The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

In regard to the Conference the Paine says :
" We learn from London that the proposal for an
armistice emanating from the Cabinet at St. James's
has been rfj::cted—in other words, referred to the
different Cabinets for consideration. This dilatory
proceeding is the utter sumo, ab initio, of Lord Pal.
mer3ton'e policy. How is it possible now to admit
that France can take up the refusal of the belligerent
Powets, and associate herself with the desires for
energetic action supposed to be entertained by the
C,,bnet ? Tau French Government
must say to itself to-day whit pubiic opini:in ioudiy
proclaims—nEmely, that al: the misfortunes which
Denmark are owing to the hesitating policy
of the English Cabinet, and that it is not fur France
to repair the fautts of England. Franco cannot but
say, with every body else, that it the English 6o
verntnent had sincerely desired an armistice, Lord
Palmerston, who convoked the Conference for April
12, before the taking of Duppel, would net have put
it off till the 20th, to give the Prussians time to in-
vade Jutland. In consenting to take part in the
Conference, France has signed no pact with Eng-
land; she has neither fettered her will nor her action.
She may leave doubted of the success of the tardy
effort of British diplomacy, but would not, there-
fore, on that account refuse her participation—that
is all. The concurrence of France was given, but
the effort turns out to have been useless, and now
the Imperial Government cannot go further. Prus-
sian policy triumphs, and it triumphs by the aid of
England. This consideration may perhaps console
the Cabinet of St. James's; but it must impose upon
France a reserve all the more absolute that neither
Europe nor Denmark can now misapprehend the
entirely loyal conduct of the Emperor,"
BOURSE, April 27.—The market opened at a
decline on the closing rates of yesterday, but soon
afterwards recovered. Threes, for the Account,
which commenced at 66f. 700., are now at 66f. 85e.
Mobilier, after having been done at 1,175 f., have
since advanced to 1,205 f. The Railway Market
has been heavy, and with prices in some cases lower.
The market continued buoyant to the close, and left
off as follows

41 per Cents. 93 50 Italian Loan 69 10
Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 15
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 67 05 Do. end month....
Credit M0bi1ier....1230 .. Russian
Do. end m0nth....1237 50 Austrian
Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... 51 73
Credit Foncier 1270 [tome Debt
Ronan — Deferred -
AYB.
Cash. Account.
890 887 50
975 .. 972 50
950 952 50
887 50 ..
675 .. 672 50
505
480 .. 480
371 25 .. 3E7 50
415 417 50
b 55 560
492 50 .. 49)
575 575
270 275

RAIL

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Low rd
North of Spain
Saragossa
bitto to Barcelona

DEATH OF MR. KERSHAW, M.P.—lntelligence
was received by electric telegraph yesterday, in
Manchester, of the death, at btroatham, Surrey, of Mr. J.
Kershaw, one of the members for Stockport, and head of the
firm of Kershaw, Si,iebottom, and Co., cotton spinners,
manufActurers, and calico printers, Portlrud-street, Man-
chester. Mr. Kershaw was burn iu 1795, and was one of
the successful men of the day. lie started in life as a ware-
house lad, but showed such eminent business qualities that
at a tolerably early age he was made a partner in the mer-
cantile firm of Lees, Millington, an.l Cullender, of which
ultimately he became the leading partner, It was not till
some years after that he became a spinner and manufac-
turer. As a liberal politician he took part in most of the
stirring events in Manchester from 1830 forwards, includ-
ing the Reform and the A.uti-Corn Law League agitations.
He was a member of the Council of the League, and sup-
ported the movement liberally with his purse as welt as with
his voice and personal irdluenee. lie was a subscriber of
£l,OOO to the " Great Anti-Corn Law League Fund," as it
was termed, and about the same time be subscribed £l,OOO
towards purchasing public parks for the people of Manches-
ter. He was also a liberal supporter of schools and foreign
missions. So munificent was he in his desire to promote any
work which he thought to be good that it is said in a single
year his name was down as a subscriber to three different
objects to the amount of £l,OOO each. He was an earnest
supporter of the movement for obtaining a charter of incor-
poration for Manchester, was elected an alderman of the
first Town Council under the charter, and was made Mayor
of Manchester in 1843, holding the office for two years. He
became a candidate for the representation of Stockport in
Parliament with Mr. Cobden in July, 1847, but was de-
feated. In December of the same year, however, on Mr.
Cobden vacating his seat at Stockport to accept a seat for
the West Riding of Yorkshire, he stood a second contest,
and was elected. He continued to hold the seat till his
death, He was held in high respect both in Stockport and
Manchester. He lost his only sou some years ago, but seve-
ral daughters survive him,

Field Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.B,

The public will have learned with pleasure that
this venerable and gallant veteran is the subject of
a proposed monument, commemorative of his military
career and his private worth, about to be erected in
Chester by public subscrption. A list of contributors
has already appeared, and their numbers are daily
increasing. Meetings have been held in the Castle
of Chester to decide upon the form the intended
memorial shall take, the locality to ba chosen, and
the artist to whom the work shall be entrusted.
The Lord Bishop of Chester, the Earl Grosvenor,
and the leading names of the county are upon the
committee appointed to confer on the subject with
Baron Marochetti, the proposed sculptor.

It may be interesting at this moment to-recapi-
tulate the several services in the career of this
distinguished soldier. Lord Combermere is the
eldest son of the late Sir IL Stapleton Cotton, M.P.
for Cheshire. He was born in the year 1770, en-
tered the army in 1791, and served in Flanders in
the campaign of 1793-94. Two years later he em-
barked for the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir T.
Craig, in command of the 25th Light Dragoons,
and, accompanying his regiment to India, went
through the campaign of 1798.99, against Tippoo
Saib, and was present at the siege of Seringapatam.
In 1808 he accompanied Lord Wellington to the
Peninsula in command of a cavalry brigade; here
he particularly signalised himself during the cam-
paign in the north of Portugal, and in the opera-
tions of Oporto, and afterwards at the battle of
Talavera: In the following year he was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant general, and in 1810
he was appointed to the command of the forces
under the Duke of Wallington. In this position
he remained till the close of the war in 1814, dis-
tinguishing himself at the head of the cavalry
upon every occasion, and !Aug frequently men.
tioned in the dispatches. He covered the
I-Flrcat, from Aitneida to Torres Vedras, and
rook part in the battles .of Busaco. Fuentes
sl 0 Jo!, and Saleeee:lea, ei-Lre
wounded; and s' .o ie those of the Pyrenees, Orthes,
and Toulouse. In 1817 1w was appointed governor
of Barbadoes, and commander the foreas in the
West Indies, which he exchanged in 1822 for the
chief command of the British forces in India, where
he was at the head of the troops at the siege and
capture of Bhurtpore in 1825.26. A peerage had
been granted to him for his Peninsularservices, and
he was then raised to a viscountcy for his Indian
exploits. On the death of the Duke of Wellington
he was appointed constable of the Tower of London,
and lord lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, and in
1855 was advanced to the rank of field marshal in
the array. His lordship is a G.C.8.; he also holds
an appointment in the Court as gold stick in wait-
ing to her Majesty. He is now reposing in the
quietude of his Cheshire home, rich in years, and
full of honours, after a period of active military ser-
vice extending far beyond the average life of
man.