The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-12 00:00:00

CITY NEIVS. r SHARE MONEY MARKET AND CITY, o'CLocir. The Ba n k o f England return for the week end ing Wednesday last shows a further increase of bullion, and a falling off in the other securities. This indicates continued easiness in the Money Market, owing to the quietude of trade and the absence of active speculation. .Next week, however, the demand may temporarily increase, as several Payments have to be effected in connection with loan and other engagements. The particulars of the bal ance-sheet are as su bj o i ne d : . Active Circulation .. Decrease .. Bullion Increase .. Rest . - .. £20,618,485 .. 381,205 .. 19,461,005 .. 166,983 .. 3,365,590 Increase .. Public Deposits Increase . Other Deposits Dec- • . . 82;752 .. 7,329,287 .. 303,054 .. 14,484,986 Jcrease 97;171 Seven Day and other BilLs 793,613 Decrease ..• to 13,187 Government S ecur i t i es es 10 ) / 696 147 Decrease 2,660 Other Securities Decrease .. • • .. 16 272,740 512 809 Notes U nemp l oyed .. 12,625,085 Increase .. * 525,050 The Bank' f France return just issued shows an increase of nearly a million sterling in the discount operations, and of more than two millions in the Private deposits. The bullion amounted to £20,970,900, being a decrease of £64,810. The decrease in the active circulation is £1,185,990, and in the private account there is an augmentation of £2,001,520. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, ex hibited a slight decline in the rates on Holland. At the Bank of England, yesterday, there were no bullion operations of importance. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed With a very steady appearance, and 10,000 bales were disposed of at full quotations. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £394,779, and the exports £242,130, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin, Boulogne, 350 ; ditto bars, Belgium, 250 ; ditto ditto, Dordt, 50. Silver min, Boulogne, 3,400 ; Hambro', 900 ounces. The inquiry for discount accommodation in Lom bard-street, as well as at the Bank of England, is remarkably quiet. An active competition, there fore, exists for the small supply of commercial bills b rought into the market, and they are freely nego tiated at terms ranging from 21 per cent., accord ing to quality and the date they have to run. Although there is a steady extension of business, as indicated by the Board of Trade Returns and the increasing traffic on all the principal lines of rail- Iva y , the wants o f th e commerc i a l c l asses aro yet Too limited to create any important impression upon the value of money. At the half-yearly meeting Of the Mid-Kent Away Company, this day, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was declared. The report Was satisfactory, and showed an increase of £BBl, los ' 6 d• in the revenue of the past six months, ever the same period of 1857. The net balance available for dividend was £1,713 2s. 4d., and Wh ich, after the payment of the same would leave I .l: b alance of £B5 18s. 9d. to be ca rr i e d f orwar d. The r eport was adopted. The English Stock Market to-day has been rather flat, and the transactions have been limited. A e avY tone s till ex i sts, partly i n consequence of the continued depression on the Paris Bourse. A A( ccountnisels are about 951 1 for Money, and 951 b for Th e New Th rees are fl a t a t 951 y, and the Re duced Annuities at 951. Exchequer Bills are India 335• to 365. prem., and the Bonds 1001; `ndia Stock is flat at 219 and 221; and the Deben tures at 981 1, and the Bonds at 18s. to 225. prem. Business in the. Foreign Securities is quiet, and Turkish remain - without any material alteration. -l airkish 6 per Cents. are 891 to 901 ; ditto Scrip, I st issue, 781 to 79 ; ditto, 2d issue, 7 to 61 Ili senunt. P or t uguese B onds are steady at 46 111; Russian 5 per Cent s . a t 113 ; ditt o 4/ per C ents. at 99 ; Sardinian at 791 801 ; Peruvian (Uribarren) ~a r e flat, at 84 ; and Sp an i s h 3 per C ents . at 44. y ellezuela 5 per Cents., however, are fi rm a t 431. T he new Austrian Loan is to 1 premium. The transactions in most of the principal railway a 'ares this morning have been limited, and the ton. of the market is rather heavy. Caledonian Northern, decli ne d s s. ; E as t ern C oun ti es , 10 s.; G rea t Northern, S e . ; Great Western, ; Lancashire and 'Yorkshire, 10s. ; North Western, ss. ; South 'Western, 10s. ; Midland, Ss. The Colonial Market is active, and prices in some instances h ave improved. East Indian and Great naisz Peninsula have been in demand, the former advanced WS., and th e l a tt er s s . ; G ran d T run k o f Can ada„„ hav e b een pressed for sale and declined to eF orei ‘),_ but have s i nce part l y recovered. V ne Railways are ina c ti v e. Lombardo at 81 tiall were done at 61 1, and th e or i g i na l i ssue 1 . 11 Bank an d Miscellaneous Securities business is quiet, and previous rates current. BRI TISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. "„ Per Cent. R educed Annuities 95 tPer Cent. Consols Annuities Inc a 3 Per Cent. Annuities Dittollcria D ebenturest 219 21 981 Ditto Bonds, Xl,OOO 95 22 k; usols for Account March June. Exc. , I 36 5 3 Ditto goe r Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 14d.. I 36 E l t° ,_ Swan, 11 Icuequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 100 k 1) ilriii tvitPowaoß 4EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. P e • 1 per Cent — (Uribarren), 44- per Cent. — ' 44 guese 13 3 per Cent. De Ac c ount ' RtiatitoanA, 1822 X 6 per Cent ll Sa r di . coun : t St., 99 , man, 5 per Cent 791 804 ',l)suish per Cent 44 4 Leh 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK.9S/ I Consols f or A ccount POLICE INT ELLIGENCE.-(T.HIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 18410 g ixonLAR Fuzsx.—S amuel Page, a very tall young an n d who appeared in th e d oc k dressed in a neat bonnet 411 4 gay sh aw l an d cr i no li ne , was charged with being found in Oxford-street attired as a f emale, for the pur- Pose of committing a felony. tit The Prisoner, while in the dock,' notwithstanding the t4 ' l4- -ug of all persons in court, seemed to treat the matter With the greatest self-composure. „ G riffin, 238 D, said that about two that morning he saw b • '' e Prisoner loite • g in Oxford-street, near Mr . . Gray's f ' a rd, and suspecting that, although he was attired as a -elnale ) he was not one, and that his object might be the askeddi.n.ii hun ton o n f a felony he went up and spoke to him, ask ing lfhe was in disguise . Se. He said he was not,. and . let him go, but he did not feel justified in mug so' and took him into custody. Ilfr. — dighein said the first impression when a man dr essed as a fem a l e was that he did so for the purpose of 'Mown some b ody down and robbing him. Was anything 'Mown of him? The prisoner's mother, a respectable-looking woman, the Wife of a greengrocer in New-street, D orse t- square , s aid she loft him in bed at ten the previous night, and that the things he wore belonged to her. He was oily just turned fourteen, and h e l pe d i n the shop. Mr. Bingham told the lad that he must not do such a thing again or he might get into trouble. If the mother had not given a reasonable account of him he should have remanded him. She had better look after him and keep him in order. The lad was then given up to his mother, who seemed in beat grief. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-Flim.a. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 28 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken) 30 to 1 agst Bankrupt (taken) 35 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 45 to 1 agst Raspberry (taken) 66 to 1 agst Tunßtall Maid (taken) Share) Lne-- ) sing: ing. 10. from at are , lever' fident ation. 1 find , seu- .as by er. t not, Poet ipart ment. songs s this 3woet The large ?port new ap- ffered being h and veg(r Illy 10 a. d 0 to 0 to 01 0 tot 0 to 0 0 to 0 9 too 0 too 0 too too 0 WO • too t 0 0 0 lover lead. 78 DAY.) Railways. berg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A meg. no div until6p.c.per an Do. B f hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast June 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) l 25 East Kent Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg* and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Stock London & North Westn 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. Stock Man., Shef., & 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. 1 Shares 100 Nevdtastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 20 North Staffordshire 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & • Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1854 25 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesllavenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal • 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class . Stock Stock Stock 20 1 20 1 all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 613 is. 171 all all 100 all all all 221 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 101 i 102 78 78 12 13 931 )31 1 1d 48 484 78} 78E 101 103 4 44d 14 13f _ . 7 8 29 2;1 115 117 271 27/ 86 87 45 47 344 2 SS 4 d 741 15 72 73i 13 145 88 90 6 6i 3 31 6 4 61 all all all all all ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 61- a 8 9 67 69 11 11 31 83 94 95,] 85i 86 181 49 851 I 431 8215 i I 161 1051 5 88i 56 14 94# 1014 1* 951 6 101 i I 64 66 33 tcl 611 62! 621 lt 93-1 d 7 8 1 4 741 Paid. i Closing Business Price. Done. 5 gi 10 15 161 62 63 45 47 29 31 13 15 95 97 701 71, 291 29; 96 98 10 10 104 k 104 88 90 1137 139 1044 1054 56 54 56 57 8.5 PO 12 13 p 12 13 p 954 06 Id id 6 i 6,1 105 1024 95e 06 d 924 63 38 39 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 55 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. StotCork & Bandon, 55 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. ,_;• a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do:sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm "" Gt. 14Th. of Scotld, let pf j Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 G t p. ct. pref. Stock reat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 45 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...N0.2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, she Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh 3lan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. , . Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Po 4 per cent... Stoc 50 111 Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock' 261 13 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock stock 12 12i Stock Stock' 12& 12} f Stock Stock Stock Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do. Con. Brie. &Bir.6 p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Pe et, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh arcs Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way.Vll.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rall.&Dsk.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 25 80. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire Stock OX. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 85 Scottish Central, new in Stock Scottish Dr.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock . Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do... Fixed 15 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .45 per cent Do. Fixed 45 p.c. let is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 45 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent. Stock 101 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25) I 25 Stock all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all Paid, IClosing Price. 49 51 94 96 1103 103 6 64 100 103 113 118 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 78• 76 113 115 120 122 111 113 107 108 61 66 11 11} 92 94 85 E 7 M 88 99 101 10 10i Ha 17 10 10 73 74 19 20 9 10 14 141 140 142 1120 122 !163 168 122 124 IP 68 70 140 142 104 105 96 98 91 10 1 111 12 0 10 1111 113 98 99 dim p i d p 23 234 121 123 111 113 99 101 10 11 24 25 103 105 1 103 105 1G 17} 29 30 33 34 48 M Engines' Doze. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire„g..6p.c. E Unlon,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge.. Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail Hull and Selby — Do. 4 Shard Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Sahares. ct Do. 6 per cent Lowestoft, gu p Manc.,Buxtn. liatk. . 4. Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c. lifid.BriulfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eas tn. 5 p.c. I Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep hf. Roth. &G ol g.sp. c. ihrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire.. ' Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docks. DOCKS Stock Commercial ... ......... Stock Do 4 per Cent . P ref. Min. Stock East and West India._ Stock London - Stock St. Katharine..:::::.:: Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do NM 100 100 100 100 100 100 Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. ILn & N.W ILn & N.Vr Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin Do. ...... 98 100 104 100 17 19 142 144 4 4] Gt. West. Yk.N.Jclir Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co IDo. - - 111 113 65 67 115 120 91 93 Norfolk,. Do. LN WALM Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N WI do L.Yk. j Do. Gt.Nortli. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn 2j 98 lto I i F 58 (10 11 1 14 90 92 8 9 I p a id Closing I Business Price. Done. 106 1100-102 18 142 144 THIRD EDITION. Miami Railways. 'p aid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 78 79 SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock.. Leased at 6 per cent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd , i i d gu. 5 per cent ... 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 4 1d 51 COURT OF QUER2I"S BENCH. —(Thisl)(ty, 18 Do. Do. B 41 i Id3l 4 20f Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 4.- 20 Do. New /00 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 110064 85 - 90 d f (Sittings at Nisi Prius at W es t m i ns t er, a ft er T erm , b e f or t 6p. ct. bds. 1 A ug . 1872 Lord Campbell a n d a Sp ec i a l J ur y.) 100 Do. do. 1 J u l y , 1873 100 82 86 DICKSON V. THE EARL OF WILTON—LIBEL. 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. id par The trial of this case was resumed at the sitting of th 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. Court to-day. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. Pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. Od. -- Major Walker was recalled, and having answered severs 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p. c . 2 par 4 p 6 11 - 8 questions, 174 Demeraraall 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e. 5 4 1d 44 Captain Powley, adjutant of the Tower Hamlets Militia Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1011 1621 102 11 21 was next examined with respect to to the expenditure of th 20 Do. C Shares all - —' funds of the regiment, and was subjected to a very sever 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 par i p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 cross-examination by Mr. Hawkins on the part of Colone 100 D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'so all - Dickson. Although he was adjutant of the regiment hi 20 G eeloug& M e l. gua. s p. c. a ll 19 20 191 sto. f Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ _ . could not tell w h e th er D rummon d l e f t t h e reg i men t i n di s' lii i per cent. Bonds grace. On th e 21 s t o f J u l y h e summone d S er . Stock Grand Trunk o f C ana d a 100 31 32 31 30 14 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 71 78 71 geants Manley and Holdham into the adjutant's room 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 89 91 90 but it was merely to sign a certificate. Colonel Dickson 20 Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e all 99 100 100 894 1004 ' had made reports against his conduct, but he did so un -20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 P 1 fd 3/ 20 Do. do 4 4 d par known to him. In answer to further questions, h( 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2a. said I did not know I had been reported to Col. North. ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 2% Gt.W'. of Canada Shares all 16 161 16 I learnt I had afterwards been reported as early as July, 24 Do. New 100 f t 1 all 105 107 l etter on the charges against me, but I never read it. Do e . p ß t o t n il d l s .6o pay. '76,w1....th 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 107 Re-examined—I never know I was reported to the Earl 100 Do. do. 73 without opt all 102 101 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 4} p. c all 17 184 pression about the 'little bird,' which occurred in one of my 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 19 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 18 19 f letters, it arose in consequence of the proceedings against 20 Do. Third Ex. g ua .s.p. e . 10 1 d N Captain Dixon. I obtained three or four certificates from 20 Do. Fourth do. stock 1141elb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunswick&Canda. Dickson mention the subject about 'the little bird' that told 20 I Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6 . 10 —d him everything, and also that he had a way of his own of Class ACaitl. Share .. Do. do. Land do. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO --d quence of directions I received from the Earl of Wilton. .. Do. do. Land d o .._ _ Captain Dixon—l recei ve d a comm i ss i on i n t h e T ower 20 I Northof India Tramroad 2a. t Limited, Scrip Hamlets Militia in 1853. Duri ng th e em b o di men t I ac t e d J 20 Oude (Limited) —' P. as president of the mess. I was succeeded by Captain 20 Scinde 4 143 15 4 1 p 20 Do. 4 20 d 21 ar, 10 Branch. I requested Colonel Dickson, through Major Wal -20 Do. New 20 Do. Punjaub fortnight before the regim ant was disembodied it was stationed 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. tx,„, 5 4 i d 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 in London. I think it was during that time I made the 10 1 grinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id f p request I allude to. In January, 1857, I met Col. Dickson , • • . - • - - (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, after Term, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) DICKSON V. THE EARL OF WILTON—LIBEL. The trial of this case was resumed at the sitting of the Court to-day. Major Walker was recalled, and having answered several questions, Captain Powley, adjutant of the Tower Hamlets Militia, was next examined with respect to to the expenditure of the funds of the regiment, and was subjected to a very severe cross-examination by Mr. Hawkins on the part of Colonel Dickson. Although he was adjutant of the regiment he could not tell whether Drummond left the regiment in dis grace. On the 21st of July he summoned Ser geants Manley and Holdham into the adjutant's room, but it was merely to sign a certificate. Colonel Dickson had made reports against his conduct, but he did so un known to him. In answer to further questions, he said I did not know I had been reported to Col. North. I learnt I had afterwards been reported as early as July, 1855. He (Colonel Dickson) threw down Colonel North's letter on the charges against me, but I never read it. Re-examined--I never know I was reported to thb Earl of Wilton until the year 1858. With respect to the ex pression about the 'little bird,' which occurred in one of my letters, it arose in consequence of the proceedings against Captain Dixon. I obtained three or four certificates from other officers, as to their having heard Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson mention the subject about 'the little bird' that told him everything, and also that he had a way of his own of getting rid of officers. I obtained the certificates in conse quence of directions I received from the Earl of Wilton. Captain Dixon—l received a commission in the Tower Hamlets Militia in 1853. During the embodiment I acted as president of the mess. I was succeeded by Captain Branch. I requested Colonel Dickson, through Major Wal ker, to hold a mess meeting. I did so several time.. About a fortnight before the regim ant was disembodied it was stationed in London. I think it was during that time I made the request I allude to. In January, 1857, I met Col. Dickson in the Haymarket. He stopped me and insulted me most grossly. He said I had never given in my accounts. Ho also said for my conduct in the mess he would report me to Lord Wilton and Lord Panmure, the Horse Guards and Lord Combermere, and also that he would bring my conduct before the Junior United Ser vice Club, of which lam a member. I told him also to tell Lord Wilton that I had received " dunning " letters, written at his instance. He went on in a very rabid—(laughter)--way. I raised my hat and left him. We had had differences at Woolwich. I considered his conduct tyrannical and oppressive. I got a letter on the sth of May, 1867, from Col. Dickson. I enclosed a copy of that letter to the Earl of "Wilton. I again saw Col. Dickson, two or three days afterwards, in Regent-street. He asked me if I had received his letter. I said yes, sir, and have replied to it. Ho began again to talk, and I left him. I had requested a board of inquiry to inquire into the charges made against me. I was exonerated. I applied to Lord Wilton for a copy of the report, but I only received an extract ; that part by which I was acquitted. In the autumn of 1857, and beginning of 1858, I wrote to Lord Wilton touching that report. Cross-examined by Mr, Hawkins—l live at 12, Regent street. I am not following any profession. When I loft the regiment I was in arrears with the mess, but I paid my account in June. I had a balance in hand, but I did not pay it over for some time, because there had not been a pro per mess meeting. Colonel Dickson complained that I brought strangers to the mess. I was arrested once, but it was done illegally. Re-examined—l have heard Colonel Dickson say that he had a little bird that told him all that wont on in the regiment. He repeatedly told me so. I have heard him say he had a way of getting rid of an officer without a court-martial. By Mr. Hawkins—l cannot give one single date when the little bird was mentioned. I cannot tell the date, the place, or whether there was any person present at the time. I recollect on ono occasion he told me that if I slept out of the barracks he should know of it. This was the night before the naval review at Spithead. I know an officer named Lee. I don't know whether he left the regiment in consequence of striking an officer. I know he resigned. Captain Branch—l succeeded Captain Dixon as president of the mess meeting in January. There was no mess meet ing while I held that office. I gave evidence before the regimental board in 1857. I was directed by Colonel Dickson to apply to Captain Dixon for his account. I did so more than once. I told Colonel Dickson what Captain Dixon said about his accounts. I told Col. Dickson that Capt. Dixon did not consider him an authorised person to receive his balance and receipts. Col. Dickson was very angry, and he said ho would have Capt. Dixon's name struck out of the regiment. Ho said, after that, he should report him to Lord Wilton, Viscount Combermere, and Col. Pipon. On one occasion Col. Dickson asked me to sign a cheque for the wine merchant's account. Ho said the wine merchant's account must be paid, and that he should want me some day to give a cheque for the whole balance. I told him that, under present circumstances, I would rather decline. He then told me he should report me to Lord Wilton. I simplybowed and retired. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. E. James—The cheque for £l5O was drawn, and £lOO was paid to the wine merchant, and £5O to Hodge and Lowman. Colonel Dickson showed me .the receipts. There might have been some smaller accounts outstanding in Woolwich. I can't fix tho date of the first mess meeting. Wherever it was the accounts were not submitted. Other subjects were discussed. Capt. Wallack—l have been in two regiments of the line before I entered the Tower Hamlets Militia. On the morning of the disembodiment Col. Dickson said to me that he had heard I had expressed an opinion against the way in which he commanded the regiment. I was much sur prised and annoyed. I asked him to give me the name of the person who told him, but he refused, simply saying, "You see, I know all about it." He also gave evidence with respect to some shakoes that had been obtained from Messrs. Isaacs, for which Colonel Dickson had received payment from the Wellington fund, but which the Messrs. Isaacs had not been paid. Paymaster O'Shaugnessy and Quartemaster Davenant were next called, and stated that they had frequently heard Col. Dickson say he had a little bird that told him every thing that occured in the regiment. The latter witness spoke as to the accoutrements lost at the Cremorne fete. Three firelocks were lost, but ono was afterwards found — the other two were never recovered. If they had been he should have known it. Mr. Davenant, in answer to questions put to him in cross-examination by Mr. Hawkins, said the moment there was an inquiry into the circumstances Col. Dickson said he had paid more than he had received from the Wellington College Fund among the injured soldiers. I cannot say that Col. Dickson ever saw Isaac's bills. I can say that Col. Dickson never had a copy of Isaac's bills. I knew he never said he would call and see whether everything was correct. I had a great deal of correspondence with the Colonel in 1856 and 1857. I wrote to him in 1867 about the money. I have not always been on the best terms with Col. Dickson, but I believe he was always in the wrong. (Laughter.) I have written several letters to Col. Dickson. In one of the letters I expressed my utmost contrition and begged in the most humble manner to be restored to his confidence in consequence of his having reported mo for neglect. Notwithstanding, my having written that letter, I believe he was wrong when ho re ported me. (Laughter.) - Mr. Chance, the secretary of the Wellington College— I received the requisitions from Col. Dickson on the Ist of September, 1855. Lord Campbell—There is no doubt about the money be ing received. Mr. Isaacs—l am a partner in the firm of Isaacs and Co., army clothiers. We supplied the Tower Hamlets Militia with accoutrements. We debitted the goods to Mr. Dave nant. We afterwards saw Col. Dickson in 1857. He re quested we would transfer Mr. Davenant's account to his own. He did not make any complaint about the goods not being supplied. I never heard of any such complaint. I saw Col. Dickson several times, but it was not expressly relative to the £2l. I mentioned it to him, but he said he had not sufficient money in hand to meet the demand, and wished us to make some reduction in the amount, or he should have to pay the defficiency from his own pocket. I told him I did not think we could make any re duction. He never questioned the receipt of the goods. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—My brother often saw Colonel Dickson at our place of business. The account never was transferred. We applied to Davenant again. I told Colonel Dickson we objected to transferring Davenant's account to his. Mr. Heather, solicitor to Messrs. Hodge and Lowman said—They have supplied goods to the Tower Hamlet's Militia to the amount of £156, £5O was paid. There was a balance of £lO6. I wrote to Colonel Dickson in May, 1856, for the balance. I received a note from Colonel Dickson objecting to some of the items as too high. The objections did not exceed £2 or £3. I said I would write to Messrs. Hodge and Lowman. On the sth of May I did so, but no abatement was made. The Colonel called in January, 1857, and asked for time to pay. He was afterwards informed that his bill for six weeks would be taken. Colonel Dick son said he could not get sufficient money from Lord Wilton and the officers to pay the money. The Colonel paid the bill ten days before it was due. Cross-examined by Mr. James—We looked upon the debt as one belonging to the regiment, and not personally to Col. Dickson. There was, however, a letter written which stated that Col. Dickson would be held personally liable, as he was lieut.-colonel. The reason the money was not paid was, he said, because the regiment was suddenly disbanded, and the officers scattered. Sergeant. Manley—l was a colour sergeant during the embodiment of the regiment. The sergeants have a sepa rate mess. We never received a subscription towards it from the Earl of Wilton or Col, North, although we heard THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1859. recollect giving a receipt now in full for £lO. £l5 had been subscribed. We heard Col. Dickson had re ceived the money. We signed a certificate on the 22d July, 1858, to the effect that we had not received the money. Cross-examined—I don't know who paid for the ser geant's dinner on the occasion of the presentation of the colours. I never said that Col. Dickson had paid £5 on account of that dinner. I was president of the mess, and if any money had been received I should have been sure to know it. Sergeant Holland—l ordered a supper when the colours were presented. Col. Dickson paid £5 towards that dinner. Col. Dickson told me he had received £ls;for the sergeants' mess, but it never was received. Cross-examined—The mess was not formed when the £l5 was sent. When it was formed we never applied for the money. I have since heard that the money was given to Captain Cooper. Mendham, one of the soldiers injured at the Cremorne fete, said—l was awarded £lO, which I received. I never received a fraction more. The £lO was paid in five instal ments. I never received a cheque for £5. That I can take my solid oath on. (Laughter.) The receipt in acknow ledgment of that amount, just put into my hands, is not in my handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins----I can't recollect sign ing a receipt when I received the first instalment of the £lO, or on any other occasion. I always had to apply for the money. I recollect nothing about receipts at all. All I know is I was:awarded £lO, and I got it. I can't recollect any thing about signing receipts at all. I said so before I .1 can't say whether the document now put into my hand is or is not the writing I gave for the £lO. It is worded like it. I don't know whose writing it is. I know I signed the receipt now handed to me. I can't say whether I read the paper before I signed it. Re-examined—T never received any extra money as compensation. FOREIGN. Railways. I Paid Share' Antwerp do Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessas Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish IFastern of Francel • Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constalieedi - liii; Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pi stoj a, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. ?ref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent I'ari s, Lyon s, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Van. (Pero.)' gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pre : . Southern of France West Flanders Do. p. C. Preference W. & N.W. of France.. Western of Austria .... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Closing I Business Price. f Done. 4i 5 —p I id 1 2i 5 4/ 26 261 fi q t I PI li l t 41 7 — P 84 94 4 2 4 324 334 52 54 i id 4 A 20 21 tit 23 24 Mr. Quitter, tho accountant, having been examined, Colonel North was called—He said I am M.P. for the County of Oxford. In 1846 I was appointed Lieut.-Col. of the 7th Militia. I retired in 1846, and was succeeded by Colonel Dickson. The full colonel of a regiment is not one of the officers who is called upon to pay for a bill. He may possibly never see the regiment. He, of course, by his position, could dine at the mess as a matter of right. The commanding officer of a militia regi ment would, as a matter of course, take the command money, supposing the full colonel does not come down. The witness then proceeded to state the way in which messes generally were conducted. It was his opinion that the commanding officer was not the proper person to hold the regimental funds. The commanding officer generally gives notice of mess meetings, and ho ought to see that they are held from time to time. It is usual to have a meeting at an interval of a month, and an audit of the accounts once a month. When a regiment is about to be disembodied, it is usual to have a mess meeting to see the state of the ac counts. Cheques for large sums are generally signed by the commanding officer. I have told Col. Dickson that he ought to have called mess meetings. I don't know whether Lord Wilton ever went to command the regiment. In May 1857, I received a communication from Lord Wilton. In consequence of that I became acquainted with some charges and complaints that had been made by Capt. Dickson. I advised Lord Wilton to appoint the three senior officers as a committee to investigate the affair, they giving notice to Col. Dickson of the course that was to be pursued. I fre- quently, after the report of this committee had been made, saw Col. Dickson, and I told him where I thought he was right and where wrong. The examination of witnesses was proceeding- with up to six o'clock, at which hour the Court adjourned until Monday. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) GREY V. JENKINS.—JUDGMENT. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The question in this case is as to the effect of the statute of the 19th and 20th of the Queen, in the sale of settled estates. The pro visions of the Act is to facilitate the sale of such settled estates, and it authorises and empowers the Court to make a sale of such settled estates. In this case the settlement is dated Sept. 6, 1832, and the property in question is conveyed to trustees in trust for the use of James Adam Gordon for life, and in. trust for 600 years to secure an annuity of £6OO to the widow, with power to her to charge the pro perty with £2,000, if there are no children of the marriage ; but this latter charge of £2,000 may be varied afterwards if there are children of the marriage, and with this limitation the reversion in fee is vested in the testator. The testator to carry out the purposes of the trust gave a power of sale. There was no issue of the marriage, and the testator made his will on the 27th of August, 1852, by which he left all his property to certain persons in trust, to soli or to hold his property under certain trusts which he specified in his will. He died on the let of March, 1854. The case came before me upon a special case, and I held that as the testator had - not exercised the power of sale the power of sale was gone. This opinion was renewed by the Lord Chancellor, and there was a petition presented to me, under the Settled Estates Act, to sell the property; and, as I had a power and right to sell, I ordered a sale of it. And the present question is raised by the purchaser, who contends that the meaning of the act is, that before the Court has the power to order a sale, that every person beneficially inte rested under the will must be called as parties, otherwise he cannot obtain a good title to the property sold to him. His Honour, after carefully re viewing the several bequests in the will, and considering the powers of the trustees contained in. the will, and refer ring to the powers given by the Settled Estates Act, came to the conclusion that a good and valid title was given to the purchaser of the property in question, and decreed ac cordingly with costs. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 12.—Wind this day at noon S.W. ; fresh breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Teazer, from Monte Video; Town of Liverpool, from Shields, for Monte Video. CLYDE, Feb. 12.—Wind E.S.E.—Put back.—John Bunyan, for Melbourne. WATERFORD, Feb. 9.—Arrived—Resolution, from Surinam. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind W., with heavy rain. Arrived.—Lady Eglinton, steamer from Dublin; Ondine, steamer, from London ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Orissa, steamer, from Alexandria; Courier, steamer, from Jersey. _ _ Sailed .—Ondine, steamer, for Dublin; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Wonder, steamer. for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. The Equity, for Galvestcn, has put back. The Courier, reported last night going into Guayamas, is supposed to be the Corrido. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind, S.W. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; weather clear and fine. Arrived, Feb. 11.—Gifaon, from Kurrachee. Arrived, Feb. 12.—Marinus, from Madras ; Viscountess Canning, from Guernsey; Decision, from Antwerp. DBAL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W., by S., fresh. No arrivals. Sailed.—Fingalton (in tow), for Sheerness : Olive Nicola, for Leith. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT BANKRUPTS. William Trigg, builder, Willey, Surrey, to surrender, Feb. 18, at one, and March 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Jennings, lace dresser, Sneinton, Nottingham, Feb. 22 and March 15, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Henry Wood, baker, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, Feb. 22 and March 15, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. John Leake, wine and spirit merchant, Newark .upon- Trent, Nottingham, Feb. 22 and March 15, at tk Shire hall, Nottingham. John Peter George Smith, beaker, Liverpool, Feb. 22, and March 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. John Collingwood Tarleton, shipowner, Rhyl, Flint shire, Feb. 22, and March 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. James Schofield, grease manufacturer, Vicars Moss and Blue Pits, Rochdale, Lancashire, Feb. 25 and March 18 , at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Francis Hollington, draper, Worcester, Feb. 24 and March 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Henry John Groves, music seller, Newport, Monmouth, Feb. 22 and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Edward Body, furniture dealer, Ramsgate, Feb. 24, at two, and March 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Philip Jones, dealer, Mynyddysllwyn, Monmouthshire , Feb. 22 and arch 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Wells, grocer, Bristol, Feb. 21 and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Varcoe, carpenter, St. Austell, Cornwall, Feb. 24 and March 23, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Michael Holloway Dean, grocer, Ashbourno, Derbyshire, Feb. 22 and March 15, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Notting ham. Edward l'app, butcher, Leominster, Feb. 21 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Papprill Collins and Henry Edward Collins, mapaellers, Paternoster-row, City, Feb. 25, at twelve, and March 25, at the Court of Bankruptcy. • DEATH FROM A FALL IN HUNTING.—The village of Luckington, near Badminton, during the last few days has been in a state of gloom in consequence of the death of Mr. Thomas Bell, yeoman, from inju r y t o th e brairf, caused by his horse falling while hunting with the Badminton hounds on the Bth of Janu ar y. Th e h orse, a fi n e animal, presented by his Grace the D u k e o f B eau f or t, slipped on the opposite side of a bank while leaping, and while struggling to regain his l egs gave Mr. Be ll a bl ow on the head, which injured his brain. Mr. Bell took no par ticular notice of the matter for a week, when he was taken with pains in the head, which gradually grew worse till death took place. During his illness he was visited by the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Marquis of Wor cester. The unfortunate man was 55 years of age, and for forty years never missed a season without being in the field with the hounds. An inquest was held on the Ist instant, and a verdict in accordance with the above facts returned. —Bath Chronicle. Stock all all all all BRITISH MINES, Share ? Mines. Paid. I Cluing Pepe. Business Dane. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 74 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 185 195 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 12 13 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci.") 11.18.8 21 st G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 24 31 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 430 450 ,South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 21 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 220 230 220 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 11 11 10 Tin Croft 9 31 UmtedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Cam].) 12s 6d 1 / West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 22 W. Caracfon (Liskeard 2O 65 70 Wheal Basset (Illogan ) 5l 220 230 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 5l 21 2/ Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'lMaryAnn(Menhe) 8 46 48 461 7 -- Wh'l Trelawney - (Lisk.) 41 32 34 30 2 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim los par p 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp ) 27 1 2- 20 Do.St.Johndellley,Lim l5 10 12 5 Do.L and and MininfiCo all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 191 201 201 20 3 Linares all 8 9 81 5 Lusitanian d 1 Mariquita all I i 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 f p 1 4 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6/ 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican all 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. . Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1131 114 114 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 1111 1121 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 1141 1151 1154 N.B.Gov.sp.o. Ja. &July 100 111 112 111 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S, W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 100 101 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 Vict - Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. ip aid. Closing l Business Miami Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 90 92 25 Bank of Egypt all 26 26 100 Bank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col.J3k. & LoanCo all 20 British North American all 56 58 20 Chtd. Bank of India, la 10 2 14d 100 City 5O 61 63 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 161 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 22 211 2 50 London and County 50 , London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 47} 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 77 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 394 20 Ottoman Bank all 20} 201 20 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New — 25 Union of Australia all - 26 Do. New 2O -- 50 Union of London lO —•-- 24 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 19d MISCELLANEOUS. Share 311 i cellaneous. Paid. C r i 7 joe in . g Zusiness dons 1000 Anglo-Mexican Mint% . Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail .1 Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land. Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim.) Cop. Min. of Eng. & Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust2Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lon d.G en. Omnibus Co Mediter. El ec t r i c Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Diseount Co • Netherlands Land •• • Do do ............ . : •.• • : . Do 8 p.c. Pref.,i ss.a t Idis N.Br.&NoraScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel Rirer Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind Telegr. Ithymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam SCot.Austrin.lnr.(l , llll ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Sorip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ,Van Diemen'a Land 12 13 !40 270 33 34 24 34 Stockl Stock' 39 41 19 21 13 15 [l3 115 9 10 24 25 1 41 II 102 105 1 1 1 11 11 lt all all all 15s. all all 1 2 1 14 15 18 1 1 aid par f 84 2 85 3 121 131 25 26 fp a 71 120 1321 35 37 9 11 841 28 8 IMPERIAL PARLHIAMEI\T HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD Ca . NCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. POLICE OP SCOTLAND. The Earl of DERBY said the report with respect to . the Scotch police could not be laid on the table bdfore Easter. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed the second reading of the Winding-up Act till T hursday week. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the request of Lord Campbell, postponed the second reading of the Vexatious Indictments Bill, and the Juries in Civil Causes Bill, until the Ist of March. CRIME IN IRELAND. Lord CLEMENTS moved that a humble address be presented to her Majesty for a return of the names of all persons assassinated in Ireland from the 20th of May, 1836, to the 31st of December, 1868 ; the date of such assassination; the names of all persons who have been wounded or attempts made to assassinate, for the same period ; the date of such attempt; the county in which such persons resided ; the names of persons arrested, if any, on suspicion of such assassination or attempted assassination; by whose order committed; the informations, by whom taken, if any; date of imprisonment; if brought to trial state the date ; if convicted state the date ; if acquitted state the date; the sentence; and if sentence was carried into effect or commuted. Lord DERBY said he fully expected that the noble lord, in moving for the extensive returns he had done, would certainly have explained his reasons for doing so. The returns moved for were most extraordinary, and would put the country to a very great expense for no useful pur pose. He must object to the returns moved for, and in doing so he trusted their lordships would support him. Lord CLEMENTS did not expect there would be the slightest opposition to the return. He was unfavourable to putting more power into the hands of the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland than he at present possessed, especially as neither ho nor his officials had been successful in their efforts to protect life and property in that country. There had been of late a very great increase of outrages in Ireland, while unfortunately very few persons committing them had been discovered and brought to justice. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped the noble lord (Clements) would withdraw his motion. Viscount DUNGANNON thought the Executive Go • vernment of Ireland had done its duty, and he looked upon the return moved for as perfectly unnecessary. He looked upon it as an undeserved reflection upon the Lord;Lieutenaut of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DESART objected to the return being granted. The police of Ireland he considered had acted of late in a most judicious manner. Lord CLEMENTS said, as his motion was so strongly opposed, there was no other course open for him but to withdraw his motion. He certainly had not intended it as a reflection upon the Executive Government of Ireland. The motion was then, by leave of the house, withdrawn. THE MILITIA COMMISSION. Earl GREY asked her Majesty's Government when the report of the Militia Commission would be presented to their lordships ? Lord HARDINGE said he could not at the present moment give the noble earl any defininite answer to his question. He begged to assure him that the Royal Com missioners would lose no time in their inquiries, and the report would be preknted at the earliest possible moment. The noble earl might rest perfectly satisfied that the various militia regiments already embodied were in a high state of efficiency, and that many of them were equal in discipline and character to those of the line. Earl GREY said that, according to present arrange ments, the expenses of a militia regiment. were about as much as those of the line, while they were not so effective ; and:he looked on the present state of affairs as an injustice both to the regiments of the line and the militia. One of the fitst faults of the system was the facility it offered to men of enlisting into two or even three regiments of militia, and receiving a bounty from each. The disembodied militia was perfectly useless as far as defensive operations were concerned, since they would not be re-organised in less than a fortnight, and in case of i nvas i on or war b rea ki ng out, the first fortnight was precisely the period when their ser vices would be most required. He placed the highest value upon commissions of inquiry, but they required to be con ducted with care and judgment; he was afraid, however, that such was not the case with the Militia Commission, He objected to the frequency with which csarmissions were appointed. (Hear, hear.) At present they had four or five commissions sitting upon subjects which it was the bounden duty of the Government to inquire into. He looked upon the Government as a standing commission, and he deprecated the system of deputing inquiries to commissions which properly belonged to the Government itself. The 2Zarl of DERBY said that he was always ready to listen with great respect to anything the noble earl stated on a subject to which he had devoted great attention, but he had ziot expected from the noble earl's notice merely to ask a question, that the noble earl would have entered into , ' discussion as to the reasons for referring matters to stand- ing commissions generally, and as to the whole constitu tion of the militia, or that the noble earl would, on the pre sent occasion, repeat arguments the natural conclusion from which was that the noble earl wished to get rid of the militia, and have no force of that kind. Now, whatever objections there might be to the reference of matters of every description to commissions of inquiry, the noble earl could hardly object to the course pursued in the present in stance, because in the course of last session, when this ques tion was under discussion, the noble earl expressed in their lordships' house great gratification that this particular sub ject was about to be referred to an inquiry by commission, and only regretted that the commission was not of a wider and more extensive character than that proposed by the Go vernment. (Hear.) Again, the noble earl said,—and he (Lord Derby) valued the admission,—that inquiries by com mission were the most valuable means of obtaining useful in formation for the guidance of the Government. He must say that that general principle was strangely at variance with the general complaint now made by the noble earl against the appointment of commissions; and the declara tion made last year by the noble earl was equally at vari ance with his present condemnation of the appointment of a commission in this particular case, (Hear.) He was not now about to enter into a discussion respecting the merits or de merits of the militia; but he would venture to say that in the hour of difficulty and danger which this country had passed through, the militia was found to be a most powerful auxiliary to the army and defence to the country. (Hear, hear.) If the noble earl was right in his argument this country ought at all times to have a force ready at a mo ment's notice; even when there was no probability of war, for the defence of the country, it was quite clear that in that ease the militia system must be abandoned; and there must be, whether it was wanted or not, a large increase of the regular army, sufficient to meet, a sudden and unex pected emergency. Their lordships need not be told that at present a large portion of the army was engaged in India. He was speaking in the presence of an illustrious duke (the Duke of Cambridge) when he stated that there were 73 or 75 battalions of European infantry in India, and altogether the Europeans acting in arms in India amounted to about 90,000 or 100,000 men. If, therefore, the principle were sound that it was necessary to maintain a sufficient army at home to meet any sudden demand that might be made by what he considered the most improbable of all con tingencies, and at the same time to carry on the requisite reliefs, Parliament must be prepared to abandon the militia and enormously to increase the regular ai my. The present discussion had come on quite unexpectedly, and he might say, quite irregularly, as there was no question before the house, and no one could have expected from the noble earl's notice that it would have arisen ;hut he must say, in refer ence to the complaints made by the noble earl to the effect that there were to be no improvements, and no measure brought forward by the Government, that the militia commission was only appointed at the latter end of last session. If a commission had been appointed, as the noble earl had suggested, composed of two or three individuals, and if they had proceeded, in the absence of any evidence, to express their own opinions, and offer their own recommendations, such a course would have been liable to more just reproaches than those levelled by the noble earl against the course pursued. (Hear, hear.) What was the emirs* taken by the Government ? They desired not to do away with the militia. If they had, a commission of this kind would not have been the proper mode of proceed ing. But what the Government desired to obtain was in formation from practical men, as to the practical defects of the present system, the means of improving the militia, and a practical way of making the staff of the disembodied militia more available than it was at present. The Government also wanted an inquiry relative to the frequency of desertions from the militia, and the frequency of re-enlistments, and there was not one of the subjects referred to b y the • io n n u for earl which had not been referred to the commission their report. The commission was composed, not is of s sonic three or four persons, wholly unconnected and unac quainted with the subject, as, perhaps, the noble earl would have recommended, but comprised officers of high standing and distinction of the regular forces, and all the most expe rienced colonels of militia regiments , whose knowledge of the s y s t e m would enable them to give the most valuable (Hear, hear.) That was the course assistance ' and advice. which the Gove rnme nt thought fit to take, and for which, until th e present moment , he flattered himself that the Government had the sanction of the noble earl's high autho ty (H ea r, hear.) The commission had inquired into ri. all the points on which the noble earl thought the system at present deficient , and he did not think that the noble ear l was justified in assuming that the commission would take a long time to make its report. Their lordships would, indeed, have a right to complain if the Government, after appointing a commission, and when its report was expected in six weeks or two months' time, had brought forward measures of their own devising without waiting for the re sult of the deliberations Of the committee. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that their lordships would not think that either in the appointment or instructions, or composition of the commission, the Government had been guilty of any dere liction of duty ; but they would have been guilty of a dere liction of duty, if they had proceeded to legislate without more perfect information than they possessed last year, and at a moment whbn they were about to obtain full inform' a tion. (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE denied that his noble friend (Earl Grey) was guilty of any inconsistency. His statement that evening was quite in accordance with his language in the discussion last year. It was then admitted on both sides of the house that there were defects in the system of the mi litia, and that a properly constituted commission was the best mode of dealing with it. His noble friend now com plained that the constitution of the commission was not likely to lead to a speedy settlement of the question, and that was quite clear from the answer of the noble viscount (Hard inge). The commission had now been in eiistence nine months, and had still an enormous mass of business to get through. His noble friend had also referred to the number of commissions now sitting. He (Earl Granville) ha idly knew a subject which had not been so referred. They six or seven commissions sitting on different subsjteieotns eon fleeted with the navy and army. The only d eu n c y con nected with the Colonial-office which presen co te (the lonian Islands) had been referred t nutissidoinfteicrulintya manner which was hardly legal, that the noble conferred ender hin , and it seemed such extra ordinary powers had been nt had lined to give any earl at the head of the Govern o t u h l e d b b u e s p th r e e s p s a o r edf theto explanation of his acts, but e u s ru t n at l . e ed H he al w f explain himself on his return . Half m hf i s s u si e o b n ie f H ri e eu d d id , Home-office was now in tt_hethhiasnpdrsuo4 not find so much f ault wi h for he had so little co nfidence in her Majesty's present ad visers that he was d of any delay which prevented them • lad subjects. from dealing The Duke owfiltthlniMOND, as chairman of the commis sion, said it was impossible more could have been done during the recess. He should like that the noble earl (Earl G r ey) would come before the commission, as he could, no doubt, give them valuable information, and he would pro mise that his examination would not be extended beyond a day or two. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Earl GREY said he would have no objection to give any information he possessed upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. TRIAL BY JURY. On the motion of Lord WENSLEYDALE a return was ordered of the number of civil cases in Which juries had been locked up to consider their verdict. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. SAMUELSON took the oaths and his seat as member for Banbury. PETITIONS. Mr. lIADFIELD presented a petition froth Whitfield, and Mr. SAMUELSON from Banbury, praying for the abolition of the duty on paper. A number of other petitions were presented t o th e same e ff ect. ____ , ox ., „, tam The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from a tr borough in Sc o tl an d aga i ns t t h e continuance of the opium ade. M r. BRIGHT presented a petition agreed to at a pub lic meeting in Edinburgh, and another from Lancashire, in favour of Parliamentary eform. Mr. CONINGHAM presented a petition from the inha bitants of the city of London for the same object. PATENT LAW* AMENDMENT. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE asked the Chancellor of the Ex cheluer whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure for the improvement of the Patent Law Amendment Act (1832), or to reduce the stamp duties payable on letters patent for inventio ns to Z5O, payable be fore the expiration of the third year, and to £lOO, payable before t falls e expiration xt year of the seventh ye ar o f the patent right whichdue . Sir S. NORTHCOTE said, with respect to the first question, it was not intended atpresent to make any altera tion ; and as regarded the other questions of the hon. mem ber, it w as no t considered advisable to reduce the duties alluded to. SCOTCH LUNACY ACT 'OF 1857. In rep to Mr. B AXTER , The L O RD ADVOCATE said that the commission to inquire into this subject had made their report only very recently, and if the question came again before the house he would be able to give a more decided answer. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Lord ELCHO asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government had come to any determination as to the enlargement of the British Museum, or the arrange• ment and distribution of its heterogeneous collections ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the subject of the organisation of the Museuxa w as Am under the consideration of the Government. INDIA. Lord STANLEY gave notice that on Monday next he would bring in a bill to enable the Secretary of State for India, in Council, to raise money throughout the United Kingdom for the use of the Government of India. IRISH SPIRITS. Mr. HASSARD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was his intention to propose that any reduction should be made in the duty now payable upon spirits manufac tured in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the negative, and expressed his pleasure in being enabled to state that there had been no increase in illicit distillation in Ireland, notwithstanding the increase of the duty on Irish spirits. THE NEW POST-OFFICE ORDER. Mr. RICH called attention to the order of the Post master-General of the 27th of January last directing, in effect, that after the 10th of the month all letters which were not prepaid should be opened by the post office authorities ; and to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exche quer what provisions had been made thenceforth to guard the inviolability of letters sent through the post-office. The hon. member contended that the order sub judice was most impolitic and unjust. It had been ascertained that within a certain period there were 1,273,000 letters dropped into the Post-office improperly directed, which gave an amount of 610,000 a-year which never reached their desti nation. It was very unfair to the public to open•the let ters which were carelessly posted, and which being of a confidential character should have been respected. Sir S. NORTHCOTE assured the hon. member that the order was not made for the convenience of the Govern ment or for Treasury purposes, but for the convenience of the public, and that its operation was injurious to the re venue. The order was in conformity with the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill, and had his approval. It was a fact that a great number of the letters in question were sent for pur poses of annoyance. There were 523,000,000 of letters posted in the United Kingdom in the year. Two and a-half millions of them were not prepaid, of which no less than 60 per cent. were of an annoying cha racter. With reference to valentines he begged to state that these . were not always of such a character as might naturally be supposed to pass between young men and women. (A laugh.) Out of 800,000 of these there were no less than 60,000 (which were not pre-paid) which were of an offensive description ; some of them contained soot and the dead bodies of certain animals. (Alaugh.) A great number of these letters also contained merely the advertisements of tradesmen, and to such an extent had the nuisance proceeded that numbers of persona had given order that no unpaid letters should be received at their establishments, which, of course, sometimes led to the re jection of letters that were of importance. Six thousand letters were returned daily to the dead-letter office, which were not only immediately forwarded to the writers by the first mail, but free of expense. In no case whatever had there been an instance of the contents being abused. (Hear, hear.) ARMY AND NAVY EXPENDITURE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the right hon. gentleman the member for Radnor to inform the house why the Com missioners of Audits' account of the expenditure on- the army and navy in the year ending the 31st March, 1856, was £1,156,509 more than the Treasury account of the said expenditure presented to this house ? Sir G. C. - LEWIS explained that it was impossible the audits could agree in any two years. After a few words from Sir W..JOLLIFFIi t The subject dropped. THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE. • Mr. TITE asked the Chief Commissioner of Works what steps had been taken with reference to the rebuilding of the Foreiom Office in Downing-street, and entered into details of the proceedings of the commission on this subject. He understood that Mr. Scott was the architect who had been selected to construct the building, andfthat it was to be in the Gothic style ; if so, that syle would not harmonise with the buildings that would sur round it. The Duke of Buccleuch, it was understood, would rebuild his dwelling in the Italian style, and he con tended that that style would be preferable for the new building, not only on that ground, but in consequence of the other architecture in the very neighbourhood of the site of the proposed new office. Lord J. MANNERS—In answering the question of the, hon. gentleman, I thick I cannot do better than recall to the recollection of the house the exact position in which this subject stood when the change of Government took place last year. That position was, in fact, a complete dead lock. It then appeared to me, as it also did to this house, that the best mode of meeting all the difficulties of the case was to appoint a select committee thoroughly to investigate all the complicated details connected with the question. That committee sat for a long period, examining all the most im portant witnesses, and they eventually arrived at some very definite and satisfactory conclusions on the whole subject. . Their report was not ready until the middle of July, and it was impossible to ask the house to take any steps then, in consequence of the late period of the session. However, I devoted a good deal of time during the recess to the recon sideration of the whole subject, and to an examination of the report and evidence. The main points of this question to which the committee refer are four. They first recommend that one of the successful competitors should be appointed architect of the Foreign-office. They next express an opinion that as far as the style of architecture is concerned there is no material difference in economy, commodiousness, and public utility between the different styles. In the third place, they recommend that in any plan that may be adopted care should be taken that tho plan selected should be so arranged as to be in harmony with any more general concentration of public offices. Lastly, they recommend that purchase should be made of the plot of ground be tween Charles-street and Downing -street. In conse quence of that last recommendation I directed notices to be given in November for the purchase of that plot of ground, and a bill will be brought before the house in a few days with that object. It then became my duty to consider what recommendations should be made to the Treasury and what steps should be taken to bring the question in a certain and definite shape before Parliament this session. The com mittee recommended, and I agree with them, that the archi tect should be selected from the successful competitors. As far as appears from their examination and from the public results of the competition, the first three prizes stand upon an absolute par. They also decided that in respect to commodiousness and public security there was no pre ference between the contending designs of what may be called the national or foreign styles—the Gothic or the Italian. That being the case, I had to decide which of the three prizemen should be the architect employed, and which of the contending styles should be adopted. I say that t a decision on that point was arrived at, not by Governmen t, but by the site on which the building was to ba d P ci l'Y a The selection of the architect was governed by the decision in regard to the site. A few days after I heaw a l l. ° u "' re commendations to the Government, I receive d intima tion from my noble friend the Secretary of that it was highly expedient that . gro_wl te hbourhood of Down ing-street should, d f , o r i f ln po d s i a - Bible, be found in the immediate . for the new Indian. e r ; Upon due considers groundlioinibnlgetflrietnpdroinpocsedounfechr tion we found a piece of Lno the erection of a Foreign-atic! .. ,. Go decided that this ground "'"---d purchased of the o architectof the as s tlndian-officee Foreign-office.sho d veniment, and that the erec be confided to the ? sal ;d sanction the proposed arrange- Thus if the house ment, there will be should of design, and these two offices will make one great whole. The o now Itendmovia to Indian-onka will occupy the p lace which under a former the War-office, with this agreeable differ, 'll be defrayed out of Indian be occupied by once, that the whole expense twit instead of imperial resource*. It now becomes my duty to a ion with the desire Mr. Scott to put himself incommunic t . and to makea p l an authorities of the Foreign-office, circumstances of the the drawings acande.plainsa,mand adapted to the alte f r i ed .eaeiving , daily expectation o .to adopt is one which, if the house the course I propose should sanction it, will, I thipk, tend to promote the pub lic convenience, and be consistent with due economy. I propose,. as soon as I have seen and approved these plans, t o s ubmit the working drawings an d sections to the com petition of some of the most eminent contracting building firms. When I have received tenders from them, it is my intention to place in the library of the House of Commons for the inspection of every member, the matured plan and de sign of the architect, and the estimate at which the contrac tors guarantee to complete the building so far as the build ing itself is co ncerne d . I believe that if the house co-ope rates with the Government in this course they will see this long vexed question settled in a way which will be satisfac tory to the public—that a Foreign-office will be erected worthy of the country, and that the expenditure will be by no means disproportioned to the importance of the building to be erected. (Hear.) Sir B. HALL said that the noble lord having declared that when he came into office he found this question at a dead lock, it looked as if there had been a want of activity on the part of the noble lord's predecessors in office.f ‘!",!. J. Manners disclaimed the imputation.] Heth_ Ty6t ro a ' bound to state the cause of this dead lock. o In com mittee was appointed by that house to c onsider the whole of their question of the public offices, and in consequence kalit ation Lin in ,oned what Eastic t 0 18; r 3d Is Opod mel st nmon Hugs, is 6d; fresh ouch, 3 4d; 2s 4d ; 4d; to 49 from b, 4d scl; Loral reds, Od to 3 licr, load. over 100} 142 li 120 1414 101