The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK, Although the existing uneasiness resulting from the disturbed state of continental politics pervades all branches of business, it is satisfactory to find that trade, in its various departments, is making favourable progress. From week to week evidence is afforded of this fact by the railway traffic returns, while the Board of Trade statistics, issued monthly, bear additional testimony to the satisfactory movement in commercial affairs. If a further proof were wanting, it is furnished by the in creasing demand for money occasioned by the la:rge supplies of mercantile paper brought into the market for negotiation. For some days past an impulse has been given to the inquiries for discount, so much so, indeed, that Messrs. Overend, Gurney, an.d Co. are now allowing 2 per cent. to depositors, as they now find ample employment for money th as intrusted to them at remunerative quotations. yV bether this increased activity will continue re mains to be seen, but at present few bills are negotiated under 21 per cent.—the Bank minimum whereas, a few weeks ago, choice descriptions of sh ort-dated papers were discounted at 2 per cent., al id, in some instances, a fraction lower. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed h eavily, and prices tended downwards: The sales only amounted to 6,000 bales. On the Stock Ebcchange a very limited business was transacted, and values exhibited a further slight decline. The whole of the gold by the Africa, viz., £l3 3,000, has been taken for transmission to the Continent. A t the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of public interest. Th e Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, hare made a call of £2 to be paid by the 121;11 April; and the Oriental Inland Steam of £2 to be made on the " B" shares of the company, by the 11th May. There has been a special meeting of the proprie tors of the Ceylon Railway Company to-day, at which a proposal was made for allowing the share holders to make voluntary payments on their shares instead of paying calls, which had been previously sulbmitted to counsel, and approved by them as 'Within the privileges of the company. The arrange ment was approved by the meeting. There was very little animation to-day in the market for Public Securities. During the morning a further decline of 1- per cent. took place, but a reaction has since occurred, owing to increased firmness on the Paris Bourse. Consols, which were 951 e, are now 95a a for money and account. India Stock is flat at 220, and the Loan Debentures at 98/. Exchequer Bills are marked 345. to 375. prem. The Foreign Stock Market continues very in active, and prices exhibit no change of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 to 924; ditto New Loan, 781 to 784; and the 4 per Cents. are steady at 103 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 1024 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 1852, at 95 ; and Portuguese at 46. Peruvian 44 per Cents. have receded to 91; and Austrian 5 per Cents. to 68; and the New Loan is 2 to 1 discount. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1859. North-Western ...160,752 South-Western . .. 13,298 Brighton Midland . 32,669 South-Eastern Great Northern . 20;639 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern East Lancashire 6,278 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 10,046 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. 4,168 West Hartlepool South Devon . 2,308 Dublin and Wicklow . 1,353 Edinburgh and Glasgow . 5,425 Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 7,256 The above returns continue to exhibit a con siderable improvement on most of the principal lines in the United Kingdom. The increase on the North Western is £4,151; on the South Western, 1,694 ; on the Brighton, £2,785 ; on the Midland, £4,496; on the South Eastern, £2,069; on the Great Northern, £4,681 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,013; on the North Eastern, £3,325 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £2,092 ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £277; and on the Grand Trunk of Canada, £490 ; but a decline of £216 is apparent on the Great Western of Canada. The price of the £1,000,000 Debentures, nego- tiated by the East India Railway Company, is 1 to 11 premium. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been on a very moderate scale, and prices are depressed, notwithstanding the very favourable character of the traffic returns, compared with those of the same period of the previous year, the decline, in most instances, amounting to about a to 2 per cent. Eastern Counties; Great Western, Brighton, North Western, and Midland have receded ss. ; Great Northern, South Western, North British, and South Eastern, 10s.; and Vale of Neath, £l. In the Foreign Market the chief dealings have been in Lombardo-Venetian, which have exhibited no material variation, the Old. Shares being at 81- 82-, and the New at Bto 8,4. The Colonial lines are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s.; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are slightly depressed, but the transactions have been quite unimportant. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities i. 95 1 itit India Stock' .. 220 Ditto Debentures 9Bl ConsOls for Account 9 si a_ March. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d 36 4 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small, 1d Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3} per Cent..... 100 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent. 95 Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent 941. 1 Peruvian 41 per Cent 9l . Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Sardinian; '5 per Cent B 2l Spanish 3 per Cent. 441 Turkish 6 per Cent. 9 21 A ... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent 6B THREE O'CLOCK. June. Consols, Money 95 Consols for Account (April) 951 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 17.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. strong breeze, and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, March 16 . — Wind N.W.—Arrived— Mary Weir, from London for Pernambuco ; Minnie, from Shields for Cadiz, with loss of boats, spare anchors , cook house, stanchions and bulwarks, and other damage, having encountered very bad weather on the Ist March. PLYMOUTH, March 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—. Superior, from Cuba; Phoenix, Odessa, with slight damage to vessel, and two men washed overboard, having been struck by a sea on the 14th inst. TORBAY, March 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adolphe St. Valery, from Newfoundland. CARDIFF, March 16.—Wind W—Arrived—Mary Mit cheson, from Gibraltar. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W., blowing hard all night. Arrived—Jupiter, from Cardiff; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan.. Sailed—Clemente, for Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., fresh breeze. Arrived, March 16—Webster, from New York; De Maas, from Nantes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. IVlnd W., tide four hours' flood., weather fresh. Arrived, March 16—Pudsey Dawson, from Calcutta ; Alma, from Adelaide. Arrived, March 17—Sir James, from Singapore. Sailed, March 17—Gibraltar, steamer, for Cadiz. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W ; fresh and threatening. Passed.—Her Majesty's ship Locust, ffom north to west. Anchored—Gibraltar, screw steamer, from London for Gibraltar. A large fleet at anchor. A report continues to be circulated in Paris, that Prince Napoleon will shortly replace Prince Jerome; as President of the Court of Ministers, or will be consiituted Vice-President. Zcir deter- evened 51y-signed , Notting ►se of tak ntroduced t Govern- n Knight, dim& and f the hall e meeting rs for the were road [arch 14. e receipt of propose at ottinghain, •liamentary •acter front thank you expression hich their pn that the be settled manner as the subject at the Go satisfy the 'egards the ranchise, it public. I do, as an ay be made ure ; and I the occupa- L to that in pinion that )f the frau lilies which them ; and ht exercise osed to the ALTER." Walter's cm, voices manhood pplauded, g classes is /visions of e extreme. movide for r share in ntelligence heir ability y voter, in y fulfil the franchise. to give it st resolu r opinion measure t require _ Cs carried :t resolu 'eform, to note the cl at least y person vote by le o,ppor ilth and 'solution, the new a, and a ed in the ) THE 1 Vienna ► articles an jour- that the riling the organ of )ok at the its object lie serial); ed by the deny the to broad l y 7, and rim. We lieved in article in we could ble sent - ut on the Lk we are 3r wishes Loses and rs in this c opinion rendered use to be 3ermany treaties It could [ow their ;43 props,- than the ks about any that Austria fired the ; in the bly arise Italy an of peace PREFERENCE SHARES. Sharei Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet4p.ct Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et 6.4 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c 64 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. 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 5 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. g a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. of Scotld, Ist pf Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 rest West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do : Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. 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.&Brtg.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. , :to. 5 p. c. Ne. 4 Loa.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 sha Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. it. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c•E m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. pref. do. 1847 Do. Wav;Thl.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, e-ua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. 8 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 130. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in peril Scottish Central, new pi iScottish N.-Eastern deb ' Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.g - ua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e ' Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock' Stock Stock Stork Stock, 20 Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 121 14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10f Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all 1100 100 100 100 100 all Paid.i Cir°riace.ing 49 41 94 96 1103 105 126 128 118 120 1 61 98 101 110 115 106 110 'll4 116 112 114 129 131 80 82 72 74 110 112 118 120 110 112 104 106 64 66 11 11} 95 97 86 E 8 187 89 99 101 91 loi 161 171 91 lot 72 74 181 191 91 9 14 1 4,E 140 142 1118 120 1160 165 123 125 _ iP 139 141 101 103 1 I 94 90 9f 91 11/ 11/ 9 9i 111 113 96i 97} d p '123 23i 231 125 117 119 99 101 Stock Stock Stock 8 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock lot 101 Stocicl 24 244 102 104 102 104 16i 174 284 294 33 34 50 52 501 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing! 7Ausineal Railways. ! Paid '! Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.WI Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & NAT Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledor Colchester, Stour Val. all E.TJ.A . ,LE c E.Lincolnshire,g,.6p.c. 100 Gt :Werth. E Union,HarwichShs. all , Do. Woodbridge ... 10e, Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. - 2.00 Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Fr.„cest all Hartlpool.Dck . .; t ß a ll all Hull and 5c",~, Do. S' tarn all Do. 81mm all Lon 'ion&Greenwich Dr.& Prefe rence om.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Do. Barking Shares - all Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et lOO Do. 6 per cent . .• • 100 Mane. ,13uxtn. & Matk. all Midsb. & Bedcr, g.6p. c. all Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) 6. guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent all Preston and Wyre. Do. > Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Uoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrawsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do Wilts and Somerset. Wimbledon& Croydn:i Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co. Do. Norfolk Do. I LN W&M Stk.& Dar (Midland . lE.Counts. D... ... all all 100 18 11 6 all all all all 100 all ****** Do. **** lA* WT L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassey hi`Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L. itßrgrtn DOCKS 08 100 ' 102 104 17 18 192 144 4} 4L 109 Ul 61 66 115 120 92 93 2} -Ij 96 98 57 59 138 140 9 k RI 11 111 1001 n 91 8 9 I Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Share Docks. . . Stoek Commercial .. . .. . . . lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref. Alin lOO Stock East and West India 10 0 Stock; London lOO 93 StockiSt. Katharine loo _ Stock!Southampton lOO fin &mil-VictoNew ria r 18 10 0 102 104 103 20 Do .... SHARE IS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. p aid. I Closing Business Price. 6 6? 71 8. 62 64 11 114 31 S 3 93 04 84 841 484 491 5/ 51 16 si 16} 9 59} 6( 45 47 30 32 60 161 591 601 Share Railways. 12. :0 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock *Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16. 1 / 1613 4 Stock, Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock] 545 Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn IBlyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blirrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div. f Do. B until6 p .c. p er an. ha sbeep pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte. - 2.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg; and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 'Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares NevMastle and Carlisle New., Aber, & Herefd 7 '..Tewry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Slttingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. let Class Do. 2d Class .. - all 100 3 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 "100 £3 ls. 171 all all 100 all all all 22i 7 IC4 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all 13.14 stock 14 16 92 94 714 72 264 27 93 94 10 IA 102 103 87 89 133 134 1041 105 i 57 574 56 58 8.3 87 111 121: 11 12 pl 91 9 id 67 69 [llk 1121 94i 05 1 d 92 92i 37 , 374 2 1 - d 100 1001 75 77 114 12 60 62 34 3d ss-1 58; 01 5. 1 011 1 14 d 4 le 75 76 101 102 4 4k d 13 3 1. 7 8 32} 33} 7 5 d, 110 112 261 271 81 85 46 48 2i d 38 89 70 11 65 67 12 14 102 1 4 88 7/ 105 5 71 7 111 ~o } } 8 11 37 38 68 72 6 6i 2 3 6 61- 914 i d 11lf i MI 4 92 4 100 991 Bursinean Done. 118 1004 100 101 139 40 102 Share Railways. IP ,. "'" Closing Business Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 5I d 24 5 Belgian East. Junction all / 1 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 11 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 61 65 10 Italian Junction .. 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all -- 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 Ip 8 4 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege a ll 3 841 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 2 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 3.3 20 Paris and Orleans_ 20 Recife& S. Fran. ( Pero.) ) 9 1 d gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Rig,a and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. .7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 6 7 10 Do. 51 per cent. Prof. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders all 5 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria .. 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 80 85 81 1 Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 1 d gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 4 d 18 Do. Do. B 44 4 4d 45 205 Bu ff alo and Lake Huron all 7 7 201 Do. New l6l - d 100 {Buffalo,Brant.&-Godrich Nil 85 90 6p. et. s. 1 Au. 1872 100 Do. do. bd 1 Ju l y , 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Cleutta.ezS.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 28. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1 Pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 25.6 d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 1P 8 4 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 I P Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1021 103/ 103 124 31 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do, E Shares Ext l5 I I P 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 Do.ll p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 20 Geelong& Mel.gua .5 p. c. all 191 201 s to. j Geelong Corporation 6 1100 ( per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 341 351 3 5 1 4 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 74 76 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 92 94 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 1001 1011 1005 11 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 p 1 p 20 Do. do 20 I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 2s ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 16 t6} 16 155 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,wi th all 100 105 ( ept. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 105 100 Do. do. "a without opt all 100 105 103 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 17 18 20 Do. do. 5 per Cent all 19 20 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 18 19 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 /Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 _ —d Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 j Northoflndia Tramroad ( Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde P 20 Do. 20 Do. New a ` ° . B x. 10 1 d 20 Do. Punjaub 5 1 I(I 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. be Q ' 10 5d 20 St. Andrews & Qu e bec A 18 1 0 3 , Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1859. PROGRESS OF TYRA.N.NI7. THE PIRENIX PROSECUTIONS. At the present time Continental Europe seems to be in complete subjection to military tyranny. Not only are those free institutions overthrown which enabled the people to check the assumption of Power, and by creating a European public opinion gave to small States some influence over affairs, but the materill interests of mankind are every where sacrificed to the grandeur of potentates and their jealousy of each other. Without any cause of discord, at a time when railways and the course of trade are every day bringing the Continental nations together, when the desire of every people is for quiet and freedom to pursue the acquisition of wealth, the great empires of Europe are engaged in adding to armaments which are already without a parallel in history. Not only are the respective populations burdened to provide conscripts by land and sea, to build fortifications, to construct dockyards, ships, and machinery, and to complete the prepara tions for ever-menacing campaigns, but the perpetual disquiet caused by the apprehension of war blights enterprise and prevents the growth of international confidence. The nations of Europe see a large portion of their earnings spent yearly in keep ing up armaments, the only use of which is to hinder those earnings from being far greater than they are. It is the old fable of the eagle slain by an arrow winged with its own feather. The loss occasioned by these immense armies is twofold,— they are raised ostensibly to give security to the State, and they creite the distrust which they are intended to allay. France, is of course, the most striking example of this political evil. Here we have a nation plunged deeper into debt every year, in order—so its rulers would say—to be secure against a European combination. No Government existing in Paris during the last 40 years has pro fessed any desire for European conquest, nor has there been a mile of territory added to the French limits at the expense of a neighbour. The same amicable policy has been upheld by othe r St a t es . No Power in Europe has interfered with or insulted or thwarted France ; every change of Government has been accepted; every advance indicative of friendship has been courteously received. And yet France keeps up 600,000 men and a first-rate fleet for the purposes of defence ! The results of such a policy are obvious. The world will not believe that the French people make these sacrifices merely to insure an independence which nobody threatens. When, year after year, fleets and armies are the constant objects of solicitude, when the levy of con scripts never fails, and the dockyards ring continu ally with the construction of new engines of war, then Austria, Prussia, England, and the whole of Central and Western Europe, are forced to be on their guard also. Three millions of men are under arms in a Continent where the most cynical poli tician would not dare to say he expected war. But the strangest features of the situation is, that the people which by common consent is held responsible for the unquiet state of Europe proves to be the most indisposed to war of any. Every one who watched the French during the late hos tilities with Russia must have perceived that there was no keen appetite for victories and bulletins. They were, no doubt, satisfied with the result of the campaign; but there was certainly little en thusiasm or love of military exploits for their own sake. The Italian scheme of the Emperor brings out this feeling still more strongly. Public opinion has never but once since 1851 pronounced itself boldly, unmistakeably, and effectively, and this is against a war with an old enemy of France, in a cause calculated to kindle the fancy of a military people, and with a prospect of creating a confede ration of vassal States to the South of the Alps. Every device has been used to stir up the desire for conquest. The glory of overthrowing Austria, braving the anger of the German Powers, and per haps placing a Bonaparte on an Italian throne, was to be realised by one bold stroke. For this the Emperor harangued in the provinces last autumn, exhibited the strength of his fortifications to the English Parliament, made his preparations in silence, and threw off the mask with ostentation. The efforts of the Imperialist press for the last two months have been incessant, while any opposing arguments have been forbidden by a special circu lar of M. Delangle. But all has been unavailing, and the Court is now obliged to recognise that, except a small band of adventurers, the whole French nation is resolutely bent on peace. This is a fact most creditable to the French character, and most reassurin g t o E urope . It in dicates iet a better spirit has come over a race heretofore made restless and hopeless by a long succession of political calamities. The men of this age have lived down many evils, and seen the fal sification of many gloomy predictions ; but hardly the most sanguine would have ventured three months since to hope for the pacification of Europe as the consequence of a moral change in the French people. The cause of this change in the French people are not difficult to trace. Their most no table quality is the case with which they adapt themselves to any pursuit. They worked our Par- liamentary system - for years, and at one time the Chamber of Deputies was, for ability and influence in the world, the rival of our own House of Com mons. The spirit with which even our national amusements have been introduced into France, though originally uncongenial to the people, shows the versatility of their minds and tastes. But the most important imitation of the English has been in their habits of industry. Only since the acces sion of LouA Philippe to the throne can French commercial prosperity be said to have come into being. Before that time all was stagnation. The maritime and colonising spirit of the old monarchy had passed away, and the manufacturing and trading of the present day had not begun. In deed, the progress within the last 15 years has been immense. French exports have increased at a greater rate than the English, and, even with a reckless Government and constant alarms, France is able to bear a taxation which would have crushed her in the days of M. Guizot'§ Ministry. The consequences of prolonged peaCe and retrenchment would be so wonderful that we can hardly venture to predict them. They would probably in twenty years place France among the first manufacturing nations. They would develope her commercial marine, and endow the country with lines of steamers like those of England. They would link every Continental State to France by lines of railway, and make Paris the centre of European business as well as of civilisa tion and amusement. , What, indeed, might not an energetic and gifted people do with a territory twice as large as Great Britain, and commanding the German Ocean, the Atlantic, and the Mediter ranean ? As for soil and climate, France stands almost alone in excellence. One of the most myste rious decrees of Providence is that so small a por tion of the earth's surface should be fitted for the highest development of man. Russia is barred up by its snows ; Spain and Italy are intolerable dur ing a great part of the year ; the whole tract of the United States is exposed to extremes of temperature which try the frame severely. France is just in the latitude which combines every advantage with the fewest defects. Under a bright sun and in a tempe rate air its people have attained the highest point of civilisation, and they make their industry cor respondingly eminent. The artistic a')ility of France is without a rival, and as the world becomes richer there is an ever 'increasing market for articles of taste. England may be distanced in the production of cottons or hardware, but there seems no prospect of the monopoly of art being wrested from our neighbours. Then the wines of France are the wines of the world, and form a branch of production which must every year become more important. Here are the elements of a prosperity beyond cal culation ; and it is to this supremacy in the arts of peace that the French people may aspire if they can compel their rulers to give up the barren and inglorious part to which they have so long devoted their country.— Times. . CORK ASSIZES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16. Baron Greene, in his charge to the Grand Jury to-day, said, indictments were to be sent up to them charging certain individuals with compass ing, imagining, devising, and intending to depose the Queen of the royal honour and name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom. The conspiracy of which it was alleged the persons named in the indictment were members was de scribed, he said, in different parts of the indictment in various ways. They were charged to be the combination of a certain number of persons who had entered into an association called the Phoenix Society ; the main circumstances in the case, that the prisoners were alleged to be members of the confederacy and combination, and had thereby become guilty of the several conspiracies charged in the indictment. The Grand Jury returned two true bills at four o'clock against Murty, Monaghan, Wm. O'Shea, Denis O'Sullivan, Mortimer Downing, D an i e l MeCartie, Jeremiah Donovan , Ram, and Patrick Donning for treason and felony. ELECTION OF CHAPLAIN To ST. PANCItAS WORK HOUSE.—Yesterday a ballot took place for the election of a chaplain to St. Pancras Workhouse, in the room of the Rev. Thomas Pugh, resigned. The result was—the Rev. J. K. Jennings, 53 votes ; the Rev. Peter ,Prescott, 12; and the Rev. Hanly Ball, 6. The Rev. J. K. Jennings was declared duly elected. ...The Head 'Mastership of the King's School, Canterbury, has been conferred upon tho Rev. John Mitchinson, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford. The Anglesey h as arr i ve d from Melbourne with 24,699 ozs, of gold, valued at about X 98,800. The Morning Light is now 92 days out, with £,54,800 and the Tornado 91 days ) with £116 ; 700. ; BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. !Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron 'bmidurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal "%Tor (llelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon (St. Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). 8 Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft ram. 1 Closing Business Price. Done. 2.11.10 178 11.18.8 91 188 exi 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Cam.) West Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Mogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.). Wheal Kitty (U. Lelantl INM Mary Ann (Motile iWh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 4 3. 9 40 12s 6d 54 1.7.2 8 44 '4 731 465 475 220 230 12i 131 2i 3i A 7 8 91 104 114 124 144 15 450 1 46 0 21 21' 205 215 1 2 i I 2l 23 75 80 125 135 21 3 11 1 2 49 51 31 33 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian i 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 1013 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 14 20 Do.St.Johndellley,Lim. 15 11 12 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica — d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 38 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 24 3 Linares all 01 101 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Minin7, and Smelt all 4 5 . 5 Port Philip 1 I I 30 Sailtiago de Cuba 164 1 14 28.2.4 United Mexican all 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities, Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 114 115 114/ Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 113 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1021 1031 10201 NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable,lB7s 100 1111 1121 S.Aus.Gt.6pe.Jan&July 100 111 112 Viet•Gov.6p.e.Jan&July 100 112; 1 Share' 100 100 20.11 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks, r Agra&UnitedServiceßkl Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American ChM. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scat., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon. Char. Bk. orAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new rational Bank .... ew South Wales V s ,rieni. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 1 Do. New South Australia . Do. New P aid. ( Closing Business Price. Done. 241 24/ 45 47 11 I d 62 6,5 94 41 24 i 81 I 161 161 23 23i 21 21i Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 201 f 1 211 211(11 20 1 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlatitio Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at Z 8 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, p. c. till 1862 C Canada Land Chan. Islands TeL(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Ce Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) GL Iron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Nayigation. London Discount . Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) ,National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.!tt idis N. Br. drNovaScohaL an d N.B.Australasian(Llm ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telcgr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ,Van Diemen'a Land all all all 15s. all all all all all all Closin g Business done paid .I Price. 13 14 !20 250 32 34 II I 2 } 3,1 36 381 19 21 14 15 128 133 9 10 24 25 11 41 5 103 104 p!tr ' I a-d 1 1 II di 5 6 1 2 1 14 - I --i 1 is par 2i 3 64i 85} 13 134 p I 23i p 24i 7 71 62 64 L 124 125 36 1 i 37i lilt U 11 84i 10 Stock Share' 1000 Stock sf,;ckl <THISDAY.) EL_EcTIONEI The election of a successor to the late W. Baker, Esq., to the office of coroner for East Middlesex, took place this morning at the sessions -house, Clerkenwell. The Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Hale, and Deputy Conder having arrived, and the necessary forms having been gone through, Mr. GEORGE OFFOR, of Hackney, came forward and proposed Mr. Humphrey as a fit and proper person to fill the vacant office. Dr. GASKILL, of Chelsea, said it afforded. him great plea sure to second the nomination. • Mr. Alderman and Sheriff HALE asked if there was any other candidate to propose, and no response having been made, he declared Mr. Humphreys duly elected. Mr. HUMPHREYS was then sworn into office, and re turned thanks for his election. After a few observations from Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Dempsey, the proceedings terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMENT.-TILLET V. CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of an agreement entered into by the defendants with him, to form a new street from Charing-cross to the bridge, and erect certain houses along the same of a particular description, as should be fixed and settled by Mr. C. Lee on the one part and Mr. R. Witherell, on the other, or their nominee, in case of differences. The memorandum is deed July, 1853, and a regular contract was subsequently entered into by the parties in terms of their original agreement. His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judg ment, said that he must hold the memorandum as part of the contract, but on reading the contract, and looking to the evidence in support of it, he could not decree specific performance of the contract, in respect that the particular description and character of the buildings had not been fixed and determined by the referees or their nominee. Whether it could yet be done was very questionable ; there was nothing done and no nominee named, and he could not decree specific performance of the agreement. His Honour, on the authority of the case of Gregory, 18 Vessey, junior, in 1793, and the case before Lord Eldon, of Miller and Green, and the case of Darwin and Whitaker, held that the agreement in this case could not be enforced. His Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill, but without costs, because a contract had been entered into between the parties. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. IMPUDENT ItODEERY.—Mary Sullivan was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with stealing a decanter and several other articles. From the evidence of the prosecutrix it appeared that last night, about 6 o'clock, the prisoner came to her shop, in Gil bert's-passage, Clare-market, and offered a decanter for sale, which she instantly recognised as her property, and which must have been stolen but a few minutes before from her shop door. She told Sullivan that she did not intend to buy the decanter, as it was hers already, but she would stop her stealing. A constable was then called, and she was given into custody. A large pair of shears was also found in her possession, stolen from the same shop. The landlord of the public-house in Bear-yard said last night the prisoner entered his tap-room and stole a large iron teakettle from off the fire. It was full of boiling water at the time. She afterwards came in front of the bar with the property wrapped up in an old apron, and had half a pint of beer. She had a short time previously been refused credit for some gin, and he supposed that it was in consequence of this that she had stolen the tea-kettle. Several other cases of robbery having been clearly proved against her, Mr. Hall sent her for trial at the sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A FOWL—A MORNING'S AMUSEMENT.— Kato White and Catherine Johnson, two smartly-dressed girls, were charged with having in their possession a large and venerable live cock, supposed to be stolen. The case created a good deal of merriment, the constable who stood in the box with the bird having some trouble to keep it quiet. Robinson, 151 E, said that about seven that morning he was in Hetford-street, Fitzroy-market, when he saw the prisoners go up to where a group of fowls were collected, and, after some difficulty, White seized a large Cochin China cock and put it under her shawl, and go as far as Howland-street with it. He went after her and asked White what she had got under her shawl, when she replied " Nothing," but the very moment the cock set up a crow as if to contradict her, Sho then said it was her own, and that she was going to take it home, but believing it belonged to Mr. Hewitt, residing in the street, he took them back to the shop, where it was identified. In answer to the charge Kate said she had, of course, been out with her companion enjoying themselves, and coming home they thought to have a lark, so she suggested that she should try and catch one of the fowls, and after some trouble she succeeded in getting hold of the cock. (Laughter.) The constable said the girl at the time was pinching its beak. (Laughter.) Kate said that was only because it made such a noise. She could, however, assure his worship it was only a joke. It was no use to her. • Mr. Bingham said he supposed not to cat. He was not, however, satisfied that it was only a joke, and should order them to pay 10s. each for the unlawful possession. THAMES. FRAUD ON RECRUITING SERGEANTS.—WiIIiam Shep herd, alias Charles Roots, alias George Roots, a tall young man, was charged with obtaining ls. from William Ll.yd, and Is. 6d. from Charles Berry, by means of false and fraudulent pretences. Lloyd is a sergeant in the Royal Marines and said, Yes terday morning the prisoner came to me on Tower-hill, and said he wanted to enlist. I asked him his name and address, to which he replied George Roots, No. 10, Ber mondsey-street. I enlisted him, and gave him a shilling, and took him to Westminster. The prisoner also said he was not married. I asked him if he had ever served in the army, navy, Royal Marines, the forces of the East India Company, her Majesty's naval coast volunteers, or the militia, to the whole of which he answered in the negative. He was examined by the doctor, passed his examination, and I left him with another sergeant. Charles Berry, a sergeant in the Royal Marines, said the prisoner was left with him, and he took him and gave him ls. 6d., and directed him to bring back 2d., the Is. 4d. being his day's pay. The prisoner did not return with the change, and when he inquired for him he ascertained that he had absconded. He went to Hungerford-market, and found the prisoner on board a penny steam-boat on his way to London-bridge. He told the prisoner that he ought to be ashamed of himself, and that he had made the poor re cruits pay 3d. for his dinner, and then ran away. The pri soner then led him a dance all over the Borough, and could not find out his house. He then took the prisoner to the station-house adjoining the Southwark Police court, and the prisoner again said his name was Charles Roots, and tlt he lived at No. 10, Bermondsey-street. The inspector of police said, " I know you (Isn't live there," and the prisoner then said his real name was Shepherd, and that he lived at No. 1, Park-street, Bow. No Park-street could be found in Bow, but an Upper Park-street was dis covered in Bromley, and the prisoner's wife was found at No. 5, and she handed to him a parchment certificate of her husband's discharge from the Land Transport Corps on the 7th August, 1856. The discharge was put in, and the prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said he was out of work, and imposed upon tho two sergeants to obtain a fow shillings to procure food. Mr. Paynter said the prisoner had told a great many falsehoods. He sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six weeks. THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS COMMITTEE.- The adjourned meeting of the electors for [the discussion of the scheme of the Metropolitan Boroughs Committee for obtainin6 seven additional members for Marylebone, and for dividing this and the other metropolitan boroughs into smaller constituencies, will take place this evening at half past seven o'clock. CAPTURE OF A SHARK IN THE TYNE.—On Tuesday afternoon, about two o'clock, a young shark was caught in the Tyne, at Jarrow, by Mr. Da v id C am pb e ll, blacksmith of Jarrow. The receding tide had left the shark in the bight of the slake, and after lying there for three or four hours it was discovered nearly dead, and of course an easy subject for capture. Tho shark is quite a young one, measuring nearly five in length. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &0., IN IRELAND. — Ireland is to receive, at the hands of the present Ministry, the benefit of a bill for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages. Power is given to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to form new districts, to appoint registrars and deputy-registrars, a nd, word, to org an i se a ll th e machi nery requisite for the attainment of the important object contemplated by the bill. THE DISASTER TO THE CALAIS STEAMER.—The Board of Trade have ordered a formal investigation, under the provisions ofthe Merchant Shipping Act, 1864, into the circumstances attending the recent casualty to th e R o y a l Mail steam-packet P r ince Frederick William, and which is to be held at the Custom House, at Dover, on the 23d instant. ST. JAMES'S HALL—The great success which attended the performance of Mendelssohn's " Ave Maria," by the Vocal Association, has induced the directors to re peat the work on Wednesday Evening, Marco 23d. Hander s "Adis and Galatea" (with Mozart's additional accompaniments) will also be performed. The band and choir, under the direction of M. Benedict, will number 400 performers. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.--Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their in tention to receive tenders this day (Thursday) for a ship to proceed to Sydney, Ne w South Wales, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such days as the:Commissioners may appoint between the 25th of April and the sth of May. The specie by the Africa, £133,000, was delivered yesterday. About £15,000 is in English silver; there are also a quantity of Mexican dollars, which have been soldat 60Id. per ounce. The whslo of the gold except about £15,000 has been taken fig the Continent, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF . LORDS-(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from several congre gations in England and Wales, praying that Dissenters might be allowed to administer trust funds of Grammar Schools. TENURE OF LAND IN OUDE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that to morrow he should ask a questi on o f h er M a jestys Govern ment with respect to the tenure of land in Oude. REVISAL OF THE LITURGY. Lord EBURY gave notice that early after the Easter recess he should move for the appointment of a commis sion to consider the propriety of revising the Liturgy. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Lord C RANWORTH rose to move the omission o, clauses 96 to 93, which he said in effect restored the old system of proceeding in bankruptcy. The effect of the clauses he objected to was to place the affairs of the bankrupt in the hands of a trade assignee, and revive a system which some years ago was considered so objectionable that it was thought advisable to appoint offi cial assignees in order to prevent the abuse. the smaller creditors were the persons most affected by the proposed change, and he thought that the house should see that their interests were properly protected. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the objections raised by noble and learned lords had been seriously con sidered before the clauses were introduced into the bill. There were very conflicting opinions prevalent with respect to the point raised by the noble and learned lord, and a few evenings ago a petition was presented, signed by 800 bankers and merchants of the City of London, in favour of his view of the subject. He (the Lord Chancellor) had, however, presented a petition, signed by 4,000 persons, with directly , the opposite prayer, and from the facility with which sig natures were obtained to petitions, he had no doubt but that on examination many of the same signatures would be found on both petitions. The clauses were the result of mature deliberation, and were approved by large masses of the commercial community ; he, therefore, could not con sent to their being struck out of the bill. Lord OVERSTONE gave his strong and unqualified support to his noble and learned friend below him (Lord Cranworth.) Tne Earl of DONOUQHMORE defended the retention of the clauses. After a few words from !Earl GREY their lordships di vided, when there apppeared— For the retention of the clause Against Majority —ls The clauses were then agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. [LEFT SITTING.] 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 : Cilfton's Name ; Falmouth Docks and Harbour ; Great Western and Brentford Railway ; Kirkwall Harbour; Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway; Norwich (City) Water ; Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Leatherheadatailway. On the motion of Mr. INGHAM the following was agreed to :—" That the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the South Eastern Railway (Greenwich Junction to Dartford, &c) Bill, in session 1857, be referred to the committee on the London-bridge and Charing-cross Railway Bill Mr. PORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committees on the Carmarthen and Car digan Railway Bills, in sessions 1855 and 1856, be referred to the committee on the Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail way Bill. PETITIONS Several petitions were presented praying that Dissenters might be placed on the same footing with regard to endowed grammar schools as members of the Churc of England; for the adoption of Lord J. Russell's Bankruptcy and In solvency Bill; for the rejection of the Government Refdrm Bill ; in favour of the ballot and the extension of the suffrage in fac-our of short Parliaments ; from the inhabitants of Brighton, against auricular confession and other popish practices in the Church of England ; for the repeal of the paper duties ; in favour of the Endowed School Bill ; for the equalisation of the poor rates ; for the repeal of the hop and other excise du ties ; in favour of the adoption of the Gothic style of architecture in the new Government offices; from clerks and others employed in provincial post-offices, to be placed on the same footing as the employes in the Londonpost office ; against any alteration in the excise duties ; from the governors of Chelsea Hospital, praying to be exempted from the operation of the bill for the - better regulation of endowed schools ; from Ireland, in favour of "interme diate schools," &c. THE TIMES' REPORT OF THE DEBATE ON TUESDAY, Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to draw the attention of the house to a breach of privilege, pergonal to himself, which had been committed by one of the leading journals. He could bear testimony to the general accuracy of the journal in question (the Times); but in the report which it pub lished of the debate on Tuesday at the morning sitting, not only what he said was omitted, but the speech of another member was attributed to him. The SPEAKER considered that the hon. member was not in order, as he was not speaking to a motion. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that he would then move for mally that the house do adjourn. The hon. member was proceeding to address the house when he was again inter rupted by the SPEAKER, who decided that he was still out of order, and he resumed his seat. PENNY DRAFT AND RECEIPT STAMPS. Mr. COWAN asked the Secretary of the Treasury if it was the case that, since the issuing of penny draft and re ceipt stamps in 1853, that these stamps had been supplied in England and Ireland to the public at a deduction from the price of 71 per cent., which had been entirely withheld from Scotland, and if this difference would be put an end to ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE replied in the affirmative to both questions. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. In reply to Mr. LABOUCHERE, Sir E. B. LYTTON said that it would not be advisable at present to lay before the house the report of Mr. Glad stone on the state of the lonian Islands. It would be inju rious to the public service and unjust to Sir H. Storks to lay on the table any papers that might lead to a discussion. He had heard by telegraph that Sir Henry Storks had pro rogued the Parliament of the lonian Islands, but he has no official communication to that effect. THE MILITARY AT TRINIDAD. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary at War whether any accounts had reached the War or Colonial Departments relating to the sickness and mortality to a detachment of two companies of the 41st Regiment, de tached to Trinidad, and said to have been left there un relieved for a very long period ; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the same before the honse ; Also, if there.were any soldiers of the 41st Regiment who had completed their ten years' service, why they were not permitted to avail themselves of the option they were en titled to by their completion of service? Gen. PEEL said that there had been 23 casualties in the regiment referred to, but that every effort had been made to prevent a recurrence of the same. By the Mutiny Act the Government had power to retain in the service soldiers after the expiration of the period specified. The soldiers had been accordingly kept in the service in consequence of the mutiny that had broken out, but arrangements were being made to enable them to return to this country. LAND TITLES (SCOTLAND). Mr. DUNLOP asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, with reference to the deeds allowed by the Land Titles (Scotland) Act of last year to be indorsed in a short form on other deeds, arrangements were being made which would relieve parties from the inconvenience and risk of sending their titles to London for the purpose of having the stamp applicable to the indorsed deed impressed there on, either by providing in Scotland the means of there im pressing such stamp, or by permitting the use of adhesive stamps, or otherwise ; and when such arrangements would come into operation ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said it would be impossible to give an answer to the question at present. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secrstary to the Treasury if the attention of the Government had been directed to the report of the commissioners on the subject of harbours of refuge, recommending grants of public money, amounting to £2,365,000, to ten harbours; and if the Government in tended to propose in the estimates for 1859 to take a vote on account, by agreeing to which the house Would be com mitted to this expenditure. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that the notice of the present question was the first intimation lie had received of any inconvenience had been experienced by the present system, and the subject was under the consideration of Govern ment. ORGANISATION OF THE INDIAN ARMY. Sir E. PERRY asked the Secretary of State forlndia whether the report on the organisation of tie Indian army had been presented ; and, if so, w i hen t would be laid on the table of the house ? Lord STANLEY said that at present the report in question could not bo laid on the table. THE MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL. Mr. HUTT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government contemplated introducing into the Reform Bill, in committee, any other amendment than that of which he had given notice to the house ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—When the Reform Bill is in committee, I am sure there is scarce any member of this house who will not propose an amend ment, and I hope hon. members will not refuse the same privilege to her Majesty's Government. (Laughter.) Mr. A. STEUART asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer if he could give any idea of the numbers who would be added t o th e f ranc i se if t h e possess i on of £6O in a savings bank were to be a qualification, and similarly if the sum fixed were £4O ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I have directed estimates to be formed of the number that will be added to the franchise, of person s possessing £6O, £4O, or £3O in the savings banks, who will be admitted to vote, and these estimates will be laid on the table as soon as pos sible. Mr. RIDLEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer When he would lay upon the table of the house the clause s which he proposed to insert in the Representation of the People Bill, respecting the proposed disfranchisement of those county voters whose qualification is derived from property situated within Parliamentary cities and boroughs. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —It is not intended to disfranchise the county voters possessed of the £lO franchise, and it will be optional whether they shall vote in the county or the borough. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL OF INDIA, LORD CLYDE, &c. Lord J, RUSSELL gave notice that on the motion for adjournment to-morrow he would move that a vote of thanks be given to the Gtovernor-General of India, Loid Clyde, and other officials in India, for their valuable ser. vices during the late mutiny. (Hear, hear.) THE BRITISH MUSEUM, Mr. GREGORY moved for a select committee to inquire into the organisation of the British Museum. Ho con tended that there was a want of proper classification and other defects in the arrangements of the institution, with reference to the archwological, natural history, and other collections. Lord ELCHO admitted that defects existed in the arrangements, butdid not see the necessity f r a select Comte mittee to inquire into the subject, as there was already sufficient evidence to enable the house to come to a correct conclusion on the question. _ [LEFT SPEARING,I WARWICK RACES: (THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] £4O HANDICAP PLATE. 4•-••94 Macbeth Puritan ......... . Madame Moot .... Nine ran. STEEPLECHASE. -- Telegram --- Gribmltr Little Charley Eleven ran. Tem° fell. HUN I' CUP STEEPLECHASE. _ _ Lothario Longford Odiham Seven ran. The /lace in dispute. BETTING. ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus 16 to 1 agst Rio CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Polestar WITITIVORTIPS GUN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. - - Sir,—Would you allow me an opportunity of correcting the impression which I find has got abroad, that cannon made by me have failed in practice? As this impression may, perhaps be strengthened by the report of the observations made in the House of Commons last week, I feel myself called upon to state the facts that have given rise to reports which are really without foundation. My experiments have fez some time past been mainly directed to the subject of rifled small arms; but, as the system which I have adopted is equally applicable to ordnance of all sizes, I bored and rifled sev era l p i eces of cannon, which were supplied to me in the solid by the Government. Some of these were brass guns, which have stood the test of continued firing, and three were of cast iron, which have burst. For the strength of these guns I was in no degree responsible ; they were the ordinary pieces made for the smooth-bored cannon used in the service, and proved too weak to bear the strain of firing long rifled projectiles. I should most certainly not have undertaken to rifle them if I had foreseen, or could have supposed that their failure, which was caused by want of strength, would have been imputed to my system of rifling. Being desirous of immediately rendering all the aid I could to the service, I considered the experi ment of rifling the pieces, as they are ordinarily supplied, worthy of being tried, and I think I may venture to state that their trial has furnished re sults of no inconsiderable importance. All the guns rifled by me belonged to and were at the time at the disposal of the War Depart ment. I had not the means of firing cannon at long ranges, but I hoped to have been furnished with the results of experiments that would have enabled me to form correct conclusions. I hope, soon, however, to be enabled to make trial of two guns which, on my own responsibility, I am constructing of the requisite strength, and which, I doubt not, will fully realise the expectations en tertained by those who witnessed the first experi ments in April, 1856, with the 24-pounder brass howitzer which I bored and rifled. At that time pro jectiles, varying from two to six diameters in length, having quick rotary motion, were fired with great success.—l am, sir, yours most obediently, JOSEPH WHITWORTH. Manchester, March 14. ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The annual general meeting for the election of officers and for other business was held yesterday, at the chambers of the corporation, Great Russell street; the Earl of Stanhope in the chair. There were also present :—Mr. Pepys, Sir H. Ellis, Mr. Cabbcll, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Bell, Mr. Dickinson, Sir John Forbes, Mr. G. Gruikshank, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Newby, Mr. Spottiswoode, Dr. Guest, Bev. Dr. Major, Mr. Pollock, Sir Jas. Prior, Mr. Purton Cooper, Mr. Masters, Mr. Clowes, &c. Mr. HARRISON read the registrars' and treasu rers' reports, the report of grants during the last year, the auditor's report, and an abstract of the cash account. The following is a classification of the authors relieved during the past year :—His tory and biography, 9 grants, £315 ; biblical lite rature, 2 grants, £7O ; moral philosophy, 1 grant, £5O ; science and art, 8 grants, £330; periodical literature, 5 grants, £175 ; topography and travels, 8 grants, £230 ; classical literature and - education, 3 grants, £9O; poetry, 8 grants, £185; essays and tales, 7 grants, £165; drama, 1 g ran t, £2O; law, 3 grants, £123 ; medicine, 1 grant, £5O ; miscel laneous, 2 grants, £4O. The following is an abstract of the cash account : Jan. 1. Balance in hand, £382 lls. 7d. ; rents of the Newton estate, £203 ; dividends on stock, £OOB Os. Bd. ; subscriptions and donations, £364 17s. ; anniversary receipts, £977 los 6d. ; total, £2,886 4s. 9d. Grants for relief, £1,840; rent, &c., £lBl ls. 4d. ; salaries, &c., £225105. 4d. ; stationary, &c., £llB 19s. 5d.; anniversary expenses, £262 12s. ; balance in hand, £205 is. Bd. ; total, £2,836 4s. 9d. The CHAIRMAN then read the following repOrt ,‘ The general committee desire to state, for the in formation of the general meeting, that they have received a communication f rom Mr. Chas. Dickens, announcing the prospect of a certain offer to the society,from a person not at present named, on cer tain terms and speculations. With these terms and speculations the committee are at present ac quainted, but expect to learn them fully at an in terview which they have agreed to hold with Mr. Dickens and another gentleman a few days hence ; and they will then proceed to give to them and to the whole subject their most careful consideration. Meanwhile the committee felt it their duty to communicate also to the general meeting the following extract from Mr. Dickens's letter on the subject : The forthcoming annual meeting, therefore, I shall abstain from attending. The friends who have been associated with me on former similar occasions will, yielding to the same reasons, also s t a y away. But we confid e it t o th e f a i rness of the managers of the Literary Fund to make it known to the corporation at that meeting, that we do not withdraw our opposition ; that we hold it suspended only until the matter shall have been fully con sidered.' " The chairman added, that the commit tee, not having had an opportunity of-learning the details of the offer, were not able to make any more explicit statement on the subject. Mr. GRUNEISEN inquired whether, in the event of the communication rendering a special Meeting necessary, it would be called at once, or the matter would stand over to another year ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the committee had not considered that point, but there was not the smallest desire on the par t of the committee to withhold information. Mr. GRUNEISEN suggested the propriety o f sub mitting the offer to a meeting before the c omm itt ee came to any decision on the subject. The CHAIRMAN observed that he considered that a very reasonable suggestion. A ballot then took place for the election of offi cers. Two vacancies on the list of vice-presidents were filled up with the names of Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and Mr. Alfred Tennyson ; two in the coun cil with the names of Mr. G. P. R. James and Mr. Edward Foss ' • two in the general committee with the names of Mr. Justice Haliburton and Mr. An tonio Panizzi. The other officers were all re-elected. The usual complimentary votes were given to the registrars, treasurers,audrniitoirnsa, taedndwoitthh a vote er of& cers, and the proceedings terminated of thanks to the chairman. ---------- Mr. Hyde Clarke , agent for the Briti s h S e ttl ers in the Darjeeling Connry in North Bengal, had an inter at the East India t aa nl n e L , m y o e ri s a t l erd fr a o y m , the inhabitants of einter viewDarjeelingHouse, witht FLuroersfdaen v t o S ur of a guarantee to the Northern Bengal Railway. THE BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILLS...—.A meeting of merchants and other traders took place to day, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair, upon the q uestion of the amendment of the law of bankruptcy. At a meeting in November last a committee was appointed to consider the bills introdncrd into Parliament by the Lord Chancellor and Lord John Russell. After a care ful examination of the provisions of the two Acts, the committee are of opinion that the " Debtor an ds creditor" Bill of Lord Chelmsford exhibits many de ficiencies, a nd should be firmly opposed, while the y recommend a steady support to Lord John Russell's scheme, which it was stated will receive some impOrtant additions. The committee also propose to refer the bill to a select com mittee, under whose superintendence every proper amend ment may be introduced. After a short discussion, in the course of which the evils of the present system were forcibly pointed out by Mr. S. Morley and other speakers, a resolu tion was carried to present a petition to Parliament, em bodying the TWITS Of the Cordmittee. 27 4 NI & 96 76 5i 121 1 37 } 70 00 109 I