The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-07 00:00:00

It was agreed that powers be taken for borrow.

ing on mortgage, at 4t, per cent. interest, the sum of
£52,000, under the provision of their act of 1844.
The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope that they would
be able to do without going to parliament for powers
to raise more money during the next session. The
bonds were executed for £32,000, £20,000 of it be-
ing supplied by Mr. Fellowes, M.P.
In consequence of it being possible under the new
act to abolish some and consolidate other offices un-
der, the board, it was agreed that notices should be
given to all the officers at Lady-day next.
After the transaction of some other business a
vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Fellowes, on the
motion of Mr. Councillor PRYME, seconded by the
Rev. A. PEYTON, and the largest, most important,
and most unanimous meeting ever held in connec-
tion with this commission was brought to a conclu-

sion.

T.HE SEIZURE OF BRI7ISH P.ROPERIY
ON BOARD FEDERAL VESSELS.

The council of the Liverpool Chamber of Com-
merce had a long and animated discussion on the
il this
subject on Wednesday, in connection withlan
Tonawanda
recent seizure and destruction of
theeiner
and Manchester by the Confederate tea
Ala-
bama. The commercial law committee of the cham-
ber, to whom the subject had betli remitted for
niation a very
consideration, brought up for coo'' !
rst the acts in
strong resolution, protesting g
ofin international
question as a flagrant violation
ent to obtain
law, and calling upon the Governor
the members
redress. This resolution
thought, went too far, and to ask the opinion
urged that all the chanl.
ber was called upon to do vi
0. _...
of the Legislature uponitiltiethpar
it was unreasonable
Mr. CAMPBELL thought
would avoid capturing
to suppose that a property worth thou-
bellitgaining
an enemy's vessel containing
merely from the fact that
sands of pounds on
th
of neutral property also on
there was £lO rjo
must make up their minds to
board. Neutral
s
injury in war.
suffer more ora
As
less
observed that according to one
The CrIAI/1
best authorities, wherever neutral property
of the d from exposure in an ene , ship
the my s ship
wasmust bear his own loss
exactly in the
the neutralsame sif a cannon ball were to
vols' 8 kill a neutral
who happened to be o
passenger n board an enemy's
The only question in 4
81144 the present case was,
whether the Confederate Government was bound
to pay for British property destroyed. It was one
peculiarly of international
law, and he thought the
chamber was therefore not called upon specially to
interfere in the matter. If the Alabama had fired
upon the Manchester and sunk her, there could
have been no claim sustaihed on the part of neu-
trals.

Mr. S. RATIEBONE informed the chamber that his
film had suffered by the seizure and destruction of
the Manchester, and had communicated with the
Foreign-office on the subject. _ .

After further discussion the resolution of the
commercial law committee was considerably modi •
fled, in fact reduced to a motion to request that the
opinion of the Government upon the position and
means of redress of the owners of British property
which had been destroyed under the circumstances
might be made known to the chamber.