The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00

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THE SU N, LONDON
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- - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
WI 0N E Y MARKET SH A, .iit.• M ail i F... cS , This Day). J.
.
_.—.....----. Leasing Closing Prices Busines•
TITION.
COMMERCIAL AND RAILWAYS. )1 Shr. Paid Railways. Companies yesterday this day.
embers of . INTELLIGENCE. -thr. Paid KAILWATr. Insirg P.? 0 Basiness done
I _ _____.---- ...........
St. 100 IBuckgha.msh. Ln.&N.W. 93 - 100
Yesttr lay 'this day.
gays, con- St. 100 ,Cl ydesdal e Je. I Cal edon ... 100 - 102
[.P. Mr. ---lar--_.
_— -- - - •-"-25 all ICol.Stour Vy. E.U.drE.O 13 - 15
CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
During the past few days rather more activityst. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 13., Gt.Northn 136 - 139
on, M.P.,
124 10 Amin. Nottnz. Bo.",
& Eastn. June.... 5i - 6
. Teulon, has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce 50 all Belfast & Ballyruten ... - ... 5 all E. Uu. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 - 41
St. 1001 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
alley, W.
Markets, and most of the leading staples have been 13i all Birmng. Wolyerh. _ Neils.Direot.
Goodson,
at full rates, while in some instances Stour valley.- ..... 7i -8i Bt. '.lOO Do. New Do
y appoint-25 1 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. ... - ...
Derby, at few an advance
has been realised. Sugar of good grocery quality St. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. ,$)
Cheshire Junet.... 69 - 71 50 ' all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 108 - 110
t, on the has been in demand, and at a slight improvement. 25 all Blackburn . - 10 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do
25 all Myth & Tyne origin,ai 124 . all Do. 1 Shares. Do
ied on be- In the Refined Market dried goods are scarce, £25 (iss. at .E 45)... 26 - 27 ni all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 124 - 134
er burdens 24 - 25
Hon. W. and fu •
11 prices are current. For coffee there sEitt... 100 tristm iig Exeter...-. 88 .._ go
100 Caledonian. B5 - 8N 85 20 all Do. Preference Do
St, 100 Lon. Til., &S. Pete &Co 94 - 96 95 4
has been only a moderate inquiry, and St. 100 (Theater & Holyhea 35 .-- 37
:'rade, was 10 I 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do
prices have exhibited little variation ; spices have 50 all 'Cork and Bandon... ... - ... ' si, all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W
20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ... -.. I and Matlock & Midld 24 -2i
ed the de- been •
n dull, and at the public sales of cinnamon, 20 all ••• - ... St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland._ 94 - 96
10 all D. A.
Cornwall
6i 51 Newmarket
Prices, compared with those obtained at the last
'lour to be 10 MI Do. B • - ••• 1 BuryE.G.spc. E. Cotmt.. p - IP
)f the Go- aalee, declined about 2d. to 3d. for first quality, 50 all Dnblin&BelfastJune ... - ...d 50 ; all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 57 - 9
,e of legis- 2d, for second, and id. to 2d. per lb. for third qua- .„. , Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 8 - 8l 50 , all De. 6 per et.. Do ... - ..•
he amount litres •Saltpetre has been iu steady demand, and 25 all
tq. 100 East Anglian - 161' 161
St. ,100 Ea.stena Counties__ 604 -61 i 601 i 50 I all Do.Fixedsp.c Do
25 I all Prest. di Wyre •L. &N. W ... - ...
?erty was at slightly improved rates. The demand for tallow St.lloo Ea.sternUnion,A.stk 45 - 47 124 all Do. 4 -tihrs. A.. . `
..; ~ - ...
materially St. ilOO Do. do. B. 3O - 32 St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. c s , 136 - 139
has been moderately active, and prices have been
,hings, and 25 181 Do 'New A............ ... - ._ 10 : all Shrews.& Her T. I ••y 8 - 9
steadily supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 255t.111a001112 all S. Staffordsh.. M.3lCleiri 10 - 10.3
ered. He East Kent ... 14 - 16
•••••• •
rniiture of 555. 3d. to 555. 6d. ; May and June, 553. ; July 87 - 89 50 all WearVal.g6pe Stk.&Dar. ... - ...
East Lancashire
20 I all East Suffolk - 33
d been re- and September, 533. ; and last three months, 525. tO all Do. ... St. 100 ,Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn iB9 91
••• - •••
waste his 3d. per cwt. St. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 62 63 624
PREFERENCE SHARES.
d vantas, The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed t-11-00 Edinb.Prth.&Thand. 274 - 28 281
_____
Liu n their e.„,.,_ , •-- _r _ii .1 ---:—‘: 0 all Forth a.nd ClydeJunc. ... - ... 25 , all ,Blyth t.t.n,d. Tyne,.lo P• 1 ..• 1
a Kll7 NI _ ...

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
During the past few days rather more activity
has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets, and most of the leading staples have been
at full rates, while in some few instances an advance
has been realised. Sugar of good grocery quality
has bten in demand, and at a slight improvement.
In the Refined Market dried goods are scarce,
and full prices are current. For coffee there
has been only a moderate inquiry, and
prices have exhibited little variation ; spices have
been dull, and at the public sales of cinnamon,
prices, compared with those obtained at the last
sales, declined about 2d. to 3d. for first quality,
2d. for second, and ld. to 2d. per lb. for third qua-
lities. Saltpetre has been iu steady demand, and
at slightly improved rates. The demand for tallow
lia3 been moderately active, and prices have been
steadily supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted
555. 3d. to 555. 6d. ; May and June, 553. ; July
and September, 533. ; and last three months, 525.
3d. per cwt.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
firmly, and prices of all descriptions were without
alteration. The sales were estimated at 8,000 hale 4,
2,000 of which were taken by the speculators, and
1,000 by the exporters. In the Railway Share
Market an improving tone still prevails, and prices
are steadily advancing.

lour to be
)f the Go-
,e of legis-
he amount
Derty was
materially
,hings, and
,ared. He
Inditure of
d been re-
waste his
d vantages,
burn their
iegislature.
?arliament

Blyth and Tyne 10 p.
c.pref. (issd.at 50/.)
Bris. &EL,' p.c. St.
4 per c. Shares
Caledn. £lO 4i p. c
Ches . & H 0.5 p.c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Cork &Bandon 5 ip.e
Dun.Perth.&Aber.J
E. Anglian Cls. A Sh
Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c
Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c
Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l
Do. No. 2
Do. New 6 pr. c. St
East Un., G. 6 p. c
Do. W. 0 per cent
Do. 104. Debentr.Sh
Do. do. 4 per cent
East Lane asb.6 p.cts
E.&W. York. J. sth
Edin. tit Gl. 5 p. c. Sh
Ed.Prth.&D an.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. 4i per cent
Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
p. c. prem.
Gt.N. ofScot.lst Pr(
Gt. S & W. (Ireland)
Do. 4 per c. Pref. St.
Gt. W. (B. &H. Ex.spc
Do. con. red. 4i p.c.
Do. con, red. 4 p. c.
Do. irred. 4 per lent.
Do. 5 p. c. red. pref.
Do. Birm. Pref. Sh
Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. S
Do. do. 5 p. c. do
Do. Birm. Gua. Stk
Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh
Do. do. do
Do. do. do
Lan. & York. 6 pc. St
' Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1
D0.,P.,5 p.e.St.No.2
Do. New Guar. 6p.c.
Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4
Lon, & N. W., Coy. &
Nuneaton 5 r. et
Lon. dz S.W. 7 per ct

Furness
Glasgow & S. Western
Great N. of Scotland
Great Northern
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock .....
'R. Sth. &We st. (Ire).
Great Western.
Do. Str. V. R gua. St '
Irish South-Eastern.
Lancaster &Carlisle.
Do., .
Do. New Thirds
Lancash. &Yorkshir
Do., do. F £l6
Do. Do., £9
Do., Wst. Riding Gs,
Do. SouthpLat.
London & Black mai
Do. New, i=s. 51.105.
Lond.Bright.&S.Cst
London &N. Wester
Do. Eighths
London & S. Western
Lndndrry &Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
►lan c h Sh ef. &Lincln
Metropolitan
4idland
Do. Birming. & Devi,
Aidland G. West.(lr.
Do. Shares
Newcastle &Carlisle
Newpt..Aberg.cfsHrfd
Newry & Armagh
ewry, Warreupoit •
& ReStrevOr
No rfo lk_ .
Northn. Counties IT,
North British .....
North Devon. Rail. &
bock Stock
Do., A Stock
Do., B Stock
N. Eastern Berwick
Do do. G.N.E.Purch
Do Leeds
Do. York
North L0nd0n.......
N. & S. Wstn., Ramp
stead, and City Jn.
North Staffordshire.
North Western.......
N. & S. Westrn. Jun(
Oxford Worcester 4.
wolverhampton .
Peebles
Portsmouth

••• - •••
94 - 96

190 - 92
91 - 10
- 1033
87 - 89
1126 - 127
99 - 101
56i - 574
56 - 53

iOi

a great
n addition
competi-
Brat thing
the unjust
ow on the
'tended for
to parochial
3plaint was
ion, which
areholders,
about by
own bene-
the public.

St.
St.
St.
St.

100
100
100
100
100
100

57 i 61

'i -:

Although a large amount of engagements is now
falling due, consisting of long-dated paper issued
during the crisis, and when money was at 10 per
cent., the general inquiry for accommodation has
not increased, and the terms still remain very
moderate. Thesa bills, it is feared, in some
quarters may lead to some embarrassments,
even if no failures occur, because it is known
that the depreciation in produce—for it is prin-
cipally among the East India trade that these en-
gagements are now maturing—must have entailed
serious losses. lf, however, they should be punt•
tually discharged, the East India firms will d. serve
much credit for the manner in which they have been
able to bear up against the vicissitudes of the last
six months.

84 86
10 12 p
10 12 p
901 911
1 d
1k a

108 - 112
105 - 110
112 - 117
110 - 115
127 - 132

90 89/

=

enormous
y spent in
f two com-
ing carried

105 - 106
9n -94. i
1A -
93j -94 i

1051 5 6
944 i i

72 - 74

117 - 119

• •• .... • ••

pay for it.
re killed it
payment to
,he Govern-
to protect
Royal cow-
the matter,
aeasures for

36i 37,
_
93a 94
65 67

110 - 112
102 - 101

94k i 3i
674

62 e 4
10/

Saturday next being the Ist May will, as usual,
be observed as a holiday at the Stock Exchange,
although the committee have not yet made the
requisite formal announcement.
The Committee of Spanish American Bondhol-
ders have issued the following notice :—" In con-
sequence of the very satisfactory nature of the last
advices received from the Republic of Venezuela,
the Committee have determined on despatching by
the packet of the 17th of next mouth their com-
missioner, Mr. Elias Mocatta, to CaracJas, to ar-
range for the liquidation of the arrears due on the
foreign debt of that Republic."
To-day a meeting of the Sortridge Consols Mining
Company took place at the London Tavern, when
a report was presented, stating that the cost for the
three months was 1,5131. 19s. 10d., and the ore
sold 1,2011. 2s. 7d., leaving a loss on the three
months of 3061. 14s. 9d.; but there was a general
estimated balance in favour of the mine of
2,4081. Os. 3d. The report was adopted.
The market for English Securities has remained
firm during the morning, and notwithstanding the
limited transactions recorded, there is still a dispo-
sition to extend engagements. A few purchases
Lave been made, but they have been too unimpor-
tant to produce much effect apon values. Consols
fortransfer have been 97 to 97/, and for,account 97i I.
They are now 971 and for June 97i Tue
New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 952
96, and the New 21 per Cents. are 80k. Bank
Stock is 222, and India Loan Scrip 99i 100.
Exchequer Bills are 345. to 375. premium.
Foreign stocks are active, and plices are steady.
Turkish 6 per Cents, are 98 to 98i ex div. ; ditto
4 per Cents. 104} ; Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cents ,
8014. Equador New Consolidated, 14a ; Grenada
New Active 20i ; ditto Deferred 5i ; Peruvian 4i
per Cents., 814 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56l ; Portu-
guese 3 per Cents., 45i ; Russian 4i per Cekts.,
1011 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4411 ; Perifiien
Dollar Bonds, 561 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 66k.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mexi-
can 3 per Cents., 201 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents.,
°
83 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3
per Cents., 451 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110
112 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., 101 102 ;
1 Spanish 3 per
Cents., 44 ;
and Ditto New Deferred, 26i I.
There has been a very limited amount of
laliailless transacted to-day in the Railway
Share
Market, and .the variations have not
exceeded about per cent. Eastern Cmin-
tiles, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great
northern, Norfolk, and North-Eastern (Ber-
wick), advanced about ss. Caledonian, Lan-
sh
ire and Yorkshire and North-Western de-
clinedsss, and Great Western 10s. Brightons,
Midlands, and South Easter ns, were at
previous rates. In the other Foreign and
transacted, a
,about
Colonial undertakings scarcely
any business
Bahia and San Frauciseo
bas been
declined
Canada
Ss and East Indian ss.
Grand Trunk of Cana
Western of Canada improved 10s. Great
and Great Indian Peninsula
were a shade firmer.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
very inactive, and exhibit no alteration in prices of
any importance.

fi = 13

FBI--
92 -- 94
87 -- 84
87 -- 89
99 -- 101
93 --10
16 -- 17
9i -- 114
72 -- 74
1891 i
-- -- 1
9i
133 -- 14
;138 - 140

uggested to
Lained of by
ated to Par-
what other
thought, be
to anything

60 - 62
- (1
514 - 531

Commission
tke evidence
there was st
ify them la
istricts, each
ugements to
avenience of
.ecover front
or to reitore
and trustees
iment might
adopting the

92 - 934'
2 -
47 - 48
75 - 76
92 - P 4

41 -
76 - 84
8 - 9

late 3d Shares
Londy. & Color. Sh
Londy.&Ennis. a Sh
S. , &L. 6 p. Cent
Do. do. do. £6
Do. do. 31 per cent.
Marypt. - Carl. 4 p.c.
Do. 4t, per cent
Do. do.

160 - 165

30 - 31

7 - 4

118 - 122
66 - 68

Rhymuey

lOU 'cottish Central 1
LOU Scot. N.E.Abrdh.st
100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock
100 Shropshire Union
8 Sitingbourne &Sheer
100 !South Devon
100 'South Eastern
1100 ;South Wales... ...... .
all IS. Yorksh. RiverDn*
14 1D0..... ......
all IStaines,Wolt.,&Wok
all !Stockton & Darling..
20 Do. do., 1854
5 Do. do., 1855
16i.Stock.ton & Hartlepl
100 jTaff Vale
100 IDo. Pref., No.
22 !Thames Hay. D. L.A.
100 Vale of Neath
100 Water fd. & Kilkenny
all Waterford&Limerick
all West Coinwall
all West End of London
and Crystal Palace
all Do. A
all Do. B
all ; West London
all I Do. First Class
all Do. Second Class

107 109
26i •c 7
78 80
45 —• 46
2i . 14
36 37
71 72
82/ —83 i
13 15
7 5
8 10
35 ;!6

Royal Cony
thing to an

Consol. 6 is. c. St.
Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c
Do. 4A p. c. Pref. St.
Do. L. &B. Pref. St.
New., Aber., &c., pr.
5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pin.
Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et.
Norf k D el% 4p. c Sh.
Do. 5 P. c. Ext. 1846
Do. 5. p.c. pf , 1847
5p..,1847
North British
Do. 71. Preference
N.E. Berry. 4 p.c.Prf.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1
Do. do. Qrs., 1848
Do. York H.& S. Pur
'North Staffordshire
Wor. & Wolv. 6
p.c.' Ist guar.
Do. 613. c. 2d guar
Do. do. Debeotr. St
Scot. Cent. New Pro
Sc.N E. Aber. g. 6p.c
Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St
Do. do.3A p.c. pf. St
South Devon
Do. fixed. 4A pr cent
S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d.
Do. 44 per cent
Do. Fixed 4a p.c. Sh
Do. New 4} pr. cent
S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c.
Do. do. 4A p. c
S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar
stock. &Dar., 5 p. c
Do. do. do.
IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc

137 - 139
99 - 101
92 -°4

at there Wag
;rs to make •

e done with'.
Tall. Is tlO
DUO?

Thi : ii h

LO all
LO all
h. 100
St. 100
h. 100
h. 100
7 3.
"St. 100
17 8j

3ry sorry fc),,f
be granted,
her members
at difficult!,
ttions would
or contiror

lo =la

96 98
ii i dl

lion =lO2

24 9
;5- 10
all
;t. 100

4, - p.l
22 -- 23
115 -- 120
105 -- 107
98 -- 100

not say tor
it was show
°
be got from

2. -
61 -

st. 'lOO
St. 'lOO
gi all
St. 100
St. ,100
St. 100
25 all
10 all
1.0.6, all

Lordship for

119 - 121
125 - 127
74 - 76
10 - lu

ISSESSIONS.

sate to blend'',
and deserve°
oosists in ob.
an to recover
ierosity to tile,
i all his 041
aid in Sal
e first-nay:eh,
as can Well
the farclith
his coneerc
ig was natu:o
ital part
nicety,
nbe, and fit,
ery gracefew

St, 100
St. 100
St., 100
St. 100
St. 100
20 all
25 all
25 19
St. 108

24 -- 24
101 -- 133
101 -- 103

101 - 103

iii = ii;

46 • 51

BRITISH MINES.

. . .2112 Alfred Cons. (Plink.), 101 116; 116
20 14 British Iron
... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 -- 'A
110 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) 450 470
30 East Basset (Mogan) 1:10 100
••• . 17s Preat South Tolgus l3l 141;
.. I.
17,5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk ) 5 61
... 7i prt.W. Vor (Heist%) 31 -- 2
1761 Lady Bertha
..... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 61 71, 7
N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10 11
••• •••
.. 6115 North Wheal Crony 4 5
.... 1/ Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 171 . 181
•••
9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... ••.
6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 11,
••••• 221 S.
cCaarra.ndßoinea(S(tiiCiolgener)l 34751 --
__ 3941
...
19 S.W. Frances(llloan.)l2lo -- 220
5 46 -Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. a -- 11
10 9 Tin Croft 3l 4
... 40 Un.Minos (Gwennap) ...2 •••
... 1256 V. of Towey (Camar.) 11 la
... 16 W. Basset (Mogan). 23 24
... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 10) -- 110
... 5 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 22, 0
... 5 Wh. Boller (Rdruth). 280 330
... N, Wh. Edward(Calstck) 61 6
... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 11
8 I Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 43 --• 45
4A wh. TroavT,ley(l26 '
FOREIGN &UN Etk.
20 71 'Australian
1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) / A
35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at .C 5 pm)
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiade ... !...,
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 14 131
1 6 Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica ... •••'
40 all Cobra Copper 4O 62
. . 16 Copiapo
1 all Dun Mountain Cop-
per Mining Co.
2 all Fortuna
20 all General
3 all Linares - 10
5 ri Lusitanian
i
1 1 all Marignita
1 all New Granada
1 all Noreen Monde
20 all Pont•Sil.Lol.&Snalt 6 7
5 1 Port Philip • •••
30 16a Santiago do Cuba
all United Mexican....... 3a 34
MISCELLANEOUS.
1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... --! t.,.!
25 1.9 ,Australian Agricult. 28 30
10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 11 11
10 all Berlin Water Works.. 36 41
10 2 'Do. New iss. at Si. d ... ...
50 40 Brit. American Land ... ...
100 32. Canada l3O 140
St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 115 116 115 a i
St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30
25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent. 25 27
5 all Crystal Palace ll 11
5 all Do. Preference
4 all Crystal Pal, of France .
20 all Eastern Steam
.33/4 i A
St. 100 ElectrieTclegraph
1 all lElectric Tel. of Irel .. ,
5 all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo IA 14
10 I.os.lEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. . •
9 all iEur.&Am.Stm.(lini.) „4
_..."-- 41.
20 4.11 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... _
..•
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, .. ___
20 5 ,London Discount
4 all ;Lon& Gen. Omnibus 31 3a
20 10 Magdalena St. Navig.
10 all iMeditera,n. Elec. Tel. 7 i*
10 all Do. Extension Tele& ...
10 all IMexicau&S.Americz . _
i
25 5 (Nat. Discount Co 1 _ ' i
10 6 (Netherlands Land.,,, I —if
10 all iDo. Do.
5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id. 2 26
5 3 Do. Do.
100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16
120
St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 99
4
1 all N. B. Australasian... .....-00
. i
0
20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3
1 all Oriental Gas
1 10s. Do New Shares id
5 all Peolltr. Ld. & Minrl 2 27 1 2
50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 80
50 10 Do. New
15000 a6Oll Rhyymnal
meyaillrsonteam LI.4 --, 72tP
62
1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest. 11 la 11
St. 100 3.Aus•Gov.6p.c.bds. 108 110
25 all South Austral. Land 35 33
1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip — 1
1 all Do. Registered
20 5 truran.Co. Up. Can . a
1.00 28k Van Diollloll'll igUld lik 7.1* 1154

ge with grey
finery is reaoi;,
Istio applo r
mrformers r.a
iece was
saber notice'
irrey Tbesitr.
Etz. reconra°

ZRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE , ,() t OCR.
Itaak Stock (Prom the Official i,ist.i
222
3
95/ 6 51
Per t‘ent heducee annum..
9kk 7 i
oer Dem. , Annuities
15T..... t,onsoui
951 / 6
b.'' , per Cent. A u""11- b . •..
801
'''
'Ay Loaner Cent. Annuities
India Debentures
991 100
~. Ditto scrip
Allah, n<;xtb, £luut, - ****** ...**-
6 '''''''
17 p
`)itto, under £lOO6
Cot sols Gir account
.
Exchequer Mlle, 2/d. March Juno.
£lOOO ......... ....
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Buenos .Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ._
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GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER•SQUARE.—Yesterday the
following were among the distinguished visitors:—
Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Earl of Cardigan, Lord
Ellenborough, Marquis Breadalbane, Lord Tenterden,
Lord Lennox, Lord P. Somerset, Lady Stanley and
family, Duchess of Hamilton and party, Lord Paver.
sham, Countess Howe, Countess Shelburne, Lady Cam-
perdown, Lady Dalrymple, Lord John Rupee Lundy, •
Lord Goiford'a
y, Counts s Pomfretßi-hop of Exeter, Lady Roth.
Ila

THE BOMBAY MAIL—The
Ripon, Captain Powell,
arrived at Southampton yesterday, with thehea
tion cf the Bombay marl. Her dates were Avyi, rn-
dria, April 12 ; Malta, 16 ; Gibraltar, 21. A„,,,,1,:t
her cargo vas specie to the value of 6141. Lord laNt..'s
tquadren wa-i at Tunis. Her Mej sty's ship Curlew
was at Gibraltar. The Hibernia, Vubure, and Caradoc
were at Malta. The Rp >n exchanged colours with the
Alhambra on the 22nd, near Lisbon, and on the 23rd
she passed the Indian packet Indus near Cape Finis-
terre. TLe Riprn brought home 147 pas ier gets,
amongst whom were Ladies Grant and Son ereet, Cols.
'VYeichman and Deacor, both of whom bad been at the
blege of Del i, anti' tue former had his arm shattered
there'' Captain Gihncyi who was wounded in the de
nee of Nainee Jal, in Rwohilcund ; and Lieutenant
141' R.N., of her Majesty's gunboat Banterer. He
mas
andarin, w sent up the Canton river in a boat to capture a
who was ill using some men, snd waynt bey
eliaPaurtd by a party of Chinese who lay in ambush. The
him
terrant's revolver, which he made good use of, naVel
and he has completely roc vered fr..m the wo"16
nouetthen received. Her Majesty's ship Vulture fitting
Al en
Malta, to convey some cf the Morocco princes to
4t Mecca on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Mahomet

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY,, EVENING, AT RIL 27,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

.~:.-

HOUSE OF LORDS._(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsaok
at five c'clocic.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE took the oaths and his
seat as a British Pe r.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Dundalk and
Enniskillen Rail way Bill was read a second time.
The Earl of CORK gave notice that on an early day
he should call the attention of her Majasty's Government
to a report issued by the commissioner of the endowed
schools in Ireland, and found a motion upon it.

The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from
certain inhabitants of Birmingham, praying for a better
system of government of her Majesty's Indian possessions.
The noble lard said he had great pleasure in supporting this
petition, beceuse it contained a practical suggestion for
carrying out its principle. The principle had been ad•
witted by the late and present Government, and it ap-
peared to him to be both practicable and beneficial.
The petition recommended the appointment of a Sect e-
tary of State for India, with a sufficient number of assis-
tant Under-Secretaries—a suige. tion which was first
made by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the
idea had been most ably advocated by the leading portion
of the pre=e The noble lord condemned the proposed plan
of governing India by a secretary and conned, which he
said was only another name for a double government, a
system that had brought about the present lamentable
state of things in India.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Their lordships then adjourned.

, • ,
account that which with all rest:it'd 0 you, Sir, I
may describe as a more important consideration,
namely, what would be the effect of the vote of the
House of Commons upon public opinion in England and
in India. And although when the question of the intro
duction of the noble lord's bill was brought before the
• house it was the opinion of those who then became re-
sponsible for the conduct of affairs that the amendment
was a wise and prudent one—although, with scarce!)
an exception, those who now form the Administration
in this house had voted in favour of that amendment
—still it was impossible to avoid the responsibility
of action under the new circumstances which then
presented themselves for our consideration. Olsen
hear.) Now, difficult as was the position in which we
found ourselves, I cannot, upon inflection, kelp think-
ing that we could have taken no other course than that
which we pursued. lam of opinion that it would be
impossible under those circumstances to evade offering
to the notice of the House of Commons that scheme
of government for India which, upon the whole,
we thought would be most advantageous to that
country. We acted upon that conviction, and the house
will permit me to observe that there was some similarity,
but great differences, between the scheme of the nohle
lord opposite and that which her Majesty's Ministers
submitted to its consideration. (Hear, hear.) They re-
sembled one another in one particular. They both pro-
posed that the government of India, so far as it was con-
ducted in this country, should be carried on by a sole
and responsible Minister, who shoul•I possess an and
vided authority. The noble lord proposed in addition
that there should be a certain limited number of indivi-
duals nominated by the Crown, who should be called the
Council of this Minister. We, upon the other hand,
proposed the appointment of a Minister with undivichd
authority, who should be solely responsible for the ad-
. ministration of the affairs of India, and who should
be assisted in the conduct of those affairs by a Coun-
cil which, in point of number and of the quality of
the materials of which it was composed, should not be
merely a council in name. (Hear.) Now, I would call
the attention of the house to what in the consideration on
Friday next of the Act of the Queen and of the resolu-
tions which I have laid upon the table is the main issue
upon which we shall have to d-cide. There are, no
doubt, a vast number of secondary considerations and
arrangements which will have to be dealt with, some of
which are unquestionably of great importance, such, for
1 instance, as the distribution ~f patronage aid questions of
that description ; but at the bottom of thisgreat su bj,et lies
one main issue upon which the attention of the house
ought to be concentrated before it proceeds to the con-
sideration of any of those other matters which will come
under its notice. There are, if I may be permitted to
use the phrase, two schools which have laid down cer-
tain dogmas in accordance with which the new Govern-
ment of India ought, they contend, to be framed. The
first is one which boasts of the simplicity of its arrange-
ments. Its adherents tell you that there is no difficulty
in constructing a Government fir India—that the sim-
pler the form of Government you devise for it the better
—that all you have to do is to establish a great officer of
State, with undivided authority and s •le respon-iinlity,
sitting in a House of Parliament, and assisted in the ad-
ministia-ion of his office by a few clerks and an Under
Secretary. The principle upon which this school founds
its system is extremely simple ; it is this,—that India
ought to be governed in the same way as every other
dependency of her Majesty. Now, lat once, and with
all due respect, join issue with that school. (Hear,
hear.) I deny that India ought to be governed in the
same way as any other dependency of her Majesty.
(Hear, bear.) I deny the justice of the analogy drawn
between teat country and other porbiot s of the dominions
of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) India is en empire of
many kingdoms and nations ; an empire inhabited by a
population professing different religions, governed by
different laws, influenced by different customs, and con-
tainit g a physical variety of race equal to that which
exis sin Europe. (Urar, hear.) Now, from the consi-
deration of these facts, the conclusion, in my opinion
inevitably follows, that he who govsrus India should be
a Ivan possessing vast and varied information with re-
spect to the subject with which be would have to deal,
and I cannot believe that any English statesman who
might be appointed to the office of President of a Coun-
cil for India, or to that of Secretary of State for India,
and suddenly and unexpectedly appointed to that office,
owing perhaps to his general reputation and
the possession of great Parliamentary ability, could
possess the requisite information and knowledge for
the efficient discharge of the duties of so imp !rtant
position. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, if that be so, he
must consult with somebody ; and the consequence is
that the perrnanentsifficereof hisdepartment, his Under-
Secretary or his clerk, beenmes his Council. (Hear.)
Now, I have the greatest respect for the permanent
civil servants of the Crowr. (Hear, hear.) None one
can have been placed in communication with that large
and valuable body of her Majesty's servants without en-
tertaining for its members a feeling not only of respect
but in many inrances of admiration. (Hear, bear.) It
is, however, impossible to deny that if they are in any
respect epee to be charged with deficiency, that defi-
ciency consists—and, indeed, I may say it is alevist a
necessary consequence of the careers which they have
rim—in the absence of that feel ng of responsibility
which a e who are trained in this house all in some de-
gree possess. (Hear.) They necessarily live in a school
of peculiar opinions—(hear)—to -which they become
w dded, often from the force of conviction, but scone-
' times owing to the influence of habit. (Hear, hear.) I
do not, then, believe that this system of the simple
school of suddenly effecting a great revolution, such as
that proposed by the late Prime Minister, and substi-
tuting for the complicated government that still prevails
in connection with India a Minister of the Crown, as-
sisted by some permanent civil servants, would be found
to be one that would work in a manner satisfactory to
the country. (Cheers,) But then, sir, the adherents of
this school and they are both active and able to tell us
that it does not signify much whether this new Minister
for India is really capable from his knowledge and ex-
perience, or whether even the subordinates to whom he
trusts for the information requisite for the ordinary dis-
charge of the duties of his office are efficisnt, inasmuch
as in accordance with a second principle of their doctrine
India must be governed in India. Now, I beg the house
to consider how mach is involved in that phrase.
" India must be governed in India," simply means that
England is to be ignorant of India. (Loud cheers.)
You place the Governor• General in India, it you
adept the principle to which I have just alluded as
the main rule of y 'tut new policy, in a position of power
which the constitution of this country has net hitherto
contemplated, and which may produce effects upon the
fortunes of this empire, the magnitude of which it is im-
p to predict. (Cheers.) Why, sir, the Governor-
General of India would under those circumstances, not
checked by any one possessing sufficient knowledge or
authority—which is always the child of knowledge in
this c ,untry—bold a position which no despot has at any
time occupied. (Hear, hear.) Conceive fora moment the
career which might tempt• an individual placed in that
position—ea career perhaps of conquest, which might
exercise an immense influence over the finances of India
—an fluence which would be sure to react on the finan-
ces of England—no one prepared to cseck, no one ready
to control him. (Hear.) There may be occasionally com-
plaints of misconduct and mat administration, instances
of the exercise of an arbitrary will upon his part, not to
be justified ; but if these complaints come home and are
referred to him for explanation, he will give that satis-
factory explanation which superior knowledge can always
give upon every subject. (Hear.) What power, I would
ask, would your Minister, with undivided au hority at
home, possess to influence a potentate of that descrip•
thin ; and in what position would such a Governor• Gen-
eral of India stand in relation to the Ministry in England,
especially if it were a weak Ministry ? (Hear.) What
an exercise of patronage at his command to sustain a
weak and falling party ! If an inquiry should be insti-
tuted into his conduct how easily might he not in a
moment put a stop to its progress by providing for all
those claimants on Ministerial patronage whom his in-
exhaustible resources could alone satisfy 9 (Hear.) The
more I reflect upon this simple plan the more I confess
does it appear to me to be dangerous and impracticable.
(Hear.) Well, there is another plan which has been
brought forward, and brought forward in this house in
the form of a bill, and which has been stigmatised as a
complicated plan. I cannot, however, for my part, say
that I thiek the plan of the noble lord deserves that
epithet. Toe plan of the noble lord is indeed—soine-
what veiled no doubt and mitigated for form's sake—
the plan of that simple school to which I have adverted
—(hear)—because the Minister of the noble lord would
possess all the Indian patronage, and his despotism in
England would be veiled only by the appointment of
some barren nominees. (Cheers.) These nominees could
not perform the office of a Council, because each of the
departments to which they would be called upon to direct
their attention would alone demand and fully tax the
powers of a single individual. (Hear.) What we require
in the case of a Council for India is that every great
dew orient, the military, the financial, the judicial, each
should be subjected to the control of a committee of in-
fluence and of combined mind. If, however, you have a
Council limited in number and consisting only of a few
uominees of the Crown, you will find each department
of our Indian administration under the control or one
sole individual, and that individual, in point of fact, a
clerk or an Under Secretary. (Hear, hear.) The bill
which I had the honour to introduce was of a differe, t
character. It was stigmatised as complicated ; in fact,
the chi,f oljection which has been raised against it—one
of invective rather than of reason—has been its compli-
cated character. lam not prepared to agree that that is a
fault in the formation of a government for the adminis-
tration of Ind at. affairs. A great writer hsa said that
of all the affectations the affectation of simplicity is the
most off.nsive, and that which is true of composition
or manners is, to my mind equally valid with respect to
political institutions. Why, sir, we have during
the last century had a great many institutions
established in Europe, all of them remarkable
for their simplicity. They have been the
children of philosophers of an enlightened age.
They bare been formed upon abstract principles—
based upon abstract truths and upon first principles, and
what has been the fate of those institutions ? But our
own constitution is not a simple construction—our con•
stitution is extremely complicated, and yet our own
constitution has worked much better than any of those
modern inventions. Certainly? I am not preparedotuoloyee
it, my ad hesioet to the mn'ei fr India. e
pie that simplicity sh.
the characteristic of any constitution
know that it is very easy to ridicUle a proo position for any
governme.nt in
government. I do not think therei is
toured togs
flourished,
existence—any institution w
sad which we are perfectly Aeoli

HOUSE OF COMMONS..--(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. _
_

The Alyth Railway, anti Thurlstone, and
Oxepring Gas Bills were read a third time and passed.
The Bradford Corporation Water, Burghead Harbour,
Manchester A_ssizi Court House, Manchester Improve-
ment, and Tay Fislit ries Bills were fully considered ard
orthred to be read a third time. . _

_ ..__.
The Hainault Forest (Allotment of Commons) Bill
was read a f. eco n d time.

LUTON, DUNSTABLE, ANT WELWYN JUNC-
TION RAILWAY BILL (1855).

Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the
evidence taken before the committee on the Luton,
Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill (1855)
be referred to the committee on group 4of Railway and
Canal Bills, in reference to the Luton, Dunstable, and
Welwyn Junction and Hertford and Welwyn Junction
Railway Companies Arnalgarn;tion Bill.—Agreed to.