The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-24 00:00:00

II Mahe

MINCING-LANE:—(Tills DAY.)

Scuan.—The large public sales are progressing without
spirit. Refined :'This market continues dull.
Come—The public sales are going off without any mate-
rial alteration in prices.
TEA.—There has been a slight improvement in the de-
mand for this article.
Rice continues in good demand at fully previous rates.
Ren.—Demerara proof 2s. to 2a. ld.
SAtrrerlt.—This market remains dull.
NITRATE or SODA. —Refraction ISt sold at Its.
Markets generally have a quiet appearance today.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY. )
The market is steady at the subjoined quotations :
Town tallow, 545. Ga. net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., es the
Tot, !iBe. ; April. 565. ; May and June, 545. 61. ; Oct. to
51s. 9d. to 525.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Newirs. Davie and Company report trade firm. Pnme
meadow bay, 804 i. to 90a. ; superior ditto, We. to 100 s.
inferior do., 60s. to 70a. ; rowen, 70.. to 755. ; clover, old,
100 a. to 1154. ; second cut, 85e. to 945. ; strew, 27e. to 32...

ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

The report of the directors to be submitted to
the general meeting on the 25th April, states that the re-
ceipts exhibit a slight increase upon the previous year.
On the other side of the account, the charge for coal shows
• diminution of 10,492/. 19s. 2d. as compared with 1858;
and the only items which exhibit an increase, except
a trifling one on coal sacks, are those of " general service
and stations," and "salaries." The former being augmented
by the lease of more extensive premises t St. Thomas, and
the expenses of the agency at Colon, rendered neces-
sary by the through traffic arrangements with the Pacific
Steam NavimitionCompany and the E4DOMD. Railroad Com-
pany, from which a considerable accession of freight has
already accrued ; the latter item shows an apparent increase,
owing to the discontinuance of the arrangement by which
a proportion of the salaries was charged to the Australian
service. The 6 per cent. appropriated to the repair and re-
newal account for the year, has met the expense actually
incurred in the repairs of the ships and machinery, although
several of the vermeils employed in the Intercolonial service
have received a thorough overhaul during the year. The
usual appropriation from profit and loss has been made to
the credit of the general reserved fundio meet the loss on
the ships sold, together with an addition of 1 per cent. on
the original value of the ships, and the balance of the ac-
count is in consequence 16,6871. Ti. 3d. less than that shown
in the account to 30th JUDO last. The practice of late
has been to write off the losses , sustained on
the sale of old ships in such animal proportions
as would extitepish the debt by the time the company's
contract is terminable, but it will be evident that if large
sums are charged to that account on sales effected near the
termination of that period, the burden might press unfairly
on future years. To guard against this contingency, there-
fore, the directors have deemed it advisable to appropriate
to this account, out of the past year's earnings, I per cent.
on the original value of the fleet, amounting to 11,4171.
4s. 10ii, with a view to prevent the inconvenience which
might otherwise arise from an accumulation of the charge
agai
nst this account for losses on ships disposed of here-
after. The amount to the debit of the insurance account
for the loss of the Parramatta is 135,6131. 9s. 9d. to the
31st of December last • there will be some additional
charges not yet ascertained, but against these will be set
off the value of some portion of the machi-
nery, furnishings, &c., saved from the wreck.
Referring to the statements which have occasionally been
put forward regarding thessnitary condition of St. Thomas,
the dispersing point of the company's ships in the West In-
dies, the shareholders will be glad to learn that in conse-
quence of the representations which have been made by the
dirmtors, with the active support of her Majesty's govern-
ment, the Danish authorities have recently decided on opening
• rocky ledge at the inner part., which will produce a flow of
water through the harbour. By this means it is expected
the sanitary state of the port will be improved and rendered
equal, at least, to that which would exist in any other West
India port, if resorted to by an equal number of
colliers and steamers. Some prem has been made with
the work in question, and the good effects of it are reported
to be already perceptible. Adverting to the Australian un-
dertaking, the directors state that there are still several
matters unsettled in connexion with it, which render it im-
possible at present to close the accounts for this service, but
which it is hoped will not add materially to the lass. The
balance appearing to the debit of that account to the end of
last year is 127,965/. 3s. From this, however, is to be de-
ducted the sum of 45,000/., since received from the govern-
ment as indemnity for loss sustained in working the service
since July, 1858, cud the company have • further claim under
this bead of nearly 16.0007., which however is disputed. They
regret to state that the endeavours to obtain a remission of
the fines previously imposed havebeen hitherto unsuccessful_
The balance remaining after abating the sums referred to
will but little exceed the amount which has been passed to
the credit of the company for the hire of their ships em-
ployed in carrying out the service under the European and
Australian Company's contract, and for the portion of the
expenses of the company's establishments borne by that
account. Taking into consideration that the Tasmanian
has been secsr.red to the company at little more than half
the cost which would hove been required to replace the
Paramatta, for which ship she has been substituted,
and that the Oneida has been made over to the company
for considerably less than her value, it will be seen that the
actual loss sustained by the company will not exceed what
has been expected. The directors recommend the usual
rate at dividend of 2/. per share, free of income tax, foi the
six months ending 31st of December, 1859.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Mops" Ann 23.
Their lomliMp. met et 5 Aim&
MVOS= BILL

Cron the motion the Lotto CitaiseithOlt the order of
the day for going into commitiee upon this bill wee post-
poned main Thursday next.
EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE ARMY.
Lnid VIVIAN maid that se a elmilar question to that of
which be bed given =tics had been put elsewhere and fully
sneered, it wee uneestesary for him to detain their lord-
ships by adverting to the subject, especially as business of
much greater importance was coming before them. He,
however, might express a hope that the =justifiable
fraud 'thief' had recently been detected would lead
to a reconsideration of the subject of the examination of
candidates for commission,' in her Majesty's service, and
that their examination would be so simplified as to render
it improbable that such • fraud could be repeated. He
could not but think that the present system of examination
WAX more prejudicial than beneficial to the interests of her
Majeetz's sense,
ANNEXATION OP SAVOY TO FRANCE—THE
MARQUIS OF NORMANBYS RESOLUTIONS.
The Marquis of NORMANBY rose to move the bellows ,
iag resolutions
• That it appears by the papers Web laid. before garbs.
meat. and especially by a despatch from Earl Cowley to
Lord John guasell, &tart Sti February, that the French
mtanter bad ttaled, aad truly, that the intestine of the
Mnperer of the Prince to take poseemion et Savoy under
certain °millineries had been malt knows to her Majony's
*inbreeds at Patin ad by hie emenrimkated to her
Majesty's Sseereary of State on mere than use scrim
between the lllk elf July, 18610, sad the SOY of January,
HMO, is private letters :
That while this hors fully reocipsisee the reerity of •
private corrsepondesoe between the Secretary of State and
her Majsetja reproseatatives abroad, it is of opinion that
all facts of nnernational importance ought to be snide mat-
ter of official correspondence, and as such to remain on
sword, foe the use Dot mily of the goverment of the day
bat of their thoessoon ia ogles, to be produced to or
withheld from parliament by the ministers of the sown es
their res • ity
That the aroma of any such record, mere 'especiaUy if
such private onereepeelence is referred to in public
despatches,' le iaiunous to the public minim. unjust alas
to the I Messmer who amide the communication sad
to official cobusgesa at home, and calculated to withhold
important matter from the full and free control of
Mbraai leinnse; any onsition of hostility towards Lordoowley,
be stated that the object of his motion was to awed cr-
isis well understood owl greraDy recognised
_prhacipbee
the conduct of the diplomacy of the country. He conteeded
that if the government had oily takes suillcieet trouble
they might have discovered that negotiatioas for the
transfer of Balmy and Nice between France nod Sardinia
were being carried .on at a period when they deedered them-
selves igooraat of such a fact The eresersenes of this
ignorer had been that the whole country had base kept
in simpeasm mid the time fur effective action bed
by. Alluding to the speech of Lord John be
thought it coatinael met unjust accusations against the
Simperer of the French, who had not acted with the bad
faith imputed to him, as Count Walewski had clearly
pasted out to Lord Cowley that the caste of iserlais
non-
tiageseus in Italy would be followed by the annexation of
Slavery sad Nioe to France. Great allowances must elan be
made for the Freed' Emperor, who, notwithstanding the
eggreseive policy he had punned, had been placed in •
peculiar politics by the meddling policy of this country in
Italy. He hoped that the house would agree to the reso-
lution he had brought forward, u a refusal to do so might
be construed into an approval of • police which had re-
sulted in the present unpleasant relations between France
and this country
Earl COW LEY, who, *joke in • very low tome aeons, said,
that before atteroptingaey argument on the resolution he must
first thank their lordshipa for the courtesy shown person-
ally tobinnielf in putting the discussion off from Friday until
Monday, in order to afford him the opportunity of being
resent. He was sure that none of their lordships would
be astonished that he should wish to take part in this dis-
MIAMI] on a resolution which, when he first mid it, struck
him as being a distinct vote of censure on himself. The
charge was that he had been instrumental in keeping back
from their lordships matters°, great importance, and he had
dl permission from the Secretary of State to present
himself lo them in order that be might answer so important
a charge. (Hear, hear.) It iizszoerfectly clear that
something which he was sun to have done,
or rather to have left um one, had =laced the
alibi.. marquis to move this resolution—a resolution which,
is spite of whatever might have been said to the cootrarv,
oonki not appear to him (Earl Cowley) in any other light
than ad a vote of :elm aru . The hest way in which he could
meet the charge was simply to state what had actually
taken place. lu Mash, lAN), his noble friend then at the
head of the Foreign Department sent him an intimation
that information had been received to the effect that nego-
tiation* were in pairs... between France and Sardinia for
the celeion of *Toy to the former country, and instructing
him to make 'equines He did make inquirim, and he
WOO told (so we undentsel) that no such negotiations
bad taken, or were taking, place. On the 4th July a de-
spatch arrived to him of • contrary tenor, and without
waiting for instruction, he went to Count Walewski, when
for the first time the Latter told him that there had both
discu•sione between the governments of Prance and Sardinia
to the effect that if the war should result in giving to Sar.
damn:, a large addition of territory in Central Italy, France
would deem it right to claim some equivalent on the side of
Hans. This information he forwarded to London, and received
instructions in reply; Out in the nieantinie he was informed
by H Walewski that any such intention'on the part of the
Fresh government WWI at an end. Just thee information of
an amnesty arrived., am! on the 11th the preliminaries of
peace were signed at Villdreoca. Their lordship were
aware that theme preliminaries found no acceptance with
the people of Ital., who would have much preferred an
entire annexation to Sardinia. Their lonlahips were also
aware that from the moment these preliminaries were
signed, the French government was most anxious to have
them carried out, rid it was also perfectly true that in the
various coeversatior which be had between the 25th
Joie sal the sth November Count Walewski stated as
his private opinion that if say maim of ter-
ritory in Italy took place to Sardinia, it would
be followed by • demand for territory in 15avoy on the
part of France. (Hear.) This was sot an official decla-
ration, it was rather an observation made in common con.
yereation, and be certainly did not take it so an official in-
tim:atom which he was bound to fora mil to hi. government.
He was a possess of the sol*W.ll 4...Lanition of Count
Walt witi, made in July, and he considered that would only
bare involved hie government in frisks discussions,
whilst he should give up the declaration which had been
made to him without any qualification. (Hear, hear.)
Benin., lie ceekl never have 'knout that the hint of
Sardinia would crest to give up a temtory which was
truly c.alled the cratEe of his race, and which con.
Steed oleo the last fasting plan of his ancestors.
The resolution sated that it was not usual to allude to pri-
vate correspoodena in a public despatch. He admitted
this this. was irreTular. l• it he thought he could given satia-
te-tory reason why this tint taken place. When the change
took in the Fresh Cal out be was absent from Pans,
sad he found on his retarn that the queation of Savoy,
which lie imagined had fallen to the ground, was in
everybody's mouth ; their lordships wouhl recollect
that a sings. VIM also then spoken of, and under
tree circumstances.. It became secssary to speak to the
new Minister for I...ride Affairs. Y. read toll him
hts rood not give any informaticia until be bad time to look
through the papers, and it was ant until the sth
February that be (Lord Cowley) say information
I,l* the intentions of the French Government.
Is noting his re orta to the Seminary of State for Foreign
Affair.. it aeaad to him that he ought not to state any.
deur; which was irregular or unfair. He thought he had
set enough to show their lordships that what he had done
WA. tusiitable sad peeper. (Haar, bear.) His noble friend
the noble marquis, who had bees so long in the diplomatic
service of her country, himself knew that if a Foreign Mi-
nster ended to make • communication to • foreign go-
verment, be did an through the minister sending at that
sent, and one of the proofs that there was Do intention that
be i Fart( 'owley )ighou'el make snyoffieial communisation was
Haat no intimatsos had been given of the matter to the
amboaaolor is Leonia so far se be knew. He had no in-
teethe, of making may motion en this subject. He was
=Ste unacquainted with the wages of the house, and all he
wiehteilto do was !imply to make their lordships understood
that be had withheld en cosunuaicatioa whatever fool, tier
Majeety's goveresesst duriug the time of those important
traisistiois. (Hear. lour.) He believed that in making
those coaronotioas with Coast Walewski private letters
unwed dollesal repose he bed acted for the best interested '
Ms rousts. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl spoke is so low
a tots throughout hie speech, that his obse.-vations were
very moserfeetly heard in the_pillery.
Tile la ill CHANCELLOK rose, and wen about to pat
the queens that the ree4utton be agreed to, when
KANV ILL I'4 ahu had been absent, returned to
hi. plc.. e, and mud tin wished to make a few ,dmer-
Tat.ou, The answer made by his noble friend who had
pout ••t down was ordeal% s aeslidl and perfectly satia-
fse4ss these, hest - - that not one single peer had risen to
eoppot the metros of the noble marque, (Hear.) He
should therefore ask tiara loralahige to agree to the previous
411/.144..41. Tb. MONO Ones OWN reviewed the speech of the
mottle marque in uorodsciag Usenet:on, and remarked that
it most have less paidol to the noble marquis that during
this Aloft newel be .1..11.1 hare been compelled I..ryxtri
of public duty to attar; the two um who had .
yd
sued hini in the two Last diplomatic pets which ii=dY
hell. One of them was • ',inn man, sod it woukl be for
the ool•be mortis to say irtnAlier the attack was fair or
not m 11111.1imace ; but as to the other, the whir earl who
h ..I rot eat down, be mail at speak ,if his good violinr
a. he was prIWINIC excerpt so far as to say that those naafi,
lam bad obtained foe him the coilfidk, of every minister
who had presided over the foreign elf.ors of this sentry
sal of every foreign minister with whom ha had had
env orniusinicatiou. With regard to as nhaix that bag
Joh., Knoell had imeourageol the
.popuber
he would appeal to the noble earl as to whether he hed
reaSed ear istnictions en that point.
Earl COWLEY replied—Nuns whatever.
Earl OR.ANVILLE expected See aohle earl would
give that asuranee The results of file earths were so
doubt olioststeful to the ride marquis, who so coandabuy