The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1866.

Lions, her Majesty's Government cannot find
anything to deplore in that result. If the
people of Sicily can obtain the constitution of
1812, and are satisfied with that constitution,
it is not for us to find fault with their
decision. Certainly not, since the Sicilian Consti-
tution of 1812 was almost our own work, and the
Neapolitan one of 1848 the one which has so long
been illegally in abeyance. On the principle of
nen-intervention his lordship uses language clear
enough nu the right of the case. " But, on the
other hand, we wlna.c.ver lose sight of that principle
which we have declared,—which wa think is a
sacred principle, to which, indeed, there are some,
but very rare, exceptions,—that with regard to the
internal Government of a country, the people
of that country are themselves the best judges,
and that foreigners ought not to interfere by
force to coerce and overwhelm that decision.
His Lordship even illustrates and argues the ques•
tion in language well worth quoting, if only for its
last sentence. "It is not only a nice matter of the
most extreme difficulty for foreigners to say, ' Such
a man is worthy of your confidence—such a person
may be safely followed—such a chief is a good
political guide—such another will give you a con-
stitution under which you may live happily.' It is
impossible for a foreigner to advise in such cases. It
is for the people of Sicily—it is for the people of Na-
ples—and I must add also,whoever may be offended by
the expression, it is for the people of the Roman States
also, to say for themselves what is the form of
government under which they choose to live. In
our foreign policy we may have, from day to day,
matters to treat in which our relations with other
Powers may induce us to recommend a particular
measure at one time, or a certain form at another;
but I can assure this house—and it is the only one
and the last word I have to say—that with regard
to the people of Italy we have no other
policy than to leave them to decide for them-
selves on their own fate, and that if their
decision should be such as to lead to the happiness
and independence of that country for the future, I
feel confident that we shall not only rejoice at it—
for we who value liberty confine its power within
no narrow bounds—but that we shall hail it in the
conviction that—for the maintenance of the balance
of power in Europe—that term often abused, but
which has a clear and significant meaning—there
can be no greater security than the independence of
Italy." All that seems needed is, an intimation
that England while she has a ship or a soldier to
spare will never again permit a violation of Lord
JOHN'S " sacred principle."

The Secretary of State for War, last night, ac
cording to promise, brought forward the supple.
mentary estimates, as they may be termed, for this
new war of ours against the Chinese. They were
already known to amount—these additional esti-
mates—to the sum total of £3,800,000. Already,
as we know, the amount of £400,000 was charge-
able upon the present year for the liquidation of
the expenses incurred upon this war, agreeably to the
rose coloured calculations, advanced under that head
at the early part of the present session by the right
hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But now, a
few months later, we have another estimate of the
probable liabilities devolving upon us from this
warlike expedition not to the tune of another
£400,000, but, as before intimated, of a grand total
of £3,800,000. It should be explained, however, at
once that this formidable sum is laid before
the House of Commons as the amount that
will be required for the future expense of the
Chinese war minus the comparatively trifling sum
of £443,000 for arrears yet unliquidated ! The
present estimate, observed the Secretary for War,
yesterday in Committee of Supply—the present
estimate, applicable to the war in which we are
now unhappily engaged, is less than £3,800,000 by
£443,000, or, to be precise, £443,896 when
applied to past transactions ! But—the House
of Commons in Committee, while prepared
roluctantly to accede to tke proposal
for passing a vote of credit for that Camel, in the
shape of £3,35G,104—evidenced a resolute determi-
nation to strain to the last at the Gnat in the shape
of the small additional sum of £443,896 for old
liabilities yet unliquidated. The " lump-sum," as
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT expressively though rather
inelegantly terms it, is looked upon by many upon
both sides of the house as decidedly unpleasant to
think of even, after that first couleur de rose
total, talked of so very complacently and confi-
dently as all-sufficient at the beginning of the

session by our day-dreaming Chancellor of the
Exchequer. It is felt, nevertheless, to be a neces-
sary evil—besides which, in asking at length
frankly for this " lump-sum," the Secretary of State
for War is only proceeding in strict conformity

with all financial and administrative precedents.
He has carefully examined those precedents, he
tells us, for example, having reference especially to
the two former Chinese wars, to that miserable war

of ours against the Kaffirs, and to that still more
recent, and still more expensive, and formidable war
fought out by us in conjunction with France and
Sardinia (to so unsatisfactory an issue) under the
walls of Sebastopol. And in each and every in-
stance he has found that in this apparently
slovenly bat wholly unavoidable manner, " a
lump - sum has been put on a single
sheet of paper and presented to the House as a vote
of credit." This has hitherto been deemed quite
sufficient by the House of Commons when in Com-
mittee of Supply upon our War Estimates. It has
been, as the right hon. gentleman has shown suc-
cinctly and categorically, the invariable precedent.
As it has been in the past, he argues manfully, and
certainly not without reason—so it should
be in the future. As in each previous, so in
this present, war against the Chinese. And
the cause of our thus having always remained satis-
fied upon the like occasions hitherto with the pre-
sentation of the simple lump-sum upon the single
piece of paper as a vote of credit, is, as Mr. SIDNEY
HERBERT insists, perfectly obvious and transparent.
The reason being solely the manifest one that Go-
vernment could not in reason be expected to foresee
to a nicety what would be the actual amount
of expenditure. Without a preternatural power
of prevision, the Government would not specify the
actual amount—it could only, by possibility, pre-
sent something in the form of an approximate
estimate. We cannot wonder in the least, there-
fore, that when the Secretary for War finds him-
self at last fairly put to it in Committee of Supply
to state the probable expenses of the Chinese
war now commenced or commencing—he does so
in that safe and rational manner which is strictly
in conformity with all known precedents. He lays
before the House of Commons (last night), in Com-
mittee of Supply, the lump-sum written down upon
a single sheet of paper, and presents it as a vote of
credit. This agreeable lump•sum turns out to be
no longer a moderate item of £400,000, or there-
abouts, but a good solid lump enough, to wit,
the predicted aggregate ofX3,Boo,ooominus the afore-
said £443,896, being arrears due by the Imperial
and East Indian Government. Otherwise, as already
specified, the exact lump-sum (apart from the ar-
rears) of £3,356,104. It may be sufficient to cover
all the past and future expenses of the expe-
dition, quoth the War Secretary—it may be
iusufficient—it may be more than sufficient
—who knows ! It is merely, he reminds
us pleasantly, an approximate calculation—a simple
conjectural account set aside for a given purpose
upon certain uncertain contingencies ! We must
make the best of it that we can. We are unmis-
takeably in for another bout with the Chinese.
They are a nation, remember, numbering pretty
nearly half of the human race, namely, from
300,000,000 to 400,000,000. They are situ-
ated at the opposite extremity of the
globe. They have to be dealt with thus by
England under all those manifest disadvantages.
But they must be so dealt with, coute qui coute,
advantages or disadvantages. The commercial in-
terests, the political interests, the diplomatic in-
terests, the prestige, the honour, the glory, the
power of England, all demand that the question so
long and so often in dispute between ourselves and
the Chinese should this time be settled at last defini-
tively. It was the conviction of this that induced
the House last night—not, however, until after a
stormy discussion—to vote the required lump-sum
of £3,356,104 asked for by the War Secretary.
The other sum, the comparatively trivial amount
of £443,896 (for arrears), being still held back
grudgingly. This being somehow done, apparently,
upon a distorted view of the old axiomatic bit of
wisdom, assuring us that If we take care of the
pence the pounds will take care of themselves.

Poor BRUNEL ! One cannot help regretting still,
however vainly, that he could not have survived
yet a little longer, so as to have himself witnessed
the virtual fulfilme.nt of all his boldest predictions
as to the Great Eastern Steamship. Those predic-
tions of his have actually been fulfilled either liter-
ally or virtually. The monster of the deep, emanat-
ing from the engineering enterprise and genius
of BRUNEL, has made, by the longer route,
one of the quickest passages upon record across
the Atlantic. She has, in so doing, attained
at times the maximum speed claimed for
her by BRUNEL, namely, that of 141 knots an
hour. Her average speed has been over thirteen !
But it must be borne in recollection, especially,
that her bottom is so excessively foul as to
retard her course through the water, to an
extent almost beyond the credence of a
landsman. Those who are competent to
pronounce an opinion upon the matter, assert
that, with her bottom properly cleaned, the Great
Eastern will easily maintain an average of from
fourteen to fifteen knots an hour, if not more.
However this may be, it is no
,longer matter of
conjecture merely that the discomforts of sea-
sickness are, by means of this glorious
floating island, done away with—so to
speak annihilated ! To appreciate this to the full
from mere descriptions, it is only necessary to
glance through the entertaining narrative given
elsewhere from the correspondence of one who has
just participated in the comforts and amusements
provided all the way across the Atlantic on board
the Leviathan. As to the amusements indulged
in during this ocean voyage, only imagine
a quiet game of skittles among the passengers !
Enough, however, if we here add that we do most
cordially felicitate all those who have had any share
whatever in developing this unprecedented enter-
prise of The Great Eastern, upon the now indis-
putable fact that her first voyage has been thus
signally triumphant.

SHIPS FOR GARIBALDL—The patriotic Dictator
of Sicily has, through his agents here, been successful in
nfleegtiolltai4wtihnigehthe he
ipsufrecrhinasine
go. f
Tsohmeree
enaoublbee
nyeeshseelsso i
taftirenthine
now stating that one of these is the City of Aberdeen paddle-
wheel steamer ; and others, if not yet gone, may be shortly
upon the way. The last purchase of the kind, which was
completed yesterday, is that of amanj fieent screw-steamer
of about I,soo.tpns, built upon lines designed to combine
speed and carrying capacity, and which is considered by
competent surveyors to be well adapted to carry the heavy
armament of a steam sloop of war. As a troop or passenger
ship she has fevr equals, having ft full poop 80 feet long and
'twixt decks 6 feet 4 inches clear in height, and ventilated
throughout. Her engines are oscillators ; cylinders G 3 inches
in diameter, 300-horse nominal power, but capable of
working up to 750 horses, with all modern improve-
ments, and which are now, with
.her boilers, in tho-
rough sea-going order. The screw being fitted with lifting
apparatus, she combines the ad vantages of a full-powered
steamer with those of a fast-sailing clipper vessel. She
was bought, we believe, with ample stores, which include
cabin and other requisites for a large number of passengers.
Her name, of course, is prudentially reserved for. the pre.
sent. The money for her purchase is already in hand,andthe necessary papers will be completed to-day. Garibaldi's
sahlioduldvehaTe
nagoetnsturs hperriseeadr,etihne pr
eofsosrees,s itohna
to f
tahme
ipr 1
attention
titneenati.ii
been directed to an inspection of the stock of arms and
other warlike munitions with which some of the warehouses
of our large wholesale exporters abound. They are said to
have especially admired a stock of 23,000 rifles, of the value
of about 3:55. each. Materials for a siege train, with heavy
guns of modern manufacture, seem an object of solicitude,
but no purchases have been effected.—Liverpool Daily
Times of July 12,

MONEY MABICET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocii.
Business in the foreign and colonial produce
markets during the last few days has been more
animated. Sugars have slightly advanced, while
coffee has been in active request, at full prices. Tea
since the public sales has been inactive, and a fair
amount of business has been done in cocoa
and rum. For rice the inquiries have been on st
a limited scale, previous prices being with diffi-
culty maintained. The transactions in saltpetre
have been unimportant, and at the public sales of
indigo, little or no improvement can be recorded in
the rates current for the medium and inferior de-
scriptions. The public sales of Foreign and
Colonial wool are announced to commence on the 8,31,
19th inst., when about 83,000 bales of various de- st
scriptions will be offered, and prices are generally
expected to rule exceedingly firm.
The Tallow market, during the last few days,
St(
st.
has shown more animation, some rather large ope-
rations having been entered into for forward deli-
very ; the stocks on hand, compared with those of
the same period of last year, showing a large defi-

ciency.
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester- s
day was rather active, and prices were well main- s
tained. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales. s
Continued activity is reported in the general
discount market, and full rates have to bah paid for 8
accommodation.
On Monday next, a call of £2 10s. per share,
amounting to £37,500, is due on the London and
Chatham Western Extension Railway (B) shares.
The Shannon, from the West Indies, has arrived,
with £154,744 ; and the City of Washington, from 88
New York, with £120,000.
At the meeting of the Peel River Land and
Mineral Company, just held, the directors' report,
an abstract of which has already appeared, was
adopted, and a dividend at the rate of £3 per cent, 8
on the consolidated stock of the company was s
declared.
The market for Public Securities opened heavily,
but an improvement has since taken place, Con- ",t
sols being 931 1 for money, and 93/ 1 for account.
Some effect has been produced by the debates in st
Parliament last evening but the securities continues is
quiet. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are
steady at 931 /. India Stock remains at 2191
and 221 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm
at 971 ; ditto Debentures have improved to 96,/ B, s
but Exchequer Bills continue at ls. dis. to 2s. ss
prem.
Rather less activity has prevailed in the Foreign st.
Stock Market, and prices in some instances are sstt
firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to '771 ; ditto st
New, 60 to 601; and the 4 per Cents. are 102 ;
Portuguese have improved to 444; Russian 41 per
Cents. to 931 ; and Spanish to 491 4 ; Peruvian 41 s
per Cents. are steady at 95 ; Dutch 21 per Cents.
are heavy at 641 ; and Buenos Ayres are marked
831 ex. div. st
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 .1
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, d 1 prem. ; and st
the Universal, 1 1 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather active, but prices have, in most instances, si
been steadily maintained. Caledonians, Great
Westerns, and North-Easterns (York), improved
ss. ; Eastern Counties, South-Westerns, and South.
Easterns declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial Markets remained in-
active at about previous quotations. Paris and
Lyons realized 351, Great Luxembourg 7, and San
Paolo 1/. Grand Trunk of Canada declined to 28 ;
East Indian to 991 100, and Great Indian Penin-
sula. to 971.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
exhibited little variation of importance. Union of
London are steady at 231 261, and Union of Aus-
tralia at 431 441 ; Royal Mail Steam have advanced
o 501, and Crystal Palace to 31.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i i
3 per Cent. Consuls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities _
India Stock ..
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto 5 per Cent.... , ...
Ditto Debentures, 18.58
Fitt., Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, 9th Aug 931
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
D t t,, £5OO 2 pm 1 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent —
Ditto Accpunt
Peruvian 4f per Cent
;Ili o Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1353. • •
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • --
Ditto 4f per Cent 931
Spanish 3 per Cent. .. • •
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent • •
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6l/
TWO O'CLOCK

Consols, Money
Ditto Account, August

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon,
Captain Abbott, with the above mails, has arrived.
She experienced fine weather throughout her pas-
sage.
Her specie amounts to 773,721 dols, consisting
of gold bullion, 169,855 dols ; foreign gold coin,
36,639 dols ; silver bullion, 406,929 dols ; foreign
silver coin, 160,298 dols ; also 9 boxes copper coin,
value not known.
From Chili there is little news of interest. The
latest date is Valparaiso, June 2. Congress opened
its session on the ist, on which occasion the Presi-
dent delivered his usual message, the contents of
which had not reached Valparaiso when the steamer
left.
The Frontier Question still remains unsettled.
From Bolivia there is no direct news, but it was
expected that the principal port, Cobija, was
blockaded by Castilla.
The French question with Lima was settled on
the 14th. The French demands were acceded to ;
the particulars were not known.
From Guatemala we learn that Capt. Wray and
the English engineers sent out to lay out the new
boundary line had visited San Jose, and, at the re-
quest of the Government, were about to report on
the best means of improving the port and the road
from the capital.
28th, to enact the annual tax ordinance, to come
tliatture of Demerara was to meet on the
into operation on the Ist of July. It was generally
believed that a large addition to the duty now
levied upon rum for colonial consumption was con-
templated, in anticipation of which heavy specula-
tions had been made in the article, which had ad-
vanced from 38c. to 70e. per gallon for 5 to 25 deg.
Sugar is scarce. Freights a shade higher.
There is no news of interest from Jamaica. The
speculative movement in the market noticed by the
last mail had not been supported by any demand
from purchasers.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This day,

OLD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SERVANT.
Hiram Spear was indicted for embezzling and stealing
the sums of ss. 6d., 165., and various other moneys, be-
longing to his master, George Wright,
It appeared that the prisoner was employed to take out
milk, receiving the money, and accounting to his master for
such sums, and from suspicions excited as to the manner of
bis doing the business, an investigation took place, when it
was found that he had been in the habit of altering the
original bills but substituting bills of his own, and obtaining
the various sums specified in the indictment.
He was convicted, and the Common Sergeant sentenced
him to six months hard labour in Holloway House of Cor-
rection.

STABBING 'WITH INTENT.
John Horler was convicted of feloniously stabbing Wm.
'Higley, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm,
arid was sentenced to three months imprisonment.
BURGLARY.
Char s Wright, 21, and Thomas Murphy, 23, were con-
victed of buralariuusly entering the dwelling-house of Win.
Metcalf, with intent to steal therein.
The learned Judge sentenced Wright to six years' penal
servitude, and Murphy was put back for inquiries to be

made. _
TILE GILEA.T ELECTION.—TIIO jury last
night returned a v‘irdiet of not guilty. in the case of Henry
Fayerman, who was indicted for perjury before the Select
Committee of the House of Commons.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
Stephen Colman was charged with assaulting Mary Hunt
in a railway carriage.
Evidence having been adduced, the jury immediately re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the defendant was
discharged,

SHARE 111ARILET.-(THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.,

Share I Railways. I paid. Closing Business
Price. j Done.
50 I IBelfast and Ballymena all
13.14 IBir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 84
stock Birk., La., and Ch June , 100 76 78
25 Blackburn
4 124
25 Blyth and Tyne all
10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 61 74
stock Bristol and Exeter
stock 100 931 931 94 34
Caledonian
10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all
50 Cork and Bandon all ---
20 cork, I qrock., &Passage all
20 Cornwall all 64 7
10 Do A (A gets no div. von
until 6pc peran. all
10 '
Do B 1
• hasbeen pd. toB
50 Dublin & Belfast June. all
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. all 8 9
stock East Anglian lOO 151 16
561
5 161
stock Eastern Counties lOO 56 57
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38
stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27
25 Do NW A, late EU3ds, 84
20 East Suffolk
10 Do
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 78
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 295 305 30
10 Forth & Clyde Junction
tall
stock Furness . •
stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 103 105
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all •
stock Great Northern lOO 114 116 115
stock Do do A stock
stock Po do B do
stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 1134 1144
stock Great Western
stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65
' 12 Irish South-eastern
stock Lancashire & Yorkshir, 100 1061 1061 1065
stock London and Blackwall 100 69 71 705
i stock Lon., firio•ht.. & S Coast 100 113 115 1144
25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 12 13
▪ stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1024 1024 1021 1
12# Do eighths
stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 95 96 954 1
', 25 L'derry & Coleraine
1 25 L'derry & EnnisKillen all 10 11
stock Man. Shef. & Litroln 100 405 414
50 Maryport and Carlisle all
100 124 Do do I shares all
) 10 Metropolitan 4 3
118 21184
d
i stock midland
...,
stock Do r.kirming. & Derby 100 96 98
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all
, 25 Do 4 shares all
d? 5 Mid Kent .... • • -
10 Do, Cray Line
t' 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all
Is 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all
t, stock Norfolk
18 50 Nthn. Counties 100 Union.. 34
63 34
64 3 d
64 31
stock North British ~ 5
stock Nor.Dev.Tlail&Dk.stock 100
stock D, A stk ; A recs no d.
Y, until 6pchas beenpd.B 00
1
a- stock Do Ti stock 100
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 98 984 984
Lt. 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 11 1 d d
• stock Do Leeds ....... • ...... 100 52/ 531 521
In stock Do York
es stock North London
19.16.4 North Staffordshire
re 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9 10
a , 12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 61 61
":2 10 Peebles ...... • •
Portsmouth
10 Rhymney..... , all
L stock,. Scottish Central
),, stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 31 32 314 1 4
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88
stock Shropshire Union loo' 50 51
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d
gn stock South Devon ..... •.. • • 100 44 46
a,., stock South Eastern
' stock South Wales . ...
.tto stock S. York. and River. Dun 100 79 82
D 2 ; 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
25 Stockton & Darlington all 394 404
per 25 Do do ll 84 9 p
Stockton & Hartlepool 164
L4l stock Taff Vale •.. 109
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO
nts. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -
ked 25 Ulster • •
Do 20 2 3
12 10 Do .... : ...... • •
.7 7 stock Vale of Neath
11. 3 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 11 114
and stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100
50 Waterford & Limerick all
20 West Cornwall
20 West London .... . •
)een 10 Do let class ... •
20 Do 2nd class
ices, stock West Midland--Oxford 100 45 47
reat 25 no. Newport all 10 11
, stock Do.___ Hereford 100
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