The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE Is,

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

MARKET N Day.

Shr. Paid Leasing Closing Prices Busindes
.
RAILwAYs• Companies yes terl ay this ay
St. 100 Brickgharnsh. Ln.&N.W. 99 101 100
St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caladon... 101 103
25 all Col.Stour VT E.U.&E.O 13 15
St. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northr 138 140
5 all E, Un. 11. Sb. E. Count. 4 5
St. 100 Gls.% Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct.
St. 100 Do. Nt.w Do
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn.
50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 109 111
25 all Do. Shares. Do
124 all Do. Shares. Do • •••
in all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 14
20 all Do.Preferenco Do 24 25
St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 99
10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do
5i all idanch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W
and Matlock & Midld 2i 2i
St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 97 99
64 54 Newmarket
BuryE.G.spe. E. Count - IP
50 all N.dtEst.s p.c. Do 57 9
50 all IDe. 6 per ct.. Do
50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo
25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W
12i all Do. Shrs. ADo
St. 100 IRoystn.& Hit. Gt. Northn 137 140
10 all ,Shreves.& Her T. Brassey 83/4
12 all S. Staflordsh.. If. MClean 9i 10#
50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar.
.
25 all Do Do r 32 33
St. 100 !Wilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn ' 90 92

CORN EXCHANGE.
Since Monday a fair average supply of English wheat,
1,480 quarters, has come to hand coastwise; but the re-
ceipts fresh up to-day by land carriage were limited. For
all kinds the demand ruled very inactive, but we have no
actual change to notice in prices.
Over 14,009 qrs. of foreign wheat have come in. Selected
samples were mostly held at full quotations; bat inferior
kinds were lower to purchase.
Barley changed hands slowly, at late quotations.
Malt, the supply of which was only moderate, met a dull
inquiry at barely stationary prices.
The supply of foreign oats was good ; of home-grown
very limited. The oat trade ruled healthy at previous
rates.
Beans and peas sold at full quotations, but the value of
flour was barely supported.

ARRIVALS TIES WRRIC.

Wheat. Barley.
English 1,480 __
Irish —

Malt. Oath. Flour,
,M I
1, 30 1,250

Foreign I 14,370 I 4,210

11,930 BIN
25,760 11680 brie

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Blyth and Tyne 10 p.
c.pref.(issd.at 501.)
Bris.& Ex. 4 p.c. St.
Po. 4 per c. Shares I
ICaWu. £lO 4. p. c
'Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Cork&Bandons4).c
Dun. Perth. &Aber.J
E. Anglian Cls. A Sh
Do. do. Cl 3. B 6p. c
Do. do. as. C 7 p. c
Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l
Do. No. 2
Do. New 6 pr. c. St
East Un., G. 6 p. c.
Do. 51., 10 per cent.
,Do. 10/. Debontr.Sh.
[Do. do. 4 per cent
East Lane ash. 6 p.cts
E.&W. York. J. sth,
Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh
Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c.
Furness, 5 p. c
Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c
Great Northn. 5 p.c
Do. 5 p. C. Redeem
at 10 p. c.
Do. 44 per cent
Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
p. c. prem.
Gt.N. ofScot.lst Pr(

48 - 50
95 - 97

1100 - 102

6 - 64

112 - 115
107 - 110
115 - 118
113 - 116
132 - 134
79 - 81

1120 - 122

1112 - 114

... ... ...

64 -- C 6
10 -- Ili

t -
Gt. S & W. (Ireland)
IDo. 4 per c. Pref. St.
GOV.( B. &ILE x .spc
'Do, con. rod. 4i p.c.
Do. con. red. 4 p. c.
Do, irred. 4 per sent.
Do. 5 P. c. red. pref.
Do, Birm. Pref. Sh..
Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S.
Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0....
Do, Birm. Gua. Stk.
Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh.
Do. do. do
Do. do, do.
Lan. & York. 6 pc. St.
Lou. &B.G. 5 pc.No. 1
Do., P,, 5 p.e.St.No.2
Do. New Guar. 6 p.c.
Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4
Lon. & N.W., Coy. &
Nuneaton 5 r.
Lon, & S.W. 7 porct.

(.1
91 -- 93
84 -- 86
84 -- 86
99 -- 101
9i -10 i
16 -- 17
9i -- lei
71 -- 73
18. -193 i
9 --
13 14t
138 -- 142

late 3d Shares
iLondy.& Color. jSh
Londy.&Ennis. A Sh.
M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent.
Do. do. do. £6 .
Do. do. 34 per cent..
Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c
Do. 44 per cent
Do. do.
Nfld. Consol. 6 p.c. St
Do. Con. Br. B ir. 6 p.c
Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St
Do. L. &11. Pref. St
New., Aber., &c., pr

1160 - 165

121 - 123
66 - 68

1137 - [39
1102 -ma
, 92 - 94

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5 p. c.red. 5 p. c. pm.
Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et.
Norfk. D eb.4 P.C.Sh.
Do. 6 p. c. Ext. 1846
Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847
V.5p..,1847
North British
Do. 71. Preference
N.B. Berw. 4 p. c. Pd.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1
Do. do. Qr5.,1848
Do. York 11. ck S. Pur
North Staffordshire
Ox, Wor. & Wolv. 6
p.c.' Ist guar.
Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar
Do. do. Debeutr. St
Scot. Cent. Now Pref.
Sc.N. E. Aber g.6p. c.
Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St.
Do. d 0.3 h p.c. pf. St.

11 -

li-oz _ 168

97 99
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22§ 23P„

119 - 121
104 - 106
ilOl - 103

120 - 122
125 - 130
73 - 75
10 - 10

rS°uth Devon
-
Do. fixed 4i pr cent.
S. Eastern ,(Reading
Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d.

E o. 44 per cent
Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh
Do. New 4i pr. cent
S. Wales Gua. 4 p. C.
Do. do. 4i p. c
S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar
Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c
IDo. do. do.
fWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc

22i -- 23.
101 -- 103
101 -- 103

100 - 102
15 - 17
27A - 28.

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43 - 48

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. —(YEsTEE,DAY.)
The LORD CITANCELLOR took his Feat on the woolsack
at five o'vl.)ck.

THE INDIAN ARMY AND THE CIVIL
SERVICE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had received
a letter from Lord Canning in answer to the vote of
thanks passed by the house to his Excellency, and also
to the civil servants in India for their conduct
during the mutiny. He then read the letter
of Lord Canning, which was to the effect that his lord-
ship had communicated the vote of thanks to the
whole of the officers, civil and military, expressing
their lordships' approbation of their exertions. Those
officers expressed their gratification at receiving such an
honour, and said that nothing could stimulate them
more to the performance of their duty for the future.
On the part of himself, his lordship expressed
his most grateful and respectful acknowledgments to
their lordships for their kind appreciation of the man-
ner in which be had acted.
•
SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
bills were read a second time :—Tire Devon Valley
Railway; London and North-Western Railway (Addi-
tional NVork•) ; Wallesey Improvement ; Atlantic
Telegraph ; Eastern Steam Navigation Company ;
Globe Insurance Company ; Oude Railway ; Llanelly
' Harbour ; and Yea Bridge.
THIRD READINGS. •
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
bills were read a third time and passed :—Thyth Har-
bour and Dock; Ware, Hadham, and Buntingford Rail-
way ; Luton Gas ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Stir-
ling and Dunfermline Railways ; and Fite and Kinross
Rail way,
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a gen-
tleman complaining that he bad been prevented in ob-
taining his rights by the forms of the house, and then
referred to the well known Sheddon case, and urged
upon their lordships the necessity of remedying the evil.
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BILL.
This bill was repnrted with amendments.
DIVORCE BILL.

On the motion that the report on this bill be received,
Lord REDESDALE said he proposed to amend
clause five in this bill by the insertion of the words
" and Ireland," in order to extend the privilege 3 of the
bill to that cuntry.
Lord CRA.NWORTH bad no ol jection to the inser-
tion of the words.
Lord CAMPBELL strongly opposed the amendment.
The Earl of WICKLOW said he believed the
people of Ireland would not avail themselves
of the bill, because the majority of them
were Roman Catholics, and they believed that the bill
was at variance with the Scriptures, a feeling in which
he participated. He was, however, willing that the
amendment should be made merely as an experiment
Alter a short discussion in which the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Campbell, and Earl Grey took part,
The clause, as amended, was agreed to.
Several other amendments having been made, the bill
was reported with amendments.
LAW OF FALSE PRETENCES BILL.
This bill passed through committee, without amend-
ments.

THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE SPANISH
TREATY.

The Bishop of OXFORD said he rose, pursuant to
the notice he had given, to present a petition to their
lordships from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary,
.n the island of Jamaica. It state 1 that in 1814 a treaty

was entered into between Great Britain and Spain for
the abolition of the slave trade, but that in spite of the
treaty and subsequent treaties the trade in slaves was
still carried on by Spanish subjects, and the petitioners
prayed that their lordships would take such measures
as to them should seem meet to compel Spain to fulfil
the treaty. In presenting this petition he would venture
for a few moments to call the at tent ion of their lordshil s
to the great subject to which it referred. He was sorry
to say that he need spend scarcely any of their lord-hips'
time in proving the allegations of this petition, that the
continuance of this traffic in ►laves by Spain was a
breach of her most solemn treaties with this country, a
breach of those treaties aggravated by almost every
con limn of aggravation with which one nation could
violate the engagements it had entered into with ano-
ther. As early as the year 1814 a general treaty was
entered into between this country and Spain, in which
Spain, without binding herself to any particular line of
conduct, united with this country in condemning the
trade in slaves. Shortly after that at the great European
congress, al the great European powers agreed together
in the face of the world to condemn this trade, and en-
tered into mutual engagements one with another that
they would co-operate in putting it down. In 1817 a
new and specific treaty was entered into between this
country and Spain, in which Spain not only undertook
distinctly that in the year 1820 the el eve trade, so far as
her own subjects were concerned, should cease and de-
termine altogether, but further, Spain consented to re-
ceive from this country a sum of 400 0001., which was to
be an indemnity for the losses which her subjects would
incur by carrying out that treaty. But though that treaty
was entered into in 1917, year after year passed by and
nothing was done by Spain to carry out that treaty. In
consequence, in 1835, a new and more explicit treaty
was entered into between this country and Spain, in
which Spain repeated her engagements, and she bound
herself at once to bring in a sufficiently stringent penal
law to make it impossible for her subjects to continue
the traffic. But still true to the policy which throughout
had characterised her conduct—a policy which curiously
enough bad been remarked for long past generations,
and which caused Lord Bacon, in one of his pungent re-
insrks to say that Spaniards were always as a nation
slow of despatch, so that their slowness had passed into
a proverb' " May my death come from Spain," by which
men knew that if it came from Spain it would be long in
coming—true to their character, ten years partied atter
this treaty of 1835 before any such penal law was made,
and then, when, owing to the remouitrancee of this
country, a law was framed, the only point which could
make it effectual, declaring the slave trade piracy, was
left out. But in spite of repeated remonstrances from
successive Governments of this country, in spite of the
dishonour which such conduct brought upon her, Spa-
nish subj-cts had been engaged in the slave trade from
that time to this, except during two years that Valdez
was Captain-General of Cuba. And be had a letter from
a persoa who was likely to be well informed on the sub-
ject, which stated that the horrible traffic still existed,
and that several ship-loads of Africans had lately been
landed in Cuba. He thought he need not spend any
more of their lordships' time in proving the first and
principal allegation of this petition, that the slave-trade
still continued to be carried on by Spain with anex-
hausted vigour, and that it was so carried on in spite of
the most plain and repeated engagements with this coun-
try that it should absolutely cease. In thus violating
her treaty engagements Spain had not the poor excuse
which many countries might urge in such a matter, that
her Government was not strong enough to carry them
out. The proof lay in a nutshell. It lay in this
simple fact, that when the Captain-General of Cuba
had been desired to interfere with the trade, he had been
perfectly able to interfere with it, and for the time being
to stop it. It appeared from the slave-trade papura
which were from year to year laid on their lordships'
table that when Valdez was appointed Captain-General
of Cuba he called together all the persons in the island
known to be engaged in the accursed traffic, and he told
them he had come to the honest determination to atop it,
but that he would give six months, in which he would
take no notice, in order that those who had ventures
might wind up their affair-, but that at the c xpiration of
that time he was determined to put the law in force.
What was tl s result? They found that in 1840 as many
as 50 ships were despatched from Cuba to the coast of
Africa, but that in 1842, when the Captain-General
endeavoured to enforce the treaty, only hree ships were
despatched from Cuba to the coast of Africa ; and that
while in the year 1840 14,470 Africans were imported
into Cuba, in 1842 only 5,100 were imported. And this
was not all. When the same Captain-General was in
Cuba he took means for aec-rtaining what the general
feeling of the Cubans was with regard to the suppression
of the traffic, and be reported that all Cubans whose
opinions were asked unhesitatingly condemned it, and
that the feeling of the people as a body were favourable
to the termination of it. And there were reasons why
they should. The trade was conducted for the benefit
of certain speculators, who introduced Africans for the
purpose cf breaking up new land, and bringing it in com-
petition with the old estates in the island, and therefore
those who were now living in opulence on the produce
of their estates were desirous for their own sakes that
the accursed trsffio should be stopped. But how was
the expression of opinion received in that country f It
was regarded as a criminal offence, and visited with the
severest penalties ; and there were instances in which
persons bad been imprisoned and banished from the
island merely because they had expressed with freedom
their opinion of this traffic. It came, therefore, to this,
the Spanish Government, instead of being overborne by
popular violence, itself put down the wholesome feel-
ing of the island, in order that it might retain this trade.
Why was it that the Government of Spain was anxious
to retain this trade S He was afraid he must say it was
the basest of all motives—it was the personal advan-
tage of serving great people who received their reward
for this accursed trade. He believed there was no
doubt that a person standing very high indeed in Spain
—close upon the throne of Spain—bad received largely
these wages of iniquity for the continuance of this ac-
cursed trade. Tney knew those who were sent as cap-
tai.ns general to Cuba were sent for the most part for this
One purpose, that they might replenish their exhausted
fortunes by the fees which they received on the importa-
tion of Africans. It appeared by the papers on their
lordships' table that there had been captains-general cf
Cuba who, within a short time of taking possession of
their office had been able to retire with as much as
100,6001, bought by the blood of those whom they bad,
in spite of the treaty, suffered to be imported into Cuba
It was known that one captain-general received a fee
three doubloons ahead for every slave who was intro-
duced into the country. But this was not all, there was
another feature of this case—a bringing home to the Go-
vernment of the criminality of this thing, and that wa
the systematic and wilful falsification of the returns of
the number of slaves in the island. From the slave tratisi
papers they were able to trace falsifications of the
greatest conceivable amount, repeated year after year, in
order to evade the treaty. For instance, in one year the
whole number of slaves was put down at 300,000, while
they had the clearest evidence that they knew the num-
ber was 900,000. And there was another matter, the
treatment by the Government of that class of Africans,
which bore, in consequence of the tieaty, the title of
ernancipados, because it was agreed that the slaves who
were in roduced after a certain day, should, after an ap-
prenticeship of five years, be set free. The way in which