The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1854.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

THE BALLOT.

Leasing losing Prices Business
Shr. paid. RAILWAYS. Compans. this day, this day.
'
50 all 3edford and riondon &
Bletcbley.... N. West •••
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 94 96 96
50 all ClydesdaleJc. u'aledon 94 96
St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent. ot.Nrthn. 132 134
25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct ••• •••
25 all Do. New... Do
25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn
100 all Dk. & Yk. New.
Railway & Berw.
50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMI 103 105
25 all Do. Shares. Do 514
124 all Do. Shares. Do 254 264
13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 124 134
20 all Do. Preference Do 22 234
20 1.00 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent. Norfolk —
20 WO Do. 6 per et. • •••
bik all Mauch. Batn. L.& N. W.
and Matlock & Midld. 2.
50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton &
Redcar Darnugt. ••.
l.fX all Midld.Bradfd Alidland.. 93 93
50 all Northern and
Easternsp.c. S. Count. 56 58
50 Do. 6 per et. Do.
50 all Do. Fixedsp. Do •••
25 all ?rest. &Wyre L. &N.W
&Ln&Yk xd
121 12 Do. 2 Shares. Do — xd
St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St D 0... • •••
25 18 "Shcf.Roth.a.,c Lancash&
Gooleg.sp.c. Yorksh.
12 9,2, S. Staflordsh. A.MClaan 2 lid
50 all WearValloygr itockt. &
6 per cent... Darlingt.
25 all Do D0......... 284 294
St. 100 ,Wilts&Sonirst iltWestn. 91 93

The Royal mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain
Weller; arrived at Southampton last night, bring-
ing the West India and Pacific mails, in charge of
Lieutenant De Lisle, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Her latest dates are—Honduras, May 17 ; Car-
thagena, 26 ; Chagres, 24 ; Jamaica, 26 ; Porto
Rico, 29 ; Demerara, 25 ; Trinidad, 25 ; Barbadoes,
27; Grenada, 25; St. Lucia, 28; Martinique, 28;
Guadeloupe, 28; Dominique, 28 ; Antigua, 28 ;
St. Kitts, 29 ; and St. Thomas, June 1.
La Plata brings 200 passengers. On freight she
has specie value 800,000 dols., pearls value 1,1001.,
713 serous cochineal, 109 serous indigo, 97 cases
cigars, 4 bales tobacco, 69 bales sarsapariilla, 98
casks ginger, and 74 packages sundries.
The Atrato, with the outward mails of the 17th
ult., had arrived out at St. Thomas in 11 days 82
hours from Southampton, the quickest run ever
made by any steamer across the Atlantic.
From Jamaica our accounts, to the 26th ult., are
as follow : _

The speeches of Mr. Berkeley and of Sir William
Molesworth on the Ballot were unanswerable and unan-
swered. Lord Palmerston with his experience must
know that in counties the influence of the landowners
and others is altogether overwhelming, and in many cases
turns the election almost into a farce. Nothing will
make county voters free voters but the Ballot. Sir
William Molesworth's statements are of great impor-
tance to the Liberal party, and means ought to be taken
at the next general election to secure men ready to en-
dorse the principles of the hoe. member for Southwark
on this question.
There would be little difficulty in carrying the Ballot
if Lord John Russell, and two or three of his brethren
in the Cabinet would give in their adhesion to it. Lord
John, when he was a defeated candidate for the county
of Devon, wrote to the electors of Stroud that though
he opposed the ballot at that time he must become its
supporter, unless some means could be adopted for put-
ting an end to the intimidation that existed in Devon,
and generally in all counties. Does he in his conscience
believe that Devonshire intimidation is over ?
In examining the Division list, if we take out the 27
liberals from the majority of 194, and add them to the 157
who supported the motion, we have 184 liberals, and
only 167 conservatives. Every elector should luok over
the following list of 27 liberals who opposed the ballot,
and let the constituents of these gentlemen tell them
that they ought to have supported the motion. We can-
not but think that if the liberals understood each other
properly, that the Coalition could not go on unless they
agreed to support the ballot. The liberals who opposed
the motion were—

" Since the sailing of the last packet there have been
very few occurrences in this island, either political or
domestic, worthy of particular observation. His Excel-
lency the Governor has not yet returned to the seat of
government in Spanish Town. His reception on all sides
has been most enthusiastic, and congratulatory addresses,
couched in language teeming with eulogy and respect,
have poured in everywhere. Sir Henry Barkly is a
truly popular man. We regret to observe that cholera
has been making very serious ravages in many parishes
of this island ; and on this occasion many of the most
eminent and distinguished persons have fallen victims to

Baines, Right Hon. M. T. Mackinnon, W. Alex.
Drumlanrig, Viscount Mulgrave, Earl of
Duff, George Skene Palmerston, Viscount
Duff, James Peel, Frederick
Dunlop, Alex. Murray Phillimore, Robert J.
Debi:), Lord Seymour, Lord
Elliot, Hon. J. Ed. Shelburne, Earl of
Gladstone, Right Hon.W. E. Whitbread, Samuel
Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. Wilson, James
Greene, Thomas Wood, Right Hon. Sir C.
Herbert, Henry Arthur Wortley, Right Hon. J. S.
Hervey, Lord Alfred Wrightson, W. Battie
Hogg, Sir Jas. Weir Young, Right Hon. Sir J.
Mackie, John

its fearful agency. In fact it has become painfully ap-
parent that its ravages have been especially among the
higher classes of the population, while the poorer classes
suffer in a less degree."

De Cordova's Intelligencer says, in reference to
business matters— _

" Our market showed some signs of activity soon after
our last issue, and a few moderate operations were effected,
consequent, in some instances, on the desire of holders
to realise, and in others on the disposition of the trade to
increase their supplies. This improvement, however,
was of a merely temporary duration, and we have again
to report a very unsatisfactory and inactive state of
affairs."

,t. 1100
a 1100

Mr. !Trims's name is not in the division or pairs. He
has been too unwell since Monday to attend the house.
—Daily News.

The cholera has made its appearance among the
black population in Barbadoes. Shipping was
much wanted for the present crop.
At St. Lucia sugar-making was going on vigor-
ously, but much distress was occasioned by the rise
of freight to ss. 9d. and 6s. per cwt.
In Demerara the weather was dry, an immense
quantity of sugar was on hand, and freights were
still high ; the next crop promised large results.
The Court of Policy had been busy with the new
Immigration Bill.
We have late accounts by this steamer from the
Pacific ports
"Peru.—Our files of Lima papers are to the 12th of
May.
"The Foreign, News gives the following details of the
melancholy loss of -731 Peruvian troops :
" The Peruvian transport Mercedes, bound from
Casma to Callao, with about 800 troops on board, struck
upon a rock near the mouth of Casma harbour on the
morning of the Ist instant. The Mercedes was accom-
panied by the Government steamer Rimac, the officers
of which rendered every possible assistance, but without
effect. The Mercedes went down soon after she struck,
carrying with her 731 persons. The conduct of Captain
Noel, commander of the lost vessel, was, from the ac-
counts published in the papers of this city, such as must
merit universal praise and admiration. He remained at
his post to the last, and went to the bottom with his
ship, and more than 700 of his countrymen.'
" The Australian miners who have been attracted to
Peru by the report of the gold mines found themselves
very much deceived. The Peruvian Government give
them no encouragement, and dread their entrance into
the interior.
"A decree was lately passed prohibiting them from
carrying arms into the interior, but by the exertions of
the United States' Minister, it has been modified as far
as regards the United States' citizens."
In the Valparaiso markets there had been con-
siderable animation owing to large purchases for
Ecuador and Mexico.

It appears almost a truism to say of a cabinet
avowedly formed of discordant elements, that its mem-
bers are at variance with each other. Nevertheless
matters are now in such a state that it is a political
announcement of some importance to say that the
differences of the cabinet have assumed a form very
nearly irreconcileable with their continued cohesion.
The direct antagonism between Lord Palmerston and
Sir W. Molesworth in the debate of Tuesday evening
was an event not insignificant in itself. It may be that
Sir William's Radical speech was the result of the anti-
cipation of a speedy break up. " Make to thyself
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, for thou
mayest be no longer steward," is a precept which pro-
bably Sir William has Christianity enough to have
read, and prudence enough to translate into the mean-
ing, "Be reconciled with the Radicals, as the day of
your dismissal from office is at hand." We more
than suspect, indeed, that the whole matter was
previously arranged between Sir William Molesworth
and Mr. Bright. Everything that occurred bears
this appearance. Mr. Bright made an appeal to
the Cabinet Minister who represented the opinion
of the ballotists to state his sentiments in the debate.
In answer to that appeal Sir William Molesworth rises
and delivers a speech which, beyond all question, was
elaborately prepared. Does not this look very like an
arrangement for extracting an extempore speech from
the representative of the Radicals at the council board ?
Upon the character of the antagonism between the
Chief Commissioner of Works and the Home Secretary
it is scarcely necessary to say anything. Whatever be
the merits or demerits of Mr. Berkeley's proposal, it
involves, at all events, a great constitutional
.question.
Upon this question one Cabinet Minister in the House
o 2 Commons falls foul of another. Sir William Moles-
worth answers Lord Palmerston, and answers him in a
tone savouring very little of kindly feeling.
The division list exhibited a disunion at least as re-
markable as that of the debate. Sir Wm. Molesworth
does not appear to have realised his boast that he re-
presented twelve members of the Government on this
question. On the other hand Lord Palmerston does
not seem to have carried with him the majority of offi-
cials which would entitle him to say that he represented
the feelings of the ministry. Upon a question of vital
moment, a question upon which Lord Palmerston put
himself forward as the champion against the ballot, by
rising to reply to Mr. Berkeley—upon this question the
votes of the members of the Government were as
follows :

FOR TM BALLOT.
Sir W. Molesworth, Cabinet Minister.
Admiral Berkeley, Lord of the Admiralty.
Sir Richard Bethel, Solicitor-General.
William Keogh, Solicitor-General for Ireland.
Mr. Villiers, Judge-Advocate-General.

AGAINST THE BALLOT.
Lord Palmerston, Home Secretary.
Sir Charles Wood, Cabinet Minister.
Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir John Young, Irish Secretary.
Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the Household.
Lord Etch°, Lerd of the Treasury.
Mr. Sidney Herbert, Cabinet Minister.
Lord A. Hervey, Lord of the Treasury.
F. Peel, Under Secretary of State.
Here we have the vote of the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty contradicted by that of a junior lord; the Secretary
for Ireland one way, the Solicitor-General for Ireland
another. Five Cabinet Ministers voting against the
ballot, one Cabinet Minister speaking for it. It is im-
possible that such a state of things can last. Sir W.
Molesw orth made his speech as his retiring one. Mr.
Bright took care that about this there should be no mis-
take.
We have already intimated our belief that there is a
serious quarrel in the Cabinet upon subjects of more
pressing practical importance. There is nothing in the
proceedings at the London election yesterday to alter
that opinion. We still believe the elevation of Lord
John Russell to his new office to have been a direct and
plain triumph over Lord Aberdeen. The offering the
Colonial seals to Sir George Grey is another. We only
hope that these changes indicate the triumph of the
anti-Russian party in the Ministry.
To what a miserable state are we reduced when we
have to speak of an anti-Russian party in the Cabinet of
the Queen. The words imply that there is a Russian
one. There is not in the country, or in the House of
Commons, a man who does not know that it is so. Yet
there is not a man in the House of Commons who has
the courage to say it, and to follow that up by a resolu-
tion which alone could retrieve the present House of
Commons in the estimation of the country—a motion to
address the Queen to remove Lord Aberdeen from her
councils. •
How easy would it be to frame such a resolution from
the materials of the secret despatches. What House of
Commons would venture to negative the proposition,
th;.t the conduct of the war ought not to be entrusted to
the man who is the bosom-friend of the aggressor, and
who, ten years ago, was made the confidant, and, be-
cause the confidant, the accomplice of his infamous
designs. If such a vote was proposed and carried in the
House of Commons, then we might believe that assembly
truly to represent the feelings of the nation. Outside
the House of Commons there is not one Englishman in
500 who does not feel the interests of this country in
peril while Lord Aberdeen—the friend of Russia, and
the minister of continental despotism—is permitted to
occupy the place of Prime Minister of England.—
Morning Herald.