The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 185:3.

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES. 50 Sovs. Three Miles. B.C
Frantic
Ilex

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C.

Brawn .

Convict

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
4 to 1 agst Red Lion (in immense force).
6 to 1 agst Je Juif.
7 to 1 agst Placid.

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO acme's..
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales—of which 1,000 Ameri-
can were taken for export and on speculation.
The market was firm, but closed tamely, at previ-
ous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 American,
70 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 7d. ; 20
Bahia at 6i d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 51d. to 9d.; and
400 Surat, at 3112 d. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares
were flat, except Caledonian and Leeds stock.
The steamer Arctic has arrived and brings 51,876
dollars in specie.
There was a special meeting this day of the pro-
prietors of the Victoria Dock Company, Mr. Hey-
wood in the chair ; the object of which was to ob-
tain their sanction to a bill for increasing the com-
pany's capital from 400,0001. to 900,0001., by the
issue of new shares for the erection of additional
works, and for extending the time for construction.
The heads of this bill were read and approved of.
The books for the voluntary conversion of con-
sols are opened at the Bank of. England; but
it does not appear that up to the present time,
the amount offered for is large. The fact of the
list being open, however, is not yet generally
known to the public.
The English Funds are rather heavy, and there
is not much doing. Consols have been 1001 for
transfer and account. The New Three-and-a-Quar-
ter per Cents. have realised 103 to A, and the Three
per Cents. 99Z- to par. Bank Stock is firm at 229.
The Exchequer Bills both of June and March are
at par, and India Bonds at 255. prem. South Sea
Stock is firm at 1141, and the Old South Sea An-
nuities are at 991.
Foreign Stocks are dull. Peruvian Deferred
have been 67k, and Mexican 271. Brazilian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 1001 to
101. Spanish Three per Cents. bring 481 to 491 ;
and the Committee's Certificate is at 6i to 1. French
Three per Cents. have been marked 82 25, with
the exchange at 25 10. Dutch Four per Cents.
are 96i. Peruvian Deferred are not so good,
having been done at 671.
There is very little business doing in Railway
Shares, and prices have gone back slightly in some
instances. The account is considered to be rather
bullish up to the present time. Caledonian shares
keep firm, on account of the large traffic, and
Great Northern have been done as high as 901.
Lancashire and Yorkshire are good. Midland not
so high, nor South Western. York and North
Midland are steady. French shares are lower as
regards Strasbourgs, owing to the decline at Paris,
but Northerns keep firm. Upper India have been
done at premium.
The Gold Mine Shares are very inactive at about
the former prices. NovaSdt?tia are lower in con-
sequence of the adviceit. roceived by the Company,
quite confirming previous intelligence of the ab-
sence of available ore at Indian Point. Mr. Adam
Murray, it is said, will publish a statement as to
the causes of his giving such an erroneous opinion,
and we believe it will be shown that he has been
systematically deceived. It is certainly due
to the public that a very searching inquiry
should be instituted, and the Directors owe it as
well to their own character. United and Mexican
Shares are worse, the account not being satis-
factory.
Oriental Bank Shares are at very full prices, and
Australasia have advanced.
The Peel River are in more demand, and Aus-
tralian Agricultural are nominally firm.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the ()tidal List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock

3 per Ccr.t. Reduced Annuities 99 100
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 i
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 23
South Sea Stock
South Sea Old Annuities 9n
South Sea New Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills 13d. June. March.
£l000..
£500
Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New, 1852, 4} per Cent lOl 1001
Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent losk i

THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD PRO•
MOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
(THIS DAY.)

EXAMINATION OF MR. DISRAELI.

The members of the committee re-assembled this
morning.
Mr. Disraeli, M.P., who has been frequently referred
to in the course of these proceedings was then called,
and stated as follows :—I never had any conversation
with Mr. Stafford, or any one else, in reference to the
patronage of the Government of Lord Derby. Mr. Staf.
ford never consulted me upon it, and I never interfered,
because it did not come within my department. I will
state the real cause of the difficulties that have ensued
upon this subject. When the late Government came into
' office, the Duke of Northumberland, with a high sense
of honour and duty to the profession of which he is a
member, was most anxious that a Board of Admiralty
should be formed free from politics or party influence.
There was consequently no obstacle raised to his grace's
wishes, and a Board of Admiralty was formed, of which
his grace was a distinguished member, as a naval officer
—his object in the formation of it being an efficient
establishment for that great branch of the service. The
consequence of this was, that there was a want of that
good understanding between the Board of Admiralty-
arid the House of Commons which prevailed in for-
mer Governments before Lord Derby came into
office, when the Board of Admiralty was represented in
the House of Commons by the First Lord and the First
Naval Lord. There was in the House of Commons,
under the present Government, the First Lord and First
Naval Lord, and consequently there was a good under-
standing. On Mr. Stafford devolved the representation
of the feelings of the late Board of Admiralty in the
House of Commons, and he was the only civilian there
connected with it. He took the place of the board there
in the absence of the superior officers. Mr. Stafford
entered the House of Commons inexperienced in his
duties, and under circumstances of extreme difficulties.
I may also add that the consequence of this was, that there
was not that sympathy between the late Board of Admi-
ralty and the House of Commons that was necessar I
have no kesitation in 'saying that, in my opinion, the
chief difficulty of Mr. Stafford in the House of Commons
arose through having no other member of the Board of
Admiralty there to support him. The Board of Admi-
ralty only looked to the efficiency of the" service, and not
to questions of patronage. Their attention was directed
to matters of quite another kind. If the board felt it
their duty to speak to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
they would do so in the same manner that the pre-
sent Leader of the House of Commons might speak to
Admiral Parker. If the Secretary of the Admiralty did
his duty, and attended according to the instructions
given to him, he would be able to answer as leader in
the House of Commons any questions, if listened to
without jealousy; but that harmony that should exist
between that branch of the Government and . the House
of Commons could only exist when a large number of
that branch are members of the House of Commons.
The Chairman— Then am I to understand that har-
mony did not exist between the late Government and
the House of Commons.

Mr. Disraeli—There did not, and I may refer to one
instance where the Secretary of the Admiralty felt it to be
his duty, and represented to me that the expenses of
this branch were exceeding the estimates, and, in conse-
quence, I felt it to be my duty to attend to it, and
ordered a weekly account to be sent in. This account
was accordingly sent in to me at the Treasury, and the
result of it was to show that the expenses had been well
regulated. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, and as the
officer of the Crown responsible for the expenses of the
country entirely, I had, therefore, the control over
the expenditure. A feeling of jealousy appeared
to exist as to the Board of Admiralty, as regarded the
estimates to which Admiral Parker had referred. This
was looked upon as an interference by the House of
Commons. I told Mr. Stafford, in doing his duty, to
conciliate as much as possible, and in a conversation I
had with him in the House of Commons, I told him to
conciliate as much as possible with all officers, and I
found on the part of Mr. Stafford a ready desire to fol-
low the advice that I had given him.
Sir 11. Davie—Mr. Stafford has stated that he was so
pressed by Lord Derby and the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer on the subject of the dockyard appointments, as his
friends were not satisfied that all the patronage should
be left in the hands of their opponents. Was that so ?
Mr. Disraeli—The late Government never used any,
nor did it ever enter into their consideration to use
patronage for election purposes. They experienced, in
the first instance, great difficulties, and they had to con-
tend with a spirit of jealousy, which arose from the
cause which I have expressed; but that appeared to me
to wear off.

The Chairman—Did Mr. Stafford tell you that his
difficulties were increased in consequence of the preced-
ing Government having filled up all the appointments,
and given all the promotions to their political partisans ?
Mr. Disraeli—l never went into details about that,
but I do remember on one occasion he mentioned to me
that he was placed in great difficulty with respect
to the Surveyor of the Navy, who is a permanent
civil officer of the Crown. The advice I gave to
him was, that he should treat all the permanent
civil officers of the Crown with the greatest respect,
and I may say that when I went to the Treasury I found
all the servants there of extreme liberal principles, having
been appointed by 'former Governments, and of course
with opinions hostile to the then Government ; but I
treated them with confidence, and I am bound, and
it is but justice to them to say, that they served
me most faithfully. I advised Mr. Stafford to treat the
Surveyor of the Navy in the same way, and I believe he
acted on my advice. The only question brought before
me as to the Surveyor-General of the Navy besides, was
when he consulted me in the House of Commons on re-
ceiving a letter which Sir Baldwin Walker had written
to the Duke of Northumberland, which he showed to me,
though I cannot say whether it was the letter or a
copy, which he brought to me as a proof that he
had not succeeded in establishing a good under-
standing between himself and the Surveyor of
the Navy. When I read the letter I felt much
annoyed, and I said if this is the tone in which his
overtures were to be received, that Sir Baldwin Walker
had better resign. Mr. Stafford made some objection
to this, stating that it was the wish of the Duke of
Northumberland that the matter should be set right. I
told him that rather than remain on hostile terms, that
he had better see him ; and I believed that he
had acted on my advice. He called on me in
May in Downing-street, when I asked him if there was
a good understanding in his office, and he said that
there was a perfect good understanding between him and
Sir Baldwin Walker. I had nothing to do with the in-
structions, and had never brought before me any ques-
tions of promotions or appointments in the dockyard,
and never interfered in any way whatever.
The examination was proceeding when our report left.

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accountß u sßussian
aonf the
foreign commerce of the country for 1851. During that
year there was exported by the European frontiers
of the Empire, and by the frontiers of Poland
and of Asia, and; by Finland, merchandise to the
amount of 389,577,828 f. The amount in 1850 was
384,546,288 f. The increase in the value of the imports
has been more considerable ; in 1850 it was 370,549,776 f.
and in 1851, 414,910,448 f. In 1851 the imports exceeded
the exports by 25 millions, while in 1850, the latter exceed-
ed the former by 16 millions. The falling off in the ex-
ports in 1851 was principally on raw hides, linseed,
rapeseed, copper, wool, tallow, and bristles. The ex-
ports of corn in 1851 was, however, larger than in'lBso,
but principally in rye and oats ; in wheat there was a
dizrinution, owing to the abundant harvests in France
and England. The reduction 'to the export of tallow,
for which England is the principal market, is attributed
to the large quantity received in that country from
America and Australia. The increase in the imports
has been principally in copper, raw cotton, dye stuffs,
cottons, silk and linen manufactured goods, machines,
models, and tools;; an augmentation which shows the
increasing prosperity of Russian industry and manufac-
tures, for which an immense home sale is found among
a people whose condition is every day improving.
LONDON DRAINAGE BILL.—A Parliamentary paper,
published yesterday, Contains the Admiralty report on
the London Drainage Bill. This bill provides for the
construction of one tunnel sewer of sufficient di • mensions
and at a lower level than low-water mark of the Thames,
on either side of thi; river, with such branch sewers as
may be necessary, for collecting and accumulating the
sewage of the metropolis and conveying the same to two
basins or receptacles for sewage matter ; that on the
north side of the Thames being situated on the western
side of Barking-creek, and that on the south side in
Greenwich-Marshes. The sewage matter thus accumu-
lated is to be disposed of for agricultural purposes. The
lines of sewer pass under the river Lea or Bow-creek at
Bow, and on the south side under the Deptford-creek at
Deptford. The Lords of the Admiralty desire that
these crossings be submitted to them for approval, and
they tack to their favourable report on the plan, the
condition that if at any future time the navigation f the
Thames shall be obstructed by deposits from the sewers,
such obstructions shall be removed at the expense of
the Drainage Company.
Mr. Robert Owen; the eminent East India ware-
houseman; of New ond-street, died on Monday last,
after an illness of some weeks' duration. A word of
tribute is justly due to the memory of this gentleman,
than whom few persons in his class of life have been
more highly respected. .Mr. Owen was distinguished
for his fine taste in matters relating to the arts, and,
among his patrons, has had the honour to include
several members of the Royal family. The last
great work with which he was entrusted was the dis-
posal of the effects of the late Queen Dowager—a duty
which he performed with great credit to himself, and
perfect satisfaction to his patrons. The conviction,
some short time sinah, 'of one of the deceased employees
a young man, named King—for horrible cruelty to a
cat, is said to have so worked upon Mr. Owen's natu-
rally sensitive disposition as to have induced the illness
which has, unhappily, terminated death, leaving a widow
and young family.
PREMATURE DECAY OF THE NEW FRONT OF BUCK-
INGHAM PALACE.—Yesterday workmen were engaged
in renovating the ornamental work and casing of that
portion of the front of Buckingham Palace immediately
over and adjoining the principal entrance. This opera-
tson has been considered necessary in consequence of it
having been ascertained that much of the stone work
was in the first stage of decay.
QUARTZ ROCS MARIPOSA GOLD MINING COMPANY.—
This company have received advices from their agents at
San Francisco, dated 31st March, that- the purell4s9
the " Mary Harrison," " Mariquita," and " Virginia
gold mines, at Maxwell's Creek, on the Merced River,
had been completed, and that the engines and other
heavy machinery had been sent to the district for imme-
diate use,

EXCHEQUER CHAMBEI?S.-(THIS DAY.)

CASE OF ALDERMAN SALOMONS.—DECISION.
(Sittings in Error.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices

Coleridge, Cresswell, Wightman, and
It will be recollected that the plaintiff in error, in this
case, Alderman Salomons, was sued for penalties, which
it was alleged he had incurred by sitting and voting in
the House of Commons, without taking the oath of ab-
juration, as prescribed by law.
This morning Sir Fitzroy Kelly resumed his argu-
ments on behalf of Ald. Salomons, and at the conclu-
sion of his speech the learned judges retired, and after a
brief absence returned into court, when, Lord Campbell
intimated that they did not think it necessary to call
upon the counsel on the other side to reply.
Lord Campbell then proceeded to give judgment. He
said that after deliberately considering the very able
arguments advanced by Sir F. Kelly, and after reading
the opinions expressed by all the judges of the Court of
Exchequer, as well as the arguments urged on both sides
before that court, they considered that the case was entirely
free of doubt. Two objections were made to the judgment
of the Court of Exchequer. First, that the Act of Ab-
juration was no longer in existence ; and, of course, if
that was established there would be an end of the whole
case, because no one would be obliged to take the oath
of abjuration on any occasion whatsoever. It had been
urged that, on the death of George 11., or at all events
on the death of George 111., the oath of abjuration
ceased, and that men who had thought it was still in force
were under an entire delusion. Now they were clearly of
opinion with the judgment of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer that the Abjuration Act did subsist, though
there was not now on the Throne a Sovereign of the
name of George. They thought it was an act passed for
all time to come, whatever the name of the Sovereign,
or at least until the law respecting the oath of abjuration
was altered. It would be monstrous to suppose that, on
the death of Geo. I. the statute ceased to operate, because
there was no renewal of it on the accession of Geo. 11.
or George 111., nor until the sixth year of the latter
monarch's reign. The oath of abjuration was taken
during the whole of those periods, notwithstanding no
renewal took place at the death of the sovereign ; it was
also taken in the reigns of George IV. and William IV.,
and it had since continued to be enforced in the reign of
Queen Victoria. They, therefore, considered that this
objection was wholly fallacious. The next question
arose on the construction of the oath of abjuration, but
it would not be necessary to enter into the various
statutes quoted, and the arguments brought forward,
for they adopted the reasoning of the judges of
the Court of Exchequer -upon this point. If the
question was merely one as to the form in which
the oath was to be administered, they might be induced
to say that it might be taken by a Jew in the form
most binding on his conscience ; but they must look to
the intentions of the Legislature as expressed in the act
of Parliament. Were the words objected to, "on the
true faith of a Christian," a part of the oath, or
merely the form in which it should be taken
They considered that they must take them in
conjunction with the preceding words in the oath,
and not alone. They were an essential part of the oath,
and no person could be allowed to take it who did not
say all of it on " the true faith of a Christian." What-
ever the object of the act might have been, it
clearly in the construction applied to Jews, and
the court sat there to declare the law, not to
express their individual feelings. He regretted
very much that an act was ever passed excluding Jews
from the House of Commons. His wish was to see the
act of abjuration repealed, in order that Jews might be
admitted, and he had declared so by his vote in both
Houses of Parliament. But, as he had already said, he
presided there to decide the law, and to put a just con-
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The other judges concurring in the opinion expressed
by Lord Campbell, the judgment was ordered to be
entered for the defendant in error.

SECONDARIES COURT-(THIS DAY).

(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
JOB V. RICHARDS.

The plaintiff in this action is a wholesale stationer, in
Bread-street, and sought to recover the sum of 121.
9s. 6d. for goods, sold and delivered.
Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Wordsworth for the defendant, who pleaded that he was
not indebted.

The facts were of rather a peculiar nature. It ap-
peared by the evidence that the plaintiff carried on busi-
ness under the style of "Job and C 0.," although he had
no partners, and he had done some printing, and sup-
plied goods to defeadant, who was alleged to have given
the orders for the supply. Plaintiff swore that he was ap-
plied to both by defendant and his brother, and was con-
sulted as to the best mode of carrying out the business,
and he plaintiff, recommended that it should be carried on
under the style of " Richards and C 0.," and a shop was
opened at Hailshead, Essex. The establishment, how-
ever, soon came to a stand-still, and George Richards
went to Australia, and the present action was brought
against " James," who it was alleged concurred in the
orders given, and in fact selected most of the articles
supplied, and acted as a partner.
Mr. Wordsworth contended that there was no part-
nership, and that the credit had been given solely to
George Richards, and that the "and Co." was the sug-
gestion of the plaintiff himself, who therefore knew that
George was the only party liable.
The defendant was sworn and stated that he never
had been a partner with his brother—that he was only
a servant, but having had more experience in shop-
keeping, he accompanied his brother to select.
The learned Secondary said, that whether defendant
was a partner or not was not very material to the pre-
sent question—it had been distinctly sworn that he had
given the orders. If the jury believed the evidence for
the plaintiff, they had no other course to pursue but to
give a verdict for the amount claimed.
The jury gave a verdict for the 121. 95. 6d.