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

ongues, for his cotes as tda had 1. He t of :his writing )rwards Those of Mr. ;ruth of (hough in. "It 3ountry inected, Ferdi looked which rt—the around plains - This an in- State of ,umber. a new Elistory a. paper assages iemoirs furnish .orative Mere sin, and ioticed. , nal ad reached "The atinued which, It is to •eader'e I. "A confu- Lament. ie title xtraets )rthern one of Ile and cre, and elusion ssarily ter re though nn the endue pieces, orry to 1 are well course the e, and erusal. a re rature, y the .eeable eward vs of Some ming and to ies in paper cenza, ;a, the lit" is e dis- Ind is tween d and eview s, and g the s are, ure in T last, nchers nagis d gen- d on conse- Lygoil ved at by tho MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. A progressive improvement is still apparent in the traffic returns ; but, although in most instances the increase, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, is satisfactory, it is clear that the check given to commercial affairs by the prevailing political incertitude has prevented that extension of revenue which might otherwise have been exhibited. The effect of the unsettled position of French and Austrian relations has been more important than might have been imagined, the advices from all parts of the country, and especially from the manu facturing districts, stating that confidence has been disturbed by the bare possibility of hostilities. In other respects the prospects of trade are satisfactory, more particularly as the accounts f rom distant markets, such as Australia, I ndia, and China, show that affairs are slowly recovering from that extraordinary state Of depression which succeeded the crisis of 1857. Under the most encouraging circumstances it is generally believed that some time must elapse before confidence is fully restored ; and it is therefore much to be regretted that any circumstance con nected with politics should intervene to retard the reviving tendency of mercantile enterprise. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed fi rmly, and 12,000 bales were sold at very full Prices. In the Railway Share Market only a limited amount of business was transacted, and all the leading lines exhibited a decline in value. A moderate amount of business is reported in the Money Market, preparations being in progress for the bills due to-morrow, the 4th of the month. The terms charged continue very moderate, first-class bills being negotiated a fraction above 2 per cent. Long-dated paper is also freely discounted, which Shows confidence in the continuance of the existing easiness. In the Market for English Securities renewed heaviness has been apparent, owing to the circula tion of some less favourable rumours with regard to the progress of affairs abroad. It is evident that the markets are kept in a very unsettled state by the uncertainty attending the negotiations at Vienna, and the operators seem ready to take advantage of any intelligence that can bear an unfavourable construction, to effect specu lative sales. These transactions have the effect of depressing values, and at the same time they promote an uneasy feeling, which creates a gloom over all departments of the " House." Consols have been 95 1, are now 951 4 for money and account. Bank Stock is steady, at 2291. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 95 . -4, 96, and 96k. The 30 years' Annuities have receded to 18 - Exchequer Bills are 355. to 38s. prem., and the Bonds are marked 100. India Stock has Unproved to 220 and 2221 ; and the Loan De bentures remain at 981 99. In the Foreign. Stock Market business has been rather quiet, and prices, in some instances, show adecline. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90/ to 901; ditto, New Loan, 761 to 771 ; Brazilian 41 per uents. have receded to 931 ; Peruvian 41 per Lents, to 911 and 921 ex div. ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. to 64. Sardinian Bonds are steady at 791 ; and Venezuelan at 431, but the Deferred are rather firmer at 17 and 171. The New Austrian Loan is 2 to 11 dis. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1859. 1858. Great Western £26,184 23,932 Isr° rth h -Western ' 60,852 56,781 8 ...Gut-Western . 13,002 11,331 'lslght,On Midland South -E astern Great Northern 21,910 21,165 Lancashire and Yorkshire t ristol and Exeter 5,340 4,992 Nor th - Eastern.... Mancheste r and Carlisle g lancheste r , Sheffield, and Lincoln " ( ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,251 3,561 North Stafford -West Hartlep001.... Dublin and Wicklow Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,226 5,025 Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 5,837 6,492 The above traffic returns continue to show a steady and gradual improvement on most of the principal lines. The advance on the Great 'Wes tern has been On the North-Western ft South-Western tf Brighton ~ Midland . 2,142 ~ South-Eastern 3, Great Northern 745 ~ North-Eastern ~ Edinburgh and Glasgow 2Ol ~ Glasgow and South-Western lO7 ~ Grand Trunk of Canada 256 The Groat Western of Canada has declined about X 655. There has been rather more buoyancy in the Railway Share Market, owing to the steady im- Provement• in the traffic returns of most of the Principal lines, and the advance may be quoted at .._about to per cent. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-West -1111, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North- Eastern (Berwick), have advanced ss. ; and Great Western, and Midland, los. ; North Eastern (York), South-Western, and South-Eastern, how ever, have receded about ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat, but there 1 8 little alteration to note in values. Dutch-Rhenish have declined 55., and Lombardo-Venetian are at I )l 'evious rates ; East Indian and Great Western of Canada realised former values, but Grand Trunk of C anada have declined ss. to 10s. ; Great Indian r e/Amnia are a shade firmer. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at almost nominal rates. Peninsular and Oriental S team have receded 10s. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ~3 Per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu iti es 96k / 6 5k 6 i , per Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es Ne i' 3 per Cent. Ann u iti es 96k 6 / 51 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — I ndi Ditto 30 tock Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 lB a S Ditto Debentures 99 8k Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account ~.. 951 / March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 38 5 I Ditto Small, ltd. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3} per Cent .... 100 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent ........ 93i Peruvian 41 per Cent 9l/ Ditto Account Sardinian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan 77 .1 x d Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 p er C e nt. Ditto Account / Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lona 'OR. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6l TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 I Consols for Account The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford entertained at dinner yesterday, at their residence in Eaton - square, Viscount Melville, Lord and Lady Colchester, Lord and Lady Colville, Sir Charles and Lady Phipps , C olonel the Hon. Alexander and Mrs. Gordon, Mr. and 14rs. Adderley, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, Captain Ed- Wardes, &c. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury enter tained his Excellency the Belgian Minister, his Excellency t he Sardinian Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury, the Earl of Dalkeith, the Countess Stanhope, the Countess of Tankerville, Lord an d A Lady El c ho, Lady Augustus Loftus, Lord and Lady Arthur Hay, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Barrington, and Mr. Lidewell, at dinner last evening, at their residence in Wh itehall-gardens. Letters from Tangiers state that the Count do n 4 -41 i 8 had passed some days at that place with the Belgian ' 31181 14 and had h un t e d w ild b oa rs in company with him and the English csnsul. The prince was afterwards to vigit Tetuan, where he was to embark for England. }Te lt is e x p ecte d that quest i ons w ill b e as k e d by M. itt a d'Arnim of th e P russ i an G overn ment, at an early ing a the Pru ss i an c h am b er , re l a ti ve t o the attitude w hich the Government maintains in the present political crisis. What roll did our Crimean troops get for break mist P The roll of the drum.---Ketty's Railway Guide. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Railways. Blythe and Tyne R per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent IDo. Qum. Shares. No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 51pe Do. do. 5 p. ct. 'Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c !Dun. Pertli,& Aber.Jun lE.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock (Eastern Union, 4 per et. East Lanc. 6 per et E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. <, a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Sootld, lat pf ( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do.. Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. stook) St ock St ock St ock St ock shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. sh area Do. do. do Do. do. do. Stock 264 13k 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock 8k Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stock! 25 25 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, l ate 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 1 she Londondy.& Ennis sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 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. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4A3.c ' shares ! Do. sp. C. Ext. t0ck,1846 Do. 5i p. c. rref. do. 18471 Do. Way. rd. Ex. Sk 18471 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.DCV.Rall.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 11 . 40. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi IScottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed :tip.c : lst 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. Paid. / Closing Business Price. Done. all }lOO 113 100 100 100 100 all 97 61 49 61 94 96 1103 105 125 127 116 118 6 6.1 N 101 110 116 108 112 115 117 114 116 1 132 134 80 82 74 76 113 115 118 120 109 111 105 107 63 65 11 11i 94 96 85 E 7 86 88 99 101 01 IA 161 174 91 101 72 74 184 191 9 1 9 i 14 141 140 142 1118 120 122 124 68 ' 70 I p 139 141 101 103 1 iI) 94 96 9i 9! 115 llf 9 10 112 114 98 99 / id i 23* 2 31 121 123 111 113 99 101 10 11 244 25 102 101 1102 104 16 17 284 294 Vi 331 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley! Buckinzhamshire Clydesdale Junction.. ! Colchester, Stour Val.' E linlon,llarwichghs.: Do. Woodbridge Gls. Harr. &Neil Ord-. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest artlpool.Dck.&Rail I 1 ull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Po. Shares london&Greenwich Po. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Low estoft, gua. 4 p. ct. Po. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & 3Tatk f 3lidsh.& Redcr, Mid. BradfordPrf. Stk. N e markt.,BuryEx guaranteed p. ara nteed 5 e. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. I)o. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. PrOStOri and Wyre. I)o. 4 Shares A. Itovstn,Hitch.,& Steep' Shr.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrvwsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wuar Valley, g 6 p. C Do do Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docks. Stook (Commercial Stock. Do 4 per Cent Pref. Min Stock; East and West India StocklLondon giOeilSt. Katharine Stock. Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do New T Ln & N.W Ln k N.W :Caledonin E.11.&E C IGt.North. lE.Counts. Cl;fitionin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. I Do S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. ILN Stk.& Dar (Midland . !E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L& N W ) L.Yk. Do. Gt.Nort.h. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy lki‘Clean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West Brgtn DOCKS. 97 99 103 105 17 18 143 145 41 4] 65 6N 115 120' 91 95 96 98 57 59 of 11 11# 90 92 8 9 Paid Closing Price. 100 1102 104 18 - SHARE is DAY.) Paid. i , Closing I Business Price. Done. Sharel ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. ----- i -- - - - - _ Share Railways. I Paid. 1 Closing Business I Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam! all 41 53 20 Ardennes all - - R • 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost., 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 and Eastern Junction! 10 6 61 5 B e l g i an E a st. Junction all 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - 26 Beziers to Graissessaa. all 7 8 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 Si 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 11 24 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenisli Junction lOO 62 64 6 Eastern of France ...... all - 25 Blackburn - - P 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 83 20 Great Central of France all - - Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian - - Stock Chester and Holyhead - - 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout.. all - -- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 2 0 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 1 IPBI 4 20 Cornwall all 4 1 5 3 20 Lucca& Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - - 10 Do. A 10 Do. B ( A roves. no div. 1 all - - 20 L y ons and Geneva .... all - - - until6p.c.per an. all - - 333 3faria Antonia all hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New - - 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Namur and Liege all 81 8 6 1 25 Dun.,Perth.& Abr.Junc. all 9 93 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 191 20 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 16 594 9 16 Northern of France.... all 36i 3 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 584 594 20 Do. New Shares - - p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 93 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 20 Ottoman, gu a. 6 per cent 7 - - 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U 3 d B ) 81 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and 31edit. all 324 331 25 East Kent all 14 16 141 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 51 53 Stock East Lancashire lOO 92 94 20 Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) 1 9 14 i 6 20 East Suffolk all - - gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... ) ' 10 Do - - 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - Stock lEdinburg and Glasgow 100 703 71 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 203 271 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - Stock Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - Stock Glasgow& South Westn I6D 95 97 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 6 7 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 103 10 Do. 53 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 91 Stock Great Northern lOO 101 102 101 1 20 Southern of France .... all 1 211:- Stock Do. do. A. Stock lOO 86 88 83 West Flanders all 5 6; Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 1324 10 Do. 53p. c. Preference . all 9 ili Stockle/t. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1024 1033 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 Stock !Great Western - 6 - - Stock ' Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.St,k lOO 54 56 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 12 Irish South Eastern..., all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 90 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 16f Do. Thirds - - 1613 4IDo. New Thirds StockWancashire & Yorkshire 100 93 03 5 ' 93 1 1 i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1 id 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 3d . 3 Do. West Riding Union 3 - Shaul Railways. paiA. Closing Business "•Price. Done. 20 Do. Southport - . 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 1 6 1 6 1 I ,-- 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 43 - 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! 1 all 78 80 Stock Lon.,Brighton drS.Coast 100 109 110 110 91 Leased at 6 per cent..l Stock London & North Westn 100 923 03} 934 i 4 123 I Do. Eighths g per cent a Stock London& South-Westn. 100 92 92 4 92 18 D o all - - 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 d 1 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all - - 18 Do. Do. B 43 I fd 4 Stock Man., Ahet, & Lincoln.. 100 37 373 37 1 203 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 71 10 Metropolitan - - d 203 Do. N ew l6l - -- d Stock Midland lOO 981 981 981 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 7 3 7 5 100 j Buffalo,Brant&Godrieli 1 100 85 90 j 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 i 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 25 Do. 3 Shares all - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 100 NeWbastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Cl cu tt a .&S.E as t rn .Li m . 1. 3.0. par 4 p 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 111 12 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. - - pm 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - , 20 Central Oude (Limited)2s. 6d. -, 1 - Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 20 C e yl on G uaran t ee d 6p.c. 2 , 3 - P 50 North. Counties Union. 33 3f t d 173 Demetara - - Stock North British lOO 571 583 58 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 i i d ~. Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 103 104 Wit 4 1 4 Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div 2O Do. C Shares all - - until tip.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - . 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO par i p 153 Stock Do. B Stock - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - StockiNorth-Eastn.-Berwick 100 903 11 901 1 100 D 0.43 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 2 13 d 20 GeelongGeelong& C 3 or le p L o gu ra a t . i s o p n . 0. 8 1 all 19 _l9 _193 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 463 17 463 Sto. f Stock Do. York lOO 754 16 7 53 ( per cent. Bonds Stock North London lOO 99 101 Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 1 00 28 30 29 4 4 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 6 8 71 70 and City Junction £3 is. - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO - 20 North Staffordshire.... 174 43 41 d 20 Gt. Indiarenin.gua.sp.c all 100 101 101 i 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 20 !Do. do 4 3 d par Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 20 i Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 1 2e - . 10 Peebles all -- - guaranteed 5 per cent.) - 20 Portsmouth all 1 100 k 14051 4 2 4 10 Rh ymney lO - - 201 Do. New ;took Scottish Central lOO 11 116 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,wl.„th 1 ;took South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 7 274 j ept. till '6O ;took Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O lock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt. all 1100 105 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 24 d ;took South Devon lOO 37 88 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 196 98 5t222 2 0:00 0 ki , Do. N3DDlcoole twi. yb}4B. . ,rcupuLdrn. Corp.atosuh. c. w dE6i adx s pkoti. : hock South-Eastern lOO 704 (1.5 70 20 Madras, guar., 43 p. c. all 17 18 Extension.. 15 allsl 1 19 8 2 1 0 9 1 203 ;took South Wales - -- 9 0 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 121 133 20 Do. do - - 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 1 i d 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darling - ton. all 36 37 25 Do. do. 1854 225 - - 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - 10 - -d - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - - Class ACapitl.Share.. ItockiTaff Vale lOO - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. Mock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 4 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d 25 I ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 I Northof India Tramroad - - Mock; Vale of Neath lOO - 2s. . c.)agu. Bonds 6dpae. 100 I _ Limited, Scrip ItocklWaterford & Kilkenny) 100 - - 20 Oude (Limited) - 50 IWaterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde 4 15 3 1 p 20 West Cornwall i 20 D , all 20 21. 204 10 IW-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. New ,.. ,? 10 i d 3 p 5 'Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2 1 3 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo tio„„'" 5 1 3 d 5 Do. B all 6 63 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 20 West London - - 11 iTrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par 10 Do. Ist Class all - - 20 Do. 2d Class all - - ilT•1,11/ CI TV Mir,....,.....-. Share! Mines. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1859. 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Business Done. BRITISH MINES. Paid Closing i Business rem. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack)! 2.11.10 64 74 0 British Iron Condurrew (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 4 " East Bassett (Illogan). 30 215 225 Great South Tolgus l7s 12 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillac) 11.18.8 34 4 G. Wheal Vor (Reiston) 94 4 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 2 34 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 84 --51 Pa r Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 1 164 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 455 465 --Sot , I South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9210 228 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 11 11 10 Tin Croft 9 3f 4 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 22 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 65 70 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 210 229 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cal s.). . 54 34 31 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'l IlaryAnn (Meithe) 8 47 49 WWI Trelawney (Lick.) 44 30 32 30 4 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 lion AccordCopper,Lim. 100 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at & 5 4 p.) 27 1 2 p 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 104 114 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 24 4 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... f d 40 Cobre Copper all 37 39 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 21 224 3 Linares all 8 94 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Gragada all I i 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 I p 14 20 Pentgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 '5 Port Philip 1 4 f 30 Santiago de Cuba l6/ 1 n 28.2.84 United Mexican all 24 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 1134 1144 1144 Do. 6 p.c. Fb. &Aug. 100 1114 1124 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 115 116 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &thfly 100 1114 1124 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1014 1024 Nova Scotia G 0v.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1114 1124 1111 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 111 i Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing i Business Share Joint-Stock Banks, Paid. Price. Done. IA gra& UnitedServicalk Australasia (Bank of Egypt , Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo , British North American , Chtd. Bank of India, &c , City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot. & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County . . London Joint Stock .:. London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 251 251 45 47 li 1 ell 61 63 20.11 16 164 211 221 215 225 321 2 22 li 20 19 d MISCELLAItiEOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C. Canada Laud Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) C0p.31 in . of En g & Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop. St.Co Europ. & lud.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lon (I.G en. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B.Austral asiau (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New_ Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhym e Iron IDo. N n ej ,Royal Mail Steam !Scot.Austrin.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ,Van Diemen's Land all all all 15a. all all Closinff Paid ' Price. - Zusiness done L2,} _1341 250 32 34 I I 24 34 38 40 19 21 13 144 120 126 9 : 10 24 25 11 11 41 6 101 103 " 1 1k dl Itl4l di 1 6 7 li i d 1 2 1 14 I i 1 Ma par 23 84 851 12 13 p par ip 25 26 71 1 62 64 120 130 36 38 9 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and. other peers.) APPEAL-THE SCOTTISH NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COM PANY V. SIR W. D. STEWART, BART. The further hearing of this important appeal was re sumed this morning. This is an appeal from a decision of the second division of the Court of Session in favour of the respondent. The respondent sued the company for specific performance of an agreement to take about eighty acres of his land for the formation of their branch line of railway from Perth to Dunkeld, by the respondent's lands at Murthly and Birnam Wood, to Dun keld. This branch line was abandoned, and the respondent claimed and obtained a decree for £14,500, consequential damage. The company appealed. Counsel for the appel lants and respondent were fully heard on Monday and Tuesday last, and the further hearing was then adjourned to this day. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel in this case their lordships consulted together, and the Lord Chancellor adjourned the further consideration of the cause sine ds. Judgment reserved. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) HOUGHTON V. BANKARTS.-JUDGMENT. • His Honour th© Master of the Rolls said—ln this case the first question is, whether in the circumstances which have occurred in the events of time, and in particular what has occurred since the month of July, 1858, when the plaintiff gave notice to the defendant that the operations in their works, and in particular the additional erection of their works, was a nuisance, entitled him to an injunction P His Honour considered that the erection of three additional furnaces in the Britten Ferry Copper works, after notice that the operations in the original works were a nuisance, entitled the plaintiff to an injunction, and his Honour granted an injunction accordingly. His Honour directed three issues to be tried at law, before a special jury, in such a manner as the Court shall direct, to ascertain the injury and damage done to the plaintiff's three farms by the defendants' copper-works. His Honour did not think that there was any acquiescence by the plaintiff in the nuisance, either original or increased, and did not think there was any objection in point of time, and he hoped the issues would be tried as soon as possible. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE COWELL AND BROCK. These bankrupts were described as of the Castle Brewery, St. George's-road, brewers, and to-day was appointed for their last examination. The balance• sheet is in course of preparation by Messrs. Butler and Cannings, and by their preliminary statement it appears the debts due to unsecured creditors amounts to £13,577 ; and to creditors fully secured, £4,589. Creditors by good debts, £1,597 ; doubtful esti mated to realise £27; bad, £235 Bs. Property, £3,033; surplus property in hands of secured creditors, £4,589. An adjournment was taken by consent. IN RE GLENNIE. This bankrupt was described as of Harley-street, Caven dish-square, boarding-house keeper, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignee. Mr. Murrough, New-inn, attended for the petitioning creditor, and a trade assignee was chosen. Messrs. Hart Brothers were ap pointed accountants to the estate. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Manning.) A CIVIL WAR IN WHITECHAPEL - FRUCHE V. SPIER. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Beard for the defendant. Mr. Buchanan stated that the action was brought to re cover £44 95., for money lent and board and lodging supplied from January, 1857, to April, 1858. Defendant had been in great distress, and, being a fellow-countryman of plain tiff, had been assisted by him, and defendant refused to re pay him for the same. Plaintiff was called, and swore to the above facts. In his cross-examination by Mr. Beard he admitted that at the time he was assisting defendant he was in no employ ment, but was receiving assistance from his club. Mr. Beard, for defendant, said he should satisfactorily prove that the present was a malicious summons, and that defendant was not indebted to the plaintiff one farthing. The parties were German Jews, and the matter arose out of a quarrel between the women. To prove this ho called defendant, who said that so far from being assisted by plain tiff he had done a great deal for that person, who was in much distress at the time mentioned. Last January plaintiff's wifo was summoned to a police court for some assault committed upon Mrs. Spier, and hence the present summons. His Honour thought the matter was not clear as regarded plaintiff's claim, and it was strange the matter had stood over till this time. He should give defendant a verdict with costs. At this result, the court, which was densely crowded with partisans of each suitor, was speedily emptied, and the din of war burst upon tho ears of the quiet inhabitants of Osborn-street. In the melee, the plaintiff's wife was so seriously injured, that she was brought back into the court in a state of insensibility. The fight raged uninterruptedly for a short time, but at the cry of police the crowd dis persed, and the plaintiff's wife, having recovered, left the court. CRIMINAL COURT.-(TRIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE SHAM LOAN SOCIETY. John Morris Reid; alias John Campbell, Samuel Thomp son, Ann Thompson, were indicted with having unlawfully amongst themselves and with divers other persons con spired, combined, confederated, and agreed by certain un lawful devices, feloniously and fraudulently to cheat and defraud certain persons of their moneys, and with having in pursuance of and according to the said conspiracy and agreement amongst themselves obtained by such devices of and from divers of her Majesty's subjects their moneys, against the peace, &c. It will be recollected from the numerous examinations the prisoners underwent at the Clerkenwell Police-court that the prisoners advertised in all the country papers under the title of the "Mercantile Loan Fund Association; Office, 2, Weymouth-terrace, New North-road, London, N.," and they professed to make immediate cash advances. The advertisement ran as follows :—" This association, pos sessing the advantage of a largo paid •up capital, offers im mediate cash advances, in sums from £2O to £5OO, with the least possible delay, for long or short periods, at 5 per cent. per annum, repayable by such monthly or quarterly instalments as may suit the borrower's con venience. The sum applied for granted in full." The advertisement was signed " John Campbell, resident manager." When persons answered the advertise ment it was the plan of the prisoners to write back and say that if a post-office order was sent for the amount of the travelling expenses, their agent should at once call, and having inquired into the reference, would at once pay the money. The prisoners were all indicted for felony. On being arraigned the male prisoners pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring. Mr. Bodkin, who conducted the prosecution, being satis fied with this, Reed and Thompson were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, and the woman was discharged. This concluded the business of the session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. REFUSAL OF A PARENT TO ALLOW HIS CHILD TO GO TO A REFORMATORY.--Sarah Jane Percy, a girly 12 years of age, who has been in custody charged with stealing a half-sovereign, the money of Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, a teacher of music, in Newman-street, Oxford-street, and which robbery was offeeted with great adroitness while the prosecutrix was making some purchases in the shop of Messrs. Winter, linendrapers, of the Tottenham-court road, was again brought up. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoner, and said it was a lamentable case, and thought there might have been some mistake in it, and that the purse might have been dropped by the prosecutrix herself, and the girl seeing the half-sovereign might have been allured by the sight of it. _ _ Mr. Bingham said he had been very anxious about the case and had made very careful inquiries, and without going into the particulars of the case he would state he had come to the conclusion that the best thing he could do for the girl was to send her to an industrial school for a long period, but that he objected to do without her father's consent. He might choose either between that or her being sent to prison for six weeks. 'rho father refused to allow her to be sent to the school, preferring she should be sent to prison for six weeks. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—James Stevens, a heavy fat youth, of dirty and dissipated appearance, described as a costerrnonger, was brought before blr. Elliott charged with highway robbery. David Fraser, a seaman, stated that he was living on Market-hill, Shad well, Yesterday evening he was walking along Ratcliff-highway with his hands in his pockets, when the prisoner and two other lads came up to him, and stared at him. The prisoner then suddenly made a snatch at his watch, which was in his waistcoat pocket, and broke the ring of it, to which a chain was attached. The prisoner ran away with the watch, and he gave chase to him immedi ately, and soon came up with him and seized him ; upon which he handed the watch to one of his confederate s and said, "Here you are—run." He could on l y manage the prisoner, who 'Laden determined resistance, and endeavoured to throw him several times. He continued his hold of the prisoner, and secured him. He did not recover his watch. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, asked the prosecutor the value of his watch Fraser—l gave £8 for it a little while ago. Isaac 'Weaver, a boy, said he saw the prisoner snatch the watch, and then " chuck" it to another boy. Nathan Nicholls, 36 11, said he found the prisoner struggling with the prosecutor, and took him into custody. The prisoner solemnly declared his in nocence, and said he had just come out with a penny in his pocket, and was about to spend it when he was taken into custody. Mr. Elliott said he should commit the prisoner for trial, on which the youth, who said he was 17 years of age, ex claimed, " I suppose I must plead guilty." Mr. Elliott—Do so as you like. Do y ou pre f er going before a jury, or pleading now ? The prisoner—l will plead guilty, but lam innocent of taking that watch, sir. Mr.-Elliott—l can't take that plea. The mother of the prisoner here said—Plead guilty, Jim ; don't be sent out of the country. The prisoner —Then I am guilty. Mr. Elliott—You are a very desperate and daring thief, and had the barefaced impudence to plead not guilty just now in the face of such conclusive evidence. I convict you of larceny, and sentence you to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE GOVE. 7FORM BILL. Yesterday a meeting, convened at the instance of tke Parliamentary Reform Association, was held at Caldwell's Rooms, Dean-street, Soho, for the pur pose of adopting such measures as might be deemed requisite on the subject of Parliamentary reform. Mr. T. PROUT, having been called to the chair, said at length they had the Ministerial Reform Bill before them, and he acknowledged that he was more than surprised that Mr. Disraeli and the Derby Ministry had been so unwise as to produce so small a measure of reform. It was so mise rably small that it was rather a backward move ment, and such as no reformer could for a moment accept. If the account were true that at the meeting at Lord Derby's it was decided if the bill were not accepted he would dis solve Parliament, he (Mr. Prout) thought they were very near their end, for the dissolution of Parlia ment would be the dissolution of the Ministry. (Hear.) As electors of Westminster the meeting must stand forward for reform of very considerable magnitude, and show that they knew what reform was. He, therefore, thought it was necessary to call a general public meeting as soon as possible, to have an expression of public opinion on the question of reform. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. G. ROBINSON said such an atrocious attempt at legislation he had never noticed since he had been an elector, and so small a bill in so large a space he had never seen. The whole of the persons that were to be enfranchised by that bill had votes already. The provisions of this bill were all on the side of the Government party. They said nothing about the poor man who did not possess a lodging of Bs. a week. He was entirely excluded from all benefit from the measure unless he occupied a part of a house to the amount of £2O a-year. He thought the bill ought to be strenuously opposed, and that Westminster should lead the way. He therefore moved—" That what is termed the Ministerial Re form Bill is so highly defective that it is not entitled to our support, and we have no doubt that the people in every part of the country will repu diate such pretensions to correct the acknowledged defects in the representation of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament. Major LYON seconded the motion, and said the Government bill was not an enfranchising but a disfranchising measure. It did not much alter the votes of Westminster, but where it did it was to take away those of some of the constituency. There was no principle in this bill that would be accept able, and the only course left to them was for West • minster to take the lead and call an aggregate meeting of the electors —(hear, hear)—and he hoped they would be found to be the first to speak and to speak the loudest on this occasion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLARKE said that this bill was so great an abortion that no person could take anything out of it. If it had been a half-and-half measure they might have been split up, but no person with any pretensions to reform could take any portion of it. (Hear, hear.) The Government had taken one member from some boroughs that had two, but they were only half-and•half pocket boroughs, and if one-half in their representation were taken away, then they would be wholly pocket boroughs. He was of opinion that, whatever reform they accepted in Westminster, they must accept nothing that did not contain the ballot. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GEORGE thought the country would be very wrong if it accepted any portion of this bill for the sake of the good that was in it. If they accepted that bill they would shut the door to reform, but if they rejected it they opened the door to that reform which they would have whether they got it from a Tory or - Whig Government. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. BEALE moved, " That rather than be deluded by such pretensions to reform it would be far better to remain in our present position ; but fortunately for the country the scheme promulgated by Mr. Bright offers for our acceptance a plan of reform which we believe is in accordance with the national requirements, and exhibits a straightforward ho nesty of purpose." He thought the machinery was cumbrous, and never could be carried out, as it was a perfect sham. He was surprised the Govern.. ment was mad enough to put forward such a bill as this in the hope that it would pass. The great dan ger to the Liberal cause was from the dangerous position in which Lord Palmerston was placed. If he should give his support to the Government he would in that manner cheat the people of their bill. Dr. BAINBRIDGE seconded the motion, and said them was no doubt that that bill would occasion a change of Ministry, for no such bill could pass ; and if it did not, they must resign. The motion was then carried nem. con. Mr. BIDGOOD then moved a resolution, that a committee should be appointed for the purpose of calling a general meeting of the electors and non electors of Westminster, which was seconded by Mr. POUNCEY, and carried unanimously. The committee was then nominated for carrying out the objects of the meeting, and a vote of thimks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. MEETING AT NORWICH. At a meeting of the Reform Committee of Nor wich, held on Tuesday evening —Mr. Colman in the chair—the following resolutions were passed unanimously : " That the Ministerial Reform Bill is an insult to the intelligence of the nation, and utterly un worthy of the support of any who profess to be reformers, as the absence of any provision for lowering the occupation franchise in boroughs is a deliberate confirmation of the wrong and injustice pressing on the great body of the working-men of this country, who have too long been treated as outcasts by that constitution which they are ever ready to uphold and defend. " That this committee, fixing its attention on this vital defect, thinks it unnecessary to allude to other objectionable features of the Government scheme, and calls upon all reformers in Parliament unhesitatingly to reject it, and to insist upon a thorough and satisfactory measure of reform being at once brought in, and the dismissal of a Ministry which has proved itself unworthy of the confidence of the country and incapable of carrying out its wishes." PROPOSED MEETING IN THE CITY. A requisition to the Lord Mayor is being signed, to convene a meeting in the Guildhall, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the Ministerial Reform Bill. It is understood that the Lord Mayor is ready to accede to the wishes of the re quisitionists, and it is probable that Friday, the 11th inst., will be the day fixed for the meeting. THIS DAY'S MARKETS'. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.•— Vleat, 40s sd; barley, 338 11d; oats, 22s 8d; rye, 31s Od ; beans, 42s 2d ; and peas, 41s 7d. _ . THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 41s Id ; barley, 33s 8d ; oats, 22s 3d ; rye, 32s Od ; beaus, 41s ld ; peas, 41s 9dt ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEi.—Wheat, 97,929; barley, 76,074 ; oats, 13,723 ; rye, 89 ; beans, 6,154 ; peas, 1,415 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. We were tolerably well supplied with beasts to-day, and nearly all breeds met a slow sale, at Monday's quotations. The general quality of the stock was by no means prime. Prime Down sheep were scarce, and in fair request, at full prices ; otherwise the mutton trade ruled somewhat heavy, at barely late rates. Although the supply of calves was limited the veal trade was in a sluggish state, at 2d. per Sibs. less money. Pigs and mulch cows moved off slowly, on former terms. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. &- inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Suckling calves, 18s to 22s 18e to 225. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 4 Pme. S' thdown do. 5 6 5 8 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 2 and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 212 Sheep Calves Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,020 Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENDALL.—Tho demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per Sibs. by the carcase. SouTHALL, March 2.—The demand for stock generally is steady, and in some instances prices have an upward tendency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 2.—Sheep sold steadily, at an advance in the quotations of from 2d to .Id per 81b. Other stock was loss active :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs ; mulch cows, £l4 Os to £lB each ; suckling calves Cs ; quarter old store pigs, Os to Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 ss; and straw, £ 1 4 s to £ 1 108 per load. A etegdy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 18s to £4 128 ; clover do., £3 15s to £5 ss; and straw, £l:ss to £1 lOs per load. Trade firm. WHITECIIAPEL. — Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4los ; clover do., £3 los to £5 5s ; and straw, £l4s to £1 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. The ,jury, in the case of A nn C o ll yer, tr i ed yester day at the Old Court on a charge of arson, returned a ver dict of not guilty. Wm. Hinkes, indicted for ill-treating his wife during her confinement, was sentenced to impri sownent, with hard labour, for 12 months. MANNING THE NAVY. MR: LINDSAY'S REPORT. The report of Mr. Lindsay, M.P., who dis sented from the report of the commissioners, is of great length, and enters into the sub ject very minutely. After referring to the increase of the naval ar maments of Prance, and to the extent to which the application of steam to navigation has diminished the security of our insular position, as reasons why the question of manning the navy should be considered bn a broader basis than heretofore, Mr. Lindsay states as his opinion that under no circumstances should our peace establishment and reserve be less than 120,000 efficient men and boys. The existing reserve, when raised to its full complement, will amount to about 30,000, therefore an additional reserve of 35,000 men is required. As efficient gunnery has now become of greater importance than able seamanship, 15,000 or 18,000 of these ought to consist of marines. The extra number of marines thus placed in our ships of war could also be employed in various ways to greater advantage. They could supersede, to a considerable extent, the "after guard" and the " waisters ;" and, in fact, if properly drilled, they could perform generally all the work on deck in which professional seamenship was not absolutely required. The raw material being the same, ma rines are capable of being easily instructed in all their duties. A simple difference in the training of a raw lad converts him in time either into a sailor or a marine; the 300 trained men sent on board a line-of-battle ship just commissioned, and set to work at once in stowing the hold, in embarking guns, stores, and getting spars and sails ready to send aloft, would get the work put in a shorter time in a much more advanced state than it hitherto has been in cases of emergency. But with a view to render the marines in the highest degree effi cient and valuable, they might with advantage be placed in all duties connected with the ship, more under the immediate orders of the naval officers, and they should be more depended upon than they now are for the working of the heavy guns. The whole of our seaport towns should be gar risoned by marines, in which service about 12,000 would be employed. At each of our seaport towns, where the marines were in garrison, one of these obsolete war-ships laid up in ordinary might be moored, on board of which they might be drilled and instructed. As a primary object during prescribed intervals, they should be exercised in the working of the guns. At other intervals they might be taught the rudiments of a seaman's duty. To these might be added, with considerable advantage, boat exercise under oars and sail, and above all the fighting of the guns on board the boats. In a word, they should be taught alternately the art of war afloat, and the necessary drill as now in practice on shore. By these means a body of men would be raised alike valuable at sea and on shore, who, in the event of any emergency, could be at once embarked. Their place, in such an eventuality, would be filled by the troops of the line, previously stationed in our inland garrisons ; this force in its turn being sup plied by the militia. By a proper combination of military arrangements, all these changes might be effected at any moment, and the country might thus at once, and to a much greater extent than it is now prepared to do, assume an attitude of defence. Of the remaining 20,000 men required fer the proposed reserve 2,000 might be added to the Coast guard service. For raising the remaining 18,000 men Mr. Lindsay relies on an improved Seamen's Fund, to which both seamen in the Royal Navy and the Mercantile Marine should be called upon to subscribe, and which should have the guarantee of the Government for its stability and due appro priation. On this subject Mr. Lindsay says : " It is really a grave error to suppose that we can' establish an universal though not a compul sory seamen's fund" which are the words usedin pro pounding the scheme. It cannot be done with any other body of men. Voluntary contributions in even the 'higher orders of society have signally failed. Large sums, it is true, have been thus raised ; but in no class of the community have even one-third of those who ought to have subscribed to any particular object done so. The requisite money has been raised as a general rule, by the liberality of the few, and not by the contributions of the many. In the best regulated benefit associations amongst our artisans, I question if the proportion of those who subscribe in any particular trade is one-half, or even one-third. It is indeed a mistake to suppose that it will be ' universal' amongst a body of men with the peculiar habits and fickle notions of i our seamen, subjected as they are to numerous temp- 1 tations, and too often the creatures of extraordinary impulses. While I think this fund would prove of great advantage to the seamen themselves, the salutary effects, so far as the nation was concerned, would operate in three different ways. It would prevent the seamen from being objects of charity or claimants upon the poor rates during their old age. It would be a permanent tie to bind them to their native country, founded upon a common bond of self-interest; while it would form the ground work of a system whereby the reserve of 18,000, still wanting, might be raised. I may bo excused for entering into this part of the subject at some length, as I am strongly oftlopinion that any sys tem which may be devised for manning the navy must be laid upon broader grounds than any yet attempted. We have seen that the plan sketched out by the committee of 1852, and carried into execution by the naval authorities, however much it may have improved the condition of the seamen in the navy, signally failed, so far as aiding us to man our ships in an emergency, though it cost the country close upon £150,000 per annum. It did not induce the seamen in the merchant service to enter the royal navy. They felt that they had no interest in common with that branch of the service. We must give them an interest. The re-establish ment of a seaman's fund, to which the men of both services should be called upon to subscribe, would form this common union. The opening of Greenwich Hospital to both services would cement this bond of friendship. If the present building should not be found sufficientlyspaciolis to accommodate the retired seamen of both services who preferred it to outdoor pensions, and especially those from the merchant service who had enrolled in the reserve, its enlarge ment might be determined upon, with a view to accomplish the twofold object in view. The intro duction of school ships at our principal seaports, as recommended by Mr. Cardwell (a project to which I shall hereafter advert), and the encouragement of navigation schools, from which both boys for the navy and merchant service could be drawn, would prove a further bond of union between the two ser vices, and thus in boyhood and in old age the men in each would meet on terms of equality, and be come known to each other. Seamen of all classes would thereby obtain a correct knowledge of the nature of the naval service, and they would thus have much better means than they now have of knowing and understanding the advantages to be derived from entering the Royal Navy." For the collection of the fund the machinery is already organised in the shipping offices, so that very little expense would be incurred under that head. The complaints made against the former Merchant Seamen's Fund would have no existence, as the Government tables being in every man's hand, he would see precisely his position, and the conditions and mode of payment upon which his claim rested, and being thereby attached to his native country by the tie of self-interest, he would no longer be tempted to enter the service of the United States, and the number of our seamen being thus increased, we should have a larger field for the operation of the proposed reserve. By the plan proposed, a more complete system of registration would be secured, without any of the which jealous inquisitorial superintend ence of so many complaints have been made.. The new Seamen's Fund having been formed under the authority of an act of the Legislature, steps might then be taken to raise the 18,000 addi tional seamen required. These should be raised from the coasting, the Baltic, and the short voyage trades, from seamen employed in our yacht and river steamers, and from watermen and lightermen. With that object in view, Mr. Lindsay would pro pose a retaining payment of ss. per month, and to the pension of Is. per day which the men would re ceive from their own fund at the age of 60, he would add 6d. per day from the public purse to those merchant seamen who volunteered for the reserve. By this arrangement a man receiving is. 6d. a day would be comfortable in his old age, and even if his own fund only produced 6d. per day, he would, with the additional 6d. from the public purse, have sufficient for his maintenance. Some distinguishing badge might also, with great advantage, be bestowed upon every merchant seaman, when he was enrolled upon the reserve. The throwing open of Greenwich Hospital to the seamen of both services should be held out as an other inducement to encourage the formation of the reserve. The gratuity of Ss. per month paid to 18,000 men would cost the country £54,000 ; and if it be the case that in the ordinary course of events " not more than 1 in 26 would be claimants at the age of 60 "—being rather less than 700 annuitants—the extra pension of 6d. per day would not exceed £6,400, being a total of £60,400 per annum. In order to render the reserve from the merchant service perfectly efficient as men-of-war's men, ready to go into action, it would be necessary to drill them for a month every year, which will cost, including their pay during that month and their provisions, £4 to £5 per head, or , in round num bers from £72,000 to £90,000. In order to obtain the men in the first instance, it might be expedient to establish recruiting parties attached to the coastguard ship s , an d under the direction of the captains of the coastguard, or the shipping-masters of the district,-as circumstances required. A small gratuity might be paid to these men, which could be increased when the demand was urgent, or when seamen were required for per manent service in the navy. Presuming the peace establishment to be main tained as at present, at about 55,000, inclusive of marines, the reserve of 65,000 would, if formed, bring up our force to 120,000 effective and well drilled men, available at all times to meet any emergency. But if it should be deemed advisable to increase that force to 140,000 men, in that case a second reserve of 20,000 men could be raised from amongst the seamen engaged in the over-sea or long-voyage trade, which additional force could be raised by a gratuity of 2s. 6d. per 'month, which would cost £30,000, besides an extra pension of 6d. per day after 60 years of age. The condition of engagement would be that these men should per sshonipaplliyngo.offices every appeal. a n d reeeive their gratuity at the 12 or 18 months, and be sub ject generally to the same regulations as the men in the first reserve. As one-third of the entire 20,000 would always be in England, we could rely upon these in the event of a sudden emergency. The remaining two-thirds would be either at our disposal on their return, or would be available to serve in whatever part of the world they might be when called Out, if our ships of war on such sta tions should require their services. These men, in some cases, might not be required to be trained or drilled, in which alternative a corresponding de crease of expense w ould be effected. With regard to the training of boys, Mr. Lindsay recommends their being entered in training ships, at the age of 15 for the mercantile service and 16 for the navy. For those who entered for the mer chant service he thinks that £4O for an apprentice ship of five years would not be too much for shipowners to pay. As the boys when apprentices would have little or nothing to provide beyond their clothes and washing £5 per annum would amply suffice for their wants, and therefore it might be stipulated that the £3 per annum, or in the total £l5, should be paid to the state in reduction of the £25 which had been disbursed for them during the year of training. The boys who entered for the navy would be placed on the footing pro posed by Mr. Cardwell ; and those who entered for the merchant service would be required to enrol themselves when the terms of their apprenticeship expired in either the first or second reserve of seamen. The expense in forming these additional reserves Mr. Lindsay estimates as follows:—" Reserve gratuity of ss. per month to 18,000 men, £54,000; pension of 6d. per day at 60, in addition to the ls. per day from their own fund, £7,940 ; second re serve gratuity of 2 , . 6d. per month to 20,000 men, £30,000; pension of 6d. per day at 60, in addition to the ls. per' day from their own fund £8,800; cost of training one-third of the reserve, one month at XS each, £30,000 ; cost of training 2,400 at £25 each (less £l5 each paid back by, say, one-half who enter the merchant service), £42,000 ; gratuities to masters and officers in the merchant service referred to hereafter, and for badges of distinction and in cidental expenses, £ 28 , 0 00. —total, £200,740." With regard to the supply of officers, Mr. Lind say after referring to the lists, says : "I could expatiate at considerarde length on the necessity of a thorough revision of these lists. The cost of the naval half-pay is enormous, and is a heavy burden to the country. I am aware that many attempts have been made to reduce this ex pense, but I am of opinion that much may yet be accomplished. With that object in view, I have ventured, to prepare, hastily at last, though the question has long occupied my attention, a plan, tables in support of which will be found in the appendix, and though I dare say my view may in many respects be looked upon as imperfect, as it is propounded by one whose practical knowledge of the navy is limited, it may nevertheless be found to be worthy of the consideration of the executive. But independent altogether of that growing evil, the pension list, „-, the existing system is m a d e p er p e tually a ground of complaint both by the officers and by - the public. Political influence and favouritism, it is stated, raise the officer who has friends to rank and dis tinction, while they conspire to consign to the lowest grade during perhaps his whole life the friendless officer, whatever may be his merit or good services. If this be a fact, as there is reason to believe, attention ought certainly to be called to it, so that a rigorous inquiry may be instituted, and every effort ought to be made to alter the system. Some regulation might be devised so as to afford every officer of merit the chance or certainty of em ployment in his turn. A competitive examination of a discriminating character might be established at every stage as a test of real efficiency and conspi cuous good conduct; and the officers who obtained distinction at these ordeals should receive encou ragement and promotion. In no case ought the Admiralty to admit into the service any but those who had a chance of being thereafter employed, and that employment should be regulated upon a principle of rotation and merit to the exclusion of all sinister influences." Mr. Lindsay then recommends that all masters now on the active list should be raised to the rank of lieutenants. He is very desirous that the im passable line of demarcation between the royal navy and the commercial marine should be broken down, and there are in the latter many well edu cated young men of good families who are required to undergo examinations as stringent as any that could be instituted by the Admiralty. From the gentlemen in the mercantile marine he would form a reserve of officers to be distributed amongst our ships of war when the reserve of seamen from the merchant service, the coastguard, and the naval coast volunteers shall be called into active opera tion. " The formation of a reserve of officers as well as men from theimerchant service to meet the emergency we have to provide against, would conduce materi ally to facilitate the raising of the necessary re serve of seamen. Officers in the merchant service would naturally induce those seamen who were serving under them to enter their names, at the same time, with a view to serving together in the royal navy. They would, in fact, become voluntary recruiting officers for the navy, with the power of exerting their influence over a most valuable class of men. " With these and other auxiliary provisions the organisation of the system might be made so com plete, and the union between the two services might become so harmonious, that a greater body of men would seek to enter the service than the restricted limits would admit. The names and addresses of the excess of applicants could be registered, so that they would each stand upon the list for enrolm en t by rotation as vacancies might occur ; and on the contingency of an immin ent emergency a l arge b o d y of men would be at all times available, greatly in excess of any reserve at present deemed necessary to maintain, and thus a resort to impressment would be altogether avoided, even during periods of im minent danger." THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 3.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; light, and fine. SUNDERLAND, March 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Grenfells, for Coquimbo ; Legatus , for New York. LEITH, March I.—Sailed—Alt' Mecklenberg, for Mel bourne. CARDIFF, March 2.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Confidence, for Bahia. SWANSEA, March 2 .—Sailed—Guayacon, for Coquimbo; Mangostern, for Cuba ; Whisper, for Havana. PORTSMOUTH, March 2.—Wind S. to S.W.—Sailed- - Cuba Packet, for Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday 11forning. Wind W. Arrived—Hannah Maria, from Newcastle ; Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Alliance, btoarner, from Havre; Isabella, from Carentan ; Nophan and Le Coq., from Cher bourg; Griffin, from Sunderland. Sailed.—Thomas Powell, steamer, for Cardiff; La Poule, for Cherbourg; Havre, steamer, for Havre; La Plata, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey ; Ellora, steamer, for Marseilles. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, March 2—Richard Morse, from New Orleans; Eos, from Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W.; tide two hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, March 2—Lionne, Furet, and Turbot, from Gravelines; Little Gem, from Seville; Metropolis, from Guernsey. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. .; moderate i - "`Arrived—Trinidad, for Trndad ; Vind o l ana, for Malta . i —both from London. Passed, March 2.—Josephine, from Ochao, for London (reported from the wel tward). Passed, March 3.—Dover Castle, from London, for Port Phillip. AMERICAN MAILS.--Notiee was issued from St. Martin's-le-Grand yesterday that ship mails for New York and Halifax will be made up in the General Post-office to he sent by the s t eamer Alps, appointed to sail from Liver pool on the 12th i nst. ; and for Portland, be sent by th e steamer Nova Scotia, appointed to sail from the same port on the 9th ult. United States, to THE GALWAY ROUTE.—The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's steamship Pacific, com mander Captain W. C. Thomson, will sail from Galway on the sth of March for Et. John's, Newfoundland, and New York, with her Majesfy's mails. The mails will close in London on Friday at the usual hour. SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—Yesterday one of the rah e a r n , housemaids at St. George's Hospital, named Sus Harvey, cut her throat with a carving knife so dor a, to y ' At nearly-to sever her head from-her body. 100 100 100 100 100 100 1109 11 1139 14! 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