The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

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Th e ss, Sigelour fey tav ia, sn i ; e o r has 31g0 0 t1 5/ ' ; y ou 1 1 ° . from 13 1.01 4 . a nd 0 m str Ytb° ,rders , suit 611 appear casion* 0 e 10 iveesd, anthd tbia ng isti p r inolP c o' relations At ther efor e ' vi er tos next , fo r i s loolinu of a cl•rcol'r a, Swi tzer fi‘ e n ni barci' b oo , ' , „ nia' to The ributed; h ;tort ; t he 12t h tbli tl y n der )ourt 'og endet g h to r o pt. ouvAl" th in st ' n c held ' c o. ent C2lliospque e: tr" ei , Y ; • the 14c10 Arf' rp,4 , (1 4 ' 4 o „panY - for' t g sY 'po r tl3° o [gigs , co o d a isoa nd , s t )rin e te in e vA A l i Or 4 .- "eUt su bj ol . o th ° , °ll to to c c e r ;d o og t o e vd s serv i c e je j t bo , . epo r— o ° , -A1 a ,u. ben 35 0 ' oni:' a coo 21s. 100 20 11§ 100 MARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILIVATS. Closing Prices this say. 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New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Edinburgb & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith. &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 _ Laneash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths Da., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blaekwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N, Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndrry& Coleraine Lnclndrry. & Ennisk. M.aneh.Shef. & Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby' Midld. 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 Korth Devon, No. 1 'Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., 1 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western. N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central„ Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & I3i 'mg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si Gtsk... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves, t Do. Oswestry Shropshire 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 NewetL&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland._ PRI FERENCE SHARE Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c & Ex. 4 p. c - . St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 10 Caledonian £lO 11 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent 6i Cork &Bandonsip.c .11 Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction St. 100 St. 1 St. 1 20 St. II 64 6tal 11 EastAnglian (£3 10s) 1 1 6 per cent dl Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c Lll Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 tll Do. No. 2 ,13 all Do. New 6 P. C. St. ll Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 0 East Lancash . 6p. cts ll EdinbPrth.&Dundec 5z per cent. 0 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent O Great Northn. sp. c O o. sp. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem 74 Do. 44 p. c. Scrip 11 Gt, Southn. &Westm. (Ireland)Eighths) 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) O Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. O Do. con. red. 4p. c. O Do. irred. 4p. c , 6 Lan. &York. F. £2(.• Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 St. 11 5 ; St. lb St. 11 St. it 12ii 1 10 6 al 12 i sti 12 A a l 121 St. 10 kit 10 11 liarypt.&Carl.4 p.c 11 Do. 4i per cent 81_, Do 16 10 St. St. 10 10 St. 10, 20 a %. in 1 ,1! " al 10 a] 10 1 , 25 al 10 10 gt. 20 5 10 Do. New Guar. 6 P.C. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 0 Londonderry& Coler. Shares 11 Londy. &Ennis. Sh 11 Kan., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. 11 Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 oSiid. Consol.6 p.c.St. O Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Extension * Do. 5 p. c. Ext 10 Do. Guar. 54 per ct /0 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c Hp North British a North Staffordshire )0 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c. .2 Do a Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Na.W.Min), 8 p.c. LO Do. 5 per cent Lll South Devon Do. New 11 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £los. 6d. Do. 4A per cent. Pre. all S. Yorfoh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle ,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 D o 10 York&N. Midland H 103 -- 105 105 107 19i -20 i # id 6i -- 6a 4 -- 41 5 -- 54 It 2p la -- lip 14i -- 15 128 k -129 A 112 A -113 A -- 1 p 8i -- 9 6! " 'lO2 -- 1031 99 -- 101 101 -- 103 Ad -- P 150 -152 d and S. Purch FOR: Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Janet. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Bosnon IDutch Rhenish (East Indian t Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France ~ G t. Westn. of Canada 1 Shares ILucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. ILuexembo urg ,Do. (Railway) ..... 3 Do. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. c en t. pre f . 9 Lyons & Mediterran. 7 Madra s 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with intereEt. all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams. Shs all l'sTorwegianTrnk Prof 10 Paris and Lyous alllPaiis and Orleans.,,, all .Paris and Rouen all ,Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 104 Queb ec & Richmond I R ouen and Havre .... all !Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. 5i per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France.. 2s. U pper India S cr i p ... all West Flanders ........ 10 Do. 54 pe r c. Pref . 10 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 9 New Zealand..., 18t 100 100 ioo 8 100 111 100 'IQO 42 100 31 100 16 11 all 100 100 100 100 83f i 3 53 1111 13 12/ 13A 88 7i 8/ 75 4i 5i iin 102? 2 111 A 12 Bx d d xd xd xd xd 28 74 TO 1 32i i 12i a d 704 69 i l 2 54 8 31 - 3i 10 -11 134 - 14 8 - 9 10 loi P 149 151 par 114 11.6 118 122 1.16 - 118 24i - 25 2 -- 21 101 -10 i 17 13 P 14 15 par— "?,`. p 1 25 -26 i 110 -- 112 -19 i 20A __ d 103 - 105 5i - 5g par i pi :lON 11 - -- 141 - 1i - 2t - lt - 11 - 2 - 74 - 361 - H} - 84 - 19 50 - 44i 41 - 14 204 - 91 - 5i io 7i 6 1 M 121 19 28i 9i 49ii 39i 40h li 1 9a i 10 i I pm 141 9 - INp 51'. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Price this day. Business this day. dir.) Paid >t. 100 0 all it. 100 5 all )oall ;0 all ;5 all .2i all all 0 all it. 100 ;t. 100 5i all ;0 all 0 all 5 all 114 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 18A .2 9i 0 all 25 all St. 100 1 all )s. all LO 2 ;0 5 I all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all ;0 13.5 O all O 15 1 i O all it. all 15 all 5 all !O all 2 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 5 1 1 all i 0 all 10 10i 1 all .0 7 ;8h all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all IO all ILO all 0 I all 0 I 2 5 5 )0 25 )0 20 !CI 10 RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. ClydesdaleJc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Do. i Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar ➢Zidld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &Wyre Do. z Shares.l Roystn.&llit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValiwp 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrstl L. &N.W Caledon.. Gt.Northn fitt.Westn. Yk. New. d; Berw Y.d;N.Md Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W. & Midid. Stckton &, Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. &Is . W &Ln&Yk Do IGt.Northn Do La,ncash.tt Yorksh MrMClean • Stockt. tit Darling Do Gt.Westn MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Coe,aes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng 'Do. Pref. 72 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth ILake Bathurst.. Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexican&S. America New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhyniney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian I Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa IYuba JOINT-STOG Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk .of 1 ndia, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond.l English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk 1 of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor poration Vrovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid 103 —lO5 —s3xd 150 152 32 —331 d 113 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -28 i 141 -- 144 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 3L x(i 108 -109 i 65 - 67 .. ^"... • •• 1 . 48 —lsolcd 148 1.50 - x d 31a 1102 A —1032 par d dig —. par 7 9 3/ -- 4i I 2A -- 3A I 32A -33 A 1 4 d pa 4!— 4{ Pi 10} -- 55 -- 65 6 i -- P 2 -- 2d 14 -- i 6 P fi d d -- par 4d par 6 6 i i d P aka d— par' 6 8 4 5 R d s d # d BANKS. 80 - 82 B BP ld par .. ad par- - .3 p 2:3 - - 3 pl 50 - 51 d— par 44 46 71 73 8 19 i MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 100 35 Australian Agricult. 34 36 i 34 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australis. Royal Mail 50 38i Brit. American Land 64 67 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 322 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace p6i 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France - - 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... ... 12 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land d par 32t 1 all N. B. Australasian par p 1 20 7 . 4 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam —. 8 7i 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. —• 1 p 5i t 6 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. do. ... 2 all Portland Iron Co ..„ 100 60 Royal Mail Steam •.. all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 —lipxd 1 4 Do. New Scrip — 25 25- South Austral. Land 37 39 I all Submarine Telegraph . 100 28 .• Van Diemen's Land 16 17 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. - - --- To-day's market was fairly supplied with samples of English wheat, but the bulk of them was the refuse of Monday. The imports from abroad being large, and the attendance of buyers very moderate, the trade was in a dull state, at Monday's decline in prices. From abroad, 20,160 quarters of wheat have come fresh to hand. That grain moved off slowly, but no change took place in the quotations. Very few floating cargoes were on offer from the westward. Barley and malt, the supplies of which were but mode rate, sold slowly, and late rates were barely maintained. We were heavily supplied with oats, in which a fair business was doing, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour met a very dull inquiry, but no change took place in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS MM. Barley. I Malt. 50 I 2,330 NVhi2at. 1,280 English .. Irish .• .• Foreign .. Oats. Flow, 560 720 520 26,050 20,160 1, 620 I- WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled steady to-day, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. All kinds of hops continue dull on sale, at barely sta tionary prices. Duty, 155,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 17.—Wind this day at Noon, W.N.W., light breeze, and fine weather.—H.M.'s st. Vixen struck on the Prionella Rocks on the 20th June, w ith consider able damage, and leaking both fore a nd aft. DEAL, Aug. 17 (9.24 a.m.)—Wind, W.S.W., fresh. Passed—Washington Irvine, from Sydney, for London Corinthian, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for London ; schooner No. 452, A. 8.5., from westward for London. Anchored—Gilmore, from London, for Melbourne • Born Successo, from London, for London. Put back—William Shipton, for Batavia ; Unione, for Constantinople ; Har vest, for Liverpool—latter with loss of foretopsail yard. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 17 (10 a.m.)—Wind, E.N.E., mode rate, and showery. Arrived—Genova (s), from Mediter ranean ; Flora, Bombay ; Rosalie, Buenos Ayres • At lantic (s), New York. Off Port-paine, from Valpa raiso ; Helen Wallace, from Calcutta ; Lord Maidstone, from Quebec. --- FAL 7 SIOUTH, Aug. 16.—Wind, S., light breeze. Arrived —Nancy, from Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Eagle, Madras a nd Table Bay. Sailed—Brutus Quebec. - POOLE, Aug. 16.—Wind, Sailed—Brutus, Sailed —Gartcraig, Quebec; Triton, Constantinople. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 15.—Sailed—Fidelity, Montreal. SHIELDS, Aug. 16. —Wind, E. Arrived—Promise, impress, and Dilston, Quebec ; Mercury, Riga. Sailed— J am es M`Hicks, New York; Buchanan, Malta; Abeona, Carthagena. BRISTOL, Aug. 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Saxony, Ha vannah. Wind, N.E. Sailed—Maria Chris- HULL, Aug. 16. tina, Odessa ; Christina Johanna, John Williams, and Europa, Riga. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 16.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Jas. Freeman, St. John's. WATERFORD, Aug. 16.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Law rence Forrestal, Quebec. Sailed—Angelia, Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 15.—Wind, S. Arrived—Mar garetta, Monte 'Video. Sailed—Catterini, Antwerp. CORK, Aug. 15.—Arrived —Apollo, Galatz ; Charm, ditto. 'eh Associatio: THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The Britis for the Advancement of Science intends commencing its sittings for the present year at Kingston-upon-Hull, on Wednesday, the 7th of September. LYONS SILK-MARKET.---The accounts from the Lyons silk-market state that goods continued to be bought up with the greatest eagerness owing to the activity of manufactures. The quantities " conditioned" o n the 9th and 10th instant amounted to the almost unprece dented total of 161 bales each day. The aggregate quantities during the month of July had been 2,831 bales, weighing 494,1721b5., against 1,768 bales, weighing 273,7451b5., in the same month last year. .0 all 5 1 15 25 ;5 all l i d - 2i 2a A P LOA 1 THE SUN, LONDOIC WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1858. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving that the house go into committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abate ment (Metropolis) Bill, observed that it was a measure of considerable importance, because it affected the comfort not only of their lordships, but of every one in the metropolis, and every class of society. He believed they were all aware, though they might not be aware of the whole extent to which it had taken place, that they had been for years past subject to the gradual encroachment, not of an invisible element, but at least of an element whose approaches were so gradual that the whole extent could hardly be appre ciated, and at this moment, and for years past, they had been living, not under the canopy of heaven, but under one of their own creation. (Hear, hear.) The experi ments of the last seven years had abundantly proved that their lordships could with perfect safety, without imposing any burdens upon individuals beyond some amount of attention and trouble, require the extinction and consumption of all smoke generated by manufactur ing establishments. It was proposed by this bill, that after the Ist of August of next year all furnaces should be compelled to consume their own smoke, with the exception of glass works and potteries, throughout the metropolitan districts, and the bill included the steam boats on the river. There was an impression that this was a sort of dilettanti measure, only sought for for the benefit of the rich, and the preservation of works of art. He should be the last to say that works of art should not be protected, while it was the policy of the Legisla ture to amass in the metropolis collections of the most valuable description. He thought that object alone was deserving the protecting hand of their lordship. (Hear, hear.) But so far from its being only for the interest of the richer classes, only affecting the feelings of amateurs and preservation of works of art—it affected every class of the community and the general cleanliness of the metropolis, for there was no housekeeper who-was not able to vouch for the increased difficulty in maintaining the commonest cleanliness in consequence of the nuisance which this bill would abate. The smoke so affected the clothing of the working classes that it was computed every mechanic paid at least five times the amount of the original cost of his shirt for the number of washings ren dered necessary. Therefore, in proposing this bill, he was assuming the functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as it would make a considerable seduction of a duty levied upon the whole community not the less rigorously because they were hardly aware of it. (Hear, hear.) The bill, while affording that relief, did so with singular care--he might almost say more care than was necessary for the interests of the parties upon whom it would operate, because, although six months was first proposed to be allowed for every manufacturer to pro vide himself with this machinery, that period had been extended to the Ist of August next. The provisions of the bill were the same as had been adopted in various local acts of Parliament. There were five or six places, including a part of the metropolis (White chapel) in which provisions for this purpose were en forced ; and in many instances in which persons bad been compelled to adopt the new machinery they had found themselves benefitted in point of economy by the change. He thought it unnecessary to say more upon a matter so obviously for the public advantage. The bill then passed through committee. Lord REDESDALE, in moving that the report be received, congratulated the house and the country upon the introduction of this bill, and expressed his obliga tions to the Government for having undertaken to pass so necessary a measure. He had himself carried two bills for the same purpose through their lordships' house, but not receiving the support of the Government, it was impossible to carry them through the other houSe of Par liament. If this bill did not do all he desired, it was still a great improvement. He regretted that the ope ration of the bill was postponed, as it created unneces sary delay ; but since that was an agreement come to for the withdrawal of certain opposition, he should not in terfere with it. He regretted also that glass works and potteries were excepted. A bill had passed that very year for the improvement of Newcastle-on-Tyne, where more glass was made than in any other place in England, and no such exemption had been required in that in stance. He considered that a great blot upon the mea sure ; but he should not propose any alteration. He should, however, move amendments to make the words of the enacting clause the same as the preamble, with With respect tiehna o Richmond- b ridge, b steam-vessels ridgeand to modify between theth ird clause, o London-bridge au se w and hie h provided that no penalty shou ld attach where onl y coke parties evadee sopr re spect other o fuel,tha tprov i so not emittin g i t the operation of the act ; and it w as onl y necessar y to observe a railway train to see that coke p ut on rudely did emit smoke ; and he, ther efore, should pro wso awok e, e en w ab a l s e used.pose to limit the exemption to cases in wh ich no smoke was caused. He thought no one could obj ect to those amendments ; but if they endangered the p assin g of the bill, he trusted the Government would at once give them up. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE approved of the amendments, and had no objection to their introduction, upon the understanding that, if objected to elsewhere, they should be given up. He reminded the noble lord that, with respect to glass works and potteries, the bill would apply to those parts of the works which created the most noxious smoke. The amendments were then agreed to, and the report received. The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill, the Customs Tariff Act Bill, and the Customs Consolidation Act Bill seve rally passed through committee, and were reported. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdicticin Bill was read the second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) HACKNEY CARRIAGES BILL. Mr. WILSON said, it was now his duty to call the attention of the house to the title of a bill which went up a few days ago to the other House of Parliament. The bill, which was lost last night, was the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill. He ought to state that in the last stages of the bill in that house an amendment was intro duced with respect to section 13, which altered a pre vious provision as to the hiring of carriages beyond a circle of four miles. He was informed by the authori ties at the Home-office, who had been in communication with the cabmen, that they had a distinct understanding that the clause as it stood should be a concession made to the cabmen. Under these circumstances, the autho rities at the Home-office, who had been in communica tion with the cabmen, felt that it would be a breach of faith on their part were the house not to carry out this provision. He should, therefore, move that a committee be appointed to search the journals of the Lords in refer ence to the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill, and make a report to the house. The motion was agreed to. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, having presented certain papers regarding the relations of foreign states with the Court of Rome, proceeded to say :—Sir, I now rise to propose that this house at its rising do adjourn till Friday next. I have already stated that before the prorogation of Parliament I would endeavour to make some explanation to the hous e of the relations at present subsisting between Russia and Turkey. I have to thank the house for its forbearance during the present session ; and in anything that I may have to say I shall not enter into anything which may be considered to be a defence of her Majesty's Government, because her Majesty's Government has not been attacked in this house. On the contrary, I think every disposition has been shown to leave in the hands of her Majesty's Executive Government the conduct of the negotiations in this important case. (Hear.) I have a few words to say, however, as to the production of the papers which some members of this house think ought to have been laid on the table. Upon that subject I will say that on reverting to what has been done on previous occasions, even in cir cumstances exceedingly critical, I have not found that it has been usual to lay on the table of the houses of Parlia ment papers relating to the negotiations, in a state similar to the negotiations which have been lately carried on, and Which are now being carried on among the powers of Europe. I find that in the year 1840, when a convention had been signed amongst various powers of Europe, with respect to the relations of Turkey and Egypt, my hon. friend the member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) asked my noble friend the member for Tiver ton, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to pro duce the convention, and lay it on the table of this house. That happened on the 6th of August, and the prorogation of Parliament took place on the 11th of the same month. My noble friend declined to lay that convention on the table, as it was not then ratified ; but he entered into some explanation at that time, and he stated that the whole of the papers relating to the negotiations would be laid before the two houses of Parliament at a later period. In the year 1844, again, some discussions took place between this coun try and France, with respect to an occurrence at Tahiti, but Sir R. Peel, who was then First Minister of the Crown, beyond informing the house at its last meeting, which was held in September, that an amicable adjustment of those differences had been effected, did not make any communi cation to the house, nor lay on the table any papers. In fact, I think that, according to all practical sense with regard to these matters, the period for laying papers before Parliament is when negotiations, whether they end ami cably or otherwise, have been brought to some conclusion which would enable the Government to say that they were in a state to be communicated to the house. It has been alleged that on a late occasion I departed from this prac tice by laying on the table of the house papers relating to transactions which took place at Florence in the case of the Madiais. But I beg to observe that that was a nego tiation which, on the part of her Majesty's Government, had been entirely concluded. I had thought it necessary to make representations in strong language to the Tuscan Government. I received a communication in answer to those representations, and it had not been my intention to proceed with any further representations or negotiations. I had wished rather to appeal to the public opinion of this country and of Europe on that subject, and I had no in tention of entering into any further negotiations with re gard to it. Therefore the house will see that the papers in that case were in a fit state to be laid before Parliament. Now, with regard to what took place in the differences which have arisen between Russia and Turkey, all I pro pose to do at present is to g ive an outline to the house of the transactions as they occurred, and to state what is the present position of the negotiations. Ido not propose to refer—it would not be fair or right in me to refer—to any papers that are in the nature of secret papers, and which have not been laid before Parliament. I will only refer to those transactions which I believe must have become known to this house and to the country, by the publica tion of different state papers, and by the course which • events have taken. When the present Government entered Constantinople with respect to the reception of that note; upon office my attention was immediately called to the but this I can stat e , th a t upon the 23d of last mont h th e uestion of the Hol Places at Jerusalem by tho Russian Turkish Ministers wer e p repare d to send to Vienna, an d Minister at this Court; and I was told that the question subsequently to St. Peter s b urg , a commun i cat i on b ase d qy upon the former n o t e i n i ts mode of meeting the was one of a very important nature, and would probably demands of Russia, and in resp ec t t o w hi c h I t hi n k t h a t , selves to agree to . the note which has met the assent of the give rise to some anxiety. I immediately turned my at- having agreed to the former note, they would bind them , be fillall is quite - tention to that subject ; and I think on the very day on . four Powers. Sir, supposing, what, which I took the seals of the Foreign-office, I wrote a pre. eettled—supposing that 'tete to however, te un communication which shall be made by Turkey, and which y agreed upon as the vats letter to Lord Cowley, her Majesty's Ambassa dor in Paris, requ es ting, as my predecessor had done, will be satisfactory to Russia, there will still remain the his earnest attention to that subject. At a later period thry , i w iLe i ne ee e a vi n d e e t tntellutdennorseitintlmemevattr lbeisatisfac ;viran ea j :_ enn t7 .d l n he evacuation of the principalities. na (Cries of " Hear, hear.") I was informed by the Russian Minister that it was the determination of the Emperor of Russia to dispatch evacuation of those principalities. (Cheers) a special embassy to Constantinople, with a view to put to the declarations which have been made by the General an end to the differences and complaints that had commanding the Russian forces—Prince Gortschakoff— existed that evacuation ought immediately to follow upon antis upon this subject. The Emperor of Russia com - faction being given to the Emperor of Russia. I will only pained th a t cer t a i n pr i v il eges w hi c h h a d b een en j o yed by seer further that it is an object which her Majesty a Go those professing the Greek religion at Jerusalem had been vernment consider essential ; but with respect to the mode withheld, and that certain concessions which had been made in which that object is to be obtained, I must ask penris by the Sultan had been withdrawn. It was, therefore, a sion of Parliament to say nothing upon that heat, but to legitimate object on his part to seek to obtain a settlement leave the means of attaining the end in the hands of the executive Government. With respect to the question of those questi ons ; an d th e R uss i an M i n i ster s t a t e d that wlich has been raised regarding the fleets of England and as concessions which had been made at one time had been France, that, of course, cannot be made any condition, withdrawn at another, it was the object of the Russian because we ought to have it in our power at all times, Government, in some form or another, by some act of a supposing Turkey to be in danger, to send our fleet to the solemn nature, to obtain the settlement of these differences neighbourhood of the Dardanelles, i b n e o a rder ke te d. be T T e a r d e y . which would not be liable to p er p e t ua l di s t ur b ance here- t fore w sis e t n T an u n rkl n i e n nse ca i s l e t to she an sh y oul arr d an ttac arrangement to which it after. Of course I could not object to the special env. may be stipulated that the advance of the fleets to the neigh bassy from Russia to Constantinople on the subject ; but bourhood of the Dardanelles shall be considered equivalent I stated my hope that the mission would be of a concilia- to the actual invasion of the Turkish provinces. With re tory nature, and that nothing would happen which would spect to anything further, if these questions shall have disturb the pacific relations existing between Russia and been o settled, e h if uld be ny d secur ed, atage to the Government e p va Besika Bay is not a sta- Turkey and the other Powers of Europe. Prince Menachi- either w of England wo or of a a France. I can only add that, koff, who was intrusted with that mission, arrived at Con- whilst I regret not to be able to state that the whole of stantinople, and had, I think, an audience with the Sul- these transactions are terminated, yet Ido think that there tan on the 2d of March. An incident then occurred which a is ti T i o t t i v a fair prospect th a t, w ithout involving Europe in lice created a good deal of alarm. Fuad Effendi, the then from e! ,, the independenc e an d integrity of Turkey, whi h the beginning of the session I have always stated to Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, was pointedly be the main object of the policy of her Majesty's Go slighted by the Russian Ambassador, and he immediately vernment in reference to the affairs of the East, will be gave in his resignation. Other circumstances tended to secured, and th a t i n no very long period. I am sure this house will feel—l know that thi s coun t tha object feels—that, if excite alarm, and Col. Rose, then Charge d'Affaires on the ry t can be secured by negotiation, without involving part of her Majesty at Constantinople, at the request of the Europe in th e ca l am iti es of war, it yin be a result which Grand Vizier, wrote to say that it might be desirable that the whole world will value, and whichweshall have the Admiral, who was then contemplating a cruise, should .reason to congratul a t e ourse l ves. I am quite sure t h a t hasten his departure from Malta, and approach nearer to my console himself for any attack s th a t may h ave b een ma d e noble friend at the head o f th e G overnmen t may we ll the waters of Greece. However, about a week afterwards, upon him in contemplating such a result, and that we have these apprehensions were a good deal allayed—some of the c ause t o a pp rec i a t e hi g hl y th e m i xture ' of firmness and reports which had been prevalent were found to be erro- judgment by which he has been enabled to attain the end neous ; and Colonel Rose wrote a second time to say that that i:t is before us. Sir, I will only say that this question of vigilantTkey i a lqze n t i ha n t must always require the Grand Vizier no longer persisted in his wish, and the rtrenntionnaneetheefany affairs personn this therefore he would withdraw the request made to trusted with the conduct of the foreign n Admiral Dundas. At a later period—in the beginning country ; and further, that I think it can only be secured of the following month, viz., April—Lord Stratford, who e h e o t ro w u n gl ie c w on ers ce . rt l aLd v c e o n rdi nw ala T i e cation be was then at Constantinople, was informed by the Turkish tw nu ee b n y tho t Minister that certain propositions had been made to the ral outline of the negotiations that have already stated, takengen e- Turkish Government to which they were . unwilling to ac- place, and the present position of the question. I have cede. I should say that up to this time the Government not entered into any arguments on this subject—l do not of her Majesty at home and her Majesty's Minister at St, think t thi r s a iLt i he proper occasion to rt dox ihi l s f i li n ereafter, on Petersburg had always understood that the demands to be member of of thi u s g h l Ouse shl. thi r nt a th y at the condiusect or r h e i n cre made by Russia had reference to the Holy Places, and were has been pursued and the policy which has been adopted all comprised, in one form or another, in a desire to render require censure or observation, then it will be competent certain and permanent the advantages to which Russia f e or n any a u t ne to make such observations, and for us to Be thought herself entitled in favour of the professors of the fend on the present occasion and occasionpwoliascy , to . make to the house but all I thought ne nseuecehr3; Greek religion. Lord Stratford understood from the statement as would enable it to comprehend the present Turkish Minister that it had been much desired by the state of these transactions. Russian ambassador that the request which was made on Mr. LAYARD : Sir—l hope that the house will grant the part of Russia should be withheld from the knowledge me that indulgence which it usually grants to members of the representatives of the other powers of Europe. I who address it for the first time, and will permit me to say believe that these demands wer e a s new to the Govern- a few words on a subject which, as the house may be ment of France as they were to the Government of Eng- aware, has long deeply interested me. (Hear, hear.) My land, and that they were as new to the Government of noble friend the member for the city of London has corn- Austria as they were to the Government of France. After menced by stating that he is not going to defend the a considerable time these propositions were changed in their policy of the Government, as that policy has never been aspect; and the house heard, and will recollect reading in attacked—and for a very good. reason—the noble lord has the papers, that there was first a convention proposed in never given me an opportunity of making any comments one form, and afterwards a convention proposed in another whatever, either favourable or unfavourable, upon the form, and that finally Prince Menschikoff presented a note policy of her Majesty's Government. (Hear, hear.) My to the Turkish Government, which note was to be signed noble friend will, therefore,l trust,admit that I have in , by the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and which stated that that was th e l eas t concess i on th a t h e cou ld this motion shown no factious desire to impede the policy make, and that, unless the note was signed by the Turkish of the Government, or to compel her Majesty's Ministers Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prince M ensc hik o ff an d hi s t o ma k e di sc l osures w hi c h m i g ht prove i n j ur i ous t o th e mission would be liged to leave Constantinople, and that public service. I hope my noble friend will believe, and Russia would not be responsible for the very grave evils which might ensue. Langu ag e a t l eas t t o this effect was that the house will believe, that I should not have been so contained in the note of the Russian ambassador. However, presumptuous as to put myself forward in a matter of such the Turkish Government did not consider that the signature vast importance and of so eminently delicate a nature had of such a nota would be compatible with the independence I not been conscie • • and the dignity of the Sultan, and they declined to a ffi x th e conscientiously convinced that I had an act of duty to perform, and that I might, however humbly, signature of their Minister for Foreign Affairs to the note proposed. At the same time the Turkish Minister, instead throw some light upon the question at issue. Indeed, in ofadirectand simple negative wrote a note onhispart, which the first instance I was of opinion that discussion in this he said that he was quite ready to transmit to the Russian house, and a public statement of the true facts of the case, ambassador, if it would be taken as satisfactory, and thus which had been greatly misunderstood and distorted, to close all disputes between the two Governments. I should would have much contributed towards strengthening her mention here that the question with regard to the Holy Majesty's Government • • firm wise policy. in pursuing a and wise policy. Places, and all the particulars and various details which (gear, hear.) But I have in this respect also shown, I related to the Greek and Latin Churches, had been previ trust, a due deference to the opinion of her Majesty's ously arranged in a manner that was satisfactory to Prince Government, and remained silent, although, by so doing, Menschikoff and the Russian Government. Prince Mens- I have exposed myself to considerable misapprehension chikoff, however, instead of accepting this note, or consider and even animadversion. Some, and. those whose opinions ing it as a basis for future negociation, immediatelywithdrew I respect, have been led to believe that I, and. those friends his mission from Constantinople, and retired to the Russian who share in my sentiments, have wished to urge this frontier. Sir, I regard this circumstance as one that was country on to a war. A war ! Is there any man so reek very greatly to be lamented. It has always appeared to me less so insensible to the inestimable blessings of peace, that on the one side and on the other there were ' • who would in these d ays urge this great country to an statements which could be admitted, while there were unnecessary war ? But nevertheless, although such are others which might have been the subject of compromise my sentiments, I cannot but regret the language which has and arrangement. The Russian Minister maintained that been on more than one occasion, and in more than one place, Russia had by certain treaties, especially by those of held by the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Govern- Kainardji and of Adrianople, the right to expect that the ment, " that his policy is essentially based on peace." Such, Christians in the Turkish territory would be protected, in my humble opinion, should not be the language of a and he declared at the same time that Russia did not wish great statesman. The man to whom the interests of this in any manner to injure the independence or the integrity great country are confided should have no other policy than of the Turkish empire. The Sultan's Ministers, on their that which best becomes those interests. If unfortunately part, maintained that it was their duty above all things the honour and interests of England can only be main to maintain the independence of the Sultan—that nothing tained by war, we should be ready to go to war, and I, sir, should be acceded to which would be injurious to his dig- for one, have no doubt that, when convinced of the necessity nity or would derogate from his rights, but at the same of war, every man in this country will heartily make any time they declared it was the intention of the Sultan to sacrifice to bring it to an honourable issue. But if we protect his Christian subjects, and to maintain them in can maintain peace consistently with that honour and the rights and privileges which they enjoyed by conce!. those interests, then no sacrifice too great can be made sions and edicts that had been issued by himself and his to preserve it. Why have we heard on all sides during predecessors. Such being the statements on the two sides, the recent alarm—in the lobby of this house, in private I own it appears to me that the withdrawal of the Russian circles, amongst men of all opinions—" Had the noble lord mission from Constantinople, aided at the same time as it the member for Tiverton been at the Foreign-office we was—aided, I mean, as a means of compulsion by the pre - should not have been in these straits." (Hear, hear.) Was par t ition of a large Russian force both military and naval it because the country wanted war? (Hear , hear.) No ; on the frontier of Turkey—was a most unfortunate step, it was because the country was convinced that the best and has been one which has given, naturally, very great e a firm means of preserving peace was to assume at one alarm to Europe, while it has imposed great sacrifices and. dignified attitude ; to let the world know that, how both upon Turkey and the Turkish provinces adjoining ever anions England might be for peace, she was prepared Russia. Her Majesty's - Government, when these tip- for war if unfortunately she should be called upon to go pearances became so serious, thought it nec ess a r y to give to war in support of her own rights, and of those rights directions that her Majesty's fleet should le ave Mal ta and which she was bound by tr e a t y to defend, or upon which approach the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles. The depended the balance of power in Europe. No other atti- French fleet had a short time before been sent to the Bay tude was worthy of this country ; any other attitude was of salamis ; but there was a perfect concert between the but an encouragement to such lawless !powers as Russia, two Governments upon this subject. It was alleged by the and must ultimately and inevitably lead to war. The French Government, and truly alleged, that while their words spoken by the great L ord Chatham on an occasion fleet remained in the harbour of Toulon it was not so very nearly similar to the present were so apposite, almost much within reach of any demand from Constantinople as indeed prophetical, that I trust the house will permit me the British fleet would be at Malta, and that it was desir- to quote them :—" My lords, I cannot agree with the able that the two fleets should be ready to act together if noble duke, that nothing less than an immediate attack such a step should be necessary, That allegation had been upon the honour or interest of this nation can authorise us borne out by the facts, because when the orders. to interpose in defence of weaker states, and in stopping perfectly to Beaks were ultimately given to the two fleets to proceed the enterprise of an ambitious neighbour. Whenever that Bay it was found to be not only as easy but more easy tot narrow, selfish policy has prevailed in our councils, we give directions at Malta to have the English fleet sent to have constantly experienced the fatal effects of it. By suf- Besika Bay than it was to order the French fleet from fering our natural enemies to oppress the powers less able Bay of Salamis to Besika Bay. Therefore the two Govern- than we are to make a resistance, we have permitted. them ments upon this occasion and throug hout the negotiations to increase their strength, we have lost the most favourable have acted entirely in concert, and have endeavoured in a opportunities of opposing them with success, and found similar spirit, by daily and constant communication, to ourselves at last obliged to run every hazard in making obtain a solution of this question which would be com patible with the independence and . the dignity of the that cause our own, in which we were wise not enough to take part while the expense and danger might have been Porte, and which at the same time might not lead to any disturbance' of the peace of Europe. Sir, the next stepsupported by others. I fear, my lords, it is too much the that was taken by the Russian Government was a direc- temper of this country to be insensible to the approach of danger until it comes with accumulated. terror upon us." tion to the army of Russia to occupy the principalities, W• thregard to the question issue, • i with a declaration at the same time that it was not to be ference between her Majesty's Government and myself is, considered as an hostile invasion of the principalities, or as an act of war, but that it was intended to occupy the whether a great principle has been involved, and whether the conduct of Russia has been part and parcel of a great principalities as an imperial guarantee for peace, and. as a means of pressure upon the Turkish Government, in orderscheme,h it has been mere casual and temporary or whet er which could be patched up without material to obtain those moral securities for peace which the Russian occurrence, am to any party concerned. I confess that in Government had constantly sought by negotiation. It was injuryii orh,g i opinion a great principle has been involved, considered by the English and French Governments, as wellmy what has end u nasha happened is part of a great scheme. (Hear, as by the Turkish Government, that in default of any com hear.) Without troubling the house at this late period munication either with Great Britain or France, it was de with a recital of all the circumstances connected with sirable, seeing what great interests were at stake, to forego Prince Menschikoff's mission—a recital such as the noble the clear and undoubted right of Turkey to consider this lord has made, and which I should almost blush to make, proceeding as a case of war, and to enter into further nego and which would afford examples of duplicity, falsehood, tiations, by which the ends sought for might be attained. injustice, and insolence almost unequalled — l think I sha ll No actual hostilities, therefore, further than the occupation b e able to show upon what grounds that opinion is founded. of those provinces by the Russian forces, have hitherto The whole question resolves itself simply into a question taken place. Sir, it was the opinion of her Majesty's Govern- of independent nationalities. (Hear, hear.) I have heard ment that, whilst they placed the fleet of Great Britain in much of the concessions made by the Porte to France, and conjunction with the fleet of France at the disposal of the of the intrigues of M. de Lavalette. They might have ambassadors of the two Powers in Constantinople, to be formed a very good excuse for the conduct of Russia ; but called. up to Constantinople in case of emergency, it was at I will venture to say that they had. had very little really the same time desirable to gather up the broken threads of to do with the matter. I know from undoubted authority, the negotiations, and to attempt to arrive at some arrange- and I have no doubt that her Majesty's Government is ment by which the question might be settled. The different also aware of the fact, that M. Titoff, the Russian Minister, Powers considered of various means for its settlement ; but had had in his possession for days, if not for weeks, th e more especially the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France draft of t he firman afterwards granted to the French Go -a person whose talents, moderation, and judgment, it is vernment, and upon which the demands for redress of the impossible not to estimate highly—drew up a note, ci which n , l‘ Russian Government were founded, and that no objection we considered omitted the objectionable part of theem a anote whatever was made to that document. Moreover, we have of Prince Menschikoff, and those parts of the Turkish .. seen that the French Government at once disavowed M. bl admissi e, de Lavalette, and renounced which the Russian Government might think in t 0 any extraordinary privileges and endeavoured to frame a note to which the two parti esw ment had, inconsistent with the pretensions of Russia which that fir might agree. At this time the Austr • Austrian n to the house, de- man might . have tenforced upon her, wisely deeming it as I have stated on a former occasion Ishould say, it more becoming the true dignity of a great • nation like this time, France to make concession than to dined the proposal—previously to Government to Europe by insistingendanger the peace of had declined. the proposal of her Majesty's t circumstances. • important . little in accordance with the spirit of eges, enter into any conference on these i t bad occupied the prim it • ht difficult the age, but to which, But when the Russian Government of the subject, and. I might not be to prove, she had to a considerable d her view extent actual treat r ht cipalities, Austria changed her with the spirit of the Itothe she declared that, i n conformity . r for the rere-conduct of Russia. Two * a b so lutely necesse y and Menschikoffwill give or three acts of Prince treaty of 1841, it was a rs to meet in conference, - sentatives of the various powe able solution of differ- they are those acts which, as usual, have been the least t to obtain some a p e= of -e : noticed. On his arrival e eas to endeavour otherwise iml the peace zurope. at Constantinople, and. imme ences which might Aff Affairs of Austria took the pro- diately after his public entry, celebrated by every de- The Minister of Foreign - eh Government as the groundwork monstration calculated to insult the Porte, and to en position of the French he made to the conference. I courage rebellion amongst its Christian subjects, Prince of the proposition former that it was an Menschikoff demanded the dismissal of the first Mi have already stated, on a it occasion,• lly from proposition, but came oreina France. sister of the Prince of Se'a a demand which Austrian submitted for consideration about was unfortunately conceded, but which called forth a firm That proposition was and dignified d bt informat • • d' l ion was imme late y remonstrance from the Servian Senate—a the 24th July, and n odoubt St. Petersburg of the intentions of the Austrian document so honourable to those who framed it that I re conveyed to • t Her Majesty's Government requested. to see Bret time will not permit me to read it to the house. Governmen . as it was proposed, with such modifications as , (Hear, hear.) This first step would have given the key the note the Austrian Government might think it necessary to in- note of Prince Menschikoff mission to any one acquainted troduce. That, of course, led to explanations and further with the usual course of Russian policy in the East. M. communications ; and it was not till the 31st—that is, a . Garashinen was the popular and national minister. He week after the first conference—that the final conference was one of those men which the events of 1813 had brought was held, in which the form of the note was completely forth—events of which I altoy presume to speak with some arranged and settled to the satisfaction of the represents- confidence, as I was not gether unconnected with thent tives of the four powers, and to the satisfaction of the Go- , The house might remember that at that perked Prince move vernment of Turkey. The house has already heard, d chael, the son of Milosh, was expelled by a popular m eorge, that intelligence has been confirmed by subsequent and ment from Servia,_ and the present prince, Kara-G matron, that the Emperor of Russia has given infer- national movement, , elected in his stead. This was a purely his adhesion 'that of Russi a, to the note of the four powers; therefore, so far made against foreign influence, especially mere tool. The original cause of dissension is concerned, and so far as that the Russian whose hands Michael had become a f interference, Emperor of Russia has a demand to make in that as Russian Government claimed a right e unauthorised the Emperor of Russia no longer insists' at respect which in my humble opinion was completelyl she was supported upon the exact by treaties, but in which unfortunate y form of Prince Menschikofrs note,compelled the Porte which, according to by this country. (Hear, hear.) She . . . , some of the state papers that have beenpublished, cancel the national act, and would under threats of invasion, to appear to have been the case, but considers that hisobjects 1 . engaged in it from Servia. j to expel those who had been will be attained and that his honour will be saved, if the The noble earl now at the head of her Majesty's Govern note as thus prepared be agreed to by the T • Foreign Secretary, justified his policy by a rkish Go- ment, but then Foreign vernment. I have stated ahead that it u always appeared to me subversive was upon the declaration which has 2d of August that this note y and as c alculated to render the will of the was sent to Constantinople. of all public law, There has not been hitherto any communication from strongest the law of Europe. Ho declared " that Russia 1 4;114 ?A' • , r'n 4131 fr q ; -- rr is i ,N 1" t ,or SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.l j yoRK RACES. (TIIIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Snowdon Dunhill Broughton Snowdon Dunhill objected to on account of a cross . 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. Adine King of Trumps Adine won in a canter. THE QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Torment . Sharavogue -. Four ran. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) _1 .. 2 ...: 1 .... 2 MANCHESTER, Aug. 16.—The advancing tendency of the rates charged for discounts, and the greater difficulty experienced in effecting them, have the effect of some what further restricting the purchases of speculators and of shippers. There is, therefore, only a moderate de mand for cotton at Liverpool, yet without any change in prices, though buyers have a better choice ; and our own market is inanimate for most of the more distant markets. The Russian merchants are, however, giving out orders for yarns, as the season for shipping will be running out before they can be executed ; and there is sufficient business doing by the home and continental buyers in warps and weft, from 28's to 32's, to render them exceedingly stiff in price. Some of the better sorts of printing cloths are in also good request, at full rates. Take the market generally, indeed, and it must be reported as very firm ; being supported by the extent of existing engagements and the increasing cost of produc • tion. The makers of India and China shirtings (a wealthy body) consider that it will pay them to hold stocks, and are disposed to do so, rather than make any concession from their present low quotations. In pincops for domestics there is a giving way now amounting to id. per lb. from the late extreme prices, which were dis- proportionately high. We understand that at one of the largest mills in Stockport part of the workpeople again turned out this morning, on what grounds we are not aware. At Blackburn the hands will accept the advance of ten per cent. only on conditions which the masters are not inclined to accede to. ROCHDALE, Aug. 15.—There has been a good demand for low-priced flannels ; but those of a finer quality have not been much in request. In the wool market there is little change, and the manufacturers continue to buy very sparingly. There is a good demand for English wools, varying from 14d. to 16d. per lb. ; and the dealers have small stocks on hand of that quality of wool. .• _ HALIFAX, August 13.—Although we cannot report an increased amount of business in our Piece Hall to day, yet there is a tone of greater confidence arising from the pacific settlement of the eastern difficulty. The same cause has contributed to impart greater firmness to the yarn market ; and the spinners might have orders to a large amount were they disposed to accept late rates ; but they are holding out for an advance at least corresponding with that of the raw material. Wools are selling rather more freely ; and the staplers, having to pay higher rates in the country, have succeeded in realising a n advance. HUDDERSFIELD, Aug. 16.—We have no material change to report in our market of to-day ; the demand keeps up for seasonable goods. Manufacturers generally are fully engaged working to order. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 15. Considerable interruption has been experienced during the last week in the pudd ling and other departments of manufacturing iron, in consequence of the severe heat of the weather ; but the best feeling prevails among the workmen, who seem to properly appreciate the liberality of their masters in continuing the high rates of remuneration for labour, notwithstanding the repeated reductions in the price of iron. In general, our works are well supplied with orders, and all hands are fully employed, the only draw back being the scarcity of fuel, which, in consequence, commands still a disproportionate and exorbitant price. The prospects of this district are again considered to be of a satisfactory and progressive character. Though the market has for a time been over supplied with pigs, it has not been so much from the make exceeding the consumption as from other causes. The absti nence of manufacturers, during several months of high prices, from their usual purchases, the efforts of specu lators to push their lots, and the introduction of Scotch and other cheaper metal, must be taken into consid eration. These causes are now righting themselves. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the w 00l sack at 5 o'clock. MAJOR MOORE Earl GRANVILLE said he was sorry again to have to trouble their lordships on the subject of India, but he wished to say a few words in explanation of a state ment affecting a gentleman, not a member of their lord ships' house, and who therefore was unable to offer any personal explanation for himself. It had been stated that Major Moore, the military secretary at Hyderabad, had warned certain persons of the risk of lending money to the Government of the Nizam, and a noble lord, not now present, inquired if the Major Moore referred to was the person who had received a pension from the Nizam. He had received a letter from Major Moore, enclosing certain correspondence on the subject, of which he would read an abstract. The first letter, dated Bth November, 1838, was from Major Moore to the resident at Myderabad, General Fraser, enclosing a medical certificate of illness, which obliged him to re sign. The second letter, dated 29th November, 1838, was from the resident to the secretary of the Governor- General, enclosing papers which he states bear ample testimony to the distinguished merits of Major Moore, and expressing his sincere concurrence in the favourable sentiments respecting him expressed by the Governor- General's commands respecting a pension of 600 rupees a month, which was spontaneously proposed to be given by the Nizam's Government, who were impressed with a sense of the advantage which the state had deriVed from Major Moore's services. The third letter, dated December 27, 1838, was from the secretary of the Go vernor-General, in which it is stated that his lordship re grets the loss to the service caused by the retirement of so excellent an officer as Major Moore ; and bears testi mony to the worth, zeal, and intelligence of so distin guished a servant of the Government, but declines to sanction the acceptance of this honourable and well earned distinction, because, as a matter of precedent, his lordship felt that it would be extremely imprudent for the local Government to admit the pensioning of British officers by the Nizam's Government. Under the circumstances of Major Moore's long service and high character, his lordship has no objection to submit the offer for the orders of the Court of Directors. The Court of Directors, in a political dispatch, dated Dec. 24, 1839, state that it appears to them that the insuper able objection which would exist to the pensioning of an officer in our own service by the Nizam's Government, does not exist in the case of the local officers. These officers have no personal claim to a pension from any other quarter. As a body they are becoming gradually extinct, and they should be unwilling to stand between them and the spontaneous bounty and gratitude of the Nizam's Government, especially where those services have been so eminent as those which Major Moore has rendered to that Government as well in other forms as in the form of saving expense. They therefore sanction the acceptance by Major Moore of the pension offered to him by the Nizam's Government. PILOTAGE BILL. The report of the amendments to this bill was con sidered and agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time : Consolidated Fund Appropriation, Militia Pay, Land Tax Redemption Act Amendment, South Sea and other Annuities Provision for Payment, &c. ; Apprehension of Offenders Act Amendment, Bet ting Houses, Commons Inclosure (No. 2), Female Convicts, Loan Societies, Holy Trinity Church (Hulme), -Validity Marriages, Friendly Societies ; Copyhold, &c., Commission Continuance, and Metropoitan Sewers Acts Continuance. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved the third reading of this bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said, in the only one of the public journals which he had seen to-day, there was a very short reference to the observations he made last evening upon going into committee on this bill, giving a colouring of his opinions which he felt absolutely under the necessity of removing, as he did not wish to be mis understood on a question which excited a great deal of interest in Scotland. It was stated in that journal that he said that he thought the negative test in the present bill was a better thing than a religious test. That was not what he said. What he did say was, that he consi dered the negative test in the present bill—the declara tion in the present bill—without a religious test, a better practical security for the Church of Scotland than a general religious test would be, such as there could be any hope of carrying witho ut the declaration. He might have added, and he thought lie did add, that he thought a negative test a better practical security to the Church than the present test, which was a farce, seeing that it was quite inoperative. Those were the opinions lie ex pressed, and which, in the journal to which he referred, had been misrepresented. He also stated that he consi dered, not only upon general grounds, but because of the agitation which now existed in Scotland, a religious test was due to the Church of Scotland. Such a religious test he afterwards took the trouble of moving in com mittee, but no reference was made in that journal to that amendment ; and it was also stated, in another part of the same paper, that the noble duke (the Duke of Ar gyll) opposed the bill proposed by the noble earl (the Bail of Aberdeen). With a view of having that amend ment put, be should, after the third reading, and before the bill passed, go through the form of moving it. The bill was then read a third time. On the question that it pass, The Earl of HADDINGTON moved the amendment to which he had referred, which was negatived, and the bill passed. had the right to put her own construction on her own treaties." Shortly after, on the 15th of August, 1843, just ten years ago, my noble friend the member for Tiverton, with his usual ability, made a well-known speech on the policy of the noble earl, in which he gave-a masterly sketch of our true policy in the East. (Hear.) I refer to that speech, because it enables me to contradict the assertion of the noble lord, that papers are never given whilst negotia tions are pending. Why, the noble lord the member for Tiverton then moved for papers during negotiations, on the ground that part of the papers had already been given. He hoped his noble friend would rise and utter similar sentiments to-day, for the facts of the case were strictly analogous. (Cheers.) •By her success in that transaction Russia showed that she was mistress in Servia, and could check any rising independent nationality in that quarter. Since that time she has completely carried out her policy in the Danubi an p r i nc ip a lities. Taking advantage of the national movement in 1848, she expelled from those pro vinces every man of liberal and independent opinions. They wefts now scattered as exiles over the face of Europe, and their return to their native land was in consequence of recent events rendered more hopeless than ever. By the convention of Balta Liman, forced upon the Porte, Russia has established her right to interfere in all the in ternal affairs of the principalities, and her present occupa tion has proved that Wallachia and Moldavia are now, to all intents and purposes, Russian provinces. Independent nationality is pretty well crushed in them. There remain in Turkey th e G ree k s, and those professing the Greek re ligion, for the re i s a b road though notsufficiently under stood distinction b e t ween them.A spirit of inquiry and independence has sprung up amongst the Greeks , which, - w with their increa se d commercial intercouse w it h free states of Europe, h as f or some time gre a tly . alarmed the Russian Government. Th ere i s another cause for this little im ag i ne d i n this coun try alarm, and one perhaps the spread of the Protestant faith amongst the Chri stians — of the East. It may be unknown to this house that, mainly through the influence and teaching of the Ameri can missionaries, scarcely a town of any importance exists in Turkey in which the nucleus of a Protestant community had not been formed. The new converts were at first, as was usual, subject to cruel persecution by the heads of the ' respective Churches which they had left—not, be it remem bered, by the Turkish authorities. At length Lord Stratford and Lord Cowley obtained farmans of protection for the new sect, which was reelgnised by the Porte as one of the religi ous sects of the empire, and received privileges accordingly. The spirit of religious inquiry has extended from the Arme nians, amongst whom it first principally took root, to the Greeks, and in some instances whole villages have embraced thereformedfaith. The Greek clergy, backed by the Russian mission, have done all in their power to check this move ment, and when persecution was no longer available, Prince Menschikoff appeared at Constantinople. I will not trouble the house with all the communications which have passed between the Russian ambassador and the Turkish ministers, but the note sent by him on the day of his de parture, and which is far more important than it might as first sight appear, proves beyond a doubt or cavil the whole gist of the Emperor's policy and Menschikoff 's mission. It will be observed that the distinction is drawn in this docu ment between the purely spiritual rights of the orthodox Eastern Church and the other rights, privileg es, and im munities of the clergy. By the new system of administra tion introduced into Turkey, the power of the Greek clergy had been gradually curtailed, and the firmans lately issued for the protection of those who might embrace the reformed faith have taken from them the power of persecution for religion's sake. The Russian Government has viewed with the greatest alarm and jealousy this interference with the temporal power of the clergy, who are nothing but the tools of Russia, hence the distinction drawn by Prince Menschikoff, and the resolution not to accept anything but the entire concession of both spiritual and temporal privi leges, rights, and immunities. Whatever may be said to the contrary, she has succeeded. Her great object has been to crush the spirit of political and religious independence which has manifested itself of late years among the Chris tian subject s o f th e Porte, and she will spare no effort to effect that end. And this fact leads me to say a few words upon a project with which certain parties in this country and elsewhere have endeavoured of late to familiarise the British public—the immediate establishment of a so-called independent Greek Empire at Constantinople. Now, I believe that this scheme, were there no political objections to it, is based upon a fallacy. I will remind the house that in the first place, the true Greek population of Turkey in Europe is very small indeed when compared with the other Christians subjects of the Porte. It certainly does not amount to 2,000,000, if it indeed exceeds 1,750,000. As a population the Greeks are confined to the province of Thee saly. Elsewhere they are merely scattered through the coun try in detached communities, living amidst the Sclavonians said Bulgarians, who form the real Christian population of Turkey in Europe. The language of these races is not Greek—they differ from the Greeks in blood—they look upon them with great jealousy, and for years they have been struggling to throw off all connection with them by refusing to accept Greekpriests for their clergy and bishops. The Servians, to whom I look as the nucleus of the great southern division of the Slave race, have completely thrown off all dependence upon the Greek patriarch of Constanti nople, and have elected a patriarch of their own. (Hear.) If we were to establish a Greek empire, as it is called, that which occurred in the fifteenth century would inevitably occur again. The Byzantine empire fell because it was made up of a variety of hostile and opposite races—Bulga rians, Bosnians, and Servians—in fact, the veryraces which still people Turkey in Europe—who became an easy prey to the Turkish hordes. The inevitable result of placing a Greek Government at Constantinople would be to throw the whole of Turkey into the hands of Russia—(hear) — and to render impossible a future independence for any Christian race that might be destined to hold the Turkish provinces of Europe hereafter. (Hear.) Moreover, there is nothing very encouraging in the state of the modern kingdom of Greece ; that experiment, at least, should warn us for the present. (Hear.) In my opinion a Greek Go vernment at Constantinople would at this time be more adverse to the spread of civilisation and of liberty than a Turkish. (Hear.) The Greek religion is essentially a per secuting religion. I need scarcely remind the house of the persecutions of the Romin Catholics in Russian Poland, and of the Protestant missionaries and communities in Georgia —nor that the first article of the Greek constitution de clares that proselytism is forbidden. The name of Don Pacifico is certainly not forgotten by the house, nor the annual persecution of the Jews by the Greeks. I am aware that there are some who go so far as to say that it would sig nify little whether Constantinople were in the hands of Russia or not. As there is no British statesman who would venture to coincide in such au opinion, it is scarcely necessary to meet it with any serious argu ments ; but I will only ask this question—Are we prepared to deal with all these great provinces which snake up what is called the Turkish empire ? (Hear hear, hear.) Remember that the moment the slen der tie which binds them together—Constantinople— is broken, they must become the seat of anarchy and con fusion. It is very well to talk of driving the Turks into Asia ; but how are we to induce the native Mussulman population to consent to such an arrangement ? It should be remembered that the Turks are merely a dominant tribe, and that the far greater part of the population of Asia are not Turks—it is made up of Synans, Arabs, Jews, Armenians, Kurds, and a variety of other races, only held together by the moral and political prestige of the Turkish Government ; destroy that prestige by sub jecting the Sultan to the humiliation of being expelled from Europe, and you let loose those wild tribes, and the countries they inhabit would be the seats of anarchy and confusion. Are we prepared to take possession of Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt, or can we allow them to pass into the hands of Russia and France? (Hear.) For we must do one or the other, as there is no dominant family in any of those countries except Egypt. We should not forget that although Egypt is a high road to India, Syria and the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates form the high road, and any power holding those countries would command India. Moreover, the power which holds Con stantinople will ever be looked upon in the East as the dominant power of the world, and with Russia at Con stantinople our tenure of India would always be a purely military tenure. All those reforms which some of my hon. friends who have been sitting on the benches near me have been advocating for the populations of those vast posses sions—reforms in the value and importance of which I most heartily agree—will be utterly impossible. But I will not dwell upon this subject. Russia is well aware that no Eu ropean statesman would permit her to take possession of Constantinople at this time. (Hear.) I will not say that she does not look forward to the possession of that great prize sooner or later; but her object now is to render all independent nationalities in Turkey impossible, to weaken the Turkish power gradually but surely, and to show all those who would oppose her designs that any such oppo sition is not only useless, but will entail upon them her vengeance ; in fact, to render any other Government but her own ultimately impossible in Turkey. (Hear, hear.) In this design she has entirely succeeded on this occasion, and it is on this account that I contend that a great prin ciple is involved in the recent question, and that we ought to have dealt with it accordingly. (Hear.) We have committed, in my humble opinion, two grave diplomatic errors. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, when Colonel Rose learned that Prince Mensehikoff was prepared with a secret treaty, a fact known to many persons at Constan tinople, aid that he had informed the Porte of his inten tion to force it upon her, forbidding it, under pain of the Emperor's high displeasure, to communicate it to the other powers, and when we learnt, not from mere report, but from positive and reliable information, that the Russian Government was engaged in preparing vast armaments on the frontiers of Turkey and itt Odessa, we ought not to have been satisfied with such assurances as the noble lord has stated were given to us in London and St. Peters burgh—(hear, hear)—but we should at once have insisted on an immediate disarmament, or such satisfactory proofs of the pacific intentions of Russia as would have removed all doubts whatever on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Our neglecting to do so was a grave error. (Hear, hear.) That error having been committed we had no remedy ; but we had another opportunity, and committed a second error. The very moment we were informed by Russia that she in tended to cross the Pruth we ought to have said to her, " As soon as you enter the Turkish territory, we shall con sider it a cases belli, and bring up our fleet to Constants' nople." (Cheers.) Ido not mean to say that we sho uld e have gone to war ; but this would have been the effec t , f our declaration—all the treaties of Russia with the an r d P o r te upon which she founded her pretensions to in terfere with the Christian subjects of the pro S a u b ltaa rege w te o d ull have been, ipso facto, by the law of a (hear)—and we should then have ins iste d that to Ti v r hi ke e i should enter into no new treaties with d of which they France and England were not pri vy ri g a Cl " we held such lan did not approve. (Hear, hear.) not be ginning guage with firmness, I think t hat Russia in would the v o er dared to cross the Pruth , and r we should , t y h have brought this q uestion to an issue. (Hear, hear.) I have little doubt th a t the Russians will n ow evacuate the It would not be worth th e while of Russia to engage in war with the whole f o Europe principalities. on account of those provin ces in tents and were, to all She has and purposes, her own. (Hear, h ear.) acme. t me d Europe to their occupation without a case of war, and she has shown that she may do with them as she pleases, and that any one of their inhabitants who may dare to oppose her will, will be subjected to her heavy dis pleasure. We scarcely know the importance of even her present power over the principalities. I will put aside the consideration of our trade---no insignificant consideration, however—but I will observe that Russia now commands the Danube, and can bring her intrigues to bear upon the whole Sclavonian population of Turkey. (Hear, hear.) It should be borne in mind that the principalities united to Bessarabia—a province inhabited by a similar race—on one side, and Hungary on the other, would cut in two the great Slave race. It would seem that Providence had thus placed this alien tribe in the midst of the Sclavonian races that Russia might not, by uniting them under one sway, acquire a power fatal to civilisation and freedom. We have lost a golden opportunity of making these pro vinces the barriers to Russian ambition. (Hear, hear.) To Wallachia and Moldavia, independent and united with Bessarabia—a province which, by one of those fatal errors we have so repeatedly committed, we have allowed to fall into the hands of Russia—we must ultimately look, I los lieve, for the only means of preserving Constantinople from. Russia. (Hear, hear.) We have, we are told, to congratu late ourselves upon having achieved a victory—a peaceful 8 2.8 St. St. St. St. 26j 13A 20' i - i - 7 - 44 1 - I.}, - ii -- li - 81 i 1501 110 i 45S 414 6 1d 21i 10 10 2 d 361 i 141 i