The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

2L! °AEI' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been moderately active. Dealings in tea, however, have been suspended until the public sales which com menced to-day. For sugar, coffee, and rice there has been a steady demand at about late quotations. Saltpetre has been less inquired for, and quotations tend downwards. For tallow there has been a more active demand on speculative account, and some large transactions have taken place for forward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were unaltered. The sales were about 7,000 bales. A further sum of £30,000 in foreign gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. Monday next, the 3d proximo, has been appointed a special settling day in the shares of the London and Provincial Bank, and dealings are to be offi. cially recorded. The traffic receipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past week show a decrease of £727, com pared with last year. The inquiries for money continue limited, but more activity is expected to wards the end of the week, when preparations for the monthly liquida tion of commercial accounts will probably increase the supply of mercantile bills. At present, how ever, the market is quiet and easy, the current terms for first class bills being 21 to 21 per cent. At the 36th annual general meeting of the Stan dard Life Assurance Company, held at Edinburgh, yesterday, it was stated that the new assurances effected during the year 1861 exceeded half a mil lion sterling, making upwards of £7,500,000 of new assurances issued during the last 15 years. The annual inct.me is £315,000, and the accumulated fund nearly £2,000,000 sterling. A further improvement has occurred in the English Stock Market, owing to a renewal of pur chases and the short supply of stock in the hands of the dealers, Consols being 931 e for money and the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 93a1,- ; Bank Stock is flat, at 242 ; India ditto, at 224 ; but the 5 per Cent. remains at 1061 1071. Rather more business has taken place in the Foreign Market, but prices exhibit very little alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 84-} 85 ; ditto, 1858, 741 5 ; Mexican are steady at 341 3 ; Italian fiat, at 68 ; Spanish remain at 531 *; ditto ; Deferred, at 431, but the Certificates are heavy at 7 t; Venezuelan have receded to 241 25. Russian are firmer at 103 ; the New Italian Loan is 11 prem., and the Ottoman (Mire's) Loan 65 1 66. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and prices have exhibited a slight depreciation. Great Western, Brighton, North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Ber wick) decli ne d s s . ; an d G rea t Northern, 10s.; -Bristol and Exeter, however, have improved £1; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ins. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets scarcely any business of importance has been recorded, and quotations remain without alteration. South Aus trian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 198 ; Great Western of Canada, 121 ; 8; and East Indian, 101/ 1021. liJoint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinue dull. London Joint-Stock Bank realise 368 ; Crystal Palace Stock, 341 35 ; Royal Mail Steam, 4 ; and Scottish Australian Investment, 136. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ba nk Stock ,; Per C ent. Reduced Annuities 93i, a .1 ',.,,Peer Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es Indi - w 3 per Ce n t. A nnu iti es 931 1 I a Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditt 5 per Cent. lO2 f Ditto 51 per Cent lO7l 8 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 99i Consols for Account, March 6 93} March. I Jun 9. 22 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d Ditto £5OO uitto S ma ll — 1 19 F }REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. quador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 ver Cent 4 Ditto Account rruvian 41 per Cent .. 100 a ''ttuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . . _ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and'6o 46 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO3 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 621 sardinian. 5 per Cent. Ditto Account 1 3 Etnish 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account P„Panish Cert. o f C ou p. not funded 'lnicion 6 per Cent — Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account .. 741 6 41 Ditto £lOO 80nd5...: 761 to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. D itto Account lO2 V- neztzela, 3 per Cent .. Ditto ccount h„ Dividends on the above payable in London. 0, 1 ;eli 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull— . 5 841 ) 6 per Cent., 1861 6Bl 1 Co n TWO O'CLOCK. 1 --B °'s, Money • 931 1 Account .. 931 1 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. •• • HAY MARKETS. „STYLITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 to £ 4 16 s ; cl o v er, £3 tus to £5 A 810 W d emand. 108 ; and straw, £1 8s to £ 1 16 s Od per load. C trm W ERLAND.—MeafIow hay, £2 Os to £ 4 15 s ; clov er ,„°la:, £3 10s t o £5 10 s; an d s t raw , £1 8s to £1 16s per load. de .t.WRI TECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover, BOth 108 t o Lb 10s ; and straw. 8s to £1 ]6s per load. hay and straw were in slow request at late rates. COLONIAL. th e . A.--Busirtess has been dull, parties having deferred tolr operations until the public sales, which commenced ` .( ,ay. Prices, however, remained steady. 1 4 r 0 A.R.—The market has been moderately active, aad e Prices have been well supported for all descriptions. Refined qualities have also been in fair demand. eoPrEE.—For good and fine qualities of Plantation Ce ylon there has been a more active demand at full rates, an d foreign descriptions have been inquired for, chiefly, however, for exportation. RICE,--A steady business has been done in East India uescriptiots,.itiia . late quotations have been maintained. SALTPETRE.' --: Business has been dull, and the few bargains entered into have been at barely previous rates. • • T.Lno - i.r.—The market has continued moderately active, r.n.d some rather large speculative dealings have been recorded. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 455. 9d., and last three months delivery, 48s. per cwt. TEE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f 15c per £1 sterling. ° ll comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 178.104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2 -10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 113 to 114 per cent., and the premium on gold is about Si pe r cent. At theseates the importation of gold from the United States Would leave a trifling profit. FLOGGING. —The number of men flogged in the army in the United Kingdom in theyearlB6o was but 179 --a great reduction as compared with former years, alike in the number of men flogged and in the number of regi- Ments in which men were flogged. Forty-one of these bad the ,rasaime number subjects were in the Royal Artillery, and in the cavalry ( 12 of them in the Military in the 11th Hussars) ; there were only 96 in th il e a w n h d ol uin e of e the infantry. Concurrently with this return another has been issued, showing the number of boys sentenced to b e tog ge d i n England and Wales in 1858-60, upon summary conviction for simple larceny, under the Act of 1847 ; the :number was no more than 1,746 in the three years. The soldiers' sentences were almost invariably 60 lashes ; the sentences of the lads varibd, and they were more fre quently punished with the bir ch. But in 11 gaols, bo y s of 11 to 14 years of age had 24 lashes with the cat ; in some gaols 30 lashes; and in two, lads of 12 to 14 got 36 lashes. •At Taunton a boy of nine had 24 lashes, but " with a very l ight cat of soft small cords selected by the surgeon." HABEAS CORPUS TO COLONIES. —In consequence 'sr . the case of J o hn Anderson, the escap ed slave, the Duke 4 1 . Newcastle has before the House of Lords a Bill provid ing that i n f uture no wr i t o f habeas corpus shall issue from England into any colony where there is a lawfully estab lished court of j ust i ce author i se d t o issue such writs. PRIVATE BILLS —There seems no probability of lack i& of (4 povate business" in Parliament this Session. At the end o f lot week above 270 private bills had been already brought into one or other house. The railway bills ii_ c e Po i se th e construction of no less than 1,800 miles of new " 4 n the United Kinsdom-1,497 in England. a nts, sub -3 the , titer' Very re big , the nen t, acle ; ia zea ar was nent; lg to ►f the rind froul lie i° mue .. r etire d to r e ' ShiP ier 40 ,diter t pith rt de", gag ed eer 1366 , 1 Letiet° lies in :s well • SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing ) Business Price. I done. 1 Share 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 Railways. Wol., and Str. Blyth and Tyne ;Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian jC , ,rk and Bamion 1 Cornwall Do A A gets no div till6p c.p an. has! 11DDuo.nB., p been er t h 4 p A a b i d. June. n ß e Dublin & Belfast June lEast Anglian Eastern Counties ,• Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburg•li & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western.l GreatNrthri.of Scotlandi ;Great Northern Do A stock 1 Do Bdo ;Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 'Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua.. stock llrish South Eastern 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall l Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do * shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 6.4.0 Do Binning:. ct Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & rtos Norfolk North British N or. Dev. Rail&Dk. stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till fi pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase 19.16.4 Do'Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Portsmouth Rhs tnney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Solt. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dunl Staines, Wok. , an dWok. Stockton & Darlington 74 8 64 7 96 07 106 1064 12.10 5 6 Do 42 44 10i 11 194 204 57i 54 56 59 37 40 93 04 30 30i 101 103 117 118 116 117 134 136 103 107 701 714 57 6') Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames avenDk&Rail , Ulster Do Do Vale of heath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R.' West Midland Oxford, Do Newporr Do Hereford, 1071 1071 60 62 120 121 46 48 961 061 101 102 .6 11 431 431 Sf 1311 131/1 la lip 101 103 E 9 71 65i G 6 OS 9Qi Ldp 55 b 5 87 87i 101 103 i . 6 d 1 10i 11 95 96 127 129 45 47 103 106 46 48 37 39 841 851 CS 70 100 102 5 i 6 1 38J 301 84 94 p, 5 4 6 4 P 144 148 55i 56i 21 31 d 116 i 17 1151 16} 7 7i 47 49 43 46 90 92 1107 k 71k i 704 len eol i 1201 20 96 i 1011 8} 131 i l P 98 8 d 87} 7 102 84 1 II LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. , Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. __— Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh , fistr , re... Chester & Holyhead.. 100 ( Do 53 55 Do. 54 per cent 100 !Do 125 127 Do. 5 „ 100 I Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U. &E.O E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gr. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4i Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 11l Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all kDo. ...... • • • • London & Greenwich 100 (S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.&s, -thend 100 IPeto &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. lkinc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 5.1 3 i Mid. Brad.ord Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 v,ua. 5 per cent. .. 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 4 p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all !Do. Do. fi per cent..... all [ Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all [Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 110 'N. E. Ber .. .. North 'Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N.W & Lsk. 1 0 ...4 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn,Flitch.& Shep. 100 Jt.North. l l34 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 [T Brassey 122 124 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn k Croydor. all L.&Brgtn' 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Share) Railways. paid.l Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Brls. (lc Exet . 4 p. c. st.. 93 95 Do. shares -; Caledon. qr. shrs. No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent. ... Dun. Perth, Aber.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref...... E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. o. st Eastern Union, 4 p. o Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & u Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern. 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Eat) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pt. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnel.stL s 2s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4a p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.ezth ig.sp.c.gu..No. I 'Do. 5 per cent. do. IN o 2 Do. 6 per cen t. co— Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st. (div.def.lll'66 Lon. Chat. &Dny. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. Ft., late 3d shares .... Do. 14 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d _ _ _ _ iti - edl .20 21 6 6} Londendy. &Cole. shs Londony. & Ennia.i shs' Man. Sh. & Lin. R per et. Do. £6 . Do. 3 cent, ........ Do. redeem. 6 percent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4 per cent ...... • . Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. raem Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable. Do. 44 per cent . Do.Leie. andllit4per ct Torfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.stlBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua- 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un do g. prf. she. De. . do. N th.Dvn.Rail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish North-Eas ern t p. 0. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4n per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. OYO Stock. D k dw ps oo ir i e rtf ,. s 4 lAßßp p 65 . c . pp gua. o.c Do. 5 p. c. gua. Do. C 6 p. c P p. pf'. 66 Wpoa.trfedrpiketli.l6lkn C. 6 p lB . C. .t e gua stk Do. 2d do T)0. till 1869 99 101 109 111 109 111 126 128 82 84 112 114 90 92 100 94 1531 all 100 100 100 100 S. 13. 4 100 100 100 all all 10. 6. 11CO 102 98 100 89 91 90 02 102 104 9 10; t 17i 18 101 11 77 79 201 tli 10 101 15 16 - - L 36 12 102 104 112 114 [l2 114 135 140 112 114 152 156 128 131 75 77 96 98 1:31 ICI [24 126 POND C 9 71 1 3 1 139 103 105 94 96 111 113 109 111 lipm 1100 102 dis par die par 22 23 35 140 10 11 244 25 I _ol 103 101 103 87 90 f 1} p 28 29 32 34 31 33 42 45 128 130 123 126 103 105 124 128 120 125 DOCKS. stock Commercial .. . stock Do. 4 per Cent:Pret:lfin. 100 stock East and West 'urns., .. j 130 124 128 stock London .... 100 57 59 s took St. Katharine.......... 100 60 02 stock 50uthampt0n.......... 100 S-- stok 'Victoria .... 100 99 101 1 o 1 2 0 DO NOW .......osio.aos 2 lid p sf 92 128 131 THE SUN, LONDON, ',TUESDAY) EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1862. LAW .IIV TELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Spccial Jury.) LEDGER. V. WEBSTER, This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the proprie tor of the Era newspaper, against Mr. Benjamin Webster, the lessee of the New Adelphi Theatre, for slander. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Rigby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sergeant Shee for the defendant. Mr. Chambers, in opening the case on the part of the plaintiff, said that Mr. Ledger, the plaintiff, was the pro prietor and editor of the Era, a weekly newspaper, its cha racter being partly of a sporting nature, but also the chief organ of the theatrical profession. No one could deny that Mr. Ledger, as editor, had done all he could to ele vate, improve, and encourage that profession. He had felt bound to bring the present action against Mr. Webster for the publication of a libel inserted in the bills of the New Adelphi Theatre reflecting upon the character of the plain tiff; but before going into the question of the libel complained of it would be necessary for him to state that about two or three years ago, it was considered by the patrons and mem bers of the profession, that as many of the members were reduced to poverty and distress, they thought it advisable to found an institution for their relief, and, accordingly, a very large meeting was held, at which, no doubt, Mr. Webster took the leading part ; and it was then agreed that an institution to be called '1 he Dramatic College should be erected, forminghouses for the refuge of decayed members of the profession. Subscriptions to a large amount were obtained, which were aided by the receipts of certain fanoy fairs, where the actresses of the profession acted as the keepers of the stalls. There was also a class 6f entertainments resorted to which did not meet the approbation of those who were anxious for the elevation of the profession, as "Cheap Johns" and "Aunt Sally." Mr. Ledger had in his paper, the Era, praised the object of the benefit, but was disappointed of the entertainment, and in 1861 another benefit took place at the Crystal Palace, when similar en tertainments again took place. Mr. Ledger, in the Era, had, in a leader, commented on those amusements, and ex pressed an opinion that it would not add to the true inte rests of the profession. The learned counsel then read the articles in the Era, and proceeded to read the libel complained of and inserted in the defendant's bill of Satur day, the 24th of August, to the effect that the plaintiff had, unauthorised by the management, or any one con nected with the management, inserted an advertisement of Mr. Toole's benefit, and which was a gratuitous insult by a low-minded person to mislead the public. The inser tion of the advertisement had been forbidden, and showed the pitiful resources of this journal (the Era) in giving free advertisements and puffs at 6d. a line to its limited cir culation. After the publication of the libel, Mr. Ledger had called upon Mr. Webster for its withdrawal. It was, however, repeated. The learned counsel then proceeded to narrate other matters that had taken place in connection with the insertion in the Era of a letter signed, J. D., condemning the proceedings at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the benefit for the Dra matic College, which led to a correspondence, in which Mr Webster had demanded an d obtained an apology from J. D . The learned counsel concluded by saying that the plaintiff had been compelled to come forward for his own vindication and lay the case before the jury. The libel, as also the articles in the Era, and the corre spondence, were put in and, taken as read. The publication of the libel having been pr ove d, Mr. Coxford, of the :Law T i mes and the Field, and Mr. David Mitchell Aird, printer of the Economist, were called to prove that the libel was calculated to injure the circula tion and property of a class paper. This being the plaintiff's case, Mr. Sergeant Shee pro ceeded to address the jury for the defendant. Mr. Webster was examined, and said on his attention being called to the articles in the Era reflecting on the Dramatic College fete, he wrote to the edito r respecting them, and no notice being taken of his communications he sent his stage manager to the Era office with an intimation that no further advertisements of the Adelphi Theatre were to appear in the Era newspaper without a written order. Notwithstanding this, on the 24th of August an advertise ment announcing Mr. Toole's benefit appeared, which was quite unauthorised. The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE LEATHER TEA DE-IN RE ALFRED WILLIAM RIDER. _ _ Be vie under custody theo9lld lypaerf petition iotr , o C n i t t ni y ne , l This bankrupt was described as ounfin bankruptcy, queen'seath er Bench factor, an a d n td prisonwa apply p s tl oy b f r ooru surrenderghhist r u e p l ease. o Mr. Brandon appeared to oppose on the part of the peti tioning creditor, Mr. Janson, of Bennet's-place, Grace church-street, leather factor. Mr. Sargood, instructed by Mr. Beard, Basinghall-street, supported, and said that the application was made under the 112th section of the old Act. The bankrupt was in custody under a copies on the ground that he was about to leave the country, but it had been held of Elby, Deacon, and Chitty that the Court had power to release. Mr. Brandon took an objection that there was no affidavit of service of notice under the 19th rule under the New Act. Mr. Sargood argued that it was unnecessary, as in this case all had been done that was necessary. His Honour, however, held that an affidavit must bo made, as required by the new rules, and served on the re spective parties interested, in this case being the petitioning creditor and his solicitor. The facts of the case aro these :—Thomas George Rider, a brother of the bankrupt, was made bankrupt, and charged with several offenees under the bankrupt law. After a pre liminary examination at Guildhall Police Court, he was admitted to bail, but absconded. It was suspected bank. rapt had obtained considerable property belonging to Thos. Rider, under a fictitious sale, and was debtor to the estate on bills of exchange to the extent of about £9OO, and in the belief that he was about to quit the country, he was taken on a capias, issued at the suit of Mr. Janson, who is a cre ditor for £768. POLICE INTELLIGEIVCE.—( 7118 Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TIM POOR-LAW GUARDIANS OF ST. MARTIN'S AND A TROUBLESOME INMATE.—SamueI Withers, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse, and who is a most troublesome fellow, was charged betore Mr. Tyrwhitt with the know ing conduct : Several of the guardians attended to hear the case. Michael Brannan, porter of the Workhouse, said—The defendant is an inmate of the house, and yesterday went out on leave, and returned at one o'clock drunk and dis orderly. I got him upstairs, and he was reported to the board and ordered to appear before it at seven o'clock. II e attended, and then abused the guardians in such a manner that I was ordered to remove him and give him in cus tudy. Mr. Tyrwhitt—ln what way did he abuse the guar dians ? Brannan—He was hallooing at the guardians, but I cannot say what he said. Some of the guardians are pre sent. Defendant—l was not drunk. Brannan—At seven he had partly recovered, but was not quite sober. Mr. William Kemmish, of 16, Lowther Arcade, one of the guardians said : At seven yesterday evening Withers was brought before the board to answer the offence of being drunk. Before I could speak to him, he said, " I was the biggest vagabond in the parish, and the greatest wretch," and called me many other offensive things. I appealed to the board to know whether a guardian was to be so abused. I cannot say whether the man was drunk or sober, but he was labouring under the effects of drink. His conduct was at all times so bad that he was the terror of the other inmates. Defendant—Had I not occasion to write to the Poor• law Board about the treatment I received ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—What do I care about the Poor -law Board ? It has nothing to do with this case. Mr. Wm. Goodchild, another guardian, residing at 15, Long-acre, said--I was present, and the defendant was brought in for being drunk, when he began a tirade of abuse against the guardians, particularly Mr. Kemmish and my self. He called Mr. Kemmish a diabolical scoundrel,•and an oppressor of the poor. Our business was interrupted until he was removed. He was given in charge by order of the board. Defendant—Had I not occasion to complain to the poor law board ? John Simmons, 87 C, said the defendant was not drunk when he took him into custody, but he had been drinking. Defendant—l went out yeE terd ay, being in bad health, and came back at one o'clock, but not drunk, or I should have been given into custody. I was unwell and sick, At seven o'clock. I was ordered to attend before the board. I had occasion to complain of the guardians, and Mr. Ferrell, !the Poor-Law inspector, attended and investigated the circum stances, and he suppressed his indignation at the manner in which I had been treated. I denied being drunk before the board. I was no more so than lam now. The guardians misunderstood what I said. I wish to know if they dont always give the inmates in custody for being drunk. Brannan—Not if quiet. The dining -hall yesterday was in an uproar, all the p eo p le comi ng out. The defendant has been here twice before, and acted in the same manner at the workhouse. Mr. liemmish—The clerk is here, and he will contradict all the prisoner has said. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The question is whether or not the de fendant was drunk. What is to be done with a wilful man like you? They might have given you in charge if they liked at first, or turned you out, but they did not do that. You have been proved to have abused the Board. If you were not properly treated, and wished to complain, you knew how to write. I must send you for 14 days, and you may be sent for 42. Ynu are a wilful man. The defendant was then locked up. The Duchess of Parma arrived three days back at Munich, where she intends to r ema i n f or a f e w days. The Grand Duke Ferdinand of T uscany h as a l so a rrived in the Bavarian capital, and taken, up his residence at tbo palace of Prince Luitpold. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Born., Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 percent... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New * •• • Do. Preference ...... Ciculia,vs.Eaxtn. (Li., ) 1 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.), Cape Town & Dock Scrip, Demerara... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. l Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864..1 Do. 1'865-1876 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872 Do. New gua. 5 p. u. • •1 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt., Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. c.'.. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 41 do. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick t Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)p,..6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0... .. • • DO. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...• • • Scinde ..........1 r i Do. Punjaub .. •• le, .., Do. Do. ...... • • &, r "!,., Do. Indus. St. Flo. FDS Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 100 all all all all all flOO 15 all 100 Paid. Closing Price. 67 70 100 101 54 6 d 71 81 5 fit I El) 991 J 100.4 101,1 1021 99 101 102 102 102 103 104 105 25 26 71 73 60 63 40 42 40 45 37 40 37 40 1001 1611 pr ip 991 100 121 12! 8 71 98 102 93 95 99& 1001 92 94 90 92 5 7 4 6 1011 102 i i pr 95 98 # id RAILWAYS Algerian Antwerp t Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ••• • • • • Bali.&S.Fran..Litn.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Csrmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs , Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva ...• Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) raris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5...... Recite & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, a. 7 p. c S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern Do. 54 P. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRITTS Ifred Consols (Philack), British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Bast Bassett (Mogan). :1 East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South To IL - Wheal Alfa. (Philack • G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Orly Lelant , M ark e Valley.. ,Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illoga ; N. Wh'i Basset (1110 An) North Wheal Crotty .. Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.), Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. .',!.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) FOREIG: Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil Land & Min. Co... Clarendon Cons MiliCo. Care Copper Copiapo ... DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 'East Del Rey (Limited) 'Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) ,Linares iLusitanian Mariquits, N.lthineCopotS.Aus.L I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Scottish Austria. (L.) I St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Business done 2HE GOLD IN NOVA SCOTIA The discovery during the Prt year of gold in Nova Scotia, already made known to the British public through the me dium of the newspaper press, renders the following re marks from a gentleman resident in the country very into- resting : The site of the first gold discoveries in Nova Scotia, and that on which mining operations have been carried on to the greatest extent, is Tangier. This name is applied to a river, and also to a harbour into which the river empties, the latter being on the Atlantic coast, from 50 to 60 miles eastward of Halifax. The mines at this place extend from within half a mile to within two miles of the head of the harbour. Mining operations commenced here in the latter part of April last, but the Nova Scotian public were incre dulous as to the existence of gold in their country, and for months goldhunters came into the new mines but slowly. At the best part of the season the number of miners at Tan gier did not probably exceed 1,000. What were the pro fits of these men? will naturally be asked. Any statistical answer to this question must be founded, in a great degree, upon conjecture. In a country like this, where no " gold escorts" are required to bring the gold from the mines to a place of safe deposit, where the products of those mines do not pass through the hands and are not submitted to the inspection of any Government official, and where the gold which leaves the province passes through such a variety of channels to Europe, the United States, and the neighbour ing provinces, it is next to impossible for a private person to ascertain the amount of gold obtained, and any conjecture upon the subject would be practically valueless. I may safely say, however, that the Tangier miners—and they comprise among their number many men of Californian and Australian experience—with very few exceptions, express themselves well satisfied with the results of their labours hitherto, and with their prospects for the future. Yet the greater part of the gold obtained has been extracted from the quartz by merely breaking it up with hammers, the fragments of the quartz still remaining on hand to be afterwards ground in a quartz-mill, and contain ing, of course, a large proportion of gold. It is only recently hat any serviceable quartz-crushing machine has been in operation at any of the mines, and we have not yet any real good ones, although great preparations for the coming spring are in progress. If we may believe accounts which appear to be well-authenticated, average lots of quartz from the Tangier gold leads have yielded, under a very rude crushing process, £8 per ton. The place is easily accessible, being upon the shore of a good harbour, and within six hours' steaming distance of Halifax. Proceeding still further eastward, at a distance of about 100 miles from Halifax, we come to the mouth of St. Mary's river. Near the western bank of the river, about nine miles from its mouth, is what is called the Sherbrooke goldfield. This goldfield was not discovered until October last, and consequently little mining has been done there, but it promises to be one of the richest and most reliable yet dis covered. The popular belief in this is shown by the fact that not less than 100 acres have already been taken up in mining lots, and the applications for " claims" still continue. At one spot here the Government mining agents took the trouble to number and measure the thickness of the parallel quartz veins found cropping out upon the surface within a distance of 2.50 feet. There were no less than 21 of them, varying in thickness from one to 15 inches, and averaging six inches. These had all been ascertained to be gold bear ing. On either side of this band of 250 feet in width, the rock, wherever exposed upon the surface, exhibited nume rous similar quartz veins, followed the same direction as those already named. These veins have been traced, both laterally and longitudinally, as far as explorations have yet gone. In the first week of December last only one of these veins had been opened below the surface; that one was 8 inches in thickness. As an instance of its productiveness I may state that from a trench about 15 feet in length and 8 feet in depth the mining proprietor informed me, about a month since, that he had taken over 61b. of gold. This was avoirdupois weight, the niceties of grains and pennyweights not having come into vogue there at that time. This had been extracted by means of the hand hammer and suchlike rude appliances, the fragments of the quartz still remaining to be subjected to the crusher, when it would probably yield as much more gold. Other miners upon the same vein were doing equally well. In the same vicinity and at the same time I saw three men washing the surface earth by means of an ill-constructed sluice, the water for which had been obtained, at a few dollars' expense, by damming a small rivulet. Much of the finer particles of gold could not but escape through this sluice. I should think that a third of it must have been lost in this way. Yet one of the proprietors of this lot informed me that three men used upon a daily average to clean up 2oz. of gold from this sluice—this, too, a season when they could not manage to work more than seven hours a day. Ono of the earliest miners upon this ground declares that upon an area of 30 feet by 33feet from boulders and fragments of quartz found on the surface he obtained £lOO worth of gold. At various other points along the St. Mary's river, from its mouth to a distance of 20 miles up stream, fair " pro spects" have been obtained, and there are good indications of more important discoveries. Again, upon the coast, four miles eastward of the mouth of St. Mary's river, at Wine Harbour, there is a thriving mining field, resembling rangier in many characteristics. Gold• bearing quartz veins are here found extending along the shore for about three miles, while they have also been discovered at various spots ex tending back from the shore to a distance of a mile, or even more. The surface earth in this neighbourhood is, as a general rule, found to be more or less auriferous ; but the greater part of the gold yet obtained there has been taken ceom quartz veins. From one of the earliest occupied mining lots, upon which six men, on an average, had worked daily for six weeks, there had been taken at the time of my information, in December last—and, as usual, without any quartz-crushing machinery—gold to the value of £560 ster ling. Tbis was rather a better yield than that of any other claim there down to that period ; but few others had been worked so , long, and upon some of the lots operations had scarcely more than commenced. Quite recently some new " leads" have been discovered at Wine Harbour which are said to exceed in richness any previously known to exist there. From 10 to 15 miles eastward of Wino Harbour is a deep inlet called County Harbour. Up this inlet, near the head of tide water in County Harbour Proper, and also upon an arm of the inlet, known as Isaac's Harbour, there are gold mines. At the latter place they have been worked ever since the latter part of summer ; at the former, gold was only discovered within the last month. Highly gratifying accounts are received from both places ; but 1 am not in possession of any particular facts affording important evi dence of the richness or extent of either. The Lawrence town mines are far to the westward of any of those mentioned above, being only about 12 miles east ward of Halifax and near the coast. The prospeets at this place are good, but operations have thus far been upon a comparatively limited scale, although extensive prepara tions are being made for the coming spring. The Ovens, or Lunenburg mines, are about as far to the westward of Halifax as Tangier is to the eastward. They are siimated upon a peninsula, forming the western side of Lunenburg Harbour, and the first discoveries there were made above the cliffs of the shore rear some shallow caves called the Ovens. Upon a strip of sea beach at this spot the gold, in the form of coarse dust, is found mixed with the sand, from which it is easily 'washed. The richness of these " washings" is surpassed by those of few places in the world. Unfortunately, the beach which is composed in great part of these gold-bearing sands is of small extent; but it is a well-established fact that after every violent storm from the Atlantic the sands thrown up by the surf at this spot contain a new crop of the precious metal. Upon the uplands in the vicinity of the Ovens quartz mining is carried on as in other localities I have named. I have but few data to indicate the measure of success of the Ovens quartz miners during the past season ; but the belief, founded upon the acknowledgments of many of the miners themselves, is that they have made fair profits as gold mixers having only the rudest appliances for carrying on their work. The last place which I shall name—although gold has been found by " prospectors" at numerous other localities — is known as Laidlaw's Farm. It is about 10 miles north of Halifax, and within a few hundred yards of the main post road leading to New Brunswick. The quartz is here found a few feet below the surface of the enclosing rock, in broad, compact, and nearly horizontal beds of, as yet, unknown thickness. Some of the richest specin:ens of gold-bearing I quartz that I have yet seen have been obtained here; but the gold seems to be less evenly distributed through the quartz than it is at some of the other mines I have named. A few days since about half a ton of quartz from this place was put through the crusher, and the gold extracted from it. The yield of gold was at the rate of £lOO sterling per ton of quartz. I am unprepared to say with certainty whether this was an average specimen of the quartz of Laid law's Farm or not, it being the first that has thus been tested in such large quantity ; but I believe it will be found to be above the average in richness. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 25.—Wind this day at noon—East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. BRISTOL, Feb. 24.—Sailed —Spirit of the Age, for Mau ritius HuLL, Feb. 24.—Sailed—Durnao and Lady Seal—both for Greenland. CARDIFF, Feb. 23.—Sailed—Cameron, for Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Courier, steamer, from Havre. Sailed —George, for Llanelly ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (Br SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Sailed—Polonaise, for Sydney ; Evangeline, for Port Natal ; Caravan, for New Yorks. DEAL, Tuesday Morning, No arrivals. Sailed—Weymouth, for Hongkong. A SHORT NOVEL TN RHYME.— Sweet Margaret Fane came up the lane from picking the ripe red berries, and met young Paul, comely and tall, going to market with cherries. Stopping she blushed, and he looked flushed, perhaps 'twas the burden they carried ; when they passe d on their burdens were one, and at Christmas they were married.—American Paper. Share 100 stk 20i 204 lo 174 stock stock' 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 201 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock S 1 20 25.2.81 2 1 i I 1' SECURITIES. 1109 112 106 108 109 111 99 100 97 99 111 113 111 113 111 113 1081 1061 - - 99 100 974 98i 97 98 107 109 1107 i 108} 104 106 107 108 1071 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgraittinitedServioe Bl; 60 89 91 40 Australasia all 66 67 661 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 100 Blot of London 50 British North American all 52 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 211 224 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.dz Ch. all 32 64 331 100 City 100 Colonial ~.. . 90.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 184 19 "19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 254 26 254 20 Do. new all 254 251 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO p 100 London & Westminster 20 80 82 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Think ..... 25 26 New South Wales.-- all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 54 55 541 20 Ottoman Bank .. . ... all 21 22 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 85 10 Do. new 25 South Australia .., all 25 Union of Australia .... all 42 43 50 [ln., of London 12 314 324 324 100 Unity Mutual... 6O MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 16 17 10 Atlantic lt. MI. Stm (1d)1 all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural, 19 26 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited).l 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 321 Canada Land all 111 113 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all 10 China & Japan Coast & River 'Steam Naviga. 24 St. Copillin.ofEng.&Smitg. all 25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent ' all 16 1 7 at. Crystal Palace .. .. . st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 108 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 7l -- 16 Do. B. 7 11 01 20 E.lr.dialrrign. & Canal 1 pr fpm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper. all 3 34 Si 16 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 . 1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 1 1 Do: 171 o• ct Preference all 6 t 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 II 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 26 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 6 ip 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim 5 2 1d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all i i tE 100 N .Br.&NovaScotiaLand 8 1 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim. all 11 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 16 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 11 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 71 8 It. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 51 53 521 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c. all 191 191 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New.... all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 54 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 134 13J 136 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 11 10 Do. do all 4 8 2 Telegrsph to Ind , a (L ) 1 Ids iP 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (11m)1st is. 1 pr 4 p 20 TnizLn.Co.ot Upr.Can • 5 1A 11 5 IL li'dom Tel. Co. (i° . 1 14 vi , 10 Vall Dingen'S Land. 281 910 all all COLONIAL GOVERNMEN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6 p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6p. cent. -- Do. p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent •Do. Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. d a.&J my Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c.,1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. do., 1888 & upwcla New Zealand 6 p. cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up Vic. Gov: 6 p.c. Jo. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot 100 101f 1 2} 102} i 10It 60. 60 42 3i 101} f 1001 12& / 104 100 131 6; - - P i 1 I 1; 11 12 4i 4 (I P 23 A 10a 101 8i fi 20 21 40 41 8 10 8i 72 421 43i 54 66 31 314 12 15 9t Ot I Spin IIP 28i 49i 71 7 10 loi 22 23 i I 30 32 410 420 18 V 30 32 10 11 21 3} 13 15 4 4i 64 7 2 21 36 38 24- 2f 4 0 42 44 10 104 fd fpm 5 54 3 36 1 2 76 Si 42 44 315 525 2i 3 100 1# 65 29 31 1 2 9 9i 12} 13i 39 El 270 280 974 1024 724 774 11 2 104 114 15 16 18 19 111 i 8, 4 1 . MI: 3.9.3 2.14.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 56} 17s 6.15.6 5.12 4.14 1.12, 4.3.0 12:3 2.0.0 2.2.9 1k 10.6.7 .5.11.6 all 18.1q.9 27 19. 13s 6d 1.7.2 MINES. i ti i i 14 11 -- di s. 32 34 6 8 1 li I i 2 24 22 24 id 4p 1 li p 8 9 id pr t i 1 id 2 4 1 li 14 IWITI 63 65 84 9 i 100 100 100 100 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EDUCATION CODE. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition against the new Education Code. LAW OF PROPERTY. Lord St. LEONARDS brought in a bill to further im prove the law of property. The principle of tho measure had already received the approval of their lordships' house, but hitherto it had not found much favour in the other house of parliament. lie considered that if the bill received the assent of the legislature it would greatly 101 l rove the administration of justice. The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a becond time on Thursday next. PROTECTION OF REAL PROPERTY Lord ST. LEON ARDS also brought in a bill for the further protection of purchasers of real property. The noble and learned lord in the speech from the woolsack the other evening enumerated the risks a purchaser of landed pro perty ran as the law at present stood, he having to wait for a period of forty years before his titla could be considered indefensible. By his measure he proposed to shorten this period to 20 years, which he considered amply sufficient. In the event of the bill being read a second time he proposed that it should be referred to a select com mittee, where the whole subject could be most maturely considered in all its bearings. The bill was then read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Dublin (Borough) Fire Brigade, &c.—Ellesmere, Ruabon, and Shrewsbury Railways (Oswestry, Ellesmere, and White-. church Railway Company)—Great Western Railway (Oswestry, Shrewsbury, and Ellesmere lines)—lsle of Wight Railway—Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway —and Ross Turnpike Trust. TIIE REVISED CODE OF EDUCATION. Some petitions were presented against the Revised Code of Education. THE CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Mr. S. ESTCOURT asked the hon. member for Ban bury (Sir C.lDouglas), in the absence of Sir J. Trelawny, whether it was intended to proceed with the second reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill on the day for which it was fixed, as that was Ash Wednesday, when it was under stood the house would not sit. Sir C. DOUGLAS said that certainly the bill would not be proceeded with. OFFICERS IN THE BOMBAY AND MADRAS ARMIES. Col. SYKES gave notice that on Friday he would ask the Secretary of State for India for some information in reference to this subject. ECCLESIASTICAL MANORS. Mr. LYGON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the return relating to Ecclesiastical Manors, ordered by this house 15th June, 1860, and 25th June, 1861, would be laid upon the table ? Sir G. GREY said that the retinas, with the exception of that which related to one manor, were ready, and when complete would be laid on the table. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE O'DONOGHUE. Lord PALMERSTON said that he hPd to call the atten- tion of the house to a breach of privilege which had been committed by an honourable member. It was ne cessary, in order to enable the members of that house to exercise their functions, that there should be the most perfect freedom of speech in debate. In course of the debate which took place on Friday even ing his right hon. friend the Secretary of State for Ireland (Sir R. Peel) had made some remarks which the hon. member for Tipperary con , idered personally offen sive to him. The course which should be pursued by an hon. member when he considered himself insulted by any remarks made by another hon. member was to cell on the Speaker of the house to interpose at the time. But the honourable member for Tipperary had taken a different course, and had sent a challenge to the right hon. baronet the Secretary for Ireland. As the head of the Government, he thought it right to communicate with the right hon. baronet. The noble lord then read a letter which he had addressed to Sir Robert Peel, which was to the effect that it had been suggested to him that the 0' Donoghue contemplated sending him a hostile message, and that his acceptance of the same would be a breach of privilege. He also desired him to refer the O'Donoghue to him. (Great laughter.) He was accordingly waited on by a friend of the hon. member for Tipperary (renewed laughter), and he told him that he would bring the subject before the house at half-past four o'clock that evening. (Hear, hear.)' lie had done what he con sidered was his duty, and he now left the matter in the hands cf the Speaker and the house. (Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER explained that the hon. member for Tipperary had been guilty of a breach of privilege, and called on him to apologise to the house, and promise that the matter should not proceed further. Major GAVIN said that he had acted as the friend of the hon. member for Tipperary. He agreed with that hon. member that the language which the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) used to him in the debate of Friday required to be explained. He did not recollect the exact terms, but the right hon. baronet spoke of mannikin traitors, and alluded to cabbage garden heroes, which was in tended to be offensive to the honourable member for Tipperary. He had been in the army 20 years, and he arrived at the conclusion that, as a gentleman, his hon. friend (The O'Donoghue) had taken the only course open under the circumstances. He had waited on Sir R. Peel at the Irish office, and endeavoured to induce him to make an explanation that would satisfy hi d friend. However, the right hon. Bart. refused to make any retractation or to offer any explanation, and refuted him to Lord Palmerston. (Laughter.) He had an interview WI h the noble lord. The noble lord stated to him the course which he intended to pursue in bringing the subject before the house, and the matter terminated so far as ho was concerned, be cause he had discharged his duty in the only way it was competent in an affair of this description. (Hear, hear.) The O'DONOUHUE, who was called to order twice during his speech, then addressed the house, and vindi eated his conduct. He contended that, as a gentleman he was bound to demand the explanation which he re quired, and taunted the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) with having sheltered himself under his official position, and availed himself of the technicalities of the house in re fusing him the satisfaction to which he was entitled. He made some personal allusions to Sir Robert Peel's speech at Derry. The SPEAKER called him to order, and reminded him that he had not made the apology or the promise that was required. The O'DONOGHUE said that after the course pur sued by the right hon. baronet, he thought it quite unne cessary to state that he would not carry the matter fur. ther. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) THE NAVY ESTIMATES. On the motion for going into committee of supply on thd navy estimates, Lord C. PAGET, in reply to several questions, said he was much obliged to the right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich for alluding to the difficulties in which he (Lord C. Paget) was placed, from the fact of his having to answer a variety of questions concerning the navy before he had an opportunity of making his statement on introducing the estimates. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that hon. gentlemen would not think it disrespectful to them if he asked them to allow him to make his statement in the first instance, as he believed they would then be put in possession of the infor mation which they were anxious to obtain. He would, however, proceed to answer those questions which had been put upon the paper; but before he did so, he would con gratulate the hon. baronet the member for Portsmouth (Sir J. Elphinstone) on the fact that the reports which he had heard with respect to the bad health of the cadets on board the Britannia, in that harbour, were altogether un founded. The truth was, that the health of those cadets wt sin a satisfactory condition. It was stated in one of the journals of that day that they were suffering very much; but the Admiralty, in reply to a telegram they had sent, asking for information upon that subject, were in formed that the number of cadets on the sick list was only fourteen ; and that could not be considered a large number at the present season of the year. To the question of the hon. and gallant member for Christ church (Admiral Walcott) as to whether the Royal Marines, which were to act in conjunction with the French in Mexico, were to be supplied with field artillery and tents, he had to reply in the negative, because it was not intended that the troops should leave the neighbourhood of their n ships ; and the Government were fully alive to the necessity of the troops leaving before the unhealthy season set in. With regard to the disposition of the surplus of £lOO, OOO, if that sum had not been expended it was not the fa i li a l r tof_th e e Admiralty. That sum would pass to the Excheqhou h T h h e question of disposal was one for the Treasury, alt g believed that at the end of the financial yea r the sum would go to the diminution of the vote of credit for the hostilities in China. As to the question of the hon. the Government had hon. baronet the mem ber for Evesham, ho had to say that not the slightest objection to the reappointment of the Ad miralty committee. On the subject of dockyard accounts, he might inform the hon. baronet that the Accountant- General had written to him to say that he had personally visited each yard, and had formed an inexpensive A u di t Admiralty Office out of the resident clerks. He had at presen t limited his ch ar g e to the verification of the expenses of building iron ships. The Accountant-Gen era l a dd ed, f that orm thetha than wasaccountswould in future be kept i n a more simple adopted in private firms, and that the audited results would be laid before Parliament. lie (Lord C. Paget) believed that in the course of a year the dockyard accounts wou ld be kep t as satisfactoril y as the personal accounts of the nav y, which were well known to be the pattern accounts of all the departments. (Rear.) The SPEAKER then left the chair, and the house went into Committee of Supply, Lord C. PAGET rose to move the Navy Estimates for the year. He said,—Before I lay these estimates before the _ house, I must briefly notice the allusions of my two hon. • ; friends to the strength of the French navy. lam very sorry to have to do so ; we have often had discussions on this subject, and I am afraid they have often led to some ill. feeling on the other side of the water. I must say I think it undesirable at the present time to enter into this topic, more particularly as the public in this country has been convinced that the French Emperor has acted most hon • ourably towards us. (Hear.) Under these circumstances, it would be much more pleasing to me to pass over this sub ject altogether, and confine my observations exclusively to our own affairs. But the hon. gentlemen seem to doubt the accuracy of the information of the Government ; they seem to doubt whether the Government Ills not been deceived. But I am bound to tell the hon. member for Sunderland and the hon. member for Montrose that every word the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) said last year with regard to the naval force of France is true; that every one of the iron ships mentioned exists. The Magenta and the Solferino are both afloat. I can give the names of the others if the committee desire it. (No, no.) It is true they are not all in commission, but they are afloat, and ready to proceed to sea directly. lam perfectly ready to admit that we believe the preparations that have been going on in the French dockyards are not at this moment so great as they were. But do not let anybody deceive themselves, or suppose that the French do not intend to add to their navy. We know that in France every lover of his country is desirous of having a larger navy ; and I,,can assure the hon. gentleman, with- out going further into details, that the force that I enume rated to the house all exists, and is all in a state of pro gress. However, I pass over this subject, at least for the present ; and will now address myself to the estimates I have to lay before the committee. The total amount of the estimates for the Navy for the year 1862.3 is £11,794,305. The amount of the same Estimates for the year 1861-2, in cluding the £364,388 voted a few days ago for an excess of expenditure to the 31st of March next, was £1 9 ,640,588. The consequent net decrease on the next year, as compared with the present, is £846,283. The decrease is caused chiefly by the reduction under the heads of the purchase of naval stores for building and repairing ships and the purchase of steam machinery. There is another vote on which there is a reduction —the vote which refers to the transport of the army. On that vote there will be a considerable reduction, and here let me say that in that vote is included a stun of £42,000 for the paying off of the transports which have lately been employed in the North American expedition. I think I may truly state that when that £42,000 is paid the whole expense incurred for that expedition, as far as the Admiralty is concerned, will have been completed. There, will be no more to pay off. (Hear.) Upon some of the othef_ votes there is an increase. There is a considerable increase on the vote for the Naval Reserve, and when I come to ex plain it I am sure the house will be glad to agree to that increase, because it denotes that we are gradually bringing together a most valuable reserve. (Hear.) There is also an increase on the vote for artificers, which is of no great importance. It is in consequence of our having decided that it was absolutely necessary that we should take on a considerable number of hired men with a view to repairing the ships employed in the China war, of which a great many have returned home. Their repairs are urgently necessary, and the Government therefore determined that there should be a slight increase in this vote. Before I proceed to state: h the number of men we propose to take, let me ask hon. gentlemen who study this Estimate to remark that though there appears on the face of the estimate a decrease of no less than 9,000 men, yet that apparent decrease is simply in consequence of the Admiralty having thought it better this year to show distinctly the whole number of boys voted. In previous years the boys have been merged in the seamen, the only boys shown were the 2,000 under training. This year the men and boys employed are shown separately. The actual diminution of men is 2,000 seamen and 200 men of the Coastguard. That is to say, for 1862-3 we propose to take a force of 76,000 men, against 78,200 for the past year. 1 The proportion of boys remains exactly the same. I should inform the house that this reduction has already been partially effected. At page 10 of the Estimates will ha found the number of men borne on the books in each month; and it will be seen that, of the whole reduction of 2,000, we have not now above 1,000 to reduce. The decrease will be entirely gradual. There will be no breaking of faith with the seamen. (Hear, hear.) As the ships come home and the men are paid off, all who desire to enter for continuous service, having good characters, w ill be permitted to do so; and the only reduction will be by casualties, so to speak. An hon. gentleman desired that I should state how the continuous service was working. lam very glad to say that it is working satisfactorily. Last year I told the com mittee that one-half of the seamen were continuous service men. This year lam happy to be able to state that nearly two-thirds are continuous service men. (Hear.) I pro pose now to follow the time-honoured custom of giving to the house some account of the state and condition of the navy. First of all as to our force afloat. We propose to maintain during the coming year at home two line-of-battle ships, two iron-cased frigates, two frigates and corvettes, and four *cps, making a total of 10 ships in the Channel fleet. In the Mediterranean we propose to maintain nine ' line-of-bl 4 We ships, foul corvettes, and 15 sloops, making a . • total of 28 vessels. On the American station we propose to maintain eight line-of-battle-ships—a number which has already been decreased by one by the lamentable loss of a very fine vessel. The only consolation we can offer to our selves is that there were no lives lost. (Hear.) She 'was lost upon a wild, broken coast, and it was a mercy that her crew were not lost also. We have also on that station 10 frigates and corvettes and 13 sloops, making a total of 31 vessels. On distant stations we have 22 frigates' and corvettes and 58 sloops, making a total of 80 vessels. The total force afloat, therefore, during the coming year will be 19 line-of- battle ships, two iron-cased frigates, 90 sloops, 38 frigates and corvettes, making a total of 149 ships. That is a general view of the intentions of the Government during the coming year, but I must also say that the Ad miralty are very strongly of opinion that it is advisable, in some cases at all events, to substitute frigates for line-of battle ships. The frigates are in many respects in time of peace better vessels. They are less costly and require less manning; they are good for evolutions for all service par-. poses, and, moreover, it is very desirable that we should have these large ships in reserve rather than always at work . and necessitating repairs. I was asked the other day whe ther the Admiralty had not spent a great deal of money in preparing ships for the North American expedition. The Admiralty did prepare a great many ships, but these skips will come in; part of them will be commissioned in lieu of . several line-of-battle ships now coming home, and the pre paration thus made will be of service for the future. In addition to the ships I have enumerated, we have two coast guard ships and nine blockships, making 11 coastguard ships. Our total force afloat, therefore, will amount to some where about 160 ships of all sorts. With regard to our men we propose to maintain on the home station during the com ing year for service at sea a force of officers, marines, sea- ' men, and boys, including the Coastguard afloat, amounting to 15,200 men. In the Mediterranean we propose to main tain a force of 9,800 men; and on the North American and Mexican station 12,200, including 700 Marines who ,are disembarked. That is a total of 37,200, which may be con sidered to be within call of home. In these days of steam it may fairly be considered that the whale of these men, and ships likewise, on the Mediterranean and North American stations, are practically available for all pur poses of home defence should it be necessary. We have be sides on distant stations a force of 17,000 men,m of men g en a total afloat of 54,200 men. That i s the total number andtheEsCtiomasattgeuad this a w d e oa p t u . rp A os l e rb t o o ng m b ai w n e ta a in reee fo k r i t o h g e f ftee ora t smaller year on account of th e men, and although hon. gentlemen opposite might feel some alarm at any diminution of our f o rce at the present time, yet when I state what fa rce we have available for the year I don't think anybody on either side of the house will be of opinion that we are not in a fair state of preparation. At the same time I don't think we have too many men. The men that we have available for immediate service without calling on our reserves are the following :—We have in the home ports disposable at the present moment—exclusive of boys in training-4,4 00 men. and trained boys ready to go to sea. The right. hon. mem ber for Droitwich, when I made a similar statement last . year, said, "But what are these men P" My an w s e w lik r e i d s,. that they are men we could put onboard any ship . four frigates' ships' com panieslate crisis, and there are oar These are the men who manned those three frigates at the be able to maintain 9. 00. P Then we have Marines ashore ready to put on d b is nearly o d aa t b o l - e m f o o rr re o e w o . f W m e en ho a p n e d w b e oy shall shore 4,000, riggers in the dockyard amen, and ready to embark at any t 9 1: 8 e 0 h 0 , o m co e a p s o tg rts ua o r f d 4 o , n 4 —who are first. rate 2,700, and • Marine pensioners I,7oo—making a total force moment-700' able-bodied Naval pensioners able-bodied available, without calling on our reserves, of 23,300 men. That is our normal state of preparation, irrespective of e ve in the shape of reserv e . SirrY everything in and above the crews of all s hips in commission ? Lord C. PAGET—Over and above the crews of ships in commission ; including marines on shore, but excluding the training boys, who we think will not yet be useful. We next come to that magnificent force which has just been created—the Royal Naval Reserve. It is impossible for me to say more than has been already said both in and out of this house as to the patriotic conduct of the men composing that force. (Hear, hear.) We may entirely rely upon those men. Everything which has occurred tends to show that they are men upon whom we may thoroughly depend. They are first -rate seamen. Every merchant gives them the preference in manning his ships. (Hear, hear.) They aro steady men, and all that we hear is to their advan tage. Last year I was thought oversanguine when I antici pated that we should raise 9,000 or 10,000 of these men. To-day we have passed the 10,000, and have 10,000 and odd men either enrolled or just about to be enrolled. (Hear, hear.) That is very satisfactory. It is quite sight that we should be proud of this result, but it is also right that wee should know the cost of it. We at the Admiralty have hon. at great pains to ascertain the cost of this force. _ n l t fa e n m Y I.( ry member likes to move for the details he will find interesting, and the Admiralty will be very them ; but, not to detain the committee toe ex pense of long,gla 1 to pro I will state duce shortly that the cost per man, including e the staining fees of the train ing ships, their officers and crews, th men, their lodging and proviso°ns w hile on board, the pay other detail, is about £l3 e V i r n e o p y re a sue every e t a in t n ra u t m he b r er a th h e ig e h xp er en fi s g e u p r e e r , of shipping masters : per annum. Last Y that 'when er tu en er efore we may expect but of course as them i man diminishes, and --.- an ►tia ids r as des Tel; ara- Jug Aire ' in ele- Jiee wog' the )usll end , Lcrea tael e re i 3 fang link' ;ene) ,a the ant , arae'; a, sn- N, ' ■