The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-20 00:00:00

MINES.-(THIS DAYJ

Two o'Cioom.

There is still an active demand for British mining
shares, at generally firm prices. Wheal Ludcott
are quoted 174 to 1813; Caredon Vale, 54 to 1;
Marne Valley, 104 to ; East Carolon, 444 to ;
Wheal Grenville, 74 to ; Bast Devon Great Con-
sols, 2 toll ; Gonamena, 3to ; South Frances,
110 to 115.; Wheal Sithney Carnmeal, 3} to 4, being
very firm ; and Wheal Union, 41 to 4.
Foreign and colonial mining shares remain quiet,
at former prices. United Mexican have been dealt
in at 611 and 64, Soottish Australian at 11, and
Santa Barbara at 14.
The shares of the Teplita Colliery Company are
quoted 1 to 1 prem.
A petition for the winding-np of the Wheal Con-
cord Mining Company is to be heard in the &ca-
naries Court on the 25th inst.
At Hingstee Downs Clouds two-monthly general meet-
log yesterday the accounts showed a balance in hand of 421.
la. 6d., awl as estimated balance agaiost the mine before
the meeting is August of 251. 13s. 2d. The agent states
that 360 tons will be sampled Dent time.
At Bedford United three-monthly general m •
day the amounts showed a cash balance of 1,2881. 9d.,
aad an estimated balance in favour of the mine before the
meeting to be held in September nut of 1,1661. Ils.lld. A
dividsed of 2s. 6d. per share wu declared. "The mine,"
says the agent, " ou the whole is looking tolerably well,
sad we shall raise the same quantity of ore u usual.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Two &Own.

The Mock markets to-day are rather weaker.
The unsettled weather exercises some influence.
The funds have declined 1 per cent., and several
of the principal English railway stocks i per
cent. As regards some other securities, including
Mexican Bonds, the tendency of prices is
drooping.

The scrip of the new loans is likewise
lower to-day. Turkish is quoted 31 to 4 prem. ;
Egyptian, 211 to 2; prem. ; and Russian, fto i
prem.

Consols are officially marked 914, 92, and 914,
ex div., for money, and 92, ex div., for the
account. The present quotations are respec-
tively 911 to 4 and9l4 to 92. The official business
report is as follows :—Three per Cents. Reduced
911, f ; New Three per Cents., 911, 1, i ; Thirty
Years' Annuities, 1865, 15 3-16 ; India Five per
Cent stock, 1074, 1084 ; ditto for account,
1084 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1863,
991, 4 ; ditto 1864, 994, ; ditto 1864 or 1866,
991 ; ditto Bonds, 18s., 17s. prem. ; Five-and-a-
Half per Cent. " =faced " rupee paper, 1094, * ;
Exchequer Bills, 38., 6s. prem.
Business in foreign stocks has been less active
than yesterday, yet to a fair extent. Mexican
Bonds continue to fall, and are last marked 284
and 284. Moorish are still rising. Spanish Certi-
ficates and Passive Bonds are firm. Yesterday's
rise in Venezuela Bonds is not fully sustained.
The Turkish Loan of 1854 is steady, at 824 to 83 ;
and that of 1858 rather lower, at 701 to f. Transac-
tions are recorded as follows :—Buenoe Ayres Six
per Cents., 944 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. (scrip),
34, 24 prem. ; ditto paid-up scrip, 854, 86 ;
Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 284, 4, 1 ;
Moorish Five per Cents., 96, ; Russian Five per
Cents., 1862 (scrip), 4, 1 prem. ; ditto paid-up
scrip, 93 ; Spanish Three per Cents., for account,
65, 541; ditto Passive, 191, f, 1; the
Committee's Certificates, 9 ; Turkish Six pee Cents.
1868, for account, 704, 4, ; ditto 100 i. Bonds, 714 ;
ditto Six per Cents., 1862, scrip, 31, 4 prem. ;
ditto paid-up scrip, 714, 1 ; Venezuela Three per
Cents., for account, 241, 24.
The shares of the Eastern Bengal Tea Company
are quoted to f prem.

- - - -
Fore o'CLocx.
Console are without change, at 911 to ex div.,
for money, and 911 to 92, ex div., for the account.
The influx of gold to the Bank continues ; the
amount taken there yesterday was 14410001. The
Kangaroo has arrived from New York with 100,0001.
in specie, and the New York with 82,0001. for Eng-
land, and 25,0001. for France.
The bar silver by the West India packet was sold
yesterday for the Continent at se. ld. per ounce,
being *d. below the price obtained for the previous
remittance. The decline is owing to the absence of
demand for India. On the other hand, as fre-
quently occurs at the present period of the year,
there is an inquiry for Mexican dollars, telegrams
just to hand reporting a rise in the China exchanges,
and a fractional improvement has occurred in the
quotation of this coin.
Of the 410,2511. to be taken to the East to-
day by the Ceylon, nearly the whole consists of
Mexican dollars.
The North Eastern Railway traffic return shows
this week a decrease of 4,1281. ; the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase of 3191. ;
the Midland an increase of 4,1541.; and the
Eastern Counties an increase of 3,5491.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada, for the week ending the 31st May, were
13,0451. sterling, being 7461. less than in the corre-
sponding period of last year.
A deputation from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, consisting of the Earl
of Leven and Melville, Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P.,
Mr. George, M.P., Mr. Weguelin, M.P., Captain
W. H. Hall, C. 8., Captain A. Nairn, H.C.S.,
Messrs. A. Anderson and J. Allan, Managing Di-
rectors ; Mr. Howell, Secretary ; and Mr. A. M.
Bethune, Superintendent of the Company at Alex-
andria, waited, by appointment, on his Highness
the Viceroy of Egypt, on Wednesday afternoon, at
the Turkish Embassy.
At the meeting yesterday of the Van Diemen's
Land Company, the directors' report was adopted.
The chairman stated that gold has been found at
Fingal in larger quantities than hitherto.
An extraordinary meeting of the New Brunswick
and Canada Railway and Land Company is called
for the 26th inst., "to consider the present financial
position of the company, and the steps to be taken
for the supply of additional rolling stock, and fur
providing for the discharge of the existing liabilities
of the company."
The meeting of the Mediterranean Submarine
Electric Telegraph Company, convened for the 30th
inst. at Paris, has been postponed, on account of the
delay in obtaining the approbation of the Italian
parliament for the contract entered into with the
company.
Vice-Chancellor Kindersley p on the 26th
inst., to make a call on the contributories of the
Home Counties and General Life Assurance Com-
pany, at the rate of 6s. 6d. per 1/. share.
A call of 18s. per share is ordered by the Court
of Chancery to be paid by the contributories of the
Life Assurance Treasury by the 23rd inst.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Albion Marine Mortgage and Insurance Com-
pany will be closed on Thursday next for London,
and on Saturday, June 28, for the country. Also,
that no applications for shares in the Leeswoud
Cannel and Gas Coal Company, will be received
from London after Saturday next, or from the
country after Wednesday, the 25th.
It is notified that on and after Monday next,
the business of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com-
pany will be carried on at the new premises, No.
2, Old Broad-street.
The Bank of New South Wales has announced
the half-yearly interest on the debentures of the
Melbourne Gas and Coke, and the Collingwood
(Melbourne) Gas Companies.
The Emigration Commissioners will receive
tenders on the 26th inst. for the hire of a ship to
take passengers to Brisbane (Moreton Bay).
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending June 18, compared with that for the pre-
vious week, shows the following changes :
Circulation issue
Circulatica &dive
Public deposits 9,322,949 hennas 497,433
Other denial).
Government securities in
banking department
Other was ritiee in banking
department
Coin and bullion in both
departments 15,268,453 lnereass 235.374
Seven day and other bill, 597,439 Demise 38,937
The Rest
Notes in reserve
Total reserve (notes &coin
in banking department). 9,439,833 Increase 446,998
These changes are more favourable. Both the
bullion and reserve have increased, while the de-
mand for discounts and advances has fallen off.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—An Lacoent
end Bth Tic., a. 32, for the week ,
18. 1882.
resin DTP/
Notes fusel

-,s pursuant to the Ad RA
ending on Wednesday, Inns

OZvennent debt.. 611,015,100
Other securitie4.... 4654.900
Gold coin and but-

lion --
--
14,409,136
Silver bullion .... ..

-119,068,386
LIMO 1I
Proprietors' Ospital £14,668,000
Rest
Public Deposits (In-
cluding Ficheq.,
Bey. Banks, Om.
Ws. el National
Debt, and Div.
Amts.) 9,381,90
Other Deposits
berm day andothea
Bills

PARSNIP!. •
Government !Secu-
rities kincludlng
Deed Welgbt An-
nuity)
Other Securities 10.110.7104
Notes
Odd sad Silver
Coln—

440,6:5,888
Inn* 19,1862.

440,G35,150
r. MILLER. Deputy (.4.a6ler.

TIRTIMAY
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92 to 1, ex
div., for the 10th of July, wooed this morning at
the same quotation, and closed at 92 "buyers." For
money the last price was 91/ to 92. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for Money, 91/, 92, ex div. ; ditto
for amount qui/ ,10), 92, I, ex div. ; Bank
Stook, 294, 0,61 Three per Cents. Reduced,
9111 ; New Three per Cents., 911, 1,
I_,• New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 75 ; India
stock,. shut ; ditto Five per Cent. stock, 107/,
108, WI/ ;_ditto for account, 108 ; ditto Four
m• Cent. Deberiturea, 1863, 991 ; ditto, 1864,
99/ ; ditto; 1864 or 1866, 99/, ; ditto Bonds,
20s. pretn. ; Five per Cent. " mimed" rupee paper,
1031,10; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 109,
The transactions in foreign stocks were numerous.
The principal fluctuations were again in Mexican
Bonds, which were decidedly heavy, falling at one
period to 261 to 1. Attention being subsequentlydirected to the reported signature and ratification
of &treaty between Sir Charles Wyke and General
Dobtado, whereby the demands of England are said
to be satisfied, a recovery took place to 28/ to 29/,
being, however, still ft lower than yesterday.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BODIN 07 LORD..—TIVIRSDAT, JUNI 19.
The Lose CZAPOILLOZtook his seat upon the woolsack at
lye o'clock.

MEXICO.
Earl RUSSELL (who spoke with his usual indistinctness)
maid there was a matter of considerable importance, respect-
ing which it wee desirable that there should be DO misap-
prehension. It was stated in the public prints that a con.
vention bad been entered into between Sir C. Wyke and
Commodore Dunlop on the one part, and General Delgado
on the other, for the satisfaction of the British claims. It
was further stated that that convention had been ratified
by her Majesty's government. Now, it was perfectly cor-
rect that such a convention had been entered into, and
that the terms of it were fair and liberal ; but her
Majesty's government ending that it referred to another
convention between Mexico and the United States, and
twine that it might therefore involve this country
in difficulties, had resolved not to ratif7 the convention.
There was another point to which he wished to allude in
consequence et statements which had been made by the
public press, and which, he understood, were extensively
circulated and believed in France, namely, that her
Majesty's government and the government of Spain bad
withdrawn their troops from Mexico at a critical moment ;
whereby the French had been left alone to contend with
considerable difficulties No one would be surprised that
the French government should have resolved to send out
large reinforcements after the temporary check which their
arms had recently sustained. It would not, however, be
just to connect that movement with any course which had
been taken by her Majeety's government. Originally no
specific engagement had been entered into as to the number
of forces which were to be sent to Mexico by the different
European governments, but communications on the subject
were made separately by each government. The Spanish
declared that they would send 6,000 or 7,000 men ; and the
French that they would send 2,000, a number which they
afterwards increased to 2,500. The British government pro-
posed only to send • squadron, accompanied by 700 marines,
who might be landed for the purpose of holding forts. It
ap that the land forces were likely to meet with difil-
ties Commodore Dunlop undertook to provide, out of hie
resources, camp equipage and moue of carriage for his
men. It was found, however, that as there was no imme-
diate danger of a collision with the Mealtime, Commodore
Dunlop determined on withdrawing his mariner. He (the
noble earl) would not at that moment go into the question
of the poxes verbal, for he had no wish to enter upon so
large a subject. When, however, the rupture took place
between the French commissioners and Enghsh and Spanish,
Commodore Dunlop bad only 150 men in possession of the
various forte. There was, therefore, no question about oar
withdrawing voops from Mexico. We had never intended to
send any troops to march up the country. The only force
we had aver sent were the 700 marines, and they had been
withdrawn some time before the reverses had befallen the
French force. There was thus no foundation for the idea
which had caused so much indignation in France—namely,
that we had withdrawn our troops at a critical moment.
The Earl of MALMESBURY was glad the noble earl had
taken the initiative, and had offered explanations on a sub-
ject respecting which he should have given notice of his
intention to salt some questions. He entirely concurred in the
modifications which the noble earl bad proposed to make in
the convention of Sir Charles Wyke ; and he thought the
noble earl had taken a most wise and prudent course.
THE CABE OF THE EMILIE Sl'. PIERRE.

Lord BROIJOHAII—on behalf of Lord Lyndhurst, whou
health he was sue their lordships would rejoice to bear bad
greatly improved—(cheers)—eked whether the noble earl
tram prepared to lay on the table any papers respecting the
re-capture of this vessel from the prize crew.
Earl RUSSELL said he had no objection whatever to lay
these papers betas the house. The correspoodeom was now
closed, and Lord Lyons stated to him in his last letter that
he would send home the papers. The opinion of the law
officers of the crown wu that there was no power is this
country to surrender the vessel and give it up to the United
States government,asd it wusaid by them. and wassuppmed
to be the cue, that there wee no precedent for such a step.
However, he had been told to-day that there was a prem•
dent. Singularly enough when the British government de-
manded of the United States government the surrender of a
vessel under similar circumstances, Mr. Adams, the grand-
father of the present minister to this court, was at the time
President of the United States ; and he (Earl Bunnell) must say
that the present diplomatic representative who bore hra
name was a most worthy descendant of that great states-
man. It was then likewise said that there was no prece-
dent for such a demand, and the British government failed
to obtain redrew.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HARBOITES ACT AMEND-
MENT BILL.

This bill was read a mooed time.
The Public Works and Harbours Act Amendment Bill
was read a mooed time ; as was the Highw►ys Bill, after
some distromioa.
The Univessitise of Scotland Act Amendment Bill passed
through committee.
The Duke of AItOYLL moved the third reading of the
Red Sea and India Telegraph Company Bill, stating that he
proposed to strike out the words in the first clause which
appeared to give the sanction of parliament to the whole of
the agreement with the new company.
After a debate, a suggestion of Lord RZDZSDAIS that the
bill be recommitted and the amendment made was awned
out, sod the third reading further postponed.
The Duchy of Cornwall Lands Arrangement Bill passed
through committee.
The house roes at 10 minutes part 7 o'clock.

01JSE OF COMMONS.—ThuRaDAT, Jung 19.
The SPILAM took the chairat 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and pared :
Briton Ferry Dock sod Railway ; Kensington Station and
North and South London Junction Railway; North
British Dammam Company ; and West Shropshire Mineral
Railway Bills.
BLOCKADE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
Lord R. MONTAGU give notice that to-morrow he
should put a question respectiog the delay in the notifica-
tion of the blockade of the Gulf of Mexico by the French.
EMPLOYMENT OF ENGLISH OFFICERS BY TILE
CHINESE.
Lord R. MONTAGU asked the Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether it was true that the services of
Captain Sherrard Osborn, or of any other officer of her
Majesty's navy, were to be placed at the disposal of the
Chives° government ; whether such officer will be paid by
the Chinese government, and whether he will, at the mime
time, retain his commission and continue to receive pay as
an officer in her Majesty's navy ; and, whether one or more ,
gunboats are to be lent to the Chinese government for any
purpose they may think proper?
Mr. LAYARD said that application had been made for
the services of Captain Sherrard Osborn, but the matter
was still under consideration, and no decision had been yet
come to. He was not aware that any gunboats lad been
sent to the Moue government.
Mr. BRIGHT—By whom was the application made, and
when?
Mr. LAYARD—The application was made by the agent
of the Chinese government in this country.
THE ARMY IN CANADA.
Colonel W. STUART asked the Secretary of State for
War whether a free passage world be granted to the wives
and families of officers who were seat out to Canada during
the past winter, or any other allowance be made to enable
them to join their husbauds in Oinada.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that arrangements were now being
made for the purpose.
THE TREATY WITH JAPAN.
Mr. WHITE wished to know from the Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs whether, in conformity with the Treaty
with Japan, certain ports of that empire would be opened, or
whether the opening would be postponed, and if so, why?
Mr. LAYARD said that her Majesty's government had
come to the determination to defer the execution of the
3rd article of the treaty for five years, comrnenciog from
the let of January, 1863, by which certain ports were to
be open, and British subjects allowed to reside in the neigh-
bourhood. With regard to the other provisions of the
treaty, they would be fully enforced. (Cries of " Why,
why':") Perhaps hon. gentlemen had better wait till the
communication on the subject had reached the Japanese
government.
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
On the further consideration of this bill as amended,
Mr. LINDSAY rose to move the following clause—
" That masters and owners of all ships, or of any classes of
ships, shall not be obliged to employ pilots in any pilotage
district, or shall not be obliged to pay for
pilots when not employing them in any dis-
trict, or in any part of a pilotage district."
This raised a discussion on the suirject of compulsory
pilotage. and eventually the clause, which was opposed by
Mr. M. 01180 K, was withdrawn.
Mr. AYRTON moved a clause limiting the liability of
the owners of ships for loss of life or injury, which, after
disouseine, was negatived.
Mr. LAIRD then moved, That on and after the first day
of January, 1864, all chain cables and anchors bought cr
sold for use on board British ships registered in the United
Kingdom, shall be impressed with an official proof-mark as
evidence of having been subjected to an authorised proof
equal to the tensile strain applied by Admiralty regulations
to all cables and anchors used is the royal navy ; the
Board of Trade to be empowered to make such rake and
regulations thereon as may from time to time appear neces-
sary to ensure the efficiency of ships' ground-teals ; to
grant licenses to public and corporate bodies ; to apply the
required test and authorised proof to all such
cables and anchors, to impress a proof-merk, and to give
proof certificates thereof for production when required.
The hon. member said this clause was supported by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company, the North American
Steamship Company, the Mail Company, the
Atlantic and other companies, and by Mr. Cunard. Mr.
Grease Mr. Somas, Mr. Wieser. and also by the Liver-
pool Aseardation. (Heir, hear.) There Wile testing ma-
chines in Liverpool, Birkenhead, and other places, and be
bad not experienced the slightest difficulty in getting all his
anchors tad cables tested. And looking to the security re-
quired for life and property at smile hoped the house would
agree with him and pass this clause.
Sir J. HAY seoooded the motion.

Mr. 11. GIBSON was wry he was not able to agree to
the chow. If hon. members would read it they would see
that it was rather an indication of opinion than a clause to
be inserted Man act of parliament. It certainly was not per-
fect, whatever might be the principle involved. What
would the test mark involve! There were a great number
of anchors and sables in store, and every owner would have
to be at the exposes of seeding them to some place where
them was a testing machine to be tested—in the preeence, he
=, of a government official—before they could un-
tried stamping process. (Hear, hear.) And unless
that ware done the anchors, chaise, and cables now made
would become valueless and would not be sold. Again,
there were other anchors and cables kept at certain plums
on the sea coast for ready use, and thaw would have to be
sent to be tested by the machines before they could be used.
This would occasion great expense and inconvenience to the
shipowner and the manufacturer of chains and cables, who
' must either send every chain and anchor to some govern-
ment establishment to be tested, or erect testing apparatus
themselves, which could not be done without a very heavy
expense. Then the marking would after all afford no real
security, because if a link became defective and was replaced
at any time by another that might render it unsafe, yet it
would bear the government stamp. Upon the whole he
thought the proposal impracticable, and inefficient if it were
practicable.
An animated diecumion ensued, in which the clause was
supported by Sir J. Elphinetone, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr.
Jackson; while Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Clay, Mr.
Hutt, and Mr. Henley expressed their opinion that an
important matter of this kind, to which the attention of
shipowners and the committee of Lloyd's was directed, was
better left to the good sense of those most concerned, than
committed to the care of a government department.
On a division the clause was rejected by 188 to 101.
Mr. MOFFATT moved a clause limiting the invalidity
of insuranre, which wee laid down in clause 62, which

wu agreed
Sir B. CAIRNS moved to insert in clause 52 word. which
would limit the liability of vessels, especially steam vowels,
doing damage by running down, within the amount fixed
by the claim.
Mr. M. GIBSON strongly objected to the amendment,
observing that it would tend to diminish the liability of a
large clam of vowels which were likely to do most damage,
and were in the hands jof those who could best pay for the

damage done.
On a division the amendment was rejected by 97 to 79.
Several amendment. were made, and the bill wee ordered
to be read a third time this day.

THE COTTON SUPPLY.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. J. B. SMITH celled attention to the obstacle* which
existed in India to the increased growth of cotton, sod the
importance to India and to this country of their removal ;
and moved an eddrees for copy of further correspondence
relating to the improvement of the navigation of the river
Ciodavery. He endeavoured to show the house that the
Brost obstacle to growing cotton in India was the want
of cheap conveyance. The expense of conveying food
from one provinoe to another was four or five times its
value. The consequence was that the ryot was obliged
to grow j his own food. It might happen that
one place was better fitted for growing cotton,
and another for growing food, and if there were
facilities for taking produce from one place to another, he
would grow that which was most profitable, and would often
grow cotton where now he was obliged to grow food. Then
he had endeavoured to show that without English supervi-
sion and capital cotton could not be grown with advantage.
Until we had English capital employed we could not com-
pete with America ; and our trade with India must, there-
fore, continue to be an occasional trade. But if the River
Oodavvssrayy were rendered navigable English agencies would
be stablished, and improved cotton would take its stand in
India with improved indigo, and improved sugar:arid other
product. They might be told that these riven were
not neoentry, and that government was doing a
great deal in promoting the construction of railways. He
did not wish to may much about Indian railways. He was
afraid they were more for purposes of defence than for pur-
poses of commerce, and he very much feared that massy of
them would not be very profitable. Of riven there could
be no doubt. He believed there was no instance in history

of the opening up of aline river which had not been pro-
ductive of great wealth. (Hear, hear.) There was another
objection that railway communication was neceesarily more
limited, slid especially as many of the railways in India were
only single lines. The supply of cotton, he need not say, was
not a mere Luneashire question—it was a question of peat
national importance. When they considered that the sum.
her of poems dependent on the cotton manufacture was
equal to the population of Belgium, and larger than
than that of Portugal or Holland, the importance of the
question would be manifest to the house. He should
like to know what course the government intended to
pursue under existing circunistaaces regarding the pro-
motion of the growth of cotton in India, what encourage-
ment the right hon. gentleman could offer in reference to
English agencies. There was ample nape for European en-
terprise and profit as soon as the rivers and reads were
rilcidlad he had no doubt whatever that the moment that
en could get to India the profits from the culti-
vation of cotton would be found to be so great that the
difficulty would be to keep them out, and the only way to
keep them out was to keep the rivers eland.
Mr. SMOLLETT contended that India must always be
only • valuable auxiliary to the supply of cotton from
America ; and while he did not think that the government
should give special encouragement to its growth, he admitted
that all obstacles should be removed, the chief of which'was
the present tenure of land, by means of which no English-
man can obtain from government any land in the cotton
districts. He controverted the arguments used in favour
of the opening up of the Godavery river, and suggested
the appointment of • commission in India to examine into
the matter.
Mr. J. A. TURNER stated the result of experiments he
had tried with Indian cotton, the reedit of which was that
that grown from American end was found superior to the
pure native growth, and was all that was required for menu-
' facture ; and this could be grown to an extent sufficient fur
all the wants of the trade.
Sir C. WOOD said net the hon. member who brought
forward the subject bad not'over-rated its importance,
which had been increased tenfold in consequence of the
want of employment in the manufacturing districts.
He yesterday received • deputation composed not
only of members of the house, but of working
men in Lancashire, in reference to the question ;
and more reasonable, sensible, and better behaved
men he never had the pleasure of meeting. (Hear, hear.)
These artisans, he was proud to say, made no clamour or
complaint, but argued out the matter fairly and temperately.
The causes which had led to the labouring people of Lance-
shire being deprived of the means of employment were be-
yond the control of the government ; but they were entitled
to the sympathy and admiration of all, and also to what-
ever could possibly be done to mitigate their sufferings,
which they bore so well. He did not complain of
what honourable members had said on the subject,
but be thought they had not given sufficient credit to
the Indian government for what they had already dam,
I nor duly considered the state of the Indian finances during
tho last few years. Instead of borrowing money for carrying
out improvements in India the government had done so in
I order to maintain the British rule in that country. No
doubt great reductions of expenditure had recently taken
place, but the surplus which they all flattered themselves I
they pawned really turned out to be no surplus at ail.
He was Dot prepared to borrow money and psy the interest I
on such loans under the present circumstances. For the last
five years they had spent upwards of five millions a year on
public works from the revenue, and upwards of seven mil- I
lions • year borrowed for the construction of railways in
' India. What bad been done with a view to the increase of
the supply of cotton? Early in 1561. mentions were mead
by the government of India calling the attention of the
officers of the government to the necessity of taking every
step in their power to promote the cultivation of cotton.
They bad also caused to be collected a mass of informatiaa
on the subject from all parts of India. The hon. member
far Stockport had said that the Indian government had
taken great pains to introduce improved cotton in podia
That was most true. They had introduced foreign seed, es-
tablished modern farms sod agencies of various kinds, and
bought cotton of the ryota, and they had established most
conclusively that in various parts of India the improved
cotton could be grown with a profit to the ryot. What
more could be expected from the government of India,
which had introduced the culture of cotton into Bombay,
Madras, arid Bengal? The most effective measure which
the government took was ordering immediately a cousider-
able expenditure upon the ordinary country roads in the
cotton districts, with the view of facilitating the
bringing down the cotton either to the water or the rail-
, roads. Bat epee this question of roadmaking hon. gentlemen
might not be aware of the difficulties that existed in many
puts of India, and many of those difficulties were felt in
the districts where the cotton was most largely grown. In
some parts of Gummi it was almost impossible to make
roads, as there was uo stone for the purpose. In • report
from Mr. Saunders, of Bengal, it was stated that in the
North Western Provinces 30, 40, and 50 years ago, there
was • considerable trade in cotton, which was largely ex-
ported to China and to England, but that trade had died
away, the planters not caring to grow for export without the
certainty of neonatal competition with America. Many at-
tempts had been made to revive the trade,but that which alone
would be effective for that purpose was the knowledge of a
reel demand from England, and when that came a large and
immediate supply would be obtained from those pro-
vinces. His hon. friend had omitted to mention • large
cotton growing district in the Presidency of Madras, from
whence, as they were told some time ago by the bon. gen-
tleman himself, • good specimen of cotton had been sent to
Calcutta, and if it could be sent across country to Calcutta,
it might have been sent to this country. The roads of
Madras havealways been in • fair slate, and now that the
railway had been completed to Burrapon, on the opposite
side of the Peninsula, there was communication to the sea
on both sides. A further expenditure had been ordered
upon the roads, and there was • case again where private
enterprise alone was wanted to secure the supply of cotton
that was capable of being produced. In • great portion
of the upper part of the Presidency of Bombay there
was considerable difficulty in the construction of ready
but there again • railway had been carried right through
the cotton district from Bombay to Banda, and further on
to Hyderabad, and he believed that • great portion of that
line would be opened by the end of the present year. The
hon. gentleman had referred to Dharwar, and there be be-
lieved there was an advantage which be did not think had
been sufficiently appreciated in this country, namely, that
the climate was better suited to the production of cottoe
than almost any other part ei India. There was plenty of

Ter ea they well knew I. Inbar teat the lain that fell at
Dharwar was more equally atilkilekted than elsewhere. All
that was wanted there, and eat the government he con-
fused ought to provider. wee etsieeideetion down to the
sea. (gau.) Some meows% and be thought effective
measures, for the oesehreetion et the roads for that
Mixeshad been tab's, NA had to some extent
eaccemefully .00nipleted. But the greater part of his
hon. friend's speech was, after all, devoted to his favourite .
river, the Go‘very. No doubt that was an important
cotton-growing district, but he did not think his hon.
friend was quite conxistsot in the observations be bad made
OD the subject. The hon. member said he would not borrow ,
300,13001. for the purpose ; but he mond him that if the
wait could have been done for that, the government would,
not have had the slightest hesitation in incurring that ex-
pense. Nevertheless he (Sir C. Wood) had always been of
opinion that the opening of the podavery was a desirable
object, though he did not anticipate the wonderful effects
from it to which the hon. member for Stockport bad made ,
allusion. His hon. friend would remember that a company
were very anxious to obtain the opening of the river,
and he had objected to the work being placed in their
hands, upon the ground that owing to the difficulties
in dealing with the Ilium government it would be
better that it should be undertaken by the government.
Subsequently, however, he was induced to make the offer
to a number of the members of the provisional board, but I
he did not find them so sanguine when they were called
upon to spend their own money, as they were before, and
they declined. (" Hear, hear," and a Laugh.) Ile did not
blame them for that, but let him hon. friend not suppose
that everything be stated was really true as to the probable
expense and probable profits, when practical men well
acquainted with India had not the same confidence in the
undertaking. But the hon. gentleman might depend upon
it that the Godavery would and should be opened, and
more than that, everything had been done that could be
done with that view.
Mr. W. PATTEN said be bad listened with great plea-
sure to the speech of the right hon. gentleman. It war now
quite deer that the attention of the goVernment of this
country was seriously directed to our colonies, and if ever
we were to have a supply of cotton from those quarters, this
was the advantageous moment to encourage it. He thought
he prospects of soccer in this result were better than ever.
Mr. BAZLEY maid that only a few weeks since he had
received a letter from the Governor-General of Madre',
dated the 24th April last, in which he said, " I have
arrived at the same conclusion as formerly, that the cotton
which you require in England, I mean cotton equal in
miry to that of the best New Orleans, may be grown in
Mdns" (Hear, hear.) A more satidactory declaration
than that he thought could not be made to the great popu-
lation that were now suffering. Before the late Lord
Canning left India, he (Mr. Barley) was honoured
with a communication from him stating that his council was
encouraging the growth of cotton to the greatest possible
extent. It was only just to his right hon. friend and to the
Foreign-office to say that they bad offered every facility in
their power towards the attainment of the name end. But the
whole cotton industry of the present day was seriously im-
perilled, and nothing but • cheap and abundant supply could
restore it to prosperity. It was not in the power of charity
to do it ; it was not in the power of governments, by re-
ducing duties upon goods exported from, or
imported into the colonies. Be would urge,
then, the importance of developing the resources
of our colonies. The present was an exceptional moment,
and the government ought to use every means in its power
to improve and increase the supply. At present the con-
sumption of cotton from India alone in this country was
15,000 tons • week. His right bon. friend had not ruin-
ciently realised the nacerity of reducing the cost of car-
riage in India. Many capitalists also would be willing to
settle in the country, if facilities were afforded them of
doing an. Then the water supplies should be better cared
for. Water we. the treasure et India, if it were usefully
distributed. (Hear, hear.) But besides India, he would
point out that beautiful specimens of cotton had been sent
from Queensland, and the growth might be encouraged
in New South Walcs,Australia, and the British West Indies.
Possibly the introduction of slugs number of Chinese with
their families into the colony of Queensland would enable
the supply to be increased to an adequate extent. But at
any rate every effort should be made to relieve the popula-
tion which were enduring their sufferings with so much con-
stancy—u well as to relieve the revenue, which might be
expected in the case of another year's failure to fall off to
the extent of some 10,000,000 f. starling.
The dimension was continued by Mr. A. JIM", Mr. Fin-
lay, CoL Sykes, Mr. Caird, Mr. Grease, end Mr. Vansit-
tart, with whom it ended.

Tb. motioo was withdraw°.
Sir J. ELPHINSTONE moved for papers relating to the
conduct of the Admiralty in reference to a court-martial
held on the captain of the Conqueror for the loss of the
ship, which Lord C. Paget declined to give. A discussion
wee also raised se to the legality of the Admiralty repri-
manding an officer who had been acquitted by a court-
martial, and to censure him for arguments adduced in his
defence, in which the Attorney-General stated that, in his
opinion, they were justified.
On a division the motion was lost by 67 to 42.
SUPPLY.

The house then went into committee of supply pro form&

WAYS AND MEANS.
The house having gone into oomnaittee,
A resolution voting 10,000,0001. out of the oonsolided
fund for the public service was agreed to.
ARTILLERY RANGES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TREATY.

Lard PALMELUITON obtained leave to bring in a bill to
carry into effect the treaty between her Majesty and the
United States of America, for the imppremion of the African
Slave Trade.
Leave was given to Mr. Burr to bring in a bill for the
better regulation in certain ewe of the procedure in the
High Court of Chancery in Ireland.
Mr. W. Fosse obtained leave, in a committee of the
whole house, to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to
the sale on credit of beer, wine, cider and perry.
The house adjourned at half-peat one o'clock.

tabu intdlittraut.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-JuNz 19.
COMMITITZ POE PRIVILIOCIL

Their lordship sat as a committee and took further
evidence in the following clues of claims to peerages, which
have already been frequently before the house, rm. :—the
Baronies of Netterville, Monthanner, and Montacuts, in the
peerage of England ; and Balfour of Barley and Kilwinning
in the peerage of Scotland.
The further consideration of all the cases was adjourned.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—.TONE 19.
Bitting, at Nisi Prins after Term, at Westminster.
(Before Mr. Bares Wilde and a special Jury.)
LEVENSON r. CABNIODL—XADANE RACHEL AND TEE

IDAYILLINO PIOCEM.
This was an action for goods sold and delivered, for
work and labour done, and materials supplied and on an
account stated. The defendant pleaded never indebted.
Mr. Davison was counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Kers-
lake and Mr. Hayward appeared for the defence.
Mr. Davison, in opening the case, said the action was
brought for service' rendered by the wife of the plaintiff to
the wife of the defendant in performing a process known as
enamelling ladies' faces. (Laughter.) Some years ego they
had probably heard of celebrities who had undergone the
process ; but this was the first occasion, perhaps, in which
they would see a lady who had actually experienced it. His
client, the wife of Philip Lennon, carried on
business at 47, New Bond-street, at the corner
of Maddox-street, under the name of Madame
Rachel. The defendant, the Hon. Swynfen Thos.
Carnegie, who he believed was the heir to a peerage, mar-
ried the lady to whom the services were rendered, and
who he was informed was the daughter of the Countess
Rapp, the wife of a Mr. Hope, who was well known in the
highest circles of society. In December Mrs. Carnegie,
being desirous to avail herielf of Madame Rachel's secret
for beautifying the countenance, sent a maid servant to re-
quest her to call at her residence. Madame Rachel de-
clined to go, but said she would be glad to see her at her
own house. Afterwards Mrs. Carnegie called, and went
through Madame Rachel's ordeal, and continued to do
so on several other occasions when she was going to dinner
or evening parties. At the latter end of March some
difficulty arose about the payments, and Mrs. Caen&
offered Madame Rachel some valuable 'ewe's,
but she ref used to take them, as she wanted
money. Mrs. Carnegie premised faithfully to
plaintiff but she never did so, and up to the promt ts the
had not received a farthing. Mrs. Carnegie alled
at all bone of the day and night, and she said that she did
not mind paying Madame Rachel 1,0001. if she could suc-
cerfully apply the process to her, such was the state of her
health at the time. No doubt the jury would have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the effect upon Mn Carnegie before the
end of the cause, and judge for themselves of the value of
the services for which compensation was now sought.
Mrs. Rachel Leverson was then called, and requested tube
sworn on the Old Testament. She said—l enamel ladies'
hoes. In December last a young woman, the lady's meld of
Mrs. Carnegie, called, and asked me to come to her mis-
tress's residence, in Ilelgrave.mquare. I told her I never at-
tended strange ladies at their residences, but that if she
called upon me I would have no objection to see her.
She tame a second time for one of my circulars.
She again asked me to call, but I declined. About
Christmas Mrs. Caroni* called at my shop, and told
me that she was the Hos. Mrs Carnegie. She said she had
for a long time been Alined with serious abscesses on
different parts of her boson, sad that her complexion was
very much faded in oossequinee of having undergone a
serious operation in Paris. One of the anodes had bees
cut away. This Is a dekkate thing for one lady to say of
another. She said she suffered much annoyearw from
fearful scar on her boson, and that it I would emend it
she would rare me any thing for my serviese. I decliaed
to enamel it, as in her serious date it would be injuries'
to her health. I gave her my terms. She told me she bad
seen them in the newspapers. The terms are contained
the advertisement pained :
Youth and beauty. Alabaster powder sad the mi-
metic rock dew water, from Sahara. Cireaseisa Wenn.
Araisin soaps sad alabaster liquid. Thies waft prepara-
tion which render the hair, teeth. and ammissiem bestitital
beyond emparisom, am be °biased e. fries Mame