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tanned sound organisation, and which do not possess the
capital necessary to uphold strength sufficient to maintain
order throughout the country. However, I can a- sure my
hon. friend that the rebellion has been narrowed into a far
smaller space during the last two years; and if we are to
speculate on the future it is more probable that the rebellion
is tending to its end than that the Imperial Government
will be overthrown. (Hear, hear.) But if the Imperial Go-
vernment was overthrown, what wou'd you have ? You
would have nothing but anarchy. Those Taepings are per-
fectly incapable of forming a government, and there would
be rebellion against them. Our direct interference has been
limited to treaty powers. We have given the Chinese Govern-
ment the assistance of British agents for the purpose of col-
lecting and improving their customs duties, and improv-
ing their revenue, and great benefit has accrued to the
Government of China from that arrangement. We know
that last year two orders of Council were issued, one
authorising Capt. Osborn and some others, under Mr. Lay,
to raise a squadron for the purpose of restoring order in the
waters of China, and for suppressing the piracy which in-
jures navigation. I regret very much that the expedition
of Capt. Sherard Osborn did not succeed, because I believe
that if it had gone on, and if Capt. Osborn had been allowed
to direct it according to his views, it would have put an end
to that piracy which is now desolating all the coasts of
China. That order in Council, however, has been revoked,
and there is no intention on the part of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to issue such an order in Council again. Then
there was another order in Council, authorising British
subjects to enter into the service of China. Major Gordon
was one of those who took advantage of that order. That
order in Council has been revoked, and there is no inten-
tion to renew it, (Hear.) Major Gordon, I am sorry to
hear by the last accounts, has sustained a check, and has
been wounded—l hope not severely. He is a most able and
distinguished officer, and one who has performed great
service to the Imperial Government; and I must say that
my conviction is, that if the Imperial Government could by
his means or any other means put an end to the rebellion,
not only would they gain a great advantage themselves,
bat they would confer an immense advantage on the com-
mercial interests of this country. (Hear.) All I can say is,
that it is not our intention to authorise any direct interfe-
rence in the military and naval service of China as between
the Imperial Government and the Taepings, beyond the
protection to be afforded within the radius of our treaty
ports. I think that it is a duty which the Government
owes to the commercial interests of this country, and I
am quite convinced that, if the commercial interests were
assembled, and asked their opinion, they would say,
"For Heaven's sake, protect our commerce in
China in the treaty ports, because that commerce is
daily growing more and more important, and is one of
the means by which this country has weathered the diffi-
culty arising out of the want of cotton from America." I
hope my hon. friend will be satisfied with what I have
stated, though, unfortunately, I cannot agree with him in
the conclusions which he draws, and in the objects he seeks
to have accomplished. My opinion is that the country at
large will be of opinion that the Government are doing
their duty in protecting the commercial interests of this
country in China, as derived from the treaty concluded with
China—(hear)—that, so far from its being desirable that
the Tartar Government should be overthrown, and that
those ragamuffin Taepings—(laughter)—should get the
advantage, I am convinced that those who know anything
about China will feel that it is an object of the must immense
importance that order and tranquillity should be restored in
a country where our commercial relations aro already so ex-
tensive. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LIDDELL thought the answer they had just heard
the most unsatisfactory that had ever fallen from a respone
sible Minister. The noble lord had referred with pride to
the extension of our commercial relations, and said that it
was due to the Government policy ; but in the very next
sentence he had spoken of the desolation which had taken
place, owing to what he called the inroads of the rebels. He
(Mr. Liddell) would ask, in whose hands for years past the
silk-producing districts had been ? Why, they had been
in the hands of the rebels during the period in which this
increase of trade had been taking place. The noble lord said
that the rebellion was waning ; but recent accounts had
shown that the material successes of the rebels had fol-
lowed each other in rapid succession. The noble lord had
defended the policy of the Government, and stated that he
intended to continue it. But did he study the advice of
his own envoy? Because, if he did, he would find that
the Government policy, in every one of its most material
points, was not only disputed, but absolutely contradicted,
by their own envoy on the spot. That being the case,
the Government ought either to disown his despatches
and recall him, or to follow his advice. He thought the
house had a right to expect from the Government a more
complete enunciation of their policy than they had given,
in the interests of that trade which they professed to pro-
tect. It was known that the Government policy was disap-
proved by the commercial bodies in China, as being preju-
dicial to trade. His belief was that, unless the Government
confined themselves simply to maintaining their treaty
rights in China, they would materially prejudice English
interests in China. The noble lord said he had interfered
because our treaty rights had been endangered. He (Mr.
Liddell) would again ask in what single instance ont;treaty
rights had been endangered, or in which British property
and life had been endangered, except in the case of the
murders on board the Firefly, which were in the nature of
reprisals for the murders at Soochow. These were the sort
of acts to which the civil war led, which had been pushed
beyond its natural limits by our unhappy interference.
Lord N_e.AS said that, as a discussion on Chinese affairs
would shortly come off on the motion of the hon. member
for Rochdale (Mr. Cobden), he should confine his observa-
tions to expressing the regret he felt that the noble lord had
not informed the house that the new policy he inaugurated
had been a failure, and that he intended to return to the
policy which had been laid down after the treaty of Tien-
'rein. The present policy of the Government in China went
far beyond maintaining our treaty rights, for we had inter-
fered to assist the Imperial Government in the internal
affairs of the country, and on a future occasion those who
opposed that course would be able to show that the interests
of our trade had been thereby very much endangered, and
that our merchants believed that the policy of the Govern-
ment had been in direct opposition to their interests, and
were most anxious that we should go back as soon as pos-
sible to the principles which had been laid down by Earl
Russell after the treaty of Tien-Tsin.
Colonel SYKES said the noble lord had justified inter-
ference in the affairs of China, because we had inter-
fered in the affairs of cenutries in Europe. But the noble
lord had not considered that the motives of our inter •
Terence in Europe had been to protect the rights of the
people against their despotic Government. But what had
we done in China ? We had not there interfered to sup-
port the people against a despotic Government. On the
contrary, we had interfered in support of a Government
which was admitted and declared by our own envoy, Sir F.
Bruce, and by the whole of our representatives in China, to
be the most corrupt, treacherous, perfidious, and oppressive
Government on the face of the earth. The hon. member
proceeded to quote from a despatch from Mr. Burlingham,
the American Minister in China, which had been laid before
Congress, to show that the policy upon which the repre-
sentatives of England, France, Russia, and the United
States had agreed to act in China was that of the simple
maintenance of our treaty rights in the treaty ports, and
non-interference in the internal affairs of the Chinese em-
pire. He showed in what respect recent Government
policy had been in violation of this principle of non-inter-
ference. In May, 1860, the Taepings took possession of
Soochow and the neighbouring silk districts. From that
time to the present the export of silk from those districts
had increased continuously, which proved that the Taepiugs
did not devastate the country in the manner which had been
asserted.
Mr. GREG SON expressed himself satisfied with the
declaration made by Lord Palmerston that the policy of the
Government was directed simply to the maintenance of our
treaty rights in China, and to the defence of the persons and
property of British subjects. He regretted the failure of
Caa pterl
nOsborn's expedition, which he thought was directed
to
noble
and useful purpose. He believed the Taeping
rebellion to be on the decline.
Mr. A. KINNAiRD adduced the testimony of Admiral
Sir James Hope to show the bad faith of the Taepings,
ASRANTEE.
Sir J. PAKINGTON asked what causes had led to
the war with the King of Ashantee ; and whether there
was any prospect of her Majesty's troops being relieved
from the destructive effects of that climate by a peaceful
solution of the question. lie wanted to know, he said, not
only what were the causes, but what were the objects of the
war. He described the destructive effects of the climate
upon the negro as well as the European troops, and expressed
a hope that the policy in which the war originated would be
pert a stop to.
Mr CARDWELL explained very fully the origin of the
war, the preparations made for it, and the precautions taken
for securing, the health of the troops; the Vi€WIS of the Go-
vernment in engaging in it, the stateof affairs me to the date
of the last mail, and the determination of the Government
upon the receipt of these advises.
A few remarks were made by Sir J. HAY, and the
house then went into committee of supply on the Civil Ser-
vices Estimates; soon after which the house was counted
out at half-past 7 o'clock.

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TEE CIRCASSIAN EXODUS,

(From the limes Correspondent.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.
The Circassians continue to pour into the country
in vast numbers. Wasted by horrible privations
and disease, they flock in utter destitution in such
localities as have been temporarily awarded to
them. The hard fate of these unfortunate creatures
has not in any way deterred others from running
the same risks rather than endure the cruel domina-
nation of the Russians. Indeed, there can now be
no reason for doubting that Russia is determined to
drive these tribes out of their native mountains, and
is pursuing the most inhuman system to secure this
end They are literally driven into the sea by their
conquerors, and the full extent of the cruelties to
which they are subjected will never be known, nor
can the fearful loss of life which has thinned their
ranks be ever faithfully recorded. The Turkish
Government is giving such assistance as it can ; but
unless a proper system be adopted for disposing of
the emigrants the movement must inevitably result
in ruin and disaster. In order to establish such a
system a considerable sum of money—estimated at
£l,soo,ooo—should be set aside for the purpose,
and this the Turks, with the limited resources at
the command of the Treasury, cannot provide,
unless, indeed, they have recourse to a loan for this
special object. The subject is attracting consider-
able attention. I understand that the English and
French Ambassadors have sent full reports to their
respective Governments, and have pointed out the
necessity under which the Turks will be compelled
to obtain financial assistance in the matter. They
have urged that Circassia, being now lost, some-
thing should be done to save the Circassians.
It is true that the Turkish Government has come
rather prominently before the public of late years
as an eager borrower, and it is a question how
far capitalists will be disposed to humour
and encourage a client so insatiable in his thirst for
pecuniary accommodation ;.but with a special object
of this nature in view, with a satisfactory guarantee,
and with a distinct pledge secured by proper super•
vision that this money will be used for the purposes
for which it is raised, and no others, it is not im •
probable that the Turks, who up to the present
time have kept their engagements with the public
faithfully, may be able to obtain the needful amount.
In this or in some other manner something must be
done to relieve the misery of this suffering multi-
tude, and save them from impending destruction.
It would not be creditable to humanity that 300,000
human beings should be allowed to suffer and perish
without an attempt being made to extricate them
from their cruel position.
It has been said before, and it is perfectly obvious,
that if proper measures be adopted to direct this
movement into a good channel the advantages which
will accrue to the Turkish Empire will be consider.
able. In the construction of roads, in the develop-
ment of agriculture, more particularly in reference
to the growth of cotton, in supplying a new resource
for the recruitment of the army—in these and other
ways it is the opinion of competent persons that
the Government might make good capital of this
movement. I do not know in what precise
form the Porte will present this question to the
public, but if it should be in the nature of a loan
contracted with European capitalists such stipula-
tions should be made as will secure a proper use
for the fund, and it would be wise and prudent that
the commission which is to dispense it should com-
prise some practical Europeans experienced in
matters of emigration and colonisation. Indeed, the
advice and assistance which we were enabled to
afford to the Turks in matters of finance through
the medium of Mr. Foster has proved so ad-
vantageous, there is no reason why, under the same
conditions, some :English officials should not be
placed at the disposal of the Turkish Government
to advise them in a matter in which they are com-
paratively ignorant.
I have had occasion frequently to allude to the
short loans which the Treasury has been obliged to
contract from time to time to meet such pressing de-
mands as cannot wait the slow process of realisa-
tion of the revenue. The time was when these loans,
contracted on usurious rates, contributed to swell to
a great bulk the floating debt. They are now raised
upon terms more proportionate to the rate of their
foreign debt; and as there is not only willingness
but eagerness on the part of capitalists to take them
upon those terms, it must be taken as an indication
that Tuikish credit is established on a better basis
than when the rate of interest for these short loans
varied between 30 and 50 per cent. ; but still, after
the measures which were adopted for creating a
reserve fund, and which were believed to be suffi-
cient to enable the Government to tide over the
time of trial which immediately precedes the col-
lection of the revenue, some disappointment is felt
that the Treasury should so constantly have re-
course to this system of borrowing. Within the
last three weeks two loans of this nature have been
concluded; the cue may be looked upon as a Euro-
pean loan, although it is not to be issued to the
public, being in a few hands, comprising some
European bankers, and also a portion of the local
financial element. The Imperial Ottoman Bank
has also taken a share in it. The amount if
£BOO,OOO, at 10 per cent. interest, and 2 per cent.
commission, which makes it a little higher than
their foreign 6 per cent. loans, quoted at about 70.
It is to be repaid in six months, and is guaranteed
upon certain unappropriated portions of the Cus-
toms' revenue. The contractors of this loan have
undertaken to liquidate the coupons and the sink-
ing fund of the Consolides which have just fallen
due. The other loan, for £250,000, is of a purely
local nature, and upon terms nearly identical with
the first. The Turkish Government represent these
temporary arrangements as supplying the place of
Exchequer-bills, and not interfering in any way
with the provisions of the Budget. The system,
however, is objectionable, and it shows either that
they have greater difficulty than they admit in the
collection of the revenue, or that their estimated
requirements are exceeded. Turkish credit will
never be safely and durably established until it can
be shown that the resources of the revenue are suf-
ficient for current expenditure. It is affirmed by the
Government that this desirable balance actually
exists; the public, however, are rather sceptical on
the subject ; but an opportunity will occur in a few
days to test the accuracy of these statements by
the publication of the Budget, which is now in
preparation.
Kiprisli Mehemet Pasha, ex-Grand Vizier under
the late reign, and late Governor-General of Adria-
nople, has been dismissed from his post, and has
received a pension, indicating official disgrace. He
had often been mentioned as a likely successor of
Fuad Pasha in case the influence of the latter de-
clined. He has always been reputed honest and
energetic, and his disgrace is said to be consequent
upon some arbitrary and unjust proceedings for
which his entourage more than himself seem to have
been guilty. Frequent complaints were made to
the Sultan, who himself ordered his immediate
recall. His dismissal removes one mere eager com-
petitor for the leadership of the Government from
the path of Fuad Pasha, who is believed, if outward
indications are to be trusted, to possess at this
moment the Sultan's entire confidence.
The first meeting of the Conference on the sub-
ject of the Danubian Principalities was held yester-
day at the residence of the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Aali Pasha. The representatives of Eng-
land, France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Italy
were present, and it was decided to pronounce the
Act of Secularization of the " dedicated convents',
passed by the Rouman Chamber as opposed to the
spirit of the Paris Convention, and consequently
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illegal. At the same time the principle of seculari-
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the Plenipotentiaries will take into consideration
the affairs of Syria and the selection of an Impe-
ril Commissioner for the Lebanon, either by the
reappointment of Daoud Pasha, whose term of office
is shout to expire, or by the nomination of some
other official. In the meanwhile the intelligence
received from Syria is far from satisfactory, and is
not calculated to inspire confidence in the arrange-
ments which have been adopted by the Powers, in
concert with the Porte, for the better government
of this imperial province.
Notwithstanding a link is still wanting between

Diwanieh and Bussorah in the te!egraphic commu-
nication with Indio, through Asiatic Turkey and
the Persian Gaif, several messages have been re-
ceived here from India which give hope of a speedy
and uninterrupted me ens of direct communication.
Some difficulties erne in consequence of the op-
position of tribes of the Scbat-EI-Arab, who de-
manded a subsidy for the protection of the line.
The Turkish Government, who have failed to bring
these tribes under subjection or control, are rather
sore on the subject, and have not been over eager to
listen to these overtures. Under our advice, however,
and with the prospect of a considerable revenue
consequent upon the establishment of a through
traffic, they have been induced to put their pride
and petty susceptibility on one side, and a pro-
posal is now made by the Sheiks of these tribes
which I have no doubt will be accepted. If the
Turkish authorities keep their engagements in good
faith it may safely be predicted that the Arabs
will observe their own part of the agreement, and
a permanent traffic may thus be relied upon. Too
much credit cannot be given to Col. Kemball, our
Consul-General Bagdad, who has been indefati-
gableiathepe atreenalessi
stance and supervision he
has afforded to the line, and in the negotiations he
has carried on respecting it with the Arab Sheiks,
and which have mainly contributed in bringing
about the present satisfactory arrangement. Col.
the line in Meso-
potamia on behalf of the English Government, and
Patrick Stewart 13 now inspecting
is expected at Constantinople in a month, to termi-
nate all arrangements with the Turkish Govern-
ment in the interest of the English traffic. Infor-
mation has also reached me from Teheran that the
land lines, which will make the communication com-
paratively independent of the Persian Gulf cables,
are rapidly. The same letter informs
me
Government of the Shah is considering
that
the progressing
a variety of proposals from Europeans for the esta-
blishment of a bank and the construction of railways.
In the interest of the Indian traffic and in order
to connect the two shores of the Bosphorus, between
which there is now constant interruption, in conse-
quence of the frequent destruction of the cables
which have been laid down, the Turkish Govern-
ment are considering, and will probably adopt, a
proposal for stretching wires across by means of two
iron towers raised on the two points on the Bosphorus
known as Roumeli Hissar and Anatoli Hisser.

The Engagement off Heligoland,

COPENHAGEN, May 17.
The following report of the naval engagement of
the Danish North Sea squadron with the Austro-
Prussians on the 9th inst., off Heligoland, has just
been issued by the Ministry of Marino :
" After the frigate Jylland had joined the frigate
Niels Juel and the corvette Heimdal, on the 6th
inst., off Christiansand, the united squadron stood
southwards, under command of Capt. E. Suenson,
who hoisted his pendant. 0.!? the Niels Jul, to cruise
off Heligoland, by order .of; the Ministry.
" At 10 a.m. on the Bth, while standing towards
Red Cliff, a steam frigate came in sight. The Jyl-
land received orders to look after her, and returned
at 12 with intelligence that she was the English
frigate Aurora, Capt. M'Clintock, who had been in
company with the combined Austro-Prussian squa-
dron the preceding day. Oar ships got up steam
and stood southwards in search of the enemy.
" At 3 30 a.m. on the 9th the squadron brought
to off the Smaldyb, where we received a confirma-
tion from Capt. Hammer of the news that the united
German squadron put to sea from Cuxhaven on the
evening of the 6th, and was cruising between the
Elbe and Heligoland. After making arrangements
with Capt, Hammer for laying out buoys and masks
in the Smaldyb, in case we should be compelled to
put in there, the squadron stood off for the south-
west under canvass for Heligoland. At 11 a.m.
smoke was discovered to the south-south-west, and
at 12 30 we had the hostile squadron in view, con
sisting of Austrian frigates and three small Prussian
steamers, bearing down towards us, the frigates with
their topgallants lowered and colours flying from
the mast head. Our ships received the signals,
Steam up," Furl sails,' and ' Prepare for action.'
" The enemy's ships wore in the meantime within
about a mile and a half, the Schwarzenburg leading,
the Radetsky a little behind, end the Prussian gun-
boats bringing up the rear. The scene of action was
southswest of Heligoland, some 10 miles cif the
island ; the weather fine, with a slight breeze from
the east.
"The Schwarzenberg now opened fire with her
rifled guns, and, shortly after, porting her helm,
tried to cross our bows, but cur ships keeping to
port frustrated the intention.
"The squadron had now come nearer, steeling
opposite courses, north and south. The Schwarzen-
berg received our first fire at about five or six cables'
lengths; speed was lessened, and at a quarter to 2
the engagement became general.
" The Prussian gunboats had not followed the
manoeuvre of the Austrians, but running before
them in a south-westerly direction, endeavoured to
fire into our ships' bows. The distance, about two
miles, was, however, too great for their fire to have
any effect.
Our lice having passed the Austrian frigates,
we now turned to the starboard so as to separate
the Austrian from the Prussian vessels; To pre-
vent this the latter pushed forward, while the Au-
strians tried to re-establish the line, giving US
the opportunity of delivering several full broad-
sides into the hostile frigates. After this last
manoeuvre the Austrians and our squadron ran
some distance abreast, steering gradually
south-
south-west and west, our vessels ahead, and the
gunboats more towards the centre. The Niels Juel
engaged the Schwarzenberg, while the Jylland and
Heimdai took the Radetzky. Our line was well
kept, and our vessels able to get excellent aim,
especially as the distance was gradually
reduced to
two or three cables' lengths. The fire of the Aus-
trians was particularly good and evenly main-
tained, in spite of the broadsides they had to sus-
tain. The gunboats were at this time, as in fact
during the whole engagement, at too groat a dis-
tance for their fire to produce any effect.
" Towards half-past 3, after the
fight had lasted
nearly two hours, the foretopsail of the Schwarzen-
bergsmoke was ob.
was seen to be on fire, and
served issuing from her gun ports, while her fire
perceptibly slackened. Oar efforts hereupon in-
creased, and our fire was delivered with excellent

effect.
" By 4 p.m. the Schwarzenberg's w
war hole
was i foren
- I
rigging from below the top and. upwards
flames, and she seemed to abandon the engagement.
She rounded at full speed for the Southern Roads,
off Heligoland, followed by the Radetzky, which
tried to cover her consort with great dexterity.
During
as rapidly as p
sible,os.
this part of the effiir we succeeded in de-
livering a raking broadside at rather close quarters.
Oar vessels pursued the enemy ,
of
fast 4, htheayndwewres
making good use of their bo within until hales
lf
were compelled to abandon
close upon four mi
Heligoland,whe
the pursuit in order not to run into neutral waters.
" Our squadron lay over to the north-east for
some time, observing the enemy. The Austrian fri-
gates and the gunboats anchored at the southern
point of Heligoland, and let off their steam. The
fore-rigging of the Schwarzenberg was shortly
afterwards cut away.
" gagement the English fri.
During the entire en
gate Aurora was riding at anchor off the south of
Heligoland. Our squadron stood east towards the
evening, and left for the north at 3.30 next morn-
ing, in consequence of a despatch from the Ministry
of Marine,
"As previously stated, our loss in this engage.
ment, so honourable to our ships, was 14 killed and
5t wounded, while we aro informed, upon
the
authority of an eye-witness who was at Heligoland,
that the Schwarzenberg alone had 150 killed and
wounded. Neither during nor sinus the engage-
ment have our ships been unfit for service."

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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOU PH-COAST.
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poses. 2. A bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company to make new lines of railway in
the county of Surrey and Sussex, to acquire additional
lands, and to acquire the undertakings of certain other
companies, and for other purposes. 3. A bill co authorise
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company
to run steam vessels between Littleharapton and places on
the Coast of France and in the Channel Islands. 4. A bill
for authorising the London and South Western Railway
Company to make and maintain a line of railway from
Kensington to Richmond, and junction lines communicat-
ing with the Hammersmith and City Railway and the
North and South Western Junction Railway respectively,
and to raise further moneys, and for authorising arrange-
ments with divers railway companies, and for other pur-
poses. 5. A bill for the amalgamation of divers railway
companies with the London and South Western Railway
Company, for authorising that company to make and main-
tain additional lines of railway, and to raise further moneys,
and for other purposes. 6. An act for the incorporation of
the West Grinstead, Cuckfield, and Hayward's Heath Junc-
tion Railway Company, and the making and maintaining
of the West Grinstead, Cuckfield, and Hayward's Heath
Junction Railway, and for other purposes. 7. An act for
enabling the Haylings Railway Company to make and
maintain railways in extension of their authorised railways,
and to make and maintain docks, and to raise moneys for
the purpose, and to make arrangements with other com-
panies, and for other purposes. 8. An act for authorising
the West London Docks and Warehouse Company to exe-
cute further works, and to make arrangements with other
companies to raise moneys, and for other purposes. 9. A
bill for making a railway from the Mid Sussex Railway in
the parish of Hardham, to the Shoreham, Steyning, and
Henfield Railway, near the town of Steyning, and for other
purposes. 10, A bill for the construction of railways to
connect by means of the Thames Tunnel certain railways
on the Surrey side of the river Thames, with certain rail-
ways on the Middlesex side of the river, to be called The
East London Railway,' and for other purposes. 11. A bill
for making and maintaining the Tooting, Merton, and
Wimbledon Extension Railway, and for other purposes."
The CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings observed that
only three of the foregoing bills were promoted by the
Brighton Company, the others being bills authorising work-
ing arrangements with the Brighton Company. The first
bill was, he observed, for improving the accommodation in
connexion with the Victoria Station, and the utility of it
was generally admitted.
No. 1 bill having been approved, No. 2 was passed over,
because it was not ready for consideration.
Bills No. 3 to No. 8 inclusive were severally agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said that the other bills not being ready
for consideration, he would move that the meeting stand
adjourned till Friday, the 3d of June.
This motion having been agreed to, the meeting ad-
ottrned to that day fortnight.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Niles Opened. Receipts.

lwayi

1864. 1863.

1864. 1863.
A

Belfast and N, Counties ..... 136 136
Belfast and Comity Down 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter 1215 121 i
Caledonian 252 :i..344
Cockermouth & Workington 8,5 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 65 65
Cork and Youghal .... 325 321
Cornwall 654 531
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 915 485
Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 1695
Furness, &c 5O 5,.)
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
(it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711
rit.Soutlin. &Westn.(lrind.) 3733/4 329
Great Western 10563/4 10565
Inverness & Aberdeen June 863/4 BGi
Inverness & Perth Junction 1195
Irish North-Western 145 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3955
Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241
Limerick and Foynes 26k 261
Llanelly 465 46/
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 51-
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dever 725 *124
Do. Metropolitan Extension 101 65
Han.,Sheffield.& Lincolnsh
blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 95 95
Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western). • 641 6so
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind... 2e2 2594
Monkland 714 714
sionmouthsh. ltail. & Canal 4l 44
i North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee 420 4101
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10791
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 254 254
Oswestry and Newton...— 5O 42
Ithymney 195 195
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138
Somerset and Dorset G6 395
South Devon .. . 755 751
South-Eastern 306 303
Tail Vale 57 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Leath 431 36
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
West Cornwall 275 271
W.llaAlepool Harbr.&ltail 52 52
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 7
Whitehaven Junction l3 13
Whitehaven & Furnes s Jun 35 35
•
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern.) unction 26.
Bombay, Baroda, & cen. India 185
P.uffalo and Lake Huron l6l
laetroit and Milwankie lB9
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern Bengal
Eastern of France 1135
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula
Gc, Great Luxembourg
134
Great Southern of 'lndia
Great Western of Canada 315
Madras

2,10 2,131
761 7uo
2,110 2,237
7,039 6,331
18,365 16,283
32k 283

379 333
151 16)
183 820
2,011 1,433
356 317
1,439 1,130
1,678 1.711
248 164
2,723 1,961
8,079 7,863
3,581 3,049
8,901 8,408
33,011 26,827
34,040 26,987
2; 41 2,0 t 9
535 471

8,V09 8,201
69,472 18,953
1,189 1,174
1,367
1,719 1,881
40,390 32,913
265 231

131 140
706 6 3
t 7,613 93,127
1,929 1,709
26,422 21,047
18,412 16,608
5,351 4 411
1,45•) 510
16,88 14,681
1,426 1,203
1,714 1,184
2,142 1,9 8
47,6!1 38,881
5.261 4.872
1,714 1.184
2,112 1,918

13,126 12,370
61,852 54,795
3,534 3,, 88
9,330 8,291
1,172 1,003
1,239 929
2,024 1,904
5,733 5,134
5,315 5,2:1
705 373
4.463 3,511
21,261 10,522
5,732 5,363
2,410 2.168
183 214
3,005 2,012
439 321
1,159 1,087
972 772
4,590 4,752
875 757
1,122 850
1,t39 895

1,277 1,257
05,322 60,491

333 278
2,110 2,337
2,124 2,146
5,315 4,431
5,368 426
1,562 1,389
61,741 55,153
33,'464 26,689
22,651 16,413
17,671 7,410
4,313 4,925
424 510
12,181 11,162
5,168 3,445
18,221 14,7 A.
1,741 1,288
54,924 51,936
70 752

Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant (53
Northern of Canada 9l
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman . . 4Bi
Paris, Lyons, & liediterrn lBO5
parts and Orleans 1614
l'Crl3lolll.me.o 771
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian • .. 1527
Sciade
i3outhern of France .... 770
Victorian 196
Wellar.d IWO. 25
West Flanders 75
W. and N.W. of France

132,842 128,970
0,7,280 61,t20
1,259 1,219

1471
105
680
196

1,514 1,470
61,139 49,03=

25,109 23,116
9,081 9,939

1,312 005
49.615 46,510

A Word on the Thames Embankment,

The centre of London liesbetweenWaterloo and Hunger-
ford-Bridges, wherd the aneuriemal swelling of the river at
high tide is full a third as wide again as it is either at London
or Vauxhall bridges. If the shore is shabby the warehouses
that line it are miserable in the extreme. In the vicinity of
London-bridge the giant proportions of British commerce
aro stamped upon the noble warehouses that flank the
stream ; but from Blackfriars-bridge westward the river is
lined by nothing better than a succession of tumble-down
wharfs and petty boat-houses, and these, in all probability,
would have held their ground for another century had it not
been for the necessity of making the low-level sewer, and for
the revolution the railways have worked in every depart-
ment of metropolitan traffic. The value of water-side pre-
mises would have been too great 20 years ago to have per-
mitted the embankment of the river ; the coal trade would
have been irretrievably injured. Now, however, there are
a thousand inland wharfs springing up in consequence of
the new and economical method of carriage steam has given
us, and the riverside premises have, in a great meaenre,
lost their trade. By a commercial revolution, in short,
which could not have been foreseen, the poets' and the
painters' dream has become a necessity. Poor Martin
should have lived to have seen the mud-banks give place to
the long-drawn terraces, the long flights of steps, the
gardens, and the sculptured establishments which will
shortly arise there. If we shall not be able to match
Paris and other Continental cities in the architectural
beauty of our streets, we shall be at least able to show a
river worthy, by its magnilude and embellishments, of the
first city in the civilised world. Although the portion
of the embankment between Westminster and Waterloo
bridges will be the most picturesque and varied of the
whole line, that portion between Waterloo and Blackfriars
will by no means be wanting in interest or architectural
effect. For the first time we shall have a land view of
Chamber's beautiful building, Somerset House. It would
really seem as though the genius of the architect, as ex-
pressed in:the river fae ade, had only waited its time, feel-
ing assured that the full tide of metropolitan life would
some day sweep past it, both on the bosom of Old Father
Thames and, still closer, on its noble shores,. Further on,
the beautiful Gothic library of the Middle Temple will most
agreeably meet the eye; and, in its immediate neighbour-
hood, the Temple Gardens, blooming in the midst of the
nest of lawyers, will come in view. These gardens will gain
pretty nearly 200 feet in depth, which will snake the whole
a really handsome pleasure ground.—Oilee a Wed"

The Moniteur tic; l'Alyerie states that the boring
of Artesian wells is actively pursued in that country. The
workmen of the 3d Regiment of 4oua7esl after finding at
Zamdat Ribab, in the Oued Rir, a spring yielding H2O litres
of water pa. minute, have found another at Sidi-Yohin,
which throws up no less than 1,230 litres in the same space
of time.
Persons in debt may obtain instant protection agains
imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release
from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application
to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy,
Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices—
(established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch-7G, Igor
gate-street, Bank,—ADTT.

SPERIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

TIMES.—As the month of suspended hostilities,
which it required so much negotiation to obtain,
prospects of a satisfactory result
passes away, the
of the Conference do not improve. It is ira-
possible to resist the conviction that the German
Powers attended the Conference with a predeter-
mination to elude all terms and conditions, even
those to which they gave the mockery of their
assent. It appears that the Austrian eqnadron in
the North Sea has been reinforced, though Denmark
has raised its blockade of the German ports, To
the Prussian land force the armistice b.as been
merely a suspension of operations in the field, an
interval of battle, like the truce of a few hours to
bury the dead. To the Danes it has been much
more, since raising a lelockade may fairly be accepted
as a preparation for peace. In this stage of the war,
as in the first, it is evident that the fulfilment of
every condition or promise Denmark has made is to
be rigorously exacted, while the most formal en-
gagements of the two German States arc repudiated
with almost a cynical contempt for the opinion of
the world, What Denmark has lost and yielded of
course leaves her less capable of resistance, but
every hour since the commencement of the armis-
tice has been employed by Prussia in increasing
her means of carrying on the war, In fact, she
has never really ceased from acts of hostility, and
has shown how possible it is to wage very effective
war even with the sword in the scabbard. Day by
day the work of destroying the Danish forts and
works has continued. With regularity equally un-
sparing the Prussian army has continued to raise
enormous war contributions in the province of Jut-
land. The last accounts from this portion of the
Danish territory, into which Germany has no more
right to carry its Federal Execution than to ravage
a department of France, road precisely like as many
chapters in the history of the Thirty Years War.
Though every State of Europe seems compelled to
keep large masses of its population ready for
battle, mankind hoped that civilised nations had
advanced beyond the period when war was mere
brigandage on the most extensive scale. But we
have been destined to see the worst and oldest bar-
barisms reproduced. In Jutland there has been no
resistance to the German arms. The two provinces
the alleged rights of which were alone to be asserted
by the war are in full possession of four German
Powers. More than enough has been seized for any
" material guarantee" that can possibly be required.
With both Schleswig and Holstein under the shadow
of German bayonets, and all the Danish authorities
displaced, it is only insulting the common sense of
Europe to assert that Germany has not gained a
sufficient "security" as against Denmark. The
Prussians have not the plea of necessity, for the
means of supporting a German army engaged in
such a war are ample. The slightest appeal to the
" nationality" of forty millions in whose name the
invasion is made, would produce money and sup•
plies in profusion. From the Eider southwards to
the Rhine, and eastwards to the Danube, we are
told of the burning enthusiasm that pervades Ger-
many for the cause of which Prussia is the cham-
pion. That spirit should find some solid form of
expressing itself that would at least save the mili-
tary renown of the nation from the stigma of vulgar
robbery. It can be called by no softer name. What
the Prussians demand are not contributions and re-
quisitions in the real meaning of those terms. Their
demands are not only for corn, cattle, or things
necessary for the subsistence of the army ; there is
a general seizure and confiscation of property of
every kind. Money comes first, and the refusal to
pay sums which it is impossible for the towns and
villages of a country far from wealthy to raise is
punished by the arrest and imprisonment of the
authorities. The contents worth taking of every
establishment are then confiscated and become the
property of the State of Prussia. The goods of
manufacturers, retail dealers, tailors, dyers,
goldsmiths, turners, are all included in the
sweep. The houses are sealed up ; and a
military guard placed at the doors. Wallen-
stein, when he supported armies for a bankrupt
Emperor of Austria by open plunder, could hardly
have done the work more completely. In the
Schleswig-Holstein campaign of 1848Fieid-Marshal
Wrangel was the Commander-in-Chief. He then,
as now, demanded a heavy contribution in money
from the inhabitants of Jutland. But it was not
levied. The proceeding was disclaimed at Berlin,
and shortly afterwards General Wrangel was re-
called. Now, just as the reports of similar but
greater oppression of the invaded country are dis-
crediting the Prussian name throughout Europe,
General Wrangel " gains a step" in the Prussian
Peerage—that is, from a Baron he is made a Count.
We fear, therefore, his exactions in Jutland are
fully approve& From the brief statement made last
night by Lord Palmerstonlit is clear that as far as
the inhabitants of this portion of Danmark are
concerned the Conference has effected nothing. We
still trust it may be more successful in what remains
of the political portion of its task. It is with no
surprise we learn that Prussia finally and openly
repudiates the Treaty of 1852. M. Bismark asserts
that his Government is completely released " from
all the obligations that may be deduced" from it.
He only repeats what was often urged on the eve
of the hostilities, that the war will annul the treaty
altogether. This is the point at which the negoti-
ations have arrived, and all the Conference has to
do, according to the Prussian Minister, is to discuss
" any other combinations that may be entirely ie.
dependent of the treaty." Prussia has made a
tabula rasa of this passage of its history, and
concedes to the other Powers of Europe the right
of discussing what shall be inscribed on the blank
page laid before them. Practically, the Treaty of
London has, by the declaration of Prussia, ceased
to be a subject of discussion. What the Conference
can effect, assuming the old engagements are set
aside, is now the only question. It seems rather
into to hope, but it may still foe too early for
despair. The great object in any settlement of
this long dispute should be to leave nothing that
may hereafter raise fresh controversies to be em-
bittered into war. This necessity brings us back
to the suggestion made some years ago by Lord
Palmerston, that the Duchies should be divided so
as to separate the Danish and German nationalities
completely. What German subjects have done for
the Monarchy of Denmark we now see too dis-
tinctly ; and it should be the last wish of Germany
to have Danes under its political control. The
division of the races, when first proposed, would
in all probability have prevented the present miser-
able conflict. Whether the German population is
more likely to be handed over to the Federation,
with a new Prince added to the Band, or held by
the strong hands now rpon it, are different ques-
tions. Having shattered the old diplomatic fabric,
we presume the Prussian Government has deter-
mined on what is to be the process of reconstruction.
May it be partly divined with the assistance of a
small indication from Berlin ? Commercial enter-
prise, at least, has begun to consider the soil of the
Duchies as Prussian territory. A company, pro-
moted by M. von der Heydt, is to be forthwith
established to construct a Schleswig-Holstein canal
"to connect the North Sea with the Baltic." The
Prussian Treasury offers to defray the expense of
the preliminary works, and a Prussian Privy Coun-
cillor is " intrusted with the execution of the un-
dertaking!' This may prove a gleam of light to
guide the Conference when it meets from its long
adjournment to consider the new combinations that
'must be quite independent of Treaties.
HERALD.—We heartily congratulate Lord Pal-
merston upon his convalescence. From a merely
partisan stand-point we might have looked with
complacency upon a prolongation of that absence
from Parliament which has exhibited his col-
leagues in such a sorry light. But the public
interest, which must always suffer when the Pre-
mier is prevented from taking his proper part in
public business, was sustaining the most serious
injury from the illness of a Minister who is the
sole bond of union of his Cabinet, and who
alone commands any popular esteem and con-
fidence. We should receive with no regret
the announcement that the Ministry had re-
signed. They have neglected the interests,
sacrificed the allies, broken the faith, and tar-
nished the honour of the country; but if they will
cling to place, and, in spite of all the defeats and
rebuffs they sustain, persist in holding office, we
should be extremely sorry to have the chances of
mischief increased by the inability of the only
Minister who can be suspected of caring for the
honour and power of the country to join in their
deliberations and take the leading part in the con-
duct of public business. Lord Palmerston will need
all the strength he has regained to preserve his
Administration from a disgraceful fall. His per-
sonal popularity, the confidence felt in him by some
members of the Opposition, will no longer suffice to
protect the Cabinet. A storm of indignation is
gathering throughout the land which can euly be
conjured. by the adoption of a policy diametrically
opposite to that which the Ministry have pursued
during the last few months. The country feels that
it has been betrayed by the tiovernmeiat, it writhes
under the insults of Europe. All the generous in-
stincts of Englishmen are profoundly wounded by
the outrageous conduct of Prussia in Denmark.
They feel that their true interests would be sited,
ficed in the destruction of the integrity of the
Danish monarchy, and they are irritated beyond
endurance by the low cunning and the insolent
brutality of Germany. They see that the cowardice
and vacillation of the Government have beep mainly
Instrumental in brieging aefairs to this shameful
pass. Hitherto the general expression of indigna•
tion has been restrained by the hope that the Con.
ference would bring a satisfactory peace, oe at least
by a desire to give the Ministry, which promised so
much from the Conference; the chance that it dee

minded. Now it is becoming but too evident that
the Conference can bring about no settlement ; that
the German Powers are bent upon the spoliation of
Denmark, and, confident in the cowardice of Eng-
land, intend to effect their designs in the manner
most galling to her; and, having acquired that
conzelouoness, the nation has lest all patience. Lox 'd
Palmerston's prestige will not induce it to submit
tamely to the loss of its own. The pleasure it may
take in listening to his denunciations of Prussia and-
Austria will not suffice to compensate it for the
abandonment of Denmark to the tender mercies of
these Powers. It is true that many people suppose
Lord Palmerston to be himself in favour of a policy
more worthy of the nation ; credit Earl Russell with
the blustering dispatches which have brought us so
much discredit; and charge upon Lord Granville,
MrOladstone, and the Bright section of the Cabinet,
the pusillanimous and ruinous evasion of the mea-
sures which our interests and our duties called
upon us to take. But if Lord Palmerston
allows a minority of the Cabinet to direct its
policy, if he adopts their views, he must accept
the responsibility of them, and the country will
not allow him or his friends to plead that he is in
favour of better measures. If he allows Earl 'Us-
sell and Mr. Gladstone to do as they please he be-
comes responsible for their acts, and the country ,
which is now in no mood to be trifled with, will
make no distinction, except perhaps to treat him as
the greatest sinner, because its confidence in him
has been the chief cause of the disaster into which
it has been betrayed, Straws will show how the
wind blows, and the singular, unprecedented cir-
cumstance, that Earl Russell was received at the
dinner of the Royal Literary Fund with hisses is a
very strong proof of the intensity of the public dis-
satisfaction with the conduct of the Government.
Only an overpowering feeling of indignation would
have betrayed the gentlemen present at that festival
into a manifestation which they must have felt
themselves, as soon as they had made it, to be mast
indecorous and unjustifiable. Even the inhabitants
of Tiverton, who are so proud of their represents.
tive, indulged in some very uncomplimentary ex-
pressions about him the other day. The country
will not find in such a perilous emergency any com-
pensation for the triumph of the un-English
degrading policy of which Mr. Gladstone is the
champion, in the fact that it has for its Prime
Minister an old man, who once was a great man,
who once knew how to make himself the exponent
and the agent of English feeling, and who retains
his mental and physical powers at an age when most
men are in,their second childhood. Whatever sup-
port the Administration enjoys is due to the con-
fidence which the Premier has succeeded in inspir-
ing ; the country is beginning to see that Lord
Palmerston is but nominally at the head of the
Cabinet, and lends his support to views which he
has resisted in vain. That conviction once general,
and the Administration will fall without the
slightest effort on the part of its opponents to over
throw it. Lord Palmerston must at once vindicate
his position as Prime Minister, as the directing
leading spirit of the Cabinet—vindicate at once,
too, the care for English honour and interests with
which he has been credited—or his political career
will end like a burnt-out candle and another will
be addedito the list of men of parts who have lived
too long for their reputation. The House of Com-
mons, which saluted him with a cheer on his re-
appearance last night,will have no cheers for him if
he continues to address it in the vague, uncertain,
and almost timid language in which he replied to
the questions of Mr. Whiteside ; and it will give
no cheers to the most decided, emphatic language
unless it has some assurance that this time the
words have been weighed and are all meant, and
that the Ministry have at last resolved to take a
course which shall accord with the interests, satisfy
the obligations, and redeem the lost honour of the
country. _

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY.

There was an exceedingly small attendance of the toWII
and country trade to-day, and both wheat and flour were
again the turn lower, reducing value as compared with.
last Friday fully 2d per cental and 9d per sack and barrel-
Oats and oatmeal against sellers. Beane. barley, and
peas unchanged. Indian corn very dull, at a decline of
fully per qr.