRIP OF THE HIMALAYA. On Wednesday last we published a statement of the first run of the great screw ship Himalaya, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company by Mare and Co., of Blackwall, and fitted with machinery by Messrs. Penn and Co., with Messrs. Lamb and Summers' patent flue boilers. We then observed that the result of this first trip was an astonishing triumph of a combination of naval architecture and marine engineering. We have now the satisfaction of stating that the stupendous ship has had a thorough sea trial, and has not only confirmed Tuesday's result, but she has exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine. With a gallant and distinguished party, including Captain Thornton, R. N., Captain Nairne, and Mr. Allan, directors of the company, Captain Mansel, R.N., Captain Forbes, R.N., Captain Maxwell, R.N., Captain Ommauney, R.N., Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., Captain H. B. Young, R. N., Captain Domett, Sir Evans Mackenzie, Captain E. L. Halsted, R. N., Mr. J. Watts, Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy ; Mr. Lloyd, Admiralty-Surveyor of Machinery at Somerset-house ; Captain Engledue, R.N., superintendent of the Penin sular and Oriental Company ; Captain Dent, Captain Guthrie; Mr. Lamb, superintending engineer of the company ; Captain de Quesada, Captain de Lamure Captain Martin, Mr. Schetky, Mr. G. L. Browne, Messrs. R. and N. Melville, Nairne, Russell, Collett, Hall, T. Macdonald, Radcliffe, Lee, Price, and Hartrey ; Mr. John Penn, the constructor of the engines, and Mr. T. \Vnterman, the naval architect. The Himalaya left Greenhithe on Thursday morning, and as soon as she could get clear of the fog dashed on to the Channel at full speed, and carrying on through the gale that blew through the night very hard, and squally for some time. The good ship brought up at St. Helen's, and soon after daylight proceeded through Spithead to the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and after four runs there went on to Southampton, and, for the first time, entered the capacious basin at that port. We cannot today give a lengthened description of the ship, her fittings, and her performances. We may say, however, that in the t ry i ng n i ght passage she exhibited !nest extraordin ar y qua li t i es of stiffness, easy motion, and speed ; w hil s t h er i mmense length glided through the water like an eel ; and, although she met a heavy head sea, she cleft the wares as cleanly as if they were parted by a caisson- --not a ripple was thrown out on her sides, and scarcely a track of her course could be seen in her wake. The screw worked uniformly well, with scarcely any vibration, every revolution performing its allotted task. The sea test was a complete one, and well established the ship's character in the opinion of the experienced naval officers, engineers, and naval ar chitects on board ; whilst the following table of results of four runs at the measured mile in Stokes Bay will show the world that in the Himalaya the Peninsular and Oriental Company have the fastest screw vessel afloat, notwithstanding that she is of the enormous magnitude of 3,540 tons, 375 feet long, 46 feet broad, and ma chinery of 700 nominal horse-p o wer, working only at 1141 b. to the square inch : Knots. Mean. Mean. True Mean of 14.400 4 40 3 54 4 56 12.857 15.385 12.162 13.628 13.874 13.773 13.947 Four Etias. 13.910 J. all 1l all )a. all .0 2 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 50 all 1 all . ) ,0 13.5 ;5 24i !O all ) .,0 15 1 10 all 5 1 it. all 5 all 5 all D all 2 all 3il all all 1 all 3 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 1 all !O all 5 1 1 1 all all .5 15 0 11i 1 all LO 7 :8i all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s, 1 I all MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achy of) Blxnarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm Do. Cocaes k Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek \Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered . Great Polgooth. Lake Bathurst , Liberty Linares 'Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Miniu„ and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silve, Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New t Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada • West Mariposa.., , I. Worthing Mining ol Australia Yuba i a .. ad - Pf par 4 d 3 41 - A d a d 9 11 d 8 10 5 6 2 2i 30 32xd a id 45 47 i 1.4 1•4 65 75 4 6p 2i 2id 14 16 id 1/ i t 10 ... = 1 L-- BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 22s ; Brills, 2s 6cl to 9s each; Salmon 3s Od to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 5s Od to 21s Od each ; Soles, 3d to 3s per pair • Eels, 10d to is 2d per lb ; Lobster s, is to 4s Od ; Crabs, dto 2s 6d • Whitings, 6s to 9s Od per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d l to 10s ; Zullets, is to 3s each ; Common Oysters, lOs Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od per bsh; Mackerel, OOs to OOs per 100; Smelts, is 0(1 to 4s pr doz.; Skate, 10d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d. to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Oct to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 8s to 13s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace; Tench, 2s 0(1 to Os 0(1 per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to 1s Od each ; Halibut, 8d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to Od per lb. ; Flounders, is to Is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6d per lb. BREAD. ---- - The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to 110; of household ditto, 10d to 10:1d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mu tton, 3e 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5 s Od ; p or k, 3 s 10d. to 5s Od per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to Is 2d ; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10:1 to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Sibs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b— Od to lid; 641 b to 721 b, 24d to 3(1; 721 b to SOib, 3d to 3i'd ; 801 b to 881 b, 3,1(1 to 3id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4 ' 1 to 3id • 961 b to 1041 b, 3: 1 ,d to 4d ; 1041 1 ) to 1121 b 4d to Horse hides, Gs 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 38 Gd; ditto, full, Gs Oct to Os Od; polled A ico p, 8s Od to 9s Gd; Kent's, 7s Od to N Gd; Half-breds, Oct to 98 6d ; Downs, 4s 9d to 68 Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. - -Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 10s ; clover CUMBERLAND. - --Meadow h a y, 3/ 8s to 51 108 ; clover supply, and a sluggish demand. :i iditto,tto full 41 4 1 averageo s t t o o 65 6 : 1 Os ; and s t ra w, 1/ 14s to 2/ 28 per load. 68 ; and straw, 11 15s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply tolerably good, an d tra d e firm. WgrrECllAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to Si 8s; clover ditto, 41 4s to 6/ 104 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SuGAR.—To-day the quantity of British Plantation Sugar on offer, was again not sufficient to satisfy the wants of home Buyers, and rates close 6d per cwt above last Friday. Operations are 201, making for the week, 1,013 hhds and tierces. MAURITIUS.- - This afternoon Mauritius sugar met with ready buyers, and realised rates fully equal to last Friday. At auction 11,120 bags were gold ; very ord brown at 26s to 27s 6d, bettor sorts 28s to 33s Gd, low to fine yellow 348. to 38s, grainy 37s to 3 8s 6d for mid, and common to fine refining 32s to 36s 9a per cwt. During the week four cargoes of Mauritius sugar have been sold for outports at 36s to 36s Gd. EAST INDIA. -- To - lay Bengal sugar met with a good. demand, and previous rates were well kept up. At sue- tion, 3,200 bags were mostly sold. Benares ord to fine wt,ite at 37s 6(1. to 40s, ord to fine Mauritius kind 32s to 38 s Gd, fine soft. brown 30s t o 31 s , i n f er ior 26s 6d to 29s 6d, and ord to fine yellow do. 31s 6(1 to 36s per cwt. FOBEIGN.—To-day several parcels of Brazil Manilla and Havo.nns.h sugar were sold privately at full former rates to a shade in advance. At auction 116 cases and 161 bags Bahia were taken in at 40s 6d to 41s 6(1 for good white, and damaged 37s Gel, being above the value. COCOA.—There is an increasing demand for British Plantation for home consumption, and supply being limited, rather higher rates have been obtained. Low to fine red Trinidad, made at 35s to 40 s , gr ey 33s to 355, and Grenada 31 s to 335, Guayaquil 34s to 34s Gd per cwt. MOLASSES. —There is an improving demand, and prices rule firmer. West India selling at 17s to 18s Gd, Cuba and Porto Rico 178 6a to 18s Gd. Bengal and Mauritius 16 s 63 to 17s per cwt. COFFEE.—TO -day Ceylon coffe e was i n i m p rov ed request, and 1,500 bgs were sold privately at 30s for good. ord. Demand increases for plantation; and prices are well main tained. At auction 198 casks and 39 bgs were sold, low mid to mid at 59s 6d to 63s 6d, fine fine ord 57s to 595, triage 52s to 565, a nd peaberry 69 s t o 70 s . TEA.—The dulness in the market for inferior congou increases, and there being a larger supply prices show a reduction of id por lb. Full terms are required for better kinds, and there is no speculation, demand for consump-. tion has been small, and supply exceeds that of the previous week. The currency is now for low to good ord sound is id to is lid per lb, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf is 2d to is 40, and strong to pekoe flavour is 5d to 2s 5d per lb. Supply incr eases of green, and dealers only pur chase sufficient for present consumption, there is no gctneral decline for good to fine, but lower qualities show a small reduction. TALLOW.—In the early part of the week there was an excited market, with a rapid advance. On Tuesday the currency was for first sort P. Y. Candle on the spot 62s to 62s 6d, and 63s to 63s 6d for delivery. Since w hi c h de mand for consumption and speculation has much decreased, prizes have fallen to 60s 6d to 61s, on the spot, and 61s Od. to 62s for delivery. Home melted is now only in moderate request, and can be obtained at 64s cash. Other sorts dealt in with caution to-day : Australian mutton at 58s to 60s 6d, beef 57s Gd to 608 ; South American 56s to 60s 6d per cwt. Only a moderate quantity was offered at public sale. Stock of tallow is 3,500 casks deficient of last season, and rates rule 15s to 16s per cwt. above. 10 6 12 15 8 10 par 2,f id id 11 .11. - iP 4 - par —• 31 -- - 10 7 a 3 - 3} fi - 4 - ••• .... • i di MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Viral and Iron ••• 25 176IAustralian Agricult. 44 46 45 4 20 12 Australsn.Peille Mail 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail ... • 10 26 Berlin Water Works •• • —• 50 386 Brit. American Land 71 73 . 5 I. Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 321 Canada Company 75 80 5 5 Crystal Palace ll —l6p 63 5 4 Do. New l/ —l6 p 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 3 Eastern Steam 25 20 ElectricTclegraph(A) 16 18 25 15 Do. (B) ll 13 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 18 General Screw Steam •• • 20 72 Irish Beetroot Sugar, •,, 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. ••• 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel „, ••• 10 4 Netherlands Land 2 —ldxin 2 1 N, S.W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co •.• 1 all N. B. Austmlasiar Ap 1 1 Do. New 20 10 Nrth.of Europe Steam _•• 5 all Peel Er. Ld. Minrl. p 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ••• •,„ 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 IGO Royal Mail Steam —• • • 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l3 IRp 2. 25 25 South Austral. Land 38 40xd 386 x d 1 all Submarine Telegraph hd— N p 100 281 Van Diemon's Land 14 15 GREAT METROPOLITAN EXHIBITION OF POULTRY. — This exhibition, which has continued open at the Baker street bazaar since Tuesday morning last, was finally closed yesterday evening. The result, on the whole, was highly satisfactory to the committee and, the sub scribers geuei ally. Many of the exhibitors received large, in certain instances almost fabulous, prices for their specimens ; and in many cases a brace of Bramah Poutras or Cochin Chinas fetched as large a price as a short-horn of the purest breed, or a lady's palfrey, broken for use in Rotten-row. That the art and mystery of breeding fowls is an occupation calculated to return a large profit to the breeder, is now an ad mitted fact ; and many of the persons who contributed specimens to the exhibition are dealers who, residing in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and some of them within its boundries, have turned their attention to im proving the breed of domestic fowls as a means of liveli hood. The profit, we are informed, is large, and the speculator need not invest any very heavy capital in the business, the stock increasing with incredible rapidity. The sales yesterday were numerous, and exceeded 4001., making the total proceeds during the four days' exhibi tion rather more than 1,200 1 . The birds which found purchasers with the greatest rapidity were the Bramah Poutras, the Cochin Chinas, and the Dorkings. The speci mens of the latter were the finest ever exhibited in this coun try, and competed successfully with those shown at Bir mingham, Nottingham, and other provincial exhibitions. The attendance of visitors during the day was extremely numerous, and included a great many members of the aristocracy. The birds, exclusive of pigeons, were di vided into 62 classes, and about 3001. was awarded in prizes. All exhibitors were bound by the rules to sell their birds at the prices marked, if claimed before one o'clock on the first day of the exhibition. SUPPOSED SUICIDE. —Yesterday information was for warded to Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner for the count y of Essex, of the discovery of the body of a man in the river Lea, near Ships Hole, Westham. The deceased is described by Sergeant Grant, of the K division, as being about 26 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, with long dark hair. His attire consisted of a pair of Witney trousers, blue cotton waistcoat, a blue striped shirt, and a black silk neckerchief. The body (which was in a most decomposed state) was conveyed to the Union 6 Tavern, Westhain, to await an inquest. 10 102 g P ' A Run Rev. Time. .... 27 2d SS 3d 59 4th 57 4. m. 4 10 Here is a speed of 14 knots an hour honestly and fairly achieved, which is equal to no less than 16 statute miles—a speed equal to some% of our night railway trains, and to that of many of the continental trains. We repeat that the ship is a credit to the it he co s u e n lf tr o y f , and the enterprise of the company that availed first establishments in the world (both situated on the banks of the Thames) to produce such a result is richly deser7ing of national encouragement. The officer by whom the Himalaya is commanded was selected as being the most distinguished in the company's service. Trained in the Royal Navy, Captain Keilock's experience as a commander is second to none in the coun try. He has commanded the finest sailing ships and steam-ships of the age, and he has now the distinguished honour of having the command of the finest, fastest, and handsomest ship in the world-_a screw-vessel some 60 feet longer than the g rea t screw t h ree -d ec k er , h e r Majesty's ship the Duke of Wellington. ~~-- ~~, • F • 111 t 4 -~ . L the his a of ~; I r ~~ ~~ ~ '1 1 1