The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-07 00:00:00

For you shall read that my great grandfather
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Never went with his forces into Vrance
But that the Scot, on his unfurnished kingdom,

Camc pouring like the tide unto a breach,
With ample and b► imfulness of his force
Galling the gleaned land with hot essays ;
Girding with grievous siege castles and towns;

That England, being empty of defence,
Hath shook and trembled at the ill neighbourhood."

It requires no such evidence, however, to prove
the inestimable advantages arising from the
junction of Crowns on the accession of the
King of Scotland to the throne of England,
or the beneficial results of the Legislative Union
between the sister kingdoms. Any thing that
could prove galling to the feelings of our brethren
" ayont the Tweed" slieull be religiously avoided.
We should avoid anything irritating to those who
were such formidable and persevering opponents,
and such efficient and valuable coadjutors in the
hours of danger and difficulty.
Having thus deprecated the unsuitable and in-
judicious tone adopted by some of our contempo-
raries, we proceed to the consideration of the
several points put forward by the Earl of
EGLINTON. First, then as to "the appointment
of a separate Secretary of State for Scotland."
We believe that a greater evil could not be in-
flicted on the country than granting the request.
In place of widening the distinctions, we
should endeavour to cement more closely the
bonds of union, to lead to the com-
plete amalgamation in every respect, so that
there should be no greater distinction between
Scotland and England than between Kent and
Yorkshire. They are our brethren, entitled to
equal privileges, to full and perfect equality in
every particular. Ireland has been deeply injured
by the continuance of the "Brummagem" Court—
the " pinchbeck" imitation of the sterling Royal
metal. Its only use has been to foster dissension,
to lead to " back-stairs intrigues," and the process
which on the other side of St. George's Charnel,
is appropriately designated as " earwigging the
Viceroy." Had the Lord-Lieutenantcy of Ire-
land been long since abolished, and that country,
like Scotland, brought under the administration
of the Home-Office, it would be far better off in
many important particulars at this moment.
In place, then, of increasing the badges
of distinction, we should rather aim at diminish-
ing, if we could not altogether got rid of, those
at present subsisting.

Again, as to the paucity of the representatives
allotted to Scotland in the Imperial Parliament.
There certainly are no grounds of complaint in the
branch of the Legislature in which the complaint
was brought forward. We do not say that the
representative Peers are proportioned to the claims
of the country. But it was, to say the least of it,
remarkable that every Nobleman who took part
in the discussion was a Scotchtuan, not merely by
birth and lineage, but in heart and feeling, and
that at the same time he spoke and voted as an
English Peer. It did not change the nationality
of the gallant "EGLINTON and WINTON" that he
delivered his sentiments as the Baron ARDROSSAN.
Lord ABERDEEN was not the less a Scotchman
though occupying the position of Prime Minister
of England, and taking his seat. as the English
Viscount GORDON. The Earl GRAHAM, by whom
he was succeeded, kept up his name as the repre-
sentative of the chivalrous MONTROSE. Nor were
the glories of the MACCALLUM MORE altogether
veiled under the more humble title of Baron
SUNDRIDGE. Nor can there be any greater doubt
of the representative of the ancient Earls of PAN-
MURE, or of the son of the faithful pastor who for
more than half a century ministered to the reli-
gious wants of the good people of Cupar. That son
is pure Scotch, although by his own deserts he has
acquired an English Peerage and the proud position
of Lord Chief Justice of England. The proportion
of seats in the representative branch is worthy of
calm inquiry, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL has proved
that he is not disposed to blink the question, but
to consider it in a fair and unprejudiced spirit.
As to Holyrood House it ought to be repaired.
The recollections attached to the venerable fabric
ought to prevent the " Vandalism" of suffering it
to become dilapidated. The money required for
the purpose would be cheaply expended, if it con-
ferred the most trifling gratification on our
northern brethren. Nay, more, we would desire
to see it made a residence worthy of the SOVE-
REIGN, and occasionally occupied by one so well
qualified to win the hearts and preserve the al-
legiance of her people as her most gracious MA-
JESTY.

The sumptuous banquet given last evening to
the Governor-General of Canada, the Earl of
ELGIN and KINCAEDINE, was something more than
a mere banquet : i; partook in some measure of
the character of a national and noteworthy de-
monstration. It was a magnificent, and, let us
add, a deserved tribute to the popularity of the
Viceroy of cur North American provinces. It was
an augury of happier and more prosperous times for
the inhabitants of that vast and fruitful territory.
It was thus, moreover, in both instances, because
the occasion was inaugurative of a noble and im-
perial enterprise, upon the development of which
the destinies of Canada may be said, without ex-
aggeration, to be visibly dependent. Allusion is
here made, of course, to the grand project of the
system of railways now being carried out in that
colony—those enormous trunk lines with their
branches, which will enable the steam-engine to dif-
fuse over the uncultivated regions of Central Ameri-
ca the boons of commerce, and the blessings of civi-
lisation. An appreciation of the magnitude of this
great enterprise, as well as a complete and encou-
raging appreciation of the Vice-regal merits of the
Governor-General of Canada, were evinced yester-
day iu the meditative allusions to both, which fell
from the lips of LordJ. RussELL—the Chairman of
the festivities. A due sense of the value of the
project commenced by the Leader of the House
of Commons, and a fitting recognition of the
amiable commendations awarded to himself as an
administrator—marked the speech delivered in
reply by the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
Altogether, the proceedings of the evening proved
themselves to be worthy of the important and
interesting objects of the demonstration.

DEATH OF THE VISCOUNTESS GORT.----It 18 with the
deepest sorrow that we have to record the death of
' Maria, Viscountess Gort, who departed this life yester-
day, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with
true Christian patience. The Viscountess Gort was the
eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Standish O'Grady,
first Viscount Guillamore, and was married to the pre-
sent Viscount Gort in the year 1814. Her ladyship
leaves a large family to mourn her irreparable loss.—
Dublin Evening Mail.
LYCEUM THEATRE.. —Mr. Allcroft has announced a very
attractive series of promenade concerts for next week,
for which occasion he has engaged the London Orchestra,
which includes all the first-rate artistes, comprising Bar.
ratt, Baumann, Richardson, Lazarus, Prospere, Hardy,-
Thirlwall, Rowland, and the celebrated Herr Ernst, who
will perform two solos on the violin every night ; ,
Richardson on the flute, and Miss Nixon on the piano-
forte. In order to render these concerts as amusing as
possible, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss Rebecca Isaacs,
Miss Miller, and Miss Tudor will sing a varie4 of
popular songs and duets each evenin. There can be
little doubt but that these concerts will be well attended,
as the talent engaged is of the first rate, and thy prices
of admission are on the most moderate scales.
THE LATE MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD.—The New
Quarterly Review for April, in a note to one of its arti-
cles, thus alludes to the death of the author of "lon " :
—While correcting the proof of this sheet, the news
arrives of the sudden death of the author of "Ion."
It is long since any event has occasioned so general
a sense of sorrow. Every member of the bench,
the bar, and the profession of letters, from the
Chief Justice of England to the smart inditer of a
joke for Punch, has lost in Talfourd a private
friend. His death rids no man of an enemy. He was
the gentlest creature whom God ever endowed with
rare intellectual powers, and common sense to govern
them. Even his weaknesses were but the overflowings
of his social virtues. His good nature might sometimes
be abused, bat it was never exhausted. In Russell-
square the meanest votary of the muse, the humblest
sutler in the camp of literature, might seek admission
without wounding his independence, and be sure that
his claims would be allowed. Talfourd is gone ; and the
memory of his happy qualities as a host and a companion
will die away with those who enjoyed' them—for poste-
rity is only grateful for acts that survive. Henceforth
Toifourd is but, the author of " " t. 1,. Co
right Law—two achievements which may early cis Mu,*
far into the future, although not gut:Solent to promise an
enduring immortality,

MONEY MA lIKE T

AND
COMMERCIAL lIV TELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade.
The market was quiet but steady, without change
in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American,
270 Pernam and Maranham at 6kd. to 6d., 20
Bahia at 6d.,100 Egyptian at 6td., and 60:) Surat
at 21d. to 51d. per lb. Railway Shares were firm
at rather higher prises.
Colonial produce has been firmer this week, but
sales have not been so much pressed, and business
has been restricted. Sugar has been steady, and
coffee dearer. Tea, owing to the further reduction
in the duty, is expected to get active. Not much
has been done in cotton ; and saltpetre, which has
been lower, is firmer again. Spices generally have
declined. Tallow is cheaper. Jute has advanced
Considerably. Rum has been without much change.
In the Daily Commercial Gazette are the follow-
ing remarks upon a subject of interest to the.gro-
eery trade :
"At a meeting of the sugar brokers this afternoon, a
committee was formed to take into consideration the al-
terations proposed by the wholesale grocers, with respect,
to the new mode of selling foreign sugar, &s. It is to
be hoped that the brokers will not allow six or seven
weeks to elapse (as was stated the other day the grocers
had done) without coming to some resolution on the
subject, as it is impossible to carry on the increasing
trade of this port under the old system of keeping open
account sales, for three or four months."

The following remarks upon the dried fruit trade
are by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson :

" The shipment of low fruit to the Continent con-
tinues ; carg,) after cargo is gradually disappearing from
the dock, and as no arrivals of any consequence can pos-
sibly occur, it is likely that from this date there will be
a gradual diminution of oar stock. It is difficult to as-
certain the actual stock at this port, owing, as we stated
in January, to the great diversity and lightness of pack-
ages ; the clearances since Christmas, however, when it
was roughly estimated at less than 9,000 tons, have ex-
ceeded the receipts by several hundred tons. Since our
last there has been more disposition on the part of holders
to clear off their low stock by sales and shipments.
There has also been more inquiry from the trade for fair
1853 fruit, but at prices which importers are reluctant to
accept, such being of more keeping quality. In 1851
fruit little has been done, but the full price of
935. was lately paid by the trade for some fine
Zante, and holders are unwilling to part with such.-
Had we to announce, in conjunction with the reduc
tion in the consumption of currants, a compensatieg
increase of that of raisins, it might reasonably be inferred
that the former article had been driven out of use ; but
the simultaneous falling off in the consumption of both
can arise solely from one primary cause—the high price
of flour, &c. But for this there would have been a good
trade in currants, the stock of 1851 and 1853 fruit being
of sound wholesome quality, and at a wide and conve-
nient range of prices, such as will, sooner or later, be
fully appreciated. The accounts of the appearance of
the next crop are worse than before: in fact, what with
the ruin consequent upon the result of the last two
seasons, the distress and the existence of actual famine
in the Morea, and the unsettled political state of the
country, the prospect for next season is very dishearten-
ing.

The Australian Pacific Steam Packet Company
have had an extraordinary meeting this morning,
John Hibbert, Esq. in the chair, to receive the
report of the directors. • The chairman stated that
the price expected for the vessels was 56,0001., and
that the Emeu and Kangaroo have been hired to
the Government for 1001. a day each, for 6 months
certain, the Government finding coals. The report
was adopted, and the following are the chief points
which it contains :

" The Directors would have been prepared, as the re-
maining three vessels advanced towards completion, to
offer them also for employment to H.M. Government on
similar terms.

"In the interval, however, an offer was unexpectedly
made by the long-established company in France, called
"LaCompagnie des Messageries Maritimes ImperiAles, "to
purchase these three vessels, namely, the Menuia, Di-
nornis, and Black Swan.

"The Directors, before returning an answer to this
proposal, thought it right to communicate with the
Lords of the Admiralty on the subject, in case H. M.
Government might wish to be the purchaser, and re-
ceived the thanks of their lordships for so doing, though
it was stated at the same time that such a purchase
could not at that time be entertained.

" The Directors, therefore, after due deliberation, and
taking all the circumstances attending the present de-
mands for steamers into their consideration, as well as
the position of the Company itself, as regarded its future
prospects, were of opinion, that if a satisfactory price
could be secured, an absolute sale would be preferable
to taking the chance of occasional employment for the
vessels, with all the expenses attending an establish.
ment, which must have been kept up for that purpose.
" After much negociation, the Directors have effected
a sale to the French Company upon advantageous terms.
It is due however to the Proprietors to state, that the
return of an immediate and definitive answer to this
offer was the prominent condition insisted on by the
parties."
• At the meeting of the company of Copper Miners
in England, held this day, a dividend of 74 per
cent. for the past year on the preference shares,
and 5 per cent. on the consolidated stook, was de-
clared, and a further sum of 100,0001. was agreed
to raised in preference shares.
The Prussian, Gazette, received this morning,
gives more in detail the contents of the autograph
letter from the Czar to the King of Prussia, with
his terms for peace. It appears by this that the
Emperor would evacuate the provinces (or promises
so to do), provided we leave the Black Sea and the
Baltic, and obtain treaties from the Sultan guaran-
teeing those privileges for the Christians which we
profess to desire. The Prussian Gazette observes,
that it is impossible to over-estimate the
importance of this, but that England and France
will, not be likely to accept it, as they
now intend to have the old treaties abolished, and
the Black Sea declared open to the vessels of all
nations.

Another Berlin journal gives the text of the
treaty between England, France, and Turkey, and
in which Austria and Prussia may acquiesce if they
please. According to this, each power binds it-
self not to agree to peace, or even an armistice,
without the other, and the Western Governments
engage to evacuate Turkey a certain number of
days after the peace is concluded.
The English Stocks have been very firm, and
part of the money received by the holders of Old
South Sea Annuities is being reinvested in Consols.
These haVe been as high as 87i and I, 87i for
account. Bank Stock is supported at 2121 ex div.
The New 3& per Cents. have been at 86i to 86k,
and the 3 per Cents. at 86if to Exchequer Bills
have been at par to 4s. premium, and East India
Bonds at 4s. dis. South Sea Stock is worth 115.

Foreign Securities have been quiet generally,
but there is a rise in Mexican again to 24i Peru-
vian have also been higher, viz., 581. Austrian
Old Bonds have been quoted 76, and in Russian 5
per Cents. there is an improvement to 92 and 94,
and in the 4i per Cents. to 82k. This is entirely
due to the new proposals made through Prussia.
Spanish New Deterred Stock is at 171 to 1. There
has been a bargain in Belgian 41 per Cents. at 84.
The Railway Share market is about as good as it
was yesterday, but prices are scarcely uniform.
Caledonian have been rather higher, and also Great
Western, south-Western, Midland and South-
Eastern, while York and Berwick and North-
Western, are barely supported. The French lines
are firm.

In the Gold Mines, Banks, and Land Companies,
very little is doing at present, but they keep up
their price. Australian Consols Shares are dis-
count to par.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Rumness done
Bank Stock ...... .. .. 2121 x d
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6R R x d
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 874 tl ,
New 34 per Cent. Annuities B6i 74
India Bonds, £IOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 4 d
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 18th April 874 i A a
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£lOOO
£5OO par 4 p
Small par 4 p
par 4 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 76
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 24i
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. sBi
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 93 4 2
Ditto 4A per Cent B2i
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent l7i

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Bonds 4 per Cent. ox. 25 fr
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols B7?

Ditto April Account B7

THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAL AND INTEACOLONLiL
STEADS NAVIGATION COMPANY.-- This Company have
issued a first report. They state that a charter has been
obtained from the local government ; that in April last
they purchased and despatched the William Miskin,
screw steamer, of 124 tons, with passengers and cargo,
to Melbourne, where an offer was made for her of 8,0001.;
and that proposals have been received for an amalgama-
tion with a local steam company already established at
Sydney and Melbourne, but which it is now feared can-
not be carried out, owing to the London company not
having a sufficient number of their shares subscribed.
Under these circumstances, the directors are disposed to
recommend that the undertaking should he wound up.
t!1 with care their property. .3otyp-,
ing of the screw steamer and certain lands and collieries,
may ultimately realise 19,0001., to meet 17,0001,, the
total amount of the flares in circulation.

LA FEST FOREIGN NE WS.

THE WAR ITT THE EAST
THE BALTIC FLEET.
telegraphic- despatch, dated Berlin, Wednes-
day night, says :
The fleet has left Kioge Bay, and sailed south-
wards.
On Saturday the Bulldog, Omar, and Austerlitz
arrived at Gottenburg.
The Isle of Aland is being disarmed by the
Russians.
The above is confirmed by the following :
COPENHAGEN, Wednesday.—The navigation from
Revel to St. Petersburg is reported to be quite
free, and the ice broken up. •
The fleet will soon leave Kioge, and some steamers
have already gone.
Other despatches state that the Russians have
dismantled the fortress of Bormarsund, in Aland,
and were abandoning that island altogether.