The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

TilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 18K

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

--
Share Railways. Paid. Closing ..___._
Frice: '6B9dc'ne
---
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 75 77
stk f ( Gu. 5 per cent.
Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind 100 94 05
18 Do, Do. B 16 lf 11 d
204 Buffalo and Lase Huron all 4f 51c1
201 Do. New .......
10 Do. Preference ....
( Buffalo,Brant&GodriCh 100 75 80
100 ) - _.
5 p ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1870 100 67 72
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 67 72
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 id pr
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.; 25.:
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1; 11 d
20 !Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 11 1 d
174
!Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 1; If d ~._IBI
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 TM I
20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr
100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 931 991
100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864_ all 100/ 1011
20 Geelong & Melbourne all
stock (Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds lOO
stock Grand Trunk of Canada F 100 22 24 231 1
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 76 79 77 i
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 47 49 47
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 45 48
100 Do. do. 1872
stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp,e, 100 96 97 961 71
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 11d ; d
20 Gt. South.of India(Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. all 21 lid
201 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 111 114
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O .... ...... all 98 100
100 Do. do. '73 till '60...... all 93 100
100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all v 8 100
100 IDo. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 03
stock !Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 85 86
stock ! Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 941 051
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 87 88
20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 15 If 14 d
20 Do. do.-- „ .... all
stock lifelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100
20 Newßrunswick & Canda
Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc an 5 7
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land d 0........
20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 5 7
Do. do. Land do. ......
20 Oude (Limited) ........ 55.
ej.,,s
f
stock Scinde .......... 100 98 99 981 91
20 I Do. Punjaub .... La El 10 2 d 1/1
20 i Do. Do. ........ Fa 9 all --d
stock i Do. Indus. St. Flo. , ?,,„" 100 93 95
20 IS t. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.., 1 1 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 54 51
20 ;Ardennes .... _
20 ißah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 11 114
5 !Belgian East. Juncti. all f I
20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all
6 ICa”-neaux Mine & Rail all 21 21
100 ,Copiapo &. all
10 Ditto Extension all 24 t d
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 34 34d
20 !Eastern of France .... all 24 25
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6
20 Do. do. ail
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 61
20 !Italian Junction ~.... all
20 !Lake Constance & Bale. all
20 ILlerre & Turnhout .... all
20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all
331 Maria Antonia ........ all —--
10 Do. New ... ........ all
20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 7/
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 391 20
16 Northern of France.... all 884 391
16 Do. New Shares l5
10 Norwegian Trunk Tref. all 74 81
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 361
20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 54 56
20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Perm
gua. 7p. ct. 1im...... 13 41 4 d
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14
10 Rome & Frascati ...... all
20 Royal Dani5h.......... all
5 Royal Swedish .... :... all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
20 Sambre ,sn Meuse ...... ail 51 5
10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 81 6
20 San Paulo, Bin, g. 7p. c. 2 11 d
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 ;d 4
d 131
20 Southern of France.... all 20 21
af West Flanders .. .. all 51 6
10 Do. 51p. c. Preference.. all 9 9/
20 ,W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
23 Western of Austria.... 6
20 iWesternof Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 ID°. 8 per cent. Pref all
20 ;Zealand

13RTTISH MINES.

Share,

Mines.

Paid.' Closing Business
Price. Done

'Alfred Corsols (Philack),
20 British Iron
!Clifford

2.11.101

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225 235
420 425
1124 1174
10 101
114 111
3$ $3
91
14
11
1 11
21 31
28 20
21 31
11 I/
51_ 53

Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.),
'East Bassett (Illogan)
!East Caradon ......
IE. W '1 Russel (Tavistk.),
:Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)
Great South Tolgus... ,!
G.Wheal Alfd. (Philaek)'
G. Wheal Vor (llelston),
Grenville
Herod's- Foot
llingston Downs
'Lady Bertha
'Margaret (Uny Lolant),
North Downs
North Frances (Illogan)
:N. Wh'l Basset (1110 :an)l
'North Wheal Crofty .
Par Consols (St. BlaaeY)'
Providence (UnyLelnt.)
ovi trid4c Con, Min ers.

4.14.6
7.4.0

South Caradon(St.Cleer):
S. Carn Brea (Illogan)
1 'S. Dev. Iron iz Gen., Lint
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogia)!
Stray Park
5 'Tamar Lead Min
10 Tin Crott
IVale of Towey (farm )
!West Basset (Illozan)
!W. Caradon (Liskeard)
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Illogar)i
- pheal Buller (Redrutlq
- Wheal Edward (Cals. '
- Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant
- Wheal Mary Ann (Men.
- , Wheal Treiawney (Lis.

1f;
12.13.9
Oi
5.14.6'
8,14
4,10.6
1.8.6

15g
9.18.9
10.6.7

FOR FIG

Australian
BonAccord Copper,Lini]
Brazil. Imp. (is. at p.)
Do.St.Johndel
Do. Land and Mminzeo.
Clarendon Cons.3.l.lnCo 1
Cobre Copper
ICopiapo
IDunlloun.Cop.Ming.Coll
Fortuna.
General
Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr
Kapunda (Limited)
ILinares
I Lusitanian

111.11!!quit!o,

all
18.1,4.5 i
124.18.0;

5
1
28'2.81

i3E4 .6dl

1.7.2

I.s
21
15
all
all

41
34 41
41
4 5
101 111
104 114
49 51

ii
295 305
21 31
130 115
49 51_

it
56 56
171 184 1
78 80
320 330
102 1076
80 826
2 26
173 193
21 23
20 22

1 1--
Id 2
2}
27j 2811

die.
CI 45
8 10
11 2i
21 23
id par
it 16 p
9i 10i
P
1 4
Id

N.lthinoeopotS.Aus.L
IPontg lbaud Silver,Lead
Mining and Smelt '
Port Philip
,Scottish Austrin. (L.)
United Mexican

ali
'128.6d.

5_ 6

11 2
1

,Worthing (Limited)....
I Do

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
100 Agra&UnitedService lik 50 ;82 /44
40 Australasia i all 165 67 1664
25 Bank of Egypt all 1 181 101
100 Bank of London
20 Bank of Turkey
50 , British North American all 57 59
20 Chtd.Bank of 1 ndia, &c. all 221 23
25 iCh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 131 36
100 !City
100 'Colonial .. ... ....
20'11 Corn. Bank. of Canada all
100 'Commercial of London . 20 21 22
20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 141 151
20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 'Lon. Charilkof Austral all 241 251
50 London and County
50 London Joint Stock
100 Londern & Westminster 20 e 3
100 Nat. Prov. of England • 42
20 'Do. new
50 ''National Bank 25 f --
20 I New South Wales all
20 ,Do. new -
25 !Orient. B. Corporation ' all j 44 46
20 Ottoman Bank ... .. .
100 IProvincial of Ireland 25 —.-
10 .Do. new
25 i South Australia
25 )Union of Australia -
50Union of London
I 100 Unity Mutual.. ......
...
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a. &July No
,113 118
Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 1 -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 i -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 113 116
Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept. 100 113 115
( Do. 5 per cent lOO 1021 1034
1 t Do. Scrip B2 I'
D
N.Bo. 6
.Gov.
n.
c. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul &
Oct; 100 yi 100 'lo6; 107;
—Ap. •
N. S. W. Gov. sp. a, 1866 100 100 101
Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 100 101
Do. 5 p.0.,1888 &upwdsl 100 991 100; 1604
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.,
sterling, 1875 .. ' 100 1108 110
S. Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 108 110
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.Tuly 100
Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 106 106; 1064 4
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 [Anglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 141 15
1000 I Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all
25 i Australian Agricultural! 19 29 31
10 !Berlin Water (Limited)' all 5 51
50 'British American Land 40 30 32
50 !B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)' all 35 37 .
20 'Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.); all 18 20
20 Do. C. (Limited) 1 all 13 15
321 Canada Land ; all 110 114
10 Chanlslands Tel. (Lim ); all
stack Cop.Min.ofEng,•.&Sinltg 1 all
25 . Do. Pref. 71 per cent. all 24 25
stock Crystal Palace
stock i Do. Preference llOO 99 101 101
stock I Do. 6p. 0, Pet pet. Deben. t 100 106 1(8
stock Electric Telegraph I 100 93 96
25 Do. New 'l5 2 1
5 English & Ans. Copper all 21 21 21 1
15 )Gen. Steam Navigatt m 14 1 !Great Ship I,lmited) all
1 'Do. 174 pct Preference! all it
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)'
20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 11 1 d
4 IL.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.)' all 114
20 , Madras Irr. and Canal { 1 1; 24
10 'Mediter. Electrig Teleg. all
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.)! all 2 4
25 !National Dig. Co. (Lim)! 5 11 lid 31
20 !Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim. ) 5 3 2 d
10 Netherlands Land .. . I all i i
5 DO.B p.e.Pref..lßB. fa 1 (118.1 all 1 1
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 89
I .N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all
1 'Oriental Gas (Limited). all l}
1
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 4pr
10 Orintl.ln.Stemo(Lim.)A 6
10 Ditto 8............ 6 ..._
__
10 Ditto C.......... . . 2s.
stock poelß.Lud.&lllin.(Lim )100 18 50
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, . all 74 76 i
50 I Do. New 25 13 14
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4l/1C all 17 174 p
50 RlAyraneY Iron
15 Do. New all 5 6
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48
Mock', Scot. Austin. Inv. (I.ini ); 100 129 136
26 South Australian Land all 34 33
1 ,Submarine Tel. Scrip. • ; all i 1
1 Do. do. Registered .• • .., a'l
,10 Do. do. • ••• .1 all 571
( 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can• 5 _
100 Yu DiemeBfland

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Olt ELECTRIC TELEGR4PH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 26—Delta, steamer, from Alexandria ;
Llangothland, Minerva, and Alma, from Sunderland ;
Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Caradoc, Juno, and Uncle
Billy, from London.
Sailed—Georges and La Poule, for Cherbourg Alliance,
steamer, for Havre ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey.
Arrived, Nov. 27—New York steamer, from Bremen ;
Havre, steamer, from Havre.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind E. ; weather cloudy.
Arrived, Nov. 25—Regulus, from Alexandria; Wesley,
from Cronstadt ; Bruiser, steamer, from Hamburg.
Arrived, Nov. 27—Seine, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed, Nov. 20—Johanna Elise, for Trieste; Acme, for
Mobile.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind E.S.E. ; light.
Passed—Norma, from London, for the Cape of Good
Hope ; Firmeya, from Fayal, for London.

There were no transactions in gold at the Bank
yesterday. The £2,000,000 in.silver from the Bank of
France deliverable to the Bank of England under the late
arrangement are now in course of transmission, and £175,000
have already arrived.
Letters from St. Petersburg state that the recent
exchange quotation thence of 35 11-16 d. was an error, the
lowest having been 35 15-16 d., since when it has rather
improved. The rate for discount at the bank for bills net
exceeding six months was 7 per cent., and 8 to 9 per cent.
in the open market for six to nine months' paper. Com-
plaints are made that letters are now delivered there about
1 p.m. instead of 8.30 a.m., owing to a new regulation of
the post-office. " The new railway," it is said, " should
bring the letters two days earlier, as there are now only
about 140 miles of common road left, and yet they arrive
later than when there was no railway in Russia at all.

A BETTIN GROUSE KEEPER FlNED.—Yesterday,
at the Manchester Police Court, Mr. Bartholomew Onley,
beerhouae-keeper, who was some time ago fined £lOO for
permitting gambling in his house, was again summoned on
a similar charge. Two police constables gave evidence of
having seen a number of persons sitting in a room in the
defendant's house, engaged in making bets with a person
who acted as clerk, Onley being present. The case was
considered proved, and the defendant fined in the full
penalty of £lOO.
THE RAILWAY CATASTROPHE AT ATHERSTONE.
—We understand that the London and North-Western
Railway Company do not intend to resist or contest the
claims made against them for compensation to the relatives
and friends of the cattle drovers killed on the Trent Val-
ley line by the catastrophe which happened near this
place. The pecuniary loss to the company by damage
done to rolling stock, expenses connected with the late in-
quiry, the destruction of cattle, and 10 lives, is estimated at
£20,000.
MARRIAGES ON THE HIGH SEAS.—The Court of
Queen's Bench, on Friday, decided the important marriage
question raised in the case of Dumoulin v. Drnitt, viz.:—
Whether a form of marriage celebrated on the high seas
by the captain of a ship was valid so far as to invalidate a
later marriage, contracted with all proper religious obser-
vances, and with the intervention of a clergyman in holy
orders. The court was unanimous in holding that a mar-
riage on board ship, under the circumstances stated, can
only be looked upon as a contract per verbs de presenti, or
a consentual marriage, and that its ratification by a religi-
ous ceremony was indispensable.—Dublin Morning News.
THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—The Empress
Eugenie arrived at Birnam Hotel, Dunkeld, at 2 p.m. on Fri-
day. A Dunkeld correspondent writes that her Igajesty in-
tended to have proceeded to the west on Saturday morning,
but that she was so delighte&with the locality that she in-
tended to remain there till Monday. A telegram received
on Saturday evening, however, states that the Empress was
on that day at Taymouth Castle, visiting the Marquis of
Breadalbane. At a meeting of the Glasgow Town Council
held on Saturday, it was resolved that an address should
be presented by the council to the Empress of the French
on the occasion of her approaching visit to Glasgow. The
Empress is expected to be in Glasgow very early during the
present week, and we hear it is not her intention to remain
at present at Hamilton Palace---Scotsman:

(iY t.)i

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MR. W. WILLIAMS AND HIS

CONSTZ TUENTS.

Last night, in pursuance of a custom long since
established, Mr. Williams met his constituets at
the Horns, Kennington, in order to give an ac-
count of his Parliamentary duties. Although the
weather was very bad, the room was crowded
shortly after eight o'clock.
The chair was taken by Mr. Strutton. It was
hardly necessary (he said) for him to tell them that
their representative had always met his consti-
tuents at the end of every session to explain his
conduct. It was scarcely necessary to tell them
that the late session was a long and protracted one ;
and certainly their representative had been most
constant in his attendance to his duties. They had
now an expensive war with China—they had
an increased income tax—but where was the Re-
form Bill ? (Hear, hear.) He agreed with Alder-
man Salomons, member for Greenwich, that until
the people demanded a proper measure of reform
they would never get it. Let them show they
appreciated fully their rights and privileges—let
them convince the Legislature of their determina-
tion that those rights and privileges must be
granted, and he promised them they would very
soon have a measure of reform in accordance with
the wishes of the country. (Cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS then came forward and was very
warmly received. The hon. gentleman appeared
to suffer from a severe hoarseness, so that his ad-
dress to his constituents was not by any means a
personal enjoyment. He was, he said, gratified
to see so many of his friends present that evening,
notwithstanding the inclement state of the wea-
ther. He invited them to come for the purpose
of hearing him render an account of his con-
duct during the last session of Parliament,
and to give them an opportunity of asking any
explanations they might think proper. In order
to do that, however, they must allow him in the
first instance to finish his address, which he pro-
mised them would be very brief indeed. The last '
session was an unusually long one, having lasted '
more than seven months, and the proceedings of the '
House of Commons were so delayed by one cause or
another that no business was proceeded with,
although they sat during later hours than on former
sessions, and sometimes till three and four o'clock
in the morning. Little indeed was proposed for
the good of the country, because the time was lost
in useless talking and idle discussions. (Hear.)
Very recently—indeed he might say within the last
two days —a very extraordinary publication made
its appearance from Mr. Bass, the member for
Derby, who has been looking into the proceedings
of last session, and especially the amount of talk-
leg, and it turns out from his statement that up-
wards of 10,000 speeches were made during that
period. (Hear, and a laugh.) He pointed out very
particularly those made by the metropolitan mem-
bers, and expressed a hope, from the experience the
house has had of their conduct, and the example
they had set, that no more members would be given
to the metropolis. Now, those gentlemen whom he
named, he (Mr. Williams) had seen using their en-
deavours on all occasions in stopping proceedings
which led to jobs, especially when any expenditure
of the public money was concerned, and that, too,
at a time when Mr. Bass had been long in bed.
Such proceedings as these required a little talking;
and with regard to himself, some of his friends
around him were of opinion that he ought to talk
more. (Hear, hear.) He generally confined his
observations to the reckless expenditure so often
indulged in, to topics which touched the pockets of
the people of this country, and he could assure
them that such a task required an amount of labour
of which they could form no idea unless they
knew what it really was. There were many
thousands of items in the estimates of the expen•
diture for the year, which must be looked into
most minutely, and he ventured, to say that not
one member of the House of Commons gave
himself the trouble to perform the same task.
But that was net all. The items of the year had
not only to be examined minutely, but he compared
them with those of the preceding 30 years and of
former Governments, and asked how it was that it
was now-a-days three times as much as in the days
of the late Sir Robert Peel and other Ministers
who governed this country. (Hear, hear.) The
Ministers had no answer to give, and endeavoured
to laugh the matter off, but he (Mr. Williams) did
not rest satisfied with that attempt at an explana-
tion. He sometimes divided against the proposed
item, and would do so oftener if proper support
were given him. Sometimes he could not get a
seconder, and when he was so fortunate as to pro-
cure one he was generally supported by about 25
against two or three hundred on the part of the
Government. He did, however, one good thing—
he pointed out the extravagance of the estimates,
and the fourth estate of the kingdom in the gallery
reported it to the country, who in that manner
learned how the public money was expended. The
only measure of any importance passed last session
was the commercial treaty with France, which he
believed would be productive of a vast amount of
good, because it reduced duties on many articles
necessary for both countries, and abolished others
altogether. (Hear, hear.) He believed it would
be productive of great good—(a cry of " No, no")—
and with that conviction he gave it his cordial sup-
port throughout, with one exception, and that as
regarded a certain portion of the silk-manufactures
of this country. He voted for a postponement of
that portion of the treaty, because he believed it
would have a very injurious effect on his old friends
in Coventry. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He, and
those who supported him, were, however, unsuc-
cessful, and by that means a very great pressure
indeed came on that trade, which suffered a great
deal in consquence. That was the most mischievous
part of the treaty. (Cries of " No, no.") Depu-
tations from almost all the trades in the kingdom
went to Paris to consult with Mr. Cobden, and to
give him the necessary information, all of whom,
without exception, spoke of him in the highest
terms possible, as having conducted those nego-
tiations with the greatest ability, and advantage
to his own country. (Cheers ) He (Mr. 'Williams)
believed it would have a good effect in carrying out
an extensive trade in this country, and the deputa-
tions declared they could export manufactures into
France, now that certain duties were taken off and
others reduced, at a very good profit indeed. (Hear.)
It was a most extraordinary thing that two of the
greatest and richest nations in the world, with only
a narrow sea between them, had for many ages
carried on a commercial system which amounted
almost to a positive prohibition of any trading
intercourse between them. This country had of
late years reduced its tariff very considerably, but
France maintained its almost prohibitory system
until this treaty was entered into. The next mea-
sure was the Reform Bill, which was almost
smothered with talking, and after a long and pro-
tracted discussion was finally withdrawn. He and
others denounced it as a sham reform, and he was
justified in doing so. They must remember there
were five millions of men in this country now de-
prived of the franchise, and to remedy that evil it
was proposed to reduce the franchise in boroughs
to £6, and in counties to £lO. But all sorts of
objections were thrown in the way, especially as
regarded lodgers, and the payment of the poor
rates. • It was calculated that that measure would
admit only 250,000 new voters out of five millions,
and yet they called it revolutionary. It was pro-
posed also to take one member from each of 25
rotten boroughs, having a population less than 7,000,
and what did they propose to do with those seats?
Why, instead of their being returned by voters who
sold themselves at an election, they were handed
over to the landlords of counties to be driven like
cattle to the poll. They next proposed to give addi-
tional members to Liverpool and Manchester with
a constituency of 3,000 voters less than Lambeth,
another to Birmingham with 12,000 and. Leeds
15,800 less than this borough. A great majority
of the small boroughs sell themselves, and yet one
elector in the country had the same privilege as 18
residents in the metropolis. Had the bill been pro-
ceeded with he would have endeavoured to obtain
justice for the constituencies of the metropolis, and
also that the payment of the poor-rate should not
be necessary. In his opinion, its withdrawal was
no loss, nor would they ever get a proper bill until
the people of Great Britain demanded it in a manner
not to be mistaken. The next measure withdrawn
was the Bankruptcy Bill—a measure certainly of
great importance ; it contained 551 clauses, but it
was defeated because the Attorney-General insisted
on making the officers who should retire entitled
to a pension equal to their present salaries. He
(Mr. Williams) submitted a motion for the purpose
of abolishing flogging in the navy. He had done
so for several years previously, and produced cases
of the greatest tyranny and brutality. The Admi-
ralty promised to bring in a bill to remedy the
present system, and passed it, by which the despo-
t
ic powers of captains of men-of-war were heent oelar
vlyv
done away with. In future no in
can be flogged or punished unless triaend
inb t re u
aowger to
court-martial, when he would have the p
of his
defend himself. The worst part, however,
duties, and to which he directed especial attention,
was the expenditure of the country.. They must
remember that in the present year it
hamoeumntwedhetno
76 millions—a sum which must aston s th
they came to consider it. Thereawrerwe
iitnhadcdliltiinoan,
three or four millions for the w
which now amounted to 12 millions, and they might
depend upon it the cost of that war would be
serious, and would come out of the people's pockets.
A more uncalled for They more unnecessary war war
all knew the origin of
never commenced.
that war. Mr. Bruce went up the Peiho river with
a large fleet to get the treaty of Lord Elgin signed
by the Emperor. There were some obstacles placed