The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUN OFP ICE', Seven o'illock.

AMERICA.

.07

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ARRIVAL OF THE EMEU.

(BY BRITISH AND SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

This morning the screw steam-ship Emen, Capt.
Miller, which was to leave New York on the 24th
ultimo, with the Canadian mails left behind by the
Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia, has arrived off Holy-
head.

She is expected in the Mersey some time this

evening,

The Royal Mail Steamer Persia arrived at New
York on the same clay the Einen left that port.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woclsack
at five o'clock.
Lord SONDES presented a petition from a place in
Norfolk, praying for a repeal of the war tax.
LAW OF DIVORCE.

Lord CAMPBELL moved for a return in
connection with the law of divorce. A very
valuable paper had been prepared by Mr. Mac-
queen, the secretary of the Divorce Commission,
which contained information of a very important nature
respecting women separated from their husbands as re-
cognised by the law of France, Prussia, and other coun-
tries. It had been thought proper to extend the mea-
sures the Commission had recommended; and he believed
that his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancalor)
proposed to introduce a bill with the object of alter-
ing the law as regarded the separation of husband
and wife. Mr. Macqueen had taken a great deal of
trouble to ascertain the state of the law of other
countries with respect to the law of divorce, and
had made a very valuable report founded upon the
informaiion so obtained. In the report he had
quoted the law of France under the old regime,
those under Louis Philippe, and slio those of the pre-
sent Sovereign. It alio noticed the codes of Austria,
and particularly 'Prussia, which was most interesting to
them as Protestants, who did not hold the same doc-
trines as to the indissolubility of marriage as were held
by Catholics. He therefore moved that au humble
address be presented to her Msjtsty, praying
that she will be pleased to direct that a copy
of the report of the Divorce Commission, as
prepared by Mr. Macqeen, be laid upon the table,
and that it be printed for their lordships' use.
Lord BROUGHAM entirely concurred with his
noble friend as to the expediency of having so valuable
a document as the one in question placed upon the table
of the house before they proceeded to the discussion of
the measure to which his noble and 'curried friend had
alluded. He must say that his opinions remained un-
changed upon the subject.
The motion was agreed to.

TEA..—The market has ruled rather quietly. The public
saleswhofeh the takei place
Commone
havingo occupied the chief at-
tentionngou has been depressed,
viz., 12d to 13d per lb.
SUGAR.—There is an active demand for all descriptions,
trade.
and very little on offer. Prices generally show an upward
tendency, and a good business has been done in good gro-
cery descriptions chiefly for home consumption. In the
refined market business has also been active, and a slight
advance in prices has been established. Brown lumps realise
645, and superior qualities 68s per cwt.
COFFEE.—There still continues an active demand for
Plantation Ceylon, and rather higher rates have been rea-
lised. Native has also improved in value, 'and Mocha
finds ready buyers at fully previous rates.
RICE.—The market has been exceedingly quiet, and
prices have ruled a shade lower. The business transacted
has been unimportant.
Rum —There is a fair demand for this article, but
holders not being disposed to give w.a—
in prices very little
was done.
SPICES.—There has been a steady demand, and at public
sale about former rates were realised for pepper, pimento,
and ginger. Mace, nutmegs, and cinna'Mon ruled at rather
easier prices.
SALTPETRE.--The supplies of this arti,le having been
very moderate, quotations have improved to' a slight
extent.
NT b-I
COCHINEAL.— v ery little
pricesfirmhas appearance.
TALEolv.—The market has been buoyant, and in conse-
quence of the short supplies, rates have advanced. P.Y.C.
I on the spot is quoted 655. to 655. 3d. per cwt.

WINDOW GLASS EXPORTED.
glass exported in eleven mouths ended November was
The
1,8151. value of window

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br. 4w-14 tt read and he urged that more caution should be used in
• 4, v: future.
Mr. DISRAELI said be should proceed with his
motion on the day he bad named reliative to the income
tax, but he bad no wish to propose a financial scheme,
or Eland in the way of the Government in raising the
necessary supplies.
Mr. CARDWELL condemned taking a vote for sup-
ply before the financial statement was made, and the
es',iwatcs laid before the house, They were now review-
ing the estimates and taxation, and the precedents of
1815 and 1845 should be followed, and they should
know from the Government what was in their opinion
the sum of money necessary for the coming year.
Mr. MALINS said that the country had no objection
to find the necessary supplies, and he thought they would
have no objection to pay a doutle income tax, provided
they did not avail themselves of the present act, but by
a new and distinct vote. (Hear, hear,)
The motion was then agreed to, and the Speaker left
the chair.

SUPPLY.

The house then went into commitbee, and supply was
ordered to be granted to her Majesty in accordance with
the terms of her Majesty's speech.

BANK CHARTER ACT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
for a select committee to inquire into the operation of
the Bank Act of 1844 (7 and 8 Vic., c. 32), and of the
Bank Acts for Ireland and Scotland of 1E45
(8 and '9 Vic., e. 37 and 38) ; also to inquire
into the Law relating to Joint Stock Banks.
He commenced by referring to the Bank Act of Sir R.
Peel, passed in 1819, which recognised the principle of
the convertibility of the bank note for gold at a cer-
tain fixed price, and he trusted the time would never
come when the principle involved in that settle-
ment and on that Act of Parliament would be called in
question in the house or in the country. (Hear, hear.)
The convertibility of the Bank note was a plain ques-
tion of contract, resting on the principle of honesty, that
should be recognised, not only by every speculator and
every political economist, but by every man of sense
and understanding. He could not believe that any per_
sun either in that house or out of it would contest the
validity of that principle. Although the act of 1819
established an important principle, it did not in
all cases provide effectual securities for the en-
forcement of that principle, and excessive issues
of paper were made by the Bank of England and
by the County Banks, and although the note was con-
vertible by law, it happened, in many cases, by the fail-
ure of county banks, that the note was not
convertible in cash. The credit of the Bank of
England had never been impeached, but
it was thought the issue was excessive by it, and that
the reserve was not sufficient. In 1844, therefore, Sir
Robert Peel parsed the present act, by which be sought
to continue the convertibility of the note for gold, and also
by imposing certain conditions on the issue to provide
effectual securities against over issue, and the deprecia-
tion of paper money. The right hon. gentleman then
referred to the working of the act in reference to the
security against over issue by the Bank of England.
In the 10 years previous to the passing of the act the
bullion in the bank was, in 1834, eight millions ; 1835
and 1836, six millions ; 1837, five millions ; 1838, nine
millions ; 1839, 1840, and 1841, four millions ; 1842,
eight millions ; and 1843, eleven millions ; the highest
during that time being in 1843, when it was 11 millions.
In 1814 and 1845, after the passing of the act, it was
fifteen millions ; in 1847, eight millions ; 1848, it rose
to fourteen millions ; 1849, fifteen millions ; 1850,
sixteen millions ; 1851, fourteen millions ; 1852, twenty
millions ; 1853, seventeen millions ; 1854 and 1855,
fourteen millions. The minimum Was 8,313,0001.,
and the maximum 14,951,0001. The currency,
under the operation of the act of 1844, had bad no
ordinary difficulties to contend with, yet it had remained
in a sound state, and the credit of the Bank had never
for a moment been questioned, nor had it experienced
any real or pressing difficulty to maintain the large
reserve of bullion he had stated. The bank directors had
no wish to alter the principles of the Act of 1844, being
unable to suggest any improvement.
(LEFT SPRAICING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—(This 'Evening.)

WHITEHALL, FEB. 4.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
bo passed under the Great Seal, appointing Charles Wm•
Fitzgerald, ,Esq. (commonly called Marquis of Kildare) ;
Sir Thomas Nicholas ltedington, K.C.B. ; Bonamy Price,
Esq., M.A. ; and James Gibson, Esq., Barrister-at-Law,
to be her Majesty's Commissioners fur the purpose of in-
quiring into the progress and condition of the institutions
commonly called the Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork,
and Galway, respectively.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Win. Francis Cowper to be Vice-President of the Com-
mittee of Council on Education.
TREASURY, FEB. 5.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
have appointed the under-mentioned Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen to be Trustees for the formation of a Gallery of the
most eminent persons in British History, viz. :
The Lord President of the Council for the time being.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.
The Earl Stanhope.
The Earl of Ellesmere, K.G.
The Lord Elcho, M.P.
The Lord Robert Cecil, M.P.
The Right Houourable Sidney Herbert, M.P.
The Right Honourable Thomas Babington Macaulay.
The Right Honourable B. Disraeli, M.P.
Sir Francis Palgrave.
Sir Charles Eastlake.
William Smith, Esq., and
W. H. Carpenter, Esq.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER,

_
FEB. 4.
Sir Henry Onslow, of Gengar, in the county of Corn-
wall, Bart., hac been appointed Sheriff of the county of
Cornwall.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 6.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieute-
nant Henry Wm. Lee-Jortiu has been permitted to retire
from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Capt. Jas. Robert Steadman Sayer
to be Major, by purchase, vice Briggs, who retires; Lieut.
Thomas John Mitchell to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Sayer.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry John Wilkin to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Albert
Peel Garnett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Wilkin.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Dearden to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Clayton, who retires ; Captain
Fitzßoy Donald Maclean, from half-pay 13th Lght Dra-
goons, to be Captain, vice Dearden, placed upon half-pay ;
Surgeon Robert Carew Anderson, M.D., from the 90th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Home, who exchanges.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Dudgeon has
been permitted to retire from the Serviee by the sale of
his Commission.
2,1 Regiment of Foot—Ensign Henry Grattan, from
the 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Slifer-
man who retires.
3d, Foot—Lieutenant Richard Evans Sleoman has been
permitted to resign his Commission.
17th Foot—The Christian names of Lieutenant Pres-
grave are " William Frederick Augustus Edward."
18th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Pretyman Bishopp to
be Instructor of Musketry.
21st Foot—Ensign Robert Cook to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Shaw, who retires.
22d Foot—Captain Walter Blakeney Persso, from the
90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hammond, who exchanges.
31th Foot—The Christian names of Lieutenant-Colonel
Kelly are " Richard Denis."
43d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel G. Talbot to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Brown, decewed ; Brevet-Major D. C. Greene to bo Major,
without purchase, vice Talbot ; Lieut. H. Robinson to be
Captain, withouepurchase, vice Greene ; Sergeant-Major
G. Garland. to be Ensign, without purchase ; Ensign G.
Garland to be Adjutant, vice Pakonham, promoted.
48th Foot—Paymaster A. W. M'Kenzie, from the An-
trim Rifles Militia, to be Paymaster, vice 11`Mullin ap-
pointed to a Depot Battalion.
51st Foot—Lieutenant Edward O'Callaghan to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Captain Agg, posted as Instruc-
tor of Musketry to a Depot Battalion.
56th Foot—Lieutenant William Alexander Godley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Austin, who retires.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Henry has been permitted
to resign his commission.
77th Foot—Lieutenant 11. M. Lamont Colqnhoun to be
Instructor of Musketry.
82d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Blagden Hale,
from half-pay 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with-
outr2
purchase • Assistant-Surgeon Rowland Winburn Ca -
ter, from the 20th Foot to be Assistant-Surgeon.
89th Foot—Ensign Henry Burton Dunn has been
per-
mitted to resign his Commission.
utonant-Colonel,
from half-pay of the 90th Foot, to be Laion,
t from half-pay
90th Foot--Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Purnell,
without purchase; Major Robert Bee nwhotle Brevet Rank
Unattached to be Major,
has been converted into Captain Paul
Royal Warrant of the 6th Octosb.f.palyB
Substantive under the
of the 9Jth Foot,
whose Brevet Rank has
Andrew Lewis Phipps, frvoimenuienr
to be Captain, vice Barnston,ve
Rank,
under the Royal
been converted into Substanti
18r1 • Captain Lawrence N.
the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice
D. Hammond, from Anthony Dickson Home,
banes; Surgeon
Warrant of the 6th October,
Peruse, who exc Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice An-
derson,sem an - urgeon Charles Robt.
t t S
hAn Nicholas to be Lieutenant,b by
to be Assistant-Surgeon.m
95th the Honourable C. M. Hay Forbes, who
fromNe,lssothtnh Foot—Ensign
orb:o°3; ehitcEn,L.
ae_hi as_gsi nhatin efrs3
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lientenant-Colonel Robert
reti purchase,res.
Newport Tinley, from half-pay of the 39th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Henry
Somerset, who exchanges; Ensign Robert Rorke to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mackenzie, who
resigns.
n an
toe tb-i
e- i OE, nu te te nn t t
viceJoh John
JamesM: N
fromS thet.Hele7n2ad Foot,Regia
Scott
,
Helps, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court
Martial.

DEPOT BATTALIONS.
To be Paymasters—Paymaster Edward McMullin, from
48th Foot ; Paymaster Julius Brockman Travers, from.
31st Foot.

UNATTACHED.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Grove,
90th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,
1854; Captain and. Brevet-Major Rogerl3arnston, 90th

C*7-7-4es,4'‘ltltWttW
O(traii te: L4'oo 114 Tfri)94i “tivartril idti
Rank, tinder the Royal Warrant of (Ith O3tob3r, 104.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
The second Christian name of Me. Mellish, appointed
Purveyor to the Forces ou the Ist November, 1856, is
Whittaker, and not William, as previously stated.

VET.
The undermentioned BRE
promotions to tike place conse-
quent upon the deceaso of the following general officers :
Lieutenant-Genes-al F. Milman, died 9th Dec. 1816;
Major-General William Cox, died 23d Jan. 1856 ; Lieu-
tenaut-Genei4d N. Thorn, C. 8., died 'Bth Jan. 1857:—
Brevet-Colonel W. H. Elliott, half-pay 69th Foot, to
be Major-General.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Eiddnlph, Unattached, to
be Colonel. _

Brevet-Major Robert A. Yule, 9th Light Dragoons, to
be Lieuteuant-Colonel.

Captain John F. Haliburton, 78th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned officer having completed three
3 ears' actual service on the 19th January, 1857, in the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel
in the army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October,
1844 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Rainier, 93th Foot.
John Roberts, Gent., Acting Staff Officer of Pensioners
in Canada, to have the local rank of Ensign, in North
America, while so employed.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Mjor George King, 13th Foot.
Brevet-Major Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar, C. 8., Boyal
Artillery.
Brevet-Major John Edward Lewis, 68th Foot.
Brevet-Major Richard Francis Waldo Sibthorp, 97th
Foot.