The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-25 00:00:00

Otriema Mt.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, Is4o.

THE SUN,

an officer who, eight or nine years ago, was a boy in
England, who only eight years ago received his, ap-
pointmPrit as Lieutenant, and who has subse-
quently assisted in every action in India,
in one of which he was wounded. Alluding to
the praises bestowed upon the rising star of
our Eastern empire by the Lord President of the
Council, his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON de-
clared that he entirely concurred in the observations
of the Noble Marquis as to the conduct of Major
I EDWARDBS and the other youthful officers engaged in
the late transactions. "My Lords," exclaimed the
Duke, with all the earnestness of genuine admira-
tion, "these officers did their duty with advantage to
the public, with honour to themselves, and have im-
mortalised themselves by their conduct." Im-
mediately afterwards the great military autho_
ity of the age pronounced these emphatic syl-
lables—" It is impossible, my Lords, to
speak in too high terms of Major EDWARDES
and the other gentlemen engaged in those services."
Nothing is wanting to testify to Lord Goucm and his
heroic companions in arms the approbation of a grate-
ful country. Their splendid deeds of valour have
_been acknowledged by the Company, by the Parlia-
ment, and by the Administration. Their glory has
been proclaimed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, by
the Prime Minister, by the President of the Council,
by the President of the Board of Controul, by the
Leaders of the Opposition in both Houses (Lord
STANLEY in the Lords, and the Marquis of GRAN➢Y
in the Commons), by the Right Hon. Sir ROBERT
PEEL, and by other distinguished members of the
Legislature. All that is now required is the practical
confirmation of these tokens of national gratitude by
the display of a discriminative munificence by the
SOVEREIGN.

Not even Mr. BANLES who, as the representative
of that party which considers it would be most de-
sirable that Manchester and all our great towns
should be levelled with the ground, feels it his duty
to come forward as the champion of every traitor 1
Sovereign who indulges in the amusement of bom-
barding his capital ; not even Mr. BANKES, we should
suppose, can now venture to defend the proceedings
of General FILANGIERI, or to deny that the atrocities
committed by the Neapolitan soldiers under his
command at Catania were such as cannot be paral-
leled in the annals of civilized warfare. The Neapo-
litans " massacred thousands of the peaceful inhabi-
tants after the troops had retired from the city; neither
age nor sex was spared. Wrecked villages and
smoking houses marked the route of Neapolitans and
Swiss for miles along the coast. The troops under
FILANGIERI pushed forward, firing the houses as they
advanced, turning those within, and killing those without.
Still the Neapolitans continued the burning until at
length the whole principal street was on fire, and when
all further resistance had ceased, the cathedral, the uni-
versity, the HOSPITAL, and most of the palaces and public
buildings were in flames. The ill-fated survivors of
this once noble city were given over to the tender
mercies of the conquerors, and a general pillage
ensued, which lasted from the dawn of the 7th inst.
until the afternoon of the Bth, during which time
burning and destruction of life and property were
carried to the most fearful and wanton excess, espe-
cially on the 7th, when the most atrocious massacres
were committed, and neither age nor sex was spared '
by the unbridled soldiery."
After the perpetration of these frightful atrocities,
who can place any reliance on the solemn assurances
of FILANGIERI or his promise-violating master? They
both declared that the war should be conducted
according to the practice of civilized nations, and that
the rights of humanity should be observed. The per-
petration of these atrocities abundantly absolves the
British and French Admirals from any pledges they
have given FILANGIERI and the King of NAPLES;
and if, after the perpetration of the hor-
rors of Messina, " the voice of humanity
imperatively called for some expedient to prevent a
repetition of such devsatation at other points," much
more loudly does the voice of humanity and justice
call upcn the English Government to interfere now
that the horrors of Messina have been incalculably
surpassed by the unheard-of atrocities perpetrated by
the organized band of thieves and assassins, the
drilled Lazzaroni whom FILANGIENI and his master
have trained to plunder and incendiarism, to rape
and murder ! If the interference of England and
France to compel a cessation of hostilities in Septem-
ber last was right, the abstinence from such inter-
ference at the present moment must be wrong. The
Sicilians occupy precisely the same position with
regard to Naples, and to England and France, which
they did at that moment. They are still in their
right. We may be told of what is commonly, but
most improperly, called " the mediation" which has
since taken place, and of the rejection of the terms
offered by the " Mediating Powers." That so called
mediation was, in fact, no mediation at all. There
were no Sicilian Plenipotentiaries present at the
conferences, the Sicilians were never heard, and that
is not, properly speaking, a mediation in which only
ale side is heard; neither can that be called a decision
of the mediating Powers, which is in fact merely a
proposition made by one of the belligerents to another,
of which a neutral Power undertakes to be the bearer.
Had Sicily been represented at those conferences, and
had. the Sicilian Government refused to ratify the
terms agreed to by the Sicilian Plenipotentiaries, then
indeed the mediating powers might have been Justified
in withdrawing from further interference, bat such
was not the case. And let it not be said that Sicily
was not to be considered in the light of an independent
state ; so far as England and France were concerned,
-he was clearly an independent state. They bad
acknowledged and saluted her flag, they had been the
bearers of an offer from the Sicilian nation to the
Duke of GENOA of the Crown of Sicily. How then
can they pretend to deny the independence of Sicily?
Had the Duke of GENOA accepted the offer, he would
have been at the time of the conferences King of
SICILY, and the mediating Powers would not surely
have ventured to hold conferences with the Ministers
of the King of NAPLES on matters affecting the rights
of the King of SICILY without the presence of a Si-
cilian Plenipotentiary. It is clear, therefore, that
Sicily occupies, in relation to the mediating Powers,
precisely the same position which she occupied in the
month of September last ; we therefore, in the name
of humanity, call upon the English and French Go-
vernments to at once interfere for the purpose of
stopping the perpetration of these horrors, and of
forcing,FlLANGlnex to conduct his operations according
to the rules of war observed among civilized nations.
The claims of Sicily, however, upon England are of a
still stronger character. It was under the mediation
of England that the old Sicilian constitution was
reformed in 1812, and the new constitution was
guaranteed by Great Britain to the Sicilian people;
and at that time, be it recollected, the Sicilian people
remained faithful to the British alliance and expelled
the invading army of MuitaT, to whom the Sicilian
Bourbon King, FERDINAND, the grandfather of the
present FERDINAND, would have betrayed the British
troops in the island. The duty of Great Britain to
protect Sicily in the enjoyment of her constitutional
rights is so manifest, that in 1814, Sir W. A'CouRT,
the British Minister at Palermo, declared in the name
of his nation, that Great Britain could not refuse, at
the invitation of the Sicilian nation, to declare herself
the protectress of the constitution of 1812; and again
of the ith September, 1816, when the King of
NAPLES began tampering with the Sicilian constitu-
tion, Lord CASTLEREAGH, writing to Sir W. A'Couzr,
says, " His Royal Highness (the PRINCE REGENT),
although contrary to his desire, will feel it his duty to
interfere, should he have the mortification to perceive
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vernment of England to the reproach of having
contributed in Sicily to such a change of system as
shall ultimately lessen the liberty and the happiness of
its inhabitants, as compared with their previous situ-
ation." On that occasion the King of NAPLES solemnly
bound himself to Great Britain, among other matters,
never to levy any
taxes in Sicily beyond the perma-
nmens.t
Bd or
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taitsiho)n fipxeerdaantnlu,mB4,7wi,6thB7o2dounthcees
co(annseiottunofcethies
' Sicilian Parliament. That provision has been vio-
lated. Taxes to an amount infinitely exceeding the
dotation have been levied without calling together the
Sicilian Parliament, and thus, that which Sir W.
A'Couirr declared, and which the King of NAPLES
admitted, would be a case calling for the interfer-
ence of Great Britain has arisen. So much for the
right—now as to the policy of interference. M.
ODILON BARROT has interfered in the affairs of Rome,

To-day the Overland Mail leaves England for
Hindostan. It will convey to the northern portion of
our Oriental dominions the gratifying intelligence of
the thanks yesterday voted to the conquerors of
Moultan and the victors of Goojerat by three great
assemblies—by the Court of Proprietors in Leaden-
hall-street, and by both Houses of the Imperial
Parliament. Those expressions of the national gra-
titude to the heroic soldiers who have gained the late
glorious campaign in the Punjaub were uttered
without any reservation whatever by the Lords, the
Commons, and the Indian Stockholders. Even the con-
scientious opponents of war—those humane gentlemen
who are fascinated by the beautiful but utopian doc-
trine of " arbitration"—abstained from any indecorous
attempt to detract from the unanimity or to diminish
the earnestness of the panegyrics pronounced upon
his Excellency the Governor General, upon the Right
Hon. the veteran Commander in-Chief, upon Sir
JOSEPH THACRWELL, upon Sir WALTER GILBERT,
upon Major-General Willaasf Waisu, as well as
upon the several officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates, under their command, both native and
European. It was felt that the gallantry, the skill, and
the fortitude exhibited by every one who had been
engaged in the late transactions north of the Sutlej had
entitled them to the cordial and unconditional felici-
tations of their countrymen. It was perceived that
the two most conspicuous achievements of the cam-
paign were so important in their character, and so
brilliant in their execution, as to be numbered hence-
forth amongst the most glorious events in our
Asiatic history. The seizure of Moultan is an enter-
prise so remarkable as to vie with the capture of the
Sogdian Rock by ALEXANDER. The battle of
Goojerat is worthy of being ranked as the
crowning triumph of the brave old warrior
who has served his country faithfully and nobly
during more than half a century—who has dictated
terms to the Celestial EMPEROR—who has planted
the banners of England on the vanquished shores of
China whose sword has so often proved victo-
rious, and especially on the memorable occasions at
.Sobraon and Ferozepore. In the taking of Moultan,
it should be remembered that our troops were suc-
cessful notwithstanding the almost impreg-
nable nature of the fortifications, and in spite of
the formidable abilities of the redoubtable chief-
tain MOOLRAJ. In the victory of Goojerat
moreover, it should not be forgotten that the d'
70an
army under Lord GOUGE, numbering only 2
men, were disproportionately opposed by upwards'oo
of
60,000 antagonists. Neither should it be lost sight
of that thole antagonists were the coalition of the two
most_ warlike nations on the Asiatic confident, the
Seikhs and the Affgh,lns.
While the ineeds of commendation were awarded
without stint to the conquerors of the Purja,ub by
the most distinguished members of both the Legislative
Chambers at Westminster, we were rejoiced to observe
thata very express and particular panegyric wasreserved
for the young officer by whose precocious abilities
and heroic daring the recent rebellion was first re-
pelled. The extraordinary genius for military enter-
prise, displayed by that soldier whose name is already
chroni‘iled among the illustrious, obtained the homage
due to his parts and his patriotism. The House of
Lords was forcibly reminded last evening, by the
Marquis of LABSDOWNE, that Major EDWARDRS is

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1849.

tionists had directed their efforts to these points,
they ..vcruld have fully glipeeed. ani the British
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least be freed from all the disadvantages and impedi-
ments with which they now have to contend.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind N.W., light breeze and
fine, but cloudy.
DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. City of
Glasgow, Brown, Calcutta; Agnes, Fox, Trinidad.
Arrd. from the river and sld. Miranda, Moxted, Barba-
does; Walker, Cokton, Quebec. Sld. Helen Mary,
Singapore; Portley, Quebec.
OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 24 —Merwede (Dutch trans-
port), Curacoa for Hely 'et.
GUERNSEY, APRIL 21.—The Active, bound to N, w
founiland, which got on Castle Comet Reeks 19th inst.,
was partly discharged yesterday, and warped into the
harbour, where she is discharging the remainder of her
cargo; she has lost ber keel, has her fore foot broken,
and her bottom is supposed to be considerably damaged.
LEITH, APRIL 23.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Mayflower,
Qw,bc c.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N. to S.W.—Arrd.
her Mjesty's ship Ringdove, Bombay, and sailed for
Plymouth; British Queen, Stables, Cardiff for Cronstadt,
with loss of bulwarks, sails split, upper works strained
arid making water. Off port, Kilblain, Shaw, China.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Rock-
shires, Mc Leary, Savannah; Carl Emil, Utrichsen, St.
Croix; Clutha, Langster, Charleston. 24th, Fenella,
James, Baltimore. Hebe, Thompson, Domerara;
Sarah Birkett, Proddon, Port-au-Prince; American
Lass, Newfoundland. Off port, Charlotte, Hottinguer.
Columbus, Isaac Wright, Jamestown, Sea, Roscius,
London, Ann Henderson, General Sale, John Bull, Wi-
nifred, Colonist, Earl Harwood, Viceroy, Helen, Eliza
Killick, North Carolina, Mary Imrie, Themis, Holywood,
Ann, Dumfries.

ARDROSSAN, APRIL 21.—S1d. Warner, St. John's,
Newfoundland.

SUNDERLAND, APRIL 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Effort,
Moulmein. Sld. Wave, Quebec, Swan, ditto; Mary and
Dorothy, ditto.
HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 22.—Wind E. to S.—Sid. Par-
thian, Batavia; Caledonia, Valparaiso.
CowEs, APRIL 24.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Leontine,
Arlaan, Batavia; Bolivar, Hagero, Ciudad Bolivar,
both for Bremen; Dana, Forster, Porto Rico for Bremen.
23d, the Bolivar, from Cindad Bolivar to Bremen, put
in here this evening, and the master reports having been
chased in the Channel yesterday by a Danish brig of
war, probably the Ornen, which sailed hence 21st inst.

SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 24.—The George and Mary
(sloop), of and for Boston from Stockton, was struck by
lightning off Robin Hood's Bay last night, and set on
fire, when the crew abandoned her, and at three o'clock
this morning they saw her go down.
Ilssmos, Arun 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Camper-
down, Cumberland, Calcutta ; Southampton.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 24.—Arrd. Jupiter steamer, left
Gibraltar 15th, Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th,
and Vigo 21st.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 23d,
Christian VIII., Niolsea, Batavia, for Hamburgh ; Emelie,
Boater, ditto, for Altona; Lord Stanley, Peters, Bom-
bay; Commercial, Henderson, Samarang; Sophia, An-
derson, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh; Mina, Lenau, ditto;
George Ann, Brown, Pernambuco; Courier, Havighorat,
Buenos Ayres, for Bremen ; Christian, Taggenbrock,
Maranham, for Hamburgh. 24th, Broad Oak, Shelford,
Bahia; Sophia Elusabeth, Jorgan, Rio Janeiro, for Ham-
burgh; Adeline, Spland, ditto; Cheetak, Cook, Per-
nambuco. Off port, Actif, Ekman, Rio Janeiro.
The Rose brig, from Newcastle, for St. John's, New
Brunswick, with foremast, bowsprit, and main top-mast
carried away in a gale of the 6th inst., was spoken 15th
inst. in lat. 49 N., lon. 13 W., and on her return to
the Channel by the Isabel, from Antigua, bound to
Liverpool, which put in here to-day with foremast car-
ried away, bowsprit, main and miaen top-masts, top of
yards, boats, &c. on the 19th inst., while lying to under
a close reefed main top sail.
OFF SWANAGE, APRlL—Australasia, Cornell, Hobart
Town.

liamEnzcw., APRIL 23.—Wind N.W. to W.—Sld. Con-
ss, Quebec; 22d, Quebec packet New York, John
Hawkey, Boston; Fame, Quebec; Thetis, ditto.
NEWRY, APRIL 23.—Wind N.—Sld. Seraphine, New
York.

SHIELDS, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.—Sid. 23d, August
Adolph, New York; Olinda, Point de Falle.
WEXFORD BAY, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Native, Doyle,
Norfolk V.

CASTLETOWN, APRIL 21.—S1d. Vixen, Boston, United
States.

BRISTOL, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Feliza,
Smith, Trinidad.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY.
A limited supply of English Wheat has been received
up to our market since Monday. The show of samples
of both red and white was small, yet it was quite ade-
quate to the wants of the buyers. All kinds met a slow
inquiry. In prices, however, we have no change to
notice. Only 1,100 quarters of foreign Wheat have
come to hand since Saturday. Selected lualities sold
to a fair extent, at full currencies; but the middling and
inferior kinds were the turn in favour of the millers.
Scarcely any Barley was on offer. Malting samples were
held for more money. Grinding and distilling sorts
were quite as dear. There was only a moderate in-
quiry tor Malt ; nevertheless last week's quotations were
fairly supported. Very few Oats were on the Market.
On the whole the trade was in a sluggish state, at un-
altered prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, as
on Monday.

English .. •• ••
Scotch .. •• • •
Irish. •. •• ••
Fore.• •• ••

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. I Barley. Oats.
90 qrs. -- qrs. I 1,170.qr5.
- -- -
I 600
1,200
Malt, 170 qrs.

Flour.
990sks.

1,100

norLouan 110 P zw.a.n.RET.
Fine Hops are in steady request, and a trifle dearer
than last week. In all other kinds scarcely any business
is doing. The market is by no means heavily supplied.
—Sussex pockets, per owt, 21 4s to 21 18s; Weald of
Kent, ditto, 21 12s to 318 s; Mid and East Kent, ditto,
31 6s to 61 17s.

WHITECIZAPEL.
For each kind of hleat the demand was excessively
heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s to 3s; Mutton,
2s 4d to 3s 2d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s to 4s;
and Pork, 3s to 4s per Bibs. by the carcase.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.)
Elizabeth Munday, a married woman, 40 years of age.
was indicted for picking the pocket of John Frederick
Haynes, of a purse. The prosecutor, on the evening of
the Bth inst., was returning to town along the Bayswater-
roa i, on the Park side of the way, when he was accosted
by the prisoner, who, notwithstanding his indignant re•
pubes, persisted in clinging to him, until he pushed her
off by force ; and feeling his waistcoat pocket, he dis-
covered that his purse had been taken. He instantly
pursued the prisoner, and after a sharp run of seventy
yards, he overtook her and gave her into custody.
The prisoner's counsel severely cross-examined the
witness, to draw from him a corroboration of the pri-
soner's defenco at the station-house' which implied a
charge of immorality against him. This he solemnly
repelled, and the Assistant-Judge gravely reproved the
counsel (afterwards) for repeating the imputation in his
address to the jury.
She was f( and Guilty, and the Judge, commenting
upon the additional criminality of the defence set up,
sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET_( THIS DAY.)
Margaret Callaghan and Maria Williams, two women
of repulsive appearance, were brought before Mr. Hard-
wick, charged with creating a disturbance, and breaking
three squares of glass, at the soup kitchen in Ham-
yard, Windmill-street.
Mr. James Ettershank, the superintendent of the in-
stitution in Ham-yard, stated, that last night, about half-
past nine o clock the prisoners applied for admission for
the night. As the place was full witness told them to go
to St. James's workhouse. They refused to leave ths
place, and became so violent and abusive that witness
was obliged to send for a constable to take them away.
Just as the constable was coming down the yard the
prisoners broke three squares of glass. Witness then
gave them in charge.
The prisoners, who did not attempt to deny the charge,
were committed to the House of Correction for 21 days,
with hard labour.
Mr. George Ponsloe,
a timber merchant, residing at
336, Oxford-street, was charged with a cowardly assault
upon a female named Elizabeth Baxter.
Tho assault having been proved, Mr. ILLuDwrcic fined
him 4/.

The money was immediately paid.
A number of Irish vagrants wore brought up, in cus-
tody of the mendicity officers, charged with begging in
Regent•street.

As it was proved that they were old offenders, Mr.
HARDWICK, committed each of them for 21 days to the
House of Cot rection.

VISIT OF UER MAJESTY TO THE LYCEUM.—We
understand that it is the intention of her Majesty
and Prince Albert to honour the performances at
the Royal Lyceum Theatre with their presence this
evening.

SPANNING THE GLODE.—An American merchant
bound for Ceylon, left New York on the 4th instant, in
the Canada mail steamer, and arrived in Liverpool on the
morning of the 19th. After transacting some business in
Liverpool and Loudon, he arrived at Southampton by the
day mail train on the 20th, and immedately embarked on
board the Ripon Steamer, which was preparing to start
for Alexandria with the Indian mail. This gentleman
will reach his destination on the 15th June. Thus
he will have travelh d from the United States to
China, a distance of nearly 15,000 miles, in seventy-
two days! In a little more than two months he
will have travelled the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and
the Mediterranean, Red and China Seas, called at Eng-
land, Gibraltar, and Malta, in Europe; Alexandria and
Suez, in Africa ; and Aden, Ceylon, Penang, Singa-
pore, -and Hong Kong, in Asia. With the exception of
passing through ENgland and Egypt, the whole of his
journey will have been performed by water, in British
ships. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's servants
never recollect a passenger for China who had been so
recently in America, and it will probably be, for length
and rapidity, the most extraordinary voyage ever per-
formed.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY Q17,4117' Pf? To -rxii?fq%
yesteroay tilt tales were estimated at 4,000 bales, in-
cluding 1,000 i r export and on F pteulati on . Prices re-
main as quoted on Friday.—Railway Shares were again
depressed.

The letters and papers by the steamer from the West
Indies were delivered after business hours yesterday
afternoon, and their contents generally are much of the
tenor to which we have for some time past been
accustomed. The seasons in many of the colonies were
rather favourable, and so far there is good promise of the
next crops; while even money matters were in Jamaica
and other places not so bad as might be supposed. The
Bank of Jamaica had declared a dividend of three per
cent. for th halt-year, and appeared to be doing well,
despite the competition of ti.e island chejues, which
being issued by Government had displaced Bank
piper. The Planters' Bank, which is being
wound up, would meet all demands, but whe-
ther the shareholders will save any thing from the
wreck may be admitted as doubtful In order to bring
the colony into a healthy condition, its government
must be conducted on more economical principles, and
for this we shall soon see all parties agitating with one
accord.

Cape of Good Hope accounts of February 21 repre-
sent affairs on the frontier as being quiet. There had
been rules and regulations made public for the settle-
nt of the Fingoes and other coloured inhabitants in
the new district of Victoria, and they reflect credit on
the inhabitants.

The accounts from Germany state that the Schleswig-
H &stein troops had entered Jutland.
The report of the Amsterdam Stock Market states
that prices were without any material alteration. The
Dutch papers contradict the report that the Limburg
contingent had been called upon to march to Holstein.
Great complaints are made in the City that the River
Plate question is still unsettled, and the apathy and want
of tact displayed by the French and English Govern-
ments is constantly and warmly commented on.
Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade in London,
we have the following remarks by Messrs. Witherby and
Hanson:—" On presenting last month the Board of
Trade returns for 1848, we stated that the consumption
of currants in 1849 might possibly reach 21,000 tons,
or 2,000 tons more than that of 1848. But as there is
already an increase of 600 tons in the London delivery
alone during the first 15 weeks of 1849, it seems likely
that the year's consumption in the United Kingdom
will much exceed our expectations, and at the close of
the present season, allowing fur further direct supplies,
we shall not have much more fruit on hand than existed
in September last. Several circumstances concur to
favour this opinion, but particularly the expectation
that, owing to the destructive (effects of the late frosts,
our reduced stock of raisins will be expended much
sooner than seemed likely to be the case a
month ago ; and therefore that currants will be
in more demand than usual during autumn. More-
over, the direct shipments to Holland and Germany
having been nearly 2,000 tons less than those of last
year, we may expect, if there be a cessation of hosti-
lities in Germany, the continental demand to revive,
and to take off some of the fruit which, but for the un-
settled state of the continent, would have been shipped
thither direct."

In Mark-lane to-day only a moderate business is
doing in Corn, and at barely Monday's prices.
There was a trifling decline yesterday afternoon in
the terms upon which bills were negotiated on Frank-
fort, but the rates on Paris were higher, and on most of
the other continental cities firm. It cannot be expected
that there should be much doing just now in the ex-
changes, and some predict an exportation of bullion when
affairs abroad become more settled.

The Money Market is exceedingly easy at present,
and the three or four hundred thousand pounds in specie
sent to America had not the least effect in enhancing the
terms for advances. Perhaps the abstraction of one or
two millions might occasion some change, but assuredly
it would not 1), ing about a pressure. Loans upon stock
for a month or two have been made as low as If to
per cent. per annum, and four months' bills of the
highest class are said to have been negotiated at the rate
of 24 per cent. per annum, or even cheaper.
The Funds opened;well this morning, Consols realising
92 to and the market has preserved an appearance of
tolerable buoyancy, although the intelligence from Den-
mark is not altogether favourable. People seem now to
regard the chance of this power protracting the struggle
against Germany as being very small, and on that ground
scarcely believe that the struggle can be much longer
protracted. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have realised 94 and the Three per Cents. 90i
Bank Stock is worth 193. Exchequer-bills have been
455. to 48s. prem., and ledia Bonds 695. to 70s. prem.
The Mexican Government is stated to have trans-
mitted through Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh bills
to the amount of 65,000 dollars towards the dividend,
and the report sent home by Mr. Robertson is also said
to be favourable. We have, however. nothing official
up to this hour.
An extensive business has been done in Mexican
Bonds at 1 per cent. rise, the quotations from 301
having advanced to 311 Equador have been
4i ; and Grenada Deferred Buenos Ayres
have been quoted 39, and Chilian 91 to 92. Peruvian,
nominally, are 65 to 67. Russian Stock has been firm
at 1051, and French Three per Cents. have been quoted
56, with the exchange at 25 35.
Railway Shares, though not brisk, have been rather
fluctuating. Caledonian have been in favour, and are
again nigher. Midland have receded. North Western
and Great Western are much the same, and also Brigh-
ton, &c. St. John del Rey Mine shares are rather
higher.

ONE CLoSLI\ G
P , f.,-. ..?' ~Itprre,ll FUNDS ircLOCii. PRICES
Bank Stock
3e, Cent. Reduced ATlns ......
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 91% 92% 92
New 314 per Cent. Anns.... . 91%% 91%
Lang Anns.to expire J an. 1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under;l,ooo/.. .. — p
Consuls for Account...... 92 921/4 92 92%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d.
1,0001. June 45 48 p 48 p
5001. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
i.irezilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent 39 39
Chilian Bonds 4 per Cent....
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 — 6 p
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred 3% 3%
olexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account, with Coupons 301/2 31 30%144 301
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto. Account 29 29
Russian Bonds - • 105% 105
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account 33 3234
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French, 3 per Cent
Exchange 2sf. 35c. 25f. 35e.,
Belgian 41/ per Cent ...... 84 83%
PAW.
E•RICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOCLOSING;RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
kberdesn
eer... 16/9.045.
50
... .. 58 x d
171/2 1714
Buckinghamshire gahnadmEshxiert
1% dis .... . 1% dis
Caledonian
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ..._. 8141/8 . B%
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... 111/8 11
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New ... 43
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 19%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 --- 42 ........ ...
I;reat Northern
Do.' 1,,2 A Deferred ... 121,x ...... 5 ... ..
Great North of Dagland.loo ......234% 234 235 235
Great Western 100 ..... 93
Ditto, 1/, Shares 5O ...... 46
Ditto, 12 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20

Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 12i/:, l2
null and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 49% 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121;4 ...... 22
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 .....
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Do. Thirds ....... ....... 15 ..... 6%.... 6A,
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent...
Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO% .. .... ..... 100%
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ..... 39 39 ys
Ditto, New 5/., guar.
6 per cent. ..
London and N. Western 100 132

I Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... 11 10%
Lund. &S Western 5O
Ditto, Thirds 161.135.4d.... 4% dis 4% di*
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pier. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls
SI AUX hQstar, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...100
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Kidle.nd ...100 .. 73 72% 731/2 72 73 72
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 15 141/2
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do. Consol. Bristol and
Birming.,6 per ct. -.100 ......1234 ... 1234
North British ........ ... 25 .... ~, ... 14%
Ditto, Halves ..
North Staffordshire 17% 13% l3 Ai
Shrewsbury and Birm... 11
South Euiern
Do., Scrip No 4
South Wales 33 ...... 14 ... .....
A
fork, Newcastle, and
Berwick ...
Dr, Newcastle Eaten, 20 - ... 16%
Do. GS.E.Priilerence 8 ... - 6
York end North Midland 50 ..... 4014 39%
Di tt e., Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Exten.ion ...... 25 ... - ......... 20
FOREIGN RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
Vierzon)
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 10s.
Namur and Liege
Northern of France l3
Paris and Rouen 2O
... . 22%
Rouen and Havre
MINER.
Brazilian Imperial ...... 241
Do. St. John Del Rey 15
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
Union of Australia

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMAIONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly atter Twelve
o'clock.

Mr. J. MATHESON presented several petitions from
places in Scotland against the Railway Travelling on
Sunday Bill, and against the Marriage Affinity Bill.
Mr. BUSFEILD presented petitions from Bradford
praying for an alteration of the present system of licens-
ing beer-houses.
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions from
East Kent complaining of agricultural distress, and
praying fur protection against the unrestricted importa-
tion of foreign agricultural produce.
Mr. A. 11 ASTIE prest•nred a petition from PaisLy
against the Lunatic Asylum 13,11.
Mr. FLOYER presented a petiion from a place in
Dursetshire for protection to agriculture.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE presented petitions from various
parts of Scotland against the Railway Travelling on
Sunday Bill, and also against the Marriage Bill.
Mr. TOLLEMACIIE presented petitions against the
Alteration of Oaths Bill.

Mr. DUNCAN presented several petitions from
Dundee against the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill.
Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition from Liverpool in
fvour or the Affirmation Bill.

Lord EBRINGTON presented petitions from Ply-
mouth and other places in favour of the Clergy Relief
Bill.

Mr. COWAN presented petitions from ♦arious parts
of Scotland against the Sunday Railway Travelling Bill.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the Arch-
deaconry of Dorset against the Parliamentary Oaths
Bill, and the admission of Jews into Parliament.

Mr. FOX MAIJLE presented several petitions from
different parts of Scotland against the Sunday Travelling
on Railways

Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Suther-
landshire to the same effect.

Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Lord
Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin in favour of
the Rate in Aid Bill.

Sir G. GREY presented petitions from Berwick-upon-
Tweed against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill.
MARRIAGE WITH THE SISTER OF A DE-
CEASED WIFE.

Mr. LANGSTON presented several petitionst in
favour of an alteration of the present law.
SUNDAY TRAVELLING.

Mr. MAIGREGOR, Mr. LANGSTON, and several other
Members presented petitions from Glasgow and several
other places, against the Bill to allow travelling on rail-
ways on Sunday.
FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF BREAD.

Mr. BANKES gave notice that ho should, on Wed-
nesday next, move that the House resolve itself into a
Committee of the whole House, with a view to take the
necessary means to prevent the frauds now practised in
the sale of bread.

ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS (IRELAND)

BILL.

This Bill was read a second time without division or
observation, and was ordered to be committed this day
week.

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL.

On the motion that the House go into Committee on
this Bill,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the Bill had been so
much altered, and such great additions had been made
to the Bill, that he deeply regretted to have to notice
them in his motion for the Speaker to leave the chair.
Colonel SIBTHOHP, after au appeal to the Speaker
respecting his competency to address the House, and
having been answered i❑ the affirmative, proceeded to
say that he was placed in the same unfortunate position
as that which he had lately occupied on this question,
and which he had been obliged to take up with respect
to all these Bills. So far as the principle of these Bills
was really concerned, he might say that it had in reality
been, to use a vulgar phrase, completely " burked."—
(Hear, bear.) No Member of that House could more
truly assert than he could that his hands were perfectly
clear of the crime of bribery, but yet, notwithstanding
all his desire to preserve the purity of that House, he
did object to the imposition of this oath, or rather these
three oaths, upon any Member taking his seat in that
House. For those persons who attempted to be re-
turned as the representatives of places or districts in
which they were perfectly unknown, who dropped, at it
were, from the skies, such precautions might be
necessary. They had no hold whatever upon
the respect of their fellow-citizens, and might be
compelled to resort to the practice of bribery. But he
did not conceive that because there was this danger to
be guarded against, that the Bill should be so framed as to
interfere with the kindly offices between a landlord and
his tenantry, or between a wealthy man and his poorer
neighbours.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew how adroitly
agreements were made between a regular supporter of
any Government who desired to obtain a baronetcy or
any other honour. It was true there was no bribery.
Oh, no; but then there was a journey to Greenwich
or to Portsmouth, and the thing was easily arranged.
What would Mr. Pitt or Mr. Fox have said about the
principle of this Bill? Why, he did not hesitate to say
that they would altogether have opposed it. Qdite
agreeing with them, he should feel it his duty to move
that the House go into Committee this day six months,
and before sitting down he could not, help expressing
his utter detestation of the principle of this and 'all
similar Bills.

Sir G. GREY said, that after the set speech which
the Hon. and Gallant Colonel had made on the motion
for the second roading, ho certainly had not himself
expected to find him among the opponents of the Bill.
For his own part, he had before stated his objec-
tion to the principle of the Bill, and though ho was not
now opposed to the Bill going into Committee, yet
he reserved to himself the right of endeavouring either
to alter or to throw it out in a future stage.—(f-fear.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that though anxious to
go into Committee he could not refrain from remarking
upon one observation which had fallen from the Hon.
and Gallant Member for Lincoln, viz., that in which he
had spoken of the opinions of Pitt and Fox. Whatever
the opinions of those great men might have been he
could not say, but this was no new notion which he de-
sired to place upon the legislative records of the country.
As early as 1809 Mr. Curwen had introduced a Bill pre-
cisely analogous in its principle to that which he now
desired to carry. The oath introduced by Mr. Curwen
was open to grave objections, but in the debate which
ensued Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Canning, Mr. Tierney, and
Mr. Speaker Abbot had taken part, and all had ap-
proved of the principle.
Mr. V. SMITH said that it was strange that the Hon.
Member who was the promoter of this Bill, in reply to
his opponent, had cited the opinions of parties in oppo-
sition to those of Pitt and Fox, when both were dead.
The Bill was entirely one of principle, and, therefore,
the House was as able to pass an opinion upon it as
the fifteen gentlemen who formed the Committee to
which it had been referred, and which hail taken great
liberties with it. If the House went into Committee he
should move that all the clauses after the word
" whereas" should be omitted.

Colonel SIBTIIORP withdrew his amendment, and
the House went into Committee, Mr. Bernal in thca
chair.

Upon the first clause being proposed,
Lord MAIION said he had given the Bill his best
consideration, partieularly with reference to the oaths
which it was proposed to impose upon Members of Par-
liament; and he felt bound to give it his decided op-
position. He was as anxious as any one to co-operate
in any attempts to put a stop to corrupt practices at elec-
tions, but the present measure was so involved that he
thought it would entirely fail in its object.

Sir-F. THESIGER said when his attention was first
called to the purposed declaration to be made by candi-
dates at the hustings,and by Members before taking their
seats in the House, very great objections occurred to his
mind, some of which had been stated by Honourable
Members who had addressed the House, and he
thought that if persons were disposed to violate
the law, they would not hesitate to take the declaration;
while, on the other hand, timid and scrupulous persons
might refuse to do so from an apprehension only that it
might afterwards involve them in circumstances of an
unpleasant nature.— (Ilear.) Having given great atten-
tion to the whole subject, and particularly to the form
of the declaration, he had brought himself to the convic-
tion that it was absolutely necessary that some experiment
should be made to try and accomplish that object, which
they all had in view.—(Hear, hear.) They had ex-
pressed, in most sincere terms, a desire to suppress
bribery and corruption ; but they had not pursued the
right course in their legislative measures, and their
acts had not corresponded with their profes-
sions. Committees had been armed with great
power to investigate charges of bribery; but more regard
had been shown to the detection and punishment of the
offence than to its cause.—(Hear, h ear.) All their
attempts, however, to put down the evil had signally
failed. It was worth while considering, he thought, whether
the Bill might not be tried as an experiment. He did
not think that there was anything in the declaration
which would deter any conscientious man from taking it
either at the hustings or at the table of the House.
Sir GEORGE GREY said that the objections he had
stated to the second reading of the Bill remained un-
changed, and ho would therefore give his oppositiori to
the declaration that was proposed. He believed that a
declaration of this description would not effect the
object it had in view, considering that the effect of
it would be that honest and timorous men might be de-
terred from making it, although they were perfectly free
from any act of bribery themselves.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, at wise length, de-
fended the declaration from the attack that had been made
against it by the Right Honourable Baronet the
Secretary of State for the Home Department; and
trusted that the House, notwithstandisg that attack,
would adopt it. He would put it to the House whether
the time had not arrived to put an end to the dis-
graceful scenes that had taken place at taany elections?
Mr. lIUME had twenty-two pars ago, proposed a si-
milar declaration to the one now proposed, and ho had
failed in carrying it. He now believed that all attempts
at legislation on this subject would, as they had hitherto
done, fail. Ile saw no mode of preventing the evil
but extending the suffrage, and giving the vote by
ballot.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.") That was his remedy.
i
As regarded the Bill, he should oppose t as he had done
all such measures on the subject.
Mr. V. SMITH opposed the declaration.
(LEFT SITTING.)

IRELAND.

STATE BALL.—The Lord Chamberlain has is-
sued invitations for a grand state ball at Buckingham
Palace on Monday next, the 30th inst., by command of
her M.jesty.
The incumbency of St. James's Church, St. Mary-
lebone, has become vacant by the death of the Rev.
Thomas White, M.A. The annual value oj' the benefice
is 3504 It is iu the gift of the Crown.

rIVTIT . TTTEsr,

r

non iu the -other evils -which hive- fallen upon teat
doomed district the cholera, we understand, is making
fearful ravage s among the poor, who are dying by scores
in th:ir wretched huts, and even on the road side, where
in many instances the bodies have been left for whole
days without the rites of burial. That this, unlisr
pily, is no exaggerated picture may be gathered from
the testimony of the Rev. James Anderson, the Protes-
tant R,..ctor of Ballinrobe, in the county of Map, and
chaplain of the workhouse there, who, in a letter ad-
dressed to the Prime Minister, dilates with much force
upon the appalling scenes of n.isery by which he is sur-
rounded. .

THE MITCHEL FUND.—The last accounts ,of Mr.
Mitch, to ,alto tccording to the Home Secretary,
extretne.ly unfavourable. a fresh stiin,dus appears to be
given to the interest telt on behalf or the unhappy-. man's
wife and children. Mr. Richard O'Gorman, sat., the
secretary of the fund, acknowledges this morning the,
receipt of subscriptions to the amount of 62/.108., 31/.01
which was contribute d by one of the Dublin wards, old
30/. by the town of Kilkenny.
THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 90k; Three^
and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock, 9 ; Bank Stock, 193;
Hibernian Bank Shares, 24i ; Dublin and Belfast .Tune.
tion Railway, q; Waterford and Limerick, 10i .11.

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