The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.
The Conference did not meet to-day, and the date
for the second meeting has not been fixed. It is
thought, however, that the members will assemble
again at the commencement of the ensuing week.
Prince Corsini has sent a telegrwhic despatch to
Paris, to declare that it is not true, as stated in a
telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, published a
few days ago, that he• had written a letter to the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, advising H.I.H. to enter
into an alliance with Piedmont.
The following is from the Gazette de France :
" We are also opposed to Austrian rule in Italy.
We are in favour of an Italian confederation, but
we wish to see this great reform accomplished

wider the_ influence of the principles of conserva-
tion and catholicism. The Nord, which differs
from us, is right, since it is Russian, to desire ar-
dently the meeting of a congress and the guarantee
of the five powers. This guarantee, in spite of its
collective character, admits Russia to the politics
of Italy—a result which twenty victorious battles
would not have achieved. In fact, were she to
triumph on this point, Cossack influence would
extend over Europe—that influence of which Na-
poleon I. predicted, in terror, the advent."
BOURSE, April B.—The market has been heavy,
owing to a warlike order of the day said to have
been addressed to the-Austrian troops at Milan,
and to a fall of ) / per cent. at Vianna, and of:1
per cent. at Turin. Threes, after having been done
at 67f. 75c., declined to 67f. 55c.; Mobilier varied
from 700 f. to 685 f. ; Austrian quoted at 530 f. ;
Lombardo-Venetian, 506 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,260 f. ;
Lyons, 822 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 520 f. ; and Southern,
500 f. The following were the closing quotations :-
4i per Cents. 95 .Cr6dit Foncier 650
Do. end month .. 95 25 Belgian 4f l99i
3 per Cents. 67 55 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 67 50 Roman B7
Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian

Credit Mobilier 675 -- I Spanish Threes
Do. Account 675 I Home Debt 4l

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto. 790 .. 785
Lyons and Mediterranean B2O 818 75
New ditto
Geneva 515
Midi
Southern
Western 533 75 .. 532 50
Eastern
Grand Central
Sardinian 3OO
Austrian

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money
251.21 c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 921 c.

SERVIA.

•Prince Miksch of Servia has received the follow-
ing note from Prince, Gortschakoff, Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Russia :
" Most Serene Prince !—The Emperor, my mas-
ter, has deigned to confer upon you the Order of
the White Eagle, as a mark of kindness to your
Highness, and also to manifest to the Servian
nation the friendship with which he is animated
towards its ruler. In sending you the insignia of
this order, I Congratulate you at the same time on
this mark of attention of my Sovereign, and remain,
with feelings,of profoundest consideration and com-
plete devOtednesi, your Highness's very humble
servant, GORTSCHAKOFF.

"St. Petersburg, March 2."
A decree of Prince Milosch has re-established the
censorship in Servia, and nominated as censor M.
Broukovic, professor at the college of Belgrade.

It has been remarktd that Sir E. B. Lytton has
not attended iit his place in Parliament for some days.
The reason of his absence is understood to be the failure .of
his health, owing to the assiduity with which he has un-
remittingly discharged the duties of his office, and which
has rendered imperative a temporary withdrawal from
public affairs. Whatever differenbes may have existed be-
tween ourselves and Sir E. B. Lytton, we cannot but re-
spect the seditious application he has paid to his public
duties, and we are convinced that the sympathy of his
countrymen will follow him into his retirement, which it is
to be hoped will not be of long duration.—Times.
The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges and
Queen's counsel at his lordship's residence in Eaton-square,
on Friday next, the first day of Easter Term, at 12 o'clock.
It is believed (says the Plymouth Journal) that
his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present at the
opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, on the Cornwall Rail-
way, on Monday, the 2d of May, and that, after the
opening, trains for the public will run between Plymouth
and St. Germans.
The White Star, Captain Clark, has arrived in
the Mersey, from Melbourne, with 14,600 ounces of gold.
The specie shipped for Brazil by the steamer
Tamar, is £14,940, of which £6,240 is gold and £8,700
silver.

The Royal Bride, Roxburgh Castle, Austral,
Heatherbell, Champion of the Seas, Maidstone, and Con-
flict are still at sea from Melbourne, with an aggregate of
about £639,000 in gold, of which £347,000 may be consi-
dered due.
THE GREAT EASTERN.—About 500 workmen of
vto e a on t0w...a:v.1- —14.,
vessel, and as 'the necessary fus---ure now available, it is
confidently anticipated that she will be completed by
August next.

DEPARTURE OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.-A
telegram, received from Cork last night says :—" The
Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam Company's
steamer City of Manchester is now (seven o'clock) proceed-
ing to sail from Queenstown for New York, with 350 pas-
sengers and a special mail. Though she has only been
advertised 14 days, she carries the largest number of pas-
sengers who have ever sailed from Ireland in a steamer for
America.

THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—Yesterday
information was issued for the apprehension of John
Buchanan, late chief engineer on board the Bogota, for the
wilful murder of Thomas Landon, on the high seas. If any
clue can be obtained of him, the police are to send a tele-
graph to the police-office, Liverpool. It is supposed he will
try to get out to Panama or some part of South America.
A. handsome reward is offered for his apprehension.
THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—A grand full-dress
ball will take place at St. James's Hall, Regent-street,
Piccadilly, on Wednesday next. The arrangements will be
under the entire direction of the ladies patronesses and their
managingcommittee. The profits arising from the ball
will be handed over to the general committee which has
been formed in aid of the Neapolitan exiles. •
WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE APPROACHES.—
Yesterday the Government bill, which is to be passed this
T. •
session, was printed, to authorise the western approaches
to: the new Westminster-bridge. Houses in Parliament-
street, Bridge-street, ' and New Palace-yard, including
Fendall's Hotel, are to be removed for the improvements
cdntemplated.
, GIVING AWAY RAILWAY TICKETS.—There is a
bill in the House of Commons (yesterday printed), which
has already passed the Lords, in which, among other
things,-it is provided to be an offence to give away railway
tickets. The parties are to be liable to a penalty of aor
imPli49llnl9l3-t•
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL—An endeavour
is now being made on the part of the treasurer of this ad-
mirable institution to convert the large gravelled airing
ground forming, the quadrangle of the hospital into a
garden for the benefit of the patients; the shrubs already
planted appear to thrive very well.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—At
the adjourned Wharncliffe meetin,, of this company, held
yesterday, the Marquis' of Chandos in the chair, the pro-
prietors unanimously sanctioned a bill for authorising the
construction of a railway for carrying the West London
line over the Great Western by means of a bridge, in sub-
,titution of the resent level crossing.
N'-RJRE IN NEW BOND-STREET.—A fire broke out
aboura quarter before one o'clock yesterday morning on the
premises occupied by Mr. Bubb, bookseller and general
stationer, No. 167, Now Bond-street. The fire escape and a
number of engines were soon in attendance. The inmates
escaped uninjured, ;;;I•it though a good supply of water was
obtanied-the fire was n 4 extinguythed until the'stock-in-
trade and building were m;;ch injured. The cause of the
fire is at 'present unknown. '1"1,,e loss will fall on the Sun
Fire7office.

- AN Ex-AFRICAN KING BECOMeA-PROSELYTE.—
Yesterday the Lord Bishop of London held a confirmation
at the district- church, Christ Church, St. George:,;-in-the-
East. Amongst the candidates was his Majesty repple,
the ex-King of Bonny River territory, on the Afridaz
coast.

IVIELANCHOLEY SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN.--
Yesterday afternoon a jury assembled at the private resi-
dence of Mr. John Thomas Hind, aged 54 years, of No. 52,
CannoitLAtreet,4 COmmercial-road EaSt, who committed
suicide under the following circumstances. The evidence
went to, proyp that the deceased possessed considerable
landed Property in the parish of St. George-in-the-East.
He had suffered from an affection in his head., and had had
the advice of Dr. ?tete, of Cannon-street-road. Yesterday
week one of his sons werft to his bed-room and found the
door fastened inside. The door having; been broken open
the deceased was found suspended by a rope to a bedpost.
Latterly deceased had been in a low state of mind. Several
witnesses having been examined, the jury, without hesita-
tion, returned a verdict of " Temporary 'lnsanity."
. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS
IN THE CIVIL SEnvtm—War-office : There are several
vacancies for junior cleiks ; commencing salary, £lOO per
annum. There are vacancies for eight second-class clerks
td military storekeepers; commencing salary, £3O per annum.
• General-Post-office : • Mr. Daniell, of the surveyor's depart-
ment, St. Martin's-le-Grand, has been appointed postmaster
of Canterbury. Poor Law Board : A supplementary clerk-
ship has become vacant by the death of Mr. G. Ayng Gattie.
Customs : A clerkship for general business in Liverpool has
become .vacant, in consequence of the death of Mr. David
Scott. East Indies : • Sr. E. C. Bayley has been appointed
secretary to, the government of the North-west Provinces,
Ur. F. B. Outram has been appointed private secretary to
the Lieut.-Cfovernof of the North-west Provinces ; Mr. C.
H. Coles has been appointed first assistant to the political
agent at Rewah ; Lieut. Acton has been appointed second
assistant to the political agent at Itowah ; Mr. H. C Hal_
kett has been appointed civil and sessions judge of Hooghiy.
—Civil Service Gazette. •
The. Ministerial.erisis in Bavaria is not yet at an
end, but no fears need -be entertained that the King will
have recourse to any unconstitutional measures. It was
rumoured here yesterday that there had been serious dis-
turbances at 'Muni& on Saturday, but the report is devoid
of foundation.—Galignani.

There. is not one word of tauth in the Turin re-
port that there has been a mutiny in the Italian regiment
" Airoldi," which is stationed at Agram, in Croatia. The
story of a superior officer having been- arrested and taken fo.
Verona for having carried on a traitorous correspouglenae
with the taartlinivas is also false,

THE MEMBERS FOR SHEFFIELD BE-
FORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

.
At a numerous meeting of the supporters of Mr.
J. A. Roebuck and Mr. G. Hadfield, held at the
Council-hall, Sheffield, on Thursday evening, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted
" That, expressing our sincere gratitude to 'Messrs. Roe-
buck and Hadfield for their past services as our representa •
tives in the House of Commons, we respectfully request
they will again become candidates to represent this borough
in Parliament, and we pledge ourselves to use our best en-
deavours and influence to insure their return to. Parliament
at the ensuing election for this borough." ,
One or two working men complained of 'Mr. Roe-
buck's speech in the debate on the Gonernment
Reform Bill, more particularly because he had
offered to support a measure which did not in-
clude the ballot.
Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Hadfield, who had arrived
in Sheffield— during the day at the request of tl ie
principal members of their election committee,
entered the room shortly after the above resolution
had been passed. They were received with loud
applause ; and, the resolution having been read
over to them,
Mr. ROEBUCK, amid cheers, said,—Mr. Chairman
and gentlemen, it becomes my duty to return you
my thanks for the thanks you have so handsomely
given
to me and my colleague. I should not think
•
it requisite on the present occasion to say a word
about myself after the long series of years I have
been before the public as a public man, were not
the circumstances under which I now appear before
you very peculiar. We are here in this conditke
because we have been the friends of popular repre-
sentation. If my hon. friend and myself and a
majority of the House of Commons had thought fit
to desert the popular cause--had we thought fit to
accept a sham Reform Bill, we should not now have
been troubled with the turbulence, as it is called,
of a popular election. I, sir, did my utmost to
prevent a dissolution of Parliament. (Hear, hear.)
I thought I was doing my duty to my countrymen
in so doing, never for one moment giving the world
or the Ministry to believe that I swerved in the
least from the opinions which I have so often ex-
pressed(cheers)—bUt showing them that I was
ready- upon the occasion to accept an instalment, if
an instalment of reform were to be given, at the,
hands of the present Ministry. (Cheers.) When they.
brought forward their bill I was myself one of the
first to denounce that bill. I said it was a sham, it
was retrograde, it was no advance in fact; and, if
we accepted it, we should be cheated and mysti-
fied ' • under the pretence of passing a reform we
should be doing our utmost to repeal the Reform
Act of 1832. In the debate on the second reading
I told the Administration that I looked upon a dis-
solution of Parliament with much terror, consider-
ing the present state of Europe—(hear, hear)—
knowing how little nations abroad knew of Eng-
land ; knowing they would think, if Parliament
were dissolved, , that parties were dislocated, Go-
vernment -at a standstill, and that the people of
"England were annihilated -from the face of Europe
—knowing all that, I told them, it was my object,
if possible, to prevent a dissolution, and that I
would vote for the second reading of the bill if they
would consent to certain things. They said, if we
passed the resolution. of Lord John Russell they
should consider it a defeat of the Administration,
accept it as•snch, and take steps accordingly. We
.knew what that meant—either that they would
dissolve Parliament or retire. I wanted to prevent
either alternative, and I said to them, " Supposing
we in committee: carry a £6 annual rental for the
borough franchise, with a £lO annual rental for
the county franchise, will you tell the House of
Commons that' you will not retire thereupon?"
Besides that, I said I should vote, and I had no
doubt the majority of the House of Commons would
vote, against the transference of the freeholders in
the boroughs from the county to the borough.
(Hear, hear.) There were other things which ought
to be in the Reform Bill, as I believe ; but I had
determined to take an instalment from persons who
could carry, that instalment, which they could.
They being in a majority in the House of Lords,
anything carried through the House 'of Commons,
if they accepted it, they could get through the
House of Lords, and therefore I was quite
willing to receive their bill so amended as
an instalment. (Hear, hear.) There was one
thing which I did not mention, and for this
reason, because I knew I could not carry it through
the House of Commons—that was the ballot. (Hear,
hear.). If I had mentioned the ballot I should only
have brought it forward to my own confusion, be-
cause the majority of the House of Commons was
against the ballot, and there would be no chance of
forcing it upon the Administration. If the Ministry
had said they would receive those two propositions
I made to them,' I. would have voted for the second
reading of the bill, and I believe I should have
done good service to the country. (Hear.) Depend
upon ii, 'o ire not at the end of these proceedings.
4.l3pfnre n. month tins passe over nur heads tiuu-0
may be war in Europe. I live among public mat-
ters, and there is no man who • pays attention to
public matters but must know at this moment peace
or war trembles in the balance. I believe the fact
that England being in the commotion of electing
another House of Commons is very detrimental to
the cause of peace, and I am a peaceable man—
(hear)—loving peace when it is connected with the
honour and
.advantage of my country. (Hear.)
When peace is for the dishonour or for the injury
of my country I am for war ; but so long as peace
can be maintained with honour and benefit to Eng-
land, so long am I a peaceable man. I believe that
England now stands among the nations of the world
as the great arbitress of peace. In our hand, at
this present moment, rests the issue whether the
world shall be alarmed by the noise of arms or
whether the happiness and welfare of mankind be
provided for. It was upon this ground and this ground
alone, I made that proposition to the Administra-
tion, which I think they did very unwisely not to
accept. Therefore, gentlemen, I voted with my
hon. colleague against the second reading of the
bill. I sincerely believe if the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had given me an answer which I could
have accepted ; if he had clearly and plainly
told me that he would accept the alterations I
named, if made in committee, then I belive we
could have carried the second reading of the bill,
and had no dissolution. Therefore, I say, the dis-
solution and all its consequences are upon the
heads of the present Administration. lam utterly
careless, gentlemen, as to Whig or Tory. lam no
particular friend of Lord Palmerston. (" Hear,
hear," and laughter.) I am no particular friend
of Lord John Russell. I am certainly no parti-
cular friend of Lord Derby. (Hear.) But I want
my country to be well governed, and whoever
governs it well shall receive my support. (Cheers.)
I did not at all concur in the wisdom of Lord
John
Russell's amendment, and I did not vote for his
amendment. I voted against the second reading
of the bill ' • and when the Times, with that auda-
city which belongs to it, chooses to sneer and laugh
at that distinction, they can know little, or they
fancy that the world knows little, of Parliamentary
forms. The way the question is put is, " that the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the
question." What are those words ? " That the
bill be now read a second time." I ?voted in the
negative of that proposition. I did not vote for
Lord John Russell's proposition, though Lord
John's proposition was afterwards accepted without
a division. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had
said to me that it was one of the principles of his
bill, and that, he adhcrod to what
,be called the
borough's stem. I believe he meant by. that the
£lO franchise—that the borough system in his sig-
nificance was the actual borough system as now
existing, because the Ministry were about to alter
it by transferring all the freehOlds of the county
that are in the borough to the borough, and the
only part' of it they would have left untouched
was the •XlO franchise. When I asked him
if he Wetild allow us to alter the bill, his answer
was, that he adhered to the borough system. There-
fore, taking that to be the £lO franchise, I voted
against that sham hill which they had brought in.
Now, for the future what, are you to expect ? You
all know what my hon. colleague and myself have
done. I think I may say in his name, as in my own
that what we have done we shall continue to do'
I have invariably been the friend of the .
exten-
sion of the suffrage. [ have been invariablythe
friend of the ballot. I have been invariably the
friend of every liberal measure brought forward in
my time, and in, that I see no reason to alter. But,
gentlemen, do not hide from yourselves that we are
now undergoing a great change. I have been nearly
27 years in the House of Commons, and in that time
I have seen great changes. I was brought into
that house by the great change made in 1832. When
-I came there 'found, though the people outside had
the power to return their representatives, yet that
the persons they returned were so unacquainted
with the business of government, that the govern-
mentopf
atrhtiisescountryr :Vhaesairn.)the hands of two aristo-
craticthere has been going From that time to this
, n a gradual change, till at
last the present House of Commons has been more
than any of its predecessors intolerant of anything
like aristocratic dictation. What people complain
of in reference to there being no unity of parties is
this : there is in that House of Commons a determi-
nation not to be led by aristocratic rulers. (Hear.)
The day of Lord Tom Noddy has passed away.
(Cheers and laughter.) We are determined--I, for
one, am determined to do all I possibly can, not only
to extend the franchise to the great body of ,my
fellow-countrymen, but to persuade the middle
classes to prepare themselves for the government
of the country. Now, this can only be done in one
way, and that is by educating themselves. Depend
upon it, the government of a country is more diM.
cult than the government of a mill, There is not

a man among you who, having a mill to conduct,
would choose a man not educated to the business.
Suppose it to be a cotton mill, would you not
take a man who understood cotton, who under-
stood spinning, who understood markets and
trade ? Well, then, do you think that the govern-
ment of mankind is not a more difficult opera-
tion than the government of spinning jennies?
Do you think that a man can suddenly start up,
like Minerva from the head of Jupiter. a full-grown,
full-panoplied legislator ? Believe me, you cannot
expect any such thing. It is the result of study,
and my urgent advice to the middle classes of this
country is to prepare their children by study for
the government of this country. I have lived in
the House. of Commons, if not the greater part of
my life, yet for many years, and I have seen strip-
lings of the aristocratic classes step into the busi-
ness of government. I recollect speaking to Lord
Stanley on the subject. In talking about a very
celebrated man, I said to him, " Know you, my lord,
his case and yours is very different. Such a man's
goal is your starting point ; where other men end
you begin. You step right into the business of
government ; he has to conquer his way up to that.
By the time he has conquered his way to where you
start from, old age comes upon him and he is un-
fitted for his office." (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But
if we can accomplish. what I hope we shall in con-
quering greater power for the people, then it will.
be your business to pick out from the middle classes
persons who can :govern this country. Do you tell
me that the people of this country, who, as I said
the other night m the House of Commons, fill the
earth with their products, cover every sea with
their ships, make the world to ring with their great
achievements in art and science, who have made
the English language and its works the wonder of
the world—shall these men be said to be unequal
to the government of themselves ? Believe me,
there is no such cause as some would represent for our
feeling disheartened as to the administration of the
Government of this great country. Prepare your-
selves thoroughly to enjoy, properly to enjoy, the
great powers that you are delegating us to obtain
for you ; prepare yourselves for that, and then you.
. will be, what I really hope to see you, a self-
governed, and thereby a happy and well-governed
people. (Cheers.) Ido not think it right at this
period to take up more of your time by an exposi-
tion. of my opinions, have stated to you shortly
my view of what has occurred within the last few
days, and I now leave my hon. colleague to state
his view. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. HADFIELD was received with loud cheers.
He said that when one met with an old friend he
had not seen for a long time, it was usual to stly it
is an unexpected pleasure, and shake hands with
him. He could not say that he was wholly unpre-
pared for the events which were coming thick upon
them, for he had an idea that when Lord Derby
became Minister he extracted from her Majesty a
promise that if he went into office with only one-
third of the House of Commons in his favour, it
should be at his discretion to appeal to the people,
and dissolve the Parliament. He took office in
February last year, with the knowledge that he
had a minority in the house. Therefore, he (Mr.
Hadfield) had always apprehended that they had
the power ; but he did not think that they would
have tried to put that power into exercise. It
seemed to him that the defunct party which Lord
Derby represented was playing its last card. The
dissolution was a desperate throw they were mak-
ing, and he dare risk his opinion, and be reminded
of it hereafter, that they would not mend their
position by having a dissolution on the question of
Reform. The bill introduced by Government was,
as his hon. colleague had designated it, a sham. It
took more away than it gave. It consolidated the
aristocratic element, and reduced the influence and
power of the working, skilful, and industrious part
of the community. It .was stated by Lord John
Russell, and he (Mr. Hadfield) believed it to be a
fact, that the borough of Sheffield would lose 1,900
votes in the West Riding. There were that num-
ber of freeholders in Sheffield who had prided
themselves on having something to say at the great
contest of the West Riding of the county of York.
Freeholders at a distance were to be able to send
their votes, and those on the spot, who ought to
exercise the right, would find it greatly impaired,
and in some boroughs the electors would have been
overwhelmed by the foreign influence of persons
who would be able to carry any member they
thought fit. He did vote for Lord J. Russell's reso-
lution itself, and the facts he had mentioned con-
cerning
the disfranchisement of freeholders were one
reason for his doing so. But the para,mount reason was
that the borough franchise was not to be extended
at all, so that three-fourths or four-fifths of the
householders would be still in the same position as
they were at present—unable to vote. He knew
that by voting. for that resolution, from the par-
ticular form in which the question was put—
namely, " that the words proposed to be omitted
stand part of the question"—le was voting for Lord -
J. Russell's resolution, but he also knew that at the
same time that he was voting against the bill. It
was to him a startling fact that at that moment
four-fifths of the householders of the country were
unrepresented. That number paid taxes to a most
enormous extent. Sir J. Graham had calculated
that the unrepresented part of the community paid
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thetaxes to a greater amount than the whole interest
of the national debt. They were one-fifth, probably
not
one-sixth, of the adult population of the country
who sent members to Parliament to legislate for the
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slightest hesitation in giving his support to Lord
I. Russell's resolution. In conclusion the hon.
member expressed his hope that the business of the
election would be so conducted as to show any peisons desirous to oppose that it would be f
rui ess
to do so. (Cheers.)