The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

The money market was slightly easier, but the demand
continued to a fair extent. Call loans were negotiated at
51 to 6 per cent.
The weekly bank statement shows an increase in specie
of 234,018 dols., and a decrease in loans of 997,125 dols.
Sterling mhange had been in only limited. demand.
Quotations cn London ranged from 109 a to 110.
The stock market had been depressed, but towards the
close exhibited signs of revival, and prices tended upwards.
The cotton market continued dull, and prices were ge-
nerally lower. Middling Uplands, 11ac. Ashes steady.
Coffee very quiet and tending upwards. Flour in good de-
mand, and 10c. to 20c. per barrel dearer. Wheat activo at
an improvement of 3c. to sc. per bushel.

•
Advices from Peru state that the armistice re-
cently agreed to by the Peruvian Admiral with the Corn..
mander of the Equador forces at the port of Guayaquil had
been confirmed by President Castilla, excepting the clauses
relating to the blockade, which have been dealt with by a
separate and special decree.
THE NEW BATTERY, LISCARD.—The Mersey is
not so defenceless as is generally supposed. Most people
fancy that it has only two batteries—one at the Rock, the
other at the New Docks. Among the many passengers
who go to New Brighton during the summer months, only
a few keen-sighted individuals have noticed some green
mounds immediately in the rear of the Magazine Lifeboat-
house, on the Cheshire side, and to the southward of Dr.
Pozzi's College. A close inspection of thece Mounds will
repay a visit. They are earthwork batteries, constructed
according to the newest princips of engineering, and
certain bomb-proof magazines, and platforms for seven
68-lb. Armstrong guns, which are expected to be in
position in a few days, when woo to the adventurous
enemy that comes within their range of fire, and to the
windows of the closely adjoining residences. The battery
is so masked that an enemy would have great difficulty in
discerning it before the effect of its fire had worked incal-
culable damage. At present its range is rather limited, but
in case of actual danger the removal of some adjacent
buildings would enable the gunners to throw 681 b. shot
over the New Brighton stage into the Victoria Channel, or
into the Sloyne. If it was necessary, the Liscard battery
could, wo imagine. demolish the Huskisson Dock battery,
opposite to it, in a very short time. It appears to us, how-
ever, that a similar battery placed in the Sandhills, about
Formby, would so effectually command the only safe en-
trance for large vessels, that the river batteries would
have little or nothing to do. Let us have, in addition,
either at Dingle or Tranmere, a royal dockyard and arsenal,
as proposed in these columns last week, and we may then
confidently defy the world iu ArDA—Livopoo/ Albion.

BRITISB COLUMBIA.

(From the Toronto Globe.)
We have to acknowledge the receipt of papers
from Vancouver ISland to the latest dates. They
are chiefly occupied with the. San Juan troubles,
one paper, the Gazette, taking the American side,
and the Colonist the British. The Gazette finds

space, however, to print the resolutions and memo-
rial prepared by the Reform League of British
Columbia, which met at Queenborough on the
20th July. There are so many Canadians in the
colony that we think it right to copy the statement
of grievances, which the remedies suggested. They
are presented in the shape of a report, as follows :
" The committee appointed to draft resolutions
embodying our grievances, and suggesting such
measures as would in their opinion tend to the
amelioration of political abuses, for the purpose
of having the same submitted to his Excellency
the Governor of Vancouver Island, as well as to

the British Government, beg leave to report :
" That, in their opinion, the want of a proper
and liberal land system is the first and most im-
portant grievance of which the people of this colony
have to complain. They would, therefore, suggest
to his Excellency, in forming a land system in the
colony, that it is the prevailing opinion that no
land except town lots should be sold at public auc-
tion, neither should they hereafter be disposed of
on any than the following or similar terms.
" That lands should be given out to actual settlers
only in lots of about 160 acres to single men, and.
210 acres to men of families, except in neighbour-
hood of towns, where the quantity should be greatly
reduced, at a fixed value of not over one dollar per
acre, with from four to five years to pay for the
same, and that no money should be expected or re-
quired from such settler until the expiration of one
year from the time of settlement, when the first
annual instalment should be collected; that
no title to land should be given until it was paid
for, and a certain quantity, say 15 acres of timbered
land, and a much larger quantity of prairie, cleared
and under cultivation ; suppose five years the time
of payment.
" That actual occupation should at once take
place, and three acres of timbered land and a much
larger quantity of prairie land should be cleared
and put under crop the first year, and a similar
quantity each year following until conditions of
sale were fulfilled, That improvements to the
value of say 200 dollars should be put upon the
land to entitle the owner to convey, except in ca,e
of death, when the administrator or assignee should
have the privilege of selling at any time ; in all
cases of sale the parties to whom transfer was made
to be compelled to carry out original contract. That
no person should be allowed to purchase from Go-
vernment more than the above specified number of
acres in the whole country. That pre-emption
rights should be allowed on all surveyed lands
to the number of acres before-named; that in
locating a pre-emption claim where the lands are
unsurveyed, the pre-emption lines may run pa-
rallel with the Government survey when such
is made, the survey to be made at the settlers'
expense; that, no person shall have the right to
pre-empt more than one claim in British Columbia.
In case of failure on the part of a settler to comply
with any or all of the conditions by law established,
his interests to be forfeited, and the land again re-
vert to the Crown.
"That the requirements from purchaser and pre-
emptor, as far as improvements are concerned,
should be the same. That the object of the law
should be to permit and promote immediate settle-
ment, and to prevent speculators from holding lands
to the detriment of the actual settler.
" That every twelfth lot should be reserved for
school purposes.
" Your committee have to remark that they be-
lieve the expenses of the government are largely
beyond the means of the colony, and that they can
be materially reduced by the removal of a great
number of the present officials, who appear to be
entirely without employment. That the duties of
postmaster can be performed by merchants and
others in the various towns, and the salaries of a
number of postmasters be saved. That the country
is quite unable to support the present military esta-
blishment, about whom uncalled-for extravagant
expenditure has been incurred, and we recommend
that the British Government be asked to support
the military force until our finances are in a better
condition. That our public works, as in other co-
lonies, be given to private enterprise by public com-
petition ; that the system of giving out contracts
by favour be at once disallowed and abolished.
That as the colony is supposed to be self-supporting,
it is due to the public, from whom the revenue is
derived, to know the amount of receipts and expen-
ditures of the colony, and we ask that the same be
published quarterly, with a statement showing our
present financial condition, and the number of offi-
cials, with their respective salaries.
" Much discontent is felt in the mining districts
from the system of taxation there levied. We re-
commend that a number of miners be called together
and consulted as to what system is best suited to
them, and the whole laws relating to claims and
ditches be then revised; and in many cases the
colony is not collecting sufficient to pay the gold
commissioner, and we invite the people of Hope,
Yale, and Douglas, and other mining towns and
camps, to express their views in this matter in the
resolutions that may be passed at their meetings.
"We also ask that officials paid by the colony
reside in the same.
" That some popular means, such as a council or
legislature, for the government of this colony be
formed without delay. We further recommend that
a subsidy be granted to a steamer to carry the mails
between here and San Francisco, and that the home
government be applied to for funds to pay the
same for the present. That the entrance to Frazer
River be at once buoyed, and a chart of the same
published.
" Your committee conclude by expressing the
firm belief that should the foregoing receive the
attention of his Excellency, and the reforms herein
enumerated be carried into effect, which they at
present have no reason to doubt will be the case, we
shall not only receive large additions to our popu-
lation, but our prosperity will be established upon
so sure a foundation that there will be no room for
doubt, but a brilliant opportunity for all to find
profitable employment.
" All of which is respectfully submitted.
"HENRY HommooK, Chairman.
E. B. lIOLT,
WM. CLARKSON,
W. P. ARMSTRONG, Committee.
JAMES KENNEDY,
J. C. GOULDIN,
W. E. STRONACH, Secretary."
Appended to the report was the following note:—
"The committee did not touch upon public roads,
so important to the colony, as, in ignorance of the
financial state of the colony, they were at a loss as
to what they could recommend.
" The foregoing report, upon being submitted to
the public meeting, on the motion of Mr. Stronach,
who made a powerful speech relating to these mat-
ters, and the injustice practised upon Canadians
employed at Port Douglas, which will be published
in the Toronto Globe, as space will not allow the
papers here to do so, was unanimously adopted, as
expressing the general sentiment of the public, with
reference to the grievances therein enumerated, and
recommendations as to measures which would tend
to promote the general welfare of the colony.
" HENRY HOLBROOK, Chairman.
" W. E. STRONACH, Secretary.
" New Westminster (Queenborough),
20th July, A. D. 1859."
'We have not received, as yet, the statement re-
ferred to. The emigrants have apparently not for-
gotten their Canadian habit of looking to the Globe
for the exposure of their wrongs. We are afraid
that we cannot do much for them in their new
country, but they shall not lack space to state the
disabilities under which they labour.

GALLANT CAREER OF ONE RISEN FROM THE
RANKS.—lntelligencemas received by the last mail from
India of the death of Captain Lawson of the 42d High•
landers, resulting from a wound on the knee received during
the suppression of the mutiny. The career of this gallant
soldier is worthy of note. Captain Lawson, who was a
native of Lanark, entered the army in,1837, having before
that time been employed as a ploughboy. He served as a
non-commissioned officer for nearly 16 years, during which
period he gained for himself the confidence and respect of
his superiors, and the affection and esteem of his fellow-
soldiers. In 1854 he embarked with the regiment for the
Crimea, was present at the Alma, and passed unscathed
through all the hardships and perils of that memorable cam-
paign. After Inkeiman, along with a number of deserving
non-commissioned officers serving in other regiments, he re-
ceived his commission as ensign. In March, 1855, he was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and for some time pre-
vious to the conclusion of the war acted as captain in the
late Land Transport Corps. On his return to England, in
1856, he rejoined thu 42d, and shortly after received the ap
pointment of instructor of musketry to the regiment. At this
time, also the magistrates and council of Lanark (his native
town), in consideration of his distinguished conduct, agreed
to present him with the freedom of that ancient burgh ;
this honour, however, the gallant gentleman never had an
opportunity of personally receiving; The outbreak of the
Indian mutiny called him again to the field, and in August,
1857, he left England with the head-quarters of the regi-
meat for Calcutta. In 1858 ho obtained his commission as
captain, and shortly after received the wound which, cia
the 18th of August last, ended his honourable career. Cap-
tain Lawson commanded the picquet of the 42d, thirty-
seven in number, which was engaged in the terrible fight
on the banks of the Suarda; on the morning of the 15th of
January, with upwards of 2,000 rebels. The little band of
Highlanders defended themselves with extraordinary cour-
age from sunrise to sunset, until relief arrived from General
Walpole. Captain Lawson was honourably mentioned in
the general's despatches for the manner in which he ac-
quitted himself on that day.—Scotsmai.
HIGHLAND MARY'S MONUMENT AT GREENOCK.
—The Greenock Advertiser states that this monument, in
the West Churchyard, has lately been thoroughly repaired
and beautified, and that a fund is now being collected for
the purpose of enclosing it with a neat railing,

DEATH OF THE EARL OF JERSEY.

The grave has barely closed over the venerable

head of the house of Jersey before his successor has
been also taken away. The Earl of Jersey, who
succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father
on the 3d inst., expired yesterday forenoon, shortly
after 11 o'clock, at Brighton. The deceased noble-
man had for months past been in declining health,
and early in the last spring repaired to the south of
France, but his lordship only received temporary re-
life. Since his return home he has gradually conti-
nued to get weaker until yesterday, when he suc-
cumbed to his disease, consumption. The Right Hon.
George Augustus Frederick, sixth Earl of Jersey,
Viscount Villiers, of Dartford, and Baron of Hoo,
county of Kent, in the peerage of England, and
Viscount Grandison, of Limerick, in that of Ireland,
was eldest son of George Child Villiers, fifth earl,
and Sarah, eldest daughter of the 10th Earl of
Westmoreland, and heiress of Mr. R. Child, the
wealthy banker of the City of London. The deceased
peer was educated at Christ Church, OXford, at
which university he graduated B.A. in 1830, and
M.A. in 1837. Shortly after he attained his majo-
rity he entered the House of Commons for the bo-
rough of Rochester, in conjunction with the late
Mr. R. Bernal, and in 1831 was elected for Mine-
head. From 1832 to 1835 he sat in the House of
Commons for Honitori. At the next general election
he unsuccessfully contested Weymouth ; he was re-

turned for that borough in 1841, but was unseated
on petition. On the resignation of Mr. Martin in
1844 he was elected member for Cirencester, which
borough he continued to represent up to 1852. On
the general election in that year he was defeated by
the Hon. A. G. J. Ponsonby by a majority of four.
In politics the late peer was a Conservative ; and.
during the late Sir R. Peel's administration of pub-
lic affairs he voted in favour of the repeal of the
corn laws and the subsequent free trade measures
of that eminent statesman. The deceased earl mar-
ried in 1841 Julia, eldest daughter of the late Right
Hon. Sir R. Peel, by whom he leaves issue three
sass and two daughters, viz., Victor Albert George,
Viscount Villiers, born in 1845 (now Earl of Jer-
sey) ; Robert Frederick, born in 1847, and Reginald;
also Julia Sarah Alice, born in 1842, and Caroline
Anne, born in 1843. The late nobleman was a de-
puty-lieutenant of the counties of Oxford and War-
wick, and in 1855 was appointed major of the Ox-
fordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.

FOREIGN TRUITS.

Messrs. Wetherby and Sons, in their fortnightly
price current for foreign fruits, state :
" Three steamers, one of them the Mauritius, of
1,450 tons, and three sailing vessels, have arrived
here with currants since the date of our circular of
6th inst., making the total arrivals since sth Sep-
tember, when the first cargo came in, about 6,700
tons, against 5,800 tons to 23d October, 1858. Two
steamers have arrived at Liverpool during the same
period ; total imports there about 3,000 tons, against
2,300 tons in 1858. A cargo has also arrived at Bris-
tol. The clearances are as yet less than those of
October last year, which was almost to be expected
after the unusual delivery of 1,580 tons in Septem-
ber. The range of prices quoted in our last was 48s.
to 625. Since then the arrival of some rain-damaged
fruit has rather given a new feature to the mar-
ket, some of it having been unexpectedly forced
off at auction from 335. to 38s. This paralysed the
market for the moment, but it is gradually recover-
ing itself, and such sorts rre already selling at an
advance. Really fine fruit, especially Vostizza,
arrives sparingly, and will be scarce. Since the
6th inst. 22 cargoes of Valencia raisins have ar-
rived, several of muscatels, and some parcels of
Turkey reds. Of Valencias 38 cargoes have as yet
been received, or 4,200 tons, against 3,950 tons to
22d October, 1858. Liverpool has received as yet
about 750 tons, against 1,150 tons to 22d October,

1858, and at present only one or two cargoes
are known to be afloat for that port. The Octo-
ber clearances of raisins, different from those of
currants, are proceeding on a larger scale than
those of any previous October, say 635 tong
from Ist to 18th instant. The market business for
Valencias has been, and still is, contracted ; but
the wholesale houses have cleared off' all their
early importations and are receiving fresh supplies
to meet the forthcoming autumn and winter de-
mand, which has not commenced. Of the 8,000 to
9,000 tons crop, 5,600 tons have already reached
this country; and whilst the price at Denia has
risen from 6 dols. to 7 dols., and what is left there
unshipped is described as very inferior, the article
has remained here dull and unnoticed; only nine or
ten cargoes are knotivn to be afloat for this country.

It is not known yet how the cargoes now landing,
sonic of which have had long voyages, will turn
out ; fine fruit will, however, command a high price.
Figs have met with ready sale, the supply being,
scarcely sufficient for the demand. Where the ship-
pers have paid attention to selection and honest
packing, they have been rewarded with very fell
prices. Fine figs will be scarce, and. continue to
command high prices."