The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

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Northern 993 75 .. 993 75
New ditto 895 -- --
Lyons and Mediterranean 946 2.5 .. 947 50
Geneva 4OO .. 401 25
Southern 573 75 .. 573 75
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METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—A new section of the
works, extending the entire length of Guildford-place,
Clerkenwell, on the north side •f the House of Correction,
has just been commenced by Messrs. Redding, the con-
tractors. The inclosure wall of the House of Correction and
the houses on the opposite side have been strongly shored
up. Several hundred men are engaged in the underground
work, which, owing to the favourable weather, is rapidly
progressing.

MANCITESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS.—The
half-yearly meeting of the Nerth London District was held
at the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, on Monday, Prov.
G. M. Harris in the chair. The auditors reported that
claims had been made on account of deaths of 32 members
and 28 wives, amounting to £550, which had been paid by
the usual levy, and that the incidental expeni3iture was
covered by a levy of 4d. per member. The financial returns
from the Lodges for the past quinqueunium having been
been examined showed that there was received for entrance
fees, £1,935115. 9d.; co-atributions of members, £37,152
16s. 9d. ; and interest, £6,692 Ps. 25, ; and the payments
made to members in sickness had amounted to £19,739
lls. 6d. ; and for funeral levias, £6,152 3s. 7d ; the net in-
crease in the five years being £19,894 2s. 7d. ; and the
present capital of the district, £56,010 16s. 3d. ; with 8,139
members. Some difficulty having been experienced in ob-
taining returns from Lodges, the officers of the district were
directed to demand the books for a thorough examination,
and charge the expense to the Lodges. It was also arranged
to hold an early meeting of secretaries for considering some
uniform system of book-keeping. The wetting- then con-
sidered a negotiation with the Woking Necropolis Com-
pany for an allotment of ground, as the special burial place
of the members, near that appropriated to the Royal
Dramatic College, when it was resolved to act in conjunc-
tion with the Pimlico District, and accept the company's
terms, taking-possession of the ground, if possible, in sep•
tember next.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 28.

The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from
New York on the 19th inst., arrived here at 6 p.m.,
landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and
proceeded at 6 15 p.m. ; all well. She brings 83
passengers, and precious stone, value 25,000 dols.
for Havre. She has made the passage in nine days.
(PER AUSTRALASIA, via QUEENSTOWN).

NEW YORK, JUNE 18, EVENING.

The commander of the Federal troops in Missouri
has issued a proclamation declaring his intention to
put down the rebellion of the State authorities.

The New York Herald estimates the number of
Federal troops at the seat of war at 97,000, and
the Confederate forces at 140,000. The Herald
urges an increase of the Federal force.
A slave ship has arrived at New York from
Monrovia in ct:arge of a prize crew. When cap-
tured she had 1,000 negroes on board.
_ _

His 11.3yal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at
Montreal on the 18th inst.
The British steamer Gladiator has arrived at New
York.

LATEST.

NEW YORK, JUNE 19, 1 P.M.

An engagement has taken place at Boonville,
between the Missouri State and Federal troops, in
which, it is reported, 300 of the former were killed.
The Governor of Missouri has fled.

The St. Louis Telegraph calls upon the people to
rise and kill the home guard who fired upon them
in the streets.

Several New York journals strongly advocate the
hanging of the crew of the privateer lately captured.
The general tone of the American press continues
to be hostile to England.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 6 P.M.
Money abundant. Exchange steady. Bankers'
bills, 1051 to 1051. Stocks quiet. New York Cen-
tral, 78i ; Erie, 23; Illinois, 651. Cotton steady.
Middling upland, 14c. to 141 c. Flour slightly
firmer. Wheat firmer, and in moderate demand.
Corn, good inquiry, Provisions quiet. Coffee
steady. Sugar firm. Freights unchanged.
JUNE 19, P.M.
Stocks steady. New York Central, 741; Erie,
23; Illinois Central, sq.
Money and exchange unaltered.

REP.RESEN TATIO AT OF TVOLVIER-

HAMPTON.

The Lord Chancellor's farewell address to the
electors of Wolverhampton has been published. His
lordship says—" Her Majesty having been graci-
ously pleased to appoint me to the office of Lord
High Chancellor, I restore to your hands the im-
portant trust Ns hich you have twice confided to me.
My, connexion with your borough will always be to
me a source of the greatest satisfaction, and the per-
sonal kindness which I have constantly received at
your hands will never fail to be recollected with
pride and gratitude."
On Thursday night Mr. Weguelin addressed a
meeting of the Liberal electors in the theatre of
Wolverhampton. The building was thronged within
and without by friends, and the leading 4Liberals
of the borough gave a hearty support. During his
speech Mr. Weguelin denied that he was a nominee
of the Government, and then proceeded to eulogise
very highly Lord Palmerston and Lord John Rus-
sell, the mention of whose names was well received
by the audience. Was he to be called a nominee
of the Government because he declared he would
vote for them ? Why, he would tell them he had
voted against the Government. He voted against
the Government on the India Council question. He
had a jealousy of 150 millions of people being go-
verged by one man, but the House of Commons
could never be got to listen to a debate on the India
question. The working of the India Council did
not fulfil the condition expected of it, and it be-
hoved the Wolverhampton and other constituencies
to watch the Indian question to see that Govern-
ment did their duty by it, and did not make it a
stalking-horse. (Cheers.)
It was resolved nem. con., and amidst consider-
able cheering, that Mr. Weguelin, on account of
his commercial and other qualifications, was a fit
and proper person to represent the borough.
A cheer was then given for Lord Palmerston.
Mr. Weguelin's election is regarded as certain.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—ln a prominent paragraph in this day's
Times, under the heading of "Representation of
Wolverhampton,"you say that Mr. Weguelin stated
that "he lost Southampton because Mr. Digby Sey-
mour, after some unexplained transactions with
the Tory party, obtained 600 Tory votes. The
Tories expected that they had got a vote for Lord
Derby, but on his entering the house Mr. Seymour
spoke for Lord Derby, but voted against hire."
Your sense of justice will, I am sure, allow me to
correct and explain this statement.
At the last election for Southampton I polled
378 Conservative votes, while Messrs. Willcox and
Weguelin polled 215 Conservative votes, 130 being
given to Mr. Willcox, and 85 to Mr. Weguelin.
At the close of the poll the numbers were 1,331
for Seymour, 1,204 for Willcox, and 1,012 for
Weguelin. If you strike off the Conservative votes
from both sides the result will show 953 Liberal
votes for me, and 927 for Mr. Weguelin, so that I
beat Mr. Weguelin by 26 Liberal votes.
The " unexplained transactions with the Tory
party" must remain unexplained, as I do not under-
stand the allusion ; but as to my apparent inconsis-
tency in " speaking tor Lord Derby and voting
against him," my explanation is short and simple.
A written outline of the intended policy of Lord
Derby was brought to me by a Liberal member of
the House of Commons, to which were attached the
signatures of several independent Liberal members,
with an expression of their intention not to disturb
a Government that proposed to introduce measures
so enlightened and so popular. I signed my name
to that document. lam no admirer of faction, and
I saw at the time no particular good for the coun-
try in driving Lord Derby from power. I spoke in
the House in the same spirit. About an hour after
my speech I was informed by a Liberal member
under whose name I had subscribed my own, that
the document was repudiated, and that he and
others who had signed it were determined to vote
against Lord Derby's Government.
I was, I confess, astonished at the news, but other
facts confirmed it, and I therefore did what I believe
even my Lord Derby cannot censure me for. I voted
against his Government, because at the moment I
was under the impression that my signature to that
document had been unfairly obtained. Lord Derby's
speech at Liverpool, when he referred to the ex-
planations of Mr. Miller, M.P., at Leith, cleared the
matter up, and entirely satisfied me that I could not
in any way blame any member of his lordship's
Government. It all came to this—that a well-inten-
tioned interference by a Liberal member of the
House had unfortunately created a misunderstand-
ing which led me, and several others with me, to
alter our minds and go into the lobby with Lord
Palmerston.

Mr. Weguelin's reference to my name renders
this explanation not only excusable but imperative.
I. write this letter not to prejudice him, but to
defend myself. If my wishes could aid his return
for Wolverhampton, they are heartily with him ;
but he should in future refer his loss of Southamp-
ton not to any interference on my part, still less to
any shortcomings of his own, but to the determina-
tion of a large constituency not to have two repre-
sentatives who are identified with one particular
local interest.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
very faithful servant,
WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUR.
House of Commons, June 27.

RAGS.-A return was made yesterday of the
names of those countries in Europe which permit of the free
export of rags ; and of those other countries that prohibit
such export, or imposo a duty thereon, with the amount per
ton of such duty in each case. In Russia the export duty
is, by the ports in the Baltic and White Seas, and by land,
£6 4s. 7d. per ton ;by ports in the Black sea, &c., Is. Bd.
per ton ;. in Sweden, £2 9s. 9d. per ton ; in Norway, for rags
(old), £3 16s. 34. per ton; for cordage:(old), £1 ss. sd. per
ton; in Denmark, £2 Os. 3d. per ton; in Hamburg, free; in
Holland, for cotton or linen, £S Bs. 4d. per ton ; for cordage
(old), £2 10s. per ton. In Belgium the exportation is pro-
hibited, except into France, where it is allowed at the
French rates. These French rates, which apply only to ex-
ports into the United Kingdom or Belgium, exportation to
other countries being prohibited, are :—For all kinds, ex-
cept woollen, 17s. 2d. per ton; for pulp, for paper-mak-
ing, £4 17s. 2d. per ton; for old cordages, pitched or not,
£1 9s. 4d. per ton. In Spain the export is prohibited ; in
Portugal the duty is £6 2s. ld. per ton ; in Italy, £1 12s.
per ton ; in Austria, £7 ss. per ton. Rags exported from
Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, and the military Croatian-
Slavonian frontier, by the ports of Trieste and Fiume, with
the permission of the Finance Minister, are liable only to
half this rate of duty, In the Zollverein the duty is :—For
rags, £9 3s. per ton; for cordage (old), £1 Os. 4d. per ton.
In Switzerland, £1 12s. 9d. per ton ; in the Papal Stites, by
the Med!terranean, £2 17s. per ton ; by the Adriatic, £1 13s.
per ton; in Greece, ls, pert ton; and in Turkey, 8 per cent.
gdiV4l9/1%

AUSTRIA AND 7HE POPE.

The following reply has been returned by the
Austrian Minister, Count de Rcchberg, to the de-
spatch of M. Thouvenel to the Courts of Vienna and
Madrid relative to their proposal of intervention in
the affair of Rome. The despatch is addressed to
Prince Metternich, the representative of Austria at
Paris :

" Vienna, June 16.
" I have received with your report of the Bth of
this month, No. 39, the note addressed to you on
the 6th by M. Thouvenel in reply to the one you
delivered to him on May 28.
" We hasten first of all to express the satisfac-
tion with which we receive the assurance by M.
Thouvenel that the Government of the Emperor of
the French will not adhere to any combination in-
compatible with the respect it professes for the dig-
nity and independence of the Hoy See, and which
would be at variance with the object of the pre-
sence of the French troops at Rome. This assurance,
together with the fact that the sentiments inspired
in the Government of his Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of Austria by the position of the Holy
Father entirely harmonise with those which the
French Government itself experiences, is of a
nature calculated to calm the recent and lively
apprehensions which the late manifestations of the
Parliament of Turin had created in all Catholic
countries. Austria and Spain made themselves the
mouthpiece of those apprehensions ; fuil of confi-
dence in the intentions of France, we desired,
nevertheless, to be.strengthened in the conviction
that the Holy Father would not find his sad posi-
tion become yet more painful, and that the Sove-
reign Pontiff would not be reduced to the cruel
alternative of either quitting his capital or of
sharing it with his spoliators. We wished, in
short, to state once more that we were disposed to
lend to France, when she desired it, our eager con-
currence in preserving the independence of the chief
of the Church. Such was the object of our pro-
ceeding, and we believe that we can now congra-
tulate ourselves upon having undertaken it. In
fact, as long as the protection of France is, as at
present, possessed by the Holy Father, the adver-
saries of the Holy See are condemned to powerless-
ness, and the Sovereign Pontiff can, together with
all the faithful, wait with calmness and confidence

the moment of the definitive solution of one of the
gravest questions which has ever agitated the
world. This definitive solution—need I repeat it?
—can only consist, according to us, in the integral
maintenance of the temporal sovereignty of the
Pope. The numerous despatches which we have
addressed to you on this subject can leave no doubt
in your mind as to our sentiments, and it would be
superfluous to enter here upon a fresh discussion of
the matter.

" M. Thouvenel states there exists, in his opinion,
a strict connection between the legalisation of the
facts which have very considerably modified the
situation of the Peninsula, and the solution to be
given to the Roman question. I know not whether
the word ' legalisation' can be interpreted in the
only sense which we can consent to give it—viz., in
the sense of a return to the basis of the Treaty of
Zurich, the only legal point of departure, according
to our view, for the legalisation of the situation of
the Peninsula. With this reserve we willingly re-
cognise the connection of which M. Thouvenel
speaks, and we shall be always ready to view, under
this double aspect, the question at issue. If France
does not admit to-day, as she did a year ago, the
probability of an armed intervention, and if, conse-
quently, the only solution which can be definitive
in our eyes must be yet further delayed, we consent
to wait a more opportune moment, while deploring
the misfortunes which the prolongation of the pre-
sent state of things entails ; but our views and our
principles are not in any way modified by such
delay.
" Let me be allowed to add here, since I have re-
ferred to the Treaty of Zurich, that Article 19 of
that treaty seems to us sufficiently explicit to cause
the difficulties inherent to the affairs of Rome to be
not the only obstacle to the recognition by France
of the soi-disant kingdom of Italy.
" I do not desire, however, to be drawn into a
deeper discussion of M. Thouvenel's note. As I told
you at the commencement of this despatch, we feel
sincere satisfaction in the tranquPising assurances
given by the Frenc-ii. Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Penetrated with this sentiment, we do not wish to

scrutinise minutely the import of every expression.
We strongly recognise, moreover, what a large part
must be now left to unforeseen contingencies in all
that relates to Italy, and what influence event's may
exercise as they develops themselves. This ad-
mitted, it would be difficult for Austria as well as
for France to state with scrupulous exactness the
course and the attitude to be maintained in refer-
ence to a situation which may become modified from
one moment to another.

"Let it suffice, then, for the present, to proclaim
with M. Thouvenel, that the highest expediency
concurs with the greatest social interests in requir-
ing that the chief of the Church should maintain
himself upon the throne occupied by his predeces-
sors for so many centuries. We remit to France
with confidence the care of making her opinion
respected, and we are ready to second her with all
our strength in securing the uncontested triumph
of a principle which we regard as the basis of all
social order. Receive, &c.,
" DE RECIIBERe

IRE EASIER DUES AGITATION AT

4 CIJRINGTUN.

The town of Accrington was in a state of intense
excitement yesterday, consequent on the sale by
auction of the goods seized under distraint from
several of the inhabitants who refused to pay
Easter dues to the Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. R.
N. Whittaker, and the incumbent of Altham.
Eleven o'clock was the hour fixed for the sale, and
at that time the Court House was surrounded by a
vast crowd of persons who sympathised with the
indi eiduals who resisted the payment. Somd dis-
turbance was apprehended, and about 60 police
officers, under the command of Captain Elgee,
the chief constable were present to preserve the
peace. Precisely at the time fixed, Mr. Joseph
Roebuck, the auctioneer, mounted a chair, and
was received with a volley of gibes and groan-
ings which lasted for some time. The articles
seized, and the persons from whom they were taken,
are as follows :—From James Swain, 7,1 yards of
broad cloth were taken ; Enoch Bowker, 6 vols.
" Tales from Blackwood ;" Hugh Nuttall, one
looking-glass, and other articles ; William Bradley,
one clock and two looking-glasses ; Lawrence
Rushworth, 4 pairs of boots; John Baron, 8
umbrellas ; Mark Noble, two silver watches and
one looking-glass; Richard Fish, one cornopeon;
George Barnes, 5 pieces of leather ; Jas, Whalley,
4/ yards broad cloth ; John Halstead, one piece
of merino ; and James Bentley, three dozen knives
and forks. As each lot was pizt up, it was
rapidly knocked down, it having bean arranged
by the Committee of the Anti-Easter Dues As-
sociation that all the articles should be bought
in. The sum of £1 was bid for each lot, except-
ing the cornopeon, which fetched £1 10s. The
sale did not last more than a quarter of an
hour, and at its conclusion the auctioneer re-
tired into the Court-house amid renewed execra-
tions. Mr. T. Tattersall then mounted a chair and
addressed the multitude. He said that the disgrace
of that day's proceeding was such as could not be
atoned for in the next twenty years' active exertion
on the part of the Church, which was stained with
acts of robbery and spoliation, and was weakening
in influence every day. While Dissenters had to,
increase the size of their chapels, there were hun-
dreds of pews to let in the parish church. It was
a disgrace that the Vicar of Whalley should have
to preach their next charity sermons. He enjoined
the desirabiiity of preserving strict order.--
During the delivery of this speech, which wasloudly cheered, the articles which had been
disposed of by auction were placed in a
large brewer's cart, which had been fitted
up for the purpose, and was decorated with
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the people by bum-bailiffs?" "Down with eccle-
siastical tyranny;" "Does the Church seek the
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good or the goods of the people P" I hate rob-
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ton brass band, and followed by thousands of
people, the cart was taken in procession through-
the principal streets of the town. No attempt
was made to commit a breach of the peace, and the
only indication of unruliness on the part of the
populace was when the auctioneer was seen pass-
ing to the railway station, but by an adroit move-
ment on the part of those who marshalled the pro-
cession the attention of the crowd was diverted, and
he was allowed to proceed unmolested.

THE ROAD MYSTEEX.—A London detective
visited Trowbridge a few days ago, and from what can be
gleaned he is still diligently prosecuting this marvellous
case. Mr. Alfred Hughes, chief of police at Bath, visited
Road last week, but the precise object of his visit cannot be
ascertained. Grave rumours are afloat respecting this rays-
terious murder, but at present it would not be prudent to
give currency to them. The expenses incurred by Messrs.
Slack and Simmons, solicitors, of Bath, in conductf
investigation for the magistrates, by the authority
vernment, amounted to nearly £l,OOO. Soon after tht
action, the bill was fon% taJial to the Govautheal
yet no reply has been received. We understand tha,
sum, Mr. Slack paid £lOO out of his own pocket,
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