The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

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Citr fircof to. 77 1)0 e i: 4 btlrre Lowe u 5.4 13 , sh° e ed due/ : 7 1,. o " ire r 111 01 id &P i) ,iveri ) of Oita 33 be TTub'. ,N• E 01114 6: cra w ' o v r i Ei t9/3 . o 203114, sigri tiO s l 110 " ata, 3" bl f l- pt tte ra be 4 Chic ' ° lle ' c 10 co # 0 , 0 1 ei de r° ,ceS, ov er We ° r od r be co- ije E 400/' cou be A "P seV ersl r l O . is p a . a p j elY, , reb b. do sv o- 9 SY I, O ) foro of i'j e a )IPl')it tbe • i 4 n dea tO . , a tbs• 60 it 4 0 or _ 0 , co a 010f /1 - tea ; t be s c; 01:a °: if for th AIL. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty has been pleased to stand sponsor to the infant son of Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor yes terday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. There were present the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marchioness of Westminster, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady Agnes Grosvenor, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting on the Queen. The baptismal service was per formed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell. Her Majesty named the infant Victor Alexander. The other sponsors were the Duke of Sutherlan 3. (represented by the Duke of Argyll) and the Marquis of Westminster (represented by Earl Grosvenor). tt4i The Countess of Neuilly, accompanied by the Duchess d'Orleans and the Prince de Joinville, visited her Ma jesty at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Res, visited the Photographic Institution in Bond street yesterday. A. meeting of the committee for considering the sub ject of the Wellington College Testimonial was held at Buckingham Palace yesterday at four o'clock, and was attended by Prince Albert, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Viscount Hard- Inge, Lord Raglan, and the Hon. W. P. Talbot. The Earl of Derby was unavoidably prevented from being present by a severe attack of the gout. The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday after noon. Colonel Bouverie was in attendance ou horse bank. Her Majesty held a court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace to receive the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Wurtemberg. The Crown Prince and Princess arrived at the palace soon after six o'clock, attended by Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, the Countess Sturmfeder, dame d'hon neur to her Imperial Highness, Count Zeppline and Colonel de Berlichingen, and were received on alighting from their carriage by the ladies and gentlemen in Waiting. His Royal and her Imperial Highness were intro duced to the presence of the Queen by the Earl of Cla rendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Queen was attended by the C oun t ess o f Gains borough, the Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Sey mour, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lt.-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday after noon, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company included the Duchess of Kent, Earl and Countess Granville, the Marchioness of Westminster, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, the Right Hon, W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, and Sir George Couper. The Countess of Gainsborough has relieved the Mar chioness of Ely in her duties as Lady in Waiting to the Q u een, and the Hon. Captain de Ros has succeeded L ieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour as Equerry in Waiting o Prince Albert. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Brace, the Baroness Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence house, St. James's, yesterday, from Frogmore. The Duchess d'Orleans visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House. Colonel. Sibthorp, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Palmerston on Tuesday at the Home-office. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands. The Ministerial whitebait dinner—the invariable fore- Miner o f th e close of t h e par li amentary session—is fixed for the 13th instant. CO MPLIMENT-4RY RECEPTION OP A RUSSIAN PRINCESS. Yesterday, the Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the Emperor of Russia, and her consort, the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, arrived at Woolwich in her Majesty's steamer Vivid. They were received at the royal Dock - Yard by Baron Brunnow. the Russian Ambassador at this court ; Commodore Superintendent H. Eden, Col. 1.4‘. C. Whinyates, C. 8., K.C.H., commander of the garrison, Brigade Major Bingham, and Captain Riddell, F o 3ral Artill ery, Fl ag Li eu t enan t G. E. K. Gore, of the isgard flag ship, and other officers of the establishment. The i nterval of ground between the steamer and the carriage of the Princess was covered with green baize -1- royal salute was fired on her Imperial Highness stepping on shore from a field battery of the Royal Ar llery stationed in th e D oc ky ar d, an d a guar d of honour, co nsiatin g of 100 rank and file of the Woolwich division °f Royal Marines, with the band and colours of the e°1"111); under th e comman d o f Li eu t enan t-Colonel Jolliffe, Captain Rider and Lieutenants Freeland, Dela ,a?ational Anth em rnbe, and Lane,. .presented arms, the band playing the TEIE CREMORNE BAL MASQUE. ginardetsbrilliant fete that has ever been given in ---u us e y,„ or perhaps in any other place of al fresco deli g hinnt, took place last evening to the unqualified ill uadna Z . ao immense assemblage. The gardens were have neveryd with the most tasteful splendour, and we cost ume Seen a more striking collection of elegant tra or d 8 th an Were displayed on this occasion. An ex feat inary enthusiasm was excited by the marvellous Ri v i e7 P. eri nrrned by the Italian Brothers, Le d e, and the air resounded with plaudits at this tune equalled specimen of gymnastic daring. The fireworks Were of peculiar excellence, and a universal call was made - for Mortram who was well deserving of the honour. Dancing was kept up with the utmost spirit, nor could there be possibly congregated a more joyous throng, or °lle, it is scarcely necessary to say, more unexception ably orderly, for the decorum invariably observed in ren - iorne Gardens is proverbial. Bosisio's orchestra T erpsichore kept in continual requisition by the votaries of - ttrpsichore, while the celebrated Hungarian band played selection of their most admired pieces. A t ten o'clock the circus was thrown open free, and the enjoyment of t he spectators at the achievements of its powerful troupe artistes was unbounded. ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Yesterday the an &al general meeting of the sharehol ders of t hi s corn 'any Was held at their o ffi ces, Cheapside, Dr i C t u h r e tis in life the c h a i r. It appeared from the report thatn department the policies issued in .the last financial year exceeded by one-third the number of those issued in the Previous o ne , no t w ith s t an di ng th a t th e directors, under large number advi ce o f the med i cal o ff i cers, h a d d ec li ne d a number of proposals. The claims during the same Period amounted to 2,119/. Is. 4d., the morta lity of t he assur e d b e i ng in its ratio two-thirds under that for Whi ch provision had been made in the company's tables. In the fire department the new policies issued Cover insurances to the amount of 2,000,0001., yield tirt`g upwards of 5,0001. of new premiums, which, added those on policies issued in the two previous Zbs, gave a total fi re premium exceeding 12,0001. ie company' s l osses i n t hi s d epar t men t amoun t e d dur z'g the year to 6,9781. 12s. Bd., the total receipts to ",..,1,444/. 17s. 11d, and and the expenditure to 38,932/. Bs. ; leavi ng in hand a balance of 5,5121. 98. 6d. The !tusets and liabilities exactly balance each other, amount -11'4? to 116,191/. 14s. 6d. Since the last report the corn anY establi s h e d a new local board at Leeds, so that its business was greatly forwarded in the west riding. It 114 'd also ma d e a careful selection of agents in the chief eities of Germany, Holland, and Belgium, and so secured °0 ntinental business of high character. The report was t a l l i :opted, an d some routine business transacted, when ,e P r oceedings terminat e d w ith a vo t e o f th an k s t o t h e e aairma n. t TERMI NATION OF THE STOCK PORT STRIKE . —Th e grea t ull1 -out of factory operatives at Stockport is virtually at all e nd. The master spinners have found that, how ever great th e sacrifice may be from giving an advance, th t 'iell present prices for their produce will not cover, loss they are sustaining from closing their esta -144 3Pluents, leaving capital lying waste, is likely to be greater ;so th e y h ave cap it u l a t e d . Th ey h ave t i ll ed a notification to the operatives, which in effect ot- 51.3 an advance of 10 per cent. to the spinners, and of theri cent. to th e weavers . In compliance with this () it s expected th a t th e spinners will resume work at bF l2 ,.e. The weavers have peremptorily refused the cent offer 1" per cent , still demanding an unconditional sub ion th their f claim for 1 per i n s tj:l l ' e d a modification will be submi 0 tted to by them i when eY see thei r f e ll ow wor k men , th e s pi nners , n empl oy The strike is now in its- eighth week, and it is etieved the lesson taught to both sides will be one too Bevor_ei to be soon forgotten. The workmen have pur chaseu a victory which it is calculated that, with two .t e al'e' full Work, they will scarcely recover from A ; - the masters have su ff ered in equal proportion. nin e 'Nein, and one of the largest employers amongst t h em laiczoloaotz to th i e sc!, o o s t:7oi o . f all parties in the struggle to ....LECTION OF LIVERPOOL DocK COMMITTEERIEN.— t4tVERPOOL, WE DNESDAY.—This is the day appointed in 3r act of Parliament for the annual election of eight voembers of the dock committee, who go out by rota ht2_ II- Pour of these are chosen by the town council, ;Tllfour by the dock ratepayers—the merchants of the Tile dock committee consists, therefore, of half of o'7h:lr embers chosen by the municipal council, and the by h as the commercial body. This arrangement found b een only a year or two in operation, and has been to work satisfactorily. On the present occasion a itil:treer°elo t a s bias was infused into the contest by the candida r. T.Bold, an active partisan on the Conservative by .. s and who has recently made himself conspicuous dc prloposition to change the name of one of the Mdre.feßa defeated 1 e l y a s Mt monthoore, oante theof the electiong n titerni..cie_shen'Hraivciiiiii auf.teerre in the return to Parliament of Messrs. marked Horsfall. The merchants of Liverpool have . their disapprobation of conduct which connected estate like "ring an election • dispute with the management of an n tiu n:es, t Liverpool election e D u Doc {s, hitherto ßeld. free Thfrom numbersparty theLttoei3ondlespaE2 • elose of the vot ing — Roundthwaite, 652 ; LI:t 1 : 4 ::ling, 575 ; Smith, 565 i Bold, 452. n 0 E iCitFtit POSTMASTER. —Yesterday (Mon lord by a rumour extensive l y that the post without I:ll9iries we learnt that early wifeon l ei Sa a t p c p r e d a a r y e d. morning,li pon first ac inting his with and before his family were down r the s.taptaeeeolf) lefthis Via !louse, and has not since been heard 'of. An official 11.4 , 84 the General Post-office has taken.- poss rotr, ession,— . SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen imbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct airming,. Wolverh. Stour Valley 3irkenhd. Lncsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk.. I £5O and £25 Cons. IDo., 3ristol aucl Exeter.. jaledonian. ....... Mester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction Do. New East Anglian... Do., (ClB E & H) Eastern Counties. Eastern Union, A Stock 'Do., B. Stock... 'Do., New East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June—. Edinburgh& Glasgow Mini). and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock ... . ... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright &S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn . Do. Fifths Do.loi. London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O _ _ Lncintirry& Coleraine Lndndru. & Ennisk. ,Mancla.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. &Lin. Un Midland Do. Eirmng. & Derby Midid. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed Northi Staffordshire North Western ..... N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Biling. Do. L. & N. Weaterir Guarante ad Si t,t.k 1 I Shrewsby. & Deiefd '3hrewsby. & aester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, k e. Do. Oswestry IShropshire Union (South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFER ENI Aberdeen. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent I Cork &Bandons4p.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAuglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb Prth . &Dundee 5i per cent. I Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 p.c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm 1 (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do . cov. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton' Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Loudon & S. Western Cou. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Loudy. & Ennis. A Sh. Man., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Marypt & Carl. 4 p.c Do. 42 per cent Do Consol .6 p.c St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. e. Ext I Do. Guar. 56 per et._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Os. 65. 100 Do. 44 per cent. Pre. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do York&N.Midlandll. l and S. Purch FORE Antwrp & Rotterdam I Belgian East. Janet. !Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France 'Gt. Westn. of Canada I Shares (Lucca and Pistoja, 51 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) 'Do Do. (Canal) Do. G p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran, ,•Madras Maria Antonia 1 Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of Fiance ,Do. 201. 3 p• c. Bds :. i[imy.B.SAms.Shs.] NorwegianTruk Prof Paris and Ly0n5...... _ _ Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 'Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre SaMbre and Meuse Do. per cent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders 'Do. 5A per c. Pref 'Western of France... West. of Switzerland. New Zoa ..... 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'lOO 20 110 100 ICO 100 100 100 all 100 10 all 14 all THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. EAST INDIA HOUSE. ment. But ho hoped the Court of Directors were not Shr.l RAILWAYS. 1 Leasing Compans. jlosing Price this day. Business this day. A special general Court of the East India Company , was held, by adjournment, at their house in Leadenhall street, yesterday, for the purpose of considering a mo tion submitted to the Court on Friday last—viz, " That this Court concur in the views and opinions expressed the Court of Directors in their minute of the 29th of July, regarding the Bill for the Future Government of India ;" Mr. R. Ellice in the chair. The CHAIRDIAN said, before he requested the minute to be read, or called upon Mr. Mackenzie, who was in possession of the Court, to proceed, he wished to state that, in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Sulli van at the last Court, whether the minute referred to in the motion was carried unanimously, instead of saying that it was so, he ought to have stated that it was carried nemine contradicente. Mr. HOLT MACKENZIE said, when he last addressed the Court he expressed almost sufficiently the general opinions he held with respect to the bill that had just passed the House of Commons, and certainly his objec tions to the bill remained as strong as ever. He could, however, scarcely expect, in the face of the decision which had already been come to by the Court, that any attention would be given to his opinion, op posed as it was to that which the Court entertained. He could not adopt the language used by an hon. baronet at the last general meeting, and say that the bill continued the government of India in the hands of the East India Company. It, hi the first place took away from the Government of the East India Company that position which it had held as an independent body, unconnected either by personal obligation or by party ties with the Administration of the day ; and it further took from the Court of Proprie tors the power of election of all the directors. It reduced the number of directors from 24 to 18, and then proposed that one-third of that reduced number should be ap pointed by the Crown. That being the case, he could not accept the language of the resolution proposed by the chairman. Besides, he had the strongest objections to the mode in which the Legislature proposed to con stitute their body—namely, that a body consisting of 30 gentlemen should exclude 15 of their number. He con tended that it belonged to the proprietors, and not to the Court of Directors, to choose who should remain in direction. No doubt many of the present directors would voluntarily retire. It was true it was not easy for a man to persuade himself that he was past work. He remembered only one example—Sir William Grant, when Master of the Rolls, who, at the age of 70, retired, amid the general lamentation of the bar and the public. He believed many of the present directors would follow that honourable example. Another question was the intrusion of nominees into the Court. To that he very strongly objected, because he thought it would be fatal to the independence of the whole body, and would give rise to a great deal of unpleasant feeling in the discussion of matters whenever the Court was called upon to resist the course of the Minister of the Crown, because those gentlemen nominated by the Crown could not act with the same independence as those who were elected by the proprietors. They were to be nominated for short periods, but to be eligible for re-election. How could they expect gentlemen so appointed to act as a barrier to the encroachments of the Crown ? If there were to be nominees, it was quite indispensable that they should be appointed for a fixed period, and should not be open to re-election. Upon these two points, there fore, he was quite at issue with the Court of Directors. He felt strongly the importance of a numerous Court of Directors, and he was astonished to see the reasons assigned by Sir C. Wood for limiting the number to 18. This was done by the mere motion of the Government, without any inquiry or any reference to the test of ex perience. There was no recommendation of any com mittee of either house to sanction it. It was a notion adopted by the Minister of the day without that delibe rate consideration and discussion which so important a measure ought to have received. Sir C. Wood in his last letter expressed his surprise that any person should recommend so large a number as 24, considering the Court of Directors in the only light in which it could now be viewed, that of an executive council of government. Now he (Mr. Mackenzie) did not know what was the meaning of "executive council." If it meant the Board of Control he would admit that 24 was an extravagant number, but if Sir C. Wood meant a council, or a senate appointed to advise on the affitirs of a vast empire, the question took quite another shape. He should say 24 in the latter case was not only not too large, but was in fact too small. Since he left India they had acquired two great kingdoms, and were likely soon to acquire another. When he looked at the duties of their different departments, which had been well summed up by Colonel Sykes in his late speech, he could see work for six separate committees, and for more than 24 directors, and he should rejoice to see their number ex tended, that both in and out of Parliament they might form a barrier to protect the President of the Board against popular folly, or the power of self-will, or the subserviency of political friends, and, to be able to do it, it was important the Court should possess the weight which numbers gave. When speaking of the magnitude of the business to be trans acted by the Court of Directors, they should consider how vastly India had been increased since the last char ter, both in extent of territory and in number of popu lation, as well as in the amount of business arising from new elements having been introduced. They were just commencing a system of railways, projecting large public works, beginning the great task of educating the people, and of establishing a new judicial system. In Lahore, in Berar, at Benares, and even in Bombay Pro per, there were different races, different languages, and different religions which required attention and manage ment to save those countries from being thrown into a state of disturbance. Sir Charles Wood referred to what he called experience derived from similar cases, but he (Mr. Mackenzie) knew of no such similar case in existence. There was no instance of any other empire consisting of a series of great kingdoms. Our British colonies were in an entirely different posi tion. Referring again to the constitution of the Court of Directors, the hon. gentleman contended that it ought to consist of a considerable number of men entirely inde pendent ; but he did not think it necessary or desirable that they should be all working men. There ought to be some men of leisure, but of sufficient knowledge, so as to be able to give advice as to what ought to be done by the working men. The chief defect of the Indian Go vernment arose from its members being perpetually at work, so, that, in fact, there was no time for deliberation as to any particular acts, still less for those large and general views by which alone a system could be safely and advantageously worked. The great increase in the public press of India demanded the strict attention of the Court of Directors. They saw already what had been the effect of the press. (A Proprietor—" The salt duty.") It would require to be watched ; but not merely with a view to its suppression ; it must be looked to for instruction as well as warning. I n what he had said he had confined himself t o the questioni of the home Go vernment, which ought to be settled before they entered upon the discussion of the Indian. Government. With re gard to the appointment of an Executive Council, that ought to be introduced with great care. He could wish that the wisdom of the House of Lo rds would refrain from legislating on that point at present, and confine themselves to that which was most urgent—the home Government—leaving all that related to India to a future measure, when the Government and Parlia ment could have advice from the Court of Directors or from some other court, if it were possible to find such a body equally worthy of confidence. With regard to the resolutions he had formerly submitted to the Court, lie begged to say it was not his intention to propose them for adoption. But he thought i would be p r emature for the Court to declare any o pinion upon e bill in its present stage, especially an opinpoLti in f av our of it, when th e ir wish and hope was that the bill would obtain very co nsiderable modification in the House of Lords. He should not be able to take any further part in some these direso s- cuss ions ; he therefore ha d thrown together lutions, which he proposed to, substitute for those which he read on a former occasion.. The hon. gentleman then read the following resolutions " That the consideration of the ques tion now submitted to this Court by the Court of Directors be postponed until the bill shall have fi nall y p assed through both Houses of Parliament. That the Court of Directors be requested im mediately- to prepare and present to the House of Lords a petition submitting to their Lordships the views of this Court on the following points : " 1. The arbitrary reduction of the number of directors. " 2. The objectionable mode of effecting that reduction. " 3. The intrusion into the direction of persons not chosen by this Court, to the extent of on of the whole body. " 4. The denial to the Secret Committee of any right to advise the Ministers of the Crown on matters belonging to the secret department, and the omission of any efficient check to the power of the President of the Board of Con trol in that department. " That this Court is clearly of opinion that the number of directors elected by the proprietors or other popular constituency should not be less than the present number of 24. " That, if it be thought advisable to discontinue the present system, under which six directors retire annually and to appoint the directors for a term of years, with the privilege of immediate re-election, the choice of their 21 directors ought to remain with the proprietors. " That this Court cannot admit that it is open to the charge of being wanting in a due appreciation of public servants connected with the East, but, aware of the diffi culties of a canvass of so large and scattered a consti tuency, and, in deference to the opinion of the House of Commons, they have no desire to object to the addition of new means to facilitate the admission of retired public servants into the direction of Indian affairs, by the addi tion of six persons not chosen by the general body of pro prietors, provided that such persons be chosen by some agency independent of the Minister of the Crown. " That the selection of directors by the Minister of the Crown is rendered peculiarly open to objection by the shortness of the term for which some aro to be appointed, and by their being rendered re-eligible after the expiration of that term. " That all Parliamentary provision relative to the Go vernment abroad be postponed until the whole subject of legislation for India shall have been maturely considered with the aid of the home Government, fully organised in such manner as Parliament shall see fit to determine." Those were the resolutions lie would now submit to the Court. He had left them very general, because he be lieved the details had better to be left to the Court of Directors. Sir T. COLEBROOKE seconded the resolutions, and he did so in order to express his strong opinion as to the objectionable character of the bill. He should prefer, rather than attempt to legislate in the spirit of that mea sure, that the Court should altogetherecline the task imposed upon the m by undertaking the government of India. They might retain the government of India in form, but most certainly they would not do so in sub stance. 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GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 4, 1853, made up from the Returns of the In'peetors in the different Cities and Towns in England and %Yale. , per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I I BABLEY. OATS. BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 523 7u 294 7d 221 21 363 3/11 404 5d 37s 10d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. WHEAT. 49s 4d WHEAT. Is Od BARLEY. OATS. 1 RTE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 29s 4d 20s Ild 34s 7d 40s 3d 36s Od DUTIMS ON FOREIGN CORN. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUAVTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. --- Wheat, 87,469; Barley, 1,862; eats, 9,435; Rye, 3G ; Beans , 2,356; Peas, 287 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 5s to Si 15s ; new ditto, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; old clover, 4/ lOs to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 lOs ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A full average supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBEELAND.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 17s ad ; new ditto, 21 15s to 4/ Os ; old clover, 41 lOs to 61 Os ; new ditto, 3/103 to 4/ lOs ; and straw, 1 / 10 s to 1/ 18s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 41 5s to Si ]ss; new ditto, 21 lOs to 4/ Os; old clover, 41 lOs to Cl 6s; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 108 ' • and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 17s per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—OnIy a moderate busi ness was transacted hero to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 104 .to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 101 ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, AUG. 3.—Beasts moved off slowly, at drooping prices ; all other kinds of stock ruled steady at this market to say, at the quotations of this day week. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s id to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, AUG. 3.—The general demand ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 0(1 to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8d to 14 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, 203 to 25s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DI Y.) o LONDON, Aug. 4.—Wind this day at Noon, N. by E. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, Aug. 4 (9.28 a.m.)—Wind, E.N.E. ; light, and fine. Passed—Madre, from London, for Constantinople ; Marie, London, for Melbourne ; Lady C. Gust, to the westward. Anchored—lrene, from Marianople, for Lon don ; Hanibal, from Kertch, for London ; Robert, from St. John's, for London. FALMOUTH, Aug. 3.—Wind, N. Arrived—Mermaid, Pernambuco. Off Port—General Hewitt, Sydney, N.S.W., with 29,336 oz. of gold. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 3.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.W. Sailed — Monarch, Calcutta ; Delia, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, August 3.—Arrived -Sarah Ann, St. John's, N.B. BRISTOL, Aug. 3.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—British Queen, Quebec. Sailed—Banner, Melbourne; Victory, Africa ; Eureka, Philadelphia ; Chase, New York ; Broosa, do. ; Grand Turk, do. ; Humboldt, do. ; Mary Ann Peters, do. HARWICH, Aug. 3.—The Jeune Rose, Seaham for Leg horn, has been assisted in leaky, having been on the Gun fleet Sand. LOWESTOFT, Aug. 3.—The Orbit, of South Shields, has come off the Holme Sand with assistance, making water. iin S e U r I c tra im m A i rr e p hi ,. Aug. 3.—Wind, N.W. Arriv - ed—Ma- LERWICK, Aug. I.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Hebe, Greenland.—H.M.'s steamers Argus and Tartarus, H.lll.'s cutter Victoria, and the Atalanta (Dutch war schooner), left this harbour yesterday in quest of a seemingly-suspi cious vessel seen cruizing about the N. and W. coast of Shetland during the past week.—The Xanthus, from the coast of Iceland, is reported to have returned to Balta Sound, having only one fish of about 8 tons. KINSALE, Aug. 2.—The Hamburgh vessel Andreas, laden with mahogany, for London, went on shore this morning on the rocks west side of the Head. Lost rudder, and received other damage. Sho subsequently floated off, and was taken to Queenstown. • x in li 2 2i i i li i 2i i 2i I 35,1 x d 10 171 261 51 6 xd 72 7 3 1 a d li 1 5i 6 io enamoured with the bill as to adhere to their an- nouncement in the original motion of it being their inten tion to accept the bill such as it was. He hoped the alternative proposed by Mr. Mackenzie would meet with a favourable consideration. He thought the difficulties attending this question would have been considerably diminished if the inquiries in Parliament had been con cluded before legislation was attempted. Much of the difficulty out, of doors was owing to the ignorance of the public on the question. This would account for many of the attacks to which they had been exposed from various quarters. Sir C. Wood in his last letter in timated a doubt as to whether that Court could claim the actual administration of India, and if the Government really entertained those doubts, then they had utterly failed in their duty to Parliament upon the great ques tion they had undertaken in proposing to ,continue the government in a body in regard to whom they enter tained those doubts. But while the Government ex pressed those doubts, he on the other hand would say that much of the wonderful success which had attended the government in India, had been owing to the form of the home Government, and to the fortunate accident of its having been placed in a double mould, and one part being a check upon the other. It not only brought various minds to work upon the measures of Govern ment, but it made an important impression on the ser vice of India itself, when it was known by those en gaded in that service that a fortunate rise in their career was independent of political parties. Those were the reasons why he had always been attached to the exist ence of the double government, and why he deprecated centring the government in the Crown. It would make the Governor-General far too powerful for any subject to be made, and, relying for support on party connection in this countrp, he would establish a despotism in India of the most serious character. (Hear.) Mr. LEwIN would not discuss the merits of the bill, but he wished to express his objection to placing the framing of the petition in the hands of the directors ; by doing so it was placing themselves in the hands of the Philistines, for the Court of Directors had brought forward a proposition entirely assenting to the bill. To place a petition against it in their hands was therefore absurd. To show how far the directors deserved to be trusted, what had they done in Parliament ? Why, they had supported the Government. Sir J. Hogg voted against the proprietors, and in favour of Ministers. He attributed this to a sort of bargain between them. (" Oh, oh !") The directors would get quite as much as before in point of patronage ; the proposition, there fore, on their part, that the Court of Proprietors should accept the bill was a most extraordinary instanca of modest assurance. (Hear, and laughter.) The clause relating to the quorum would have the effect of destroy ing the Court of Proprietors ; and the natives of India would be much more grievously affected by it, for they would thereby be deprived of any exponents of their grievances in that court. Mr. HUMS wished to call the attention of the Court to their actual position. The House of Commons had passed the bill, and if the Government adhered to what they had intimated, it would have been much better if they had come forward in a manly way, and had stated that the time was come when, finding that the Government Minute the other day, the Court of Proprietors were sur .iwised to find that not only had the directors determined to drink, but that they were eager to press this poisoned chalice to their lips. They had described the bill as an unsavoury dose, and yet, without knowing what the amendments might be, they suggested their acceptance of it. At this moment, he knew not in what position the court stood. The CHAIRMAN said he had a motion, and an amend ment had been moved upon it. At the same time, if the court wished to adopt a petition to the House of Lords, he should be prepared to assent to it. . ... After some conversation on this point of form, the chairman withdrew his motion ; and the amendment of Mr. Mackenzie consequently fell to the ground, and then Mr. Hume's motion, that a petition be presented to the house, became the question before the court. Mr. LEWIN asked whether, if the petition were agreed to, the Court of Directors would subscribe to it ? Mr. WIGRAM—The petition will bear the seal of the company, and it will be the petition of the Court of Pro prietors, and not of the Court of Directors, as directors. Sir J. HoGG vindicated himself against the charge made by Mr. Lewin of his not having supported the interests of the proprietors in the House of Commons, and said that he and the other directors who were members of Parliament had in every discussion endeavoured to main tain the powers both of the Court of Directors and of the Court of Proprietors, and to preserve the existing system unimpaired. There was one good point in the bill. It continued the government of India in the East India Company ; and however mutilated the Court of Directors were by that measure, and however injured in their constitution and in their independence, still they had all the powers and all the privileges that appertained to past Courts of Directors in their full extent, and un impaired. He wished to press tiiis upon the Court. It was for them to make their election between the govern ment of India being continued in the East India Com pany according to the provisions of the bill, or of its being vested in the Ministers of the Crown—(no, no) — with a council of five or six. He did not mean to say that that was his wish, but they must come to that con clusion, whether they liked it or not. That was the only alternative. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WI GRAM strongly recommended the Court of Company Proprietors t o t a k e w h at t h ey cou ld ge t. The fact that ov government cerd e of alndia w as multitude coonftinsinuesdinintthheeoEthaestr India parts t of the bill. After some further observati ons , Mr. M. Siam ( a di rector ) expressed a hope that this discussion might not proceed further, as a great majority of the Court appeared ready to support the petition. Mr. Serjeant GASELEE protested against the discussion being put an end to on the mere dictation of the hon. director. He was opposed to the petition, and believed that the House of Lords would treat it with contempt. The hon. and learned gentleman continued to address the Court for some time amid much noise and confusion. Some verbal alterations having been made in the peti tion, the question that it be adopted, and the seal of the company affixed, was put and carried all but unani mously, one hand only being held up against it. The Court then adjourned. of India had been mismanaged, they were determined to take it out of our hands. With all due deference to the Court of Directors, he considered the proposition to ap- (From. the Times.) prove the bill was altogether premature. Although he It is evident, from the tone assumed by the Govern hi g hly respected the House of Commons, yet there were meat on Tuesday evening in both Houses of Parliament,. two branches of the Legislature, and it would be better and more especially by Lord Clarendon i n the House to pause and see what the opinion of the House of Lords o f L ords , that as we approach the final crisis of this would be on the second reading of the bill. He had had Eastern negotiation the confidence of her Majesty's great experience as a Reformer, and one rule which he Ministers in its successful termination does not increase. always adopted was, that before proposing reform he re- On the contrary, the conduct of the Russian authorities quired that the evils of the existi n g s y s tem should be in the Principalities can only be regarded as a fresh pointed out. lie never advocated change for change proof of the indifference of the Imperial Government to sake. There ought always to be good reasons assigned the rights established by treaty in those provinces ; and for any proposed change. Had this been done in the a Power which appropriates, the revenue of a foreign present instance ? Had the East India Company been territory, professedly held as a temporary deposit, shown to have misgoverned India ? The opinion of both and in time of peace, is obnoxious to the charge of Houses of Parliament was in their favour, and through- actual spoliation. What can be expected of the out the whole speech of Sir C. Wood, when he introduced forbearance or justice of a State which has the bill, his effort was to impress the house with the fact advanced thus far, and with such entire recklessness, on that the Government of India had been well conducted. the old track of aggression and rapine ? Or what confi- Having, then, the favourable opinion of the two houses dence can be place in the assurances of Russia, when of Parliament, and of the Cabinet, what could any man every fresh incident that comes to our knowledge affords suppose when he, nevertheless, found that the whole increased evidence of the avidity with which she fastens efforts of the Government were now tending to destroy on her prey ? It was a question whether the honour and that very body by t a ki ng away th e i r i n d e p en dence and the public interests of Europe required th a t th e d ec i sive making changes in a system which they had hitherto so resistance to Russia should be made when her armies ably carried out ? What could any man suspect but that crossed the Pruth, or whether room should still be left there must be some covert object in proposing a measure for further negotiation. The Cabinets of Western of that nature ? The bill took away the popular ele- Europe decided, we think wisely, in favour of the latter ment from the Government of India by substituting and more temperate of these courses. The result nomination for election. The system of nominees was has been that we have obtained, to a much higher de against the whole spirit of the company's charter , which gree than w e had before, the concurren ce and assistance was intended to operate a s a c h ec k upon the Board of of the German States, and that all the world has Control. That system was introducing Parliamentary seen the earnest and undeniable anxiety of the interests into the Court, and giving the Minister of the British and French Cabinets to avoid hostilities thus day greater power, and thereby destroying the popular wantonly provoked. But beyond this it is impossible interests. It was by election alone that the indepen- to go, for in the present state of affairs in the East it is dence of the court could be maintained. Therefore he certain that if Turkey were compelled to yield an abject trusted the House of Lords would protect them. The submission to the demands made upon her, she would bill was not yet an act of Parliament, and he would sub- be convulsed by internal agitation even more fatal to mit to the court that they ought not to come to any re- her existence than the attack of a foreign enemy, and solution in the way of expressing an opinion on the bill Russia would cease to be the aggressor only to become until it had been passed by the House of Lords, when the protector of her victim. The nature of the case and they, would be able to judge of its whole scope and ten- the state of public feeling in the East determine, there dency. He would, therefore, recommend that a peti- fore, the extent to which concessions can be carried. tion should be drawn up and presented to the House of Beyond a certain point they would become more Lords. Whatever the result might be it would show dangerous than war itself ; but, short of that point, that the proprietors had done their utmost for preserv- there is no great reason to suppose that they will fin ing their constitutional rights. The petition ought to be duce the Emperor Nicholas to lower his demands, to presented without delay. The complaints of the pro- withdraw his armies, and to lend himself in good faith prietors, as well as of their directors, were expressed in to the pacific termination of this dispute. a very fair way in the resolutions submitted by Mr. Holt Some of our contemporaries, and most of the Conti ' Mackenzie last court-day. He (Mr. Hume) had changed nental journals, have been misled by the importance these resolutions into the form of a petition, and con- attached to the negotiations going on at Constantinople, eluded by praying their lordships to preserve the effi- and to the intelligence brought from Turkey by the Ca ciency and independence of the Court of Directors, and radoc and the Chaptal. In reality, nothing has been especially to amend the clause as to the appointment of done at Constantinople, and we are not surprised at it ; nominees to the Court of Directors. That was the sub- but, as we stated on Tuesday, the true seat of the nego stance of the prayer, and, if complied with, the principal ciations is Vienna — where Austria takes the leading evils of the bill would be removed. part in the conference. But here, again, our contempo- The petition, which embodied Mr. Mackenzie's reso- raries are misinformed when they state that the ultima lutions of Friday last, was then read. tum of the conference was despatched on the 24th or 26th of July to St. Petersburg, and that the Emperor's Mr. AYRTON commented upon the letter addressed by answer may be known here on the 10th of August. The the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Court of last proposals of the conference were not despatched from Directors to the President of the Board of Control on Vienna till Sunday orperhaps even Monday last, and they the Ist of July, and said that, instead of maintaining the were sent to Constantinople before they would reach St. constitution of the Court of Proprietors, no sooner had Petersburg. If a direct answer is received from both the Minister of the Crown laid down an ascending scale Courts at Vienna with the least possible delay, the in which would put power into their own hands than they terval would be about a fortnight ; but if, as is probable, made a suggestion which would totally nullify the a communication has to be made from Constantinople to Court of Proprietors. If there was one point St. Petersburg, the delay may be even longer. In the to which the Court of Directors ought to have called meantime, the demand of the British Government for the attention of the Government it was the insuffi- explanations as to the extraordinary and oppressive con cient strength of the Court of Proprietors, but instead duct of the Russians in the Principalities will arrive at of that they took it upon them to state that that Court St. Petersburgh almost as soon as the proposition from was unfit to have the Government of India put into Vienna, and will convince the Emperor that the time is their hands, and they then made a suggestion, if it past when the mask in which he has hitherto shrouded should be considered desirable that the constitution of his policy can still be worn. We have a right to insist the Court of Directors should be altered—and what was on knowing upon what pretext these provinces, with that suggestion ? Not that the Government should which we have most extensive commercial relations, are nominate the directors, but that the directors should thus virtually incorporated in the'Russian empire. nominate their own members, subject to the approbation The internal measures of the Russian Cabinet are all of the Board of Control, thus transferring to them that of a warlike character. On the 20th of July a ukase power which they held to be so objectionable when was published raising a levy of seven men per 1,000 on given to the Government ; so that, in point of fact, the the population of the eastern half of the Empire, which only alternative, with a view to remedy existing abuses, is supposed to amount to 23 millions. At the same time was to take all the power out of the hands of the pro- the arrears of men (three per 1,000) who had been ex prietors and put it into their own. (No, no I) Why, if cased on the last levy . are called up, so that in some dis - - they considered that Court wanting in weight and in- teas the conscription will amount to 1 per cent. Some fluence, why did they not suggest that there were ole- pressure has begun to be felt fur money to support these meats in its constitution which ought to be removed— enormous military preparations, and the Executive Go elements entirely inconsistent with its political character, vernment applied to the Minister of Fi nance f or permis however they might have accorded with its commercial sion to use a portion of the gold reserve deposited in the character—and that old women and girls, provided they of the Crown. But thi s go ld i s th e b as i s o f possessed the pecuniary qualification, constituted part of fortresses theßussian paper currency, and th e Mi n i s t er o f Fi nance that Court ? He was not astonished that the Court of raised strong objections, which were not for the pre- Directors had not taken more trouble in regard to the bill, for it would render that Court still more close and sent overruled, to the appropriation of any part of secret than at present ; and he considered that the prae- this fund. The Emperor th en a ppli e d to the Sacred Synod for a loan of 60 million rou bl e s. That holy tical result of the reduction of the number of directors body expressed heir readiness to obey at all risks the would be to enable those gentlemen to re-elect one ano- Imperial commands, but alleged that they were the ther, so that it would be impossible for the proprieto r s to introduce any new director except at g rea t i n t erva l of time. He saw some remedy for thi s ev il in the sy: depositories of the property of the Church for the most sacred purposes, and closed with ecclesiastical te held their purse-strings nwity. Thus far these tom of nomination by the Crown. But what w ou ld be f the aspect .of the Court then ? Why, men w h o h a d not acts undoubtedly indicate the financial weakness of been in India for 20, 30, or 40 years, wo u ld be the the Russian Government ; but, on the other hand,it must be remembered that if war were declared, elected members of the Court, while me n wh o h a d just especially if it assumed the cry of religious supremacy, returned from India, and who were intimately ac- not only would these efforts be made, but far greater mans with the present condition, feelings, and opi- sacrifices would probably be obtained from the enthu nions of the people, would be from time to - time ?mini- w h it of the people. Nothing, meanwhile, is neglected nated by the Crown, and thus a division would exist in which can influence the ambition and national pride of the Court, which was to be greatly deprecated. the Russians, and even the language of public docu- The CHAIRMAN said, the object of the Court of Di merits is passionate and arrogant in the extreme —at rectors in submitting the minute to the Court of Pro- present, however, we are told, without much effect upon , the people, wh r. o ll do not believe their church to be iii prietors was to place fairly before them the question as it affected the Indian Government and people. They arly ßu d t an t g h e e r n a lo t r ' e the Emperor Nicholas assumes this tone in his own dominions, the more does he lower and con had been accused of being promoters of the bill, but tract his influence obnuftohreign States. All his attempts the correspondence would sufficiently refute that charge. As to the petition to the House of Lords, of course, if m an in ce or o C f on t r h t e s th ß e al i t n i t e r , i a u n es d of the Russian diplomatists have not been more sue thethere was any wish on the part of the Court of Proprie tors that a petition should be presented, the directors have failed ; and even at to impose his policy cause she commands thethe entrance e th Courts of Vienna and Berlin h r adebtm oe t o f important gratitude i s Denmark, nma k Russia, be- Directors, fore - could have no objection. At the same time he hoped cessful. Of these her support owest terms of the petition would be left to the Court of Directors, as there were certain expressions in it which ar But the throughout the late Schleswig-Holstein required modification. No doubt the Court of Proprie- Western maritimeindecadencep Powers, and n d o f no Denmark state .i s even tors had suffered in this experimerdum crueis, as well as undoubtedlyhmweere closely connected with her relations to the the Court of Directors ; but to say that the power of the proprietors would be altogether nullified was an expres interested in the maintenance of strict neutrality, sion not to be justified. The clause respecting the quo event of hostilities. We discredit, is in more tion ... that the Russian government h' .sser - - t be fault more with ; but numerously h eattended. thought i t - a lishing its hold upon the Court of has te time rum m ul i d e cause ad beenthe found court gr t e : No proprietor would think of noticing that there was the statement that the Danish overnme have pro ceeded, under Russian g t b Copenhagen, t a a r q a u s w e e t a n s ee should present, ri t s unless l u e p s s amongthe g h t o h s e t n o i f ; tahnedßaj then,el of if k and n p o u ti t ce a o n f tehbedretnootrebpeeiantgeda q n u lo o- . 1 influence, to abrogate or impair a ru ny m, ge it nt ‘l le , tions before the Court which tended to diminish its cha- the constitution of • o m u a l d n d s i e d r v t e ak t e o 1849, is wholly inaccurate. The racter more than anything else. The Court of Directors Danish government lea ve caused a bill or draught had said in their correspondence all they could say. N o , project to be published , containing some modifica obstruction would be thrown in the way of the i tions of the course constitution now in force • but this bill which the proprietors desired to take, though he feared ,is to be submitted tothediscussion ' . and vote of the that while a petition would be a record of the opinion of 1 Chambers when they re-assemble, and it has not the Court, it would do them very little good. It, was , I been promulgated To by Royal authority._Den se rather apprehended, a fact that the Courtof • - I mark, as well as to all the adjacent parts of Europe, the tors, as well as the Court of Proprietors, didnot present crisis is of vital importance • for though this sess that popularity which they once did. A p ' °S. 1 uarrel commenced . ' 'the solution it s to p e p u . , q upon the Bosphorus, ]arising the Court of Proprietors, that, of Course, the i may receive will determine whether or not Russia is to Court of Directors never had any idea of doing. er I make the rights of foreign States subordinate to her in should be very sorry if they had. Should ....5e terestse n such pretensions for effecting such a result be carried, hhoped any measure ! leave or her ambition ; and, ei'leindependence of the e the pro- been manifeste4the peace and prietors would carry it themselves , adherence of es, and not press ; t , world can only be preserved by the firm upon the Court of Directors. 1 all other Powers to the measures necessary to restore Mr. JONES strongly advocated thepolicy the authority of law, and to set bounds to the possibility the power of the Court of Proprietors. of maintaining It of aggression. channel through which public o • • to bear on the Government of plndiauno i could be brought 1 f Gatenby has or the benefit of the I AUSTRALIA. —The General Hewet:, p native population. With respec t Wales, whence she sailed tat embarrassments t e bill, he saw great ' arrived from New South embarrassments likely to arise fromof o ld, valued at o it to the government 25th of March, with 29,336 ounces g of India, and he thought Swhich sailed on the honourably in giving such • ir C. Wood had not acted 117,3007. The Mary Bannatyne, he Surinam is also insufficient reasons for such Bth of April, brings 440 ounces. T mighty changes. reported having left Sy . dney the 28th of February, b u t Mr. SULLIVAN said th a t when the chairman moved the ', it appears she has no gold on frei. ebt. THE EASTERN QUESTION. THE OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS. (Front the Morning ChSidellar----,--'"77 ) It - is now th e t urn of the Omni s ‘ l" rs to get up a " movem en t ;" and next sve-A > tuppose we shall have indignant dustmen a g e Ar the restore- It , tion of their bells, and reduced petitioning for .' the abolition of twopenny steame ,or will the great apple-stall interest, nor the Bret - .'%l' the crossing, long abstain from carrying their :.. 'e - I . . -; into the lobby of the House of Commons. P. : a.-r sweeps will doubtless call for a repeal of that iniquitous law which robbed them of their younger allies ; and, finally, the professional rogues and vagabonds of the metropolis will meet to consider the present depressed state of their line of business, and to petition Parliament for a restoration of the balance of power which was so se riously deranged, five-and-twenty years ago by the substitution of overpowering Rowans and Maynes in the place of the more manageable Charlies. The ephe meral glory of bursting forth suddenly into a full blaze of type is undoubtedly very gratifying to our stable worthies, even though they may not feel themselves quite at home in interpreting the columns in which their eloquence and wisdom are embalmed ; but, alas ! the public are always craving for novelty, and two or three days have sufficed to satiate them of Jarviesm. The joke of yesterday becomes the nuisance of to-day ; and the fellow who is simply ridiculous to-day will be an intolerable bore to-morrow. If, therefore, the omni bus interest, or the cab interest, or any other in terest that has any fearful grievance to make public, will take our advice, they will lose no time in letting us know what they want. Another week may be too late. The world will turn in disgust from the pro found thoughts of Jones and the burning words of Smith ; and then, painful as it will be to ourselves, we shall have no alternative but to reject the reports of their doings, or, at all events, to acc e pt th em on l y as advertisements. And now let us see what these omnibus gentlemen are grumbling about, and what is the cause of their new born sympathy for their rivals. Although the " back fare " clause of the Cab Act was the only grievance of which the owners and drivers of the vehicles in question could honestly complain, it was obvious, at the outset, that it was not the true cause of their dissatisfaction. Nor were they insuperably averse to the sixpenny fare, coupled as it was with extra sixpences for extra persons and extra time. But they could not stomach the pro visions which secured an easy and expeditious remedy for their extortions. " Call the fare sixpence, if you like, they saidin their hearts ; " abolish back-fare, if you please ; make, in short, what laws and regulations you fancy; but don't be so shabby as to give our customers the means of ' pulling us up,' if we endeavour to mitigate the excess ive ri g our of your code." Here was the pinch of thei r case. The former tariff allowed them only Bd. per mile ; but lives there the man who can boast of having insulted one of their community with the tender of such an un- English fare 1 Parliament had spoken of eight pennies and four pennies ; but had not the cab-drivers, by the judicious use of their tongues and fists, immutably gra duated the scale in shillings and sixpences ? And if they succeeded in imposing this modification of the Act on grown-up and sturdy men, at what point did their ceasere paorncitayn,ora young when they mothertheyhad burdenedtodeal withah a brace an infirm old woman, of over-fatigued children, or a helpless stranger stranded at Billingsgate, with half-a-dozen outlandish trunks and boxes ? The cabmen of London, it was notorious, had taken the law into their own hands ; and. they had succeeded in doing this simply because the Legislature had provided no efficacious means of preventing them. The unlucky traveller who dif fered in opinion from his driver preferred a little impo sition to the glorious uncertainties and less glorious delays of the law. The man of business found it a less evil to pay a rogue an extra shilling than to waste two or three days in summoning and prosecuting him, and in measuring distances ppo bond publico ; while, to un protected females and helpless foreigners, the dread tri bunals of British justice were more terrible than all the oaths, outrages, and overcharges of the hackney ruffians. But how could this systematised extortion con tinue when tables of fares were to be hung up at every stand, when distances were to be measured and recorded beforehand, when the number of the driver's badge was to be delivered to the customer at starting as a security for civility and honesty, and when any complaint might be instantly and finally redressed by the nearest magistrate ? The palmy days of the trade were gone for ever, unless some device could be discovered for rendering such regula tions inoperative. That device, however, has now been found, in the shape of a right of appeal from magisterial decisions. Such is the demand of the cab-owners, echoed by the omnibus proprietors at their meeting of last Monday ; and, as will be seen from the Parliamen tary notice-paper, Lord Dudley Stuart has undertaken to advocate this claim of the combined interests. " The appeal, the whole appeal, and nothing but the appeal, is the demand of these bold Britons ; and the omni bus people illustrate the necessity for it by the hard case—which will doubtless rank next to the great Phillips case in the causes celebres of Cabbery—of no less a personage than the veritable proprietor of an omnibus being sent to prison for a month, for pushing off his new cushions the feet of some Yankeely-disposed traveller, who had refused to comply with a request to remove them. What records of human injustice and wicked ness would be so harrowing as the Newgate Calendar, edited by the inmates of that respectable establish ment ? We own that we give but imperfect credit to Cranbourne Hotel reports of cab and 'bus decisions. The lion tells us, in Lafontaine's fable, that he would I probably have had— le dessus, Si mes confreres savaient peindre. And it is not improbable that the "unjust judge " may have his own version of the cushion case. What is this appeal wanted for ? Are the metropo litan magistrates so igncrant of law that they cannot put a sound construction upon an Act of Parliament which even a cabman can understand ? Or are they so inexperienced m the art of sifting truth from falsehood that they cannot be trusted to pronounce a con clusive judgment upon questions of disputed distances and alleged misconduct ? If any tribunal can be competent to deal with such subjects, it is the police court. The men who preside there have had a legal education ; and, as practising barristers, they have acquired in Westminster-hall and on circuit some knowledge of human nature, and a rapid insight into human roguery. And to whom are we to appeal ? To the Quarter Sessions ? To the quiet country gen tlemen of Middlesex and Surrey, who meet occasionally in petty sessions to impose a ss. fine on the village drunkard, or to send a pilfering tramp to the tread mill, and who muster at rarer intervals, but in more formidable numbers, round Sergeant Adams or Mr. Puckle, to help them to transfer the metropolitan thieves from our gaols to houses of correction, peniten tiaries, and hulks ? Or shall the appeal be to the Supe rior Courts of Common Law, and thence, of course, to the House of Lords ? Shall we invite the "plain" Camp bell, or the acute Jervis, or the grave Pollock to mea sure the distance between the Spotted Dog and the Bell and Horns, or between Petticoat-lane, and Smithfield Market. Shall we bring the profound learning of a Parke and the vigorous intellect of a Maule to bear upon the momentous questions which daily arise in deciding the legal c h arac t er o f t h e pecu li ar words and gestures the gentlemen of the whip ? Is this the modest proposal of Lord D. Stuart's clients ? It matters not —any appeal is utterly out of the ques tion. If Parliament were disposed to grant it, we would suggest the simpler course of repealing alto gether every act which in the slightest degree controls the conduct of our street-drivers. What the public has so long demanded, and at last obtained, is effectual pro protection from pillage and insult ; but an appeal will not only restore, but aggravate tenfold, those very de• fects which made the former law a dead letter. If the delay, trouble, and expense of summoning and prose cuting- deterred men smarting under the sense of wrong from bringing impudent or extortionate scoundrels to jus tice, what redress will they find in enactments which ex pose them to the delay, trouble, and expense of a second adjulication ? Ho w thankfully will the naerchant pay treble fare—how submissively willhe bow to any jeers, practical jokes, or even rough pokes and pushes—in preference to being detained for a week at the Guildford Quarter Sessions. It is needless to add that the drivers and owners of our public carriages will of course have an ample common purse defraying the expenses of those rare appeals which chivalry or infatuation will leave for decision. . The clause which Lord D. Stuart proposes to intro duce into the Hackney Carriage Bill would be the Magna Charta, of ruffianism, and we trust that neither the Go vernment nor the house will consent to it. We are not surprised that the omnibus-men petition for it, and make common cause upon it with the cab drivers. Like their brethren, they chafe andfret, poor fellows, at the shackles which fetter them down to decency in language and be haviour, and they naturally pray for any enactment which will relax the magistrate's hold over them. But in this hold the public see their only safety—they are resolved to have prompt punishment for misconduct—cheap, expeditious, and accessible justice in every dispute. Let the omnibus gentlemen, therefore, keep quiet. < advise them not to attract too large a share of public attention, lest some inconvenient questions respecting themselves themselves should arise. Let them look to till; these fares, tongues, and conduct. If they keep within the limits of moderation, they have • 0 will soon come. fear—but, if not, their day of reckoning nothinga to • DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.. —Yesterday morning, at half. past 3 o'clock, as the policeman on duty was going hi s rounds, he discovered a dense smoke issuing from the back . part of the Rodney's Head Tavern, 138, White chapel-road, in the occupation of Mr. R. Elliott, licensed victualler. Without a moment's delay he aroused the inmates, and sent for the engines. In the meantime it was ascertained that the skittle-ground was on fire, and before the engines arrived the destructive element had communicated to the billiard-room and kitchen. ' Water was obtained in abundance from the E ast Lon don Com pany's main , a nd the eng ines got into admirable play. The fire was, after much l abour, subdued. The damage is co nsiderable—viz., skittle -ground, billiard-room, kitchen, and contents destro yed , part of the roof o ff. The building was insured a int ild the Sun, and the con tents in the Monarch Office SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—Yesterday morning the body of a female was found floating in the river Thames, near the Limehouse-cut, which, on being brought ashore, was found to be quite dead. The unfortunate female appears to be thirty years of age, and about five feet three or four inches high, and of middling stature. The dress consisted of a chocolate-coloured gown, black stuff petticoat, alpaca side-lace boots, black stockings, and a green plaid shawl. The body was removed to the Moor's Arms public-house, Bromley, where it is awaiting the coroner's inquest. 50 50 20 50 50 20 11i 10 812s1 6i 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. I O.Gj 20 20 33i to 20 10 20 10 2C 84 5 89 .f 1 14i 20} 129 k 113 A 149 h 116 34b i 368 i sg i :~ 1