The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-01 00:00:00

.1119 NEY MA 47 48 44 46 88 N YITY NEWS. r SHARE CITY, Two O'CLOCK. )wring the last few days there has not been much animation in the market for Foreign and Colonial Produce, Sugars have been a shade cheaper, while steady prices have been obtained for tea. Coffee has been in active demand, and full rates have been readily obtained for good and fine descriptions. Rice has been dull, as also fruit and spices; and no material change can be reported in values. For I saltpetre there has been a fair inquiry, at fully the late advance. Tallow has been in limited favour, and the dealings have been chiefly of a speculative character for favourable delivery, without material variation in quotations. The mail from Guayaquil has brought £1,362 on account of the Ecuatorian Dividend Fund; and £2,983 has been received for the dividends on New Grenada Bonds. To-day a call of L 2 per share became due on the Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ; £lO on the Danube and Black Sea new shares ; and £2 on the South Yorkshire £2O 5 per cent. shares. A decrease of £5,820 is exhibited in the traffic receipts of the South Eastern Railway, and of £5,862 on the Brighton for the past week. The Cape Town Railway was opened for public traffic as far as the Erste River on the 13th Feb ruary last. The Scinde and Punjab Railway Companies yes terday paid into the Indian Treasury the sum of £lO,llO and £16,350, respectively, in anticipation Of calls. There was rather more activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but prices were unal tered. The sales were 5,000 bales. The enquiries for money, to-day, are rather ex tensive, but the demand chiefly emanates from the Stock Exchange, and full rates have to be paid for advances on Public Securities, as well as for the negotiation of commmercial bills. About £BO,OOO i n gold was sent into the Bank of 19, England yesterday. The Young Australia, from Port Philip, has brought £78,336 in specie, The suspension has taken place of Messrs. Chen -401, Moles, and Co., hide and leather factors, but the liabilities are expected to be small. An extraordinary general meeting of the London a nd Blackwell Railway Company took place to day, for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the proprietors to a bill now before Parliament for authorising the construction of additional works, and to take additional lands for enlarging the rail 'ay, and to confer powers upon the company for raising more capital. The directors had obtained Powers to raise £300,000, half of which has already be en issued as new shares in the consolidated stock, b at as they failed to obtain the whole amount, a l'roposition was now put before the meeting to con- V ert the remaining sum into a preference stock not .kceeding 5 per cent. There has not been much activity in the English i i t° ek Mark e t t o -d ay, i nvestors and speculators ei eg alike i n di spose d to operate to any large ex `ent• Consols to-day have been 93: I, for transfer, 4114 9 3/ , for the account, b e i ng rather higher than " e l' were at two o'clock yesterday, bnt still pre t-e),tiog a heavy f ee li ng. T he New Threes and , I ;e Red uce d are steady at 9217 Exchequer Bills 2 17 5. to 20s. p rem.; I ndia Stock has advanced to 46 ; but the 6 per Cent. is flat at 1081 I T he dealings in the F ore i gn M arket have been I , 4t her restricted, and pr i ces s h ow no material laBriation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84 1; ditto, 88 ) 711 ; Mexican are steady at 35 1, and Vene ari at 24Z ; Italian 5 per Cents. have improved 4k661 a, Brazilian 5 per Cents, to loot ex div., and t eguese to 46,1-; Russi an are 991 and the W Turkish Scrip is 21 / prem. Irlereased heaviness has prevailed in the Rail illi4Y Share Market, and the dealings continued very l 2 t 'd• Eastern Counties, North "Westerns, North to "; te rn (Berwick), and South Easterns have re- V e , 4 s s. ; Great - Westerns and Lancashire and kr,shire, South 'Westerns, and Midlands, 10s.; C c i North Eastern (York), 15s. Bristol and Exeter, ''csever, have improved ss. titiTho Foreign and Colonial lines have been in 4 4 ' r equest. S outh Austrian and Lombardo-Vene- O e 4 . have improved to 201, Z ; Great L uxem b ourg i se 131 a; and Ottoman have advanced to 6/ ; Iti tindian, to 1041- ; and G reat I ndian Penin ,4a, to 102 and 1021; Grand Trunk of Canada flat, and receded to 251 26/. h °lilt St oc k B an k and Miscellaneous Snares have ) 1 , 1 1 / Iv a hled ra th er d u ll . B ank of Te,".. 4 e i nipreved to 271 ; 0;l ?..jpt, how ever , ental Bank, to 5n ; 11 4, ati'Joel Discount Corr,pany realise Si Land 57. ; and Pe e l Th e l iive shares of the Alli ance B an k of London an 113 °o1 are 6 1 prem. d „, ISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. c 13 e /0 Vet -Reduced An nu i t i es ....... 92k 2 2 OA 3 nt• Consols 'Annuities vtli tt Per Cent, An nu i t i es Stuck?” 2 Ti.tto „per ._• •• .. littntto Efa c i e r 1(181 1 Paper, 4 per Cent oittt:" per Cent .............. 103 „9 per Cent .................. 1084 I ' li ebentures, 4 per Cent., Ost., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100.1 bonds 1 000 ditto Au g . 1864 or 66 100 100 4. i',),.took for A ccoun t' . 23 28 6 pm 'ki lt ' for Account, A 934ril 10 goer Bills £lOOO, p 3 per Cent l7 20 pm bit t o £ 5OO .. 17 20 pm o_ a 1./ 17 20 p P,!li:-,SIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.ua 11 :4 1 i t t k, `,l t 4 gr r &e n n t., t lOic t : „. l 4 per Cent, 1860 1858.. ~U 24 924 a per Cent tt c e, s Per Cent. (Maremm ana R . S cr i p) 1, "Ittp 3;N Acc ou „ t 36 4 5 114 1 41 t o , par Cent .. Per Cent. Jil.l,,Account (4Ottt"ese 3 per Cent., 1853. . 461 41:S,.teall ....... jpl 4 l l ! per Cent. • 1822, St .. 99f i; Per Cent 10 4 ), !tto 1 Per Cent. B4k ,ij it ,ecount 71 .:iew L oan amount "Itt & "a, 3 nt per Cent .. 714 1 1 11 1 , cou Ividends on the above payable in 'London. ytt„ teh `I Per Cent. , Exchange 12 G 1 44 - , C) ertifieste, per Cent. 4l • lOO t k.41 1 'Per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. aloney "" Account CgtaftGgTFIIL,DEATH BY FlRE.—Yesterday Morn ' &j lo th tful and fatal acc id ent O ccurred to a pens i oner, 41 1 , L. q. I Good, aged 86 y ears , w h o l ost h i s l i fe b y f i re 4bN ty k rtichoke-row, Mil e - en d- road, Stopney. It ap 'ltlk,Zt the deceased was sitting at breakfast before the 1 6; 1 1, 1 e ight o'clock, w h en it i s supposed that he wasO N ' ll a fit of epilepsy, and while alone he fell upon F th Where he remained for a considerable time, when Cher inmates of the house smelt a suffocating t" ' 1 4, t ;c 1 , 44 1161 went to the a p ar t ment occupied by the de to found him up on t h e fi re with his head almost liqltt a cinder. Sh e ran for assistance, when several l gged him off the grate, and found that he was i t , ti oto ti • B elf, a surgeon, of Mile-end-road, wa s ca ll e d , °a tteed life exti nc t, as t h e b urns were of a most 1 / 41 e. 044 racter, and portio ns o f t h e flesh and b one were s ‘l ttt allied by the a c ti on o f the flames. The deceased 'Qtl, ° tt wait upon him, but he was supported by a t to t iat a benevolent fund. An inquest will be held 7 , 4 , 4 1 1 k Y to-morrow before Mr. J o h n H ump h reys. & I ' A TR REV. J. WIIITE.—The Rants Inde th Ms the' death of the Rev. James White, of Bon the last two years ho has been ailing, but not 4 ". tilt Re to g i ve hi s friends uneasiness. On Wednes t,S,44k;'o4,.owever, after a few home of suffering, he died. of "Eighteen Christian Centuries," "Land- ZUistory of England and Greece." His his ' " The King of the Commons," "The Earl of '1;, e., w ere b rought out by Mr. Macready. 4' 4 14 ; o MR. BEADON.—On Sunday last, Mr. r, Reuior magistrate of the Marlborough Police 'll h• . . t sreside,nce in Stratford-place, after a pain illn.ess. He was educated at St. John' s it i ti lt ll l47ridge ; took his B.A. degree in 1829, when c!Ak t ,Y(4 ll : l4l . l jor optime in the mathematical trip os . Thi s „.,!li)o tt, Of tbsi celebrated struggle between C aven di s h Philpott (now Bi s h op of Worcester) 04 It e ;rut. 'Wrangler, and Cavendish (now Duke of hlr Chancellor of the University), Second Readon was first appointed to the metro- Itk,itliot Leh a bout 15 years -go, and since . 1 856 . has sat at °ltgll'atreet Court. He was distinguished for `ll44:,,to.Zull;attention to his magisterial duties, and fre t;082.6a...t Orlaisthe benc . h when suffering excru • "4 th e ease which at last proved fatal. VS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Shared Railways. Paid./ Closi ng i Business Price. done. _....._ 13 . 1 4 !Mr ol„ and Str. Val. ißlyth and Tyne 10 ,BostSleaf„and Mid.k..lo !I st !Bristol and Exeter st ;Caledonian 50 ;Cork and Bandon 20 ;Cornwall 10 , Abets no di v ID° " Itill ap c.p an . h as 10 Do. B been paid to B. 50 Dublin.! Belfast June. 25 iDun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno st East Anglian st !Eastern Counties st !Eastern Union, A stock st I D o Bdo do 25 I DoNw A, late EU3ds st st (East Suff o lk Edinburgh & Glasgow 't lEclin., Perth, & Dundee St ;(31as,z. and S. Weste rn . 10 iGreatNrthn.of Scotland st !Great Northern.... „.. St Do A stock at Do Bdo st Ct. S. an 'W. of Ireland St Great Western at D o Str Val gua. stock st Trish South Eastern st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwall at . 1.0 n., Bright.,& S. Coast st Von., Chat., and Dover st T,on. & North Western! st T.on. & South Western 25 ' L'clerry & Coleraine 25 L'clerry & Enniskillen. st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do I shares...,,.. 10 Metropolitan st Nlidland 0.0 D o N ew .6,st Do Birming. & Derby a. !rid Gt. W. of Ireland ... 2 ,. 5 Do. 4 shares Z 3 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Carlisl e 20 Newry, Warnpt, & R os St Norfolk at J N'orth British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock st Do A stk ; A recs no d till a pc. has beenpdß st Do B stock 't Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Lecds st Do York St North London 1 0 Do new 46 . i North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Portsmouth - I -thy mney st scot tish Central st E., scot. N. Aber. stock st Do Sc - A. Mid. stock 10 shrews. and Welchpool A Shropshire Union Sitfirwhourne & Sheer it South Devon :5 S. Durham & Lanc. Un 4 t South Eastern it ;south Wales A !S. York. and River Dun ?fl staines,Wok.,a n dW o k ,?5 iStocktou & Darlington !,5 I Do B Do New, 1860 it ,Taff Vale. it j Do Pref. No. 1 - !Thames Fl avenDk&R, ail i 0 !5 ' Doer!U .10 I Do it Vale of Neath it Victoria sta. and Pim it Waterford & Kilkenny! Waterford & Limerick. l 0 West Cornwall...,. l 0 West London all 7i 8 61 91 91 111 111 •i,`) 3.° W gal: } , ,t W. Hartlepool Har.&R. t West Midland Oxford t Do New port' t Do Hereford 6 7 41 43 10 11 22 23 56 68 59 61 30 41 100 100 100 100 100 91 93 321 32/ 103 105 115 116 13 114 132 131 104 106 72/ 55 18 8 11 12i 434 81 9 1274 128 lf llp 98 100 65 67 65i c 6 1 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 97 97i # (I 55 55i 85t esi 101 103 P 5i 5 p d DI 11} 124 126 48 50 105 107 46 48 37 38 82 82i r , 7 69 100 102 5 1 8 37 38 :1 Si 9i p , 5 n# P 145 150 554 564 2f 3f * d ipl 91 93 1129 132 914 21 111/ 221 54 39 i 116 16i 1134 it 134 72/ 3 2i I 1071 7 6 61. 6h 93 2f 100 d 99 100 43k 2/ 1281 7i ; i P 97 i d 55 86 5/ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. i Leasin g Cl osing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford andßletchley all 'Ln.&NT.W Birkenhead Buckingh -- nsnre.. Chester &Ho 'plead.. 100 Do. 54 56 Do. sal per cent; 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.1.7.&E.0 E. Lincolnsh. gBpr e. 100 IG - t.North. 135 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all ; E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Fo res t a ll Gt. ' West. . Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters . • • Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W1199 203 200 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. ...... .• .. , London & areenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , 1 100 Do. Lowestoft gua. 4p c. 1 1 0 0 Norfolk Don per cent 1 100 Do. • . .. • • • • hlne.,Bxtn.,& M a tl ock . all ILNW& " 3 • I 32 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx Counts. lE.b ?; p gua. 5 per c en t ... 5"56 ' ' 2 Northn.&E.l , tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. ~.. all ;Do. .. .. .. Do. Fixed sp. C .... all ;Do. . .. N. Eastn — Llartlepool 1( 0 IN. K Ber.. .. •• North Western ..... • 1 all ;Midland 1 161 1; 1 Preston and Wyre. €' all krill . I 43 45 441 Do. 4 c:Afares A. all po. ••• • .. .. .. T.,:stn.Hitch.& Shep." 100 iGt.North. 135 137 dhrewsby & Hereford; 100 TBrassey,l2l 123 Do. Da . ... ' 3 • • I 1 4 1 <P South Stafford . s . hire .. 100 Ln.&N.W" .. .. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn t, Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 81 04) 83 2,1 1 21 67i PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways, Paid Closing I Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at .S 5 at Brio. tiz Exet. 4p. a. et.. 100 93 95 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 6} Cork t Bandon, 54 p. c. a ll 20 Cornwall, 5 per cc tt.. 81 Dun. Perth, &Abu Jiln all 6 61 10 Do. Ist Class Pref.. i at E. Angn. Cl ass A 513. e, 100 100 105 at R. Colin. Rk, 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 at no. new 6p.c. at lOO 128 125 at Eastern Union, 4p, o— 100 84 88 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO -- st Edin..*Glas.s pm. shares 100 110 112 at Do. I 13. 0. guar, 8, & 0., 100 90 92 —. Furness, 5 per cent._ st Glas.& &West. gu. 5 p.c lOO st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm lOO 112 114 at Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 104 106 st Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.apm 100 107 109 1084 I+ si 10 Bt. Nh. of Scot. let pref. all at G*. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berke and Rants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 44 p. et lOO 100 102 at Do. redeem. 4p. et lOO 91 93 at Do. Irredeem. 4p. et lOO 92 04 st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref lOO 103 105 Do. ChesterB p.c. pl. the all Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all st Do. Birm. guar. stock all 76 78 at Do. Elm. pref. stock at Do. Chesterguar. shares all 76 78 at Do. do all 170 100 at Do. do all 103 105 100 Lan. & Carl.'44 p.e. pre( 80 et Lan. .¢ York. 6 p.c. stock 100 137 139 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dP , 100 St Do. 6p. c. (East Lan. ) lOO at Do. 44 p. e. (Black. bu r lOO 101 103 st L on.ttßrig.sp.e.gu. No.l 100 116 118 at Do. 5 per ten,Ldo. No 2 100 116 118 at Do. 6 per cent. do.— ~. 100 135 140 at Do. IS per cent. do. No. 4 100 118 118 st Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 118 142 st Do. 4p c.st(div.detliP6s 100 , 78 78 st Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 97 at Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent 100 at Lon, & &West 7p. cent, at,, late 3d shares .... 100 at Do. 14 per cent .. . ... .., 100 -- 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. Mins! of 2s 6d 124 Londondy. , & Cole. . shs all 12 / Londony. & Ennis. 4 she all 14 144 st Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 128 6 Do. X 6 44 4 Ipm at Do. 3 1 per cent. .... 121 Marport & Carl. 4 pr. c all .. .. 124 Do. 44 per cent at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk lOO . .. at Do.Con.Brid.& Bir. 6 p.c lOO 138 190 at Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. iAttn 100 102 104 102 st Do. 4.4 p.c. irredeemable 100 _ 6 Do. 44 per cent .... • all at Do. Lem. ahallit.4per ct 1 0 0 92 iii 934 at Norfik. sp.a Ex st. 1840 100 .. .. at Do, 4p. C. Pref. at. 1847 100 .. .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 180 at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 110 112 at Do. New p...na. 5 percent 100 108 110 p lO Do. Bor. I.lli. g. rf. She. 7 14 llp m 10 Do. do. do. all at Nth.Dvla.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 lat , N-East. Cons. pref. 4pa 100 ' .. .'. . at Do. 44p r . e t, redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. 141 4p. et. pref 100 1 6 0 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c._pret ,4 . 13.4 96 0 20 Do. Leeds 6p. e. /%. 1 13 8 I i 12 4 Do, do. Quartett, 1848.. 9 . d d .. 25 Do, York, R. &S. Purch. 10 .. 20 ' North Btaffordshire.. • all jdis par itb ymney Guaranteed:. all at ,Scottish North-Eastern st 3 1 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 22 2 3 221 Do.A berdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 ... 140 10. 6. SoAuntlalsectril) .(.I.t. 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 125 Ifo 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 11) 11 cadin,; , iii. 24 241 at Do. 44 per cent.-:::;.• : 100 101 103 at Do. Fixed 4+ pet. tent 100 101 103 st South Wal 44 'Ai-, gUa. 4p. c. 100 at Dv, Der cent .. .. .. 100 • . • • at Do. do. 1859.. 100 • • • • at Do. 5 per cent ........ 100 : : • • at IS. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gun. 100 85 20 ' Do. S P. e- gua. •17 i } p 1 , 5 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... , all 28 29 25 Do. B 6 p. c... all 32 34 2 5 Do. C 6 p. c... all 32 34 st Watrid & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 at W. 511d.-Oxf Ist guastk 100 1 26 128 at Do. 2d do . lOO 125 st Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 100 1011 lO3 at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 100 12.1 1 25 at Do. bil 1869 100 1 19 1 23 DOCKS. -- stock Colmnercial . . . . . , ..1 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent..Pret.Alin.l 100 stock East and West India ..! 100 126 1 2 8 stock ! London—. ....... . ... 1 100 57 69 stock St. Katharine........., lOO 60 62 stock Southampton ......... 100 stick ; Victoria .. ....... ........ 100 99 101 20 11)01 N 8 Y 7 ...ea.5an0.. • ,4d oar . ~ 99 101 id par Share Rai sways 100 stk 20i 204 10 Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodalz.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Buffalo anu Laxe If uronl Do. New . . Do. Preference .... I ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lien.) Cape Town Sr Dock Scrip Demerara.. .. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p c. Debentmj Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 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 et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPcnin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. c... 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. D0. , 41 p. c. Extension Do. 44, d 0.... -... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. .. 0 .... Do. do. B Capit a l d. .. Do. do. Land - do. iScinde IDo. Punjaub ...• Do. Do. .. • • • • mac Do. Indus. St. Flo. g, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip. Paid. stock stock 100 100 100 100 20 stock 100 100 100 100 Cl osing, Price. 72 74 100 all all all all 101} 1021 Ci 611 8i 9 5 ti i up 1016 102, 104 105 100 102 104 102 102 103 1631 1041 25 26 74 77 64 67 44 46 46 50 )all stock all /100 15 all 100 1 41 4.) 101/. la 42 102: gr. 101 102 134 13 7 6! 102 101 93 98 101 102 95 97 02 94 5 7 FOREIGN 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. 20 Ardennes.... ....... . a 20 Rah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. if 5 Belgian East. Junction a 20 Ilcziers to Graissessac.. a' Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3( 100 Copiapo ....... al 10 Ditto Extension ..• r .... 20 Dutch Rhenish .... 20 Eastern of France .... 20 Grand Rids Guar. 6p. c. 20 Do. do. a 20 Great Central of France a 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. e 115... al 20 Italian Junction ...... al 20 Lierre A Turnhout .... al 20 Lyons & Geneva •• •• I ` 20 Namur A Liege .. -• . 1 2 0 Do. 6P. c. Pref. ...... 16 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares ..... . 10 Norwegian T run k P r of . . a 20 Ormn(Smyrna to Aidn) 11 20 Parls,Lyons, A Mediu,. a) 20 Paris A 0r1ean5........ al 20 1 Recife A S. Fran. (Fern.) gim 7 p. cf. Urn 2 0 Riga A Drinaburg . • • I 1 ...... al 20 Royal Danish. - ........ al 5 Royal Swedish ....... al 4 r Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... a] 20 Sambre A Meuse .. ... it, 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref.-. al 20 !San Paulo, lim, 2'. 7 p. c. ' 20 .S.Aust ILomb Venain l 11, 26 !Southern of France.... a , 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 81 West Fianderii .... •• • • a 10 Do. si_ p. c. Preference.. a X( W. & N.IV. of France .. a 10 West , rn of Austria.... - ;0 West,rn of Switzerland a; 6 Wiesbaden .... .... a' 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... i al 0 ;Zealand ... - Business done 4 103} 1044 P 20f 20i 89 101 14 16 .11 10 101 111 91 04 6 t Ipm 13 21 21p 1 . 1 . 1 304 314 1 H 11 ICI 11 224 .?31 1(2 i INES. BRITISH i ------- %Riot Consols(Philack) 3.9.3 - .. .. 20 !;ritish Iron - Clifford nil 30 32 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ; 1 400 410 - East Bassett (Mogan)" 30 12 44 - East Caradon ..... - East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 17 11 - E. WI Russel (Tavistk. 7.7.0 3.t. 31 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 561 , 14 16 - Great South Tolzus 176 j 3 31 - 'a. Wheal Alfd. (Philacic - G. Wheal Vor (Helston' •-. - Grenville 6.1 - fferod's-Foot . 8.1 - dingston Downs 4.1. - Lady Bertha - If a rgaret (tiny Lelant' c - nark e Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lira.) Z ~-. North Downs 2: - yorth Prances (Illoga' , 12. - NT. Wli '1 Basset (1110 ;an` 2.0. - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.2. - ['ar Consols (St. Blazef 1 tO Providence (tiny Lelnt. 10.1 - Surtridze Cons. Drin.Co. : - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1 - S. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.1 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lin) a - !!.'.Wheal Fran. (Illoganl 18.1 - Stray Park 27 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4, .0 Tin Croit 9 - Vale of Towey (Cann ' 13s - West Basset (Illoaan) li - IV Caradon (Liskeard: 5 - West Seton ..„ .... .. 47; - Wheal Basset (Mogan' N - Wheal Buller(Redruth; 5 - Wlic.l Edward (Cals.) 7) - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant , 1.7 - Wheal IllaryAnn (Men.); 8 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l " 40 7 n t 15.0 1 2Q 2 12 1 36 38 14 2 12 I. 4 7- 44 (6 3.0 01 101 id par 4i 5 .0 3 34 21 5 6 .6.7 41 43 320 ?30 11.6 24 3 Lll 1q.4;! 1021 167 'l9. 29 SI It 91 104 270 1274 At 131 (1 280 1021 65 102 1 101! 251 a 71 [o2} lOt i 4 20k i 94 7 1 i i 131 I 8 2 & 1 " f g I 24 i 402 34 121.12 31 - i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENT \TI, APRIL 1, 1862. TV'S/ ITT • THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PAELIAME.NT. HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE RIVER SHANNON. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition praying for an inquiry into the regulations of the river Shannon. THE REVISED CODE. Petitions against the Revised Code were presented by Lord Portman and the Earl of Hardwicke. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Bradford Corporation Water and Great Northern Railway (No. 1) bills were read a second time. The Newry and Armagh Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. BLEACHFIELDS (N 1 OMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT) BILL. This bill was read a second time. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a second time. MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THis EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— London and South Western Rail way ( a ddi t i onal powers), South Melton Corporation, and Winchester Road. The West Midland (Merthyr, &c., Lease) Bill was read a second time. Several private bills were read a first time. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of a reduction of the duty on fire insurance; by Colonel French, praying for an inquiry into the inefficient manner in which the works of the river Shannon had been executed by the commissioners ; from several places against the Parochial Assessment Bill, in favour of the Consolida tion of the Law Statutes; by Mr. Scully, from the county Cork, praying for an amendment of the Irish Poor Law ; by Mr. Bright, from Birmingham, signed by persons connected with the corn trade, praying the house to order the collection of agricultural statistics in England, Scotland, and Wales ; and al so f rom A s h ford, in the county of Kent, for the repeal of the duty on hops. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. B. COCIIRANE gave notice that on Tuesday, the 29th inst., he would draw the attention of he house to build ings erected for the public service during the last 20 years, and to move for a commission to inquire whether more economy might not be introduced into the construction of such buildings in future. IRISH WORKHOUSE OFFICERS. Mr. BLAKE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he intended during the present session to take steps to carry out the recommendation of the Select Committee of last session on Irish Poor Laws, with reference to grant ing superannuation to workhouse officers Sir R. PE EL said that last year the report of the com mittee was received, and it was sanctioned. by Government that a bill on the subject should be introduced, but as a separate bill. He could no t, however, say when that bill would be brought forward. LUNACY REGULATION BILL. Mr. PHILIPPS as k e d th e Secretary of St a t e f or th e Home Department when he intended to introduce the Lunacy Regulation Bill; and whether such bill would con tain any provision for the purpose of facilitating the build - ing of a lunatic asylum by counties united for that pur pose ? Sir G. GREY said that a bill was drawn up on the sub ject in accordance with the recommendation s of the com mittee which sat on the matter. He could not say when it would be brought forward, as the Government had received some impoi tent communications from the Lunacy Com mission which required consideration. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. Mr. H. BERKELEY asked the Secretary of State for War whether, adverting to the probability that guns of much greater calibre must now be placed on our seaboard forts, and iron-plated ships, Sir William Armstrong was to have the exclusive manufacture of such guns, or was their construction to' be th rown o p e n to competiti on; an d , of what calibr e was th e l argest g un completed as intended for practical service as yet made for Government by Sir Wil liam Armstrong, and proved without accident to the breech or bursting? Sir G. LEWIS said that the Government had no con tract with Sir William Armstrong, but they had with an iron works company in Essex, which had been appended to the report of the commission on military organisation. By reference to that report, it would be seen that if Govern ment did not carry out their contract with that company they would have to forfeit £85,000 for loss of plant- With regard to the Armstrong guns, there were several under experiment, including one with a smooth bore, which would throw 3001b5.; and another with a rifle bore, which would throw GOOlbs. Some of a smaller calibre had been tried, and found very successful. PRISON OFFICERS IN IRELAND. In reply to Sir G. BOWYEU, Sir R. PEEL said he understood that the prison officers in Ireland were not satisfied with the retiring allowances they had received, but as he was informed, it was not the intention of the Govt rnment to introduce any bill for an improvement in their situation. ACCOMMODATION - FOR PASSENGERS AT HOLYHEAD. Mr. LEFROY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty when the accornny.dation and protection promised to be pro vided for the mail packets and for passengers landing on the wooden jetty at Ifolyh ea d, wou ld b e provided, in com pliance with the agreement made between the Admiralty and the Loudon and North Western and Chester and Holy head Steam) oat Company ? Lord C. PAGET said that a sum had been taken in the estimates, which would come before the house on Thursday nett; by which provision was made for the object alluded to by the hon. member, ADVANCES AND REPAYMENTS ORDERED. In reply to Sir C. NORVICOTE, Mr. F. PEEL said that the account of the advances and repayments ordered on the 17th of February last would be shortly laid on the table, but they had been delayed for the purpose of making them more perfect. IRISH BILLS. Mr. P. 'URQUHART asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether he meant to proceed with the committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill before the Easter recess : and whether he meant to proceed with the other Irish measures before the Easter recess? Sir R. PEEL said that he was not able to make greater progress than he had done with those bills. He was afraid he would not be able to proceed with the Poor Law Bill before Easter—(hear, hear)—bnt he should do , all in his power to'press it on. WEST HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY—BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. FARREIt drew the attention of the house to a matter personal to himself; in which a breach of privilege had been committed. His lion. and learned . friend the member for Sheffield brought forward a motion the other evening with a view to the appointment of a select committee in reference to a private bill, and in a petition which he presented certain charges were made to which he thought it right to give a denial. Having alluded to some correspondence which had taken place with a gentleman whose name was connected with the company in question, he said the breach of privilege of which be complained was contained in an article in the 4.s'socktoli Gazelle and Middlesborough Times, and the writer described his (Mr. Ferrer's) statement as a OA-de liberate lie." He would not call on the house to summons the printer of that journal to thti liar of the house, but he thought he would be unworthy of a seat in Parliament if he did not bring forward this subject. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said he thought the hon. member should not pass over this matter, but he thought his (Mr. Ferrer's) high character was quite refutation sufficient of such a charge. (Hear, hear.) THE EASTER RECESS. In reply to Mr. DISRA.ELT, Lord PALMERSTON said that he would state] next Thursday, when Government proposed ;to adjourn for the Easter recess. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION IN THE CIVIL ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. First Lieutenant Robert Woollcombe to be Adjutant. - 48& -48 a - 2,5 55 - 25 52i - 25 52! -39 k - 1191 - 19 - 521 -52 k IVORTILIMPTON RACE,.—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NORTHAIVIPIONSHIRE STAKES. Five ran. TRIAL STAKES. Nine ran. NENE HANDICAP. SERVICE. Mr, HENNO " That this house is o erinion that the best mode of i SY moved the following resolutions : procuring competent persons to fill the junior clerkships yin in the Civil S er vi ce wou ld be tiirPngi a s . - f em of co the Queen petitive examination open to all sutjeCY , ("- • and who fulfil certain d e fi n it e c on diti o ns as t o age, a character ; and that, with a view of establishing at.. system of open competition: it is desirable that the experiment first tried in the India House in 1859 be re peated from time to tlma in the other departments of the Civil Service : that an humble address be presented to het Majesty on the foregoing resolution." Mr, VANSTTTART seconded the motion. Mr. COCHRANE moved, as an amendment, " That many of the qualities constituting a good public officer—good principles, good habits, sound judgment, general intelligence, and energ y—cannot be tested by any plan of public competition; the introduction, I therefore, of such a System into all the departments of the public service would be very injurious to their effi ciency." He ridiculed the description of examination to which candidates for the civil service were subjected. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTA—(Thts Eventn9). DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm. Robinson, Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the Council of the Island of Montserrat ; Charles Augustus B er k e l ey , Esq., to be a Member o f th e Privy Council of the Island of Tobago; Lieut.-Col. James M'Caul Hagart, C. 8,, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of S;. Vincent; and Edward Augustus ('hichester Macartney to be Colonial Secretary for the Falkland Islands. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Hingaton as Vice-Consul at Dartmouth, for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. Six ran. PYTCHLEY STAKES. Seven ran. THIS DAY'S SIPPING. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Helvetsluys, from Batavia for Rotterdam ; Island Queen, steamer, from Leith for Spain ; L. Jubica, from Varna, Jar Hull; Trade Wind, from St. Kites; Can didate, from Barbadoes; Oscar, from Calcutta; Harmonia, from Singapore; Chanticleer, from Jamaica; John Har ley, from Barbadoes; Julia, from Halifax ; Louisa, from Porto Rico; Prometheus, from Villa Nova; Royal Tar, from Burriana ; Hilda, from Demerara; N. Bayton, Le muel, and J. A. Stammer, from New York ; Lavinia, from Siam ; Cary Hensel, from Colombo ; Petrel, schooner, from St. Michaels—all for London; Clio, from London for Barbadoes. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, Arun, 1. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant John Robert King to be Second Captain, vice Alexander Hadden Busch nson, removed tu. the Supernumerary List. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign William Stewart Thorburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice John Parker Gill more, who retires; Harry Hawkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thorburn. sth Foot—Ensign Frederick Arthur Forsyth, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Francis R. Bradford, wbo retires; Wollaton Bingham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forsyth ; Lieutenant James Hartley to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Shegog, wh o res i gns that appointment. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Salisbury Bagge to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Farquhar, w h o re ti res; Ensign Henry E. Poole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bagge; Thomas Viny Biron, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry E. Poole. 13th Foot—Lieutenant John J. Paterson Fox to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Henry Neville Cotton Thurston, who retires; Ensign John Drought Edward Mooney to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fox ' • Charles Barker, Gent. ) to be Ensig n , by p urc h as e, vice _Mooney. 18th Foot—Captain Jobe F. F e rris, from half-pay unat- LONDON GPSIERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—At the meeting yesterday of this company, a resolution was moved by Mr. Huxley, who represented the 'rench directors, and shareholders, in favour of an increase of the divi dend from ls. to ls. 6d. per share, which Was car ried. Mr. S. Herapath complained of the amount of the expenditure, and put forward as an amendment that the report be received, and that a committee of shareholders be appointed to investigate the past history and present state of the company's affairs. This, however, was lost, and the directors' report adopted, with the alteration in the amount of dividend. TnEIHOUSE OF LORDS.—Mr. Maclise, R.A. having finished his first great picture in the Houses of Par liament, "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo," has received a commission for a work of the same size for a corresponding compartment, measuring 45ft longiby 12ft. high. The price paid for these large pictures, which are painted in the new method called "water-glass' painting, invented by Dr. Fuchs, of Munich, is £3,500 each, The subject for the second great work of Mr. Maclise is " The Death of Nelson." The Peers' Gallery is to have 18 of these immense pictures upon its walls, all of which will rel*te to the military and naval history of England.—The Critic. tin tached, to be Captain, vice Charles Gasper D. Annesley, who retires upon half-pay ; Lieutenant Robert Isaac Adamson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ferris, who retires ; Ensign John Forbes Mosse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adamson; George Gordon Ferguson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mosso. 22d Foot—Maximilian Henry Emilius de Cetto, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richard George Lucas, who retires. 24th Fcot—.Ensign William Magill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Francis Massey Pearson deceased; Ensign Charles William Story to be Lieutenant, with out pu ry,rchaselB6 ' 2, ha 9 vice b en Magill cancell , whed. ose promotion on 24th Febru a 25th Foot—Ensign George Dixon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Duchesnay, who retires ; Binny Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dixon. 27th Fo ot -- Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Henry Thos. King has been permitted to resign his commission ; Staff- Assistant Surgeon Thomas Young Baker to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Joseph Henry Thomas King, who has re signe t. 314 Foot—Captain John O'Flanagan, from half-pay 33d Foot, to be Captain, vice Arthur John Schreiber, who retires upon half-pay. 56th Foot—Lieut. John William Taylor, from 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Landon Watt, who ex changes. Gist Foot—Edward Maxwell Lyte, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Alexander Rogerson, who retires. 64th Foot—Lieut. Alfred John Tuke to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet-Major Alfred Picton Bowlby, who becomes Supernumerary by his appointment to a Company of Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Military College; Ensign Herbert Grant to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Tuke ' • Lieut. Jame s L an d on W att, from the 56th F oo t, t o be Lieutenant, vice John William Taylor, who exchanges; Francis John Edward Green, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant. 65:h Foot—Alfred Harper Toulmin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kenneth Douglas, appointed to 50th Foot. 66th FoJt—Lieutenant Frederick Hugh Irwin Day to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Sir Charles Frederick Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., who retires; Ensign Robert Gibbons Westropp to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Day; Robert Charles Gra3me, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Westropp. 72d Foot—Ensign M. H. E. de Cetto. from 22d Foot to be Ensign, vice Arthur Rice, deceased. 100th foot — Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James Young Donald son, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice O'Brien, ap pointed to the Staff. CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone)—Lieutenant George Luck, 6th Dragoons, to be instructor of Musketry- UNATTACHED—To be be Majors without purchase—Cap tain and Brevet-Colonel Alexander Houston, half-pay 4th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners ; Captain and Brevet -Colonel George Herbert Frederick C.mpbell, half-pay Royal Staff Corps, Staff Officer of Pensioners. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant• Surgeon Wm. Kipper' Stewart, M.D., from the 99th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant- Surgeon, vice Baker, appointed to the 27th Foot; Assis tant-Surgeon Thomas Michael O'Brien,, from the 100th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Donaldson, appointed to the 100th Foot. BREVET. Second Captain William Butler Gossett, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major. The uniermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.8., Colonel et' the 79th Foot, on the 13th March, 1862 : Lieutenant -General Sir George William Paty, K.C.8., Colonel of the 70th Foot, to be General. Major-General George Morton Eden, Colonel of the 50th Foot, to he Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, C. 8., from Lieu tenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General. Brevet Lieutenant •Colonel Sir Frederick Leopold Arthur Bart., Major half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major John George Boothby, Captain Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Francis Richard Taylor, half-pay 44th Foot, Professor of Military Drawing, Royal Military College, to be Major. The undermentioned Paymasters to have the honorary rank of Captain : John Edward Longden, 29th Foot. Maxwell Kirwan Morris, 95th Foot. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 27. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Francis Fos. berg Evans to be First Lieutenant, vice G. W. T. Hem mans, placed on half-pay. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 28. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and Quartet master William Frederick Portlock Scott Dadson to be Captain ; First Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Alex ander Brenan to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster; First Lieutenant Charles Frederick Short to be Captain ; Second Lieutenant Robert 'William Francis Holt to be First Lieutenant ; First Lieu' enant and Adjutant Francis Lean to be Captain; First Lieutenant John Blackwood Colwell to be Captain ' • First Lieutenant and Quarter master Henry Swale to be Captain; First Lieutenant Thomas Bent to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster; Se cond Lieutenant Robert Hoare Dyer to be First Lieu tenant. BANKRUPTS. The portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when,we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 11 18f 11 18f Antwerp .. 25 521 25 57f Brussels — 25 521 25 57f llamburgh — 13 st 13 8f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfurt on Maine —118 A Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .. 321 32f Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan •••• Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York — Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American I ion loons 49i 481 25 60 25 57f 25 57} 40i 120 1201 53 636. Stampede Rapparee Finlande Twenty ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Loiterer Oldminster Necromancer Arcadia Man-at-Arms King of Diamonds 3 Ellerton - 1 The Priest Walpole Castor Oil 2 St. Bernard LONDON, April I.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze and cloudy weather, with slight rain. KINGROAD. March 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Marion, from New York, for Gloucester, Gleaner, from New York, for Gloucester. SWANSEA, March 31.—Windt S.W.—Arrived—Duke of Beaufort, and Don Diego, from Coquimbo. Sailed— Commerce, for Shanghai; Gold Hunter, for St. Thomas ; Nanjoster, for Cuba. FoRTSMOUTIi, March 31.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Agin for Adelaide. court, March 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Caro- Mitrolu., -rara; Cyclops, from Liverpool for Cal line, from Daub. cutta. --Wind W.—Arrived—Mersey, PLYMOUTH, Match 31. hem New England. - TELEGRAPH.) (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNET], g a y Morning. GRAVESENP, Usu.. • Frederick Sailed, March 31---ta4uet, for Avero Avsfro, and Louisa, for Guernsey. Sailed, April I—Boreas, steak/et, for Hambrirg, for Guernsey. RAILWAYS all 7 7i lI —p Fib 14 lt 1* 11 IC 11 12 01 41 4 [6 liP 111 24 t4i II 113 131 13 1 - - NI 2u 21 411 404 41i [5 Lll 8 10 3 7 eS .11 44 45 ,11 53 65 3i 3 d FO SIGN MI 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. at 1 5 Brazil Land & Min. Co... a 1 Clarendon Con s. Mimeo 10 Cobre Copper Cop iapo . 1 1 DunMoun.Cop.Minz Co 3 East Del Bay (Limited) 2 Fortuna. a 20 General a 2 (it N. Cop. of S. 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(Rm.) 0 Van Diemen's L. id 2 3 27 28 4 1 20 32 18 20 9 11 114 117 12 16 85 E 6 104 “ 8 104 107 14 inin oi 98 101 2} 2$ 25i 26! 1 h 1 31 31 la la 24 3 4 5 i i I idP 1 13 16 1 11 14 1 14 6 7 55 57 67 69 10 12 18i 19 , 1 17 18 44 *54 54 56 135 140 33 85 4 1 6 i par jp 1* 11 11 oi Ln stock all all all all 100 all 100 all all a.l all 1 5 1 28# lb} 26 } 44 I IMPERIAL PARL LAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. THE MERRIMAC AND MONITOR. Sir F. SMITH called the attention of the Secretary of State for War to the reports of an engagement between ax. American iron-clad frigate in the naval service of the Con federate States, called the " Merrimac," and an iron gun boat, called the "Monitor," in the naval service of the Federal States, having a shot-proof roof; and to ask whether, in consequence of the results of that action, it will not be prudent to suspend the construction of some of the pro posed forts at Spithead until the value of such iron-roofed gunboats for the defence of our ports and roadsteads shall have been fully considered. Having alluded to the actions in which these vessels were engaged he contended that we could not rely on our fortifications to prevent Portsmouth and other ports being bombarded by similar vessels. He trusted that Government would not at present go further with the works in course of construction, and which would cost the country £2,000,000. He thought it would be better under the circumstances if they paid for the forfeiture of their contracts. Whatever difference of opinion there might be on other pedal", there was no doubt they had been wrong in constructing forts at Spithead, but they had hot gone too far to retrace their steps. They would not be able to man these forts even with the assistance of the Volunteers, while the gunboats could be easily manned and would prove . of the most efficient character in the event of an invasion. He alluded to the Monitor, which after several hours' exposure to a fire from a fort and vessels had sustained no injury, though some of the balls directed against her were of the largest calibre. Mr. LAIRD said he should like to offer a few observa tions before the noble lord answered the question. He had long been an advocate for the adoption of iron in the building of all vessels in her Majesty's navy. Objections had been raised to building small vessels of this kind, but the success of the Monitor had settled that question, and had shown even that small vessels were able to resist large ones. And although not fit for sea, she was safe on a short voyage. At any rate, the Monitor saved the credit of the American navy, for had she not been there the Merrimac would have destroyed all the wooden ships in the harbour. (Hear, hear.) When they looked and saw the difficulties that had always been raised against the adoption of any new principle, they could not wonder that there were objections made to going a step farther than they had hitherto done, and constructing the entire navy of this country of iron. Until they did that, he felt convinced they would not be able to reduce the ex penditure for dockyards. They would then be able to do away with the stock of timber which lay rotting frequently in the yards. They would merely have to order the iron as they required it, and they could build their ships by con tract if they chose. The adoption of this plan would lead to a reduction of their establishment charges, and enable them to know for a certainty what the naval expenditure of the country would be. The objections to the general adop tion of iron merged into this question, that they could not build a small class of :iron vessels for. foreign service be cause of the fouling. The only remedy for that, and the cheapest in the end, would be to construct graving docks at our foreign stations. The expense of these would be small compared with the cost of bringing ships home for repair, as was necessary whenever the slightest accident occurred. He was borne out in this opinion by Admiral Robinson, the Comptroller of the Navy, who stated in his evidence last year, " Give me good graving docks, and one ship will do the work of two." Until they adopted some plan of this kind it was impossible that our steam navy could be kept in an efficient state. He hoped, after what had taken place in America, that the Government would be induced to pay more attention to the matter, and that they would pause before they proceeded further in building a large number of small wooden vessels which would be utterly useless, and unable to cope with such vessels as they might meet on foreign shores. Mr. GREGORY believed that the money expended upon the fortresses would be worse than wasted, and called upon the Government to look the matter in the face; to be pre pared for an entirely new state of things, that would revo lutionise our navy, and to divert the expenditure intended fur useless fortifications to the construction of iron Moni tors. Sir J HAY said his opinion, as to the necessity of the forts at Spithead, had changed. He now thought it would be better to spend the money on vessels of the new construction, moveable forts being more available than fixed fortifications. After some further discussion, Sir G. LEWIS observed that two questions had been raised in this discussion —one, as to the expediency of stop ping the construction of the forts at Spithead ; the other, whether we should alter the whole character of our naval defences. Upon the latter question he warned the house against entering upon so large a discussion at present ; the practical result of the suggested revolutionary change in our naval defences might be a supplementary estimate of £10,00',000 or £15,000,000. With regard to the first ques tion, it was identical with that brought before the Defence Commission, which, in a careful report, expressed an opin ion that the best plan of defence was a combined system of forts and iron-cased vessels. Had any addition been made to our knowledge which should alter that conclusion? Not speaking on his own authority, but from information he had received, he was led to think that the engagement be tween the American vessels threw little light upon the qualities of iron-cased ships. He expected, however, that the ingenuity of engineers would be stimulated to invent machines that would smash such ships attacking our coasts, and he hoped they would soon be able to attain that result. Mr. BRIGHT said the speech of Sir G. Lewis was not very satisfactory; he had said nothing to the propositions of Sir F. Smith. However important the occurrence in America, it would be an unfortunate thing if it led to a naval reconstruction. There was a certain amount of proof that batteries would be of no use to prevent iron cased vessels like the Monitor from entering Portsmouth harbour, and the question was whether it was right to spend more money upon fortifications that might be use less. He agreed that nothing appeared to have been con cluded ; but the probability was that something was con cluded, and surely the Chancellor of the Exchequer might be asked to support the proposition in the Cabinet not to commit the country further to the expenditure of millions. Captain JERVIS expressed a hope that the Government would reconsider the question of the construction of the forts. Mr. OSBORNE called upon the Government to suspend works which would be not only expensive, but might prove unnecessary. The house should insist upon their not spend ing another shilling upon the forts until we were in a con dition to know they would be able to hold their own against the monsters of the deep. Sir J. PAKINGTON must say that the present most important question had been raised very ably and clearly and in a very kindly spirit by the hon. and gallant member for Chatham (Sir F. Smith), The question was one of great importance ; but it was not, as had been said, an Admiralty question—it was whether or not, considering the tidings that had been lately received from America, her Majesty's Government were determined, without any cause whatever, to proceed with the construction of the forts at Spitheadf He entirelyagreed with the right hon. gentleman the Secre tary of State for War, that it would not be wise, in the tran sition state in which they then were, to be led away by every report that reached them ; but, on the other hand, it would be impossible to deny that the erection of these forts was not a most wise mode of defending Spithead (Hear.) They were, however, now in a transition state, and he must say that the Government would do well to consider the whole question in relation to the events which had recently occurred on the other side of the Atlantic. Lord C. PAGET admitted the importance of what had occurred on the other side of the Atlantic, but they were not, in his opinion, of a nature to set aside plans wtich had been materially agreed upon. Now what was the case ? They had shown in this country some time since that vessels with a certain thickness of iron armour would resist certain weight of shot propelled against them. They had tried experi ments at Shoeburyness, and the result was that they had ceased to build wooden ships, and were now building iron cased ships. But they had learned something more, they had learnt that iron-cased ships . could run down wooden built ships, and cut them down. All their iron-cased ships s c o te f d th w e i i t r h en su em ffi t c e i s e . nt ( shre e n ar lt h h ear of .) stem An t d o run ddown th6 ": were th c e on s s h7 • the constinctib:n of such vessels the Government had been directing for the lab:t three years. He could assure the house and the hon. member for Birkenhead (Mr. Laird) that there was not, so far as he %V: " aware of, any intention on the part of her Majesty's GoTb :rnment to bring in a sup plementary naval estimate this sesslo.:l' The hon. gentle man seemed to think that the Goveriunent 0 1 eant to propose a supplementary estimate for £10,000.000 ; Lut such was not the case so far as he was aware of. He says po t your wooden vessels and build docks in your distant islands. Mr, LAIRD—I said distinctly our foreign endow:. Lord C. PAGET wished the house to consider that the navy of England was powerful for defence; but when they were told that they were to give up their fortifications he telt that the time was not yet come when they ought to do that. With regard to ships and fortifications, all nava men say that they regard ships as preferable to fortifications as means of defence. But he must look and ask where they were to find shelter for their merchant ships, 10,000 0 1 which would be running in time of war for shelter into that beat of all ports. Ile believed they would require to have iron-cased ships for the defence of their ports ; but he con tended that nothing that had occurred on the other side of the Atlantic was of a nature to call upon them to suspend their fortifications, and to build still larger iron-cased ships There must be limit to the weight and quantity cf guns on board those ships ; but there was no limit as to their weight in relation to fortifications, for if they could construct guns to carry shot a thousand pounds Weight, and place them in their fortifications, th e effe ct would be the more important. But they would never be able to construct ships that would be equal to carry such a weight of guns. With respect to the Channel and Spithead, he was bound to say that Sir Richard Dundas, who had been quoted, always considered that fortifications were necessary for the defence of Spit- "tor Mr. BENTINCK, though he thought there had bet a good deal of exaggeration on both sides in the discussion, considered that the time had come for reconsidering the question as to the defence of Spithead. Mr. CONINGEIAM protested most strongly against throwing away money upon the forts. THE OTTOMAN LOAN. Orr the question being again put, that the house should go into committee of supply, Mr. BUI3BARD called attention to the participation of Her Majesty's Government in the proposals for an Ottowan loan, suggesting that the Government had gone too far, and laid a ground for a future claim upon the Governments. Lord PAL MERSTON gave an explanation of the transaction, observing that Lord Russell had acted with prudence in a matter affecting the financial condition of a friendly Power, in whose welfare England felt a deep in terest. Until the finances of Turkey were placed in a healthy condition, so that the Sultan could pay his way, he would be unable to carry into effect those social, financial, and religious improvements which he was anxious to accom plish. If Turkey became an independent and commercial country, and a strong and well-administered Government were established there, it would greatly contribute to the peace of Europe, and her Majesty's Government, in aiding those objects, would be doing their duty. In reply to a question by Mr. STANSFIELD, Mr. LAYARD gave explanations respecting the pro ceedings of Austria in the Sutorina. The house then went into committe e upon the Civil Ser vice Estimates, and various resolutions were agreed to and ordered to be reported. On the vote of £84,661 for royal parks and pleasure grounds, Colonel DUNNE protested against the continuance o the large annual outlay for the metropilitan parks, to which the term "Royal" could in no sense be applied. In order d t t h o e test u t the e t e f e n e l e i f n g t h o e f v t o h t e e h H y o x u 7 s , e sl o s n , t t h h e e it s e u m b j f e e c r t , B h e e t t m e r o s v e a e park. The committee, after some discussion, divided, when there voted : For the reduction Against it Majority EDUCATION.—THE REVISED CODE. On the order of the day for going into committee on this subject, Lord PALMERSTON said,—l propose that this ques tion be taken on Monday, the sth of May, a week s►fter the day on which the house will meet after the Easter recess. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE said, as far as he could hear, there was no objection to the day which the noble viscount had fixed ; but it had been mentioned on Friday night that it would be very desirable that the Government amendments .on the Revised Code should be laid on the table as early as might be convenient, in order that the house and the country might have time to consider the details of those amend meats. (Hear.) Ho would therefore ask that the noble viscount should say that he would be prepared within a reasonable time to lay the amendments on the table. (Hear, hear.) It was then agreed to go into committee on the subject on the sth of May. COPYRIGHT (WORKS OF AhT) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of the Copyright (Works of Art) Bill. Mr. DILLWYN suggested that the subject required more consideration, and moved to defer the third reading for six months. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was of opinion that the matter had been sufficiently considered, and explained and defended the provisions of the bill. The amendment having been withdrawn, the bill was read a third time and passed. In committee on the Red Sea and India Telegraph Cora pany, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after a short explanation of the arrangements made for giving en couragement for a fresh attempt to accomplish a useful ob ject, moved a resolution for charging the annuity to the company upon the Consolidated Fund. The resolution, after some discussion, was agreed to. The Merchant Shipping Acts, &c., Amendment Bill was read a second time, with the understanding that its principle might be discussed on the motion for going into committee on the bill. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in moving the second reading of the Writs of Habeas Corpus into her Majesty's Possessions Abroad Bill, received from the Lords, explained the object and effect of the measure, the necessity of which had grown out of the case of the slave Anderson. The bill was read a second time, after a short discussion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, moved a resolution, th ,t there should be a standing committee, to be designated "The Committee of Public Accnunts," for the examination of the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expen d iture. The motion was agreed to. The house adjourned at 2 o'clock: ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. At the 47th annual festival of this institution, held on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern, the chair was taken by Mr. Charles Dickens, who made an interesting speech. He began by stating that seven or eight years ago, without the smallest ex pectation of ever being called on to fill the chair at an anniversary festival of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution, and without the remotest reference to such an occasion, he had selected the administration of that society as the model on which he desired that another society should be reformed, l :,both as regarded the delicate mode in which its relief was afforded and the singular economy with which its funds were adminis tered. As a proof of the latter quality, he stated that the cost of distributing nearly £:2,000 among the recipients of the bounty of the charity in the past year amounted to no more than £lOO, inclusive of all office charges and expenses. The experience and knowledge of those intrusted - with the management of the funds were, he said, a guarantee that the last available farthing of the funds would be distributed among proper and de serving recipients. Claiming on his part to be related in some sort to the profession of an artist, he disdained to stoop to ask for charity in the ordi nary acceptation of the the term on behalf of the artists. In its broader and higher signification, of generous confidence, lasting trustfulness, love, and confiding belief, he very readily associated that cardinal virtue with art. He declined to pre sent the artist to the notice of the public as a grown-up child, or as a strange, unaccountable, moon-stricken person, waiting helplessly in the street of life to be helped over the road by the crossing -sweeper. On the contrary, he presented the artist as a reasonable creature, a sensible gentleman, and as one quite as well acquainted with the value of his time and that of other people as if he were in the habit of going on high 'Change every day. The artist whom he wished to present to the notice of the meeting was one to whom . the perfect s enti a couldl to ga every in no aecnjhoieyvmemenetnotfotfhheisfivliefes.ensThe wa s artist e wealth nor fame by buying something which he s never touched, an d selling it to another who Would also never touch or see it, but was compelled to strike out for himself every spark of fire which burned, lighted, and perhaps consumed him. He must win the battle o' life with his own hand and with his own eyes, and was oblig e d t o act as general commanding-in-ch ief, captain, ensign, non-commis sioned officer, private, drummer, great arms, small arms, infantry, cavalry, all in his own unaided self. When therefore he asked help for the artist, he did not wo k e his appeal for one who was a cripple from his birth, 130 he asked it as part payment of a great debt which all sensible and civilised creatures owed to art; as a mark of respect to art—as a decoration, not as a badge ; as a remembrancer of what this land or any land would be without art, and as a token of our appreciation of the works of the most successful artists of htis country. APPREHENSION OF A LIVERPOOL NOTABLE.—Mra. Gallagher, the reputed owner of several notorious houses in this town, kept by persons in her employment, but who has hitherto escaped the clutches of the police, hag at length been apprehended. Her connexion with cases which othershave been prosecuted and punished, whi le she re mained unseen and unpunished, was the cause of consider in able scandal and much insidious remark. To clear up any misunderstanding on the subject, a warrant was obtained some time ago and transmitted to London, where she was takeninto custody on Friday. She was thence transmitted to Liverpool, and arrived here on S aturda y night about 11 o'clock, She resided in a handsome establishment a t Eltb am -place, Foxley-road, B r ixton, and, it is said, com plained much of the indignitY of being taken into cust o d y. The name she went byin Lon don was Mercer ; and she will be brought before Mr. Railer this morni ng t o answer the charge made against her. —Liverpool Albion. head. It was true that Sir Richard Dundee recor amended, in reference to iron-cased ships, that they sb_ontld direc their earliest attention to the construction of such ships. Well, they had not neglected their construction, although the house had been told that the Admiralty had dono nothing. The hon. member for Liskeard (Mr. Osborne) gave the house to understand that he (Lord C. Paget) had been opposed to the principle of Captain Cooper Coles' ships; but that was not so. I=Malg ..